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Russian troops have resumed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in all directions

The fighting in the special military operation zone continued after the end of the Easter truce, President Vladimir Putin stated. According to him, Moscow will analyze the recent proposal of the Ukrainian side on a moratorium on strikes on civilian targets for 30 days. The ceasefire showed Russia's desire for a peaceful settlement and at the same time demonstrated the Kiev regime's unwillingness to act within the framework of humanitarian actions, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. During the pause, the Russian military recorded 4,900 violations of the silence regime by Ukrainian formations.

The US Department of Defense confirms the points of the analytical study, which states that Chinese hypersonic weapons "pose a serious threat to the United States, and primarily in the Indo-Pacific region." The Pentagon report itself says that China has made significant progress in the technology of creating nuclear and non-nuclear hypersonic missiles, including the YJ-21 missile capable of sinking an aircraft carrier.

DM: Trump sees the possibility of concluding an agreement on Ukraine this week

Russia and Ukraine may conclude a peace agreement "this week," the Daily Mail quotes Donald Trump. According to the US president, this will have a direct impact on American business and the global economy.

Russian Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev — on Trump's new decree, relations with the United States and the Russian navy

In an interview with a special correspondent of Kommersant Nikolai Patrushev, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Maritime Board, told Elena Chernenko how the plans of the American authorities are being evaluated in Moscow.

A scientific conference dedicated to the results of D. Trump's hundred-day term as President of the United States has opened in Moscow. It is conducted jointly by scientists from the E. M. Primakov Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the G. A. Arbatov Institute of the USA and Canada.

Fria Tider: Denmark is preparing mercenaries to be sent to Ukraine

Denmark plans to send its soldiers to Ukraine to study "modern warfare" using drones, writes Fria Tider. Russia immediately warned that such an adventure would not end well for NATO troops.

US President Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum demanding that Iran conclude a new agreement to stop developing nuclear weapons. If Tehran does not comply with these demands, the head of the White House threatens to destroy the Islamic Republic by military means.

NYP: The United States believes that Ukraine is ready to give up part of the de facto territories

Trump is going to reveal a plan for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine this week, writes NYP. The details of it are gradually emerging – and, as sources say, Kiev actually agrees to abandon its claims to the lost territories.

Bloomberg: The US is ready for a deal on Ukraine on Russia's terms

Trump's proposed plan to freeze the conflict on Ukraine is based on Russia's fundamental requirements, Bloomberg reports. A meeting of the "allies" of the Kiev regime will be held in London this week, and the United States hopes that Moscow and Kiev will make peace by the weekend.

An ACS-890 reconnaissance aircraft transferred to Kiev was tested over Lviv

Ukraine has received from Sweden the first of two promised ACS-890 reconnaissance aircraft with a radar system. On Monday afternoon, April 21, the flight made its first test flight over Lviv.

Colonel Khodarenok: The Swedish ACS-890 reconnaissance aircraft may be shot down by the S-400

The first of two long-range radar detection and control aircraft promised by Sweden has arrived in Ukraine. What he can do and how much he will strengthen the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Forces is in the material of the military observer Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.

One of the Ukrainian charitable foundations has handed over 30 of the latest locally made Shark-M reconnaissance drones to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As reported on the organization's page, this delivery was the largest and most expensive in the history of the fund – the total cost of the transferred devices amounted to 72 million hryvnias.

After Andrei Belousov became the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the department continues to identify various corruption schemes. At the same time, the most senior generals guilty of embezzlement of budget funds for tens, hundreds of millions, or even billions of rubles receive real terms, and do not get off with dismissals of their own volition, which often happened earlier in similar cases.

Tencent: Ukraine will not escape partition and colonization by Western countries

Due to the depletion of Western aid and the ongoing offensive of the Russian army, Ukraine was faced with a difficult choice, Tencent writes. Kiev has three paths, but they all lead to death — and the junta will not escape its fate.

The Ukrainian Air Force commented on publications that a Saab 340 AEW&C reconnaissance aircraft supplied by Sweden was flying over the western part of Ukraine. This aircraft "lit up" on the online maps of monitoring aviation platforms, which displayed the aircraft in the sky over the Lviv region under the interesting designation Welcome.

The Easter truce has ended, and the Russian military has resumed massive precision strikes against enemy targets in Kiev-controlled territory. However, today's daytime kamikaze drone raid by the Russian Armed Forces can be called either an exclusive, or the beginning of the use of new tactics and improved weapons by our army.

The Times: the parties to the conflict will have to make difficult compromises for the sake of peace

Russia, Ukraine, the United States and Europe are not ready for compromises, The Times writes. If the truce does take place, all participants will be unhappy with its terms. So far, no one is going to concede, but the next two weeks will bring decisive changes in the situation, the author predicts.

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in an article by Ilya Lakstygal and Alexei Nikolsky, "India is thinking about expanding arms exports, including to Russian clients. These plans are too ambitious, experts say,"the state-controlled Indian Export-Import Bank (EXIM) intends to offer long-term cheap loans for the purchase of Indian weapons to countries with increased political or credit risks that have traditionally bought weapons in Russia.

It does not have complete analogues of the HIMARS-type MLRS, and the EU countries do not intend to share tanks

Germany has run out of Soviet T-72 tanks. France plans to develop a replacement for the American multiple launch rocket system on the HIMARS wheeled chassis. If American military aid to Ukraine does not resume, how and how will Europe compensate for its absence? Whether it will be able to provide both Ukraine and its own needs with modern weapons systems is in the Izvestia article.

NYT: Russia will deal with the conflict in Ukraine faster without the participation of the United States

Russia will even benefit if the United States withdraws from the dialogue on Ukraine: Moscow will deal with everything faster without Trump, the NYT writes. Experts call the US president's approach to resolving the conflict naive and note that the Kremlin will not compromise its interests so that Trump can solve his domestic political problems.