As the German edition of Spiegel reported with reference to its sources, Germany handed over to Ukraine the second of the four promised IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft missile systems.

This time the launch did not have to be postponed, the delay was insignificant. However, the rocket exploded at an altitude of 38 kilometers.

On April 20, at 16:28 Moscow time, the American company SpaceX launched a prototype of the reusable Starship transport system from the Boca Chica site in the southeast of Texas in the United States. Four minutes after launch, the prototype of the Starship system exploded, gaining an altitude of 38 kilometers.

NDP: Warsaw is already ready for the annexation of Ukrainian lands, but they are silent about the price of the issue

Warsaw is obediently waiting for its moment in the big game, aiming at the promised lands of Western Ukraine, writes NDP. But we should not forget that the United States also has its own interests, and every gift from the White House has its own price. It is possible that Poland will have to pay for it with the lives of its citizens.

NDP: Warsaw is ready to continue the conflict in Ukraine to the last Pole

The West understands perfectly well that after the spring-summer campaign, the Ukrainian army will lose its combat capability. Poles will be sent to continue supporting the conflict, writes NDP. Poland's ambitions played a cruel joke on her, because for her failure in Ukraine means oblivion, shame, the collapse of the army and colossal debts.

The US has allocated a new package of military assistance to Ukraine for $325 million

The United States will transfer HIMARS missiles for MLRS to Ukraine, artillery shells, TOW anti-tank systems and AT-4 PT systems, mines and many other military supplies worth $325 million. Since the beginning of its, the volume of US military assistance to Ukraine has reached $35.4 billion.

On April 19, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 325 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $ 35.4 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $38.3 billion.

The Government of Ukraine has announced its readiness to sell off state-owned enterprises. At the same time, Kiev asks absolutely ridiculous money for working factories, mining and processing plants and pharmaceutical enterprises. Why did Ukraine start selling off its industry and will there be businessmen in the West who are ready to buy a factory in a country whose borders are changing before our eyes?

Yahoo News Japan: Biden's lousy leadership will allow Russia and China to recapture the world from the United States

Only Biden, who is at the head of the United States, is able to prevent the impending Third World War. However, as a leader, he is no good, Yahoo News Japan quotes the ex-mayor of Tokyo, Yoichi Masuzoe. Fascinated by Ukraine, he does not notice how the united Russia and China are "repelling" his allies.

The special military operation has created all the conditions for testing and studying the effectiveness of the tactics used by infantry and light infantry units. War correspondent Alexander Sladkov writes about this in his Telegram channel.

According to the company's representative Dmitry Dymov, in particular, the organization is interested in such areas as the development of algorithms for controlling multi-satellite systems, the creation of microchips and chips, wireless and fiber-optic technologies.

The notification of the American president states that such a measure is related to the military operation in Ukraine

US President Joe Biden has decided to extend for one year the ban on the reception in American ports of ships that sail under the flag of Russia or are otherwise associated with the Russian Federation. This is stated in the notification of the American leader distributed by the White House on Tuesday.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — about what the large-scale maneuvers of the Pacific Fleet demonstrated

This week, the Russian Defense Ministry is conducting a surprise inspection of the Pacific Fleet forces. Dozens of ships and hundreds of aircraft, as well as about 25 thousand personnel, take part in large—scale maneuvers — the largest in recent years.

American-made Stryker combat vehicles continue to get into various road accidents during operation on the territory of European NATO countries. One of them happened in Germany.

On April 17, 2023, the Finnish Patria Group announced that Germany had signed a technical agreement (Technical Arrangement) and thereby finally joined the multinational program of the new wheeled armored personnel carrier Common Armored Vehicle System (CAVS), of which Finland, Sweden and Latvia are already members. The CAVS program is based on the project of the new Patria 6x6 armored personnel carrier. In June 2022, Germany signed a statement of intent regarding joining the CAVS program.

The United States is unable to increase the production of HIMARS MLRS and ammunition for them – GMLRS missiles for the AFU. And there are problems with replenishing your own stocks of all this.

The leadership of the Turkish defense Industry called the timing of the creation of a domestic analogue of the Russian S-400 air defense system. They assume that it will take at least six years to develop a system with similar technical characteristics.

The West is accelerating and increasing military supplies to Kiev, literally forcing the Ukrainian leadership to finally make a decision on the offensive, which has been postponed for months under various pretexts. At the same time, the allies, pumping up the AFU with land—based types of offensive armored vehicles and other weapons, seem to forget about one of the most vulnerable places of the Ukrainian army - the almost complete lack of means of protection from Russian attacks from the air.

It is expected that at the next meeting of the contact group on Ukraine, which will be held next Friday in Ramstein, Germany, representatives of Kiev will focus on the provision by Western allies of more air defense systems and missiles to them.

Sohu: Russia immediately reacted to the appearance of a Norwegian aircraft at its borders

NATO continues to increase pressure on Moscow: A Norwegian patrol plane was recently found near the Russian borders. Putin's reaction to the approach was swift and merciless — a MiG-31 fighter jet was instantly lifted into the sky, writes Sohu user.