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The United States recognized that the Stinger MANPADS are outdated, and its reserves in the country are insufficient

The US public procurement website has published an application for a tender to find a replacement for the FIM-92 Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS), which is in service with the US army and is actively supplied to various countries of the world, including Ukraine. According to the text of this application, the Stinger electronics will become obsolete in 2023, and the stocks of these weapons are depleted.

A provocation is being prepared in Ukraine, similar to the one that was revealed by the Kiev regime earlier in Bucha. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the National Center for Defense Management (NCSO) of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev. According to him, the collection of pseudo-evidence of Russia's guilt takes place "under the patronage of the countries of the collective West, led by the United States."

New details have emerged about the creation in the United States of a critically important type of weapon – a strategic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. One could even say that the future of the entire US nuclear arsenal is to some extent in question. Why did this happen and what problems will the Pentagon have to solve now?

Truly fundamental changes are taking place today, even where it was impossible to foresee them yesterday. Another sign of this was the clear signal that Turkey gave to its principal rival in the Middle East region – Saudi Arabia. What signal are we talking about and what are the reasons for the sudden rapprochement between Ankara and Riyadh?

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrel said that the European Union intends to stop some forms of training of the Malian army within the framework of the EUTM Mali mission (European Union Training Mission Mali).

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian military used hypersonic weapons - the Dagger aviation complex - to destroy the command post of the Ukrainian army in the Donbass.

The most effective in conducting a military special operation in Ukraine objectively became high-precision Kalibr missiles.

The Ministry of Defense has published a video of a salvo launch of "Calibers" at objects of the armed forces of Ukraine from one of the frigates of the Black Sea Fleet.

The Ministry of Defense announced plans to fabricate accusations against the Russian military

The Defense Ministry said that French gendarmes in Ukraine will cover up Kiev's war crimes and fabricate accusations against Russian servicemen. Earlier, a group of technical and scientific specialists of the gendarmerie arrived in Lviv, who, together with Ukrainian investigators, intend to "investigate war crimes." Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky warned the Security Council that Ukraine is preparing "new provocations."

The main events in the coming days will take place north of Mariupol, experts predict

The Russian Armed Forces continue to strike with precision weapons at Ukrainian military facilities. The hypersonic missile system "Dagger" destroyed the buried command post of the grouping of Ukrainian troops in the Donbass.

Ukraine and the atomic bomb: myths and misconceptions

The publication of The National Interest cites fragments of a podcast in which associate professor of political science and international relations Maria Rostelli told why nuclear weapons would not strengthen the security of Ukraine, even if the country possessed them. In addition, the expert believes, with all the desire, the costs of such weapons would be mind-boggling for Kiev.

Putin's allies: six countries, including China, that are likely to support Russia in World War III

With the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, fears of a new global conflict have revived, writes the Daily Express. The Western camp has long been consolidated into a military alliance, but Russia has also managed to find allies, the author of the article points out.

The US is no longer a superpower by any measure

The scandalous withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan, the failure in negotiations with Iran and the indiscriminate use of sanctions – all this indicates the inevitable decline of the States, writes the author of the article in Kayhan. America has become a frankly weak country and is rapidly losing its position, he claims.

Does Vladimir Putin have the means for a big war against a "degenerate Europe"?

What are Russia's prospects in the "big war" with Europe? Two experts in the field of political science and military affairs tried to answer this question in an interview with Atlantico. They also assessed the impact of sanctions on Moscow's potential.

The Russian-Ukrainian crisis exposes the "double standards" of Western humanitarian principles

The Russian-Ukrainian crisis has clearly demonstrated the hypocrisy of the West, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Xenophobia, racism and prejudice against refugees and their "selective reception" – this is the new face of Western humanism.

Western countries have started sending armored vehicles to Ukraine: Australia has transferred 20 armored personnel carriers, the Czech Republic — a batch of T-72 and BMP-1 from old stocks, Germany is discussing the supply of hundreds of tanks. The UK will not stand aside either. What will come out of this is in the RIA Novosti material.

The United States is actively negotiating the modernization of Indian weapons. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

6 VTA Y-20A aircraft of the PLA Air Force landed at Belgrade Airport on April 9 (b.n. 20041, 20042, 20045, 20047, 20049 and 20142), which presumably delivered a batch of medium-range air defense systems FK-3 (export version of the HQ-22 air defense system).

During the night, high-precision air and sea-based missiles destroyed an ammunition depot and a protected hangar with AFU aircraft at the Starokonstantinov military airfield in the Khmelnitsky region. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The operation in Ukraine has once again confirmed the effectiveness of hand grenade launchers of the RPG family, which are actively used by both sides of the conflict. Lightweight, easy-to-use and extremely effective weapons have existed since 1949 and are used almost everywhere: Russian grenade launchers destroy tanks and other armored vehicles, burn bunkers and even shoot down helicopters, They are used by more than 80 countries of the world, writes 19fortyfive.

Here's how Victoria Coates, a leading researcher on strategic studies at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, evaluates the results of the survey. In the Trump administration, she served as Deputy National Security Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa, as well as senior policy adviser to the Secretary of Energy.