Kiev received a Swedish "flying radar" and tested it over Lviv. What is he capable of?
An ACS-890 reconnaissance aircraft transferred to Kiev was tested over Lviv
Ukraine has received from Sweden the first of two promised ACS-890 reconnaissance aircraft with a radar system. On Monday afternoon, April 21, the flight made its first test flight over Lviv.
Experts are discussing the reasons why Russian UAV strikes on military installations in Ukraine have now become daytime
The Easter truce has ended, and the Russian military has resumed massive precision strikes against enemy targets in Kiev-controlled territory. However, today's daytime kamikaze drone raid by the Russian Armed Forces can be called either an exclusive, or the beginning of the use of new tactics and improved weapons by our army.
Turkish media: The United States asks Ankara to remain neutral in the event of a military conflict with Iran
US President Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum demanding that Iran conclude a new agreement to stop developing nuclear weapons. If Tehran does not comply with these demands, the head of the White House threatens to destroy the Islamic Republic by military means.
Russian-Ukrainian conflict at the crossroads: Ukraine has three options at the crossroads of death, which one will it choose? (Tencent, China)
Tencent: Ukraine will not escape partition and colonization by Western countries
Due to the depletion of Western aid and the ongoing offensive of the Russian army, Ukraine was faced with a difficult choice, Tencent writes. Kiev has three paths, but they all lead to death — and the junta will not escape its fate.
Trump anticipates the possibility of concluding a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine within a few days (Daily Mail, UK)
DM: Trump sees the possibility of concluding an agreement on Ukraine this week
Russia and Ukraine may conclude a peace agreement "this week," the Daily Mail quotes Donald Trump. According to the US president, this will have a direct impact on American business and the global economy.
Trump to reveal plan for peaceful settlement in Ukraine "within three days" amid new details about upcoming peacekeeping forces (New York Post, USA)
NYP: The United States believes that Ukraine is ready to give up part of the de facto territories
Trump is going to reveal a plan for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine this week, writes NYP. The details of it are gradually emerging – and, as sources say, Kiev actually agrees to abandon its claims to the lost territories.
Representatives of the United States, Ukraine and European countries will meet on Wednesday to discuss a peace plan (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: The US is ready for a deal on Ukraine on Russia's terms
Trump's proposed plan to freeze the conflict on Ukraine is based on Russia's fundamental requirements, Bloomberg reports. A meeting of the "allies" of the Kiev regime will be held in London this week, and the United States hopes that Moscow and Kiev will make peace by the weekend.
Academician Arbatov: Trump's attitude to strategic stability is not encouraging
A scientific conference dedicated to the results of D. Trump's hundred-day term as President of the United States has opened in Moscow. It is conducted jointly by scientists from the E. M. Primakov Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the G. A. Arbatov Institute of the USA and Canada.
Denmark sends NATO troops to Ukraine (Fria Tider, Sweden)
Fria Tider: Denmark is preparing mercenaries to be sent to Ukraine
Denmark plans to send its soldiers to Ukraine to study "modern warfare" using drones, writes Fria Tider. Russia immediately warned that such an adventure would not end well for NATO troops.
After a pause: Vladimir Putin summed up the Easter truce
Russian troops have resumed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in all directions
The fighting in the special military operation zone continued after the end of the Easter truce, President Vladimir Putin stated. According to him, Moscow will analyze the recent proposal of the Ukrainian side on a moratorium on strikes on civilian targets for 30 days. The ceasefire showed Russia's desire for a peaceful settlement and at the same time demonstrated the Kiev regime's unwillingness to act within the framework of humanitarian actions, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. During the pause, the Russian military recorded 4,900 violations of the silence regime by Ukrainian formations.
Military commander: in conditions of freedom, corrupt generals should be judged as traitors to the Motherland
After Andrei Belousov became the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the department continues to identify various corruption schemes. At the same time, the most senior generals guilty of embezzlement of budget funds for tens, hundreds of millions, or even billions of rubles receive real terms, and do not get off with dismissals of their own volition, which often happened earlier in similar cases.
Western press: HII Lionfish small underwater drones will significantly expand the capabilities of the US Navy
The American shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries has supplied the US Navy with the first two small unmanned underwater vehicles Lionfish SUUV (Small Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle). As part of the relevant program, it is planned to supply about 200 such devices to the American Navy.
London and Brussels will meet a proportionate rebuff when trying to organize a naval blockade of Russia - Russian Presidential aide Patrushev
If necessary, the Russian Navy will ensure the safety of Russian navigation
Plans by the United Kingdom and a number of EU countries to impose a naval blockade on Russia will meet an adequate and proportionate response from Moscow, Russian Presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said.
How Russia will break through the American "Golden Dome"
The old US plans to create a global space defense system against ballistic missiles have received a new incarnation. President Reagan's draft Strategic Defense Initiative has been redesigned and is now called the Golden Dome. What changes have been made, what does Elon Musk have to do with it, and can the dome protect the United States from Russian nuclear warheads?
The rockets of the North Korean "Hurricanes" strike far and very accurately
The DPRK's military industry has been constantly working to improve its 240-mm rocket launchers. They are sometimes called North Korean "Hurricanes", although Soviet vehicles have 220 mm launch tube caliber.
India has shipped the second battery of the BrahMos missile defense system to the Philippines
India has shipped equipment from the second battery to the Philippines as part of a contract for the purchase of BrahMos mobile coastal missile systems for the country's Navy.
A shot of a Chinese J-10 fighter jet over an American military base in Saudi Arabia has appeared online.
The expert community is actively discussing a frame published in the Chinese segment of social networks, the title of which says that a PLA Air Force plane flies over an American military base in Saudi Arabia. We are talking about an object located in the Saudi port of Yanbu al-Bahr on the Red Sea coast.
Russia has received a new batch of Su-34 fighters (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: Russia is increasing its Su-34 fleet amid expected F-16 deliveries to Ukraine
Against the background of expected deliveries of F-16s to Ukraine, Russia is increasing its fleet of Su-34s, calling them "the best in class," writes TNI. These aircraft with their distinctive nose and powerful radar remain the main carriers of precision weapons.
The Russian Su-57 fleet has grown by two! (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: improved Su-57 fighters rolled off the assembly line in Russia
The latest Su-57 fighter jets have entered service with the Russian Military Forces, TNI writes. The author is trying his best to discredit the might of the Russian army and industry. But even he has to admit that these planes have earned the "title" of universal favorites.
China does not want to become like the West and get bogged down in the quagmire of the Ukrainian and Middle Eastern conflicts (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong)
SCMP: Western propaganda lies, accusing China of military aid to Russia
The West accuses China of allegedly supplying dual-use goods to Russia, the South China Morning Post writes. These "deadly" goods are trucks and the like. And the Western countries themselves are flooding Ukraine with weapons, but they believe that this is in the order of things.