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On April 10, 2022, Ukrainian resources distributed a video recording of the combat use by servicemen of the 95th separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the newest British portable anti-aircraft missile system Martlet. The missile was reportedly fired at the Russian small unmanned aerial vehicle Orlan-10. Previously, it was not known about the supply of Martlet complexes to Ukraine.

The UK will send Ukraine weapons worth 100 million pounds, including portable anti-aircraft missile systems Starstreak.

Experts told under what conditions Moscow will sell Ankara the latest Su-57 fighters

Turkey is considering buying Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jets if the US Congress refuses to sell it the F-16 Block 70, the media reported. "Newspaper.Ru" was looking into what Turkey's interest in the Su-57 might be related to and what is the probability that it will buy these aircraft.

The German defense concern Rheinmetall has announced that it is ready to send Leopard 1 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine. This is reported by the German newspaper Handelsblatt with reference to the head of the concern Armin Papperger.

British media report that after the visit of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev on April 9, 2022, the British government approved new supplies of military equipment as military assistance to Ukraine, including the transfer of 120 Mastiff, Wolfhound, Husky and Spartan armored vehicles from the presence of the British Army, as well as the supply of anti-ship missiles from the presence of the British Navy of the American Harpoon production for coastal defense.

The head of the Russian space Agency spoke in detail about plans for the future, cooperation with foreign partners and, of course, Russia's participation in the ISS program.

On April 6, 2022, the Philippine Villamor Air Base in Manila hosted the official acceptance ceremony by the Philippine Air Force of the first two T129B ATTACK attack helicopters manufactured by the Turkish state aircraft company Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), out of six ordered. The ceremony was attended by the Minister of National Defense of the Philippines Delphine Lorenzana. This is the first realized delivery of Turkish T129 helicopters abroad.

The US suddenly eased anti-Russian sanctions. Now the import of software, hardware, services and technologies related to telecommunications, the Internet, and online communication is allowed in the country. The reasons for the indulgences have not been established.

Ankara plays by its own rules in the North Atlantic Alliance

Since the beginning of hostilities in Ukraine in February 2022, Turkey has been the only NATO member that has not imposed sanctions against Russia. Moreover, the country's leadership criticizes the North Atlantic Alliance for the current crisis in Eastern Europe, continuing to develop business relations with Moscow.

The command of the Pakistan Navy has adopted the fourth and last high-speed missile boat of the Azmat class, built at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) in Karachi.

According to official data, Ukraine purchased 30 times more military products in Turkey in the first quarter of 2022 (in value) than in the same period a year earlier.

On April 6, the Budget Committee of the German Parliament at its meeting approved the allocation of 152.6 million euros for equipping MALE-class Heron-TP unmanned aerial vehicles available in the German Armed Forces with weapons.

Slovak media reported that Slovakia handed over to Ukraine, as a military aid, its only division of the Soviet-made S-300PMU anti-aircraft missile system, which is already located on the territory of Ukraine. According to the published video, on April 5, 2022, an echelon with the equipment of this division was sent from the Slovak station Sereda to Ukraine.

The first private crew of Axiom Space went to the ISS

For a long time, private individuals flew to space stations only as tourists. Axiom Space has changed this tradition by sending a group of non-professional astronauts to the ISS, whose main task will be to conduct research. In particular, these studies should help in the creation of the world's first private space station Axiom, which will be assembled as a segment of the ISS in 2024.

Shortly after the start of Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, the government of Ukraine sent a membership request to the European Space Agency (ESA), but in fact was refused. This is reported by SpaceNews.

The leader of the Swedish Democrats party, Jimmy Okesson, said that he would call on the party to support Sweden's membership in NATO if Finland applied to the North Atlantic Alliance.

A draft law on cooperation with Venezuela in the space sector was approved at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation on Friday, according to a statement on the government's website.

At the XVII All-Russian Forum-exhibition "State Order", held from April 6 to 8 at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, Russian enterprises of the military-industrial complex presented their import-substituted products. The event was attended by Rostec Group, Rosoboronexport JSC, Almaz -Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, United Aircraft Corporation PJSC, Kinetics Engineering Center for Prototyping of High Complexity of NUST MISIS and others.

The Ukrainian authorities do not abandon attempts to restore the heavy weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, almost knocked out by the Russian army as part of a special operation on demilitarization and denazification. This also applies to artillery. Since the West is no longer able to supply Soviet-style weapons, Kiev is beginning to demand NATO weapons.

In April 1983, the Soviet Army received upgraded versions of the T-55 and T-62 tanks.

The modification of these combat vehicles was undertaken on the basis of the resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On measures to ensure the comprehensive modernization of the T-55 (T-55A) and T-62 tanks", adopted on July 25, 1981. A special program provided for bringing them up to the characteristics of the T-72 and T-64 tanks, as well as foreign analogues.