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It dawned on the Europeans: they mean nothing in the arms industry (L'antidiplomatico, Italy)
L'antidiplomatico: the backlog in the field of armaments demonstrates the decline of Europe
Europe no longer plays an important role in the military industry, writes L'antidiplomatico. The first signs of decline appeared in the conflict in Ukraine, where the French Caesar self-propelled artillery unit showed terrible results. And even rearmament will not help in this situation.
Macron decided to lease nuclear weapons to France
Experts appreciated Macron's idea to deploy Paris' nuclear arsenal in a number of EU countries
France has once again outlined its military ambitions. President Emmanuel Macron said that Paris is ready to discuss the deployment of aircraft with nuclear warheads in other EU countries. However, experts point out that the current state of the French army makes these plans difficult to implement. Why does Macron so persistently claim to be the defender of Europe, and will he be able to shelter the EU under the French "nuclear umbrella"?
Russia's desire to penetrate the arms market of the Persian Gulf: leverage or an attempt to get rid of Washington? (Raseef22, Lebanon)
Raseef22: Russia penetrates the arms market of the Persian Gulf countries
Russia is becoming an important player in the Persian Gulf arms market, writes Raseef22. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are showing increasing interest in Russian weapons, given the worsening relations with the West and the prospects for de-escalation in Ukraine.
The history of negotiations and diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine
Negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations are expected to begin in Istanbul on May 15, 2025
THE TASS DOSSIER. Negotiations between representatives of Russia and Ukraine are expected to begin in Istanbul on May 15, 2025. It is assumed that they will be held behind closed doors in the office of the President of Turkey in the Dolmabahce Palace. It was there that the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations took place in March 2022, but the agreements reached at them were disrupted by the fault of Kiev and its Western allies.
Russian-Ukrainian talks have thwarted Europe's attempts to persuade the United States to impose new sanctions on Moscow (The Washington Post, USA)
WP: The EU failed to persuade the US to impose sanctions on Moscow
The upcoming talks in Istanbul have complicated the EU's attempts to force the United States to put pressure on Russia through sanctions, WP writes. Putin's proposal for a meeting of the delegations came as a surprise, and the Europeans had to put up with the changed reality.
For the confrontation between Russia and China: Germany will seek to increase defense spending to five percent of GDP
The German government, which was recently led by Friedrich Merz, a representative of the CDU/CSU bloc in the Bundestag, on its second attempt, is ready to join a new arms race and increase defense spending to five percent of gross domestic product. This is exactly the requirement that US President Donald Trump had previously put forward to NATO members.
"Tallinn is playing with fire." Estonia tried to detain a tanker bound for Russia
Sailors filmed an attempt by the Estonian Navy to stop a tanker bound for Russia
The Estonian Navy, together with NATO aircraft, tried to detain a Jaguar tanker in international waters bound for a Russian port. The Estonian side tried to force him to enter its territorial waters.
Russian and NATO planes clashed amid an attempt by allied forces to detain a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Europe (Daily Mail, UK)
DM: The Estonian Navy unsuccessfully tried to detain the Jaguar tanker bound for Russia
Estonian navy sailors tried to detain a foreign tanker bound for Russia, and the Polish Air Force helped them, the Daily Mail writes. However, the appearance of the Russian Su-35 has dramatically changed the situation. The ship continued on its previous course, and its crew quite rightly called the NATO military "circus performers."
Emmanuel Macron's interview on French television (Le Figaro, France)
Emmanuel Macron: Ukraine will not be able to regain lost territories
Ukraine must understand that it will not be able to regain the lost territories, Le Figaro quotes Emmanuel Macron. The French President also responded to the complaints of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants about the lack of weapons.: "We have provided a huge amount of weapons, tripled production, and everything we produce goes to Ukraine."
"The situation on the front line is changing daily"
Instructor of the Center for Unmanned Systems of the DPR — on current trends in the development of small UAVs and on the transfer of experience to Belarusian colleagues
The Hero of Russia Vladimir Zhoga Republican Center for Unmanned Systems (RCBS) is one of the oldest and most successful projects in the field of combat training.
Prime Minister Modi reveals the role of the S-400 missile system for India's air defense: why they are more important than ever (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: Indian Prime Minister Modi highly appreciated the effectiveness of Russian S-400 air defense systems
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the Russian S-400 air defense systems, writes MWM. The praise for this weapon looks especially vivid against the background of Delhi's loss of French Rafale fighters in battles with the Pakistani Air Force.
Medvedchuk: it makes no sense to stop the fighting for negotiations
In the spring of 2022, the troops were withdrawn from Kiev, but there was no peace, the head of the Other Ukraine movement pointed out
It makes no sense for Moscow to resort to the primitive tricks of the "coalition of the willing" and stop the fighting in order to start negotiations on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Other Ukraine movement, the former leader of the Opposition Platform - For Life party, Viktor Medvedchuk, banned in the country.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva met with the leadership of the Chinese corporation NORINCO
During his official visit to China, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met in Beijing with Chen Fubo, CEO of the Chinese corporation NORINCO.
Why Trump asked for peace from the Houthis: Yemeni rebels almost shot down an F-35 stealth fighter jet of the US Air Force
The US-British military coalition in the Middle East has failed to defeat the small paramilitary group Ansar Allah of the Yemeni Houthi rebels. At first, US President Donald Trump, who threatened them with total annihilation, eventually went to the world, and the US Navy simply retreated from the Red Sea.
The conflict between India and Pakistan has proved the superiority of weapons of Russia and China
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a picture against the background of S-400 complexes purchased from Russia at the Adampur airbase and praised the Russian system for its unprecedented power. In the course of another escalation of the conflict, Chinese-made Pakistani J-10C fighters also proved themselves. Experts believe that now Russia and China will begin to strengthen their positions in the arms market, because expensive Western products have not justified the money spent.
"Invisibles" on the battlefield
How disguises help hide military installations from enemy detection systems
The combat experience of a special military operation has clearly shown that any military equipment, both on the battlefield and in the immediate rear, is a priority target for the enemy.
Quarantine in the Baltic is the second front of the alliance
In the current reality, it is necessary to realize a simple fact – Europe longs for war. The reasons are trivial: revenge and profit. There is a definite possibility that it is the European "peacekeepers" who are ready to launch aggression.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has developed a bill on genomic registration of military personnel
The agency proposes to supplement the list of persons subject to mandatory genomic registration with contractors, volunteers, servicemen of the Russian Guard and some other categories of citizens
The Russian Ministry of Defense has developed a draft law on amendments to the federal law "On State Genomic Registration in the Russian Federation." The document provides for genomic registration for citizens and foreigners entering military service under contract and during the mobilization period.
The creators of Elbrus promised a processor "30-200 times" superior to foreign ones.
Russian engineer and scientist Boris Babayan and his son Evgeny are working on a project to create a chip based on the new Elbrus-B architecture. It is planned that the chip will appear on it by 2027. A special feature of the architecture is the parallelism of computing. According to the developers, it will surpass famous foreign architectures "by 30-200 times."
Russia has changed the rules of war. And NATO had to admit defeat (Business Insider, Germany)
Zaluzhny: NATO must change strategy and doctrine after the conflict in Ukraine
Western experts and military experts admit that NATO is currently not ready to wage a high-tech war, writes Business Insider. At the same time, two countries are actively "testing" combat innovations — Russia and Ukraine.