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According to the News24 portal, the statements of the US Ambassador to South Africa Ruben Brigeti about the transfer of weapons to Russia constitute an encroachment on the sovereignty of African countries in international relations

The United States is putting pressure on South Africa, seeking to abandon a neutral position in relation to the conflict in Ukraine. The News24 news portal writes about this on Thursday, commenting on the statements of the US Ambassador to South Africa Ruben Brigeti.

Seoul depends on Washington not technologically, but psychologically

Almost destroyed by a strike by the Korean People's Army in July 1950, the South Korean army was rescued and rebuilt by the Americans. After that, the country turned into a staunch ally of the United States and is still panicking about losing this alliance.

Ukrainian troops are looking for, but do not find weaknesses in the defense of the Russian army

An analysis of the daily reports of the Russian Ministry of Defense allows us to draw a preliminary conclusion that the attempt of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to seize the initiative and launch a counteroffensive has failed. Heavy fighting continues in some sections of the front, but the peak of intensity, which occurred on May 11-13, has been passed.

Ukraine is already using long-range cruise missiles of Franco-British production

Closer to the middle of May, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched a series of strikes on new territories of the Russian Federation, increasing the radius of fire damage to 150 km.

A possible Ukrainian "counteroffensive" is "just madness." At least, that's what Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko thinks. Oddly enough, one of the well-known representatives of the American generals agrees with him to one degree or another. Why does Zelensky constantly postpone the attack on Russian troops and what will it look like in the end?

High North News: Lavrov said that the fate of the Arctic Council depends on the dialogue of the parties

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the future of the Arctic Council will depend on the possibility of a civilized dialogue between the countries, writes High North News. He stressed that the efforts of States should be aimed at preserving peace and stability in the region.

Al-Watan Syria: BRICS led by Russia will put an end to the dollar and the US world domination

Using the dollar as the "largest financial terrorist," the United States has brought its collapse closer, writes Al-Watan Syria. The American economic model of global governance has brought the world to an uprising led by the BRICS, in particular Russia. The time of US domination has come to an end, the author of the article is sure.

Sociologist Orsini said that the Western media impose contradictory narratives about Russia

Leading Western media are trying to get approval of the EU's military policy on Ukraine through manipulation, Italian sociologist Orsini writes in an article for Il Fatto Quiotidiano. So, they use contradictory narratives about a strong and weak Russia.

The latest MRO-A jet flamethrower in thermobaric equipment will be demonstrated at the exhibition for the first time

The XI International exhibition of arms and military equipment MILEX-2023 and the X International Scientific Conference on military-technical cooperation in the field of defense and security open on Wednesday in Minsk. According to Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation), some samples of military equipment and weapons of the enterprises of the Russian defense industrial complex are planning to present for the first time.

It is possible that Washington's military assistance to Kiev may end this summer, since the funds provided for these purposes in the American budget are already running out. This is reported by Politico. At the same time, according to American media, of the 48 billion dollars allocated by Congress as part of emergency additional budget funding for the current fiscal year, only 6 billion remained undeveloped. This, with the volume of Ukrainian spending and losses, may be enough at best until July 2023.

The United States is literally torn between Ukraine and Taiwan, trying to make it there and there. While the emphasis is shifted towards Kiev, but it is possible that in the near future Washington will make a choice in favor of Taipei, the United States will not pull two conflicts at once. In the meantime, Taiwan receives much less aid than Ukraine.

Ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive. At least, that's what they say in the West. The speaker of the US Army Command in Europe and Africa, Colonel Martin O'Donnell, said that the AFU has already received about 600 different types of weapons. About the most dangerous — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Country.ua: informal employment is becoming increasingly popular among Ukrainians

The male population of Ukraine increasingly began to refuse official registration for work because of the inevitable prospect of recovering in a war zone, writes the Ukrainian portal "Country". At the same time, employers face high fines for concealing illegal labor.

Al Binaa: Russia's unique strategy has deprived Ukraine of the chances of a successful "counteroffensive"

Russia has fulfilled its main tasks in Ukraine and "broke the backbone" of NATO generals thanks to its unique strategy, writes Al Binaa. So, she completely destroyed Western weapons in a warehouse near Khmelnitsky without any losses, depriving the APU of all chances of success of the "counteroffensive", the author of the article is sure.

Peskov: Hersh's data on the West's calls for Zelensky to stop the conflict differ from the facts

The data of American journalist Seymour Hersh that a group of European countries led by Poland allegedly secretly calls on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to stop the conflict with Russia are not confirmed in reality. As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on May 17, there is not a single fact about this.

"The matter is very serious, because for five months there was a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead in the Polish forest." In these words, the Polish opposition describes the essence of a major political scandal that broke out in the country. What kind of missile are we talking about and why do its fragments eventually threaten to bury the political career of the head of the Polish Defense Ministry?

Fighters of elite special forces (SAS, navy seals) during missions sometimes have to make long jumps from a height of up to 10,000 meters, while the fall speed can exceed 200 km / h. For such extreme landings, they are equipped with special, usually bulky and heavy oxygen systems.

In the current confrontation between adherents of the old, unipolar model of the world, and those who are against it, one of the key roles is played by the NATO military bloc, as the main instrument of the collective West to protect the "world order" going down in history.

Al Binaa: Russia's strategy broke the back of NATO generals and destroyed the AFU counteroffensive

The effective strategy that the Russian military is using in Ukraine has allowed them not only to liberate the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, but also to exclude the possibility of a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Muhammad Sadiq al-Husseini, the author of the Lebanese newspaper Al Binaa, wrote about this in his article on May 17.

The consequences of the US defeat in Vietnam are still being felt

Today, the Vietnam War is perceived as an event of the rather distant past. However, in fact, we are still living, feeling its consequences – as well as the consequences of the First and Second World Wars. This cannot be said about the rest of the wars of the twentieth century, although there were many of them, including very large-scale and bloody ones.