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The most ardent NATO members today are graduates of Soviet military academies

Six former Bulgarian defense ministers offered to transfer weapons to Ukraine, writes Trud. The author of the article is outraged: these people destroyed Bulgarian planes, helicopters, tanks, missiles and ships when they were on duty. Now they are selling the country to show what orthodox NATO members they are and to butter up the Americans.

Military political scientist: Germany may send its APU tanks under the guise of Slovenian

The German government will supply Slovenia with Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Fuchs armored personnel carriers, and in return, Slovenia will send Soviet T-72 tanks to Ukraine. This was reported by the German news agency DPA, citing its sources. The German media called this scheme a "circular exchange". "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what was wrong with her.

The Pentagon will supply the APU with special Phoenix Ghost attack drones

The Pentagon said it would supply the APU with more than 120 Phoenix Ghost attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) developed "specifically for Ukraine." Previously, they were not mentioned in open sources. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what kind of drone it was.

On April 21, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced the allocation of a new large package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 800 million. This package followed just eight days after the previous one, also in the amount of $ 800 million, and became the eighth portion of American military assistance since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. The total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev under these packages now reaches $ 3.35 billion, and since March 2021 - $ 4 billion.

European countries are increasing the supply of weapons, including heavy equipment, to the Kiev regime. The second international conference of defense donors for Ukraine, held in London on March 31, showed that 35 countries have committed themselves to increase military support for the warring nation. The supply of weapons, primarily anti-tank, is made from warehouses. A reasonable question arises: does such a massive outflow of Europeans themselves leave without weapons?

Chancellor Scholz in an interview with Spiegel magazine: "We cannot allow an atomic war"

Germany's chief politician Olaf Scholz fights off accusations of love for Russia, which allegedly prevents the supply of Ukraine has new German tanks. The Chancellor justifies himself and cites the facts of the supply of old tanks and MANPADS. He admits that he builds his idea of our country on the books of Masha Gessen.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg promised during a videoconference of international leaders on the situation in Ukraine that the North Atlantic Alliance would protect all its allies.

The Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania has started an active phase of negotiations on the purchase of the second batch of armored fighting vehicles "Boxer".

Military expert Andrey Frolov — about the possibilities of the Western defense industry for the production of weapons used in Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine has become unprecedented in terms of the amount of forces and resources spent by NATO to support a non—member country in a short period of time.

The Netherlands, together with its allies, are considering the possibility of supplying additional heavy weapons to Ukraine.

Damaged military equipment of the Ukrainian troops will be repaired at Czech defense enterprises. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the press secretary of the Czech Ministry of Defense, Yana Tsehmeisterova.

The possibilities of supplying weapons to Ukraine from the reserves of the Bundeswehr are almost exhausted, the German authorities are working with the country's defense concerns on this issue.

The Ukrainian army will receive NATO-standard artillery, the United States, Great Britain and Canada will provide supplies of guns. As reported, the decision on this has already been made.

A representative of the US Defense Ministry announced the strengthening of Ukrainian military aviation

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that Ukraine has strengthened its military potential in the sky thanks to foreign deliveries of aircraft. He added that the United States will do everything possible to satisfy Kiev's military requests.

What happens to the weapons sent to Ukraine? The US doesn't really know

America does not skimp on helping Ukraine and generously supplies it with weapons. According to CNN, the Biden administration takes into account the risk that weapons may sooner or later end up in "unexpected places." Experts do not exclude that it may get into the black market.

European countries that have imposed sanctions against Russia will have to compensate for the damage caused by them. This was announced on Wednesday, April 20, by the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin.

According to the British media, the UK will transfer armored self-propelled launchers of the Starstrik short-range air defense system to Ukraine.

A video has appeared on the web where you can watch the simultaneous testing of two versions of BrahMos missiles. The tests took place in the Bay of Bengal, Dambiev reports.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense for Procurement and MTO Andrew Hunter held a secret meeting with the leadership of eight major American defense companies at the Pentagon on April 13.

Russian military expert Andrei Frolov, in a column for Izvestia, assessed the reserves of the military-industrial complex (MIC) of NATO countries to help Ukraine.