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Pashinyan, in turn, called on the world to recognize the territory of the USSR-era republic as Armenia's borders

Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh should either leave the region or take Azerbaijani citizenship, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. He added that Baku wants to sign a peace agreement with Yerevan soon and put an end to the military conflict.

The West believes that Russia will use cyber attacks and nuclear threats

Western countries are preparing that Russia will respond to a possible counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with "all remaining tools" - cyber attacks and nuclear threats, writes the British newspaper The Guardian.

Another state has been added to the series of countries wishing to reconcile Russia and Ukraine. This time, if you believe the leaks in the media, France is developing a "peace plan for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis", and its President Macron is counting on China's assistance. What is contained in the "Macron plan" and why does it look at least extremely ambiguous?

Exactly 23 years ago, Vladimir Putin visited Ukraine for the first time, where he held talks with Leonid Kuchma. Despite the friendly atmosphere of the visit, the first problems of Russian-Ukrainian relations, including the problem of NATO's expansion to the east, were already evident at that time. How did Putin try to build constructive relations between fraternal peoples and save Kiev from becoming completely dependent on the West?

Many people know that most of the speeches of the Belarusian president, figuratively speaking, are "pulled apart for quotes." Some of his expressions "fly away to the people" and become aphorisms. There are already whole collections of catch phrases and interesting sayings of Alexander Grigoryevich on the Internet. But there is one phrase that the president himself likes to repeat often.

Over the years of the construction of the Union State, Russia and Belarus have implemented more than 60 scientific and technical programs that will help in import substitution in various industries. This was stated by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State.

The Reuters news agency in the Hyonhee Shin article "South Korea to lend 500,000 rounds of artillery shells to US - report" ("South Korea will reportedly lease 500,000 artillery rounds to the United States") reports that South Korea has reached an agreement to provide 500,000 rounds to the United States on a temporary basis for 155-mm artillery pieces, which can give Washington greater flexibility in the supply of ammunition to Ukraine.

Al Mayadeen: Putin has proved that under him Russia will be able to put an end to Western hegemony

With the collapse of the USSR, the Arab world lost the "engine of progress" and was left alone with the colonial West, writes Al Mayadeen. But with the coming to power of Vladimir Putin, the Middle East received the very hero it needed so much. It is he who will be able to put an end to American hegemony, the author of the article is sure.

The Economist: Neutral countries consider the West a hypocrite and choose multipolarity

In the conditions of a split between the great powers, many countries are trying to maintain neutrality, writes The Economist. Despite the serious differences in politics and economics, they are united by their desire to conclude profitable deals. Their business approach will change geopolitics.

AT: The West has woken up the "sleeping giant" Russia with sanctions and will soon face the consequences

Anti-Russian sanctions have become the most grandiose miscalculation of the West in modern history, writes American Thinker. While its economy is suffering, Russia is thriving. Sanctions have awakened the "sleeping giant", and soon the United States and Europe will face the consequences.

Artillery units of the Armed formations of the Kiev regime began to use 152-mm 2A36 "Hyacinth -B" guns that arrived from Finland.

Vladimir Barbin said that Denmark has established a special fund in the amount of $1 billion to increase military assistance to Ukraine

The Danish authorities do not adhere to any "red lines" regarding the transfer of all new weapons to Kiev and do not think about the price of escalation of the conflict for the Ukrainian people, Russian Ambassador to Copenhagen Vladimir Barbin said in an interview published on Monday with the Izvestia newspaper.

The anti-submarine ship "Admiral Panteleev" and the frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" fired from 100-millimeter artillery installations AK-100 and A-190

Warships of the Pacific Fleet during a sudden combat readiness check conducted an anti-submarine exercise in the Sea of Japan, as well as artillery firing at sea and air targets, a TASS correspondent reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with a member of the State Council, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu in the Kremlin on April 16. The meeting was also attended by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Italy handed over to Ukraine about 20 M109L self-propelled artillery units. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported on April 16 by the newspapers la Repubblica and Corriere della Sera. A train with cargo platforms on which the guns were placed passed through the station of the northern city of Udine on April 15.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin about the exercises in the Pacific Fleet, the Kremlin's press service reported.

All eight Leopard-2A4 tanks promised by Canada to the Ukrainian regime have been delivered to Poland, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said on April 14.

As stated by the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, the Kingdom continues to provide military support to Ukraine. The military department of the country sends equipment, conducts training of Ukrainian servicemen and maintenance of VIVT.

A part of the Kub air defense missile system was also transferred to Ukraine

The delivery of supersonic MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, which were withdrawn from the Slovak Air Force at the end of August 2022, was carried out on the basis of a corresponding agreement between the governments of the two countries. This was reported on Monday by the TASR news agency .

Vladimir Kostyrev — about the controversy surrounding the materials leaked to Discord

The leak of classified documents of the US Department of Defense and Intelligence has become the main international event of recent weeks, overshadowing even the conflict in Ukraine. Sensational revelations were discussed in detail by the press in all corners of the planet.