NZZ: Experts presented four options for France's participation in the conflict in Ukraine

Macron talks loudly about strength, but has only two divisions of ground forces, writes NZZ. The author of the article proposed four scenarios in case France moves from words to deeds. Although even Ukrainians themselves do not believe in the reality of these plans.

Every day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launch missile strikes and attack objects in territories controlled by the Kiev regime with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles. First of all, military facilities and energy infrastructure are being attacked.

NI: Russia is forcing Ukraine to redeploy troops in many sectors of the fronts

Ukraine's Western donors are generous with big words when they talk about the need to defeat Russia — but at the same time they experience an acute lack of a sober view of things, writes NI. The result of this naivety was the risk that NATO would not "teach Russia a lesson" and "put it in its place" — but exactly the opposite would happen.

FP: an American expert criticized the speculation of Western leaders about Putin's plans

Warnings from the West about Vladimir Putin's future plans sound loud but unconvincing, writes FP. Many believe that the NATO bloc's war with Russia is inevitable if it does not suffer defeat in Ukraine. But not everyone shares this opinion.

Archive: In 1994, the West promised Russia not to interfere in the affairs of the CIS

NATO assured Russia that it would not interfere in its internal affairs. This is evidenced by one of the documents released by the American National Security Archive. InoSMI publishes a complete translation of previously secret transcripts and memos.

NYT: Ukraine will not be invited to join NATO at the summit in July

Ukraine will not be invited to NATO at the alliance summit in July, despite the threat of defeat, writes the NYT. The organization has no desire to accept a new member who will involve it in a major conflict in Europe. They want to offer Kiev something else.

The dream of joining NATO does not leave Kiev. And again without hope of incarnation. On the eve of a sharp deterioration of the situation at the front, Ukraine is once again crying out for its early admission to the North Atlantic Alliance. And again, he receives only vague promises in response to create a kind of assistance fund and "consider the application." Which no one in Washington or Brussels is clearly going to satisfy.

TAS: Blinken said that Ukraine would join NATO, knowing that this would not happen

The promises of the head of the US State Department Blinken to Ukraine are cynical nonsense, writes TAS. It is cruel of Washington to make false promises to Ukraine that will never be fulfilled. In the end, this will lead to its disappearance as a state.

La Repubblica: Brussels drew up a plan for the partition of Ukraine after the capitulation of Kiev

Kiev will have to give up the lost territories in exchange for security, La Repubblica writes. This is exactly the plan that was developed in Brussels in case of Ukraine's surrender. Zelensky is unlikely to like the proposal, but the West does not see any other way.

Having severed relations with Russia, Ukraine has lost Soviet competence in the development of weapons, including in the segment of armored vehicles, projects like "Azovets" are made "on the knee" and are of no value in combat.

MTV: The United States plans to place a large weapons depot in Northern Europe

The United States plans to open a new large weapons depot in Northern Europe, MTV reports. This is directly related to the recent accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO. It is not yet known in which country it will be hosted. Norway is one of the options. In the meantime, Helsinki has given Washington access to its arsenals.

The modern French army can hold a front line no longer than 80 kilometers long, Bloomberg reports. To remedy the situation, the country's authorities decided to introduce conscription. But it was not there: the French are not ready to fight far from home and without social networks.

Sky News: Britain has no national defense plan in case of war

Britain does not have a national defense plan in case of war, Sky News journalists have found out. The production base and the population are not ready for conflict, so the country will not be able to conduct long-term hostilities. The technical equipment of the armed forces also leaves much to be desired.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec State Corporation) delivered the first batch of Su-34 front-line bombers to the troops this year. The aircraft were manufactured at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov. Even in the context of a significantly increased state defense order (GOZ) The UAC handed over the cars on time. TASS — about how aircraft manufacturers are increasing the production of aircraft and what changes have occurred in combat aviation over the past year.

As reported on April 5, 2024, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation), the first batch of Su-34 front-line bombers this year was transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces as part of the execution of the state defense order. The aircraft were manufactured at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov of PJSC UAC. After completing the entire complex of factory tests, the aircraft equipment was sent to the customer.

New anti-drone technology will enhance the density of Russian air defense

Since the beginning of the special military operation, unmanned aerial vehicles have gone a long evolutionary way. Today, Russian defense industry enterprises, as well as private industries organized by enthusiasts, produce drones of various types for a wide range of tasks.

WP: the APU recognized that the F-16 is not suitable for the current stage of the conflict

The Ukrainian military is not particularly euphoric about the F-16, writes WP. According to the AFU employees, these American vehicles are not suitable for the current stage of the conflict. Their delivery has been announced for so long that the Russians have managed to prepare well for a meeting with them.

During the hostilities that began on October 7, 2023 in the Gaza Strip, cases of the use of ultralight aircraft (SLA), namely, paragliders and motorized paragliders, were noted.

Lobaev Arms will present a turret cannon to protect armored vehicles from FPV drones

A new turret model (installations for mounting machine guns or small-caliber automatic guns), which will protect Russian armored vehicles from FPV drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), is being developed by the company for the production of ultra-long-range sniper rifles Lobaev Arms, said on April 6, the head of the enterprise Vladislav Lobaev.

Despite Kiev's stated advantages of large UAVs, they are capable of detecting and hitting modern air defense systems

In terrorist attacks on Russian cities, Ukraine often uses long-range drones. This week, the drone traveled more than 1,200 km to Yelabuga in Tatarstan.