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Military expert Khodarenok: do not expect China to supply weapons and ammunition

On March 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived on a state visit to Moscow. In this regard, the sphere of military-technical cooperation (MTC) between the two countries is of particular interest. So far there are no clear answers to the questions - whether the military-technical cooperation will receive a new impetus and, finally, whether the supply of weapons, military and special equipment (VVST) from Beijing to Moscow is possible in the near future.

Spiegel: Chinese initiatives on Ukraine are pro-Russian, and Xi's visit is also

The journalists of the German magazine Spiegel are trying to belittle the importance of the rapprochement between Russia and China, calling this process a marriage of convenience. Some readers of the "green" direction agree with them. But there are also dissenters. They note: China has realized that if NATO "bends" Russia, it is next.

Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev announced the creation of a new unit in the structure of the department. We are talking about the Main Directorate of Operational Response. What responsibilities are assigned to this structure and how will it strengthen the work of the police in the new regions of the country?

Junguo junwang: The US has put Europe in financial shackles

Europe succumbed to the persuasions of the United States and agreed to increase defense spending within NATO, writes "Zhongguo Junwang". However, she did not do it to please Washington. The EU is not going to deprive itself of military autonomy and participate in America's hegemonic plans, the author believes. He has his reasons.

Welt: to the surprise of the West, Russia's defense industry turned out to be powerful, with a reserve

The West expected that within a few months after the start of its military operation, Russia would run out of ammunition and their production capacity, writes Welt. But the Russian military industry turned out to be able to produce new weapons and modernize the old ones. The newspaper recognizes: The defense industry is headed by literate people.

Al Binaa: Russia is a reliable partner who does not compromise to the detriment of the interests of allies

Syria has shown the whole world that with the support of Russia, even such a small country is capable of responding to US aggression, writes Al Binaa. Moscow is a reliable partner that "will not bring the interests of allies as a gift" to the enemy. Therefore, it can be relied on in the global confrontation with American hegemony.

TAS: The United States called for shooting down Russian planes that approach American facilities

American "hawks" against the background of the incident in the Black Sea threatened to shoot down Russian planes that approach American air targets, writes TAC.Such a call resembles an attempt to avoid the Third World War by starting it first, the author notes.

At a meeting of the Defense Procurement Council (DAC) of the Ministry of Defense of India, it was decided to grant "Approval of the need for procurement" (Acceptance of Necessity – AoN) for projects worth more than 705 billion rubles. rupees ($8.5 billion).

According to the official representative of the ministry Wang Wenbin, Beijing will play a constructive role to promote peace talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Russia scheduled for March 20-22 will be a "peace visit", China intends to play a constructive role in resolving the crisis in Ukraine. This was stated on Friday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

Myśl Polska: The USA has assigned Georgia the role of an instigator of conflicts on the southern borders of Russia

Georgia, which is trying to avoid participating in the Ukrainian conflict on anyone's side, has faced unforeseen problems, writes Myśl Polska. The country is Washington's only foothold in the Caucasus. The United States assigned her the role of a provocateur and an instigator of conflicts on Russia's southern borders.

Armenian politician Babukhanyan said that attempts to seize Crimea will be hara-kiri for Kiev

Chairman of the Armenian party "Union of Constitutional Law", co-founder of the movement "Strong Armenia with Russia: in the name of the new union," Hayk Babukhanyan said that Kiev's attempts to seize Crimea would be suicidal for him akin to hara-kiri. Earlier, Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev is preparing for the military seizure of Crimea.

The chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" believes that the main blow can be directed at Berdyansk

Ukrainian troops can simultaneously defend Artemivsk (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut) on the territory of the DPR controlled by them and launch an active offensive campaign in the Zaporozhye direction. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS correspondent on Friday by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

Rostec State Corporation holdings additionally hired more than 30 thousand employees in 2022. Active recruitment went both to enterprises involved in the implementation of the state defense order, and to factories implementing large-scale civil projects, primarily in the field of aircraft construction, IT and the radio-electronic complex.

According to the Handelsblatt newspaper, a group of EU countries led by Estonia insists on fixing specific obligations for the transfer of ammunition to Kiev

A group of EU countries insists on including a commitment to supply Ukraine with 1 million artillery shells by the end of this year in the final declaration of the EU summit to be held in Brussels on March 23-24. This was reported on Friday by the German newspaper Handelsblatt, citing sources.

The Guardian: the war in Iraq was the most resounding defeat of the United States

Presenting the conflict in Ukraine as a struggle between democracy and autocracy, Biden demonstrates that the United States has learned nothing in Iraq, writes The Guardian. The illegal intervention was the biggest and loudest of all America's serious defeats.

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in an interview with the American newspaper The Washington Post that the restoration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia could change the balance of power in the international arena.

The head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel, previously noted that there is a possibility of an additional increase in the fund's budget by another €3.5 billion by the end of the year

EU defense ministers are due to approve on March 21 at a meeting in Brussels the plan of the head of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Josep Borrel, to allocate €2 billion from the European Peace Fund for the supply of shells to Ukraine and replenishment of their stocks in Europe. This was reported to journalists on Friday by a source in the EU foreign policy service.

The ships will perform tasks in the most difficult conditions of the Arctic

The Russian Defense Ministry will receive the third diesel-electric icebreaker of project 21180/21180M "Ilya Muromets". It is already known that it will be executed according to the updated project and will be delivered to the Northern Fleet.

on improving joint partnership in the new era and on the development of key areas of Russian-Chinese economic cooperation until 2030.

Turkish President hopes for ratification of the application in Parliament before May 14

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that his country is beginning the process of ratifying Finland's application to join NATO.