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The complete capture of the city will be the largest military success since the beginning of the special operation, experts say

The troops of Russia and the Donetsk People's Republic continue to push the militants in Mariupol. As reported on April 8 in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in addition to them and the AFU units, there are many foreign mercenaries in the city — radio conversations in addition to Russian and Ukrainian are conducted in six languages.

Huanqiu shibao (China): beware of the phenomenon of "chess pieces" in international politics

Over the past 30 years, Ukraine has been constantly falling into a "zone of turbulence", but it cannot learn a lesson from these shocks, writes Huanqiu Shibao. By cutting ties with Russia and "falling into the arms of the West," it is increasingly losing its last hope for its own autonomy.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of combat sorties of Su-30SM and Su-35 fighters during a special military operation in Ukraine. In a short comment to the story, it is said that the planes were used to destroy the air defense means of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The leader of the Swedish Democrats party, Jimmy Okesson, said that he would call on the party to support Sweden's membership in NATO if Finland applied to the North Atlantic Alliance.

At the XVII All-Russian Forum-exhibition "State Order", held from April 6 to 8 at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, Russian enterprises of the military-industrial complex presented their import-substituted products. The event was attended by Rostec Group, Rosoboronexport JSC, Almaz -Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, United Aircraft Corporation PJSC, Kinetics Engineering Center for Prototyping of High Complexity of NUST MISIS and others.

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, made a post on a social network after his visit to Kiev, which attracts special attention. Recall that Borrel made a visit to Ukraine as part of the EU delegation, which included the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

On April 8, Russian ships opened fire on the Ukrainian cargo ship Apache, which was trying to enter the port of Mariupol to evacuate the leadership of the Azov battalion, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

The territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Mariupol is shrinking

On April 9, the Russian armed forces struck an airbase in Mirgorod, hitting a MiG-29 fighter and an Mi-8 helicopter, the Defense Ministry reported. In addition, a large ammunition depot in the Dnipropetrovsk region was destroyed.

One of the most Russophobic states in the recent past in the space of the former USSR – Georgia – suddenly shows a completely different policy. Tbilisi entered into a serious conflict with Kiev, which demanded to open a "second front" against Russia. Why did the Georgian leadership suddenly turn out to be much more sane than the Ukrainian regime?

The transferred units from the Kiev and Chernihiv directions are called upon to help the LDPR units

The Russian Armed Forces continue to launch air and missile strikes on fuel storage bases and military facilities of Ukraine during a special operation. At the same time, no significant progress at the front was officially reported. Experts believe that regrouping continues before a decisive offensive against the AFU troops in the Donbass. Meanwhile, the National Defense Control Center raised the issue of the treatment of Russian servicemen in captivity. In addition, the Russian military department announced the upcoming provocations by the nationalists.

Huanqiu shibao (China): drop the mask from the USA! America is the main schemer of the XXI century with a Cold War mentality

Masks have been dropped, the author of the article in "Huanqiu Shibao" believes. The Russian-Ukrainian crisis has once again demonstrated the instigator of all the world unrest of the last 30 years. The United States is so proud of its "victory" in the Cold War that they completely forgot that it was a tragedy that claimed millions of lives around the world.

MintPress News (USA): the Ukrainian conflict exposes the myth of a "civilized" Europe

The special operation in Ukraine has shown how racist Europeans really are, writes MintPress News. They don't want to remember the millions of people who fell victim to Western "civilization."

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time published footage of the movement of Russian military equipment on a pontoon crossing constructed by military engineers of the Western Military District across the Seversky Donets River during a special military operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass. This became known on Thursday, April 7.

The Western press finally "saw" the massacre of Ukrainian national battalions over Russian prisoners. If at first the Western journalistic community, bogged down in its own anti-Russian propaganda, did not want to hear anything about the gross violation by Ukrainian armed nationalists of international conventions on the treatment of prisoners, now the truth, albeit partially, is beginning to make its way in the Western media space.

A New Historical Moment of Truth for the West (The Atlantic, USA)

The West has lost faith in itself, writes The Atlantic. And this is happening at a historic moment when new powerful players are emerging on the world stage. The author believes that the configuration of the world is changing, and it is impossible to return to the old alignment of forces led by the United States. And the more the West resists the new, the stronger the unity of its opponents becomes.

The armed forces of the Russian Federation have destroyed more than 400 drones and up to 1,900 tanks and other armored vehicles since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday.

After the provocation in the city of Bucha and the decision of Western countries to supply the Kiev regime with heavy weapons, the question of the need to destroy logistics and transport infrastructure in the regions of Ukraine bordering NATO states became even more obvious.

The Hindu (India): The road to peace in Ukraine passes through Delhi

Negotiations mediated by a neutral third party will help Russia and Ukraine settle the conflict, writes The Hindu. The authors of the article explain why India can act as a mediator.

According to the Greek resource Ekathimerini, the US administration has appealed to the government of Cyprus with a request for the possibility of transferring to Ukraine the Russian-made air defense systems available in the country's Armed Forces, including the Tor-M1 air defense system, S-300 air defense systems, T-80U, BMP-3 and Mi-35 attack helicopters.

The New York Times (USA): NATO countries are divided in opinion at a time when the conflict in Ukraine is entering a phase of uncertainty

The EU countries are divided in their opinions on what needs to be done to overcome the Ukrainian crisis, The New York Times reports. However, NATO decided to take advantage of the situation to dramatically increase military power in Europe to "contain Russia."