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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.

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.

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.

General Popov explained why the MQ-9 Reaper drone will not be able to help the APU

Kiev is negotiating the purchase of heavy attack drones MQ-9 Reaper "Reaper" in the United States. "Newspaper.Ru" found out what an American drone is and how it can affect the course of a special military operation in Ukraine.

China is preparing for a high-tech war in the air

The composition and structure of the PLA ground air defense is extremely highly classified. This is especially true of the part of it that is part of the Air Force. Therefore, the data given below are largely approximate.

Helping Kiev, the West massively writes off unnecessary weapons

Long-range Kalibr cruise missiles destroyed the S-300 division, delivered from Europe, hidden in a hangar. According to the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov, four S-300 launchers and up to 25 personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

The special operation emphasized the role of precision weapons

The United States and Britain have today retargeted their commercial satellite systems Starlink and OneWeb to collect intelligence information in the interests of the armed formations of Ukraine. A plan is being hatched to disconnect Russia from the GPS system. How can all this, coupled with the ban on the import of software (software), affect the performance of combat missions by our troops in the combat zone, the production of high-precision weapons by the defense industry?

On the morning of April 15, the Russian armed forces prevented an attempt by Ukrainian nationalists to launch a missile strike to defeat the Kakhovskaya HPP named after P.S. Neporozhny. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The Baltic Fleet forces will monitor the actions of NATO ships that entered the Baltic Sea to participate in the exercises. The former commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Valuev, told RIA Novosti about the reaction of the Russian fleet.

Military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov — about Ukraine's capabilities for strikes deep into Russian territory and ways to prevent them

The APU strikes on Russian border settlements that have become more frequent in recent days hardly coincidentally coincided with publications in the American media about the expansion of the transfer of intelligence information. According to The Wall Street Journal, Washington now provides Kiev with information about important targets not only in the territory of Donbass, but also in the Russian Crimea.

During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 10 enemy targets with high-precision air-launched missiles. As a result, three areas of concentration of units of the 81st and 93rd separate mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in Barvenkovo, Kramatorsk and Lisichansk.

The small-sized radar station (MRLS) "Volna", designed for round-the-clock and all-weather search, detection and tracking of ultra-small drones, is being put into trial operation.

The HSE said that the US will not be able to force India to give up Russian weapons

This week, negotiations between the United States and India took place in Washington in the "2 + 2" format, at which American politicians tried to convince Indians to abandon military cooperation with Russia. Will New Delhi go for it - in the material of the "Newspaper.Ru».

Ukrainian security forces plan to strike at a cluster of refugees in Lozova Kharkiv region, the Russian Defense Ministry warned

On April 15, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the prevention of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP: according to the military department, Russian air defense systems shot down two Tochka-U missiles fired at a strategic object.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: the Mi-8 helicopter that attacked the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region was shot down

The Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter, which on April 14 participated in the shelling of the settlement of Klimovo in the Bryansk region. This was stated on Friday, April 15, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov.

The United States has announced the start of tests of the missile defense system located at the base in the Polish Redzikovo. As follows from the reports of the US Missile Defense Agency, the US has completed the construction of the US Aegis Ashore missile defense complex in Poland.

Experts explained why the American HELWS laser will not be able to shoot down drones in combat conditions

The United States tested the High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS) system with a laser cannon, which was integrated into the Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) anti-aircraft missile system. "Newspaper.Ru" was looking into how the US is doing with the development of laser weapons and what its main problem is.

The British newspaper "The Guardian" called the NATO military exercises "Ascending Griffin" recently held at the Lithuanian military base Pabrade, about 30 km from the border with Belarus, a "dress rehearsal of the confrontation between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance." It should be noted that these maneuvers were accompanied by loud statements by Baltic and Polish political functionaries demanding that the NATO leadership increase the alliance's contingent on its territory.  

Europe and the United States are ready to transfer tanks and armored vehicles to Kiev. This is in addition to portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems and small arms. With the help of these weapons and reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kiev may try to create a powerful grouping in the west of the country. How can Russia prevent this from happening?

The management system of the regions bordering Ukraine needs to be rebuilt

At about six in the morning on April 1, a pair of Mi-24s of the Ukrainian Air Force attacked the Belgorod oil depot of JSC Belgorodnefteprodukt. To tell the truth, the attack of only one helicopter was crowned with a hit. But this was enough to set fire to eight tanks of two tons of fuel in each.