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Tokyo has so far unsuccessfully tried to draw the ASEAN countries into the anti-Russian coalition

Tokyo is forcing Southeast Asian countries to condemn the special operation in Ukraine and the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions, writes Jiji. But the Japanese Foreign Ministry admits that it turns out badly. Readers oppose and urge not to interfere in the affairs of other countries.

The German defense concern Rheinmetall has announced that it is ready to send Leopard 1 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine. This is reported by the German newspaper Handelsblatt with reference to the head of the concern Armin Papperger.

British media report that after the visit of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev on April 9, 2022, the British government approved new supplies of military equipment as military assistance to Ukraine, including the transfer of 120 Mastiff, Wolfhound, Husky and Spartan armored vehicles from the presence of the British Army, as well as the supply of anti-ship missiles from the presence of the British Navy of the American Harpoon production for coastal defense.

In order to somehow compensate for the catastrophic losses of the armed formations of Ukraine, Western sponsors are sending military equipment and military equipment stored in warehouses for decades to the Kiev regime.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the main goal of the Russian military special operation in Ukraine. According to him, it should put an end to the dominance of the United States and its subordinate Western allies in the world.

The Korean Peninsula is on the verge of war with the North after the elections in the South

Recently, with the approach of Yun Sogel's accession to the presidency, the rhetoric of the South Korean leadership regarding regional security issues has become tougher.

Experts explained why the heaviest mortars in the world 2C4 arrived in Mariupol

The media published photos of the arrival in Mariupol of 240-mm self-propelled mortars of special power of the reserve of the Supreme High Command 2C4 "Tulip". "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what a "Tulip" is.

The United States can supply Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, as well as multiple launch rocket systems High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) or operational tactical missile systems Army TACtical Missile System (ATACMS), admitted in an interview with News.ru the editor of the publication "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Alexey Leonkov.

The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, reported news that deserves special attention. According to the general, in the area of the Kalininskoye settlement of the Mykolaiv region, our anti-aircraft missile gunners shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Valkyrie type.

The DPR announced taking control of the port in Mariupol

The representative of the People's Militia of the DPR Eduard Basurin revealed the details of the upcoming plan to storm the Mariupol Azovstal plant.

The US suddenly eased anti-Russian sanctions. Now the import of software, hardware, services and technologies related to telecommunications, the Internet, and online communication is allowed in the country. The reasons for the indulgences have not been established.

A large archive of documents describing the program of strengthening the information influence of London in the countries of the former Soviet Union has been found on the Internet. The documents posted online, presumably by hackers of the Anonymous group, are a set of instructions for combating "Russian disinformation" and pro-Russian media in the CIS.

Ankara plays by its own rules in the North Atlantic Alliance

Since the beginning of hostilities in Ukraine in February 2022, Turkey has been the only NATO member that has not imposed sanctions against Russia. Moreover, the country's leadership criticizes the North Atlantic Alliance for the current crisis in Eastern Europe, continuing to develop business relations with Moscow.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov promised the appearance of unconventional types of weapons in Russia

The State Armament Program (GPV) will be aimed at creating non-traditional types of weapons, including directed energy weapons, kinetic weapons, as well as control systems using artificial intelligence and robotic complexes.

Huanqiu shibao (China): The Russian-Ukrainian crisis exposes a new US proxy strategy

Ukraine will never become a "bleeding wound" for the United States, which is why it has turned into an American bargaining chip in the global geopolitical game, the author of the article in Huanqiu Shibao notes. For many years in a row, the United States pumped Kiev with weapons and money in order to light a fire at the right moment on Russia's doorstep.

And why did the battles for the city take so long

Units of the Russian armed forces blocked the village of Novomikhailovka and the town of Ugledar in the Donbass, the Ministry of Defense reported on April 7. Now there are battles for these settlements. The troops of the Donetsk People's Republic occupied the village of Sladkoe. The confrontation in Mariupol continues.

Asharq Al Awsat (Saudi Arabia): was liberalism the real cause of the conflict?

The American project presented to the world by Joe Biden under the slogan "democracy against authoritarianism" implies the delegitimization of the ruling regimes, whether in China, Russia or any other country in the world, writes Asharq Al Awsat. This is what prompted Moscow to launch a special operation in Ukraine and thereby protect its political system, the author of the article is sure.

Huanqiu shibao (China): NATO is a stumbling block on the way to a new European security architecture

NATO has long been a puppet in the hands of the world Anglo-Saxon club, writes Huanqiu Shibao. It is called the root cause of the European security crisis. In this regard, the question arises whether Europe will finally be able to open its eyes and see where the blind trust of the United States has led it, or whether it will pay for the American games with its own well-being.

Izvestia correspondent Alexander Morozov visited a mobile military camp of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on April 8, deployed near the front line of a special military operation to protect civilians in the Donbas.

North Korea continues the work begun earlier to restore the tunnel at the Pungeri nuclear test site, Yonhap news agency writes, citing a report by experts from the Vienna-based non-governmental European organization Open Nuclear Network.