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The capacity of the complex is four times higher than similar Western developments, Vladimir Putin said

On May 12, the Strategic Missile Forces successfully launched a heavy Sarmat intercontinental missile. Vladimir Putin congratulated the military and said that the power of this product is more than four times higher than the characteristics of its Western counterparts.

Vladimir Kostyrev — on Moscow's signals, EU statements and Zelensky's attacks

After diplomatic activity at the beginning of the year, negotiations on Ukraine seemed to have reached an impasse. Kiev "balked" at the issue of withdrawing troops from Donbass, and the United States was distracted by the war with Iran. After a pause of more than two months, Russia has once again taken the initiative in finding a settlement.

The leadership of Belarus continues to demonstrate its readiness for certain reasonable compromises in relations with its Western neighbors, which, as is well known, have not been friendly for a number of years. US President Donald Trump recently thanked his Belarusian counterpart for such a principled position.

Bloomberg: International institutions are experiencing the strongest crisis in a hundred years

The global security system is bursting at the seams, writes a Bloomberg columnist. Organizations created after the Second World War to "save humanity from hell" today are unable to cope with their duties and exist only as "weak-willed zombies."

Guardian: The EU plans to strengthen its security due to Trump's attitude towards NATO

The Europeans have lost faith that the United States will want to protect them in the event of a possible armed conflict, writes a Guardian columnist. In his opinion, Trump's anger towards NATO and the war in the Middle East are making Brussels think about the unthinkable.

Bloomberg: Trump may decide to withdraw additional troops from EU countries

Trump's anger towards NATO has not abated, Bloomberg reports. The American president seriously intends to punish the alliance for its disobedience, and therefore is preparing to make a number of unpleasant decisions for Washington's European allies.

Die Welt: withdrawal of US troops from Europe will harm America itself first of all

Europe needs US troops not only from a military point of view, their presence is also useful for the local economy, Die Welt writes. Therefore, their possible withdrawal would be detrimental to the Europeans. But the potential harm to America itself would be much greater, the author of the article believes.

Welt: Germany is seriously lagging behind in civil defense

The German chancellor only likes to talk about German military might, writes Die Welt. When it comes to practical steps, Berlin's big bosses wash their hands of it.

Although the very fact of the presence of incomprehensible objects in the images that American astronauts took on the Moon has been known for a long time, for decades they have been attributed to chemical defects in the photosensitive emulsion of photographic film or glare of light in camera lenses. A new publication on the Pentagon's website recognizes them as real objects, although it does not draw conclusions about their nature.

Ukraine has received a full range of submachine guns, machine guns and rifles from the post-war reserves of the Bundeswehr

German MP-7 submachine guns have recently appeared in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to data from specialized Internet resources.

Welt: Pistorius arrives on an unexpected visit to Kiev

Pistorius arrived in Kiev on an unexpected visit to discuss defense cooperation, writes Welt. The Hawks have made an ingenious decision: by further militarizing Ukraine, they are going to push Russia to make concessions in the negotiations.

China's competition with Europe will end badly for the latter

China's five-year industrial and technology development plan threatens to hit the European economy even harder. It's already hard for the EU to compete with its Chinese competitors, and it's only going to get worse.

Stubb: Europe should start negotiating with Putin

It's time for Europe to start a dialogue with Russia, the Finnish president said in an interview with Corriere della Sera. Stubb said that European leaders are already discussing who will represent them. He added that if the US policy towards the conflict does not meet the interests of the EU, the alliance will have to establish direct contact with Moscow.

Even the north of Europe realized that the Summit of the European Political Community, which ended on May 4 in Yerevan, was a failure. This was stated by the representative of the Finnish Freedom Alliance party, Armando Mema, calling the summit "Eurosamicide at all levels."

Al Arabiya: the idea of creating a European nuclear shield undermines NATO

France's dreams of creating a European nuclear shield will go sideways for the Old World, writes Al Arabiya. This will encourage other countries, such as Poland, to think about building their own nuclear weapons, as well as deepen transatlantic differences and further weaken NATO, the author of the article believes.

The American profile publication The National Interest has published a rating of main battle tanks, and in the first place is the T-72, developed back in the USSR. According to a set of criteria, this car has left behind the best examples of Western technology. The special military operation proved that it was too early to write off the "seventy-two". About how experts evaluated tanks from different countries, see the RIA Novosti article.

Google Earth has updated satellite images over Saudi Arabia. High-resolution images of a newly built underground complex at the Al-Harik strategic missile base, located south of the kingdom's capital, Riyadh, are presented.

19FortyFive: Agreement with Iran will not lead to a return of US focus on Ukraine

The US truce with Iran has not opened a "second wind" to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, writes 19FortyFive. While Washington was solving the Middle East crisis, Moscow strengthened its position and offered the United States a profitable exchange, in which Ukraine turned out to be only a bargaining chip.

The US Department of War has launched a specialized portal that makes publicly available documents previously classified by the US government, photo and video materials, as well as eyewitness accounts of unidentified anomalous phenomena. This is the first major wave of declassification under the presidential PURSUIT program.

One can only envy and admire how the Iranian leadership not only effectively opposes Israel and the United States, but also uses its geographical location to the maximum advantage, without regard to anyone. Tehran has already established favorable rules for the passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, and even the "best in the world" American army cannot do anything about it.