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The President of Serbia made accusations against the Ukrainian special services
The Serbian president made accusations against the Ukrainian special services. According to Alexander Vucic, official Belgrade has data that the Ukrainian special services have recently become more active in terms of calls with false reports about the mining of Serbian air carriers' planes.
Without crossing the boundaries
Military expert Dmitry Kornev — how Russia will be able to strengthen the western borders in the event of Sweden and Finland joining NATO
Since March 2022, discussions have been going on in Finland and Sweden about renouncing neutral status and joining the North Atlantic Alliance. On April 11, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources, that both states intend to apply this summer.
Moldova refused to sell MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine
The Ukrainian edition of "European Truth" reports that Ukraine appealed to Moldova with a request to sell or transfer the MiG-29 fighters on the balance sheet of the country's Defense Ministry, but was refused.
Serbia announced plans to combine the Chinese FK-3 air defense systems and the Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems into one network
Serbia has confirmed receipt of the FK-3 anti-aircraft missile systems delivered by military transport planes of the PLA Air Force to Belgrade. The official display of the new SAMs will take place at the end of the month.
U.S. arms shipments to Taiwan lag behind schedule
The problems associated with the pandemic have led to the fact that the United States is delaying the delivery of military equipment to Taiwan in the amount of $ 14.2 billion, which was ordered in the period starting from 2019.
Foreign analysts: Recent tests in the DPRK may indicate the creation of tactical nuclear weapons by the country
On the eve of the Central News Agency of North Korea published photos from the tests of a new type of tactical guided weapons. Pyongyang's state media reported that the weekend launches are of "great importance" for improving this type of missile.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction by Iskander missiles of four warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have destroyed four warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with ground-based Iskander missiles. This was announced on Monday, April 18, by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.
The American military-industrial complex is enriched by the events around Ukraine
The US military-industrial complex is enriching itself on the events around Ukraine. Protecting one's own hegemony with someone else's blood will continue to be actively used by the American authorities.
NATO should threaten Russia with annihilation
Three conclusions from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
There is no use from the UN, and NATO has turned into a hydra that is at war with itself, writes American Thinker. According to the author of the article, the West needs a new leader to provide Ukraine with weapons and "punish" Russia along with other "rogue states".
Armored personnel carriers from the 1960s and mines from the 1950s. What kind of weapons are the US sending to Ukraine
A military expert assessed the equipment that the Pentagon supplies to the APU
CNN reported that Ukraine received "the first batch of weapons from the new package of military assistance from the United States." Earlier, American President Joe Biden announced his decision to provide military assistance to Kiev in the amount of $ 800 million. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok was figuring out what would be included in the American aid package.
In the USA, they took care of reducing stocks of Javelin complexes
The United States has transferred to Ukraine about a third of the stocks of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs). Continued deliveries may reduce the number of ATGMs intended for the needs of the US military. In the publication of The Business Insider, they took care of reducing the stocks of complexes.
The reason for the delay in the delivery of F-16 fighters to Bulgaria is the fear of data leakage about them to Russia
Bulgaria will not soon receive American F-16 fighters, the United States is delaying the delivery of aircraft for at least two years. We are talking about the first batch of eight fighters, paid for back in 2019.
The US has planned everything. Without Russia, the EU is on the hook for them
"Planned, and without Putin. Admit it." Associate Professor Hmelar in a new way about Ukraine
Washington planned everything, and the Russian special operation in Ukraine only simplified everything for him, Slovak political analyst Eduard Chmelar said in an interview with Parlamentní listy. In his opinion, the current situation suits the United States more than Europe, which, after severing all ties with Russia, will fall into total dependence on America.
The purpose of "Iskander" was prompted by intelligence
The Russian military warned about the bloody provocations that the Kiev regime, with the support of a number of Western countries, is preparing in the Zaporozhye, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
The head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, said that more than 70 mobile groups have been formed from the militants of nationalist battalions.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: A logistics center with a large batch of foreign weapons was destroyed near Lviv
High-precision air-launched missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck the 124th Joint Logistics Support Center of the Command of the logistics forces of the Ukrainian troops, located in the Lviv region. According to the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the strike was carried out on the morning of April 18.
The T-72BM tank withstands the impact of the latest grenade launchers
Russian armored vehicles can withstand the impact of anti-tank grenade launchers even of new generations.
It became known that three rockets from the NLAW grenade launcher flew into our T-72BM, but the tank retained mobility and emerged victorious from a difficult battle.
Military expert Vladislav Shurygin told why Ukrainian nationalists are hitting their own
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Ukrainian military again launched a missile attack on a peaceful object. In the village of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, "Dot-U", they destroyed a farm that cannot be restored.
"The danger of conflict in the Arctic has ceased to be theoretical"
Russia believes that NATO creates a "risk of unintended clashes" in the Arctic region
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO's activity in the Arctic could lead to "the risk of unintended collisions." This is how Moscow reacted to the NATO exercise Cold Response 2022 ("Cold Response"), the naval part of which was held in the Norwegian Sea. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the Arctic confrontation between Russia and NATO.
The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the Tochka-U tactical missile repair plant in Dnepropetrovsk
The operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck at the 84th military facilities of Ukraine. According to the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, Major General Igor Konashenkov, including in Dnepropetrovsk, a plant for repairing the head parts of tactical missiles "Tochka-U" was destroyed.
Cosmic recklessness with dubious fanfare
A garbage dump in the orbit of the planet threatens the development of astronautics
For half a century, people have become accustomed to the constant availability of communications, television broadcasting, satellite navigation, information about weather conditions and other benefits of civilization. Benefits that, oddly enough, may be limited in the next 25-30 years.
