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Experts explained why the heaviest mortars in the world 2C4 arrived in Mariupol

The media published photos of the arrival in Mariupol of 240-mm self-propelled mortars of special power of the reserve of the Supreme High Command 2C4 "Tulip". "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what a "Tulip" is.

The United States can supply Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, as well as multiple launch rocket systems High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) or operational tactical missile systems Army TACtical Missile System (ATACMS), admitted in an interview with News.ru the editor of the publication "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Alexey Leonkov.

The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, reported news that deserves special attention. According to the general, in the area of the Kalininskoye settlement of the Mykolaiv region, our anti-aircraft missile gunners shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Valkyrie type.

The special military operation in Ukraine, announced by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on February 24, served as a trigger that launched the process of dropping the disguises that had long concealed the bestial grins of "our Western partners."

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.

In American aviation, they complained about "anomalies of flight tests." Interesting wording... Because of them, according to the US Air Force, the Pentagon had to postpone the hypersonic missile program.

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.

Slovak media reported that Slovakia handed over to Ukraine, as a military aid, its only division of the Soviet-made S-300PMU anti-aircraft missile system, which is already located on the territory of Ukraine. According to the published video, on April 5, 2022, an echelon with the equipment of this division was sent from the Slovak station Sereda to Ukraine.

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

The Russian Ministry of Defense found out where the rocket was launched from, which fell near the railway station in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.

"According to updated data, the strike was carried out by a missile division of the armed forces of Ukraine from the area of the settlement of Dobropole, which is located 45 kilometers southwest of the city," the military department said in a statement.

Rear Admiral Seregin explained why the BC Bastion was used on the target near Odessa

The Russian armed forces destroyed the Center for the collection and training of foreign mercenaries near Odessa with high-precision missiles of the Bastion coastal complex, the Defense Ministry reported. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out why this particular complex was used and what are the possibilities of its modernization.

During the implementation of a special military operation to protect civilians in Donbass, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed eight Ukrainian launchers from the Tochka-U tactical missile systems. Nevertheless, there is still a possibility of provocations from Kiev, said on April 8, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

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.

Experts explained why the US Navy is decommissioning warships

The US Navy has released a list of 24 warships that are planned to be taken off combat duty and decommissioned in 2023. The relevant document of the Navy includes a list of the ships being withdrawn by name with an indication of their index. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the reason for the write-off was.

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.

Air Defense Forces Day – Air Defense Forces Day is a memorable day in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and is celebrated annually on the second Sunday of April, according to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 31, 2006 "On the establishment of professional holidays and memorable days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation". In 2022, this day falls on April 10.

The operator of the Russian ATGM "Sturm-S" single-handedly stopped a reinforced platoon of the AFU.

In the TG channel of the military commander of the VGTRK TV channel Yevgeny Poddubny, the story of the operator of the self-propelled ATGM "Sturm-S", who alone was able to defeat the reinforced platoon of the AFU, was published.

The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ilya Kiva, deprived of the mandate, believes that the investigation of the Tochka-U missile strike on Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region will show the involvement of Ukrainian troops in it, so Kiev decided to forget about it.

Six military transport planes of the PLA Air Force landed on Friday evening in Belgrade, appearing in the airspace of Europe from Turkey.

Experts told why AUKUS announced the development of hypersonic weapons

The United States, Great Britain and Australia - members of the AUKUS military partnership, which was established in 2021 - have agreed to cooperate in the development of hypersonic weapons. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what contribution each of the countries can make to hypersonic cooperation and why they need it.