On April 22, 2023, a prototype of the Turkish multipurpose helicopter T625 Gökbey, equipped for the first time with two Turkish-designed TS1400 turboshaft engines, made its first flight at the airfield of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) aviation association in Ankara. The TS1400 engine in the 1400 hp power class was developed by the engine-building division of TAI - TAI Engine Industries (TEI).

The Polish Air Force received the second batch of Bayraktar TB2 attack drones of Turkish production, the press service of the Polish Ministry of Defense reported on its official website.

Since the beginning of the special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Donbass and other territories, the Air Forces of Ukraine have lost 60 fighter planes. This is about 40% of the pre-war fleet, the British magazine The Economist notes, analyzing the current state of Ukrainian military aviation.

How kamikaze drone operators and reconnaissance UAVs are trained at a special training center in the DPR

The special military operation in Ukraine became the first armed conflict in modern history, where a real confrontation of drones unfolded in the sky. Such a massive use of this type of equipment by troops on both sides has never been noted.

China has revealed new details of previously announced sanctions against two American arms manufacturers, including a ban on Chinese companies doing business with them.

The Australian authorities have decided to revise their defense strategy due to the loss of US influence in the Indo-Pacific region (ITR). This is reported by the Bloomberg news agency.

ERR: NATO's plans to expand its presence in the Baltic Sea have encountered an unexpected problem

NATO has decided to expand its military presence in the Baltic states against the background of the Ukrainian conflict, writes ERR. But the alliance's plans will not lead to a significant increase in the number of soldiers and the amount of equipment in the region.

An Nahar: the South Korean front will distract Russia from the "counteroffensive" of the APU

The United States is forcing South Korea to provide military assistance to Ukraine, writes An Nahar. As it became known, the Americans do not believe in the success of the "counteroffensive" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, they are ready to "light the fuse of a powder keg" in the Asia-Pacific region, just to distract Moscow and force it to fight on two fronts.

Igor Ivanov — about the change of the position of the Republic of Korea on the issue of the Ukrainian conflict

In an interview with Reuters last week, the President of the Republic of Korea, Yun Seok-yel, admitted that the Republic of Korea may in the future, under certain conditions, join the number of countries supplying weapons to Ukraine. Such a statement caused criticism not only in Russia, but also in South Korea itself.

Politico: The US does not believe in the success of the APU counteroffensive

The White House stopped believing in the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and informed Kiev about the consequences of its excessive ambitions, writes Politico. The defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will force the West to force Ukraine to peace talks.

Politics: Kiev aspires to NATO, but they want to see it there under a certain condition

An armed attack on one NATO member is regarded as an attack on all. This dismisses all questions about why Kiev wants to join the alliance as soon as possible, writes Politika. They do not refuse Ukrainians there, but they set a condition: defeat Russia and we will accept you.

Al Ahram: NATO has turned into an "alliance of the divided"

International organizations such as the UN, WHO, IMF and ICC are strangled by the "ivy" of Washington's control, writes Al Ahram. The conflict in Ukraine has shown that US puppets cannot solve any global problem. NATO has split from the inside. All this speaks of the inevitable decline of the "American empire". But what awaits the world after that?

EP: Poland has declared its readiness to resist attempts to reach compromises with Russia

Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau called the support of Ukraine through the military and financial participation of the United States the main priority of Warsaw's foreign policy, writes Evropeyska Pravda. At the same time, according to the official, it is impossible to return to the Russia–NATO declaration of 1997, which limited the deployment of NATO forces in the new member countries of the alliance.

According to The Washington Post, Ukraine "postponed strikes at Washington's request"

The Ukrainian authorities in February were developing plans for an attack on Moscow. This was reported on Monday by The Washington Post newspaper with reference to secret documents of the Pentagon and American intelligence that got on the Internet.

About 20 more mercenaries were seriously injured, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

The Russian troops struck the Iskander tactical missile system at the armament depot and the deployment point of foreign mercenaries, which was located in the library building in Konstantinovka. This was reported to journalists on Monday by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

Figaro: Russian is no longer taught in Cuban schools, but Havana and Moscow are united by a common enemy [/b]

Russia is returning to Cuba, writes Figaro. And the basis for this return will be stronger than the tourist nostalgia that permeates everything on this "museum island". Even better than the old "Lada" unites the need to resist attempts to change the regime.

Kazakhstan has refused to hold a Victory parade for five years in a row. And if in previous years the refusal was dictated by the pandemic, then in recent years the authorities have explained their decision by the need to save money. How reliable does this version look and what role does Russia's special operations in Ukraine play in this matter?

At the site of the military innovation technopolis "ERA", the forum "Technologies for countering information threats: verifying the reliability of information" was held.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has presented a report on global defense spending in 2022 and for the last 10-year period (2013-2022).

Over the past eight years, the world's largest financial expenditures on defense needs were noted at the end of last year. They amounted to more than $2.2 trillion, which means an increase of 3.7 percent. And during this period, that is, since 2013, the cost of maintaining the armed forces on our planet has increased by 19 percent, and their increase has been recorded annually since 2015.