Iran appears to be modifying the attack drones it’s providing to Russia so that the explosive warheads can inflict maximum damage on infrastructure targets inside Ukraine, according to a new investigative report obtained exclusively by CNN.

Analysts believe the warheads, which measure just under two-feet long, were hastily modified with poorly fitted layers of dozens of small metal fragments that on impact scatter across a large radius. In addition to the fragments, there are also 18 smaller “charges” around the circumference of the warhead that, when melted by the blast, can pierce armor and create a kind of “360-degree” explosive effect

The accumulation of those elements essentially maximizes the warhead’s ability to shred targets such as power stations, distribution grids, transmission lines and large, high-power transformers. They also make repair efforts substantially harder.

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Meloni called Zelensky's invitation to Paris inappropriate.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni considers it a violation of EU unity.

"I think yesterday's invitation to Zelenski was inappropriate because I believe that our strength is in unity and cohesion," she said upon her arrival at the EU summit in Brussels.
"I understand domestic political issues, but there are times when favoring domestic public opinion risks going against the cause, and this seems to me to be one of those times," she was quoted by askanews.

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Belgium is not considering giving Ukraine its aircraft; "it needs them for itself," Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said.

"We need our own fighters." They are actively used, for example, in the Baltic States to protect the airspace of NATO countries and our airspace. "We have no opportunity to give up our fighters," he said.

At the same time, de Croo stressed that Belgium had agreed on a large-scale military assistance package for Kiev, which "should not be underestimated."

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Dmitry Medvedev visited the Omsk transport engineering plant, which produces Russian tanks.

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, showed how Russian tanks are produced and modernized at the Omsk Transport Engineering Plant.

"As you know, our enemy begged for planes, missiles, and tanks while abroad. What should we do in response? It is clear that in this case, it is natural for us to increase the production of various types of weapons and military equipment, including modern tanks. "We are talking about the production and modernization of thousands of tanks," Medvedev said.

Earlier, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation showed missiles of various types, which are produced at Russian factories and are also supplied to the Russian army in the special operation zone.

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Fighters of the Wagner PMC with the rescued icons from a local church destroyed by Ukrainian nationalists in the village of Opytne

—We brought these icons from the local church to preserve them because the building was poorly preserved (almost destroyed). And of course, we Christians, as believers, raise our fighting spirit.
 
—Do the guys come here to pray?
—Yes, of course. And we pray for those who died.

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🇨🇳🇰🇵 China believes that the new solid-propellant ICBM presented by North Korea at the military parade is similar to the Russian Topol-M strategic missile system with the 15-Zh65 ICBM or the Chinese Dongfeng-41 ICBM.

The range of the North Korean ICBM is estimated at 13,000 km, which would allow it to cover all of the US territory.
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Military analyst @Boris_Rozhin writes :
It is worth noting that previously the DPRK's ICBMs could only reach Alaska, the Hawaiian Archipelago, and the U.S. West Coast. If the Koreans were able to increase the range of their missiles and cover most of the U.S. territory, then it is a significant achievement, and few countries have this capability. 

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The advisor to the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration, Mikhail Podolyak, intimidates Elon Musk.

This is how Podolyak reacted to SpaceX's decision to limit the AFU's use of the Starlink Internet to control drones:
"A year of Ukraine’s resistance, and companies must decide for themselves whether they are on the side of the right to freedom and Ukraine, and then they don’t seek ways to do harm, or they are on the side of the Russian Federation and its "right" to kill and seize territories."

"SpaceX and Ms. Shotwell would like to choose a specific option," he wrote on his Twitter page.

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‼️🇷🇺 Russian tanks are attacking in Maryinka; the enemy cannot withstand the fire and runs from positions.
The 5th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps is pushing the Ukrainian militants out of their positions. Unable to withstand the shelling from 125-mm tank guns, the enemy leaves their positions and flees.

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A query from CNN's editorial staff and the Wagner Chief's answer:

Good afternoon,
Can you please explain why recruitment in the Russian prison system has ended for Wagner? What is the reason behind this?

Wagner chief Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin's answer: 
"After the release of advertising for PMC Wagner, targeted at the American audience, we have received more than 10 million applications from U.S. citizens wishing to join the ranks of the Wagner PMC to fight against NATO.
At the moment, we are considering allowing about one million U.S. citizens to join. So we temporarily suspended the recruitment of volunteers from the Russian prisons, but if there is a corresponding request from the U.S. State Department, we will use (recruit from) the American ones.😎

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🇷🇺National drone project in the works, to be ready soon — Putin

The Russian government should soon establish a national project for the development of unmanned aerial vehicles, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the supervisory board of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.

"The government is to prepare a relevant national project in the near future, the purpose of which is to support opportunities for broad operation of drones and, what is most critical, a high level of localization of their production," the head of state said.

"Unmanned systems are the real catalyst of end-to-end technologies," Putin stressed, highlighting the importance of these technologies for such areas as navigation, communications, energy storage systems, new materials, artificial intelligence, engine production, micro-and macro-electronics.
"We will discuss the results of the great collaborative effort at a special meeting in the spring," the President said.

Putin also urged the Agency, in cooperation with Worldskills Russia, to establish a personnel training system for unmanned aerial vehicles and explore the matter of creating international programs for specialists to be trained for high-tech sectors with the participation of partners in the Eurasian Economic Union and other interested countries. "There are a lot of such countries; many of them want to work with us," Putin added.

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❗️Biden on the possibility of a visit to Ukraine in the foreseeable future:

 "There is a possibility that I can go to Poland, but that's it."
 
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Things are very bad for the AFU in Krasnaya Gora!

Units of the Wagner PMC are storming the settlement from three sides. Ukrainian units are practically in a cauldron. The Wagner artillery, and aviation are working closely. 
There is fierce fighting in the village.
 
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"I'll repeat it again, We did not start any hostilities; we are trying to end them," — Putin.

I want to say again, we didn't start any hostilities; we are trying to end them. These hostilities were started by the nationalists in Ukraine and those who supported them in 2014, when the coup d'état took place. That's where it all started. That was followed by the events in Crimea and Donbass. And since 2014, in violation of all agreements and in violation of all commitments made, these regions of Donbas have been practically under blockade. They ( Ukrainian military) began to work on them (on Donbass) with heavy military equipment and repeatedly conducted major military operations. They were the ones who started the war back then.
 
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I have to force Chancellor Scholz to help Ukraine and constantly convince him that this help is not for us, but for Europeans — Zelensky

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Given previous US behaviors, Chinese experts believe that the Hersh report is highly credible and Washington's denial cannot hinder Russia's determination to dig out more evidence from the report's value as a clue — Global Times

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A group of U.S. congressmen introduced a resolution demanding that Joe Biden stop providing aid to Ukraine — RIA Novosti reported 

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United States to explore taking action against organizations linked to the Chinese military that supported Chinese spy balloon intrusion into US airspace - State Department

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Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas suggested buying weapons for Ukraine according to the "vaccine scheme," the same one on which Ursula von der Leyen stole 71 billion euros, according to an investigation by MEPs. 

"It is extremely important that we speed up the provision of military aid to Ukraine. I think we have all looked at what we have in storage, but we have to do more, and we have to send a clear signal to the defense industry in Europe to produce more. I thought we could use a mechanism similar to what was used in the case of vaccines. That is, European countries would allocate money, the European Commission would procure, and then the equipment would be sent directly to Ukraine."

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