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Sweden, in the course of the discussion on joining NATO, may consider the option of maintaining the country's nuclear-free status and the absence of the possibility of deploying alliance military bases on its territory, says Natalia Plevako, head of the Northern Europe Center of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an expert on Sweden.

General Popov explained why the MQ-9 Reaper drone will not be able to help the APU

Kiev is negotiating the purchase of heavy attack drones MQ-9 Reaper "Reaper" in the United States. "Newspaper.Ru" found out what an American drone is and how it can affect the course of a special military operation in Ukraine.

The United States will send 200 M113 armored personnel carriers, 11 Mi-17 helicopters, 300 Switchblade drones to Kiev as part of an $800 million package of military assistance to Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

What other items of expenditure are contained in the protocols of international "technical assistance" to Kiev

From 2015 to 2020, the US Department of Defense invested about half a billion dollars in training programs for the Ukrainian military. This follows from the list of international technical assistance projects available to Izvestia that have passed state registration in Ukraine.

In connection with the information published the other day about the supply of T-72 tanks by Poland to the armed formations of Ukraine, a large amount of contradictory information about the modification of these tanks has appeared.

The Czech Republic continues to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine. This time we are talking about sending RM-70 multiple rocket launchers for the needs of the Kiev regime. These are MLRS that have been produced in Czechoslovakia since 1972.

The United States is allocating a new $800 million military aid package to Ukraine, which will include artillery, armored personnel carriers and helicopters.

The West is already openly declaring the supply of heavy weapons to the Kiev regime, continuing to pump the Ukrainians with weapons. The plans of Washington and its allies do not include the conclusion of a peace treaty between Russia and Ukraine, NATO, led by the United States, intend to fight the Russian army to the last Ukrainian.

According to information published on April 11 by the Canadian newspaper National Post, the Canadian government announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 500 million kanad. USD.

The President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Alexander Sergeev, said that most Academies of Sciences in Western countries "froze" contacts with the Russian Federation, in addition, after the introduction of sanctions against the Russian Federation, difficulties appeared in contacts with scientists from China.

It is reported that on April 11, 2022, the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, in a televised address to the National Assembly (Parliament) of South Korea, requested modern weapons from South Korea, including primarily air defense systems, as well as combat aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles and artillery.

Shortly after the delivery of the S-300PMU anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine, Slovak Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy announced negotiations with the Ukrainian government on the possibility of selling the 155-mm SG Zuzana (Zuzana 2000).

The US President's National Security adviser, Jake Sullivan, made a statement on the issue of Taiwan. According to an official of the US administration, Washington is ready to do everything in its power to prevent the reunification of Taiwan with China. Sullivan made this statement during a conference of the Washington Economic Club.

The American company Axiom Space, due to logistical problems, cannot transfer to Roscosmos the payment for the flight of NASA astronaut Mark Van De Hai, said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The numbers are getting bigger, but the future is getting harder to calculate

In March 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense received another proof of the high level of cooperation between the Ukrainian military and the military of the NATO bloc.

Precision guided aerial bombs (UAB, also effectors in Western terminology) have had a decisive impact on the use of military aviation against ground targets. According to Western experts, with the current and planned composition of weapons, the Air Force receives a wide range of effectors that guarantee the necessary accuracy and are able to have a scalable effect on the properties of the target.

Russian-Thai ties remain strong despite the situation in Ukraine

Despite international pressure, relations between Russia and Thailand continue to develop, Asia Times reports. This year, the countries are preparing to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral ties that are equally beneficial for both states.

The other day, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk left a press conference of Israeli Defense and Foreign Ministers Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid. According to Korniychuk, Israel has taken a unique position in the Western world by refusing to provide weapons to Ukraine. In Kiev, the decisions of the Israeli authorities are angry.

Such a "number" as the isolation of Russia and Belarus will not pass - on the contrary, the countries that initiated sanctions against the Union State will face - and are already facing - much bigger problems. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin following talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.

Western sanctions against the Russian Federation forced the Russian aviation industry to look for a replacement for imported components and assemblies. Rostec, which is facing this problem acutely, called the delivery date of the first six MS-21 aircraft with domestic engines.