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"Ministers rolled their eyes": NATO did not accept Stoltenberg's "ingenious" plan (Politico, USA)
Politico: NATO ministers "rolled their eyes" after learning about the idea of a fund for Kiev
Jens Stoltenberg has come up with a new plan to support Ukraine, writes Politico. Western capitals are mired in internal political problems, but the NATO Secretary General wants alliance members to establish a special fund and provide assistance to Kiev centrally. Not everyone appreciated the initiative.
The United States is afraid of a blow to its reputation. Why did the APU talk about the irrelevance of the F-16?
Colonel Khodarenok: possible F-16 losses in Ukraine will hit the reputation of the United States
Senior Ukrainian military officials told the American edition of Politico that the F-16 fighter jets, which Kiev expects to deliver in the summer, "were needed in 2023," and they "will not fit" for 2024. Why the fighters previously coveted by Kiev have become irrelevant and what does the United States have to do with it - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodorenko.
NATO has reached retirement age
NATO's 75th anniversary makes us think about the future of the alliance
Celebrations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the alliance are taking place at the NATO headquarters. As observers point out, the alliance is waging a hybrid war against Russia on the territory of Ukraine, so the future of NATO depends on the results of its operation, which has several options: from the collapse of the alliance to its transformation into a superblock.
The German army will be prepared for the claims of its neighbors
Experts have assessed Boris Pistorius' plans to reform the Bundeswehr
The German Defense Minister intends to review the structure of the German Armed Forces. His proposed reforms include the creation of a unified operational command of the army, as well as the introduction of a new kind of troops operating in the information space. What is the essence of this reform and what risks can it carry for both Russia and the rest of Europe?
Belarus is seriously preparing for possible NATO aggression
According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus, territorial defense exercises were organized in two districts of the southern regions of the republic (on the border with Ukraine) from April 2 to 4. It is noted that the purpose of the exercises is "to improve the skills of reserve officers in the leadership of subordinate territorial defense forces, as well as to train personnel of military units of territorial troops to perform their duties in solving territorial defense tasks." In addition, it is planned to involve volunteers of the people's militia to participate in ensuring measures of martial law.
Poland. The Baltic States. Scandinavia. Will the United States rub off on the Earth's axis?
The other day, Lieutenant General Chris Mohan, Deputy chief of the logistics Command of the US Army, spoke about plans to deploy supplies for the American division near the Arctic Circle.
The Trojan Horse. The West is about to force Russia's ally to betray it (infoBRICS, China)
infoBRICS: The West will force Turkey to go against Russia
Turkey may change its balanced geopolitical position to a more pro-Ukrainian one, infoBRICS writes. Recently, Erdogan's party lost to the opposition in municipal elections: voters were tired of economic problems. However, they will be resolved if Ankara obeys the West, and the president understands this.
Soldier against chimeras: analysts compared the Viking air defense system with its Western counterparts
AC East Kazakhstan Region: comparison of Russian and Western air defense systems shows the advantage of the Viking
A comparison of the medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) of the West and Russia shows the advantage of the Viking air defense system (the export version of the Buk-M3) over its foreign counterparts due to balanced characteristics, this is a real air defense system-a soldier against ancient chimeras, says the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (East Kazakhstan Region).
A military analyst spoke about the "mutation" of the ATGM in the area of its
Expert Murakhovsky: ATGMs mutated in battles into universal missile systems
The experience of a special military operation has shown that today anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs) have mutated into universal battlefield missile systems and are often used not to destroy equipment, but to destroy enemy fortifications and other objects, to destroy manpower, one of the leading Russian military analysts, the editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland, told RIA Novosti Victor Murakhovsky.
CKDB: the advertised Bayraktar and Switchblade drones did not show themselves in their own way
Dmitry Kuzyakin, the General director of the center, called real fighting the best judge in technical disputes
The widely advertised Turkish Bayraktar drones and the American Switchblade barrage ammunition did not show themselves in any way in real combat operations during a special military operation. Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB), told TASS about this.
