The curator of the Wagner PMCS, Yevgeny Prigozhin, made a statement about the counteroffensive announced by the Ukrainian side.

The acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin visited different districts of Artemovsk and saw the condition of the buildings in the center of this settlement, the fighting for which has been going on for more than six months. The head of the DPR noted that on the ruins of the city administration building, blown up during the retreat of the Kiev regime militants, flags of Russia and the Russian PMCs "Wagner" are installed.

WP: Ukraine's medium-range air defense resources will be completely depleted by May 23

"Merged" Pentagon documents indicate a shortage of Western weapons in Ukraine, especially ammunition and air defense equipment, WP writes. The leak angered Kiev, as the Ukrainian authorities tried to hide the vulnerabilities of the APU.

NYT: The Russian Air Force will take advantage of the depletion of Ukrainian air defense and reverse the course of the conflict

According to secret Pentagon documents leaked online, the Ukrainian air defense system is almost completely drained of blood. This will give Moscow an advantage and allow it to fully use the power of the VKS, the author of the article in the NYT fears. And this will be followed by a turning point in the conflict.

It is reported that on April 6, 2023, the lead corvette El Moutassadi (tail number "940") of the new Chinese-built F15A project, in a series of six units, arrived in Algeria and was officially commissioned into the Algerian Navy. The corvette's commissioning ceremony was attended by the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Algerian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Said Chanegriha.

Javan: the British aircraft carrier will be sent to the Mediterranean Sea to deter Russia

The aircraft carrier of the British Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth will be sent to the waters of the Mediterranean Sea this year to demonstrate the capabilities of deterring Russia, writes Javan. This could allow F-35 Lightning fighters to fly over the Black Sea.

Iranian warships IRIS Makran and IRIS Dena have arrived at the largest port of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town. This is evidenced by the satellite images of the Maxar company that appeared on the network, which are published by USNI News

Al Mayadeen: The West uses all the tools of imperialism to destroy Russia

The capitalist West has always held Russia at gunpoint, whether in tsarist or Soviet times, writes Al Mayadeen. Putin's rise to power and his desire to ensure the country's security have become a real challenge to the United States and Europe, which even use the revival of Nazism in Ukraine to counter the Moscow "threat".

The Law on Accelerating the Deployment of Universal Advanced Nuclear Technologies (ADVANCE) of 2023, submitted to the US Senate by a bipartisan group, is aimed at supporting efforts to develop and implement, including diversification of supplies and technologies.

The Chinese armed forces are constantly receiving the latest defense products, adapting their troops to the conditions of modern combat. Among the novelties of the military-industrial complex is the ZBL-09 amphibious armored vehicle, first presented to the general public in 2009.

On April 5, 2023, during the visit of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to Warsaw, a protocol of intent on cooperation in the supply of Polish-made military equipment to Ukraine was signed. It is reported that as part of the protocol, 150 Rosomak wheeled armored personnel carriers (8x8), three company sets (24 combat vehicles) of self-propelled Rak mortars on the Rosomak chassis and 100 Piorun portable anti-aircraft missile systems should be delivered to Ukraine, and 14 MiG-29 fighters from the presence of the Polish Air Force should also be transferred.

The "Road of Death" with abandoned Kirpi armored vehicles of Turkish production appeared in the area of "Artemovsk (Bakhmut). A large number of different equipment has been noticed on it.

MWM: the Solntsepek system is capable of neutralizing infantry in fortified positions

TOS-1A "Solntsepek" is one of the most unique systems in the Russian arsenal, capable of neutralizing infantry in fortified positions, writes MWM. It has passed comprehensive combat tests in Syria and Iraq.

According to the department, only officially in 2023, the US Department of Energy allocated $105 million for work within the framework of the project "Virtual environment of research in the field of preparation for biohazards"

The US Department of Energy, along with the Pentagon, is the organizer of military biological activities, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection Forces (RHBZ) Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

According to the department, hiding from responsibility for participation in military biological projects, many defendants left the territory of Ukraine

The United States is searching for participants of American military biological projects in Ukraine who have left this country, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, said on Friday.

The ministry noted that the example of Ukraine demonstrates that the financing of military biological programs imposed by the collective West leads to the loss of national biological sovereignty and the undermining of its own scientific and technological potential.

At the time of approval of the vaccine, Pfizer had real evidence confirming an increased risk of serious pathologies of the cardiovascular system after vaccination, said Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov recalled that extremely harsh anti-covid measures did not exclude the appearance in 2022 of the omicron BA-5.2 and BF-7 subvariants, which caused an avalanche of cases in China.

FA: the risk of using nuclear weapons based on false warnings is growing in the world

While fighting continues in Ukraine, there is a real risk of nuclear escalation in this region, dangerous for the whole world, writes Foreign Affairs. But there is one effective form of reducing the global threat.

Myśl Polska: Poland does not understand the perniciousness of the desire to have nuclear weapons

Warsaw seeks to get nuclear weapons, writes Myśl Polska. This is justified by the fact that Moscow will provide it to Minsk, which means that it is a threat to Poland. Panic is inflated. However, possession of such weapons would be very risky for the Poles themselves, the author of the article is sure.