On April 6, the Budget Committee of the German Parliament at its meeting approved the allocation of 152.6 million euros for equipping MALE-class Heron-TP unmanned aerial vehicles available in the German Armed Forces with weapons.

Continuation of the article on unmanned aircraft systems of Turkey (part I). This excerpt discusses the main types of ammunition used with Turkish UAVs. The full material is presented here .

The General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, in an interview with the Rossiya 24 channel, told about the current stages of work on the Superjet and MS-21 projects, how the import substitution program is being implemented in the aviation industry, and called the challenges facing the Russian aviation industry in the new conditions.

Ankara plays by its own rules in the North Atlantic Alliance

Since the beginning of hostilities in Ukraine in February 2022, Turkey has been the only NATO member that has not imposed sanctions against Russia. Moreover, the country's leadership criticizes the North Atlantic Alliance for the current crisis in Eastern Europe, continuing to develop business relations with Moscow.

The budget of the US defense program is growing more and more. The rationale for this is the need to confront Russia and China. According to former US Congressman David Stockman, the US military budget did not see such money at the height of the Cold War.

NATO is considering the possibility of permanently deploying a reinforced contingent on the eastern border of the alliance, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview published on Sunday in The Sunday Telegraph.

The leader of the Swedish Democrats party, Jimmy Okesson, said that he would call on the party to support Sweden's membership in NATO if Finland applied to the North Atlantic Alliance.

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.