Cover picture: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, during a speech to the members of the Bundestag, March 16, 2023. ODD ANDERSEN / AFP
- US aviation will continue to fly ‘where international law allows’, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin assured the day after a US drone was intercepted by Russian planes over the Black Sea. He had before interviewed by telephone with his Russian counterpartSergei Shoigu, who estimated on Wednesday that one of the causes of the incident was the “strengthening” of American espionage operations.
- The Russian authorities will try to find the American drone Reaper MQ-9 that sank in the Black Sea on Tuesday after an incident Washington blamed on the Russian Air Force, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev announced. According to him, the incident proves that the United States is “directly (…) participating in the war.”
- So far, nine countries have pledged to deliver a total of more than 150 Leopard 2 tanks to UkraineMr. Austin also announced during a video conference meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said he was “optimistic”. after this meeting.
- On April 1, the Russian Defense Ministry will launch a new campaign to recruit 400,000 professional soldiersreports the Russian-language service of Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, citing several regional news agencies.
- Russia, China and Iran have launched joint naval maneuvers in the Gulf of Oman, which China’s Defense Ministry says will last until March 19.
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