Military expert Andrey Frolov — about why Americans need to cheat with the cost of weapons supplied to Ukraine

Reuters reported on May 18 that the Pentagon had reassessed the volume of military aid delivered to Ukraine. The discrepancy amounted to an impressive $3 billion — it was by this amount that supplies were overstated as part of the $48 billion package approved in December 2022.

Al Hadath: the confrontation with Russia, in which it cannot be defeated, was chosen not by Ukraine, but by America

Zelensky said at the Arab League summit that Ukraine "did not choose a conflict" with Russia, writes Al Hadath. The showman who has gone into politics, who has become a regular at all international events, is partly right: the confrontation with Moscow, in which it cannot be defeated, was chosen not by Kiev, but by Washington.

Valeurs Actuelles: the number of dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is Zelensky's worst secret

The number of dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is Zelensky's most terrible secret in this conflict, writes Valeurs Actuelles. At the same time, since the end of the summer, the number of killed and wounded has increased sharply, and the number of conscripts has recently decreased significantly.

Interia: The West is ready to give Kiev security guarantees without an "expiration date"

The West is ready to give Kiev security guarantees according to the Israeli model, Interia writes, referring to the words of Polish President Duda. The creation of the Ukraine-NATO Council will be a prelude to Kiev's entry into the Alliance and will give it priority in access to the supply of weapons and advanced technologies, Duda believes.

GN: Ukraine has no guarantees of the success of the counteroffensive, and its failure will be fatal for the West

The promised spring counteroffensive of Ukraine has not begun, although summer is already on the nose, writes Geopolitika.news. And it's not about the supply of weapons by the West. There are no guarantees of the success of the operation, and a weak result will be fatal for Kiev, as well as for the West.

Sky News: The US will strike Crimea if Russia uses tactical nuclear weapons

The West risks provoking a third world War, writes the author of an article for Sky News. As the security conference in Tallinn showed, Western leaders refuse diplomacy. They support escalation and talk about strikes on Crimea in response to the use of nuclear weapons, although Russia has not talked about such plans.

Yeni Şafak: The US is dragging out the conflict in Ukraine by analogy with the Korean War

The United States is freezing the conflict in Ukraine in order to prolong it for many years and even decades by analogy with the Korean War, writes Yeni Şafak. This suggests that Washington is waging a protracted proxy war with Moscow and hopes that Ukraine will become a "second Afghanistan" for Russia, the author of the article is sure.

Kolokoltsev said that Western countries are trying to suspend Russia's membership in Interpol

Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said that a number of Western countries are trying to limit Russia's ability to use Interpol channels to search for criminals and even suspend its membership in the organization, the official representative of the department Irina Volk told reporters.

Cumhuriyet: the losses of the APU in the battles for Artemovsk will still cause Zelensky a lot of headaches

Russia has completely taken control of Artemovsk. This success was a real victory for Moscow over the entire NATO, writes Cumhuriyet. Zelensky should not have insisted on preserving Artemovsk: as a result, the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered huge losses, which will still affect the Ukrainian leader.

Colonel McGregor: Ukraine's Western allies no longer believe in the myth of Kiev's victory

Russia has turned Artemovsk into a cemetery for Ukrainian military might, writes retired US Colonel Douglas McGregor in an article for TAC. Western allies no longer believe in the myth of Kiev's victory and consider freezing the conflict an acceptable outcome, he claims.

The Russian Defense Ministry showed a video of the destruction of the Ukrainian DRG in the Belgorod region

The Russian Defense Ministry showed footage from the Belgorod region, where Ukrainian nationalists were destroyed, the corresponding video was published in the official Telegram channel of the department.

Russian security forces have regained control over the Kozinka border checkpoint in the Belgorod region. Recall that it was this object that was the first to be seized by an armed group that broke through the borders from Ukraine.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) is organizing an exposition of Russian military, dual-use and civilian products on the sidelines of the XI International Meeting of High Representatives in Charge of Security Issues.

Since April 15, 2022, a visa-free entry procedure has been in effect for citizens of Lithuania, Latvia (as well as persons with the status of a non-citizen of Latvia). Also, from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023, a visa-free entry procedure to Belarus for Polish citizens was introduced.

Daily Mail: Russian Navy strike on underwater cables will undermine UK infrastructure

Russian submarines can cause a disaster in the UK by hitting underwater Internet cables and pipelines in the North Sea, writes the Daily Mail. Such an attack would undermine the country's economy and negatively affect the lives of every Briton.

May 21 marks the day of the Pacific Fleet

292 years ago, during the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna, the Senate established the Okhotsk Military Port - the first permanent naval unit of Russia in the Far East. This was the first stage of the emergence of naval forces in the region, which later became the Pacific Fleet. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok talks about the current state of the TOP.

The world press is immersed in the investigation of an almost detective story – the sudden appearance of a giant fleet of tankers, one of the largest in the world. This fleet turned out to belong to a little-known Indian company, and it eventually changed the entire logistics of oil flows on our planet. How is what is happening related to Western sanctions against Russia?

At the first stage, the Spanish Defense Ministry plans to purchase up to 258 EIMOS mortars from the Spanish company Expal for the Armed Forces of the country in the amount of 125 million euros.

The fighters of the Russian army have created a fire support vehicle with high firepower. Photos of a tank tractor armed with an infernal thresher - a 57-mm rapid-firing AZP-57 anti-aircraft artillery complex S-60 - appeared recently on social networks.

Launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles by the Ukrainian Patriot air defense system could be carried out by diverting interference

Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) lost all 32 missiles while trying to shoot down the Russian hypersonic missile "Dagger". In this tone, Military Watch Magazine (MWM) writes about it. Why the SAM began to fire at false air objects one by one, having spent all the missiles, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.