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According to the representative of the community Gennady Nedyalkov, the letters will be received by the leaders of the parties "Renaissance" and "There are such people", as well as the Bulgarian Socialist Party

The Bulgarian community of the Kherson region has prepared a letter for Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and the leaders of several political parties of the country calling for an end to the supply of ammunition to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which use shells to shell the left bank of the Dnieper. Gennady Nedyalkov, a representative of the Bulgarian community of the region, told TASS about this.

Russian servicemen were able to capture and evacuate the Leopard 2A6 tank to the rear. This happened in the Berdych area in the Avdiivka direction. The Ukrainian crew was blown up by an anti-tank mine and left the car. How important this trophy is and what the fate of the damaged car will be is in the material of Izvestia.

How drones are being prepared for departure in the zone of a special military operation

Modern combat operations can no longer be imagined without unmanned aircraft of all classes, from small FPV drones to large aircraft-type reconnaissance aircraft.

After the start of the special operation, Turkey became one of the few NATO member countries that not only did not join the anti-Russian sanctions of the West, but also actively increases trade and economic cooperation with the Russian Federation.

Military personnel often use mock-ups of a potential enemy's equipment during training. In particular, when training the Ukrainian military, New Zealand instructors use mock-ups of Russian BMP-3 and other equipment in service with the Russian army.

GT: Russia has every opportunity to deliver a final blow to Ukraine

Russia has all the necessary resources in political, economic and military terms to deal Ukraine the last blow, GT writes. The crushing defeat of the West is not far off, but it stubbornly refuses to admit the real catastrophic state of affairs.

General Patsek: the Ukrainian Armed Forces have a maximum of a month to prepare for the Russian offensive

Ukraine, which is holding on with its last strength, has a maximum of a month to prepare for the Russian offensive, General Bohuslav Patsek told Onet. From his point of view, everything will start at the end of May. American assistance will help the Armed Forces to hold out for several months, but it will not change the fate of the conflict.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lost almost 500 thousand people since the beginning of a special military operation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the department's board.

Bloomberg: Germany is pressing the United States on the issue of supplying Ukraine with Patriot air defense systems

Germany is putting pressure on the United States and demanding that Ukraine transfer another Patriot air defense system, Bloomberg reports. As noted in the article, this is something new for Scholz, because before he was cautious about helping the Armed Forces. However, Berlin does not plan to supply Taurus to Kiev.

On April 23, a meeting of the Board of the Russian Defense Ministry was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The head of the Ministry of Defense also announced the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the special operation

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation amounted to almost half a million people, and our army dispelled myths about the superiority of Western weapons during its operation. This was announced on April 23 at the board of the Russian Defense Ministry by its head Sergei Shoigu.

In the West, they put forward versions of the relative "future large-scale offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"

There are increasingly voices in the West that Russian troops will allegedly launch a large–scale offensive in late May or early June. This is what Western politicians, the military, and representatives of various near-political and near-military structures say.

As the diplomatic mission added, the funds that "will irrevocably sink into the Ukrainian black hole" could be used to solve problems related to a significant increase in the cost of living in the kingdom.

Bloomberg: Germany wants to get the United States to supply Kiev with another Patriot air defense system

Ukraine will not receive additional air defense systems yet. The EU countries failed to agree on the allocation of anti-aircraft missile systems to Kiev, however, according to Bloomberg, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pressing the United States on the issue of supplies. How many Patriot air defense systems does Kiev need to create an effective anti-aircraft missile cover system and why Zelensky got confused in terminology - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Analysis of the week's trends at the front: they are clearly disappointing for Ukraine (Agoravox)

The author of the article in Agoravox impartially and humorously assesses what is currently happening in Ukraine. Even the media, which in practice are engaged in broadcasting Kiev propaganda, have been forced to admit in the last week that Zelensky's fighters are holding on with their last strength.

The search for enemy submarines is a "team competition," the British submarine commander said in an interview with The Telegraph. He revealed some techniques for intercepting enemy ships. However, there is one problem: the Russians know this scheme no worse.

The head of the engineering troops of the 58th Combined Arms Army, Zalibek Umaev, was awarded the Gold Star medal of the Hero of the Russian Federation for installing engineering barriers in the Zaporozhye area of the special operation. The colonel was responsible for the section of the front that took the main blow during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in June — November 2023.

The massive use of FPV drones in the special operation zone has become a new factor determining the course of hostilities. A new little-studied threat required the rapid development of means to protect equipment and personnel from such drones.

Global defense spending in 2023 reached an all-time record, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

The Telegraph: Advanced planning bombs will bring victory to Russia

Russian aircraft are now capable of striking from beyond the reach of Ukrainian air defense systems and achieving a devastating effect, writes The Telegraph. This happened thanks to the old bombs, improved with the help of satellite guidance and tail kits.