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.

In an article published in the Japanese edition of Shukan Gendai, Hiroshi Ohara, director of the Humanities Institute of Economics, writes that the United States, in an unrestrained desire to preserve world hegemony, risks encountering a "second Vietnam" in Ukraine.

Liz Truss: "We will never feel safe again"

The head of the Buritan Foreign Ministry, Liz Truss, was not distinguished by diplomacy even before the start of the special operation, and in her last speech she simply suffered, this can be seen from the FAZ article. Truss began to justify Ukraine's strikes against Russia, proposed to remake the G7 into a "NATO from the economy," etc. The funny thing is that her boss, Prime Minister Boris, considers this and her other statements to be the "norm."

NATO Map: three countries that could be the first to attack Russia in World War III

The threat of World War III is increasing, writes the Daily Express. No matter how the global conflict develops, its result will almost certainly be the complete destruction of humanity. Nevertheless, the author of the article makes a bold attempt to suggest which countries could compete with Russia in a face-to-face confrontation.

Ukraine: Western countries risk becoming complicit in the conflict

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed to the obvious facts of NATO's participation in hostilities against Russian troops in Ukraine, "Figaro" notes. The newspaper is trying to respond to this accusation with quotes from Western politicians. But these quotes rather confirm the correctness of the Russian minister.

Will the Ukrainian conflict become the "Vietnam of the XXI century" for the United States?

The author of the article, Shukan Gendai, believes that the United States in the struggle for its world hegemony may meet a "second Vietnam" in Ukraine. He points out that most countries do not support America in its adventure in Ukraine. Japan should carefully consider whether to follow the United States, or whether it should choose its own path to peace.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has called for more military aid to be sent to Ukraine. Her statements turn Kiev into a pawn in the struggle of British politicians for voters, writes The Guardian. Both Johnson and the Trust want to celebrate victory in a war that is being waged by someone else's hands. This is the first case of a leadership struggle among conservatives that is being waged on the borders of Russia.

President of the Constitutional Court of Italy: "We failed in Ukraine"

Giuliano Amato, who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, gave an interview to Il Venerdì. Amato spoke about the meeting with Putin in the 2000s and acknowledged the failure of Western policy towards Russia.

Putin's Russia begins the "weeks of revenge" of Finland — the Saimaa Channel was the first to be distributed

Most likely, Finland's application for NATO membership will be sent in mid-May, Ilta-Sanomat reports. Then weeks of torment will begin for the country, the author of the editorial writes. This time may be morally difficult for Finns.

Ukraine — factory of false news

Western media cover what is happening in Ukraine 24 hours a day, writes Rebelión. The author of the article tells how propaganda supports the version of Kiev, and draws attention to how fake stories about the "atrocities" of Russians appear in time.

The United States needs to come to its senses and abandon the preparation of provocations using weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. On April 30, the Russian embassy in Washington called for such actions.

As part of the Russian special operation, the hunt for the "soldiers of fortune" began

What was considered criminal and immoral until recently has not been surprising to anyone lately, much less public condemnation. We are talking about mercenaries and mercenary activities.

The relatives of the American mercenary from the PMCs confirmed to CNN and FOX News his death in Ukraine

American media reported the death of a 22-year-old mercenary in Ukraine. And the British Foreign Office confirmed the death of one Briton and the disappearance of the second. It is assumed that they fought on the side of the Ukrainian armed forces.