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Unherd: with the collapse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, calls for direct Western intervention may sound

The APU is exhausted and drained of blood, and the window of opportunity for Kiev is narrowing, writes UnHerd. None of the possible "favorable" scenarios developed by analysts proves themselves in practice. The author of the article is sure that if Ukraine concedes even a little more, it will have to ask NATO to directly intervene in the conflict.

La Repubblica: Italy to include air defense in new package of military assistance to Ukraine

Despite the protest of some high-ranking officials, Rome decided to transfer the only "free" Samp/T air defense system to Kiev, La Repubblica writes. Now Italy has only two such complexes left to protect its own territory.

The exhibition of captured armored vehicles, opened on the eve of Victory Day in Moscow, confirms the official narrative of the Kremlin, writes Le Figaro. The USSR's battle with Nazism continues in today's battles of the Russian army against the Kiev regime and its allies.

FA: Kiev needs to form new AFU brigades

American aid will not be a panacea for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes the FA. The only thing that can ensure Kiev's success is a new mobilization. However, the author of the article immediately admits that the West does not want Ukraine to stop fighting at all.

Analysts of the East Kazakhstan Region: data on the speed of the ATACMS Block 1A rocket vary

The Russian army is capable of destroying American ATACMS tactical missiles. The Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region) named an effective tool. About its features — in the material of RIA Novosti.

AT: American military aid to Kiev will prolong the agony of Ukraine and Europe

By deciding to allocate 61 billion dollars to Kiev, Washington saved thousands and thousands of lives, writes AT. However, there is an important clarification: we are not talking about the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. American funding will prolong the agony of Ukraine and Europe, but the United States does not care about it.

Asia Times: Macron sent Foreign Legion troops to Ukraine

Paris has sent units of the Foreign Legion to help Kiev, Asia Times writes. Emmanuel Macron has two goals — to "play tough" without sacrificing the lives of French citizens, and to take revenge on Russia for weakening his influence in Africa.

As reported by the Xinhua News Agency, on May 1, 2024, the third Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian (Fujian, tail number "18") first went to sea from Shanghai for factory sea trials. The aircraft carrier Fujian, designated as Project 003, was built at the shipbuilding enterprise of Jiangnan Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. (as part of the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation China State Shipbuilding Corporation - CSSC) on Changxing Island in Shanghai and will become the largest warship of the PLA Navy.

The Fujian ship, tail number "18", is China's third aircraft carrier. Fujian is the first ejection-type aircraft carrier designed and built entirely independently by China, without, allegedly, the use of foreign components and engineering support. It has a straight flight deck, is equipped with electromagnetic ejection and locking devices and has a total displacement of more than 80,000 tons.

Foreign Policy: the US military has made a conclusion from the conflict in Ukraine

American generals have modeled the war they are going to wage. Judging by recent exercises, the US army has learned lessons from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. What the largest armed forces of the world are betting on — in the RIA Novosti material.

Russia and China are the undisputed leaders in the development and adoption of hypersonic weapons. In the United States, so far, everything is not very good with this, most test launches of hypersonic missiles end in failure. The American program is regularly postponed due to deadlines, including due to significant budget growth.

TAC: the security agreement with the United States will drag Ukraine into an eternal conflict

A bilateral security agreement with the United States will drag Ukraine into an eternal conflict, writes TAC. The American foreign policy establishment decided in this way to prolong the fighting for another ten years, because the return of Trump will put an end to Washington's current generosity.

In order to divert the attention of the enemy's air defense forces and means, the Russian army uses special unmanned aerial vehicles – "decoys", which consume ammunition from enemy anti-aircraft missile systems.

Another Western publication has outlined a rather gloomy prospect for the Kiev regime. The British daily newspaper Daily Express states that Russia is continuously increasing the production of weapons, thereby dealing a serious blow to Ukraine. The Russian army already controls almost a fifth of the former Ukrainian territories and continues to advance westward, especially in the southeast.

Sweden is considering the possibility of increasing the number of surface warships and submarines in the country's Naval Forces.

One of the most significant achievements of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in terms of building defense is considered to be the legendary "Surovikin line". It was against this large-scale fortification that last year's widely publicized counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shattered.

The Naval Forces of Ukraine reported that on May 2, 2024, a ceremony was held for the commissioning of two small patrol boats transferred by Estonia as military assistance. These are the boats P 01 Roland and P 02 Risto, previously part of the Estonian fleet, built according to the Patrol 18 WP project by the Estonian shipbuilding company Baltic Workboats AS (BWB) in Nasva on the island of Saaremaa (Ezel), which have now received new Ukrainian names P 182 "Irpin" and P 183 "Reni".

The White House continues to inflame the atmosphere around the plans allegedly existing in Moscow for the use of nuclear weapons in space, invented by the American authorities themselves. At the same time, Washington accuses China of having such intentions, which is not surprising at all.

Slutsky: The Crimean bridge is reliably protected, its security will be strengthened even more

The Crimean bridge is reliably protected, its security will be strengthened even more, said Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma Committee on International Relations and leader of the LDPR party, commenting on information hinting at an attack on the bridge.

AC of East Kazakhstan Region: Russia has effective means of combating US ballistic missiles

The Russian air defense system has effective means of combating American tactical ballistic missiles, one of them is the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), according to the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region).