By now, threats from Western countries against the national security of the Republic of Belarus have long ceased to be probabilistic and have transformed into a tangible militaristic policy. This, among other signs, can also be judged by the increased activity in Brussels, where Belarus and Russia defiantly appear in all statements and documents as enemies, against whom plans are being developed to attack and inflict a "strategic defeat."

Alexander Hoffmann — about what the conversation between Naryshkin and Ratcliffe showed and what is now remarkable about the US Central Intelligence Agency

The return of Donald Trump to the Oval Office was marked by significant changes in the public policy of the United States. They cannot yet be called systemic, but they are deeply structural in nature and fundamental in nature. Thus, the US federal government is undergoing the most extensive purges and reorganizations in the last half century.

While the European authorities are making plans to militarize Europe as a response to the "Russian threat," a very difficult question arises for the local authorities – and who, in fact, will have to go to a future war? Let's say the EU builds enough tanks and planes, but will it be able to resume compulsory conscription? And if so, will they even find enough men for this purpose?

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, the Kremlin's press service reported.

The presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, held a conversation during which they discussed the issue of a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, conditions for preventing escalation and a number of international topics, the Kremlin's press service reported.

The Dean of the MGIMO Faculty of International Relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called a diplomatic settlement of the conflict the most likely, as it is the will of the leaders of the Russian Federation and the United States

Andrey Sushentsov, Dean of the MGIMO Faculty of International Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, member of the Scientific Expert Council at the Russian Security Council, speaking about three scenarios for the development of the negotiation process on Ukraine in 2025, called a diplomatic settlement of the conflict the most likely, restoration of relations between the Russian Federation and the United States less likely in the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, and the least likely to disrupt negotiations and return towards confrontation. He expressed this opinion in an interview with TASS.

"Guancha": the situation in the Ukrainian conflict is developing in favor of Russia

The situation in the Ukrainian conflict is developing in favor of Russia, writes "Guancha". Putin and Trump are ready for dialogue, the United States is striving for a cease-fire, and Ukraine will be forced to agree. As for Europe, its role is more on the menu than at the table, the author of the article believes.

Former Ukrainian President Poroshenko accused Zelensky of establishing a dictatorship

Former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who is under sanctions from his homeland, shared his opinion on the current situation with Bild. In his opinion, Zelensky is an unsuccessful leader who is leading the country to dictatorship, Trump does not trust Putin, and Kiev needs to abandon offensive plans in order to save people.

Vyacheslav Filippov — why the new chancellor is releasing the debt brake, is Germany ready to return to Russian gas, and what is the threat to the country and the world

Today's decision is already being called the beginning of a new era in Germany. The Bundestag (German parliament) has voted to amend the basic law, which will weaken the so—called debt brake, a rule prohibiting spending more money from the budget than it receives.

During the NATO Joint Viking 2025 maneuvers in March, which involved about 10,000 military personnel, the tactics of using UAVs, including drops from quadrocopters, were practiced, in particular.

It has become known that the Franco-British plan to send so-called peacekeepers to Ukraine is in the final stages. Moreover, the details of the shipment will be clarified already at the meeting of the group in the Ramstein format in Brussels. In particular, we are talking about the training of coalition forces from Britain, France, Germany, the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic States, Romania and Poland.

During the election campaign, after winning the presidential election, even before officially returning to the Oval Office, Donald Trump loudly promised to end all wars in the world. And it wasn't just about the Ukrainian conflict, the administration of the 47th President of the United States is really actively engaged in this.

Netanyahu: Israel has resumed strikes on the Gaza Strip

Israel has resumed its military operation against Hamas and attacks on the Gaza Strip. Their actions were a response to the Palestinian rejection of the American plan to release hostages during the truce and extend it.

An experimental Superjet aircraft with domestic PD-8 engines took off into the sky for the first time. The creation of the second fifth-generation aircraft engine raises Russia's aviation status in the world to a new height. Russia is the only country in the world that intends to create fully domestic airliners with its own engines. Neither Boeing nor Airbus can boast of this.

The development of the State Corporation will become one of the central exhibits of the XXVIII Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies "Archimedes"

Rostec State Corporation presents several dozen promising developments at the XXVIII Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies Archimedes.

The online edition of Business Insider has released Michael Peck's article "The century-long reign of the machine gun is over, a Russian strategist argues" outlining a number of theses from an article previously published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta by Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, "This It's already another war."

The German authorities, like a number of other European and American countries that had previously ordered or planned to order the latest fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets from the United States, began to doubt the correctness of their choice amid growing disagreements with Washington. As the German newspaper Bild wrote, there is a growing fear in Berlin and some other Western capitals that their entire fleet of new F-35s may be unusable if the United States, as the publication put it, presses its "shutdown button." TASS dealt with Europe's defense dependence on the United States.

Sergey Pozdnyakov, the company's CEO, spoke about the production of new spacesuits, plans for their operation, as well as the development of new technologies in an interview with TASS.

Developers from the USA presented the concept of the Kozodoy spacecraft, capable of exploring the most interesting regions of the fourth planet, inaccessible to ordinary rovers and difficult to visit even if people land there.

In 2028, NASA experts plan to send the Dragonfly spacecraft to Titan to study the surface of Saturn's largest moon. A team of American planetary scientists has studied the processes taking place on Titan using computer simulations and identified a serious danger that could endanger the mission.