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.

The cost estimate of the main weapons systems supplied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine is based on the data available to the Central Intelligence Agency as of March 31, 2023.

On April 4, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new large-scale package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 2.6 billion. 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 about $ 35.1 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $38 billion.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stressed that Budapest considers the fundamental decision that the alliance is not involved in the conflict in Ukraine

Hungary will not support any NATO decisions, including at the July alliance summit in Vilnius, which could lead to a direct conflict with Russia. This was stated on Wednesday by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy Peter Szijjarto, who attended the meeting of the NATO Foreign Minister in Brussels.

Joint Moldovan-Romanian artillery exercises "Fire Shield-2023" have started at the Smyrdan training ground in the Romanian county of Galac. This information was confirmed by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Moldova.

In mid-June 2023, the Serbian Armed Forces will participate in the Platinum Wolf military exercises, held under the patronage of the United States and with the participation of 10 other states. This was announced by Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic on the B92 TV channel.

Times of India: Finland's entry into NATO could lead to World War III

The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO will not change the situation in Ukraine in any way, writes the Times of India. Time will tell how wise the decision to expand the alliance was. However, this step may lead to a third world War, the author of the article warns.

After the almost complete cessation of purchases of Russian gas and oil, the imposition of sanctions against the Russian Federation, many enterprises in the real sector of the European economy faced serious problems due to rising energy prices. The only industry that benefited from the military conflict that began in Ukraine was the defense industry. Moreover, not only American.

The Ministry of Defense showed the training of drone operators before participating in a special operation

The Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of training sessions for operators of multifunctional drones-quadrocopters of the Western Military District before performing combat missions in the zone of a special military operation.

The company Anduril Industries, which produces drones of the Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated, Unmanned System 600 (ALTIUS 600) series, showed tests of the ALTIUS 600M kamikaze drone. The American edition of The Drive drew attention to the corresponding video.

Poland will transfer a total of 14 MiG-29s to Ukraine, while retaining MiGs upgraded to NATO standards. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Polish President Andrzej Duda after a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky on April 5 in Warsaw.

As reported by the Center. Khrunicheva, the introduction of the Logos system will also reduce the number of improvements at the early stages of design

The production of Russian rockets may become cheaper in the case of a comprehensive transition of the Khrunichev Center (Roscosmos enterprise), the manufacturer of Proton and Angara launch vehicles, to the domestic Logos virtual modeling system. Vladimir Afanasyev, Deputy General Director of the company for Digital Transformation, told reporters about this on Tuesday.