Ukraine announced the creation of five aviation brigades, which are replenished with supplies of fighters from NATO countries. They are supposed to be used as part of a possible counteroffensive. At the same time, the AFU does not report anything about the supply of assault aircraft, which is necessary for offensive actions. In this case, how can the aerial part of the battle for the Azov Sea look like?

Julia van der Colff's interesting material "Building A New American Arsenal" ("Creating a New American Arsenal") has been published in the American online publication "Wars on the Rocks" with a discussion of the current problems of the US military-industrial complex in the light of the fighting in Ukraine.

EP: Bosnia and Herzegovina has become the West's new headache in the Balkans

Republika Srpska, which is part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, threatens to secede from the federation, writes Evropeyska Pravda. This position of Bani Luka will lead to the creation of another "hot spot" in the Balkans and will strengthen Russia's influence in the region.

According to German sources, from April 1, 2023, the German Ground Forces began to reorganize their formations. It is assumed that this type of armed forces of the country "will create prerequisites for the formation of a new category of forces, the so-called medium forces." In the future, the Bundeswehr plans to have three categories of forces (each at the brigade level): light (airmobile), medium (on its own wheelbase) and heavy (mechanized).

Expert Hodarenok told how the Russian Federation will strengthen troops on the border due to Finland's accession to NATO

Finland can become a member of the North Atlantic Alliance as early as today, April 4. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called this a historic week: according to him, today the flag of Finland will be raised at the headquarters in Brussels, and this country will become a member of the alliance. About what steps Russia will take to protect its territories bordering the new NATO member - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

Iltalehti: Finland's status change made Russia's retaliatory measures inevitable

An increase in the border between NATO and Russia by 1300 kilometers after Finland joins the alliance will entail many changes, according to Finnish political scientist Heikki Patomaki. In an interview with Iltalehti, he said that real actions on the part of Moscow are still far away, but the build-up of military power in the region is inevitable.

On April 4, the US authorities announced the allocation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. The full list of transferred types of weapons, military equipment and equipment has been published by the US Department of Defense.

The new package, in particular, will include ammunition for missile defense and MLRS systems

The United States is allocating a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $2.6 billion, including ammunition for missile defense and MLRS systems. This was announced on Tuesday by the Pentagon press service.

Figaro: the new concept of Russian foreign policy was doomed to criticism of the West

The West urgently needs to learn to understand the interests of other countries, and first of all Russia. Figaro readers come to this conclusion after another "horror story" about Russia. According to Isabelle Lasser, Russia has nothing to be offended by the West at all. No promises were made to her in writing there.

The Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service believes that Warsaw sees Kiev's military defeat as a condition for this

The Polish leadership does not abandon the idea of gaining control over the western part of Ukraine, a condition for which Warsaw sees the military defeat of Kiev. This was announced on Tuesday after a meeting with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko by the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia Sergey Naryshkin.

The diplomatic mission noted that "it is the Kiev regime, together with the United States, NATO and the EU, that bear full responsibility" for the contamination of the territory of Ukraine and the Russian Federation with foreign-made mines, and consequently, for the civilian casualties caused by them.

The Russian Defense Minister said that NATO is strengthening the anti-Russian course, which leads to an escalation of the conflict

NATO is strengthening its anti-Russian course, which leads to an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, but this will not affect the outcome of a special military operation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Russian armed forces have changed the tactics of striking positions and objects on the territory of Ukraine and are actively using guided (planning) aerial bombs. This was announced by the official representative of the Air Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Yuriy Ignat.

According to the Minister of Defense, only since the beginning of the year, the Russian troops have hit 59 M777 artillery systems, 13 Paladin self-propelled artillery units, 14 American-made HIMARS launchers, as well as 30 self-propelled artillery units from Poland, Germany, France and the Czech Republic.

On April 4, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The US Federal Prosecutor's Office said that three men from Alabama organized a multimillion-dollar accounting fraud scheme at a defense contractor that builds ships for the US Navy.

The Atlantic: Russia and China have deprived the United States of naval dominance

China and Russia have deprived the United States of its former naval dominance, writes The Atlantic. Without its revival, America cannot expect to regain its dominant role in the world. On the way to this is the industrial decline and the miscalculations of its strategists, who squandered resources on foreign adventures.

Presumably, the division will be formed in the first half of 2025

The division of special-purpose submarines - carriers of Poseidon super torpedoes - is planned to be formed as part of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet by the end of 2024 - beginning of 2025. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Russian military department.

After a meeting with the Ukrainian leadership of the head of the German concern Rheinmetall Armin Papperger, the press service of the concern announced a decision to create a center for "logistics and maintenance of weapons used in Ukraine." This center will open in Romania bordering Ukraine.

In the area of Artemovsk, the "Wagnerians" took another armored vehicle of the AFU as a trophy. As usual, they quickly master it and begin to beat the enemy with his own weapon.