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Foreign Policy: cold war with China will force the US to switch attention from Ukraine

The question of whether the United States will continue to support Ukraine after the elections in 2024 prevents many European officials from "sleeping at night," writes FP. The reason is the brewing cold war between the United States and China, which may draw Washington's attention to itself.

Joint Moldovan-Romanian artillery exercises "Fire Shield-2023" have started at the Smyrdan training ground in the Romanian county of Galac. This information was confirmed by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Moldova.

Professor Kamukibo: Tokyo should talk to Moscow, not Kiev

Fumio Kishida should not have gone to Kiev and given Zelensky a ritual rice shovel for the "victory" of Ukraine, writes Japanese professor Masato Kamikubo in an article by Yahoo News Japan. A visit to Moscow would be much more productive. He would help achieve peace and put an end to everyone's suffering.

In mid-June 2023, the Serbian Armed Forces will participate in the Platinum Wolf military exercises, held under the patronage of the United States and with the participation of 10 other states. This was announced by Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic on the B92 TV channel.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stressed that Budapest considers the fundamental decision that the alliance is not involved in the conflict in Ukraine

Hungary will not support any NATO decisions, including at the July alliance summit in Vilnius, which could lead to a direct conflict with Russia. This was stated on Wednesday by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy Peter Szijjarto, who attended the meeting of the NATO Foreign Minister in Brussels.

General Ruzhansky: huge defense spending only harms Poland

Tanks from the United States were bought in order to please Kaczynski, wPolityce quotes a statement by the former commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces, General Miroslav Ruzhansky. He considers the increase in defense spending harmful for Poland and criticizes the government's defense policy.

Poland will transfer a total of 14 MiG-29s to Ukraine, while retaining MiGs upgraded to NATO standards. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Polish President Andrzej Duda after a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky on April 5 in Warsaw.

After the almost complete cessation of purchases of Russian gas and oil, the imposition of sanctions against the Russian Federation, many enterprises in the real sector of the European economy faced serious problems due to rising energy prices. The only industry that benefited from the military conflict that began in Ukraine was the defense industry. Moreover, not only American.

Neo-Nazis and radicals are used to intimidate residents of these regions, the head of state noted

Kiev uses its "unfinished underground" of neo-Nazis and radicals to intimidate residents of new regions of the Russian Federation, this must be dealt with harshly and effectively. This was stated on Wednesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Times of India: Finland's entry into NATO could lead to World War III

The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO will not change the situation in Ukraine in any way, writes the Times of India. Time will tell how wise the decision to expand the alliance was. However, this step may lead to a third world War, the author of the article warns.

This was told by the American military commander Admiral Christopher Grady, speaking at the security forum at the Washington Center for Strategic and International Studies

The United States considers the priority of military supplies to Ukraine at this stage of the air defense system (air defense). This was announced on Wednesday by Admiral Christopher Grady, Deputy Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces.

Rogov said that Ukraine has completed preparations for a counteroffensive in Zaporozhye

The Ukrainian army has accumulated reserves of personnel, ammunition and armored vehicles, thereby completing preparations for the offensive in the Zaporozhye region, said the head of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

Figaro: the new concept of Russian foreign policy was doomed to criticism of the West

The West urgently needs to learn to understand the interests of other countries, and first of all Russia. Figaro readers come to this conclusion after another "horror story" about Russia. According to Isabelle Lasser, Russia has nothing to be offended by the West at all. No promises were made to her in writing there.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin noted earlier, Russia plans to produce and modernize more than 1,600 tanks

By the beginning of April, Ukraine had received 57 Western tanks out of 293 that were promised to it by Western countries at the moment, it follows from TASS calculations based on official statements of the states supplying combat vehicles.

The Russian liberators turned most of the T-64 tanks of various modifications that were in service with the Ukrainian armed formations into scrap metal.

A representative of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the air of the so-called all-Ukrainian telethon made a statement about the state of the type of troops in Ukraine.

According to German sources, from April 1, 2023, the German Ground Forces began to reorganize their formations. It is assumed that this type of armed forces of the country "will create prerequisites for the formation of a new category of forces, the so-called medium forces." In the future, the Bundeswehr plans to have three categories of forces (each at the brigade level): light (airmobile), medium (on its own wheelbase) and heavy (mechanized).

EP: Bosnia and Herzegovina has become the West's new headache in the Balkans

Republika Srpska, which is part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, threatens to secede from the federation, writes Evropeyska Pravda. This position of Bani Luka will lead to the creation of another "hot spot" in the Balkans and will strengthen Russia's influence in the region.

According to the Minister of Defense, only since the beginning of the year, the Russian troops have hit 59 M777 artillery systems, 13 Paladin self-propelled artillery units, 14 American-made HIMARS launchers, as well as 30 self-propelled artillery units from Poland, Germany, France and the Czech Republic.

American military-industrial companies Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and Raytheon Intelligence and Space will unite to jointly develop a new E-XX command and control aircraft for the US Navy, which can be used in the event of a nuclear war. The consolidation of the three largest concerns of the American military-industrial complex to create a new "Doomsday aircraft" is reported by the military-analytical publication Defense News.