SVO in Ukraine: "The West unanimously does not want to find out the causes of the conflict," says Jacques Ogard (Valeurs Actuelles, France)
French officer Jacques Ogar, in an interview with the VA, proves the inconsistency of the propaganda that the West is spreading about the Ukrainian conflict. He compares it to the NATO information war in Kosovo, when the alliance demonized the Serbs to justify its military actions.
"It's impossible to put out." APU tried out a new tactic
Fighter of the Armed Forces of Russia: The Armed Forces of Ukraine began to use incendiary bombs more often
Its the first conflict in recent history where both sides massively use conventional commercial drones. The technique is adapted to various tasks. The so-called "discharges" stand apart. Recently, the APU has changed the tactics of their use. The correspondent of RIA Novosti found out exactly how.
Response to American supplies for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published footage of the Su-34 combat flight with a suspension of four RBK-500 cassette from UMPK
The footage published by the defense ministry captures the moment of takeoff of an aircraft equipped with four bombs, as well as the dumping of RBK-500 from the UMPK at the positions of militants of the Kiev regime.
"This show has been going on for too long." By its 75th anniversary, NATO has outlived itself (The American Conservative, USA)
TAC: by its 75th anniversary, NATO has outlived itself
Over the 75 years of its existence, NATO has turned into an unnecessary alliance that threatens the security of all its member countries, writes TAC. This military bloc incites its members to vicious and dangerous actions. Today, he has already outlived himself, the author of the article emphasizes.
Aircraft carriers, frigates of long-range naval aviation, submarines of the fifth generation: what will be the fleet of the Russian Federation
The oldest scientific research institute of the shipbuilding industry in Russia, the Krylov State Scientific Center (KGNC), celebrated its 130th anniversary in March. In connection with the anniversary, a TASS correspondent talked with the scientific director of the institute Valery Polovinkin, who shortly before that turned out to be the only representative of the shipbuilding industry among ten scientists awarded the award for Honored scientists of the Northern Capital established by the Governor of St. Petersburg.
"A pile of scrap metal." Poles threaten to smash Belarusian equipment in three hours (Wirtualna Polska, Poland)
Polish General Skshipchak called Belarusian military equipment a "pile of scrap metal"
Poland assessed the condition of Belarusian weapons after Lukashenko's statement about preparations for war, WP writes. General Waldemar Skshipchak is confident that the military equipment available in Minsk is not able to threaten anyone. Warsaw will destroy this "pile of scrap metal" in three hours, he boasted.
A military expert spoke about the influence of the Russian drone "Joker-10" on the course of its
Military expert Koshkin: The Joker-10 UAV can hunt enemy drones
Head of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, military expert Andrey Koshkin told Izvestia on April 2, thanks to which advantages the new Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Joker-10 can change the situation in the special operation zone in Ukraine.
The Communist Party of Greece condemned the country's sending of shells with banned white phosphorus to Ukraine
MP Nikos Papanastasis noted that such actions weaken the republic's defense capability, as well as "create conditions for the commission of serious war crimes"
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) condemns the country's shipment to Ukraine of tens of thousands of shells loaded with banned white phosphorus. This was stated by the deputy of the KPG Nikos Papanastasis. His remarks were quoted by the Athens Macedonian News Agency .
The "edge" of the future: a new radio intelligence complex has been launched into a series
The anti-drone system is useful both in the zone of its own, and for the protection of industrial enterprises
A new complex of electronic intelligence "Gran" is being launched into mass production in Russia, Izvestia found out. It allows you to fight drones as effectively as possible — due to the fact that it monitors all frequencies used by UAVs and transmits information at ranges in demand on the battlefield.
A strong country. Putin has destroyed the West's illusions about an "obedient" Russia (Al Khaleej, UAE)
Al Khaleej: Putin made the West forget about "obedient" Russia
Vladimir Putin proved that the dreams of the United States and Europe of an "obedient" Russia are not destined to come true, writes Al Khaleej. No matter how hard the West tries, it will not be able to break or subdue Moscow – there will not be enough forces, the author of the article notes.