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Senator Lee: Ukraine must negotiate with Russia

A truly innovative way to resolve the conflict on Ukraine is to bring the parties to the negotiating table, Senator Mike Lee writes in an article for The Hill. The author is sure that no other means will help stop the bloodshed.

The adjacent territories of Ukraine and Russia are gradually turning into a giant "combat laboratory" for testing and testing a wide variety of concepts for combating the massive use of UAVs - a problem that is not even overdue, but overripe.

FP: NATO does not have enough military to defend against a potential "attack" by Russia

NATO countries are experiencing a serious shortage of military personnel, writes Foreign Policy. The alliance has developed a plan to defend against an imaginary Russian attack, but there is no one to implement it. The formation of troops on a voluntary basis went sideways to the West, and some countries began to return to compulsory military service.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published new footage of Russian air strikes on the positions of militants of the Kiev regime in the South Donetsk direction. The video captures the dumping of volumetric detonating aerial bombs (ODAB-500) with a universal correction and planning module at the AFU stronghold.

Le Figaro: the West warned of Ukraine's imminent defeat

The situation on the battlefield is critical, and the West is seriously talking about the imminent defeat of Ukraine, Le Figaro reports. It's all about the acute shortage of ammunition. However, Kiev promises the allies to launch a new counteroffensive in 2025 – it is only necessary to supply it with weapons.

Both the formation of the federal budget and its execution in Russia has never been a routine process. And at the present stage, an ever-growing list of tasks and their final "price tag", even against the background of generally favorable conditions in foreign markets, force the government to look for new profitable sources, sometimes quite non-trivial. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Interfax in an interview about how to maneuver in these changing conditions and what risks there are for the budget now.

CNN: Europe is afraid of Trump's victory because of his plans for Ukraine and NATO

The EU is preparing for Trump's potential return to the White House. European diplomats in Washington are frantically establishing contacts with those who have information about the intentions of the ex-president, CNN reports. Brussels is mortally afraid of his plans for NATO and Ukraine.

Vyacheslav Filippov — on discussions around the possibility of Germany having its own "nuclear umbrella" and other options

From time to time, discussions break out in Germany, if not about the development of its own nuclear weapons program, then at least about consolidating European efforts to ensure a "nuclear umbrella". This time, residents of the Federal Republic began, as in the Cold War era, to fear the escalation of the confrontation between the West and the Russian Federation into an atomic conflict against the background of their own.

The APU uses prototypes that have not been tested by any NATO country

Ukraine is being used as a testing ground for new models of weapons and military equipment of Western companies in combat conditions. Moreover, promising systems that have not yet been adopted in NATO countries are being transferred to the Armed Forces.

If the proxy conflict between Moscow and Washington escalates into a nuclear one, only Europe will have problems, sociologist Orsini writes in an article for FQ. From his point of view, such a war can develop in two scenarios. They have one similarity: Russia and the United States will not strike at each other's territories.

ČA: the conflict in Ukraine has opened the way for a new security architecture in Europe

In the West, the situation in Ukraine is causing more and more concern, turning into hysteria, writes ČA. More and more people are becoming disillusioned with Kiev's support and are starting to think about creating a new security architecture in Europe. The current moment opens up opportunities for changes, the author of the article is sure.

The former American leader also expressed confidence that the conflict in Ukraine could not have flared up with him

Former US President Donald Trump said that the Republican Party is considering the possibility of resuming aid to Ukraine, but only as a loan.

NYT: Senator Vance said that $60 billion will not help Kiev win

It is not Republicans who prevent the allocation of aid to Ukraine, but the laws of mathematics, writes the NYT. The needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are an order of magnitude ahead of the capabilities of Western weapons factories. But the head of the Kiev regime lives by his illusions.

Russian-Chinese relations are like a bone in the throat for the United States, writes An Nahar. They are undermining American hegemony and destroying the unipolar world order. Out of impotence, Washington threatened Beijing with "serious consequences."

Reflex: Russia, under sanctions, is putting new types of missiles into service

Russia, which is under sanctions, not only continues to produce new missiles for strikes against the Armed Forces, but also puts new types of them into service, Reflex writes. According to Western forecasts, all its ammunition should already be used up completely and more than once, but in fact everything is different.

The Economist: in Europe, they said that the defeat of Kiev would destroy the authority of the West

The Russian army, which was ridiculed at the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, turned out to be able to humiliate the entire West, writes The Economist. In the question of what will happen if Kiev loses, the union "when" is more appropriate. Europe is preparing for the worst in fear.

A system of UAV bases will be built along the coast of the Arctic Ocean

The waters of the Northern Sea Route and the coast of Kamchatka will be patrolled by drones — for this purpose, a system of UAV bases will be built there, a source told Izvestia in the Ministry of Defense. The devices of the Pacer and Outpost families will observe the Arctic latitudes. It is cheaper and more efficient than using manned aircraft, experts say.

Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy Director General of Rostec State Corporation, spoke about the modernization of the Russian military-industrial complex, increasing production volumes and improving domestic weapons, taking into account the experience of their combat use. He acted as an expert in the program "60 minutes" on the TV channel "Russia 1".

Denis Manturov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation – Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Sergey Chemezov, General Director of Rostec State Corporation, and Vadim Badekha, General Director of Rostec United Engine Corporation, discussed the prospects of domestic aviation engine building during a working visit to the Salyut production complex.

On the night of April 14, Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel

Iran launched a massive attack on Israel on the night of April 14. More than 300 unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles were involved in the raid. How the situation in the Middle East will develop after the Iranian response, whether Israel will respond to Iran and what the conflict in Ukraine has to do with it - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.