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Izvestia military columnist Anton Lavrov — about Russia's possible response to Finland and Sweden joining NATO

Joining the now openly hostile military bloc of two previously neutral neighboring states will inevitably change the security situation in the north-west of our country.

In the West, they are trying to figure out how much money Ukraine has already spent since the beginning of the Russian special military operation. The reason for such interest suddenly arose in connection with the frequent cases of criticism of the Biden administration, which intends to send $40 billion virtually uncontrollably "as aid to Ukraine."

In case of war, the French army will have enough ammunition for a maximum of four days. This is how things are in the most powerful Armed Forces in Europe.

According to information published on May 10 by the US Department of Defense, since the Biden administration came to power, the US has allocated more than $ 4.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, including about $3.8 billion after February 24.

The delivery of British high-precision Brimstone missiles to Ukraine received another confirmation, this time in the form of a demonstration of a ground installation for launching these very missiles. The corresponding video began to be distributed in Ukrainian public on Thursday, May 12.

Western countries, which have almost taken an anti-Russian position in solidarity, are trying to help the Kiev regime to resist in a military confrontation with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, supplying an impressive range of combat systems from the presence. However, the products transferred to the APU cannot be used effectively due to the problems arising from their diversity related to the development and maintenance of equipment.

The endless military conflict in Ukraine is going to the detriment of national and international security

The conflict in Ukraine will hurt everyone, including the United States itself, WP writes. It is in Washington's interests to contribute to the end of the crisis, but instead Biden announces a new "help" to Kiev.

Against Ukraine and NATO: what is behind the scandalous statements of the President of Croatia

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic, who was born in the town of Malaya Moskva, came under criticism from the Ukrainian media for his policy towards the Kiev regime. The author of the article in the European Truth calls his refusal to support Ukraine's accession to the EU and NATO "clownish behavior", and the politician himself is an agent of the Kremlin.

The Ukrainian military received Swedish automatic anti-aircraft guns. Pictures have appeared on the network that demonstrate an outdated Bofors Lvakan 40/60 gun in the location of one of the Ukrainian units. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

In Russia, the Day of the Black Sea Fleet is celebrated on May 13. Political scientist Vladimir Kornilov told a story on Sputnik radio about how Russian officers and sailors managed to keep the Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol after the declaration of independence of Ukraine.

The Netherlands provided Ukraine with military assistance worth more than 102 million euros. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced in a letter to the country's House of Representatives (the lower house of parliament) by Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren.

The Baltic will soon become a NATO sea. This is the opinion of Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics. The Latvian Foreign Minister said this in an interview with the British newspaper Financial Times.

Ukraine can re-export up to 15% of the weapons supplied to it by NATO countries according to long-established corrupt illegal schemes. This opinion was expressed in an interview with RIA Novosti by the director of TSAMTO Igor Korotchenko.

Did NATO really provoke the conflict in Ukraine?

Was Pope Francis right when he said that NATO forced the Kremlin to "unleash the conflict"? This is the question asked by the author of the article in The Hill. After briefly analyzing the relations between the United States and Russia, he comes to an obvious conclusion.

The armed formations of Ukraine for the first time received NATO tracked military equipment. We are talking about the YPR-765 infantry fighting vehicles supplied by the Netherlands. A video clip has appeared on the Network showing such "gifts" with the AFU militants riding on them.

Ukrainian nationalists are installing Brimstone land-based missile launchers supplied by the UK on the platforms of conventional low-tonnage trucks. In the event of a threat, the calculation can quickly cover the guides and get lost among civilian vehicles. Such tactics are often practiced by militants of various terrorist groups.

Rear Admiral Viktor Borisov told why the United States is dragging Helsinki and Stockholm into NATO

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and the country's Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced that they support the decision to apply for NATO membership. In the Swedish Parliament, the hearings on joining the alliance are scheduled for May 16. The Kremlin said that such a move "threatens the security of Russia." What Sweden and Finland can give to NATO is in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

Brussels warns of a shortage in the European army in case of Russian aggression

The European Commission has submitted a report on the deficit of investments in defense, El País reports. It turned out that Europe is vulnerable: the list of what is missing can be enumerated endlessly, and after helping Ukraine, ammunition was also in short supply.

Germany does not exclude the supply to Ukraine of IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defense systems developed by the German company Diehl. The issue is being considered by the Federal Security Council of Germany. This is reported by Bild with reference to its own sources.

The United Kingdom and Norway have signed a declaration on the development of bilateral strategic cooperation, including in the field of defense, foreign policy and security, Downing Street reports.