As stated by the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, the Kingdom continues to provide military support to Ukraine. The military department of the country sends equipment, conducts training of Ukrainian servicemen and maintenance of VIVT.

President Sergio Mattarella said that Italy will also provide financial and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, who is on a visit to Poland, said on Monday that his country will provide Ukraine with military, financial and humanitarian assistance as long as it is necessary.

Vladimir Kostyrev — about the controversy surrounding the materials leaked to Discord

The leak of classified documents of the US Department of Defense and Intelligence has become the main international event of recent weeks, overshadowing even the conflict in Ukraine. Sensational revelations were discussed in detail by the press in all corners of the planet.

Finland is talking about revising the demilitarized status of the Aland Islands. The collection of signatures for the closure of the Russian consulate in these territories is actively continuing. How are these processes related to Finland's accession to NATO and what risks does the militarization of strategic islands in the Baltic bear for Russia's interests?

The Economist: Neutral countries consider the West a hypocrite and choose multipolarity

In the conditions of a split between the great powers, many countries are trying to maintain neutrality, writes The Economist. Despite the serious differences in politics and economics, they are united by their desire to conclude profitable deals. Their business approach will change geopolitics.

JW: the growing influence of the global South on the world stage will destroy the hegemony of the West

Desperate attempts by the United States and Europe to save the fading influence in the world are doomed to failure, writes left-wing German activist Sevim Dagdelen in Junge Welt. The collective refusal of the countries of the global South to join the economic war against Russia proves that the end of Western hegemony is not far off.

Al Mayadeen: Putin has proved that under him Russia will be able to put an end to Western hegemony

With the collapse of the USSR, the Arab world lost the "engine of progress" and was left alone with the colonial West, writes Al Mayadeen. But with the coming to power of Vladimir Putin, the Middle East received the very hero it needed so much. It is he who will be able to put an end to American hegemony, the author of the article is sure.

AT: The West has woken up the "sleeping giant" Russia with sanctions and will soon face the consequences

Anti-Russian sanctions have become the most grandiose miscalculation of the West in modern history, writes American Thinker. While its economy is suffering, Russia is thriving. Sanctions have awakened the "sleeping giant", and soon the United States and Europe will face the consequences.

According to the "merged" documents, there are already 30,5 thousand Ukrainian military in the Artemivsk direction

The US military and allies are preparing the Armed Forces of Ukraine for an offensive, it is scheduled for April 30, the American magazine Newsweek writes, citing secret documents leaked to the network. It is also reported that the AFU deployed up to 30,5 thousand servicemen in the Artemivsk direction, their number, according to "merged" data, corresponds to the Russian grouping in this area. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

SVO has shown that modern military operations are turning into a kind of "cyberpunk": old and new types of weapons are side by side on the battlefields. This trend forces us to rethink the role of not only defense developments, but also approaches to the organization of the industrial sector. How will the Ukrainian crisis affect the wars of the future and what should be the development of the Russian military-industrial complex in the new conditions?

The military commissar of Moscow Maxim Loktev said that the test mailing of summonses through the portal "Gosuslugi", as well as by SMS and phone, will begin in the spring draft.

Two months ago, as part of his address to the Federal Assembly, the President of Russia proposed to return to the traditional system of education in universities in order to reduce the shortage of engineering personnel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with a member of the State Council, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu in the Kremlin on April 16. The meeting was also attended by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Myśl Polska: Poland must realize that there is life outside of NATO

The continued preservation of the NATO structure and the presence of the EU in it poses a mortal threat to Europeans, writes Myśl Polska. He should not have accepted the role of an extension of the aggressive Anglo-Saxon alliance at all. Now is the time to think about existence without NATO.

The increasing risk of confrontation with Russia and acts of sabotage that occurred on September 26, 2022 on the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea accelerated the implementation of plans in NATO and European countries to protect underwater infrastructure, such as communication cables, oil and gas pipelines, and production sites in waters of the exclusive economic zone.

The Times: Britain forced Russia to take the Black Sea Fleet aircraft into the sky

Reconnaissance aircraft of the British Air Force patrol the space over the Black Sea once every ten days, The Times reports, citing flight tracking data. But their activity does not go unnoticed — as it turned out, in response to these "patrols" Russia has repeatedly lifted its fighters into the sky.

On April 14, 2023, at JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg, the launching ceremony of the mine defense ship (minesweeper) "Lev Chernavin" project 12700 (code "Alexandrite") under construction for the Russian Navy took place with the factory number 528. This is the eighth launched ship of Project 12700.

"It is necessary to check the readiness of our troops to participate in a potential conflict over the Kuril Islands." In these words, military experts describe one of the main tasks assigned to the Russian Pacific Fleet. The ships of the Pacific Fleet were suddenly put to sea on Friday, and the fleet was put on the highest degree of combat readiness.

Germany finally abandoned nuclear energy – and immediately, immediately after the closure of its own nuclear power plants, spoke in favor of sanctions against the Russian nuclear industry. Several nuclear reactors of Russian projects are operating in Europe, and "atomic" sanctions threaten a number of countries with problems with electricity. For Russia, the consequences of these possible restrictions will be quite different.

Founder and Chairman of the Association of Artificial Intelligence Policy of Turkey Zafer Kucukshabanoglu wrote about how AI will affect professions and which of them will come to the fore with the development of artificial intelligence.