"Weapons for Ukraine have accumulated in Polish warehouses"
Retired Colonel of the General Staff explained why NATO supplies weapons to Ukraine through Poland
US President Joe Biden claims that Ukraine does not lack supplies of weapons and equipment from Western countries. At the same time, Kiev complains about the lack of assistance. Why deliveries go through Poland and where are the problem points in the logistics chain - I figured it out "Газета.Ru ".
Alaska still haunts Putin
The Times (UK): Russia sold Alaska in 1867, but it still haunts Putin
Why is there a crisis in relations between Russia and the United States? The author of The Times asks this question. In his opinion, the reason may lie in Russian historical memory and Western forgetfulness. Even Alaska was under threat.
"Unprecedented" sanctions against Russia will go sideways to the West
The National Interest (USA): Will China break the wall of Western sanctions against Russia?
The US has warned China of responsibility for supporting "Russian aggression," but it still "shamelessly" ignores sanctions, writes TNI. According to the author of the article, this shows the danger the West and its campaign of maximum pressure on Moscow are in.
Theater in Mariupol: how the Ukrainian authorities lie to the whole world
The Grayzone (USA): Was the bombing of the theater in Mariupol staged by extremists from Azov in order to provoke NATO intervention?
The author of The Grayzone tried to figure out how true the Ukrainian statements about the "Russian" attack on the theater in Mariupol are. There are inconsistencies in the version of the Ukrainian side. Moreover, even before the incident, local residents warned that the Azov battalion was preparing a provocation. This is how Ukraine is trying to achieve NATO intervention, the journalist believes.
Deadly "silence mode"
The Ukrainian authorities authorized the use of weapons against refugees who tried to leave the settlements
There is a humanitarian catastrophe in Mariupol and other cities of Ukraine occupied by neo-Nazis. There is no light, heat, food. Residents who survived the shelling, along with children and the elderly, are hiding in basements in the dark and cold. The Nazis use them as a human shield, without even reporting on the humanitarian corridors opened by Russia. Their own people have become hostages of political ambitions for the military-political leadership of Ukraine.
"This is the key to victory." The turning point of the Russian special operation
The DPR army and assault units of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing deep into Mariupol, recapturing the nationalists quarter by quarter. The APU does not allow civilians to evacuate and, in fact, they are covered by them as a human shield. People do not have enough food, water, medicines — a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding. About what is happening in a strategically important city - in the material of RIA Novosti.
"Buki" cover shot down two Su-25 APU
The calculation of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system disabled two Su-25s of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as part of a special military operation of the Russian Federation to protect Donbass.
The footage of the destruction of the AFU artillery battery by MLRS fire is presented
The Ministry of Defense of Russia publishes data on the destruction of an artillery battery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions of a special military operation. The Ukrainian command decided to place the artillery battery secretly - in a wooded area. However, this did not save her from striking in any way.
"Dagger" attack: Russia used hypersound for the first time in Ukraine
In the Ivanovo-Frankivsk region, it was possible to destroy combat units for the Tochka-U missile systems
The troops of Russia and the People's Republics of Donbass continue to move forward in different directions. The DPR forces are completing the defeat of the 53rd mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
Maneuvers of the Belarusian army - a call to prudence of the southern neighbors
Another Ukrainian official took up predicting events in an area that is somewhat apart from his professional competencies. As recently as March 20, advisor to the head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Vadim Denisenko assessed the threat from Belarus on the air of Ukrainian news. "I would now assess the situation of the possibility of introducing Belarus into a military conflict as 60 to 40. A week ago it was 40 to 60 ...", - said Denisenko.
Revival priorities
Without the nationalization of strategic resources, our country will not survive
The sanctions imposed by the West put Russia in front of the need to take extraordinary measures to restore economic self-sufficiency or, in other words, economic sovereignty. For more than 30 years, a purposeful policy has been carried out in our country to destroy economic independence with the transformation of Russia into a semi-colonial state of the united West.
"The USA gives someone else's, but the Soviet "Wasp" will not save Ukraine"
How did the Osa anti-aircraft missile system end up in the United States and why does the Pentagon want to give it to Kiev
The United States plans to supply Ukraine with air defense systems manufactured by the USSR, including anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) "Osa", which were "secretly acquired" by the Pentagon, writes The Wall Street Journal. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how the Soviet complexes were at the disposal of the United States and how useful they can be to the APU today.
"Russia's most powerful non-nuclear weapon": what the "Sun" is capable of
How does the heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A "Solntsepek" work
During a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian army used a heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A "Solntsepek". The relevant footage was published by the Russian Defense Ministry. "Newspaper.Ru" tells about this weapon.
Putin warned the West with a "Dagger"
Die Welt (Germany): what does the use of the Dagger missile mean for the West
In a military special operation in Ukraine, Russia used hypersonic weapons for the first time, writes Die Welt. Experts consider the use of hypersonic weapons as Putin's warning to NATO. Interception of such missiles is almost impossible due to their enormous speed. This puts the West in front of an unsolvable problem, the author of the article notes.
"Dagger" is a complex sausage. You can dock anything to it"
Military experts told why Russia used the Dagger hypersonic complex in Ukraine
For the first time, the Russian Army used hypersonic missiles of the Dagger aviation missile system to destroy objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a special military operation. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out for what purpose it was done.
Polish MANPADS Piorun
With noticeable regularity, photos published on social networks show the successes of various man-portable surface-to-air missile systems (MANPADS) in the war in Ukraine. The systems used by the APU come from a variety of sources. Until now, the Piorun MANPADS produced in Poland have not attracted much attention from the Western audience. The change in the situation in Ukraine has forced foreign observers to analyze this system in more detail.
NASA for the first time rolled out a superheavy rocket SLS on the launch pad
For the first time, NASA has rolled out a superheavy SLS rocket to the launch pad of the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome, which will send astronauts on lunar missions. It is expected that the first flight of the rocket will take place in the summer of 2022.
Reports about the combat use of Starlink terminals look fake
The British press claims that Elon Musk is helping Ukrainian drones win the drone war. Analysis of the technical details of such stories does not confirm this hypothesis.
The West cynically calls for a revision of the fundamental principles of the global arms trade
Turkey needs to make a deal with the United States and Ukraine, transferring the Russian S-400 air defense systems to the latter to fight Moscow.
The Chinese on NATO's claims over Ukraine: America responds to everything with bombs
South China Morning Post (China): after the head of NATO pointed out Beijing's "obligations" to Ukraine, China recalled who bombed its embassy in Belgrade
In response to the statement by the head of NATO that China should condemn Moscow's actions in Ukraine, Beijing recalled the bombing attack that the alliance forces inflicted on the Chinese embassy in the former Yugoslavia more than two decades ago, SCMP writes.