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Estonia plans to invest hundreds of millions of euros in the creation of a medium-range air defense system by 2025
During the negotiations on the state budget held this week, the Government of Estonia decided to allocate funds for the creation of a medium-range air defense system by 2025.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said that Lithuania will repair Ukrainian artillery installations
According to the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko, Vmlnyus will hand over M113 armored personnel carriers to Kiev
Lithuania will repair Ukrainian self-propelled artillery installations and hand over M113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. This was announced on Saturday by the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko.
The head of the NATO military committee says that Ukraine is receiving more and more modern weapons
The head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said that more and more new modern weapons are coming to Ukraine.
Why the OPCW bought into the lies of the "White Helmets" in Syria
Corruption Chain: How the White Helmets completely compromised the OPCW investigations in Syria
Grayzone writes about the falsifications carried out in Syria by the "White Helmets" on direct orders of the OPCW. The "Helmets" associated with Western governments resort to staged tricks, perjury, substitution of evidence. And the OPCW grossly violates its own principles of impartiality and changes the rules of investigations to please the West.
General Mini: the situation of the Ukrainian troops has even worsened, they are now in the field
General Fabio Mini: "The Ukrainian counteroffensive is good for propaganda, but "on the ground" almost nothing has changed"
General Fabio Mini is an Italian military lawyer, and therefore about the role of the West in the events on He asks Ukraine a simple question. "If NATO actually acts as a participant in the conflict on the side of Ukraine, why is it not fixed in the documents?" After all, the supply of weapons in the current conditions is a military action.
America was warned against making a mistake in the economic war with Russia
How the Ukrainian issue is changing the US national strategy. Part 2
Experts told the author of the FP article how the Russian special operation in Ukraine will affect the US national strategy. In their opinion, the conflict allowed America to create a new Atlantic-Pacific partnership, but reminded that excessive activity in the economic war can scare away the allies.
The ex-Prime Minister of Greece believes that sending weapons to Ukraine draws the country into the conflict
Alexis Tsipras said that his SYRIZA-PA party, if it comes to power in the elections in 2023, intends to change the role of the republic in the geopolitical arena
Greece, by sending weapons to Ukraine, becomes part of the crisis around this country. This opinion was expressed on Saturday evening by the leader of the main opposition party, the Coalition of Radical Left Forces - Progressive Alliance (SYRIZA-PA), former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a speech at the 86th Thessaloniki International Exhibition.
Blushing line: what long-range missiles can the US arm Kiev with
And why it will be easier to intercept them than GMLRS used by Ukrainians for HIMARS complexes
Washington's deliveries of longer-range missiles to Kiev will be a "red line", crossing which the United States will become a party to the conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said this week. At the same time, Washington is actively discussing such a step. Izvestia investigated the threat posed by MGM-140 ATACMS missiles with a range of up to 300 km and other samples of American-made missile weapons.
NATO recognized that the decision to increase the military presence at the borders of Russia was made several years ago
The NATO command decided to expand its military presence at the borders of Russia a few years ago, and not now, as stated, allegedly because of the beginning of a military special operation of the Russian army in Ukraine. This was stated by the chairman of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer.
"The storm of tanks". What Berlin wants to convey to Kiev
Germany will give Kiev even more weapons. According to media reports, we are talking about heavy armored vehicles. The government of Olaf Scholz is under pressure from Washington on this issue. About what was promised to Ukraine — in the RIA Novosti material.
American edition: Ukrainian military complain about the use of kamikaze drones "Geran-2" by Russian troops
Russian troops are actively using allegedly Iranian kamikaze drones Shahed-136, renamed Geran-2, having inflicted several "destructive" strikes on Ukrainian armored vehicles in the Kharkiv direction. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to the statements of the Ukrainian military.
The State Duma told about the formation of the Crimean volunteer regiment
A regiment of volunteers will be formed in Crimea to participate in a special military operation in Ukraine, the first battalion called "Tavrida" has already gone to the front, said Mikhail Sheremet, a State Duma deputy from the Crimean region.
Biden talks about nuclear provocation in Ukraine
US President Joe Biden warned Russia about the consequences in the event of a nuclear strike on Ukraine. According to experts, this statement indicates the likelihood of a provocation with the use of chemical or even nuclear weapons. The target of the attack may be the Zaporozhye NPP or a chemical industry plant. Russia has a serious reason not to use nuclear weapons first, besides, such an attack will nullify any victory.
In Germany, they said that the issue of supplying tanks to Kiev cannot be postponed for a long time
According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germany's position is that the country will not take unilateral steps on the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine
Germany cannot make decisions on the supply of offensive weapons to Ukraine without looking at its NATO partners. This was stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock in an interview published on Wednesday with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper .
The head of the Wagner PMCs, Yevgeny Prigozhin, called on prisoners from one of the colonies of Mordovia to join the ranks of the company
Information has been confirmed that prisoners serving time in Russian colonies can sign a contract with the Wagner PMCs to participate in hostilities in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin arrived at one of the colonies in Mordovia and delivered a speech to the prisoners.
NASA said that they are set to work with all countries
According to Meredith McKay, Assistant Deputy Director of the Department for International Relations, NASA's priorities are "strengthening the security, predictability and transparency of activities in space."
US senators insist on accelerating the replenishment of weapons sent to Ukraine
A bipartisan group of 15 senators has unveiled a bill aimed at expanding the capabilities of the Ministry of Defense to replenish American weapons stocks sent to Ukraine. Senators John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Jeanne Shaheen, R-New Hampshire, along with 13 other senators, introduced the American Gun Replenishment Act as a separate law.
"Breakthrough" — by the end of the year: the western direction will be reinforced with T-90M tanks
The new equipment will be a response to the deployment of NATO forces in the region
The Russian Defense Ministry will arm new units in the western direction with the most modern T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks. According to the main characteristics, they are not inferior to the promising T-14 Armata. The military department has already announced the appearance of new army formations in the Western Military District as a response to NATO's actions.
US senators have introduced a bill to add Russia to the list of sponsors of terrorism
At the same time, the congressmen stressed that the administration of the American president opposes the bill
U.S. Congressional Senators Richard Blumenthal (Democrat from Connecticut) and Lindsey Graham (Republican from South Carolina) on Wednesday introduced a bill that bypasses the State Department to add Russia to the list of countries sponsoring terrorism because of the situation in Ukraine.
In the Zaporozhye region, a kamikaze drone of the AFU Switchblade was planted with an anti-drone gun
As the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov noted, the army was financed by 20 million rubles
The military in the Zaporozhye region planted a kamikaze drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Switchblade with an anti-drone gun, handed over by residents of the region to the army as an aid. This was reported to TASS by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.
