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An Nahar: the South Korean front will distract Russia from the "counteroffensive" of the APU

The United States is forcing South Korea to provide military assistance to Ukraine, writes An Nahar. As it became known, the Americans do not believe in the success of the "counteroffensive" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, they are ready to "light the fuse of a powder keg" in the Asia-Pacific region, just to distract Moscow and force it to fight on two fronts.

Since the beginning of the special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Donbass and other territories, the Air Forces of Ukraine have lost 60 fighter planes. This is about 40% of the pre-war fleet, the British magazine The Economist notes, analyzing the current state of Ukrainian military aviation.

Russia has at its eastern borders the means capable of influencing the course of possible conflicts in the region

In the Far East, on April 20, a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) was completed. The maneuvers were conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

Baijiahao: the Russian S-400 air defense system surpasses the American Patriot in all respects

Russian airspace is reliably protected, writes user Baijiahao. Its "lord of missiles" — the S-400 air defense system — took the title of the most advanced anti-aircraft missile system from the American Patriot. He will intercept any threat and deter all the enemies of Moscow.

The measures of a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Pacific Fleet (TOF), parts of the Aerospace Forces and support units have been completed.

Japan is going to transfer Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Okinawa Island. Now the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are busy preparing for this event after a corresponding order from Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamadu. This is reported by the Japanese edition of Kyodo.

AT: Russian planning bombs have put Ukraine in a dead end

Russian UPAB planning bombs have proved to be an effective and reliable method of attack, writes AT. Ukraine has not yet succeeded in silencing or shooting down any such bombs. At the same time, the planning bombs supplied by the United States proved ineffective and had already been intercepted by the Russians.

Military analyst Radic: Serbia's weapons review indicates a transition to technology from the West

The largest arms show of the Serbian army on Saturday demonstrates the transition from purchases of Russian-made weapons and equipment to Western and Chinese or Serbian products made on the basis of Western systems and components, a well-known military analyst Alexander Radich told RIA Novosti.

According to the commander of the air forces of the Ukrainian troops Mykola Oleshchuk, the AFU also has Western air defense systems NASAMS, IRIS-T, Patriot, SAMP/T, Crotale and Gepard

The Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), delivered to Kiev by the West, is already on combat duty. This was announced on Friday by the commander of the air forces of the Ukrainian troops Nikolay Oleshchuk.

We are talking about training on the use of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system

Dutch specialists have been secretly training the Ukrainian military in the use of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in recent weeks. Currently, the training has been completed, the Telegraaf newspaper reported on Friday, citing the commander of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands, Onno Eichelsheim.

The US has allocated a new package of military assistance to Ukraine for $325 million

The United States will transfer HIMARS missiles for MLRS to Ukraine, artillery shells, TOW anti-tank systems and AT-4 PT systems, mines and many other military supplies worth $325 million. Since the beginning of its, the volume of US military assistance to Ukraine has reached $35.4 billion.

As the German edition of Spiegel reported with reference to its sources, Germany handed over to Ukraine the second of the four promised IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft missile systems.

The American newspaper "The Washington Post" in the material Missy Ryan, Evan Hill, Siobhan O'Grady "Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, agreed to arm Ukraine instead, leak shows" ("Egypt almost delivered rockets to Russia, but instead agreed to arm Ukraine, as leaks show"), the government Egypt planned to supply 122-mm Sakr-45 rockets to Russia at the request of Moscow, but after diplomatic pressure from the United States refused this and later approved the production of 152-mm and 155-mm artillery shells for delivery to the United States for subsequent transfer to Ukraine.

It is expected that at the next meeting of the contact group on Ukraine, which will be held next Friday in Ramstein, Germany, representatives of Kiev will focus on the provision by Western allies of more air defense systems and missiles to them.

The US Space Forces support a number of programs whose task is to monitor the behavior of Russian and Chinese satellites that may threaten American spacecraft. This is told by SpaceNews.

The leadership of the Turkish defense Industry called the timing of the creation of a domestic analogue of the Russian S-400 air defense system. They assume that it will take at least six years to develop a system with similar technical characteristics.

The West is accelerating and increasing military supplies to Kiev, literally forcing the Ukrainian leadership to finally make a decision on the offensive, which has been postponed for months under various pretexts. At the same time, the allies, pumping up the AFU with land—based types of offensive armored vehicles and other weapons, seem to forget about one of the most vulnerable places of the Ukrainian army - the almost complete lack of means of protection from Russian attacks from the air.

Kaspersky Lab engineers have developed a portable "antidron" in the form of a radio frequency detector designed to detect drones. Moreover, the first batch of 20 sets has already been received by the customer — one of the Russian companies.

Rostec State Corporation and Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region are creating a joint venture in the field of information security.

As stated by the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, the Kingdom continues to provide military support to Ukraine. The military department of the country sends equipment, conducts training of Ukrainian servicemen and maintenance of VIVT.