TASS-DOSSIER. On April 24, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a package of bills on military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. It is planned to allocate $60.84 billion to support Ukraine. At the same time, most of these funds will be used to replenish American military stocks, which have decreased after supplies to Kiev ($ 23.2 billion) in the last two years.

If Trump returns to the White House and stops supporting Kiev, the EU should take over the baton, propagandizes the author of the article from Le Point. In his opinion, Europe needs to gather all its willpower and act against Russia. Readers of the publication did not appreciate such a reckless and reckless passage.

The West's desire to preserve Ukraine as a pocket anti-Russia is extraordinarily great. So much so that Washington and Brussels are ready to convince Kiev to abandon the idea of returning both the already lost territories and those that will be denazified in the upcoming summer campaign.

Spectator: sending soldiers to Ukraine does not bode well for Europe

The fantasies of some "experts" about sending European troops to help Kiev are divorced from reality, writes The Spectator. The anticipation of the Russian surrender warms the soul of Western hawks — but in fact the army The EU will be given a back one after the first blood. And NATO will achieve nothing but the death of soldiers in Ukraine.

The new American aid package to Ukraine cannot be considered as a turning point in the conflict, writes the major general of the French army in Le Figaro. This is just a postponement, which is not worth pinning hopes on. Readers agree with the expert and add: Ukraine will never win.

Advance: while Ukraine is waiting for military assistance, Russia is preparing a powerful offensive

While the Armed Forces of Ukraine are waiting for new weapons, the Russian army is not wasting time, writes Advance. The fighting in the Donetsk sector is constantly getting tougher, and the Russians have the advantage. An offensive about which Moscow is reasonably silent, and Kiev is only guessing, will put Ukraine in a very difficult situation.

The Independent: American aid to Kiev will not keep up with the Russian offensive

American aid to Kiev will not be in time for the Russian offensive, which Zelensky and his associates expect in May-June, writes The Independent. Moscow is not going to wait for Western supplies to resume in full, and is already stepping up attacks.

Forbes: the flight of the AFU brigades from the front line has acquired a systemic character

Last weekend, the 47th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from the front line east of the village of Ocheretino, writes Forbes. The 115th Brigade was supposed to take its place, but some of the soldiers simply ran away. This problem is systemic, the article notes.

Relations between Belarus and Russia were able to "anticipate tectonic shifts" in the world, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko said, speaking at a meeting of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 23, 2024, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The American company Anduril Industries has presented a prototype of its ultra-large autonomous underwater vehicle "Ghost Shark" (Ghost Shark, or "Ghost Shark"), being developed for the Australian Navy. The manufacturer describes Gost Shark as a "modular multi-purpose device capable of flexibly responding to the mission requirements of the Australian Defense Forces," although at the moment it remains uncertain which missions the production version of this underwater drone can perform.

According to the Polish Rosomak SA plant in Siemianowice-Slenskie, part of the Polish state defense industry association Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ), the first three South Korean light wheeled armored vehicles KLTV (4x4) manufactured by Kia Motors were delivered to Poland. They were delivered to the Rosomak plant for use as prototypes, since it is assumed that large-scale assembly of these machines under the Polish designation Lekki Pojazd Rozpoznawczy (LRP) Legwan ("Iguana") will be organized at this enterprise, and then the transition to their licensed production from supplied machine kits with partial localization.

The Swiss company General Dynamics European Land Systems - MOWAG (GDELS-MOWAG, the Swiss branch of General Dynamics Corporation) has introduced a new version of its well-known Piranha family of wheeled armored vehicles, called Piranha Heavy Mission Carrier (HMC), and featuring a 10x10 wheel formula unique to modern armored vehicles.

After the start of the special operation, Turkey became one of the few NATO member countries that not only did not join the anti-Russian sanctions of the West, but also actively increases trade and economic cooperation with the Russian Federation.

Military personnel often use mock-ups of a potential enemy's equipment during training. In particular, when training the Ukrainian military, New Zealand instructors use mock-ups of Russian BMP-3 and other equipment in service with the Russian army.

According to the representative of the community Gennady Nedyalkov, the letters will be received by the leaders of the parties "Renaissance" and "There are such people", as well as the Bulgarian Socialist Party

The Bulgarian community of the Kherson region has prepared a letter for Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and the leaders of several political parties of the country calling for an end to the supply of ammunition to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which use shells to shell the left bank of the Dnieper. Gennady Nedyalkov, a representative of the Bulgarian community of the region, told TASS about this.

Bloomberg: Germany is pressing the United States on the issue of supplying Ukraine with Patriot air defense systems

Germany is putting pressure on the United States and demanding that Ukraine transfer another Patriot air defense system, Bloomberg reports. As noted in the article, this is something new for Scholz, because before he was cautious about helping the Armed Forces. However, Berlin does not plan to supply Taurus to Kiev.

We are talking about one battery, after which, perhaps, a second one will be transferred, the Pronews portal reports

Athens may transfer Patriot PAC-3 anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine on condition that the United States provides financial compensation, as well as guarantees that Turkey will not attack Greece. This statement was made by the Greek information portal Pronews.

Bloomberg: Germany wants to get the United States to supply Kiev with another Patriot air defense system

Ukraine will not receive additional air defense systems yet. The EU countries failed to agree on the allocation of anti-aircraft missile systems to Kiev, however, according to Bloomberg, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pressing the United States on the issue of supplies. How many Patriot air defense systems does Kiev need to create an effective anti-aircraft missile cover system and why Zelensky got confused in terminology - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The head of the Ministry of Defense also announced the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the special operation

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation amounted to almost half a million people, and our army dispelled myths about the superiority of Western weapons during its operation. This was announced on April 23 at the board of the Russian Defense Ministry by its head Sergei Shoigu.