The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, made a post on a social network after his visit to Kiev, which attracts special attention. Recall that Borrel made a visit to Ukraine as part of the EU delegation, which included the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

One of the most Russophobic states in the recent past in the space of the former USSR – Georgia – suddenly shows a completely different policy. Tbilisi entered into a serious conflict with Kiev, which demanded to open a "second front" against Russia. Why did the Georgian leadership suddenly turn out to be much more sane than the Ukrainian regime?

NATO countries have agreed on the supply of heavy offensive weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, the armored vehicles coming from the West require Ukraine to concentrate the appropriate fuel reserves. Previously, the lion's share of the fuel market in the country belonged to Minsk and Moscow. Now the situation has changed a lot – the Russian army is systematically destroying refineries and fuel bases in Ukraine. Who supplies Ukrainian planes and tanks with fuel and how can the Russian Armed Forces prevent this?

In Greece, clashes between port workers and the police began, the reason was military cargo destined for Ukraine. According to the Greek press, dockers refuse to load ships for the Kiev regime.

According to official data, Ukraine purchased 30 times more military products in Turkey in the first quarter of 2022 (in value) than in the same period a year earlier.

Asharq Al Awsat (Saudi Arabia): was liberalism the real cause of the conflict?

The American project presented to the world by Joe Biden under the slogan "democracy against authoritarianism" implies the delegitimization of the ruling regimes, whether in China, Russia or any other country in the world, writes Asharq Al Awsat. This is what prompted Moscow to launch a special operation in Ukraine and thereby protect its political system, the author of the article is sure.

Huanqiu shibao (China): beware of the phenomenon of "chess pieces" in international politics

Over the past 30 years, Ukraine has been constantly falling into a "zone of turbulence", but it cannot learn a lesson from these shocks, writes Huanqiu Shibao. By cutting ties with Russia and "falling into the arms of the West," it is increasingly losing its last hope for its own autonomy.

Huanqiu shibao (China): The Russian-Ukrainian crisis exposes a new US proxy strategy

Ukraine will never become a "bleeding wound" for the United States, which is why it has turned into an American bargaining chip in the global geopolitical game, the author of the article in Huanqiu Shibao notes. For many years in a row, the United States pumped Kiev with weapons and money in order to light a fire at the right moment on Russia's doorstep.

Huanqiu shibao (China): NATO is a stumbling block on the way to a new European security architecture

NATO has long been a puppet in the hands of the world Anglo-Saxon club, writes Huanqiu Shibao. It is called the root cause of the European security crisis. In this regard, the question arises whether Europe will finally be able to open its eyes and see where the blind trust of the United States has led it, or whether it will pay for the American games with its own well-being.

After the Soviet Union, and then the military-political bloc of the Warsaw Pact, ceased to exist, more than 30 years have passed. This event was supposed to mark the end of the Cold War and the confrontation between the two superpowers, as well as the loss of goal-setting for the existence of NATO. However, this did not happen.

Bill Clinton: I tried to put Russia on a different path (The Atlantic, USA)

Former US President Bill Clinton wrote an article for the American edition of The Atlantic, in which he suggested that the conflict in Ukraine proves the "expediency" of NATO expansion. In addition, he claims that he allegedly tried to put Russia on the right "path of development."

Foreign Affairs (USA): the price of American hegemony

The ideologue of liberalism, Robert Kagan, begins to doubt that the United States will be able to maintain world hegemony. And the events in Ukraine are proof of that. The author admits that the United States provoked Russia into a military special operation. And they cannot resist the Russian onslaught. And no Kagan's spells in the attractiveness of "hail on the hill" will refute this reality.

Politics (Serbia): right-wing parties condemned Serbia's vote at the UN

Serbia's three right-wing parties have condemned Belgrade's decision to vote at the UN General Assembly to suspend Russia's membership in the UN Human Rights Council. According to politicians, this step will have unpredictable consequences for the country. The Serbs did not approve the decision of the authorities.

NATO has announced a "transformation" involving a significant increase in the alliance's troops in Eastern Europe. Experts are confident that NATO's reforms will fundamentally reshape the security architecture in Europe and involve Russia and the West in a new arms race. How will Moscow respond to the historic reform of NATO? Does the alliance's initiative mean the risk of a direct clash with Russia?

The Russian Federation has the right to individual and collective defense

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev says that illegal sanctions against Russia can be qualified as an act of aggression, this entails the right to defense within the framework of international law.

The expert explained why Kiev's threats to shoot down Russian Aerospace Forces planes over Tiraspol are impossible

Ukraine will shoot down military and military transport planes of the Russian Federation that will try to get into Transnistria, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how real the threats are.

The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ilya Kiva, deprived of the mandate, believes that the investigation of the Tochka-U missile strike on Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region will show the involvement of Ukrainian troops in it, so Kiev decided to forget about it.

During the implementation of a special military operation to protect civilians in Donbass, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed eight Ukrainian launchers from the Tochka-U tactical missile systems. Nevertheless, there is still a possibility of provocations from Kiev, said on April 8, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

And why did the battles for the city take so long

Units of the Russian armed forces blocked the village of Novomikhailovka and the town of Ugledar in the Donbass, the Ministry of Defense reported on April 7. Now there are battles for these settlements. The troops of the Donetsk People's Republic occupied the village of Sladkoe. The confrontation in Mariupol continues.

The Russian Ministry of Defense found out where the rocket was launched from, which fell near the railway station in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.

"According to updated data, the strike was carried out by a missile division of the armed forces of Ukraine from the area of the settlement of Dobropole, which is located 45 kilometers southwest of the city," the military department said in a statement.