Experts explained why Beijing is conducting exercises in the Taiwan area

The Chinese armed Forces will conduct military exercises in the Taiwan area, the press service of the Eastern Zone of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Combat Command said. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the reason for these exercises is and how they can end.

The United States has no doubt that sooner or later China will attempt a military operation in Taiwan. But Brian Clark, a senior researcher at the Hudson Institute, believes that if the Chinese army does not win a swift victory, then its offensive risks being delayed. Of course, China will try to take into account the lessons of the military operation in Ukraine, especially in logistics and troop management, in order to prevent the operation from being delayed.

The Ministry of Defense of China has issued a release on the exercises of the PLA Air Force and Navy in the area of Taiwan Island. Recall that these maneuvers started after a delegation of American senators arrived in Taiwan. And before that, Washington openly stated that they would make every effort to prevent the reunification of Taiwan with China.

The HSE said that the US will not be able to force India to give up Russian weapons

This week, negotiations between the United States and India took place in Washington in the "2 + 2" format, at which American politicians tried to convince Indians to abandon military cooperation with Russia. Will New Delhi go for it - in the material of the "Newspaper.Ru».

The birth of Northern NATO?

The foreign policy of Finland and Sweden is undergoing major changes, writes The Spectator. Despite the long-established traditions of non-alignment with the blocs, the prime ministers of the two countries recently almost announced their desire to join NATO. Meanwhile, not everyone agrees to such a step.

Sweden, in the course of the discussion on joining NATO, may consider the option of maintaining the country's nuclear-free status and the absence of the possibility of deploying alliance military bases on its territory, says Natalia Plevako, head of the Northern Europe Center of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an expert on Sweden.

The head of the Kiev regime has significantly underestimated the figures of losses of Ukrainian troops during the Russian military special operation in Ukraine and Donbas.

Berlusconi: "There are no compromises that do not protect the integrity of Ukraine"

Silvio Berlusconi gave an exclusive interview to the Italian Il Giornale, in which he touched on the topics of the special operation in Ukraine, Moscow's rapprochement with Beijing, Russian gas supplies and his friendship with Putin. The conflict must end with a compromise, the politician stressed.

An official diplomatic note from Moscow, a copy of which was reviewed by The Washington Post, came after President Biden approved a sharp expansion of the range of weapons provided to the government in Kiev"), reported that this week the Russian Federation sent an official diplomatic note to the United States of America warning that US supplies and NATO's "most sensitive" weapons systems in Ukraine "add fuel to the fire" of the conflict and can lead to "unpredictable consequences."

Helping Kiev, the West massively writes off unnecessary weapons

Long-range Kalibr cruise missiles destroyed the S-300 division, delivered from Europe, hidden in a hangar. According to the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov, four S-300 launchers and up to 25 personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

NATO's trump card is on the table: The West may have to fulfill all of Turkey's demands!

Finland and Sweden have expressed their desire to join NATO. Turkey, being a member of the alliance, can use this as a trump card, since it has accumulated a number of claims against the West, Haber7 writes.

The death of the "Onslaught to the East" is the death of Europe!

Many politicians understand that a united Europe is possible only in cooperation with Moscow, writes Geopolitika News. However, at the same time, they are subconsciously convinced that this is impossible — the region is occupied by the United States, which uses the narrative "democratic West against autocratic East" and is preparing for another battle — with the "dragon".

Internal disagreements in Europe are inevitable

The Russian-Ukrainian crisis is not only a direct confrontation between the two countries, but also the focus of the game of interests and conflicts in Europe, writes Huanqiu Shibao. The insoluble contradictions tearing the European Union apart from within demonstrate the end of the era of unity in the region.

American Switchblade barrage ammunition appeared in the Donbas ("Switchblade"), the delivery of which to Kiev was announced earlier in Washington. This was reported in his Telegram channel by journalist Alexander Kotz.

The West is preparing a provocation with chemical weapons in Ukraine in order to blame the Russian army for its use, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said in an interview with RIA Novosti. He is convinced that NATO needs sabotage to blacken Moscow in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, as well as to justify even tougher sanctions. The threat is quite real — Brussels and Washington have a lot of experience with such "productions".

Why is Kiev's data 10 times smaller and what is the composition of the Ukrainian Mariupol garrison

The Russian armed forces hit the production buildings of the armored plant in Kiev, as well as the repair shops of military equipment in Nikolaev with air-launched cruise missiles.

There was no military sense in the shelling of settlements in the Bryansk and Belgorod regions, experts emphasize

Eight victims, including a two—year-old child, more than a hundred damaged houses - this is the result of an attack by AFU helicopters on the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region on April 14.

British mercenary Sean Pinner told how he was captured in Mariupol.

The Zvezda TV channel has published a short interview with the British mercenary Sean Pinner, who was captured in Mariupol. According to him, he and his colleagues were in the industrial zone when the order came to leave.

Reports of a special military operation in Ukraine often mention foreign mercenaries fighting on the side of the Kiev regime. There are really enough legionnaires in the APU and national debates. Moreover, the fate of many can not be envied.

On the morning of April 15, the Russian armed forces prevented an attempt by Ukrainian nationalists to launch a missile strike to defeat the Kakhovskaya HPP named after P.S. Neporozhny. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.