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Will South Korea join the coalition of arms suppliers to Ukraine

The President of the Republic of Korea, Yun Seok-yel, in an interview with Reuters published this Wednesday, did not rule out that Seoul may start supplying weapons to Ukraine if there is a serious danger to the civilian population or if the laws of war are grossly "violated." The situation was dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

One of the main tasks of the armed confrontation between the United States and Russia in Ukraine is the destruction of the economy of the EU countries. Strangely enough, Kiev is just a tool in the hands of Washington to solve its own strategic tasks. The leadership of European countries, as well as their residents, have already begun to guess that they are only service personnel in deterring Russia and China, but they can't do anything about it - because they are completely controlled from overseas.

On April 19, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 325 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $ 35.4 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $38.3 billion.

The joint statement of the countries states that the tanks will be delivered from the beginning of 2024

Denmark and the Netherlands will jointly transfer 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. This is stated in a statement issued by the Danish Ministry of Defense after a meeting at the Danish Foreign Policy Council.

As noted in the press service of Rosoboronexport, Russia is ready to cooperate with foreign customers in the production of various modifications of the Typhoon-K

Russia has brought the import-substituted armored car "Typhoon-K" model K-53949 to the foreign market. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec state Corporation).

As the German edition of Spiegel reported with reference to its sources, Germany handed over to Ukraine the second of the four promised IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft missile systems.

The notification of the American president states that such a measure is related to the military operation in Ukraine

US President Joe Biden has decided to extend for one year the ban on the reception in American ports of ships that sail under the flag of Russia or are otherwise associated with the Russian Federation. This is stated in the notification of the American leader distributed by the White House on Tuesday.

On April 17, 2023, the Finnish Patria Group announced that Germany had signed a technical agreement (Technical Arrangement) and thereby finally joined the multinational program of the new wheeled armored personnel carrier Common Armored Vehicle System (CAVS), of which Finland, Sweden and Latvia are already members. The CAVS program is based on the project of the new Patria 6x6 armored personnel carrier. In June 2022, Germany signed a statement of intent regarding joining the CAVS program.

The American newspaper "The Washington Post" in the material Missy Ryan, Evan Hill, Siobhan O'Grady "Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, agreed to arm Ukraine instead, leak shows" ("Egypt almost delivered rockets to Russia, but instead agreed to arm Ukraine, as leaks show"), the government Egypt planned to supply 122-mm Sakr-45 rockets to Russia at the request of Moscow, but after diplomatic pressure from the United States refused this and later approved the production of 152-mm and 155-mm artillery shells for delivery to the United States for subsequent transfer to Ukraine.

Antiwar: it is becoming increasingly difficult for the US administration to brag about the effectiveness of sanctions

It is becoming increasingly difficult for the US administration to brag about the success of sanctions against Russia, writes Antiwar. Instead of becoming a success story, the American-led sanctions campaign against Moscow has become another example of chronically failed tactics, the author notes.

NDP: The US military presence in Poland is being strengthened with the active support of the IPR government

Moravetsky has already openly said that the priority task of the ruling party is the complete subordination of the United States and lobbying for their interests, writes NDP. The proof of this is the strengthening of the American presence in the country. The USA needs Poland only to advance its interests.

The Liberal Democratic Party is promoting a scenario of such assistance to Ukraine, taking into account Japan's chairmanship in the Group of Seven and the holding of a summit of unification leaders in Hiroshima in May

Members of the Japanese government, as well as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ruling in the country, are studying the option of transferring lethal weapons to Ukraine. Kyodo news agency reported this on Wednesday , citing sources .

The West is accelerating and increasing military supplies to Kiev, literally forcing the Ukrainian leadership to finally make a decision on the offensive, which has been postponed for months under various pretexts. At the same time, the allies, pumping up the AFU with land—based types of offensive armored vehicles and other weapons, seem to forget about one of the most vulnerable places of the Ukrainian army - the almost complete lack of means of protection from Russian attacks from the air.

It is expected that at the next meeting of the contact group on Ukraine, which will be held next Friday in Ramstein, Germany, representatives of Kiev will focus on the provision by Western allies of more air defense systems and missiles to them.

The United States is unable to increase the production of HIMARS MLRS and ammunition for them – GMLRS missiles for the AFU. And there are problems with replenishing your own stocks of all this.

The trade turnover between Russia and India has grown ahead of schedule to a record $ 35 billion. Nevertheless, this figure is still small for a country like India, given its first place in the world in terms of population. According to experts, the development of trade between the countries is hindered by several factors at once, and US sanctions are not the most important of them.

Handelsblatt: Brazilian President Lula has angered the West with his meetings with Lavrov and Xi

Handelsblatt is outraged: Brazilian President Lula is trying to "score points" with left-wing voters. Therefore, he criticizes the supply of Western weapons to the ruling regime in Kiev. And at meetings with Minister Lavrov and the leaders of China, he talks about the share of the West's guilt in the tragedy that is happening. The US and the EU are taking revenge for this.

Global Times: The US and Europe will not be able to achieve a result in Ukraine by fighting

The United States and Europe continue to pump Ukraine with weapons, but this will not lead to success, writes Global Times. Although the ways to resolve the conflict have long been known, the West categorically rejects any possibility of negotiations.

Yle: Finnish authorities called NATO membership a "real gift" for Eastern Finland

Eastern Finland attracted international attention when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict began, writes the author of the article on the Yle website. Previously, the border with Russia meant great opportunities for the region in matters of trade, tourism and transport links. Now it has become a blank wall. Local authorities dream of improving the situation — with the help of NATO.

TAC: the statement of France and China showed that Europe is moving away from the unipolar world of the USA

Macron's statements following his visit to China and the EU's refusal to fully submit to the United States came as a surprise to everyone. This is a sign that Europe is moving away from the unipolar world led by America and is challenging it, writes TAC columnist Ted Snyder.