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Ukraine: Western countries risk becoming complicit in the conflict

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed to the obvious facts of NATO's participation in hostilities against Russian troops in Ukraine, "Figaro" notes. The newspaper is trying to respond to this accusation with quotes from Western politicians. But these quotes rather confirm the correctness of the Russian minister.

The United States is launching the so-called lend-lease program for Ukraine, under which it intends to supply Kiev with weapons with deferred payments. The relevant bill was approved by the House of Representatives of Congress yesterday.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has called for more military aid to be sent to Ukraine. Her statements turn Kiev into a pawn in the struggle of British politicians for voters, writes The Guardian. Both Johnson and the Trust want to celebrate victory in a war that is being waged by someone else's hands. This is the first case of a leadership struggle among conservatives that is being waged on the borders of Russia.

The relatives of the American mercenary from the PMCs confirmed to CNN and FOX News his death in Ukraine

American media reported the death of a 22-year-old mercenary in Ukraine. And the British Foreign Office confirmed the death of one Briton and the disappearance of the second. It is assumed that they fought on the side of the Ukrainian armed forces.

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is very realistic, but even without joining the alliance, they can deploy NATO bases and military contingents on their territory, Doctor of Political Sciences, associate Professor of the Department of International Security at the Faculty of World Politics of Lomonosov Moscow State University Alexey Fenenko told RIA Novosti.

In an article published in the Japanese edition of Shukan Gendai, Hiroshi Ohara, director of the Humanities Institute of Economics, writes that the United States, in an unrestrained desire to preserve world hegemony, risks encountering a "second Vietnam" in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia on its website published the composition of the participants of the Victory Parade on Red Square. 11 thousand people will be involved in the foot calculations on May 9. All types and branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, representatives of law enforcement agencies and cadets of military schools will take part in the parade.

How will the conflict in Ukraine end?

It may seem that diplomacy is not the most convincing option for resolving the Ukrainian conflict. But the alternative – even more fierce battles with the prospect of geographical expansion – is even worse, writes TNI.

President of the Constitutional Court of Italy: "We failed in Ukraine"

Giuliano Amato, who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, gave an interview to Il Venerdì. Amato spoke about the meeting with Putin in the 2000s and acknowledged the failure of Western policy towards Russia.

"We ran out of money": Joe Biden requested $33 billion to support Ukraine, although in March Congress had already approved a 13.6 billion aid package

Biden asked Congress to allocate an additional $ 33 billion to help Ukraine, Breitbart writes. Americans are outraged: they do not understand where the previously allocated funds have gone, and accuse the Democrats of plundering the country.

Putin's Russia begins the "weeks of revenge" of Finland — the Saimaa Channel was the first to be distributed

Most likely, Finland's application for NATO membership will be sent in mid-May, Ilta-Sanomat reports. Then weeks of torment will begin for the country, the author of the editorial writes. This time may be morally difficult for Finns.

Political scientist Zimovsky said that Warsaw is preparing a springboard for NATO allies

Poland announced the holding of "the largest military exercises since 1991" and began a large-scale redeployment of military equipment. Warsaw does not hide that the maneuvers are related to the situation in Ukraine, and declares their purpose to be "working out the reception and deployment of allied troops." "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the teachings are and what they can lead to.

Beijing's attitude towards Russia and its threats against Taiwan harm Europe's location towards it

The anti-Chinese front in the EU is getting stronger, writes the South China Morning Post. As Beijing continues to support Russia, European countries are threatening to undermine China's ties. According to the author of the article, the geopolitical factor is now above the economic one.

Liz Truss: "We will never feel safe again"

The head of the Buritan Foreign Ministry, Liz Truss, was not distinguished by diplomacy even before the start of the special operation, and in her last speech she simply suffered, this can be seen from the FAZ article. Truss began to justify Ukraine's strikes against Russia, proposed to remake the G7 into a "NATO from the economy," etc. The funny thing is that her boss, Prime Minister Boris, considers this and her other statements to be the "norm."

The United States needs to come to its senses and abandon the preparation of provocations using weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. On April 30, the Russian embassy in Washington called for such actions.

Moscow is ready to continue contacts with the United States, South Korea and Japan, despite their unfriendly actions

Moscow does not refuse contacts with the unfriendly participants of the six-party talks on North Korea (Russia, North Korea, China, USA, South Korea, Japan), and still considers this format optimal, Director of the First Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Georgy Zinoviev said in an interview with Interfax.

The urgency of Finland and Sweden joining the North Atlantic Alliance arose due to Russia's actions in Ukraine, and the northern region of Europe will become stable and strong if it expands to the Russian borders, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto believes.

Russia will continue to implement all UN Security Council decisions regarding North Korea, Director of the First Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Georgy Zinoviev said in an interview with Interfax.

Two air detachments hit the village of Zhecha in the border area of the Bryansk region

The governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, reported on the attempt of the AFU aircraft to cross the border of Russia. Air defense systems detected the plane and stopped the breakthrough attempt, but two shells hit the settlement of Zhecha in the Starodubsky district, damaging the lining of the technological buildings of the oil terminal and the surrounding area.

Director of the First Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Georgy Zinoviev, in an interview with Interfax, shared his vision of Russian-Chinese relations under Western sanctions, spoke about the prospects for the growth of trade turnover between the countries and expressed confidence that the growth of China's power will open up new prospects for the development of the Russian economy. A senior Russian diplomat also spoke about Moscow's cooperation with Pyongyang and Seoul in the current conditions.