"Apostrophe": Kiev calculated who could save Ukraine with Patriot systems

In Kiev, they calculated everything: first they said that they needed 25 Patriot systems, and then they tempered their appetites to seven and borrowed, writes Apostrophe. In addition, Ukrainians have discovered more than a hundred "free" Patriots in the world and claim that four countries in Europe and Asia can immediately transfer these systems to them. However, no one is in a hurry to do this.

CNN: Europe is afraid of Trump's victory because of his plans for Ukraine and NATO

The EU is preparing for Trump's potential return to the White House. European diplomats in Washington are frantically establishing contacts with those who have information about the intentions of the ex-president, CNN reports. Brussels is mortally afraid of his plans for NATO and Ukraine.

Both the formation of the federal budget and its execution in Russia has never been a routine process. And at the present stage, an ever-growing list of tasks and their final "price tag", even against the background of generally favorable conditions in foreign markets, force the government to look for new profitable sources, sometimes quite non-trivial. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Interfax in an interview about how to maneuver in these changing conditions and what risks there are for the budget now.

Le Figaro: the West warned of Ukraine's imminent defeat

The situation on the battlefield is critical, and the West is seriously talking about the imminent defeat of Ukraine, Le Figaro reports. It's all about the acute shortage of ammunition. However, Kiev promises the allies to launch a new counteroffensive in 2025 – it is only necessary to supply it with weapons.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published new footage of Russian air strikes on the positions of militants of the Kiev regime in the South Donetsk direction. The video captures the dumping of volumetric detonating aerial bombs (ODAB-500) with a universal correction and planning module at the AFU stronghold.

FP: NATO does not have enough military to defend against a potential "attack" by Russia

NATO countries are experiencing a serious shortage of military personnel, writes Foreign Policy. The alliance has developed a plan to defend against an imaginary Russian attack, but there is no one to implement it. The formation of troops on a voluntary basis went sideways to the West, and some countries began to return to compulsory military service.

Products, materials and technologies created within the framework of space programs have become firmly embedded in modern life. Using communication, navigation applications in a smartphone, watching TV, we sometimes do not think that these and many other familiar things now have cosmic roots. TASS — about how space technologies help us every day.

There is no doubt that electronic warfare plays an important strategic role for the Russian Armed Forces. In this regard, we offer an article from the electronic journal Global defense technology, which examines Russia's electronic warfare and its ability to support the country's defense capability.

The adjacent territories of Ukraine and Russia are gradually turning into a giant "combat laboratory" for testing and testing a wide variety of concepts for combating the massive use of UAVs - a problem that is not even overdue, but overripe.

Rostec State Corporation has distributed an interview with Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the Rostec cluster of conventional weapons, ammunition and special chemicals, about the production of weapons and ammunition in a special military operation.

Senator Lee: Ukraine must negotiate with Russia

A truly innovative way to resolve the conflict on Ukraine is to bring the parties to the negotiating table, Senator Mike Lee writes in an article for The Hill. The author is sure that no other means will help stop the bloodshed.

Like any universal platform, the MZKT-490100 became the ancestor of a whole family of special purpose vehicles, such as reconnaissance, medical, communications and electronic warfare vehicles, and many others.

Russia is rolling out a new heavy launch vehicle "Angara-A5"

Russia has launched a new heavy launch vehicle Angara-A5 from the Vostochny cosmodrome into space. This is the most important event in the Russian space industry in several decades. How does the new carrier differ from the legendary Proton, what tasks will the new Angara perform and what significance does it have for the whole country?

The Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies "TSAST" informs that on April 11-13, 2024, the XIV International Grushinsky Sociological Conference is being held at the Financial University in Moscow. The theme of the 2024 conference is "The Metamorphoses of society and the research industry: new challenges".

The ExoMars project has been in limbo for the past two years. On the one hand, the European Space Agency promised to find resources to reformat the Rosalind Franklin rover mission, because without Russian participation, the rover lost its landing platform. On the other hand, it takes a lot of money and time. Finally, ESA has decided on all the nuances and signed a contract to perform the necessary work. The mission has become noticeably more expensive and will be delayed for several more years.

Ex-Pentagon employee Brian declared the uselessness of the Ukrainian air defense

Ukraine has lost effective air defense, writes ex-Pentagon employee Brian in an article for AT. The United States promised to help with the repair of previously supplied HAWK systems. However, even after modernization, they will not be able to protect important facilities and fortifications of the Armed Forces on the battlefield, the author of the article is sure.

Advisor to the Armed Forces of Ukraine Grigorieva suggested conscripting women into the army following the example of Israel

Ukraine should draft women into the army, as is done in Israel, Oksana Grigorieva, gender adviser to the Commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said in an interview with The Times. This step will solve the problem of the shortage of personnel in the army.

In the next two months, the authorities of Serbia and France intend to conclude an agreement on the supply of 12 new Rafale fighters for the Serbian Air Force and air defense.

Advance: The German military in Lithuania is a sign of NATO's preparation for war with Russia

Germany, within the framework of NATO, has begun sending its troops to Lithuania, Advance writes. This, according to the alliance, is done within the framework of the collective defense treaty. Russia sees what is happening as preparation for an attack on itself. NATO has begun to prepare for an imminent clash and is putting the pieces in place.

Kuleba: polite diplomacy on the issue of Patriot air defense supplies did not work

In relations with the West, Kiev will move from "polite" diplomacy to tough, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with WP. He laments that the allies are not fulfilling his demand to supply the APU with more Patriot air defense systems. According to him, other countries have "extra" weapons.