According to the Greek resource Ekathimerini, the US administration has appealed to the government of Cyprus with a request for the possibility of transferring to Ukraine the Russian-made air defense systems available in the country's Armed Forces, including the Tor-M1 air defense system, S-300 air defense systems, T-80U, BMP-3 and Mi-35 attack helicopters.

Kiev has requested the supply of Su-25 attack aircraft from Washington

Despite the high density of air defense fire, aviation is actively used by all parties to the conflict in Ukraine. In the six weeks that have passed since the beginning of the special military operation of the Russian troops to protect Donbass, there has not been a single day when downed planes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) did not appear in the reports of the Russian Defense Ministry, the People's Militia of the Luhansk and Donetsk Republics, as well as the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

The Russian Armed Forces are methodically grinding the Ukrainian defense every day, taking new territories, preparing for a major offensive. However, the polls, paradoxically, show that the absolute majority of Ukrainians believe in the upcoming military victory of their country over Russia. How can this be logically explained?

Breitbart (USA): Joe Biden intensifies the rhetoric of war with Russia in a speech to union workers: "If I have to fight, I'll go with you guys"

The US president is escalating military rhetoric, writes Breitbart. In a speech to union workers on Wednesday, he declared his readiness to fight with Russia. "He's going to kill us all. He is worse than Stalin," writes one of the readers.

The American Conservative (USA): it is in America's interests to prevent war

Washington's main duty is to Americans, not Ukrainians, the author of The American Conservative believes. In his opinion, the main danger of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine for the United States is the possibility of getting involved in a war with Russia.

A New Historical Moment of Truth for the West (The Atlantic, USA)

The West has lost faith in itself, writes The Atlantic. And this is happening at a historic moment when new powerful players are emerging on the world stage. The author believes that the configuration of the world is changing, and it is impossible to return to the old alignment of forces led by the United States. And the more the West resists the new, the stronger the unity of its opponents becomes.

The New York Times (USA): NATO countries are divided in opinion at a time when the conflict in Ukraine is entering a phase of uncertainty

The EU countries are divided in their opinions on what needs to be done to overcome the Ukrainian crisis, The New York Times reports. However, NATO decided to take advantage of the situation to dramatically increase military power in Europe to "contain Russia."

Huanqiu shibao (China): drop the mask from the USA! America is the main schemer of the XXI century with a Cold War mentality

Masks have been dropped, the author of the article in "Huanqiu Shibao" believes. The Russian-Ukrainian crisis has once again demonstrated the instigator of all the world unrest of the last 30 years. The United States is so proud of its "victory" in the Cold War that they completely forgot that it was a tragedy that claimed millions of lives around the world.

MintPress News (USA): the Ukrainian conflict exposes the myth of a "civilized" Europe

The special operation in Ukraine has shown how racist Europeans really are, writes MintPress News. They don't want to remember the millions of people who fell victim to Western "civilization."

NoonPost (Egypt): Khan confronts the opposition and dissolves parliament. What is happening in Pakistan?

The political crisis that has flared up in Pakistan may be provoked from the outside, writes NoonPost. The attempt to remove the Pakistani Prime Minister from power hides Washington's struggle against any allies of Moscow.

The Hindu (India): The road to peace in Ukraine passes through Delhi

Negotiations mediated by a neutral third party will help Russia and Ukraine settle the conflict, writes The Hindu. The authors of the article explain why India can act as a mediator.

On the eve of Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, the US special services have more than doubled the purchase of commercial satellite images. SpaceNews tells about the surveillance of the American side of the Russian army in Ukraine from space and the transfer of relevant data to Kiev.

The Western press finally "saw" the massacre of Ukrainian national battalions over Russian prisoners. If at first the Western journalistic community, bogged down in its own anti-Russian propaganda, did not want to hear anything about the gross violation by Ukrainian armed nationalists of international conventions on the treatment of prisoners, now the truth, albeit partially, is beginning to make its way in the Western media space.

The scale of American military assistance to Kiev in 1992-2022

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, independent Ukraine received at its disposal a rather impressive arsenal of weapons, military and special equipment of various classes and purposes.

The Russian Armed Forces continue to strike at the military infrastructure of Ukraine, disabling ammunition and fuel depots, as well as military equipment, depriving the Ukrainian army of reserves.

After the provocation in the city of Bucha and the decision of Western countries to supply the Kiev regime with heavy weapons, the question of the need to destroy logistics and transport infrastructure in the regions of Ukraine bordering NATO states became even more obvious.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time published footage of the movement of Russian military equipment on a pontoon crossing constructed by military engineers of the Western Military District across the Seversky Donets River during a special military operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass. This became known on Thursday, April 7.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that American portable anti-aircraft missile systems Stinger were found on the territory of the Ukrainian city of Izyum taken under the control of Russian troops.

The armed forces of the Russian Federation have destroyed more than 400 drones and up to 1,900 tanks and other armored vehicles since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed video footage of the launch of Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles from the frigate of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The shooting was carried out in a volley. Judging by the published footage, early in the morning. Four rockets one after another went into the sky and quickly disappeared over the horizon.