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Defense Ministry: Russian artillery hit six points of the Ukrainian brigade at Popasna

Russian artillery in the Popasnaya area near Lugansk struck six strongholds of the 24th Ukrainian brigade, more than 120 people and 11 armored vehicles were destroyed, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said at a briefing on Tuesday.

The United States recognized that the Stinger MANPADS are outdated, and its reserves in the country are insufficient

The US public procurement website has published an application for a tender to find a replacement for the FIM-92 Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS), which is in service with the US army and is actively supplied to various countries of the world, including Ukraine. According to the text of this application, the Stinger electronics will become obsolete in 2023, and the stocks of these weapons are depleted.

New details have emerged about the creation in the United States of a critically important type of weapon – a strategic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. One could even say that the future of the entire US nuclear arsenal is to some extent in question. Why did this happen and what problems will the Pentagon have to solve now?

On April 10, 2022, Ukrainian resources distributed a video recording of the combat use by servicemen of the 95th separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the newest British portable anti-aircraft missile system Martlet. The missile was reportedly fired at the Russian small unmanned aerial vehicle Orlan-10. Previously, it was not known about the supply of Martlet complexes to Ukraine.

In the area of the settlement of Izyum, Kharkiv region, two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft were sold in the air. This was announced on Monday, April 11, by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The UK will send Ukraine weapons worth 100 million pounds, including portable anti-aircraft missile systems Starstreak.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the strike of Kalibr cruise missiles on the outskirts of Dnepropetrovsk destroyed a division of S-300 air defense systems, which was delivered to Ukraine from Europe.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use high-precision missile weapons to strike military facilities and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the use of operational-tactical missile systems "Iskander" during a special military operation in Ukraine.

British media report that after the visit of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev on April 9, 2022, the British government approved new supplies of military equipment as military assistance to Ukraine, including the transfer of 120 Mastiff, Wolfhound, Husky and Spartan armored vehicles from the presence of the British Army, as well as the supply of anti-ship missiles from the presence of the British Navy of the American Harpoon production for coastal defense.

In order to somehow compensate for the catastrophic losses of the armed formations of Ukraine, Western sponsors are sending military equipment and military equipment stored in warehouses for decades to the Kiev regime.

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.