The launch of the Angara-1 light class launch vehicle was carried out from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.2" with the device in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry

on April 29, 2022 at 22:56 Moscow time, an Angara-1 light class launch vehicle was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.2" with the apparatus in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. TASS has prepared a material about the launch vehicles of this family.

The UK Ministry of Defense is negotiating with the F-35 Joint Project Office (F-35 Joint Project Office – JPO F-35) on the purchase of an additional batch of 26 fifth-generation F-35B Lightning-2 fighters in addition to the 48 aircraft of this type already ordered.

On Friday, April 29, the Russian Defense Ministry published footage of the combat work of the crews of Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopters and Mi-8AMTSh transport and assault helicopters who showed courage and heroism during a special operation to protect Donbass.

The Ministry of Defense has published footage of the combat work of the crews of the Ka-52 and Mi-8AMTSh helicopters

The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of the combat work of the crews of Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopters and Mi-8AMTSh transport and assault helicopters, according to the commander of the combat vehicle, Ukrainian air defense often conducts "chaotic shelling in all directions."

The expert compared the new Sikorsky CH-53K helicopter of the US Marine Corps with the Russian Mi-26

The US Marine Corps has adopted the CH-53K King Stallion ("Royal Stallion") helicopter. This is the largest single-rotor helicopter in the Pentagon's arsenal. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok compared the characteristics of the CH-53K with the Russian Mi-26.

As the Czech OMNIPOL group announced on April 27, 2022, the largest manufacturer of civil transport aircraft in the Czech Republic, the Aircraft Industries plant (formerly LET Kunovice) returns to Czech ownership after 14 years. On April 21, 2022, the Russian owner and the OMNIPOL Group agreed to sell 100% of Aircraft Industries shares to the Czech company OMPO Holding (a subsidiary of OMNIPOL).

The Governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov visited the Lukhovitsky branch of the MiG Corporation (part of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporation).

Russia will continue to implement all UN Security Council decisions regarding North Korea, Director of the First Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Georgy Zinoviev said in an interview with Interfax.

Moscow is ready to continue contacts with the United States, South Korea and Japan, despite their unfriendly actions

Moscow does not refuse contacts with the unfriendly participants of the six-party talks on North Korea (Russia, North Korea, China, USA, South Korea, Japan), and still considers this format optimal, Director of the First Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Georgy Zinoviev said in an interview with Interfax.

Political scientist Zimovsky said that Warsaw is preparing a springboard for NATO allies

Poland announced the holding of "the largest military exercises since 1991" and began a large-scale redeployment of military equipment. Warsaw does not hide that the maneuvers are related to the situation in Ukraine, and declares their purpose to be "working out the reception and deployment of allied troops." "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the teachings are and what they can lead to.

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is very realistic, but even without joining the alliance, they can deploy NATO bases and military contingents on their territory, Doctor of Political Sciences, associate Professor of the Department of International Security at the Faculty of World Politics of Lomonosov Moscow State University Alexey Fenenko told RIA Novosti.

Both countries risk losing more than winning

The expected accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO will not fundamentally change the balance of power, but may expand the scope of a hypothetical armed conflict. Izvestia analyzes the consequences of a possible expansion of the alliance.

The urgency of Finland and Sweden joining the North Atlantic Alliance arose due to Russia's actions in Ukraine, and the northern region of Europe will become stable and strong if it expands to the Russian borders, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto believes.

And what does the beginning of military maneuvers on the territory of an Eastern European country mean

On April 28, the Russian Defense Ministry reported the defeat of more than 140 military facilities of Ukraine by planes and helicopters, including control points, ammunition and fuel depots and troop concentrations. The air defense forces shot down a Su-24 bomber and twelve drones.

Western countries continue to flood Ukraine with weapons and do it on a scale unprecedented in decades. However, it turned out that by sending tens of thousands of weapons from their warehouses, Western countries leave their own armies unarmed. What does this mean for the special operation in Ukraine?

The other day, representatives of the Kiev regime announced with great enthusiasm that a radical change would soon occur during a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. According to their assurances, the APU will finally "be able to move from the defensive phase to the offensive." Such bold plans are connected with the fact that, as stated by the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, the army of the "independent" has already begun "the transition to NATO weapons and standards."

The United States is launching the so-called lend-lease program for Ukraine, under which it intends to supply Kiev with weapons with deferred payments. The relevant bill was approved by the House of Representatives of Congress yesterday.

"We ran out of money": Joe Biden requested $33 billion to support Ukraine, although in March Congress had already approved a 13.6 billion aid package

Biden asked Congress to allocate an additional $ 33 billion to help Ukraine, Breitbart writes. Americans are outraged: they do not understand where the previously allocated funds have gone, and accuse the Democrats of plundering the country.

How will the conflict in Ukraine end?

It may seem that diplomacy is not the most convincing option for resolving the Ukrainian conflict. But the alternative – even more fierce battles with the prospect of geographical expansion – is even worse, writes TNI.

Beijing's attitude towards Russia and its threats against Taiwan harm Europe's location towards it

The anti-Chinese front in the EU is getting stronger, writes the South China Morning Post. As Beijing continues to support Russia, European countries are threatening to undermine China's ties. According to the author of the article, the geopolitical factor is now above the economic one.