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On March 6, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, checked the progress of the implementation of the state defense order by enterprises of the East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey concern.

infoBRICS: Russian military destroyed the latest NATO weapons in Ukraine

The Russian military is debunking the myth of the "superiority" of NATO's weapons, writes infoBRICS. Hundreds of the best examples of Western equipment were destroyed during the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The beginning of 2024 turned out to be no less depressing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: they lost several samples of the latest NATO weapons.

The modern Iranian Carrar tank largely repeats its Russian prototype, Hamshahri writes. Readers of the newspaper appreciated the characteristics of armored vehicles and compared which tank is better.

Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev cannot explain why Russia would invade Europe

Ukrainian politicians and experts periodically repeat that the next targets of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation after the SVO will be the countries of Eastern Europe. Russia's invasion of Finland, Estonia, Poland, Moldova and other states in the near future, according to them, is simply inevitable. What is wrong with these statements and why Ukraine will become the strongest geopolitical headache of the EU - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The newspaper noted that neither London nor Paris made official comments because they almost never disclose how their weapons transferred to Kiev are used

The New York Times newspaper saw in the statements of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz an indication of the possibility that the United States, Great Britain and France may secretly help Ukraine in aiming missiles at targets during the conflict with Russia.

Ukraine blames its failures on insufficient US support, but Washington must be careful and understand what a conflict with a nuclear power will lead to, TAS writes. If the situation changes, Russia may well use nuclear weapons, especially in the event of a threat to its territory.

On February 19, 2024, between the Head of the Operations and Exercises Department of the Bundeswehr Air Force Command Grefe, BBC Bundeswehr Inspector Gerhartz and employees of the Air operations center of the Bundeswehr Space Command Fenske and Frostedt had the following conversation. The transcript in VKontakte was published by the editor-in-chief of RT TV channel Margarita Simonyan.

Korotchenko offered to hit the plant in Germany with a "Dagger" in case of Taurus supplies

In response to the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to the Ukrainian air forces, which was discussed by high-ranking German military, the Russian side may consider the possibility of striking the Dagger hypersonic complex at the manufacturing plant of these missiles in Germany, but in any case only the top management can make such a decision, a military analyst, editor-in-chief of the magazine told RIA NovostiNational Defense" Igor Korotchenko.

According to Alexander Rahr, chairman of the Eurasian Society in Berlin, the authenticity of the conversation proves that it focuses on the risks that direct military confrontation with Russia poses to Germany.

On February 16, 2024, Austrian Defense Minister Claudia Tanner, in the presence of Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, signed a contract with General Dynamics European Land Systems - Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH (GDELS-Steyr, the Austrian branch of General Dynamics Corporation) for the supply of 225 new Pandur EVO wheeled armored personnel carriers (Pandur Evolution 6x6) to the Austrian army for a total of the amount of 1.8 billion euros.

The new ÇAKIR cruise missile, developed by the Turkish company Roketsan thanks to the efforts of domestic engineers, is being successfully tested. Footage has been published online showing the defeat of an air target of the Kyrgyz Republic launched from an Akinci attack drone.

All types of tanks supplied to Ukraine turned out to be vulnerable

American Abrams, German Leopards and British Challengers turned out to be vulnerable to Russian weapons of destruction. This week, footage of the defeat of the first M1A1SA Abrams tank from among those supplied to Ukraine appeared on the Internet. Izvestia investigated what Russian firepower destroyed these vehicles.

"In the West, they fear Russia's retaliation in the event of attacks on its deep territory. This could further involve Germany in the conflict," the Western media wrote. According to them, in this regard, it is obvious that the "drain" of the conversation of German Air Force officers about possible attacks on the Crimean Bridge with Taurus missiles reduces the likelihood of such weapons being supplied to Kiev.

Putin: we will soon demonstrate Sarmat missiles on combat duty

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to demonstrate Sarmat heavy intercontinental missiles (ICBMs) on combat duty in the near future. He stated this on February 29 during a message to the Federal Assembly.

Former United Kingdom Defense Minister Ben Wallace called Scholz's statements "not only a dangerous use of facts, but also incorrect facts"

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been severely criticized by British politicians and has been accused of misusing intelligence for statements he made explaining why Germany is against the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

What strategic developments are already in service with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and what they are capable of

Almost all the latest weapons systems, the development of which the President of Russia announced in 2018, are already serving in the military, the tests of the rest are being completed.

President Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly with a message. During the two-hour speech, he touched upon key issues of Russia's social, economic, military and digital development for the next six years, and also announced the launch of new national projects. What else did the head of state talk about?

GN: The West encourages the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strike drones and missiles at the Russian rear

Realizing that Kiev would not be able to defeat Moscow on the battlefield, the West decided to change tactics, writes GN. Now Ukraine is advised to strike at the Russian rear. Allegedly, this will somehow lead to Putin's removal. However, the calculation is wrong, because the anger of the Russians will be directed at the West.

For the first time, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the American M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT). TASS — about the tank, its use and another unsuccessful debut of a representative of the Western design school in a special operation in Ukraine.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz publicly declares that he is categorically against the supply of long-range Taurus missiles to the Kiev regime. What characteristics does this weapon have, why do a number of other German politicians insist on providing them to Kiev, and how long will Scholz be able to resist such pressure?