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The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is very realistic, but even without joining the alliance, they can deploy NATO bases and military contingents on their territory, Doctor of Political Sciences, associate Professor of the Department of International Security at the Faculty of World Politics of Lomonosov Moscow State University Alexey Fenenko told RIA Novosti.

The UK Ministry of Defense is negotiating with the F-35 Joint Project Office (F-35 Joint Project Office – JPO F-35) on the purchase of an additional batch of 26 fifth-generation F-35B Lightning-2 fighters in addition to the 48 aircraft of this type already ordered.

The coming anarchy in outer space

New realities and rules in the exploration of near-Earth space have practically put an end to the universally recognized treaty, in which outer space is defined as "the property of all mankind," writes The National Interest. The authors of the article call the current situation a new tragedy of public resources.

"We ran out of money": Joe Biden requested $33 billion to support Ukraine, although in March Congress had already approved a 13.6 billion aid package

Biden asked Congress to allocate an additional $ 33 billion to help Ukraine, Breitbart writes. Americans are outraged: they do not understand where the previously allocated funds have gone, and accuse the Democrats of plundering the country.

The command of the Thai Navy recently concluded with the private Thai company Marsun Co. selected by the winner of the competition. Ltd (Marsun) contract for the supply of river patrol boats.

Beijing's attitude towards Russia and its threats against Taiwan harm Europe's location towards it

The anti-Chinese front in the EU is getting stronger, writes the South China Morning Post. As Beijing continues to support Russia, European countries are threatening to undermine China's ties. According to the author of the article, the geopolitical factor is now above the economic one.

On April 25, 2022, the Polish consortium PGZ-Narew signed a contract with the British branch of the European missile concern MBDA (MBDA UK) in the amount of 1.5 billion zlotys (320 million euros, the cost is not officially reported) for the purchase of the first two sets of ground-based short-range anti-aircraft missile system (that is, a total of one battery set, including two complexes) based on MBDA CAMM anti-aircraft guided missiles for the Polish Armed forces, within the framework of the Polish Narew program, purchases of a promising short- and medium-range air defense system.

As the Czech OMNIPOL group announced on April 27, 2022, the largest manufacturer of civil transport aircraft in the Czech Republic, the Aircraft Industries plant (formerly LET Kunovice) returns to Czech ownership after 14 years. On April 21, 2022, the Russian owner and the OMNIPOL Group agreed to sell 100% of Aircraft Industries shares to the Czech company OMPO Holding (a subsidiary of OMNIPOL).

As reported by Polish Radio on April 29, 2022, by now Poland has transferred to Ukraine more than 200 T-72 tanks from the presence of the Polish army. Together with the tanks, Poland delivered several dozen infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 to Ukraine, as well as 122-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S1 "Carnation" and 122-mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad".

The other day, representatives of the Kiev regime announced with great enthusiasm that a radical change would soon occur during a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. According to their assurances, the APU will finally "be able to move from the defensive phase to the offensive." Such bold plans are connected with the fact that, as stated by the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, the army of the "independent" has already begun "the transition to NATO weapons and standards."

Director of the First Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Georgy Zinoviev, in an interview with Interfax, shared his vision of Russian-Chinese relations under Western sanctions, spoke about the prospects for the growth of trade turnover between the countries and expressed confidence that the growth of China's power will open up new prospects for the development of the Russian economy. A senior Russian diplomat also spoke about Moscow's cooperation with Pyongyang and Seoul in the current conditions.

The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, in an interview with Interfax correspondent Ksenia Baigarova, spoke about the prospects of Russia's relations with African countries, in particular, how Russian companies will work in the region under Western sanctions, whether to wait for a food crisis, and also where and when the second summit can take place Russia-Africa.

Rogozin said that Russia has decided on the timing of the completion of work on the ISS

The decision on the deadline for the end of Russia's participation in the International Space Station program has already been made, but it will not be announced yet. According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, Moscow will warn partners in a year about the completion of work on the ISS in accordance with its obligations. According to him, Russia continues to work on the orbital station until 2024.

Why did the Australian military hand over right-hand drive Bushmaster armored cars to the APU

Australia has sent 20 Bushmaster armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canberra Vasyl Miroshnichenko said. Western military experts criticize this machine and remind that Australia has not been able to arrange the sale of Bushmaster to other countries. What is wrong with the Australian armored car and whether it will help the APU - in the material of the "Newspaper.Ru».

Western countries continue to flood Ukraine with weapons and do it on a scale unprecedented in decades. However, it turned out that by sending tens of thousands of weapons from their warehouses, Western countries leave their own armies unarmed. What does this mean for the special operation in Ukraine?

In the period from April 26 to April 29, a thematic exposition dedicated to the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" was launched at the Expocentre Central Exhibition Complex as part of the "Russian Week of High Technologies".

As reported by Reuters with reference to the Romanian Defense Ministry, Bucharest intends to accelerate the planned acquisition of F-16A /B fighters from the Norwegian Air Force.

A retired American lieutenant colonel explained why Western heavy weapons will not save Ukraine.

On the portal 19FortyFive.com an article was published with a disappointing verdict for the AFU: "Western tanks, missiles and artillery will not save Ukraine." This opinion was expressed by Daniel L. Davis, a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Army, a veteran of the Iraqi and other military campaigns, who is now a senior researcher at the Defense Priorities organization.

According to the general director of the enterprise Alexey Rakhmanov, localization of production of products for the state defense order is already close to 100%

Suppliers of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will find a solution to replace the remaining imported components for military shipbuilding within a period of three to 16 months. This was announced to journalists on Wednesday by the general director of the company Alexey Rakhmanov during a working trip to Kaliningrad.

On April 25, the exhibition "INNOPROM. Central Asia". The enterprise of the NPO "High–Precision Complexes" holding - Kovrov Electromechanical Plant (a member of the Vladimir branch of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia) presented products of the Ant - Ant brands and road rollers "Raskat" at the joint exposition of Rostec State Corporation.