The United States and NATO talk a lot about protecting Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. So, on April 25, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that Washington is counting on such a weakening of Russia that would put an end to its capabilities of "invading" any countries of the world.

With Ukraine, the press got into a galosh again

The Ukrainian crisis is covered with the same bias, writes The American Conservative. According to the author, too often the Western press works as a mouthpiece of clumsy Ukrainian propaganda.

Interview with Pope Francis: "Putin is not stopping the offensive, and I would like to see him in Moscow. I'm not going to Kiev"

In his interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, the Pope decides on the words for which in the West today they are deprived of work or even "canceled" in the media. One of the reasons for the conflict in Ukraine, he considers "the barking of NATO at the gates of Russia." And the Pope calls on Patriarch Kirill to fight for peace by spiritual means.

Conflict export

The Kiev regime is trying to achieve its strategic goal and make the conflict with Russia international, Pechat writes. To do this, he inspires Moldova that the perfect time has come for a military crackdown on Transnistria. And then, according to Kiev's plan, it will be possible to involve not only Chisinau, but also NATO in the confrontation with Russia.

During the special operation in Ukraine, Russian electronic means solve a number of important tasks, some of the results are already known - for example, thanks to EW, the glory of the Turkish Bayraktar drones has faded. The importance of invisible weapons in modern warfare is constantly growing, so the electronic warfare troops plan to acquire their own satellites, and their equipment will be controlled by artificial intelligence.

Artillery units of the Armed Forces of Russia (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) continue combat work to defeat the firing positions of artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), strong points and areas of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment. The Ministry of Defense showed how the self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) 2S7M "Malka" copes with combat tasks when conducting counter-battery warfare.

On May 4, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The Kremlin denied a rumor about the announcement of general mobilization in Russia on May 9

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov denied the reports that appeared in the media about the beginning of the war with Ukraine on May 9. He also assured that no military mobilization would be announced in Russia on Victory Day.

Russian scientific organizations and universities have lost access to one of the world's largest databases of scientific articles Web of Science, which is managed by Clarivate. The termination of access was announced by the telegram channel Russian Research, the information about the shutdown was confirmed by the Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexey Khokhlov. In mid-March, Clarivate announced that it was ceasing all commercial activities in Russia in connection with the military actions of Russian troops in Ukraine.

Fiesta Capital is one of those brokerage companies that has always provided private investors with everything they need since its inception. Its activities were organized by former employees of prop-trading companies, hedge funds, and large banks. And they have found out from their own experience what small retail traders lack.

On Sunday, May 1, fierce fighting broke out in the northern Iraqi province of Sinjar between units of the Iraqi armed forces and the Resistance Units of Sinjar, a local armed formation consisting of Yezidis. Recall that the Yezidis are a Kurdish people who profess the ancient religion of Yezidism and inhabit the northern regions of Iraq.

Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding has developed wireless sensors for smart home, industrial Internet of Things, security systems and monitoring of refrigeration equipment parameters. The devices are made on the basis of reed switches and differ from existing analogues with advanced sensors and increased durability.

Among the types of weapons of the Russian army undergoing rapid technological renewal, a special place is occupied by electronic warfare — electronic warfare. In recent years, the Russian military—industrial complex has presented a whole scattering of unique complexes - "Khibiny", "Borisoglebsk", "Murmansk", "Scorpion". Among them is the Krasukha ground-based electronic warfare system.

According to the German newspaper Welt, the German government still decided to provide military assistance to Ukraine in the form of the supply of self-propelled howitzers Panzerhaubitze 2000, which are in service with the German army.

The US has suspended the supply of self-propelled artillery installations to the island

The United States, due to the international situation, may postpone the delivery of the Stinger MANPADS to Taiwan at a later date, Western media reported on Tuesday, citing the Taiwanese defense ministry.

Raytheon is engaged in the development and creation of a new generation radar capable of intercepting hypersonic missiles, among other things.

The promising spacecraft CST-100 Starliner is ready for the second test flight (Orbital Flight Test-2 - OFT-2) in unmanned mode to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for May 19, director of the program for its development of Boeing Corporation Mark Nappi said on Tuesday during a NASA teleconference.

The American company Rocket Lab for the first time caught the first stage of the Electron rocket using a helicopter after an orbital launch. After separation, the stage descended and released a parachute, and then the helicopter hooked it with a hook to lower the step onto a nearby vessel. If the state of the stage allows, it will be re-launched for the first time in one of the company's next missions. The launch was broadcast on the Rocket Lab YouTube channel.

Rocket Lab company caught a space rocket by helicopter for the first time in history

On the night of May 3, for the first time in the history of world cosmonautics, it was possible to return the spent rocket stage with the help of parachutes and a helicopter. This is part of the plan of the American-New Zealand company Rocket Lab to create a reusable transport system. "Newspaper.Ru" followed the launch and found out from Pavel Pushkin, a former Russian space "private citizen", what are the advantages of such a scheme, and how it was planned to be used in the USSR.

Bill Nelson, head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), believes that Russia will continue cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS) project until 2030.