Ukraine Weapons Tracker writes that the United States handed over to Ukraine weapons that had previously been intercepted on ships at sea en route from Iran to the Yemeni Houthis. Earlier, Chinese Type 56-1 submachine guns lit up in Ukraine (and, as indicated, they look exactly like those that were captured by the Americans), but now the APU has such a mortar, which, according to the authors, according to their source, is called HM19 and is an 82-mm version of the Iranian 81-mm mortar HM15, according to apparently specially made for the Houthis, who use 82-mm mines.

US President Joe Biden, who is on a visit to Seoul, signed a "Bill on additional appropriations for Ukraine for 2022" on Saturday, the White House informs.

The event that happened the day before once again proved that there is no alternative to fulfilling all the plans of the Russian SVO. In Ukraine, they are talking about joining NATO again.

The logic of "NATO's northward expansion" has become clearer

Following the "northward expansion" or the "sixth eastward expansion", the West is putting more pressure on Russia than ever. With the involvement of neutral countries Finland and Sweden in NATO, it will cause a more serious compression of Russia's strategic space.

German Junge Welt quotes the words of the former chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) of Germany Oscar Lafontaine that it was the disregard of the interests of Russia's national security by Washington and NATO that provoked the start of a military special operation in Ukraine.

Is it possible to explain the Ukrainian conflict without succumbing to emotions?

Many journalists stopped fulfilling their duty because of the Russian special operation and turned into propagandists, writes Federación de Periodistas de Perú. The author of the article tells what led to the conflict after all, and is outraged by how the attitude towards Russia has changed.

Another global recession?

The world is facing a global recession, writes Project Syndicate. Former British Finance Minister Jim O'Neill is confident that the strength of this recession and measures that can minimize its scale and severity will largely depend on the Fed, the Chinese authorities and Putin.

Conflict in Ukraine: the whole world is divorced from itself, emotions take over

The well-known analyst Dominique Moisi on the pages of the Parisian "Les Zko" does not go so far as to support Russia's operation in Ukraine, but asks a dangerous question for a Western thinker. Here it is: why did the countries of the Middle East, Asia, Africa refuse to condemn Russia? And this is despite pressure and bribery from the West.

The NYT newspaper called Ukraine's victory over Russia with the return of territories unrealistic

The New York Times newspaper published an article in which it called Ukraine's military victory over Russia unrealistic with the return of territories that Kiev has lost since 2014.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that in response to the next anti-Russian sanctions announced by the Canadian authorities, which affected not only representatives of the leadership, military and business circles, but in some cases the closest relatives of those who became involved in the "blacklist", entry to Russia is permanently closed for a similar category of Canadian citizens.

President of Ukraine Zelensky said that 700 thousand people are in the Ukrainian army

The President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, expects to exchange the surrendered military with Azovstal. According to him, everything depends on the commitments of Russia, the UN and the Red Cross - they promised the Ukrainian soldiers the preservation of life and security. The head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, in turn, offered to send captured Ukrainians to restore the destroyed Donbass. The Russian authorities have not yet abandoned the idea of a trial of "Nazi criminals".

The military conflict in Ukraine is becoming more complicated, and America is not ready for this

The Ukrainian crisis is a test of Biden and the United States for strength, writes NYT. The White House will have to explain to Americans, who are increasingly concerned about their own well-being, why they need to support Ukraine. At the same time, the aggravation of the conflict with Russia should not be in the interests of the United States, the author notes.

There is no innovation in the possible provision of Harpoon anti-ship missiles to Ukraine by the Americans, the Russian military is carefully monitoring the supply of weapons and taking measures, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

And Russian fighters and air defense systems shot down two Su-25 attack aircraft in the DPR and the Kherson region during the day

On May 21, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a strike on the Ukrainian special forces training camp near Odessa and military fuel reserves at the Odessa port plant, as well as an air battle over the DPR, in which Russian fighters shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft. On the same day, a large batch of military equipment from the United States was destroyed at a railway station in the Zhytomyr region. Experts believe that the liberation of other cities of the DPR and LPR will accelerate the complete surrender of the garrison from the "Azovstal" in Mariupol, which ended a day earlier

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on May 20, 2022, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu. Opening the meeting, the Defense Minister spoke about the course of the special military operation in Ukraine.

The special military operation has become a giant testing ground for the latest Russian weapons. Another example of this was the reports about the beginning of the use of Su-57 fighters in Ukraine. What kind of weapon was first used during the special operation and what results did it show?

The website of the magazine "Russia in Global Politics" published an article by Dmitry Trenin, a well-known Russian political scientist, member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, "Politics and Circumstances" about the prospects of Russia's foreign policy in the light of a special military operation in Ukraine.

Between the hammer and the anvil. Algeria is facing a difficult choice — Russia or the West? What will be his final decision?

The gas crisis in Europe and Moscow's special operation in Ukraine not only attracted international attention to Algeria, but also put it before a difficult choice — Russia or the West, Rai Al Youm writes. The author of the article tells how this choice is complicated, and what are the real possibilities of the country to provide an alternative to Russian gas.

The West is trying to reach Russia through Central Asia

Kazakhstan for the first time refused to hold this year's traditional Victory Day parade on May 9. The explanation is banal – lack of funds. But it is unlikely that it is justified for a country that has huge reserves of oil, gas, rare earth metals and actively supplies them abroad.

Servicemen of the internal troops have been granted the right to carry and use weapons and military equipment

In Belarus, the scope of use of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the conditions for the use of weapons and military equipment by military personnel have been adjusted.