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In the United States, at the highest level, Ukraine's plans to launch a counteroffensive were confirmed. Zelensky's office expects to seize Crimea, having eradicated "everything Russian" there, and they want to demolish the Crimean Bridge. Against this background, secret data about the state of the APU appeared on the Network, which is why the Pentagon launched an internal investigation. How should Russia treat such leaks and why is the West not hiding its military plans?

And how the latest weapons system can protect Russia's western borders

This week, the calculations of the Iskander-M tactical missile systems (OTRK) from Belarus went to Russia for training.

NYT: in the leak of the US special services there is data on the transfer of elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Artemovsk

The New York Times and The Washington Post published new materials about intelligence data that leaked online in late February and early March. The NYT says that the documents contained information about Ukraine's plans in Artemovsk, as well as Washington's assessment of the state of the Armed Forces. In addition, they listed alleged actions on the part of Russia. WP writes that high-ranking officials, having learned about the "drain" of information, "became enraged."

The Ukrainian Armed Forces militants have encountered problems when using FPV drones - some of the operators of these drones feel unwell after using them.

We should expect a serious escalation of the situation in our region. This was stated to journalists by the Chairman of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus Ivan Tertel after a meeting with the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia Sergey Naryshkin, held on April 4 in Minsk.

In the near future, unprecedented NATO exercises will be deployed on the territory of Europe. We are talking about the maneuvers Air Defender-2023 ("Air Defender"), which will take place from June 12 to 22 on the territory and in the airspace of Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, over the Baltic Sea. More than 10,000 military personnel and at least 220 tactical and strategic aircraft from 24 alliance countries will take part in them.

The commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Naev, said that the military, who are part of the Avenger crew, were trained in Germany

The American Avenger anti-aircraft missile system has entered combat duty in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on Wednesday by the commander of the joint forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Naev.

The United Kingdom is sending the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Mediterranean. This is reported by The Times. The ship will arrive in the Mediterranean in 2023 at the head of an aircraft carrier strike group.

The commander of the EU training mission, Vice Admiral Herve Blejan, said that it is necessary to reduce the timing of arms supplies to Ukraine

More than 16 thousand Ukrainian military personnel will have to complete training under a special EU program. This was stated on Wednesday by the commander of the EU training mission, Vice Admiral Herve Blejan, speaking at the security forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

19FortyFive: the United States recognized that Western weapons will not save Ukraine

Western weapons will not help Kiev to change the situation on the battlefield, writes 19fortyfive. Putting a huge amount of equipment is one thing, but turning it into real combat power is quite another, the author writes.

Ilta-Sanomat: now NATO will determine what Finns should think

A journalist of the Ilta-Sanomat newspaper interviewed a deputy of the Finnish parliament and the director of a peacekeeping organization. The interlocutors of the newspaper told what aspects of Finland's membership in NATO they are concerned about.

The message does not specify the number of tanks

The US Department of Defense has signed a contract with the American company General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) for $ 27.1 million for M1A1 Abrams tanks for Ukraine. This was announced on Wednesday by the Pentagon press service.

Almost half of the NATO towed and self-propelled howitzers in the SVO zone were destroyed with "Lancets"

Almost half of the foreign towed and self-propelled howitzers in the zone of a special military operation were destroyed by barrage ammunition "Product-51/52", also known as "Lancets", an informed source told RIA Novosti.

The North Atlantic Alliance ceases to be both exclusively "North" and "Atlantic", openly trying to expand through at least contacts with countries located outside the region designated during the formation of the alliance. So, it became known about Japan's decision to open a permanent mission to NATO – in Brussels. Apparently, embassies in the United States and Belgium are no longer enough to discuss further militarization.

The Pentagon has signed a contract with the military-industrial corporation General Dynamics Land Systems (GLDS) in the amount of over $ 27 million (more than 2 billion rubles) for the production of M1A1 Abrams tanks for their subsequent shipment to Ukraine. This information was confirmed by the press service of the country's defense ministry.

The other day, the US Department of Defense announced the transfer of special weapons to Ukraine to combat unmanned aerial vehicles. This is reported by the American edition of Defense One with reference to the state company SAIC.

Greece will not supply Leopard-2A6 tanks to Ukraine, as well as Russian-made S-300 air defense systems. This, according to RIA Novosti, was announced by the Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos at a meeting of the permanent parliamentary commission on national Defense and foreign Affairs, the text of the speech was distributed by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

Marianne: Macron and von der Leyen's visit to China destroys France's diplomatic status

As president, Macron became an active diplomat, but all his ideas failed, Marianne writes. Mediation in Ukraine has failed, France is trailing in the wake of US policy and even Germany. And the forced decision to go to China paired with the scandalous Ursula is just the "bottom" of humiliation.

The German newspaper Bild tried to convince its readers that Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose image in the West has been almost demonized quite often lately, is actually not so terrible in terms of fulfilling his threats.

Former Polish Ambassador to Russia Pelczynska-Nalencz: the idea of a Polish-Ukrainian union is unrealistic

The idea of creating a Polish-Ukrainian union is illusory, dangerous and wrong, former Polish ambassador to Russia Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalencz said on RMF FM. This concept seems attractive, but it does not withstand a collision with reality, she noted.