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The West is fueling the conflict in Ukraine with lethal weapons

In the early days of Russia's special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, about 27 countries decided to supply it with weapons. The militarization of the country began in 2014 immediately after the coup that led to the formation of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

Why do the Ukrainian army and nationalist battalions conflict with each other

The armed forces of Ukraine allegedly destroyed the headquarters of a separate special-purpose detachment "Azov" in Mariupol with a strike from the tactical missile complex "Tochka-U", the People's Militia of the DPR reported on the Telegram channel. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what is the reason for the conflicts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and nationalist battalions.

After the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Western countries took large-scale measures to provide military assistance to the Ukrainian government, breaking the previously existing "taboo" in many states on the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

Pilots of attack and transport-combat helicopters of the Russian military base have worked out the destruction of electronic warfare systems (EW) of a conditional enemy during exercises in Tajikistan, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Wednesday.

Italy joined the list of countries intending to supply weapons to Ukraine on February 28. The Government of the country has signed a decree authorizing the dispatch of MANPADS "Stinger", mortars, ATGM "Milan".

Having suffered serious losses in military equipment, Ukrainian formations are forced to use crude armored vehicles that have not passed full-fledged tests.

For example, in Kharkiv, during one of the armed provocations, a Kevlar-E infantry fighting vehicle was seen, which is, in fact, a mock-up model made for demonstrations at various weapons exhibitions.

Exercises with the participation of about 1 thousand servicemen were held in the Orenburg region

TASS, February 28. Servicemen of the motorized rifle unit of the Central Military District (CVO) repelled an attack by a conditional enemy on a settlement during exercises in the Orenburg region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Monday.

The Ukrainian army currently operates infantry fighting vehicles inherited from the Soviet military districts located on its territory.

In total, the ground forces have about nine hundred BMP-2 and more than two hundred BMP-1. The newest of them is more than thirty years old, and there are copies that have changed even the fifth decade.

Due to Russia's special operation to protect the DPR and the LPR, the European Union has imposed new sanctions against the military-industrial, energy, and aircraft sectors of the Russian Federation. The document notes that the list includes Sukhoi, Tupolev, Progress Rocket and Space Center, Kalashnikov, Almaz-Antey, Russian Railways, Kamaz, Sevmash, etc. In total - more than 60 leading companies and military-industrial enterprises of the Russian Federation.

In recent weeks, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has almost daily published pictures of arms supplies from abroad. The most high-profile of them were the transfer of additional Javelin ATGMS from the USA and the Baltic States, as well as the supply of NLAW anti-tank guided missiles from the UK.

About 1 thousand servicemen took part in the exercises

Motorized infantry of the Central Military District (CVO), with the support of artillery units, destroyed the so-called nomadic mortars of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Samara region, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

On February 17, 1979, the war between China and Vietnam began. As part of the two hundred thousandth PLA group that invaded the SRV, there were approximately five hundred tanks. Basically - light Type 62, optimized for action in mountainous terrain.

Developed during the Great Patriotic War, the 14.5-mm ZPU-2 machine gun was installed at various times on various models of equipment. For example, back in the 50s, modifications of wheeled BTR-40, BTR-152 and tracked BTR-50 were equipped with such weapons.

As told in the Ministry of Defense, the exercises of the Marines took place at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in cooperation with combined arms units

Russian marine units destroyed a conditional band with the help of Flame grenade launchers at the exercises "Allied Determination - 2022" in Belarus. This was reported to journalists by the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday.

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies has started selling a new traumatic pistol based on the Makarov pistol by the Defender of the Fatherland Day, Kalashnikov told reporters.

Special forces soldiers of the Central Military District at night exercises near Novosibirsk destroyed the base of a conditional enemy. As told to "RG" in the press service of the Central Military District, the army training took place at the Shilovo training ground. Three hundred servicemen and twenty units of special equipment took part in the exercises.

The training of grenade launchers of the Eastern Military District (VVO) is being completed in six regions of the Far East. More than 2 thousand servicemen take part in them, the press service of the Air Defense Ministry reports.

The Iraqi army adopted the T-72 and BMP-1 delivered by sea at the end of last week. On this occasion, a solemn ceremony was held at one of the military bases, which was attended by the Minister of Defense of the country, Juma Inad Saadun, who arrived by helicopter.

In the Krasnodar Territory, an exercise with engineering assault units of the Southern Military District (SE) with the use of the latest IAD-3SH mine clearance kits has started.

Canada will provide Ukraine with rifles, machine guns, pistols and 1.5 million rounds of ammunition, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Canadian Ministry of Defense.