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The businessman prefers to deal with the United States Department of Defense

On the morning of April 2, the Falcon-9 launch vehicle (PH) put ten spacecraft (spacecraft) assembled by order of the US Space Forces into a near-Earth orbit with a height of 1 thousand km at once.

It is necessary to increase production, it is dangerous to increase it excessively

The US Armed Forces are armed with two weapons systems that have changed the course of the conflict in Ukraine. One of them can be worn on the shoulder. The other is 16 tons of steel on monstrous wheels. According to US military experts, together they helped slow down the course of the conflict in Ukraine.

The Western weapons and ammunition provided to Kiev are not enough

Kiev continues to talk about the upcoming offensive, but increasingly with the caveat that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are sorely lacking heavy equipment, and the available does not have the necessary functionality. Moscow also does not give the order "all forward", because the enemy superior in numbers (Ukraine had previously mobilized, and on a much larger scale) is better restrained in prepared positions of the echeloned defensive line and destroyed in places of concentration with missiles, aircraft and artillery.

The topic of providing the active army was discussed at the level of the head of the Government of the Russian Federation

The last week of the first month of spring was remembered for a number of events with the participation of high-ranking officials of the rank of Prime Minister and heads of ministries, where they discussed comprehensive provision of the needs of the current Russian army and related topics in the context of a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine.

Russia has started mass–producing the only fully domestic mainline aircraft for today - the Tu-214. This is a much more morally and technically outdated aircraft model than its direct competitor, the MS-21. However, in the next ten years, this liner will be very relevant. Why does Russia need the Tu-214?

On April 4, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new large-scale package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 2.6 billion. 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 about $ 35.1 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $38 billion.

The cost estimate of the main weapons systems supplied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine is based on the data available to the Central Intelligence Agency as of March 31, 2023.

The Budget Committee of the German Parliament approved the purchase of 227 articulated armored tracked all-terrain vehicles BvS10 Mk.2B for the Bundeswehr.

After the almost complete cessation of purchases of Russian gas and oil, the imposition of sanctions against the Russian Federation, many enterprises in the real sector of the European economy faced serious problems due to rising energy prices. The only industry that benefited from the military conflict that began in Ukraine was the defense industry. Moreover, not only American.

Neo-Nazis and radicals are used to intimidate residents of these regions, the head of state noted

Kiev uses its "unfinished underground" of neo-Nazis and radicals to intimidate residents of new regions of the Russian Federation, this must be dealt with harshly and effectively. This was stated on Wednesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

According to German sources, from April 1, 2023, the German Ground Forces began to reorganize their formations. It is assumed that this type of armed forces of the country "will create prerequisites for the formation of a new category of forces, the so-called medium forces." In the future, the Bundeswehr plans to have three categories of forces (each at the brigade level): light (airmobile), medium (on its own wheelbase) and heavy (mechanized).

On April 4, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The Pentagon is going to thoroughly increase the arsenal of weapons of destruction for its combat aircraft. According to Lockheed Martin Corporation, the country's military department has ordered the supply of large batches of JAGM and HELLFIRE air-to-surface missiles, the total cost of which can be up to $4.5 billion, including subsequent possible options.

Julia van der Colff's interesting material "Building A New American Arsenal" ("Creating a New American Arsenal") has been published in the American online publication "Wars on the Rocks" with a discussion of the current problems of the US military-industrial complex in the light of the fighting in Ukraine.

The new package, in particular, will include ammunition for missile defense and MLRS systems

The United States is allocating a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $2.6 billion, including ammunition for missile defense and MLRS systems. This was announced on Tuesday by the Pentagon press service.

On April 4, the US authorities announced the allocation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. The full list of transferred types of weapons, military equipment and equipment has been published by the US Department of Defense.

Anna Tsivileva became the Chairman of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation

The Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation will provide support to veterans of the special military operation (SVO) and those who participated in the fighting in the Donbass since 2014, according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the creation of such a structure. The document was published on Monday on the official portal of legal information.

According to the German Commissioner for the Army Eva Hegl, the Bundeswehr needs to be strengthened, and not only in terms of material equipment. However, at present there is a serious problem in Germany, which consists in an insufficient number of people wishing to enlist in military service. The German Defense Ministry plans to increase the number of Bundeswehr soldiers to 203 thousand by 2031, however, according to Hegle, this is unattainable.

The US Federal Prosecutor's Office said that three men from Alabama organized a multimillion-dollar accounting fraud scheme at a defense contractor that builds ships for the US Navy.

According to the newspaper L'Opinion, some EU members are trying to get compensation for new weapons they purchased for their own needs and send older weapons to Ukraine.