03/23/2023 16:13:18
Moscow: With the Slovakian Mig, NATO and the EU are continuing the escalation
The transfer of the first group of Mig-29 fighters through Slovakia to Ukraine “is another step that indicates that NATO and EU countries on the Ukrainian question are continuing the path of escalating the conflict, trying to stop it drag out and fight to the last Ukrainian,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told TASS.
03/23/2023 16:12:02
Mig-29, the first fighters delivered to Kiev from Slovakia
The first four Mig-29 fighters donated to Ukraine by Slovakia flew out of Slovakian territory today. This was announced by the Slovakian Ministry of Defense. Slovakia intends to donate a total of 13 fighter jets of this type to Ukraine. “I would like to thank everyone involved for the great professional work. Slovakia is on the right side and with this gesture we inscribed ourselves as a country in the history of the modern world in big letters, which speaks of timely help, sincere solidarity and greatness of the nation,” said Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad.
2023-03-23 12:04:00
Medvedev: «This year we will produce 1,500 tanks»
Russia plans to produce 1,500 tanks for the war against Ukraine this year. This was stated by Deputy Head of the National Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, adding that “the military-industrial complex is overheating”. The West is trying to prevent key components from reaching Russia, claiming that the country is running out of artillery shells, tanks and missiles, the former Russian president said. “And yet we will produce 1,500 tanks this year alone.”
03/23/2023 11:47:19
GB: Increased anti-Russia support for Romania
The UK is stepping up its support for Romania, a NATO ally, amid Russian aggression in neighboring Ukraine. That’s what we read in a Foreign Office statement on the day British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu met in London. The signing of a renewed strategic partnership aims to “strengthen and maintain the deep historical and economic ties between the two countries.” The aim of the agreement, as Cleverly emphasized, is “to counteract Russia’s aggressive actions in the Black Sea region”. The meeting comes after Cleverly’s mission to Moldova and Georgia, during which he announced new London funding for the two former Soviet republics, again to counter the Russian threat and possible “external interference”. The Minister had said on that occasion: “The UK will not stand by and see Moscow blatantly undermine its democracy, sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
03/23/2023 11:44:29
Kyiv: counter-offensive against Bakhmut soon
The Armed Forces of Ukraine will soon launch a counter-offensive against the Russian army. Word of the commander of the land forces of Kiev Oleksandr Syrsky, according to which the Russian forces in the battle for Bakhmut “are considerably losing strength and are exhausted”. “Very soon we will seize this opportunity, as we have done in the past near Kyiv, Kharkiv, Balakliya and Kupyansk,” Syrski said, listing last year’s Ukrainian counter-offensives that proved to be turning points in the war . Ukrainian officials and Western analysts said the Russian offensive around Bakhmut appears to have stalled. Despite the massive deployment of people and weapons, the Russian military has not yet managed to capture the city of Donbass after months of fighting.
03/23/2023 11:11:32
Meloni: «League positions to Ukraine? To be honest, I’m not worried.”
“Honestly, I’m not worried” about the league’s positions on Ukraine, “Italy’s line is clear”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni assured this on her arrival at the European Council in Brussels, stressing: “Apart from the positions expressed on the necessary call to continue working towards a solution to the conflict, which we are all working towards, it is about understanding the point what is useful”.
03/23/2023 10:42:59
Medvedev: Russia has nuclear superiority
Russia has nuclear superiority, otherwise it would surely have been “blown up”. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with Russian media, including Tass, and users of the VKontakte social network. The politician mentioned nuclear weapons when commenting on the production of drones, which he described as “very important, especially in a conflict like this”. “Thank God … we have parity and even superiority in strategic nuclear forces, which is even more vital to our country’s existence, because otherwise we would have been torn apart,” he stressed.
03/23/2023 10:25:41
Medvedev: Soon we will have a full range of drones
Russia will soon have a full range of drones, with production of kamikaze drones and reconnaissance aircraft already underway. This was stated by Deputy President of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with the country’s news agencies. Interfax reports it. Medvedev acknowledged that Russia has not had a big lead in drone production in recent years, but added: “We already have good reconnaissance drones and have established their production. The second thing that we already have and that works very well, just look at the telegram channels of military correspondents or army reports, are the so-called blocking munitions or suicide drones,” he added, explaining that these are drones whose only job is that “right on target”. “These blocking ammunition like Kub, Lantset and others produced by Kalashnikov (concern) and related companies show their excellent quality. They keep telling us, “This is something Iranian,” but this is completely Russian-made ammunition, with high precision and a relatively small charge. We already have a similar range,” he said. Russia has to produce a whole range of attack drones, i.e. large aircraft: “We still have work to do, even if we have several models that are close to mass production and I am sure that their maiden flights will be a matter of the next few months,” he concluded, saying he was “sure we’ll have a full range of drones in the near future.”
03/23/2023 09:31:35
Moscow: The West will not interfere in our relations with China
The West will not be able to interfere in Russia-China relations, nor damage “the positive and constructive agenda of Russian-Chinese relations.” This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who defined the announcement of the delivery of depleted uranium ammunition to Kiev as “a political provocation” while Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting Moscow.
