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Missile strikes against specific targets and counteraction to attempts to establish an air bridge from Mariupol have been intensified

The specifics of the missile strikes of the last three days on the military infrastructure of Ukraine practically leaves no doubt about the preparation of active actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the republican armies of Donbass against the largest Ukrainian group, which continues to occupy the most fortified territory in 8 years of conflict between Donetsk-Gulyai-Pole-Slavyansk-Lisichansk.

Especially for Army.ru A study has been prepared by Rustem Klupov, former head of Intelligence of the Russian Ground Forces, Hero of Russia, a direct participant in the armed conflicts of recent decades.

Ankara plays by its own rules in the North Atlantic Alliance

Since the beginning of hostilities in Ukraine in February 2022, Turkey has been the only NATO member that has not imposed sanctions against Russia. Moreover, the country's leadership criticizes the North Atlantic Alliance for the current crisis in Eastern Europe, continuing to develop business relations with Moscow.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov promised the appearance of unconventional types of weapons in Russia

The State Armament Program (GPV) will be aimed at creating non-traditional types of weapons, including directed energy weapons, kinetic weapons, as well as control systems using artificial intelligence and robotic complexes.

Huanqiu shibao (China): The Russian-Ukrainian crisis exposes a new US proxy strategy

Ukraine will never become a "bleeding wound" for the United States, which is why it has turned into an American bargaining chip in the global geopolitical game, the author of the article in Huanqiu Shibao notes. For many years in a row, the United States pumped Kiev with weapons and money in order to light a fire at the right moment on Russia's doorstep.

And why did the battles for the city take so long

Units of the Russian armed forces blocked the village of Novomikhailovka and the town of Ugledar in the Donbass, the Ministry of Defense reported on April 7. Now there are battles for these settlements. The troops of the Donetsk People's Republic occupied the village of Sladkoe. The confrontation in Mariupol continues.

Asharq Al Awsat (Saudi Arabia): was liberalism the real cause of the conflict?

The American project presented to the world by Joe Biden under the slogan "democracy against authoritarianism" implies the delegitimization of the ruling regimes, whether in China, Russia or any other country in the world, writes Asharq Al Awsat. This is what prompted Moscow to launch a special operation in Ukraine and thereby protect its political system, the author of the article is sure.

Huanqiu shibao (China): NATO is a stumbling block on the way to a new European security architecture

NATO has long been a puppet in the hands of the world Anglo-Saxon club, writes Huanqiu Shibao. It is called the root cause of the European security crisis. In this regard, the question arises whether Europe will finally be able to open its eyes and see where the blind trust of the United States has led it, or whether it will pay for the American games with its own well-being.

Izvestia correspondent Alexander Morozov visited a mobile military camp of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on April 8, deployed near the front line of a special military operation to protect civilians in the Donbas.

After the Soviet Union, and then the military-political bloc of the Warsaw Pact, ceased to exist, more than 30 years have passed. This event was supposed to mark the end of the Cold War and the confrontation between the two superpowers, as well as the loss of goal-setting for the existence of NATO. However, this did not happen.

According to official data, Ukraine purchased 30 times more military products in Turkey in the first quarter of 2022 (in value) than in the same period a year earlier.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia confirmed the data on the missile strike on one of the objects of the Odessa region. Earlier, the so-called operational command "South" of Ukraine stated that missile strikes were launched from the sea, but it was not reported which targets were hit by the Russian military. The Russian Ministry of Defense provides specific data on targets, and these data, in fact, explain why the Ukrainian command is silent about specific objects.

The budget of the US defense program is growing more and more. The rationale for this is the need to confront Russia and China. According to former US Congressman David Stockman, the US military budget did not see such money at the height of the Cold War.

There were pictures of the next trophies of Russian servicemen. The escaped AFU fighters abandoned portable NLAW anti-tank guided missile systems.

The Telegraph (UK): the pilots of the Royal Air Force were ordered not to respond to Russian actions in order not to provoke a world war

Young pilots of the Royal Air Force were banned from responding to Russia's actions over the Black Sea, writes The Telegraph. The commander of the British Air Force warned inexperienced pilots that this could lead to a global military conflict.

Foreign Affairs (USA): the price of American hegemony

The ideologue of liberalism, Robert Kagan, begins to doubt that the United States will be able to maintain world hegemony. And the events in Ukraine are proof of that. The author admits that the United States provoked Russia into a military special operation. And they cannot resist the Russian onslaught. And no Kagan's spells in the attractiveness of "hail on the hill" will refute this reality.

The Russian Federation has the right to individual and collective defense

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev says that illegal sanctions against Russia can be qualified as an act of aggression, this entails the right to defense within the framework of international law.

Politics (Serbia): right-wing parties condemned Serbia's vote at the UN

Serbia's three right-wing parties have condemned Belgrade's decision to vote at the UN General Assembly to suspend Russia's membership in the UN Human Rights Council. According to politicians, this step will have unpredictable consequences for the country. The Serbs did not approve the decision of the authorities.

Bill Clinton: I tried to put Russia on a different path (The Atlantic, USA)

Former US President Bill Clinton wrote an article for the American edition of The Atlantic, in which he suggested that the conflict in Ukraine proves the "expediency" of NATO expansion. In addition, he claims that he allegedly tried to put Russia on the right "path of development."

The expert explained why Kiev's threats to shoot down Russian Aerospace Forces planes over Tiraspol are impossible

Ukraine will shoot down military and military transport planes of the Russian Federation that will try to get into Transnistria, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how real the threats are.