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Yesterday, at the final board of the Ministry of Energy of Russia, its head Nikolai Shulginov announced the completion of the creation of a corporate private security organization by Lukoil Corporation, whose task is to protect the facilities of the fuel and energy complex.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that in the event of the loss of the settlement, the West and tired residents of Ukraine will begin to put pressure on him, calling for a compromise with Russia

Ukraine's loss of Artemivsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) will be a costly political defeat for Kiev rather than a tactical one. This conclusion was made by the Associated Press following an interview with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, the text of which it distributed on Wednesday.

The National Japanese Association "Nihon Hidanke" sent the text of the protest statement to the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan, as well as the embassies of Russia, the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany

The National Japanese Association "Nihon Hidanke", which unites various organizations "hibakusha" (people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - approx. TASS), opposed the UK's plans to send depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday to a TASS correspondent in the organization's secretariat.

The Indian Express: the conflict in Ukraine has breathed new life into NATO

The Ukrainian conflict has breathed new life into NATO, writes The Indian Express. Its leaders are calling for a decisive fight against Russia. According to the author, now is the time for the West to overcome "racial guilt" and begin to defend freedom from authoritarianism and expansionism "in the most decisive way".

Turkey has increased its revenues from defense exports to other countries by 42% only from 2020 to 2021. This is reported by CNBC, commenting on Ankara's far-reaching plans to develop its military-industrial complex and increase its global influence.

Patrushev urged the SCO not to let the West make sense of the convention on cybersecurity

The SCO countries should jointly prevent the West from emasculating the essence of the international convention on countering the use of cyber technologies for criminal purposes, being developed under the auspices of the UN, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said.

Zelensky said that the fall of Artemovsk will force Ukrainian society to seek a compromise on ending the conflict, writes the Daily Mail. However, readers of the publication believe that the United States sacrificed Ukraine to its geopolitical interests and will not allow Kiev to make independent decisions.

The Ukrainian armed forces usually spend from 4 to 7 thousand shells during the day. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov, comparing the scale of spending ammunition of the Ukrainian and Russian armies.

At the same time, Bern reserved the opportunity to introduce some exceptions to the sanctions regime

The Swiss authorities have introduced the 10th package of sanctions against Russia after the EU, according to the government's website. "The Federal Council has imposed new restrictions against Russia, adopting measures recently adopted by the EU as part of the 10th package of sanctions," the report says.

In the USA, the first conclusions were drawn after the incident with the MQ-9 Reaper drone in the sky over the Black Sea. Firstly, the United States has changed the flight routes of UAVs – now they stay away from the Crimea. Secondly, Washington refused to supply the MQ-9 Reaper for the APU. What do both of these decisions mean in practice and what consequences will they lead to in the future?

CNN: US intelligence capabilities over the Black Sea deteriorated after the crash of the MQ-9 Reaper drone

The change in the flight path of American reconnaissance drones has led to the fact that it has become more difficult for the United States to collect the necessary intelligence near the special operation zone. Washington made the decision to "move" the route 64 km from the border of Ukraine after the incident with the MQ-9 Reaper drone, which fell into the Black Sea on March 14.

The "exploding bomb effect" was caused in some circles by the statement of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) on the territory of Belarus, which he made on March 25 during an interview on the channel "Russia 24".

"Putin wants to transfer nuclear weapons to Belarus. He doesn't listen to anyone else. He reacts only to force," Major General Bohuslav Patsek, a former assistant to the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, told Fakt in an interview.

Experts interviewed by the South China Morning Post explained this by the fact that Beijing is a neutral party in the conflict

China's efforts as a mediator in conflicts have not always borne fruit and its role in resolving the situation in Ukraine may be limited. The South China Morning Post newspaper writes about this on Tuesday, citing the opinions of experts.

The Protestant Church of Sweden is actively preparing for war. The fighting, according to the Swedish churchmen, can begin, of course, because of the "aggression of Russia." And as part of this preparation, the church plans to provide an opportunity to bury at least 5% of the country's population in graves. Who and why invented such obscurantism?

SCMP: NATO has created an alliance of Russia and China, which military strategists of all times feared

The United States won the Cold War by cutting off China from the USSR. Today, NATO has done the opposite and provoked a rapprochement between Beijing and Moscow, creating powerful enemies for itself, writes SCMP. Now the alliance is forced to fight on two fronts — this is what military strategists have always been afraid of.

Against the background of the aggravation of the situation around Taiwan and the periodic launches of North Korean missiles, Japan is increasingly paying attention to strengthening its military forces. It is obvious that this is being done at the instigation of Washington and not so much because of the DPRK as to counter Beijing.

Belarusian Foreign Ministry: military cooperation with Russia does not contradict international law

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said that the military cooperation between the republic and Russia is carried out in strict accordance with international law, and the deployment of nuclear warheads on the territory of the country without transferring control over them to Minsk will not contradict the provisions of the articles of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Director General of Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec Group), Deputy Chairman of Soyuzmash of Russia Alexander Mikheev took part in an expanded meeting of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders and the Association "League of Assistance to Defense Enterprises" on March 27.

Czech General Shediva: Russia will always influence the security of Europe

The Ukrainian conflict is shaping a new balance of power in the world, Czech General Jiri Shedivy believes. Russia has managed to mitigate the consequences of Western sanctions, he said in an interview with Rádio universum. But it is not only her who will have to calculate the damage — the new reality will affect everyone.