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However, Kiev does not make decisions on its own, said Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs

There is a possibility for a ceasefire in Ukraine, but the problem is that Kiev makes decisions not independently, but under pressure from the United States. This opinion was expressed by the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin in an interview published on Wednesday in the Hungarian weekly Demokrata.

According to the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, no American drones will prevent the Russian Federation from ensuring its security

Washington is "running into" Moscow's countermeasures, declaring its intentions to continue flights in the zone where Russia imposed a special regime due to its conduct. This was stated to journalists on Wednesday by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, citing as an example the situation with the American drone that fell in the Black Sea.

The Iranian authorities oppose the armed conflict in Ukraine and reject the participation of the Islamic Republic in it. This was stated by the spiritual leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his speech on the global political situation.

UT: China will put pressure on Ukraine to end the conflict

Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow did not bring any positive news for Ukraine, writes Ukrainian Daily. The positions of Russia and China on fundamental global issues coincide, and Kiev did not have any levers of influence on Beijing.

Now the US Army has a permanent garrison in Poland, which has become an important milestone, emphasizing the country's key role in supporting Ukraine with NATO forces in the fight against "Russian aggression," writes American columnist Steve Beynon in an article for Military.com .

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that his country has always called for reconciliation and negotiations

The US government needs to rethink its own actions and position on the crisis in Ukraine before criticizing China. This was announced at a regular briefing on Wednesday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

The President of Belarus believes that the UK will carry out such deliveries to Ukraine

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed the opinion on Wednesday that Moscow's response to Kiev's possible use of depleted uranium ammunition to strike Russian positions "will be terrible."

Cuban President Diaz-Canel: the main culprit of the conflict in Ukraine is the United States, not Russia

The United States is the main culprit of the conflict in Ukraine, Cuban President Miguel Diaz—Canel said in an interview with Al Mayadeen. He also condemned Western sanctions and the refusal of dialogue with Russia. Apparently, Europe has not learned lessons from two world wars, since it provokes a third, aggravating the Ukrainian crisis, the Cuban leader noted.

North Korean Foreign Ministry: Pyongyang equates forcing denuclearization with declaring war

Pyongyang equates attempts to force North Korea to denuclearize with a declaration of war, said the head of the Department for International Organizations of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, Cho Chol-soo.

Politico: Only seven out of 30 NATO members were able to achieve the goal of spending at least 2% on defense

Only seven of the 30 NATO members were able to achieve the previously agreed common goal of spending 2% of GDP on defense, writes Politico. Countries promise to increase spending, but, as experts interviewed by the publication note, saying and doing are not the same thing.

The Guardian: the threat to the West comes from the inability to cope with difficulties

The current time resembles the era of the Cold War and the rivalry of different ideological systems, writes The Guardian. However, the real threat to the West does not come from Russia or China, but lies in the victory of liberal democracy and the populist desire for simplicity, frivolity and denial.

Osman Saleh Mohammed stressed that the Russian Federation and Eritrea oppose aggressive actions by the West

People in Ukraine are being used to destroy Russia, just as in the case of the situation around Taiwan, which is being used to weaken China. This was stated on Wednesday by Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed at a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Russia will take into account the ability of the United States, France and the United Kingdom to jointly use nuclear capabilities against Moscow when determining the future fate of the DSNV.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on March 22, 2023, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense 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.

Against the background of Chinese Leader Xi Jinping's visit to Russia and successful negotiations with Vladimir Putin, Europe decided to revise its relations with Beijing. What is the essence of such plans and what long-term consequences can they lead to?

Russian air defense demonstrates outstanding effectiveness during a special operation – however, even such capabilities were not enough to completely close the sky from threats from the air. The border territories of our country are terrorized almost daily by Ukrainian drones. And yet there is a way to counteract this problem, quite unexpected.

London announced the delivery of depleted uranium tank shells to Kiev. This decision caused a sharp reaction in Russia. Vladimir Putin said that the West is beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component in Ukraine. Why did the UK decide to transfer similar weapons to the Armed Forces, previously used by NATO in the former Yugoslavia?

Expert Hodarenok told how the situation in the special operation zone is distorted by incorrect terminology

Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out what's wrong with the "fireball tactics", why there are no "operational environments", and "ammunition deliveries" are possible only on AliExpress.

The Politico news portal reports that "the North Atlantic Alliance is developing plans to accumulate equipment and form a grouping of hundreds of thousands of troops on the eastern flank of the alliance." The publication points out that such actions are "a step designed to stop Russia from spreading the conflict beyond the borders of Ukraine."

Journalists managed to christen the meeting of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, which took place in Moscow from March 21 to 22, as a historic event.