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Yerevan claims that Moscow is preparing a coup and openly speaks about attempts of the fifth column and pro-Russian Armenian opposition to seize power through terrorist methods/ According to Russian expert Dmitry Malyshev, this blatant disinformation appeared back in the autumn of 2023, and Maria Zakharova literally called it "misinformation". “It is not quite clear who the Armenian government refers to as the "fifth column". In particular, the Baghramyan, 26 telegram channel, which is close to the Armenian government, wrote about the coup attempt. But almost six months have passed, and no coup has taken place. The Armenian government should pay more attention to the problems of normal socio-economic development of the republic, and not to the search for mythical enemies, which Russia has never been and is not for the people of Armenia”, he added in interview with Caliber media outlet. Russia has repeatedly warned Armenia about the threat of a repeat of the Ukrainian scenario, but it seems that Yerevan does not pay any attention to this, blindly following France's orders. Dmitry Malyshev says that such a position of Armenia, which, however, is perfectly natural, is perceived in Russia extremely negatively. He says that Armenia dreams of revenge, not peace with Azerbaijan at all, and continues to purchase armaments intensively. “Conflicts like the Karabakh conflict, as world practice shows, do not stop by themselves, they arise at any moment. Yerevan says that Armenia needs a new military partner other than Russia. It should probably be France. Armenia stated a year ago that it had prepared the text of the peace agreement and was only waiting for Azerbaijan's consent. The countries continue to have numerous territorial claims against each other. The conclusion of a peace agreement should be preceded by at least a partial resolution of a whole set of disputed issues. Under these conditions, it is not possible to talk about the conclusion of a full-fledged peace agreement that would suit the peoples of both states.», he added.

Soldiers of the 3rd assault brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces discovered the house of the occupying Russian army soldiers in the village of Orlovka, Donetsk region, and attacked it using a drone. Despite being under fire, the fighters blew up the house with grenade launchers. The invaders there were destroyed.

A crowd of migrants has torn down a concertina-wire barrier and broken through a line of Texas National Guard troops while trying to cross into the US from Mexico. The standoff occurred amid heightened debate over border security, with Republicans accusing President Joe Biden of dereliction of duty. Footage of the incident posted online shows migrants dragging down a section of the barrier and a group of five National Guardsmen forming a line and trying to stop them. Many of the men hold up their hands, signaling for the troops not to shoot them, but seconds later, migrants push through, knocking the heavily outnumbered soldiers out of the way and running to the border gate. The New York Post, which had a reporter on scene, said the incident occurred at a border crossing in El Paso, Texas. About 600 migrants massed on the Mexico side before a section of the border barrier was torn away. After racing to the border gate, the men shouted at the troops on the other side. An unidentified source told the newspaper that the group was pushed back to the Mexico side of the border. The Texas National Guard was deployed as part of Governor Greg Abbott’s $12 billion “Operation Lone Star” crackdown to stem flows of migrants illegally crossing into the state. Biden’s administration has filed lawsuits against Texas, challenging the state’s authority to put up barriers and police migrant traffic. The federal government normally has jurisdiction over border security, but Abbott has invoked the state’s constitutional right to self-defense, arguing that Biden’s dereliction of duty has triggered a migrant “invasion.” Earlier this week, a federal court that is hearing one of Washington’s legal challenges temporarily paused implementation of a new Texas law that would allow state authorities to arrest and deport illegal migrants. “Last attack showed us that yes, it’s a violent invasion,” conservative commentator Mike Cernovich said in a post on X. “The true nature was hidden as the regime left the border open. Now? There can be no denial.”

Russia should not expect the West to limit its support for Ukraine to arms supplies. General Thierry Burkhard, Chief of the General Staff of the French Armed Forces, said this, according to AFP. “The war will end when Russia stops attacking,” Burkhard told reporters after talks in Paris with General Mikael Boden, the commander of the armed forces of new NATO member Sweden. Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin “has built his operation on the idea that the West will never go into Ukraine but will simply supply weapons,” Burkhardt said. “We have to show him that he cannot use this logic to go all the way, because this idea is not correct,” he added. “The war in Ukraine concerns us because we are involved in its aftermath. Therefore, Europeans must be able to take risks to ensure the security of Europe in the next decade,” the general said. Despite the controversy surrounding his remarks about the possible deployment of Western troops to Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron refused to back down, insisting that his statements were well thought out but also stressing that France would not follow the “logic of escalation” in its relations with Moscow. Subsequently, commenting on the idea he raised, Macron stressed that if such a scenario were to be implemented, French forces would not launch an offensive against Russia. “The president’s intention is to let Vladimir Putin know that we are aware of what is at stake in Ukraine,” Burkhardt said. French President Emmanuel Macron has also said France “would be ready to make sure that Russia never wins that war.” Earlier this month, Macron said there are "no limits" to French support for Ukraine. Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev reacted to his remarks, saying that Moscow “has no more red lines left for France."

