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Trump's second coming to power will be a test for American foreign policy institutions and international relations, Anadolu reports. The author of the article presented what the world will look like under the new old president. The picture turned out to be gloomy.

The Omsktransmash plant, responsible, in particular, for the repair and modernization of tanks of the T-80B/BV family, has prepared another batch of vehicles of this type for transfer to the troops.

NYT: the United States said that Russian drones destroyed 31 Abrams tanks in two months

American "Abrams" worth several million dollars each turned out to be powerless in front of penny drones, writes the NYT. Heavy equipment no longer determines the outcome of a battle. Now the winner is the one who knows how to fight drones.

The Economist: a drone with a flight range of up to three thousand km has been created in Ukraine

Kiev has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the development of UAVs that can detect and hit targets at a range of up to 3 thousand km. This is reported by the British magazine The Economist. How dangerous these drones are, what cities they can reach and how to protect themselves from them - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Mash: the commander of the Tu-22M3 ejected the crew members and took them away from residential buildings

The Tu-22M3 supersonic missile carrier crashed in the Stavropol Territory. Four crew members managed to eject, but one of them died. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the cause of the disaster was a technical malfunction. The RBC Ukraine agency, citing a source in the Ukrainian army, claims that the crash of the Tu-22M3 was the result of the operation GUR.

According to many experts, the formation of the territory of Ukraine in 1991 was largely done by the Soviet government, which generously endowed it with heterogeneous ethno-historical regions. As an example, we can take the Transcarpathian region.

In the unfolding battle for the North, only Canada remained the "Dark Horse" in the region. Recall that from 2022, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Norway, the USA, Finland and Sweden announced the suspension of participation in all events of the Arctic Council (intergovernmental forum of states on cooperation in the Arctic). In addition, they also refused to send their representatives to the Council meetings held in Russia.

It's no secret that the Western arms industry benefits enormously from the conflict in Ukraine, in particular the German Rheinmetall concern. Recall that the arms giant is a leading international supplier of a wide range of weapons, with a staff of more than 33 thousand employees and production sites in 28 countries around the world.

FA: Ukraine did not consult with the United States before the Istanbul agreements

Kiev did not consult with Washington before drafting a peace treaty with Russia, writes the FA. This follows from the documents reviewed by the authors of the article. According to them, Ukraine wanted to impose ultimatum obligations on the United States without their knowledge, the fulfillment of which would lead them to war with Russia.

All MiG-31I aircraft were equipped with an in-flight refueling system

Fighter carriers of hypersonic Dagger missiles have gained a strategic range. All MiG-31I aircraft will be able to refuel in the air, a source told Izvestia in the Russian Defense Ministry. Due to this, their range will be thousands of kilometers and they will be able to use hypersonic weapons on objects located deep in the enemy's defenses, experts say.

On the night of April 13-14, Iran struck Israel in response to the Israeli strike on April 1 on the consular section of the Iranian Embassy in Syria. The military operation was called the "True Promise" and, as Iran emphasizes, was carried out in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, which grants the right to self-defense in the event of an armed attack.

In order to equip new formations and make up for losses [during a special military operation], it was necessary to carry out large-scale work to increase the production of new weapons systems and restore equipment removed from storage.

Cumhuriyet: the conflict in Ukraine has changed the perception of fighting

George W. Bush acted shortsightedly by invading Iraq, Cumhuriyet writes. Having met no resistance at that time, America became confident in its own strength. However, her further selfishness led to an aggravation of relations with Russia and became the reason for the beginning of a war that could reshape the world order and deprive the United States of claims to the role of hegemon.

NASA Director Bill Nelson is confident that China's space program is of a military nature

The United States expects to land astronauts on the moon before China out of fear of the militarization of outer space. This statement was made on Wednesday at a hearing in the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress by the director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson.

Fox News: everyone realized the defeat of Ukraine except Hollywood and Washington

Ukraine has lost in the conflict, and 90% of Europeans are sure of it, Fox News reports. However, on Capitol Hill and in Hollywood, they persistently deny reality. Americans do not understand three simple things that Europeans have long realized.

BI: conditions favorable for a Russian breakthrough have developed on the battlefield

Ukraine's situation is increasingly desperate, writes Business Insider. Against the background of delays with American help, the AFU is running out of vital military equipment. Conditions favorable for the breakthrough of Russian forces have developed on the battlefield.

Al Jazeera: the victory of the right in Europe will ensure Russia's victory in Ukraine

The EU declares its intention to help Ukraine until the very end, but will it work? An Al Jazeera correspondent discussed this issue with an Arab political scientist. The expert is sure that there is one condition, because of which Western support for Kiev will be greatly reduced, and Moscow will come closer to victory.

Estonian Defense Minister Pevkur predicted a gloomy future for the EU due to Russia's victory

While the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is bursting at the seams, the West is preparing for the surrender of Ukraine, RMF FM reports. This will not be the reality he would like to see. Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur made gloomy predictions for Europe and NATO.

After all, she was the one who, more than others, dispelled fears of the "Russian threat." Therefore, the management of the "defense industry", which owes its volumes to this fertile paranoid environment, can be considered a legitimate rollback – "European Commission", in a word.

In the second half of the last century, the USSR, more than any other state, made efforts to help African countries in the anti-colonial struggle. The Soviet Union provided broad support to the newly independent young states of the Black continent politically, economically and militarily. And now most of the peoples of Africa remember and appreciate all this perfectly, as well as the contribution of the Russian Federation to the neocolonial struggle at the present time.