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The US has promised to supply Ukraine with even more ammunition and weapons
The United States will supply more artillery ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces as part of ongoing military assistance, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at a briefing for journalists.
Google has opened free access to high-resolution satellite images of Russian military facilities
Google Maps has provided free access to satellite images of Russian military facilities. Now visual information about the military infrastructure of the Russian Federation can fall into the hands of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Germany blames Merkel and Steinmeier for "surrendering Ukraine to Putin"
Why today criticism of Merkel and Steinmeier's Ukrainian policy is naive childishness
The author of the article takes under the protection of ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel. Although she has never been a "friend of Russia", the current radicals in Berlin blame her post factum for the past: for example, for the non-admission of Ukraine to NATO back in 2008. Allegedly, it was the absence of Ukraine in NATO that ruined Ukraine, and not the failure of the Minsk agreements, in which Chancellor Merkel was also to blame.
NATO's anti-Russian policy will lead Europe to chaos
The United States is using the Ukraine crisis to expand NATO to plunge Europe deeper into chaos
The United States, at the head of the North Atlantic Alliance, is pursuing an aggressive anti-Russian policy in Europe, which does not contribute to de-escalation of the conflict. Global Times writes about this. America is trying to expand NATO under the guise of the Ukrainian crisis.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published footage of electronic warfare systems
For the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of electronic warfare systems operating during a special military operation.
Perhaps this is not as impressive a sight as missile launches or air strikes. However, the military knows what a difficult and responsible mission is carried out by electronic warfare specialists in a combat situation. Their main task is to cover groups of Russian troops from enemy missiles and aircraft. Calculations of electronic warfare complexes cope with this task successfully.
"Azov" is quiet here: why the surrounded militants refused to lay down their arms
The Kiev regime forbade the remnants of the garrison to negotiate surrender and the cleansing of pockets of resistance continued
The offer of the Russian side to the Ukrainian military remaining in Mariupol to lay down their arms was not heard.
Russian Iskanders destroyed the command post of the AFU brigade
Russian calculations of operational tactical missile systems "Iskander-M" destroyed the command post of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Alexander Morozov, a correspondent of Izvestia, told about the results of the operation on Sunday, April 18.
The President of Serbia made accusations against the Ukrainian special services
The Serbian president made accusations against the Ukrainian special services. According to Alexander Vucic, official Belgrade has data that the Ukrainian special services have recently become more active in terms of calls with false reports about the mining of Serbian air carriers' planes.
Without crossing the boundaries
Military expert Dmitry Kornev — how Russia will be able to strengthen the western borders in the event of Sweden and Finland joining NATO
Since March 2022, discussions have been going on in Finland and Sweden about renouncing neutral status and joining the North Atlantic Alliance. On April 11, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources, that both states intend to apply this summer.
Moldova refused to sell MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine
The Ukrainian edition of "European Truth" reports that Ukraine appealed to Moldova with a request to sell or transfer the MiG-29 fighters on the balance sheet of the country's Defense Ministry, but was refused.
Serbia announced plans to combine the Chinese FK-3 air defense systems and the Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems into one network
Serbia has confirmed receipt of the FK-3 anti-aircraft missile systems delivered by military transport planes of the PLA Air Force to Belgrade. The official display of the new SAMs will take place at the end of the month.
U.S. arms shipments to Taiwan lag behind schedule
The problems associated with the pandemic have led to the fact that the United States is delaying the delivery of military equipment to Taiwan in the amount of $ 14.2 billion, which was ordered in the period starting from 2019.
Foreign analysts: Recent tests in the DPRK may indicate the creation of tactical nuclear weapons by the country
On the eve of the Central News Agency of North Korea published photos from the tests of a new type of tactical guided weapons. Pyongyang's state media reported that the weekend launches are of "great importance" for improving this type of missile.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction by Iskander missiles of four warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have destroyed four warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with ground-based Iskander missiles. This was announced on Monday, April 18, by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.
The American military-industrial complex is enriched by the events around Ukraine
The US military-industrial complex is enriching itself on the events around Ukraine. Protecting one's own hegemony with someone else's blood will continue to be actively used by the American authorities.
NATO should threaten Russia with annihilation
Three conclusions from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
There is no use from the UN, and NATO has turned into a hydra that is at war with itself, writes American Thinker. According to the author of the article, the West needs a new leader to provide Ukraine with weapons and "punish" Russia along with other "rogue states".
Armored personnel carriers from the 1960s and mines from the 1950s. What kind of weapons are the US sending to Ukraine
A military expert assessed the equipment that the Pentagon supplies to the APU
CNN reported that Ukraine received "the first batch of weapons from the new package of military assistance from the United States." Earlier, American President Joe Biden announced his decision to provide military assistance to Kiev in the amount of $ 800 million. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok was figuring out what would be included in the American aid package.
In the USA, they took care of reducing stocks of Javelin complexes
The United States has transferred to Ukraine about a third of the stocks of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs). Continued deliveries may reduce the number of ATGMs intended for the needs of the US military. In the publication of The Business Insider, they took care of reducing the stocks of complexes.
The reason for the delay in the delivery of F-16 fighters to Bulgaria is the fear of data leakage about them to Russia
Bulgaria will not soon receive American F-16 fighters, the United States is delaying the delivery of aircraft for at least two years. We are talking about the first batch of eight fighters, paid for back in 2019.
The US has planned everything. Without Russia, the EU is on the hook for them
"Planned, and without Putin. Admit it." Associate Professor Hmelar in a new way about Ukraine
Washington planned everything, and the Russian special operation in Ukraine only simplified everything for him, Slovak political analyst Eduard Chmelar said in an interview with Parlamentní listy. In his opinion, the current situation suits the United States more than Europe, which, after severing all ties with Russia, will fall into total dependence on America.