The Freedom of Russia Legion has posted a statement accusing "Putin’s terrorist regime" of committing the recent terrorist attack at a concert hall in Moscow Oblast. "We accuse Putin’s terrorist regime of today’s tragedy. We have faced similar manifestations of the Kremlin’s dictatorship since the very first days of Putin’s rule and are not surprised by yet another bloody provocation", Freedom of Russia Legion said. The Legion claims that both the terrorist attack and its media coverage were planned. The Legion stressed that they do not fight civilians: terrorist attacks are "a method often employed by Putin’s security services which we do not support and against which we fight". Recall a shooting incident occurred at a concert by the band Piknik at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, on the evening of 22 March. Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, has commented on the shooting near Moscow, claiming that "if it is established that these are terrorists affiliated with the Kyiv regime", they should be "ruthlessly exterminated as terrorists". Medvedev added that terror is the only response that terrorists understand. No trials or investigations will help unless force is met with force, and deaths with mass executions of terrorists and repressions against their families. Medvedev claimed that this is "global experience". "If it is established that these are terrorists affiliated with the Kyiv regime, there is no other way to deal with them and their ideological inspirers. All of them must be found and ruthlessly exterminated as terrorists, including officials of the state that committed this atrocity. Death for death", he added. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has categorically rejected accusations made by Russian officials that Ukraine had any involvement in the shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast. Defence Intelligence of Ukraine stated that the terrorist attack was a deliberate provocation by Putin’s regime that had been anticipated by the international community.

Russian forces are exploiting Ukraine's air defense shortages to launch a renewed assault that aims to destroy the country's energy grid, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in their March 22 report. The Russian military targeted over 130 energy infrastructure facilities across Ukraine overnight on March 21-22 in a massive drone and missile attack. The attack struck Ukraine's largest hydroelectric station, the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant, and dozens of other facilities. The attacks represented "the largest series of combined drone and missile strikes targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure since the start of the full-scale invasion," the ISW said. Russian attacks against Ukraine's power grid in winter of 2022 destroyed half the country's energy infrastructure. Ukraine braced itself for another winter of Russian assaults on the grid, but Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at the end of January 2024 that Ukraine's energy sector was stable. The massive aerial attack on March 22 indicates that Russia may not have given up on the goal of disrupting Ukraine's power grid. "Russian strikes on energy infrastructure in early Spring 2024 likely aim to collapse the energy grid in part to stall Ukrainian efforts to rapidly expand its defense-industrial base," the ISW said. Critical shortages in Kyiv's air defense missile systems also offer the Russian military another chance to disrupt the grid. The Washington Post reported on March 15 that the shortage may soon force Ukraine to adjust its strategy regarding Russian attacks, shooting down only one out of every five missiles. The ISW said Russian forces will likely exploit this window of opportunity as long as the shortages last. "Russian forces failed to collapse the Ukrainian energy grid on March 22 but may aim to continue intensified strikes on energy infrastructure in subsequent strike series, especially to capitalize on continued delays in Western security assistance that are reportedly expected to significantly constrain Ukraine's air defense umbrella," analysts said. Ukraine's ability to replenish its missiles stocks relies on the continued flow of U.S. aid, which has been stalled in a congressional deadlock for six months.

The terror attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk in the suburbs of Moscow could be an operation run by Russia’s own security agencies, with the aim of putting the blame on Ukraine and justify a massive military mobilization of the population. That’s according to the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. "The terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk near Moscow may be an operation by the Russian security services aiming to blame Ukraine and achieve a pretext for a fresh wave of army call up in Russia. Accusations of Ukraine coming from Russia already confirm this version," the statement reads. The Center for Countering Disinformation recalled that the US Embassy had issued a travel alert to American citizens, warning them of an imminent terror attack that was supposed to take place in Moscow in March. It was recommended that citizens avoid large gatherings. Similar warnings were also issued by the embassies of the UK, Germany, and several other Western nations. "Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate has already stated that the terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk was a deliberate provocation by Putin's security agencies, of which the international community had been warning," the report emphasized The Center for Countering Disinformation added that the Kremlin had already used terror attacks involving a high civilian death toll, such as the case where an apartment block was blown up on Moscow’s Kashirskoe Highway in 1999 and the hostage situation at the Nord-Ost musical in 2002, to justify the second Chechen War and aggression against the Chechen people. FSB Director Aleksandr Bortnikov reported to President Vladimir Putin that 11 individuals had been detained, including four terrorists, who directly participated in the attack at the Crocus City Hall venue in a Moscow suburb.

Ukrainian aerial scouts have discovered and struck the moving military equipment and combat vehicles of the invading Russian army. The military equipment were destroyed as a result of kamikaze drone strikes. A group of Russian soldiers seeking to flee from the area were also targeted by drones.

New footage has been released, showing Ukrainian army shelling Crimea’s Sevastopol city on the night leading to March 23. Two planes and two landing ships belonging to the Russian army were damaged as a result of the missile attacks.

