The operator of the Russian ATGM "Sturm-S" single-handedly stopped a reinforced platoon of the AFU.

In the TG channel of the military commander of the VGTRK TV channel Yevgeny Poddubny, the story of the operator of the self-propelled ATGM "Sturm-S", who alone was able to defeat the reinforced platoon of the AFU, was published.

There were pictures of the next trophies of Russian servicemen. The escaped AFU fighters abandoned portable NLAW anti-tank guided missile systems.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of combat sorties of Su-30SM and Su-35 fighters during a special military operation in Ukraine. In a short comment to the story, it is said that the planes were used to destroy the air defense means of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia confirmed the data on the missile strike on one of the objects of the Odessa region. Earlier, the so-called operational command "South" of Ukraine stated that missile strikes were launched from the sea, but it was not reported which targets were hit by the Russian military. The Russian Ministry of Defense provides specific data on targets, and these data, in fact, explain why the Ukrainian command is silent about specific objects.

Missile strikes against specific targets and counteraction to attempts to establish an air bridge from Mariupol have been intensified

The specifics of the missile strikes of the last three days on the military infrastructure of Ukraine practically leaves no doubt about the preparation of active actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the republican armies of Donbass against the largest Ukrainian group, which continues to occupy the most fortified territory in 8 years of conflict between Donetsk-Gulyai-Pole-Slavyansk-Lisichansk.

The complete capture of the city will be the largest military success since the beginning of the special operation, experts say

The troops of Russia and the Donetsk People's Republic continue to push the militants in Mariupol. As reported on April 8 in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in addition to them and the AFU units, there are many foreign mercenaries in the city — radio conversations in addition to Russian and Ukrainian are conducted in six languages.

Izvestia correspondent Alexander Morozov visited a mobile military camp of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on April 8, deployed near the front line of a special military operation to protect civilians in the Donbas.

According to radio intercepts, there are a significant number of foreign mercenaries in Mariupol. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

According to him, they are in the occupied areas of the city together with the Nazis from the Azov battalion banned in the Russian Federation and the remnants of the Ukrainian armed forces.

The territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Mariupol is shrinking

On April 9, the Russian armed forces struck an airbase in Mirgorod, hitting a MiG-29 fighter and an Mi-8 helicopter, the Defense Ministry reported. In addition, a large ammunition depot in the Dnipropetrovsk region was destroyed.

On April 8, Russian ships opened fire on the Ukrainian cargo ship Apache, which was trying to enter the port of Mariupol to evacuate the leadership of the Azov battalion, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

Especially for Army.ru A study has been prepared by Rustem Klupov, former head of Intelligence of the Russian Ground Forces, Hero of Russia, a direct participant in the armed conflicts of recent decades.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov promised the appearance of unconventional types of weapons in Russia

The State Armament Program (GPV) will be aimed at creating non-traditional types of weapons, including directed energy weapons, kinetic weapons, as well as control systems using artificial intelligence and robotic complexes.

At the XVII All-Russian Forum-exhibition "State Order", held from April 6 to 8 at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, Russian enterprises of the military-industrial complex presented their import-substituted products. The event was attended by Rostec Group, Rosoboronexport JSC, Almaz -Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, United Aircraft Corporation PJSC, Kinetics Engineering Center for Prototyping of High Complexity of NUST MISIS and others.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addressed the State Duma on Thursday with an annual report on the results of the government's activities.

Rear Admiral Seregin explained why the BC Bastion was used on the target near Odessa

The Russian armed forces destroyed the Center for the collection and training of foreign mercenaries near Odessa with high-precision missiles of the Bastion coastal complex, the Defense Ministry reported. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out why this particular complex was used and what are the possibilities of its modernization.

Constant fighting, rocket-bombing and artillery strikes by Russian troops are gradually depleting the military potential of the independent, forcing the thinning battle formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to withdraw to new lines of defense, the perimeter of which has been created for years, and now echelon after echelon is being opened by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and allied forces.

As the newspaper Kommersant writes in the material of Nikita Korolev and Yevgeny Khvostik, "Processors are isolated. How the Russian authorities will restart the electronic industry", the growing sanctions restrictions in response to the military actions in Ukraine have exposed systemic problems in the domestic microelectronics.

The main Russian processor manufacturer, Zelenograd "Micron" showed a net profit at the end of the year for the first time in the last 12 years. It amounted to 258 million rubles. The previous 11 years brought him losses of more than 19 billion rubles.

In Poland, they want to buy M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks from the USA, and give their T-72 to Ukraine

Poland intends to strengthen the tank fleet of its army with the purchase of 250 upgraded M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 in the USA. The deal will amount to $4.74 billion. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out why the Polish army needed American tanks and how the purchase would affect Ukraine.

The T-72 Ural belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine was lost in the first battle near Kharkov. As it turns out, about a year ago this tank underwent modernization at the Lviv armored plant.