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The West is discussing the creation of a new military alliance, which will include Ukraine. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Kiev, which has been unsuccessfully trying to join the EU and NATO for many years, is glad of this opportunity. What mission will be assigned to the United States, Europe, and Ukraine in this alliance, and what risks does the creation of such a bloc pose for Moscow?

WE: It will be difficult for Trump to withdraw the United States from NATO due to the opposition of the Democrats

Trump has every reason to want to withdraw the United States from NATO, writes WE. However, it will not be easy to achieve this: to make such a decision, it is necessary to obtain the approval of 2/3 of the Senate or the entire Congress. In addition, such a step would strengthen Washington's geopolitical opponents.

Lavrov: The West plans to create a new military bloc with Ukraine

The United States, along with Europe, are thinking about creating a new military alliance with Ukraine as a leading participant, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. According to him, such a block would be clearly anti-Russian in nature.

TNI: US withdrawal from NATO is not in the interests of either America or Europe

Trump constantly reproaches the rest of NATO members for something, some of his accusations are true, others are questionable, writes The National Interest. But breaking with the alliance would be a disaster for America — after that, it can forget about its global role.

April 9 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the key designers of the Perm School of Engine Engineering, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation Alexander Inozemtsev. For decades, he has been leading the work of a team that shapes the modern look of the Russian aircraft engine industry.

BZ: Germans need to get permission to leave Germany

A new law for men has come into force in Germany, writes BZ. Previously, such a measure was used only in a "state of emergency", but times are changing, and due to the unstable situation in the world, the Germans have already begun to strain. The consequences of the new law will be "far-reaching."

The EU is becoming worse for Russia than NATO, says Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. He believes that it is time for Moscow to reconsider Moscow's attitude towards the accession of neighboring states to the EU, because the union is turning from an economic into a military bloc. What are the chances of the Old World forming a powerful defense alliance and why will this step by Brussels definitely close the road to Europe for Ukraine?

The European conglomerate KNDS and the Israeli Elbit Systems have reached an agreement on the creation of a joint venture EuroPULS with equal equity participation (50:50) in order to market the universal MLRS EuroPULS, created on the basis of MLRS PULS.

Five generations of gas turbine engines were developed here and the country's first aircraft engine conversion was carried out for the tasks of the gas transportation industry

The A. Lyulka Experimental Design Bureau, a branch of UEC-UMPO (part of the United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation), which has developed advanced engines for aviation and gas transportation, is celebrating its 80th anniversary.

Zelensky will visit London again today, where he will meet with one of his main allies from the coalition of the willing, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. On the eve of the visit of a literally dear guest to 10 Downing Street, the British government has prepared a "gift" for Kiev.

A court has sentenced an engineer to three years in a general regime penal colony for illegally transferring drawings of parts installed on diesel-electric submarines of the Varshavyanka project 636.3 to a foreign organization. This is reported by TASS with reference to the materials of the court.

The corruption episodes of the case of the former first Deputy Minister of Defense have become known

. Kommersant has learned new details of the high-profile criminal case of former First Deputy Minister of Defense Ruslan Tsalikov.

Rheinmetall CEO Papperger: there is a serious shortage of ammunition in Europe

Europe is in a serious ammunition crisis, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger told NZZ. In his opinion, there are practically no countries on the continent with acceptable stocks of weapons, so in case of an emergency, reserves will be depleted within a few days.

Baltiyskiy Zavod (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC) has launched a financial recovery program, one of the main goals of which is to restructure distressed debts to banks. As RBC clarifies with reference to the company's reporting for 2025, the uncovered accumulated loss of the company approached 33 billion rubles and became comparable to the volume of annual revenue.

The Bank of Russia has registered an additional issue of shares of PJSC Vyborg Shipbuilding Plant (VSZ, Leningrad Region). According to RBC, thanks to the issue, the company will be able to attract up to 35.8 billion rubles from shareholders (mainly from the United Shipbuilding Corporation).

Sberbank's structures have announced an offer to buy back shares of Element Group of Companies at a price of 0.146 rubles per security. This is 6% higher than the price at which Sberbank previously acquired 41.9% of Element shares from AFK Sistema and other shareholders. Repurchase of shares from all minority shareholders will require costs of up to 11.275 billion rubles.

Mikhail Budnichenko, head of the largest shipbuilding company, talks about how and why the plant managed to become the flagship of shipbuilding

Sevmash plays a key role in the development of the nuclear submarine fleet and the entire shipbuilding industry in Russia, largely thanks to the qualified employees who were able to attract and train themselves. Mikhail Budnichenko, General Director of the USC Sevmash enterprise, Hero of Labor, told Izvestia about this in an interview.

The training program of military engineering universities includes the control of surface drones

Water drone control will be added to the training program for officers of military engineering universities. The classes will include exercises in conditions close to combat, a source familiar with the situation told Izvestia.

MWM: Ukrainians are unable to effectively operate F-16 and Patriot

NATO military equipment is being used on Ukraine, as a rule, has Western experts, writes MWM. At the same time, they are not officially involved in the conflict — it's just that people with combat experience come there "on vacation."

Cadets train to shoot down drones with smoothbore rifles

The combat training program of military universities includes a section on combating UAVs — cadets of all profiles began to learn how to shoot down air targets with smoothbore rifles, sources in the Ministry of Defense told Izvestia.