Fighter jets from the US Navy aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower struck three underground storage facilities in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis, according to The Times of Israel. An American official noted that the ship is in the Red Sea. According to eyewitness accounts and videos, some of which are circulating on social media, explosions were heard in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. The footage shows explosions and smoke rising over the city. There are no official confirmations of casualties or the source of the explosions. The Yemeni channel Al-Masirah, which is affiliated with the Houthis, reports strikes in the city. The Houthi rebels in Yemen are allies of Iran and control most of the north and west of the country. In November 2023, they began a campaign of drone and missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. This is seen as an attempt to pressure Israel to end its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Since January 12, the US and the UK, supported by other EU countries, have been regularly striking Houthi targets in Yemen. However, the terrorists continue to attack commercial vessels. Recently, the Houthis promised China and Russia not to fire at their ships passing through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. On March 19, the Houthis attacked the fuel tanker MADO in the Red Sea with anti-ship missiles. The vessel did not suffer significant damage.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a member of the US House of Representatives and Trump's ally, has initiated the resignation of a fellow party member, House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is delaying US aid to Ukraine. The Hill reported this. According to an informed source, Greene has filed a motion to remove Johnson from power, the same procedural step that led to the resignation of former Republican speaker Kevin McCarthy in October 2023. This was preceded by the House of Representatives' approval of a US$1.2 trillion spending package to avert a US government shutdown. On Steve Bannon's podcast on Friday morning, Greene accused Johnson of giving too much away to US President Joe Biden and Democrats at government funding talks. Whether there will be enough votes to remove Speaker Johnson is unclear. According to The Hill, this is due to the fact that a number of Democrats who unanimously voted for McCarthy's resignation in October say they will support Johnson if he continues to make bipartisan deals with Biden on issues such as government funding and aid to Ukraine. Johnson refused to consider the Senate-approved support package for Ukraine, but promised to work on a House version of the bill when Congress returns to Washington in the middle of next month after a recess. Earlier, Mike Johnson, Republican Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, stated that the bill for supplementary funding for Ukraine would be considered as soon as the federal government's financing issues are resolved. US House Speaker Mike Johnson effectively agreed to unblock the decision to provide aid to Ukraine, but with significant changes – as a House of Representatives bill and in the form of a loan or lend-lease. He also admitted that aid to Ukraine and Israel would still be divided into separate bills. Any new bill will have to receive enough votes in both the House and the Senate.

In the near future, the Russian authorities plan to mobilize at least 300,000 troops to begin an operation to encircle the second largest city in Ukraine – Kharkiv, four informed sources told Verstka. "The next in the plan is Kharkiv and holding the city. This is possible only in the case of the encirclement. There is a shortage of 300,000 troops. Therefore, everything is ready for mobilization 2.0," said a source of the publication in the internal political block of the presidential administration. According to him, "no one wants to turn Kharkiv into a second Mariupol," so "there is an idea" to make it a showcase of how Russians "know how to fight in a civilized way." The need to mobilize 300,000 troops was confirmed by one of Verstka’s sources from one of the Western Military District offices. The source noted that recruitment to the front could begin as early as March 25. They’ll first try to call reservists to fight in Ukraine – men who are in reserve, but have signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence on inclusion in the mobilization human reserve. They can work at any job, but twice a year they are obliged to go to military training camps, which until 2022 were formal. There are about two million of them in Russia. "Something is planned. Reservists are being recruited now, before mobilization. Whether it will happen or not, I do not know, but last time the procedure was the same," says an officer of one of the military bases in the Zabaykalsky Krai of Russia. Also, military enlistment offices will begin work with those who have not signed contracts with the Ministry of Defense but are in the reserve of the armed forces. Including those dismissed from service, those who studied at military universities, those who did not serve for any reason, those who completed alternative civilian service and women with military specialties. Military enlistment offices have pasted mobilization orders into military tickets of many of them previously. They will also try to send conscripts to the war, whose terms are about to end. "The task is to sign contracts with those who are ending their service by April, and those who ended service last year," says a source close to the presidential administration. They will be "persuaded by all means", the interlocutor from the presidential administration confirmed. A new wave of mobilization is also possible.

In Greece, a freight train carrying American Abrams tanks was intercepted and halted by members of the Communist Party of Greece KKE and its youth organization, KNE. According to Bulgarian Military mwdia outlet, this intense show of anti-imperialist sentiment resulted in the train’s journey from the port of Alexandroupolis to Bulgaria being stopped. The group made their protest known with stark and evocative slogans such as “murderers go home”, mockingly painted on the tank carriages in bright, sanguine paint. This act of defiance effectively rerouted the train. The train, specifically targeted due to its military cargo, was barricaded by the group. E-evros, a local news website, reported the event, emphasizing other slogans that they shouted. One such chant was, “Alexandroupolis is a port of the people, not the fortress of the imperialists!” These potent words, combined with the “murderers go home” graffiti on the tanks in bold red paint, created a dramatic statement that quite literally halted the train in its tracks. Waving banners and flags with enthusiasm, KKE and KNE members bravely stood in front of the stopped train. Their demand was simple: that the “US-NATO killers” should leave Alexandroupolis and the entire region.

Footage has been released of a drone attack on an oil refinery in Novokuybyshevsk city in Russia’s Samara region on the night leading to March 23. The kamikaze drone can be seen approaching the factory in the footage circulated on Telegram channels. The drone strikes of the Ukrainian army were followed by an explosion and fire in the oil processing facilities at the plant.