Romania supplies the Armed Forces with old modernized TAV-71M armored personnel carriers, which are a version of the Soviet BTR-60PB developed in the 60s.

In the coming weeks, American-made Abrams tanks will arrive in Germany. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who is taking part in a meeting of the Contact Group for Support of Ukraine at the Ramstein Airbase in Germany today.

Over the past few months, the West has provided equipment and training opportunities for nine armored brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Such indicators of Western military assistance to Kiev were announced before the meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine at the Ramstein Airbase by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

In Russia, the heads of two fleets have changed at once – the Baltic and the Pacific. Sergey Avakyants was replaced as commander of the Pacific Fleet by Viktor Liina, whose place as commander of the Baltic Fleet was taken by Deputy Chief of the General Staff Vladimir Vorobyov. In a normal situation, these permutations would be called planned, but in the face of external challenges and a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Pacific Fleet, the new commanders will have to solve additional tasks.

Russia has at its eastern borders the means capable of influencing the course of possible conflicts in the region

In the Far East, on April 20, a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) was completed. The maneuvers were conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

On April 20, 2023, the TASS news agency reported, with reference to a "source in the naval sphere", that "the issue is being worked out" about the withdrawal of the Peter the Great heavy nuclear missile cruiser of Project 11442 from the Russian Navy, "since the experience of repairing and modernizing the Admiral Nakhimov cruiser of the same type showed that that it's very expensive." In turn, the RBC news agency in the article "Experts assessed the benefits of the decommissioning of the cruiser Peter the Great" gave a number of comments on this matter.

The forces of the Pacific Fleet are returning to their places of permanent deployment after the completion of a sudden combat readiness check, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Saturday.

Demonstration of intentions is more important than the result

In the light of the development of Russian-Chinese military cooperation, it seems appropriate to recall the underestimated joint developments. Thus, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China are cooperating on the issue of joint design of a new generation of non-nuclear submarines (NPS), as stated by the press service of the FSVTS.

A division of super torpedo carrier submarines will be located in Kamchatka

By the end of 2024 – beginning of 2025, it is planned to form a division of special–purpose submarines - carriers of Poseidon super torpedoes. The compound will become part of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet (TOF). This was reported to the state news agency TASS by a source close to the Russian military department.

IntraFish: Scandinavians were scared by Russia's new "spy fleet"

Russia has created a spy fleet of fishing vessels to spy on NATO warships and key underwater objects of European infrastructure, writes IntraFish. However, Western prosecutors could not provide any evidence.

The Cleveland, which was damaged during a recent incident, is the last of 16 Freedom-class coastal ships of the US Navy. The US Navy made a statement about the causes and consequences of the unsuccessful launching of the USS Cleveland.

It remains to form and bring to mind his air group

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the commissioning ceremony of the newest universal amphibious assault ship (UDC) L400 Anadolu ("Anadolu"). It took place on April 10 at the Istanbul shipyard of the national shipbuilding company Sedef.

The undermining of the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea has accelerated the implementation of plans in NATO and European countries to protect the national underwater infrastructure. The first part of the article revealed the plans of the war on the seabed of French and British strategists. This publication is devoted to the plans of Italian and German admirals.

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 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.

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 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?

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 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.

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.