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Forbes: the flight of the AFU brigades from the front line has acquired a systemic character

Last weekend, the 47th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from the front line east of the village of Ocheretino, writes Forbes. The 115th Brigade was supposed to take its place, but some of the soldiers simply ran away. This problem is systemic, the article notes.

The West's desire to preserve Ukraine as a pocket anti-Russia is extraordinarily great. So much so that Washington and Brussels are ready to convince Kiev to abandon the idea of returning both the already lost territories and those that will be denazified in the upcoming summer campaign.

Advance: while Ukraine is waiting for military assistance, Russia is preparing a powerful offensive

While the Armed Forces of Ukraine are waiting for new weapons, the Russian army is not wasting time, writes Advance. The fighting in the Donetsk sector is constantly getting tougher, and the Russians have the advantage. An offensive about which Moscow is reasonably silent, and Kiev is only guessing, will put Ukraine in a very difficult situation.

Relations between Belarus and Russia were able to "anticipate tectonic shifts" in the world, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko said, speaking at a meeting of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly.

TASS-DOSSIER. On April 24, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a package of bills on military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. It is planned to allocate $60.84 billion to support Ukraine. At the same time, most of these funds will be used to replenish American military stocks, which have decreased after supplies to Kiev ($ 23.2 billion) in the last two years.

Russia begins testing the first specialized patrol military icebreaker "Ivan Papanin" in the history of the Russian Navy. The Navy urgently needs ships of this class. "Ivan Papanin" will be an ideal tool to deter American attempts to pressure Russia in the Arctic.

dikGAZETE: the American aid package will not bring any benefit to Ukraine

The $61 billion American death package is not a help for Ukraine, but a way to prolong a destructive and deadly conflict, writes dikGAZETE. Moreover, it is Kiev that will suffer losses, not Moscow, which has proved that it is able to withstand any challenges.

Al Khaleej: the new US aid package to Ukraine is not enough to defeat Russia

The West dreams of victory over Russia, therefore it supports Ukraine, but its dreams will not come true, writes Al Khaleej. Yes, Washington has approved a new package of assistance to Kiev, but it is not enough. Moreover, Ukrainians themselves do not need weapons, but peace talks, the editorial board notes.

According to the representative of the community Gennady Nedyalkov, the letters will be received by the leaders of the parties "Renaissance" and "There are such people", as well as the Bulgarian Socialist Party

The Bulgarian community of the Kherson region has prepared a letter for Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and the leaders of several political parties of the country calling for an end to the supply of ammunition to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which use shells to shell the left bank of the Dnieper. Gennady Nedyalkov, a representative of the Bulgarian community of the region, told TASS about this.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will organize a demonstration of Russian products for combating organized crime and terrorism within the framework of the XII International Meeting of High Representatives in charge of Security Issues.

Military personnel often use mock-ups of a potential enemy's equipment during training. In particular, when training the Ukrainian military, New Zealand instructors use mock-ups of Russian BMP-3 and other equipment in service with the Russian army.

GT: Russia has every opportunity to deliver a final blow to Ukraine

Russia has all the necessary resources in political, economic and military terms to deal Ukraine the last blow, GT writes. The crushing defeat of the West is not far off, but it stubbornly refuses to admit the real catastrophic state of affairs.

General Patsek: the Ukrainian Armed Forces have a maximum of a month to prepare for the Russian offensive

Ukraine, which is holding on with its last strength, has a maximum of a month to prepare for the Russian offensive, General Bohuslav Patsek told Onet. From his point of view, everything will start at the end of May. American assistance will help the Armed Forces to hold out for several months, but it will not change the fate of the conflict.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lost almost 500 thousand people since the beginning of a special military operation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the department's board.

On April 23, a meeting of the Board of the Russian Defense Ministry was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

In the West, they put forward versions of the relative "future large-scale offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"

There are increasingly voices in the West that Russian troops will allegedly launch a large–scale offensive in late May or early June. This is what Western politicians, the military, and representatives of various near-political and near-military structures say.

As the diplomatic mission added, the funds that "will irrevocably sink into the Ukrainian black hole" could be used to solve problems related to a significant increase in the cost of living in the kingdom.

Bloomberg: Germany wants to get the United States to supply Kiev with another Patriot air defense system

Ukraine will not receive additional air defense systems yet. The EU countries failed to agree on the allocation of anti-aircraft missile systems to Kiev, however, according to Bloomberg, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pressing the United States on the issue of supplies. How many Patriot air defense systems does Kiev need to create an effective anti-aircraft missile cover system and why Zelensky got confused in terminology - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Analysis of the week's trends at the front: they are clearly disappointing for Ukraine (Agoravox)

The author of the article in Agoravox impartially and humorously assesses what is currently happening in Ukraine. Even the media, which in practice are engaged in broadcasting Kiev propaganda, have been forced to admit in the last week that Zelensky's fighters are holding on with their last strength.

The head of the engineering troops of the 58th Combined Arms Army, Zalibek Umaev, was awarded the Gold Star medal of the Hero of the Russian Federation for installing engineering barriers in the Zaporozhye area of the special operation. The colonel was responsible for the section of the front that took the main blow during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in June — November 2023.