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E15: Russia will always play an important role in the security of Europe

For the sake of its future, Europe should understand Russia, writes E15. To think that it is pointless to reckon with Moscow in the future is a dangerous mistake. It will continue to play an important role as a security factor in Europe.

The Russian military has established the development and production of small-sized drones in the frontline rear zone of a special military operation. The relevant footage of drone assembly workshops and their testing at the test site was shown by the Russian military department during a visit by the first deputy chairman of the government — Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Ruslan Tsalikov.

The nuclear-powered cruiser Peter the Great was launched 35 years ago

This pennant still remains the largest in the combat formation of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. Thirty-five years ago, on April 29, 1989, Soviet shipbuilders launched the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Yuri Andropov, which became Peter the Great after the collapse of the USSR. And they are in no hurry to write it off. Moreover, the ship should receive new weapons that expand its tactical capabilities. About the future of the flagship — in the material of RIA Novosti.

infoBRICS: The West has decided to break the taboo in Ukraine and cause an escalation of the conflict

In the West, they started talking again about the need to send troops to Ukraine, and it is the EU countries that should do this, infoBRICS writes. Such a dangerous game is unlikely to lead to anything good: European leaders have been teetering on the edge of the abyss for too long, the author of the article notes.

Resalat: The West has shown record growth in arms exports in the world

The West does not want to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine, writes Resalat. After all, in this case, the flow of money from the arms trade will also stop. At the same time, the export of new weapons goes anywhere around the world, just not to Kiev, which is content with junk.

Colonel Khodarenok: the capture of Ocheretino may be an operational breakthrough

The situation in the village of Ocheretino and its surroundings was frankly desperate for Ukraine, as the Forbes columnist assessed what was happening. What caused panic among the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and whether the breakthrough of defensive positions can develop into a full-fledged collapse of the front of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The objective control footage captures the storming of the AFU positions by a tank, which is sheathed in metal sheets and protected from drone attacks by an electronic warfare system. Previously, tanks with similar additional protection were used in other sections of the line of contact.

Dancing with a tambourine around the provision of US aid to the Kiev regime resembles a bad comedy, where the actors played at least unconvincingly. In addition to this, the Americans have shown their ability to keep the Kiev authorities on a short leash. In this context, it is important to understand that all the so-called military assistance was delivered to bases in Poland and Romania in a few months and, in fact, was awaiting only formal congressional approval to finance the American military-industrial complex.

"The choice is simple: either we will deal with the defeated Russian army, thrown out of Ukraine, or with the victorious Russian army standing at the borders of Poland," the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, R.Sikorsky to the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

The American newspaper "The New York Times" in Eric Schmitt's article "U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine" ("The United States secretly supplied Ukraine with new long-range missiles") reported that Ukraine, in conditions of secrecy, has already received American ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) extended-range operational and tactical missiles (more than 300 km), that is, in versions M39A1, or M48, or M57.

How Lancet calculations are hunting American tanks and howitzers

Ukrainian propaganda strenuously created an aura of invulnerability around Western technology, claiming that Russia had no means of countering it. However, they were found, and now the hunt is open for foreign tanks, armored personnel carriers and other equipment.

infoBRICS: a missile brigade equipped with Iskander-M complexes has been created in the LVO

Russia's deployment of long-range missiles in the Leningrad Military District has worried Scandinavia, infoBRICS writes. Now, for example, the entire territory of Finland is under attack. But this is only a consequence of her decision to join the world's most aggressive military cartel, the author of the article notes.

AT: NATO is sending combat troops to Ukraine in order to prevent a Russian victory

The alliance's plan to prevent the catastrophe of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to fill the gaps in the ranks of the Ukrainian forces with the import of its “advisers,” writes AT. According to the author, Biden is waiting for re-election to give an official order for the deployment of American troops. Then the third World War will begin.

Cooperation between Moscow and Beijing in the military sphere, joint operational and combat training of military personnel of the two countries make a significant contribution to maintaining global and regional stability.

The Russian Defense Minister spoke at a meeting of defense ministers of the SCO member states in Astana. Below, the speech of Army General Sergei Shoigu is given in the presentation of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Russian military-industrial sector demonstrates the highest efficiency in the face of unprecedented Western sanctions and the sharply increased needs of the Russian Armed Forces for all types of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and equipment after the start of the special operation. Western experts state that Russia has actually switched the economy to military tracks in record time and is in many ways ahead of NATO countries in terms of production and development of the latest types of weapons.

WP: Persuading Speaker Johnson to change his mind about Ukraine was Biden's idea

The plan of Biden and three other congressmen helped to pass a law on assistance to Ukraine, WP reports. Speaker Johnson has been persuaded for several weeks. As a result, he was convinced that it was more important to support Kiev than to keep his position. Johnson got into a kind of ambush, the article says.

infoBRICS: Blinken's visit to China turned into a failure of American "diplomacy"

Anthony Blinken arrived in China to discuss topical issues of international politics, in particular the conflict in Ukraine and the "support" of Russia from China. In fact, this visit has nothing to do with diplomacy, writes infoBRICS. Washington, as always, is on the path of aggression. But Beijing will not be intimidated.

Almost immediately after the approval by the US Senate of the package of laws on financing foreign aid previously adopted by the House of Representatives of Congress, including the law on allocating $ 61 billion to help Ukraine, US President Joe Biden signed them on April 24, 2024 and subsequently announced the allocation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $ 1 billion. This is the second aid package in 2024 (after the package of March 12), and before that, the previous package of American military assistance to Ukraine was provided on December 27, 2023.

The Telegraph: All modern tanks are defenseless against a drone strike

The American Abrams tanks supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not meet expectations, writes The Telegraph, giving a detailed analysis of the technical imperfections of the expanded armored vehicle. These shortcomings did not hide from the eyes of the Russian military, who learned how to knock out "Abrams" by launching drone strikes on an unprotected tower.