The French President also called for preventing the use of nuclear weapons in the current conflict in Ukraine

France opposes the proliferation of nuclear weapons beyond the borders of its possessor countries and considers it important to exclude the possibility of their use in the current conflict in Ukraine. This was stated on Thursday by French President Emmanuel Macron at a press conference following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Americans avoid contact combat

The US missile program began to develop very rapidly after World War II as a result of the seizure by the Americans of a group of German designers led by Werner von Braun and samples of the V-1 and V-2 missiles they created.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu got acquainted with new developments in the field of armored vehicles at the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the military department reported on Thursday.

Fighters of the 10th separate tank battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly a separate tank battalion of the People's Militia of the DPR) demonstrated independently installed protection of the T-80BV from enemy kamikaze drones attacking from above.

Greek Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos said that his country strongly supports Ukraine and its "struggle for the restoration of sovereignty and territorial integrity"

Greece is ready to send Ukraine another batch of BMP-1, artillery shells and ammunition for small arms.

The message does not specify the number of tanks

The US Department of Defense has signed a contract with the American company General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) for $ 27.1 million for M1A1 Abrams tanks for Ukraine. This was announced on Wednesday by the Pentagon press service.

The Pentagon has signed a contract with the military-industrial corporation General Dynamics Land Systems (GLDS) in the amount of over $ 27 million (more than 2 billion rubles) for the production of M1A1 Abrams tanks for their subsequent shipment to Ukraine. This information was confirmed by the press service of the country's defense ministry.

The Vietnamese leadership is gradually modernizing the country's armed forces, which continue to mainly use Soviet heritage and American trophies.

The United Kingdom is sending the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Mediterranean. This is reported by The Times. The ship will arrive in the Mediterranean in 2023 at the head of an aircraft carrier strike group.

BAE Systems has announced an official ceremony held on April 4 at BAE Systems Govan in Glasgow to mark the start of construction of the Birmingham Type-26 (City) class frigate.

The lead attack submarine in the series, USS Virginia (SSN 774) of the Virginia Block 1 class, leaves the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Portsmouth in New Hampshire, not to be confused with the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Virginia) for sea trials after maintenance and dry dock work, which began on November 18, 2018.

The MILDEN National Program will help Ankara overcome its dependence on German suppliers

Turkish shipbuilders plan to start manufacturing the first locally developed boat in 2025 and complete its construction in 2031. If the tests are successful, an initial series of six ships will be built over the next decade.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 4, 2023, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Neo-Nazis and radicals are used to intimidate residents of these regions, the head of state noted

Kiev uses its "unfinished underground" of neo-Nazis and radicals to intimidate residents of new regions of the Russian Federation, this must be dealt with harshly and effectively. This was stated on Wednesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Rogov said that Ukraine has completed preparations for a counteroffensive in Zaporozhye

The Ukrainian army has accumulated reserves of personnel, ammunition and armored vehicles, thereby completing preparations for the offensive in the Zaporozhye region, said the head of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

GT: NATO is acting irresponsibly, forcing Russia to defend itself with nuclear weapons

Finland has become a new member of NATO. Probably, now she will be on the front line in the alliance's fight against Russia, GT writes. Moscow understands this, so it will increase its nuclear potential. Thus, Helsinki's rejection of the policy of neutrality jeopardized the security of the whole of Europe.

Junge Welt: US attempts to deprive Russia of the UN Security Council presidency because of Ukraine are hypocritical

When it was Russia's turn to preside over At the UN Security Council, the United States was outraged on behalf of the "world community," writes the German Junge Welt with irony. The reason for the outrage: Russia is a "warring" country. And this is said by the American state, which has spent four-fifths of its history in wars.

Professor Kamukibo: Tokyo should talk to Moscow, not Kiev

Fumio Kishida should not have gone to Kiev and given Zelensky a ritual rice shovel for the "victory" of Ukraine, writes Japanese professor Masato Kamikubo in an article by Yahoo News Japan. A visit to Moscow would be much more productive. He would help achieve peace and put an end to everyone's suffering.

Foreign Policy: cold war with China will force the US to switch attention from Ukraine

The question of whether the United States will continue to support Ukraine after the elections in 2024 prevents many European officials from "sleeping at night," writes FP. The reason is the brewing cold war between the United States and China, which may draw Washington's attention to itself.

Welt: the Englishman named the reasons for the inevitable defeat of the Ukrainian army

The former colonel of the British army worried the German edition of Welt. He has been working with the APU as an adviser for many years and found there all those shortcomings that the Soviet army was often accused of and that are allegedly absent in the West. The formula "I am the boss, and you are a fool" has survived all the perestroika and Maidan.