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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic emotionally denied reports that the Serbian military-industrial complex supplies Ukraine with missiles through Turkey. The Serbian leader called those who spread such fakes liars. But is it possible to trust him in the current circumstances, given that the US and the EU pressed Belgrade on the Russian issue, and then suddenly stopped?

The United States and the collective West have essentially reached a dead end in the sanctions policy – there is almost nothing left for which anti-Russian restrictions could still be imposed. It may seem that Russia's options for answers have also been exhausted. However, in fact this is not the case – there is a whole set of measures that Russia can use against the West.

Reshetnikov: industry is improving in the Russian economy, the construction sector is growing

The results of January show that the Russian economy continues to recover: the situation in industry is improving, the construction sector continues to grow, the labor market is stable, said Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

The head of European diplomacy also believes that the EU should allocate €2 billion for the purchase and supply of shells

The EU military mission will train over 11 thousand Ukrainian servicemen by the end of this month and another 30 thousand by the end of the year. This was stated on Wednesday by the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrel at a press conference in Stockholm following an informal meeting of defense ministers of the member states of the community.

The third decade of the XXI century brought changes to the conservative shipbuilding market. Giant design bureaus are forced to compete with teams of a dozen people who, thanks to the digitalization of design, have become able to perform the same work with minimal overhead.

The Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that on March 7, 2023, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

A new naval base of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, Camp Viking ("Viking Camp"), is opening in the north of Norway. This is reported in a press release of the Royal Navy.

According to the authors of the annual report, Beijing will maintain its diplomatic, defense, economic and technological cooperation with Moscow in order to continue trying to challenge Washington.

The meeting participants will also discuss EU military operations

The defense ministers of the 27 EU countries, with the participation of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian partners, will discuss at a two-day informal meeting opening in Stockholm on Tuesday the possibility of sending most of the remaining ammunition stocks to Ukraine. In the future, we will also talk about expanding the production of all major types of conventional weapons in the EU countries.

Asia Times: supporters of the Ukrainian offensive on Crimea could win in the USA

The United States could change its strategy on the issue of Crimea, Asia Times writes. Nuland's statement about the "demilitarization" of the peninsula and the supply of certain weapons to Ukraine testify to this. This scenario threatens to lead to a general war in Europe.

Al Ahram: The US has turned democracy into a "Trojan horse"

Ukraine, Syria, Libya — what unites them? The answer is simple — American interference in their domestic politics, writes Al Ahram. All democratic slogans turned out to be nothing more than a "Trojan horse", with which the United States sows chaos in the world, realizing its ambitions and protecting its own interests to the detriment of others.

Figaro: if Putin agrees to peaceful mediation, it will most likely be from China

Xi Jinping's visit to Russia scheduled for spring aroused the hope of the Figaro columnist, as Reno Girard writes in this article. China, unlike the West, is interested in peace in Ukraine. But does China have enough patience and the ability to talk to both sides? These qualities are the main ones for an intermediary.

Onet: a town in southeastern Poland is better protected than European capitals

The town of Rzeszow in southeastern Poland is called the "secret capital of the West," writes Onet. It is from here that arms supplies to Kiev are carried out, leading politicians come here when they plan to go to Ukraine, and in military terms Rzeszow is protected like no other EU city.

Moscow refused to provide data on the Russian Armed Forces within the framework of the OSCE Vienna Document of 2011, the American Arms Control Association reported.

The other day, in the African state of Congo, the words of French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrived in this country, were literally ridiculed that there are "no double standards" in Europe. After that, the topic of double standards of the West was raised in China. And the Chinese authorities touched upon the issues of how Washington views the issues of Ukraine and Taiwan.

The US Department of Defense continues to conduct its own research into the causes of the mysterious disease known as the "Havana Syndrome", which has affected more than 1,000 people over the past few years.

Asia Times: the battle of Artemivsk was called the beginning of the end of Ukraine

In the battle of Artemovsk, we are witnessing the beginning of the end, writes Brandon Weichert in an article for Asia Times. The APU is depleted, and NATO's arsenals are emptying. The death of the Ukrainian state is not far off, and the West needs to decide on the scale of defeat.

On March 7, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The Permanent Representative of the United States to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Michael Carpenter, said that Washington, it turns out, fully supports the idea of maintaining the negotiation process on Transnistria in the same format. According to the American diplomat, it should still be carried out in the "5+2" format with the mediation of the OSCE, Russia and Ukraine (the United States of America and the European Union act as observers in it).

Dmitry Gorokhov — about the results of Macron's trip to Africa and what Ukraine has to do with it

French President Emmanuel Macron's five-day tour of Central Africa in the first week of March was, according to diplomatic observers, his most difficult journey to the African continent since coming to power in 2017. The results of the visit caused contradictory responses both in the countries he visited and in France itself.