03/23/2023 09:25:45
Russian missiles at night on Avdiivka: two dead
Two people died in a Russian missile attack on the town of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine last night, the head of the regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform. “In the middle of the night the Russians shelled Kramatorsk and the outskirts of the city,” Kyrylenko wrote. In the Donetsk direction, two people died in Avdiivka. The city was hit by a rocket: three rockets aimed at the territory of AKHZ,” the governor added, referring to the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant chemical plant.
03/23/2023 09:06:12
Kiev: “Moscow still wants to take Bakhmut”
“The attacker, despite the loss of men and equipment, does not lose hope of capturing Bakhmut at any cost,” General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, wrote on Telegram, the Guardian reports. The Russians are losing “considerable forces,” Syrskyi insists, adding that “we will seize this opportunity very soon, as we have done in the past near Kiev, Kharkiv, Balakliya and Kupiansk,” all areas that the previously liberated Ukraine from Russian occupation. The general then commended his troops for “superhuman resilience, courage and daring” under “continuous fire from enemy artillery and aircraft.”
03/23/2023 08:58:29
Russia launches military satellites
Russia has launched a military satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. This was announced by the Moscow Ministry of Defense, which reported in a statement that “at 09.40 a medium-class Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle was launched with a spacecraft for the Russian Ministry of Defense from the Plesetsk launch site in the Arkhangelsk region combat crews of the Space Forces».
03/23/2023 08:52:10
Kiev: 83 Russian attacks were repelled yesterday
Yesterday Ukrainian forces repelled 83 Russian attacks. This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kiev in its morning update. According to reports, Russian troops are concentrating their efforts on conducting offensives against Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka and Shakhtarsk in Donetsk Oblast. The Ukrainian Air Force has carried out 12 strikes on temporary Russian bases in the past 24 hours, while Ukrainian missile and artillery forces have destroyed a checkpoint, three bases for Russian troops and equipment, an ammunition depot and an electronic warfare station.
03/23/2023 08:35:11
Isw: The Russian offensive in Bakhmut is slowing down
The Russian offensive at Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine is “slowing down” while the pace of operations in nearby Avdiivka is picking up: The Institute for the Study of War writes in its daily update on the conflict. The Guardian reports on it. It appears that Russian operations around Bakhmut are “slowing down amid Western reports that Russian forces may be attempting to launch offensives in other directions,” writes the US research center. Russian forces, he continues, are accelerating offensive operations around Avdiivka – which is some 55 kilometers southwest of Bakhmut – with the aim of encircling the city. And experts at the study center do not rule out that the Russians are doing this at the expense of their operations in Bakhmut and Vugledar (about 70 kilometers southwest of Avdiivka), where the offensive appears to have stalled. Even the British Ministry of Defense spoke in its intelligence report yesterday of a “realistic possibility” that the Russian attack on Bakhmut will lose the limited momentum it has gained, partly because some units have been moved to other sectors.
03/23/2023 07:34:59
Medvedev: “The West will try to interfere in the 2024 presidential election”
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said Western countries would try to interfere in the 2024 Russian presidential election: “No doubt they will interfere as they always have,” he said in an interview with Russian news agencies . “They accuse us of meddling, but have openly done so since the collapse of the Soviet Union,” he added.
03/23/2023 06:56:03
Medvedev: «Putin arrested? That would be a declaration of war.”
An arrest of the Russian president abroad under the mandate of the International Criminal Court (ICC) would become a casus belli, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said, answering questions from journalists and social media users this morning, as reported by Tax reported. “Let’s imagine – obviously this is a situation that will never happen, yes – but let’s imagine that it actually happens. For example, an incumbent president of a nuclear power comes to Germany and is arrested. What would that be? A declaration of war on the Russian Federation! In that case, all our funds would fly to the Bundestag, the Chancellery and so on.” On the words of the German Federal Minister of Justice, Marco Buschmann, according to which Berlin must implement the ruling of the International Criminal Court and arrest the Russian leader if he were to enter German territory, noted Medvedev: “He is aware that would be a casus belli, a declaration of war? Or didn’t he do his homework?” he concluded.
03/23/2023 06:24:13
Medvedev: “Some countries only understand the language of violence”
Deputy President of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said he was convinced that some countries “only understand the language of violence”. “It makes no sense to negotiate with some countries, blocs or unions of nations,” Medvedev said in an interview with Russian media, including TASS, “because they only understand the language of violence.”
03/23/2023 06:22:07
Moscow: “The West is Leading Mankind to Armageddon”
“The United States-led Western countries have decided to bring humanity to the brink of nuclear Armageddon,” Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said in Washington, according to Tass, in response to comments from senior officials that it was depleted uranium ammunition are weapons that have been in use for decades and do not pose a high risk. “It’s really difficult to comment on this nonsense. The US authorities have hit a new low with their irresponsible statements,” Antonov said.
Zelensky goes to Donbass and visits the Ukrainian soldiers of the Bakhmut Front
Ukrainian war live. Indeed, during Xi’s three-day visit to Moscow, the Chinese Pax, warmly welcomed by Russia and rejected by the West as a pretext to ratify the illegal seizure of Ukrainian lands with a ceasefire, faded. West to which the tsar says: «Play with fire». The reality on the ground, which may be turning in favor of the Ukrainians, is photographed by British intelligence and the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War. By now the battle for Bakhmut would be practically over. Yesterday Zelenskyi even wanted to go to the front in Donetsk, a few kilometers from the center of the embattled city (the Russians are pushing from the north, east and south, the Ukrainians are fighting back in the center).
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