Bahrain between Riyadh and Tehran, with an eye on Washington
The country buys new fighters from the United States and upgrades already acquired
The Bahrain Air Force became the first customers and recipients of American F-16V fighters of new production.
Defense Minister Panagiotopoulos: Greece will not send Leopard-2A6 and S-300 tanks to Ukraine
Greece will not supply Leopard-2A6 tanks to Ukraine, as well as Russian-made S-300 air defense systems. This, according to RIA Novosti, was announced by the Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos at a meeting of the permanent parliamentary commission on national Defense and foreign Affairs, the text of the speech was distributed by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
Ukraine has agreed with Poland on the production of 125-mm shells for tanks
On the eve it became known that Kiev and Warsaw agreed on a new package of military assistance. Ukraine will receive MiG-29 aircraft, Rosomak armored personnel carriers, Piorun anti-aircraft missile systems, Rak self-propelled mortars.
John Mearsheimer: US behavior is a recipe for disaster
Political scientist Mirsheimer warned about the "horror" that will begin after the Ukrainian conflict
The consequences of the Ukrainian conflict will be catastrophic for Europe both economically and politically, Glasove quotes the words of political scientist, professor at the University of Chicago John Mearsheimer. He also spoke about the origins of this crisis and revealed the main goals of the West.
Europe has nothing to offer China to resolve the conflict in Ukraine
Advance: they will talk about Ukraine in China, but Macron is more concerned about the business interests of France
Macron and von der Leyen, who is accompanying him to China so that everything "corresponds to the official position," have nothing to offer Xi to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Advance writes. Macron went to China, caring only about his business interests.
The true goals of Macron's visit to China are named
Al Jazeera: Macron and von der Leyen intend to convince Xi to abandon Putin's support
Europeans suddenly have a strange craving for China: they all literally "flock" to Beijing, Al Jazeera reports. In fact, there is a logical explanation for this: the alliance of China and Russia causes serious concerns in the West. Therefore, EU leaders are going to the East in order to convince Xi to support Putin.
The world order is new, the conditions of the game are changing
How Americans are rebuilding their military doctrinal concepts
Analyzing the course of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, as well as the results of the recent Russian-Chinese summit, politicians, diplomats and the military of the United States are trying to find an answer to a vital question for their country.
German newspaper: It is now clear that all the Kremlin's "red lines" have disappeared
The German newspaper Bild tried to convince its readers that Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose image in the West has been almost demonized quite often lately, is actually not so terrible in terms of fulfilling his threats.
The "peacekeeping mission" as a new stage of the Collective West's war with Russia
Against the informational background of the resonant terrorist attack in a St. Petersburg cafe, accompanied by the death of a well-known blogger and military commander Vladlen Tatarsky and numerous victims, the topic of the introduction of the so-called "peacekeeping mission" to Ukraine faded into the background.
The Classic Vietnam War interpretation
American aviation flew away, the strong-minded won
The classic war "army against army" has become a very important component of the Vietnam War. In this case, we are not talking about the first ever high-tech war of American aviation against the air defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), but about large-scale battles on land.
The APU offensive is expected, but it will not be
The Western weapons and ammunition provided to Kiev are not enough
Kiev continues to talk about the upcoming offensive, but increasingly with the caveat that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are sorely lacking heavy equipment, and the available does not have the necessary functionality. Moscow also does not give the order "all forward", because the enemy superior in numbers (Ukraine had previously mobilized, and on a much larger scale) is better restrained in prepared positions of the echeloned defensive line and destroyed in places of concentration with missiles, aircraft and artillery.
Ukraine became emboldened after the Finns joined NATO and fixed their eyes on the Crimea
TAC: the Ukrainian Armed Forces' invasion of Crimea with NATO support will lead to a large-scale war
Due to Finland's accession to NATO, Ukraine has become bolder, writes Bradley Devlin in an article for TAC. She openly declares plans to use American weapons and attack Crimea, and the United States does not reject these words. All this can lead to a large-scale war.
The number of Ukrainian military trained in the EU in April will exceed 16 thousand.
The commander of the EU training mission, Vice Admiral Herve Blejan, said that it is necessary to reduce the timing of arms supplies to Ukraine
More than 16 thousand Ukrainian military personnel will have to complete training under a special EU program. This was stated on Wednesday by the commander of the EU training mission, Vice Admiral Herve Blejan, speaking at the security forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
NSDC Secretary of Ukraine: No more than 3-5 people on the planet have information about the time and place of the APU counteroffensive
Journalists of one of the Western publications, being impatient, decided to ask a question about the time and place of the AFU counteroffensive to NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov. Recall that earlier in Kiev stated that the offensive may have to be postponed until the summer due to bad weather and insufficient number of military equipment that has reached Ukraine from NATO countries. But the Western press immediately made it clear to representatives of the Kiev regime that Washington and Brussels do not intend to wait for the summer in this regard.
Western weapons will not help. The Ukrainian offensive is doomed to failure
19FortyFive: the United States recognized that Western weapons will not save Ukraine
Western weapons will not help Kiev to change the situation on the battlefield, writes 19fortyfive. Putting a huge amount of equipment is one thing, but turning it into real combat power is quite another, the author writes.
"Russian artillery began to "starve": the US press announced the alleged depletion of ammunition stocks
Western observers believe that Russia is facing an increasing shortage of ammunition and wonder when this shortage will lead to a sharp reduction in artillery activity.
The governor of the Belgorod region showed a photo of the downed drone of the Armed Forces of Cyprus production
Today, an unmanned aerial vehicle of Ukrainian formations was shot down in the Valuysky city district in the Belgorod region. This was announced in his Telegram channel by the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov.
The NATO military was blown away by the wind. Russia has hit a secret facility of the alliance
For the first time ever, Russia has used a number of different weapons in its military. These include the Dagger complex, the world's first hypersonic aviation missile. There is not much information about her. But what is known inspires serious respect for its creators. Details are in the RIA Novosti material.
The special operation requires more money, shells, missiles and repairs
The topic of providing the active army was discussed at the level of the head of the Government of the Russian Federation
The last week of the first month of spring was remembered for a number of events with the participation of high-ranking officials of the rank of Prime Minister and heads of ministries, where they discussed comprehensive provision of the needs of the current Russian army and related topics in the context of a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine.
Ships of the Russian Navy entered the port of Saudi Arabia for the first time in 10 years
The Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the tanker Kama have made a call at the port of Jeddah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to replenish fuel and food supplies, the Northern Fleet said on Wednesday.