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The informational and psychological factor decided the outcome of the Vietnam War

The belligerents have been trying to influence the psychological state of their own troops and the population, as well as the psychological state of the enemy's army and population, since wars have existed. But it was in the twentieth century that the importance of the information and psychological component of war began to grow rapidly - in connection with the development of the mass print press, then radio, then television and, finally, the Internet.

Bogbot analyst: the conflict in Ukraine will end when the US comes to terms with its defeat

The armed conflict in Ukraine will not end soon, analyst David Bogbot said in an interview with Parlamentní listy. The West has not achieved its main goal — to weaken Russia's position. The US is not ready to stop the bloodshed yet. Everything will end when they come to terms with their defeat, the expert believes.

RS: Biden hid the true state of affairs in Ukraine

Secret Pentagon documents paint a much darker picture of Kiev's prospects than the White House recognizes, writes Responsible Statecraft. The success of the Russians on the battlefield will deprive Washington of the opportunity to resolve the crisis on the terms that Moscow offered at the beginning of the conflict.

The Stormer HVM air defense installation delivered from England by the armed formations of the Kiev regime was seen near the line of contact. A single car was moving on the outskirts of an unidentified settlement. Apparently, the militants, fearing defeat by Russian precision-guided weapons, such as Krasnopol ammunition, are forced to constantly move it.

Sun Qi, Executive Director of the Center for Russia and Central Asia Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, noted that the Chinese president focused on the inadmissibility of nuclear war by all sides.

GT: Ukraine left America in the past and started counting on China

A telephone conversation between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Zelensky suggests that Ukraine has lost faith in the help of the United States and other Western countries, Chinese experts said today. Now it is striving for a dialogue with Russia, and only one influential mediator can provide it — the Celestial Empire.

This is a direct violation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons, the Russian Defense Minister said

The military-biological programs implemented by the Pentagon in Ukraine are aimed at developing components of biological weapons. This was stated on Friday by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Exactly 20 years ago – on April 28, 2003 in Dushanbe, the CSTO Collective Security Council decided to create a permanent working body – the CSTO Joint Staff.

It will begin in the middle of the year, Boris Pistorius said

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius assured that the transfer of an additional 80 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine will begin in the middle of this year. He made the corresponding statement in an interview published on Friday with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia

The amount of American ammunition stored in Israel in case the Jewish state finds itself in an emergency situation is being reduced due to the conflict in Ukraine.

A meeting of the heads of defense ministries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries was held in New Delhi on April 28. The meeting was attended by the defense ministers of Russia, India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as the Secretary General of the SCO, Director of the executive committee of the regional anti-terrorist structure of the organization.

Andrey Kirillov — about Beijing's plans and opportunities to play the long-standing "Korean party"

If we turn to the Chinese transcript of the telephone conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, then the smooth, stressed calm flow of the conversation attracts attention.

ČA: the conflict in Ukraine is accompanied by Western information chaos

It is extremely difficult to assess the conflict in Ukraine and its consequences now, writes Časopis argument. This is largely facilitated by the information chaos around him. However, it is necessary to discuss and look for solutions, but only by moving away from the Western political and information mainstream.

Tucker Carlson spoke about the US involvement in the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine

The Biden administration provoked the conflict in Ukraine and did everything possible to prevent it from ending, former Fox News columnist Tucker Carlson said in an interview with the YouTube channel Redacted. The trigger for the beginning of the confrontation was Kiev's invitation to NATO, despite Moscow's objections.

General Andrzejczak: the West does not understand that Ukraine is very far from victory over Russia

A "very bad situation has developed for Ukraine and for the security of Poland," said the chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, General Raimund Andrzejczak, Do Rzeczy reports. Most Western leaders still do not understand that Kiev is very far from winning the conflict with Moscow, the military said.

Ex-commander-in-chief of NATO forces in Europe spoke about the shortage of skilled workers in the US military-industrial complex

The American industry is not coping with the needs of Ukraine, writes former commander-in-chief of NATO forces in Europe Stavridis in an article for Bloomberg. Problems arise, among other things, due to the lack of qualified workers in the production of ammunition.

The growing efforts of Russia, China and their allies to reformat the system of international relations are already bearing fruit. Now the United States has begun to understand that the unipolar dollar world is coming to an end. The most intelligent Americans are asking the most important question: how and what to do so that the new perestroika does not bury them now?

Il Giornale: Russia and China have started a difficult chess game between themselves

Behind the screen of friendship without borders, Russia and China are playing a "complicated chess game," writes Il Giornale. Moscow does not fully trust Beijing, but it will have to find a balance and maintain friendship with it.

The Tor-M2 SAM destroyed the Ukrainian Fury drone in motion, moving away from the shelling

The calculation of the anti-aircraft missile system "Tor-M2" of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Far East destroyed two Ukrainian drones, one of which had to work in motion, maneuvering because of the enemy's return fire, the commander of the unit with the call sign "Sorcerer" told RIA Novosti.

"Whoever becomes a leader in the field of artificial intelligence will be the ruler of the world," Vladimir Putin said six years ago. Since then, AI has come a long way, including in the military sphere. About the application of these developments — in the material of RIA Novosti.