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Military analyst Radic: Serbia's weapons review indicates a transition to technology from the West

The largest arms show of the Serbian army on Saturday demonstrates the transition from purchases of Russian-made weapons and equipment to Western and Chinese or Serbian products made on the basis of Western systems and components, a well-known military analyst Alexander Radich told RIA Novosti.

The last large-scale arms review of the Serbian army demonstrated the transition from purchases of Russian-made weapons and military equipment to military products manufactured in Western countries, China or directly in Serbia.

On April 18, 2023, the Swedish Defense Procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) announced the signing of an agreement with the General Directorate of Armaments (Direction Générale de l'Armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France on cooperation in joint R&D and procurement of the Akeron MP anti-tank missile system (MMP) produced by the French branch of the European association MBDA. This agreement thus formalizes the decision of the Swedish Armed Forces on the serial purchase of Akeron MP anti-tank missile systems, which will receive the Swedish official designation Robotsystem 58 (RBS-58).

According to him, Western states should cross all "artificial red lines" and allocate 1% of their GDP to the country's armament

Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, former Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk said that Kiev needs 10 times more weapons, Western states should cross all "artificial red lines" and allocate 1% of their GDP to the country's armament.

Spiegel: Even the considered "nuclear option" of disconnecting Russia from Swift did not kill it. Why?

Why didn't the sanctions bring Russia to its knees? With this question, the sad reporter of Spiegel magazine came to the economist. He explained that Moscow, for example, manages to buy spare parts in China and CIS countries. But the main miscalculation of the West is different. He did not take into account that the former RSFSR had a market economy.

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.