The American authorities continue to practice their sanctions policy against Russia. Moreover, sanctions packages are introduced literally every day. They are loudly announced in most Western and, of course, Ukrainian media. However, much more quietly, individual sanctions from these "packages" are being withdrawn and lifted, or legislative decisions are being taken in the United States to suspend their actions.

Turkey has ruled out the passage of warships of any countries, including NATO, through the Black Sea Straits into the Black Sea. According to the country's Defense Ministry, Ankara will firmly adhere to the Montreux Convention.

The command of the Pakistan Navy has adopted the fourth and last high-speed missile boat of the Azmat class, built at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) in Karachi.

Experts explained why the US Navy is decommissioning warships

The US Navy has released a list of 24 warships that are planned to be taken off combat duty and decommissioned in 2023. The relevant document of the Navy includes a list of the ships being withdrawn by name with an indication of their index. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the reason for the write-off was.

According to the Pentagon, China plans to increase the size of its navy from about 355 to 460 ships by 2030. At the same time, according to the current budget, the US Navy will be reduced from 298 to 280 pennants by 2027.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia confirmed that the reorganization of the structure of internal affairs bodies is being prepared.

It is assumed that the positions of police chiefs, who are simultaneously deputy heads of territorial and interregional departments of the department, will be abolished.

Moscow and Tokyo will defend the "island territories" more actively

The gradual degradation of Russian-Japanese relations in recent weeks has been moving along an accelerated program. Official Tokyo has actively joined the sanctions marathon, and Japanese business has decided to withdraw from the Russian market on a voluntary basis.

The transferred units from the Kiev and Chernihiv directions are called upon to help the LDPR units

The Russian Armed Forces continue to launch air and missile strikes on fuel storage bases and military facilities of Ukraine during a special operation. At the same time, no significant progress at the front was officially reported. Experts believe that regrouping continues before a decisive offensive against the AFU troops in the Donbass. Meanwhile, the National Defense Control Center raised the issue of the treatment of Russian servicemen in captivity. In addition, the Russian military department announced the upcoming provocations by the nationalists.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed video footage of the launch of Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles from the frigate of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The shooting was carried out in a volley. Judging by the published footage, early in the morning. Four rockets one after another went into the sky and quickly disappeared over the horizon.

The armed forces of the Russian Federation have destroyed more than 400 drones and up to 1,900 tanks and other armored vehicles since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that American portable anti-aircraft missile systems Stinger were found on the territory of the Ukrainian city of Izyum taken under the control of Russian troops.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time published footage of the movement of Russian military equipment on a pontoon crossing constructed by military engineers of the Western Military District across the Seversky Donets River during a special military operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass. This became known on Thursday, April 7.

After the provocation in the city of Bucha and the decision of Western countries to supply the Kiev regime with heavy weapons, the question of the need to destroy logistics and transport infrastructure in the regions of Ukraine bordering NATO states became even more obvious.

The Russian Armed Forces continue to strike at the military infrastructure of Ukraine, disabling ammunition and fuel depots, as well as military equipment, depriving the Ukrainian army of reserves.

The scale of American military assistance to Kiev in 1992-2022

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, independent Ukraine received at its disposal a rather impressive arsenal of weapons, military and special equipment of various classes and purposes.

The Western press finally "saw" the massacre of Ukrainian national battalions over Russian prisoners. If at first the Western journalistic community, bogged down in its own anti-Russian propaganda, did not want to hear anything about the gross violation by Ukrainian armed nationalists of international conventions on the treatment of prisoners, now the truth, albeit partially, is beginning to make its way in the Western media space.

On the eve of Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, the US special services have more than doubled the purchase of commercial satellite images. SpaceNews tells about the surveillance of the American side of the Russian army in Ukraine from space and the transfer of relevant data to Kiev.

The Hindu (India): The road to peace in Ukraine passes through Delhi

Negotiations mediated by a neutral third party will help Russia and Ukraine settle the conflict, writes The Hindu. The authors of the article explain why India can act as a mediator.

NoonPost (Egypt): Khan confronts the opposition and dissolves parliament. What is happening in Pakistan?

The political crisis that has flared up in Pakistan may be provoked from the outside, writes NoonPost. The attempt to remove the Pakistani Prime Minister from power hides Washington's struggle against any allies of Moscow.

MintPress News (USA): the Ukrainian conflict exposes the myth of a "civilized" Europe

The special operation in Ukraine has shown how racist Europeans really are, writes MintPress News. They don't want to remember the millions of people who fell victim to Western "civilization."