The newspaper "Kommersant" under the heading "There cannot be a low-cost airline in such a situation." The ex-head of Pobeda, Andrey Kalmykov, about his resignation, sanctions and ticket prices," published an interesting interview with the former CEO of the low-cost airline Pobeda (part of the Aeroflot group) Andrey Kalmykov on the prospects for the existence of Russian civil aviation in the conditions of total Western sanctions imposed against it.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers should join the ranks of the Polish Army in the coming years, and even more Poles should undergo special military training. For all this, Warsaw allocates unprecedented money for the country. Of course, what is happening is explained by the events in Ukraine, but this is only the outer part of the iceberg. In fact, Polish ambitions go much further.

Experts explained why London supplies NLAW complexes to Kiev

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to transfer another 6,000 NLAW complexes to Kiev. Before that, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed videos where Russian servicemen received complexes as trophies. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out for what purpose NLAW is being transported to Ukraine.

Rand predicted the situation in Europe after the end of the conflict

Russia's special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine continues in accordance with the approved plan and will be completed, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation says.

The New York Times (USA): Europe redistributes expenses amid a special operation

The Russian special operation in Ukraine is forcing Europe and the United States to restructure their spending and prepare for threats that seemed to be in the past, writes The New York Times. The author of the article tells what money will be spent on in the West now.

Foreign Policy (USA): the cold war on two fronts is beyond America's strength

The Ukrainian crisis gave Biden "leverage" to achieve peace, according to the authors of the FP article. Washington should take into account Moscow's concerns and "quietly and calmly" start working with it and with Kiev. At the same time, we should not forget about China. Otherwise, the United States risks sliding into the abyss of the Cold War on two fronts, the authors warn.

The Russian Defense Ministry continues to expose cynical fakes that the Kiev nationalist regime massively stamps and uses to preserve power in Ukraine, as well as mislead its population and the world community.

Russian troops, as well as units of the DPR and LPR, moving towards each other from the north, east and south, will soon have to close a huge cauldron in which the 50-thousandth Donbass group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be. These are the most trained units of the Ukrainian army – they have been in the combat zone since 2014, well trained and strengthened. But only the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbass will allow us to solve other military and political tasks in Ukraine. How will the offensive develop?

On Wednesday evening, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops, developing an offensive, broke through the enemy's well-fortified defenses, crossed the Shaitanka River and are fighting with units of the 53rd mechanized Brigade on the approaches to the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka.

A twenty-volume almanac about the history and traditions of Russian cadetship has been published

In April, the unique exhibition "Cadet Roll Call", dedicated to the 290th anniversary of primary military education in Russia, which has been working for six months, is coming to an end. Against the background of the exhibition in the Moscow Museum of Military Uniforms, a presentation of the book series of the same name took place. The multi-volume almanac was published as part of the literary and historical project "Cadet Heritage".

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the spring recruitment of conscripts into the army. "To carry out, from April 1 to July 15, 2022, conscription of citizens of the Russian Federation aged 18 to 27 who are not in reserve and are subject to conscription in accordance with federal law, in the amount of 134,500 people," the document published on Thursday, March 31, says. on the official Internet portal of legal information.

Poland covers its economic interests with a special operation in Ukraine

President Joseph Biden is trying to prevent an impending hurricane economic crisis on his territory by unleashing one or more armed conflicts in Europe, including in Ukraine, using European financial, economic, military and human resources to the maximum.

In Russia, they can build two diesel-electric boats of the 636 Varshavyanka project, which are called black holes, per year. This was announced by the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov, RIA Novosti reports.

The heads of departments and employees of the Pentagon, as well as its main contractor companies, participated in the creation of biological weapons components in Ukraine, these companies were directly connected with the son of US President Joe Biden, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said at a briefing on Wednesday.

Sabah (Turkey): nuclear deterrence

Due to the increased tension in relations between Russia and NATO, disputes about nuclear war are being more actively conducted, Sabah writes. The author of the article advises the media not to deliberately inflate the nuclear threat and not to try to make Russia look guilty. Confusing the cards is the most dangerous game in nuclear diplomacy, he recalls.

In Soviet times, being a place of storage of nuclear ammunition, "Object 711" was cut down in rocks at a depth of several tens of meters.

Military expert Khramchikhin spoke about the pros and cons of the Pantsir-S1 missile defense system

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a video about the use of anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1" during a special operation in Ukraine. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the operation of this complex.

There is no doubt that electronic warfare plays an important strategic role for the Russian Armed Forces. In this regard, we offer an article from the electronic magazine Global defense technology, which explores Russia's electronic warfare and its ability to support the country's defense capability.

A Russian-American crew returning from the ISS landed in Kazakhstan

Three ISS crew members returned to Earth - two Russians and one American. The current descent took place against the background of a sharp deterioration in relations between Russia and the United States, which is why the NASA astronaut will have to get home by a roundabout way around Russian territory.

The NASA federal budget plan for fiscal year 2023 does not provide for the further continuation of the SOFIA flying stratospheric observatory and the closure of the project in 2023. Such a decision was made due to the high cost of the annual maintenance of the project and the insufficient level of scientific productivity, according to the website Space.com .