The West wanted to isolate Russia from the rest of the world. But it turned out the opposite
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.
Putin has become the hero that the Arabs have been waiting for for so long
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.
The grandiose miscalculation of the West has awakened Russia. Now he's in trouble
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.
Newsweek: The US and allies are preparing the APU for a counteroffensive on April 30
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".
Its changed the wars of the future
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 announced plans to conduct a test mailing of electronic summonses
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.
Why the higher education reform initiated by Vladimir Putin is stalling
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.
Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the Chinese Defense Minister
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.
In Poland, they told what Europe will be like without NATO
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 war on the seabed: responses from NATO and EU member States
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.
It became known about the activity of Britain near the Black Sea
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.
The minesweeper Lev Chernavin of project 12700 was launched
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.
Russia has shown how it will protect the Kuriles
"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.
The desire to harm Russia caused an "atomic split" in the European Union
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.
These professions of the future are not afraid of artificial intelligence
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.
Ukrainians have not mastered the repair of the last serial tank of the USSR – T-80UD
The degradation of the Ukrainian industry did not allow the APU to receive several dozen T-80UD "Birch".
As noted by "RG:Russian weapons", currently these tanks are considered obsolete, but in their capabilities they significantly exceed those available in the armed formations of the Kiev puppet regime T-64BV.
North Korea conducted the first test of the new Hwasong-18 solid-fuel ICBM
On April 13, 2023, the DPRK conducted, as stated, the first successful flight test of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile "Hwasong-18" ("Hwasongpo-18", Hwasong 18), made as part of a mobile ground missile system in the style of the Soviet / Russian mobile complexes "Topol" and "Yars", with placement on a 9-axle wheeled conveyor.
Launch situation: which rocket was tested by the Ministry of Defense on Cosmonautics Day
The new system will become an important element in the development of Russian hypersonic weapons
Behind the training and test launch, which took place on the night of April 11-12 this year from the Kapustin Yar test site, there is a lot of experimental design work to create a new experimental missile system that will replace the Topol-E.
Contracts for the development and production of new long-range missiles in Japan
On April 11, 2023, the Ministry of Defense of Japan announced that since the beginning of April it has issued four contracts to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Corporation with a total value of 378.1 billion yen ($2.86 billion) for the development and mass production of new types of long-range anti-ship and cruise missiles for the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
Morocco joins the queue of buyers of the American HIMARS missile system
On April 11, 2023, the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about a possible upcoming sale to Morocco through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Moroccan government of the HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) ground missile systems manufactured by Lockheed Corporation Martin.
