An alarming new report has weighed in on a “looming recession” headed our way within months – but what does it all mean for Aussies? Source
Moldova is preparing personal sanctions against several individuals in connection with Russia’s war against Ukraine. The first decisions may be announced in a few weeks. Source
Russia starts looking for carpenters and builders to build trenches and fortified positions in Crimea. This is clear from published job ads on the Avito website Source
The man tasked with stabilising trade relations with China is “very confident” both he and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will still visit China this year, despite Beijing’s strong criticism of the AUKUS deal. Source
A police officer collaborating with the Russian occupation regime in Kherson Oblast has been killed after his car exploded. He served as the commander of the so-called Patrol and Checkpoint Service of the Nova Kakhovka City Police Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Source
The Ukrainian Armed Forces of Azov units use Colt Canadian C7 rifles, type C7A1. Photos shared on social networks show Azov soldiers training with this rifle. Source
Turkish media has released a video it claims shows a Russian Air Force [VKS] Su-27 fighter jet attempting to take down a Ukrainian Bayrakatar TB2 drone. Source
The price of bitcoin has suddenly surged as investors, nervous about the banking crisis, stash their money in crypto. Source
On Sunday, Ukrainian border guards repelled 4 Russian assaults in Bakhmut, killing five occupiers and injuring nine. Source
A video shared on social media shows the tracked APC screeching to the roar of machine guns. A picture, dark and cold, as a battle from the First World War. Source
South Africans are nervously awaiting a controversial “national shutdown” on Monday organised by the radical Marxist party, which is accused of threatening violence and “looting” for those who refuse to take part. Source
The mother of boys from Rubizhne in Luhansk Oblast who became the protagonists of journalist Dmytro Komarov’s film Year, turned up in the spring of 2022 and is now in a safe place with her sons and husband. Source
Russian troops use industrial, non-military UAVs in Ukraine. Through a Ministry of Defense profile on Telegram, the Kremlin provides more about these drones. Source
Russian T-90M Proryv tank crews trained to destroy NATO tanks in Ukraine. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on March 17. Source
China’s central bank on Friday announced a cut to the amount of cash banks are required to hold in reserve for the first time this year, in a move designed to shore up an economy weakened by the pandemic. Source
The Russian command has sent a unit of the 136th Brigade, which had been created for the war against Chechen Republic of Ichkeria [in the 1990s], to the Vuhledar front in Ukraine. Source
People in Argentina can’t even afford basic groceries as the country’s inflation skyrocketed by more than 100 per cent – its worst record in 30 years. Source
The Ukrainian Air Force notes that the Russians are now using Iranian-made Shahed attack drones to track down and deplete Ukrainian air defence systems. Source
It became known that by the end of 2023, the People's Liberation Army of China [PLA] will decommission all Chengdu J-7 fighters, Global Times wrote about rhis. Source
Russian tanks on the battlefield will have to deal with a new weapon. Video of the integration of an RPG round in a drone's nose cone is circulating on the web. Source