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Basurin suggested using chemical troops to storm Azovstal
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 USA allowed to supply electronics for telecom and the Internet to the Russian Federation
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.
"Weaken Russia's influence": how Britain was preparing Ukraine for an information war
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.
The most special member of NATO
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.
Striking kinetics, directed action, artificial intelligence
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.
Ukraine is a victim of a new US proxy experiment
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.
Assault warning: what will the complete capture of Mariupol lead to
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.
That's what Russia stands for in Ukraine
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.
It's time for Europe to wake up, otherwise NATO will ruin it
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.
The correspondent of "Izvestia" showed the work of a military mobile town
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 has resumed restoration work at a nuclear test site - Mass media
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.
The US authorities decided to lift sanctions against Russia on operations in the field of Internet communications and software
The American authorities continue to practice their sanctions policy against Russia. Moreover, sanctions packages are introduced literally every day. They are loudly announced in most Western and, of course, Ukrainian media. However, much more quietly, individual sanctions from these "packages" are being withdrawn and lifted, or legislative decisions are being taken in the United States to suspend their actions.
Chinese Press: The US wants the Russian army to get bogged down in Ukraine, as the Soviet army got bogged down in Afghanistan at one time
After the Soviet Union, and then the military-political bloc of the Warsaw Pact, ceased to exist, more than 30 years have passed. This event was supposed to mark the end of the Cold War and the confrontation between the two superpowers, as well as the loss of goal-setting for the existence of NATO. However, this did not happen.
Turkey has significantly increased the supply of PVN to Ukraine in the first quarter of 2022
According to official data, Ukraine purchased 30 times more military products in Turkey in the first quarter of 2022 (in value) than in the same period a year earlier.
The Bastion missile strike destroyed the mercenary combat training center north of Odessa
The Ministry of Defense of Russia confirmed the data on the missile strike on one of the objects of the Odessa region. Earlier, the so-called operational command "South" of Ukraine stated that missile strikes were launched from the sea, but it was not reported which targets were hit by the Russian military. The Russian Ministry of Defense provides specific data on targets, and these data, in fact, explain why the Ukrainian command is silent about specific objects.
Former US Congressman: The US military-industrial complex requires unprecedented budget expenditures
The budget of the US defense program is growing more and more. The rationale for this is the need to confront Russia and China. According to former US Congressman David Stockman, the US military budget did not see such money at the height of the Cold War.
Slovakia handed over to Ukraine a division of the S-300PMU anti-aircraft missile system
Slovak media reported that Slovakia handed over to Ukraine, as a military aid, its only division of the Soviet-made S-300PMU anti-aircraft missile system, which is already located on the territory of Ukraine. According to the published video, on April 5, 2022, an echelon with the equipment of this division was sent from the Slovak station Sereda to Ukraine.
During a special operation in the Donbas, a new Russian armored car "Buran" was spotted
The newest Russian armored car "Buran" was first presented to the public in 2020. However, it is already gaining popularity among the military – both Russian and foreign.
Photos of captured NLAW with operating instructions have been published
There were pictures of the next trophies of Russian servicemen. The escaped AFU fighters abandoned portable NLAW anti-tank guided missile systems.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: The missile attack on the station in Kramatorsk was carried out from Kiev-controlled Dobropillya
The Russian Ministry of Defense found out where the rocket was launched from, which fell near the railway station in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.
"According to updated data, the strike was carried out by a missile division of the armed forces of Ukraine from the area of the settlement of Dobropole, which is located 45 kilometers southwest of the city," the military department said in a statement.