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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.

Cumhuriyet: only countries with access to the Black Sea can solve issues

The United States has stated that it will continue to fly over the Black Sea, as it does not belong to anyone, Cumhuriyet writes. This position contradicts both the Montreux Convention, which prohibits America from being in the region, and common sense: why does Washington suddenly solve the issues of the Black Sea, without even having access to it?

Asia Times: The US was wrong about the fact that Russia will be able to "come to its senses"

The West has repeatedly mistaken Russia: and that it will be able to change it quickly, and that with one shock or another it will force it to "come to its senses," writes the author of the article in Asia Times. Under the tsars, under "communism", and now under Putin, Russia remains the same, he states.

JB Press: China's peace plan for Ukraine is aimed at weakening the US

China's peace plan for Ukraine, like many of its other reports, is "empty anti—American propaganda," writes JB Press with reference to the US congressional committee. According to experts, Beijing is trying to undermine Washington's influence and turn the West against it, giving Moscow an advantage.

The Times: funding problems undermine the combat readiness of the Bundeswehr

Due to the lack of funding, the German armed forces are facing serious problems, writes The Times. Not only special equipment is missing, but even clothes. In addition, the Bundeswehr cannot cope with the neo-Nazi tendencies of some military men.

India is entangled in a tangle of contradictions, writes The Print. The author of the article tries to understand the friends and opponents of New Delhi, as well as to understand the reasons for the discrepancy between Narendra Modi's strategic course and public opinion in the country.

NBC News: former British military called NATO's weak point at Russia's borders

The Black Sea is a particularly weak spot on NATO's eastern flank, NBC reported, citing former British officer Glen Grant. A military drone is probably not all that the United States has lost here.

The Polish Ministry of Defense is deploying recruitment centers throughout the country to recruit volunteers for service in the armed forces.

Expert: by voluntarily joining the ranks of the DPRK army, people support the government's course

The desire of hundreds of thousands of North Koreans to join the ranks of the national army means their support for the government's course, says Peter Kolchin, an analyst at the Center for Expert Support of Political Processes.

The UN confirmed the extension of the Black Sea grain initiative. "The Black Sea Grain Initiative, which was signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022, has been extended... We express our gratitude to the Turkish authorities for their diplomatic and operational support," the communique says.

NYT: confrontation in the Black Sea will decrease after the end of the conflict in Ukraine

The crash of an American drone over the Black Sea has increased tensions between the United States and Russia, writes the NYT. Military activity in the region was caused by the conflict in Ukraine, so the likelihood of such incidents will disappear only with its cessation.

The Australian authorities did not promise the United States to support them in the event of a military conflict around Taiwan in exchange for receiving nuclear submarines (submarines) as part of the AUKUS partnership, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles told ABC television on Sunday.

Al Binaa: Russia will crush anyone who encroaches on its security and interests

Before supporting Ukraine, Western "puppets of the USA" need to remember history, writes Al Binaa. It was Russia that liberated Europe from Napoleon's French expansion and Hitler's fascism. So in case of a threat to its security and geopolitical interests, Moscow will "crush anyone," the author of the article is sure.

At the same time, the country's president Emmanuel Macron previously stated that arms supplies to Ukraine should not lead to an escalation of the conflict or damage the defense capability of France itself

France is not limited by any taboo in helping Kiev. This was stated by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, the printed version of which was published on Sunday.