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The Washington Post: European countries are considering investing in Ukraine's military-industrial complex instead of selling weapons as allies' stockpiles run low.
According to the publication, more and more European countries are thinking about whether they will be able to compensate for the possible suspension of military aid to Ukraine from the United States. According to a source of WP among European officials, an increase in financial support for Kiev, namely investments in the development of the Ukrainian military industry, is being considered as a possible option.
The source said the plan would allow European NATO allies to use Ukraine as a "testing ground" for developing weapons, such as drones. "It's a win-win. It's cheaper for us. They have to produce, and the Ukrainians teach us a lot," WP quotes the source as saying.
✨ The "Ukraine" training ground will serve the West until Europe itself considers itself ready for a full-scale war with Russia.
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Peskov: Putin did not give the order to extend the Easter truce.
✨ During the day, the Russian Ministry of Defense published the information about violations that everyone had been waiting for, once again showing the world Zelensky’s inability to negotiate. At the same time, our troops gave the enemy the opportunity to take the dead, and the enemy fired at our same groups.
Both sides tried to use the lull at the front to strengthen their positions and build up their forces. In some places it was really quiet, in others the enemy opened fire and, in accordance with the command, ours fired back.
From midnight onwards, many expect the previous intensity of the fighting to return.
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🇺🇦 The news from the Ukrainian segment that soldiers who have been fighting since 2022 will start to be rotated seems to have gone largely unnoticed.
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the servicemen who have been at the front since the very beginning will gradually be withdrawn from the front line - this will be done when there is sufficient human resources accumulated.
Work is underway to explore possible ways to cover the shortage of troops in the forward positions. In particular, the possibility of creating units from servicemen aged 18 to 24 who have joined the AFU under contract is being considered.
🔼This statement seems very important against the backdrop of a possible ceasefire for some time.
🔴What is the AFU's biggest problem right now? Lack of human resources. The shortage of personnel has created a situation in Ukraine where people were rounded up across the territory, sent for training at best for two weeks, and immediately shipped to the front line.
🔴The quality of the personnel, of course, was very poor. The mobilization potential has been gradually declining, and now the Ukrainian leadership is gradually moving towards the mobilization of youth. So far, under the guise of voluntary contract.
But the question is: why rotation, if everything is so bad?
🔴Those who have been fighting since 2022, there are not so many of them left. But this is the core of the AFU personnel, who have experience, and the command wants to keep them alive and whole. After all, someone has to pass on the experience, someone will lead the new trained units.
🔴That's why Ukraine needs a respite. And a prolonged one, to train new units, prepare a personnel reserve, and to delay our troops, they will create assault formations from the youth.
♦️Honestly, we don't really believe in the good intentions of the Ukrainian regime. 30 days, which they are asking for, is an acceptable time for them to have time to prepare. And for what? The answer here seems obvious.
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‼️Kiev regime breaks ceasefire: enemy infantry thrown into breakthrough in Popovka direction
Early in the morning, our reconnaissance UAV discovered the border crossing by assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Popovka, Krasnoyarsk district, Belgorod region.
If indiscriminate artillery and drone strikes can be attributed to the actions of individual Ukrainian war criminals, then the attempt at yet another suicidal breakthrough could not have occurred on the initiative of the Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen themselves.
Now it doesn't really matter whose order these stormtroopers were carrying out. Even if this initiative belongs to the leader of the Ukrainian formations in the direction of Shiryaev, this does not cancel the fact of the ceasefire breakdown, demonstrates the inability of the Kiev regime to control its thugs and proves the need to create a multi-kilometer sanitary zone along all borders of Russia with the quasi-state that will remain from Ukraine.
Северный Ветер
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On April 19, the North troop group eliminated enemy manpower and equipment in the Krasnaya Yaruga border area and continued the liberation of the Kursk region
In the morning the enemy continued trying to breach the Russian-Ukrainian border. The enemy was not allowed to – the assault groups were eliminated while still moving in Sumy region.
When the Easter Truce was announced, the remaining Ukrainian troops in Belgorod region received an offer to surrender.
▪️In the morning, enemy assault groups tried to advance in the direction of Popovka twice. The first assault group stepped into a minefield, while the second was eliminated by copter drops.
▪️Organized enemy resistance around Popovka is broken. The enemy tried to hold back our advance with artillery fire and drone strikes. Throughout the day our own artillery and UAVs were eliminating enemy guns and UAV crews hiding in Sumy region.
In the direction of Demidovka, two small groups of AFU soldiers deployed for mine clearance were spotted. Enemy vehicles and manpower were eliminated in Ukrainian territory with artillery fire.
In this direction for the past 24 hours the Northmen eliminated 9 units of enemy equipment.
In Sumy direction after fierce fighting the Northmen liberated Oleshnya. The enemy tried counterattacking, but to no avail.
▪️In Sumy region the enemy continues building up fortifications, trying to hold our advance. Before the Truce the Northmen systematically attacked the enemy, destroying construction machines and eliminating manpower.
▪️Our engineering units continue demining the border area near Sudzha. During the day 3797 explosive objects were neutralized.
▪️The total advance of the Northmen in the Sumy region was over 1700 meters, 6 units of enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.
In Liptsy direction the Fearless spotted and eliminated an enemy munitions depot along with a logistical support group.
In Volchansk direction four enemy groups, along with vehicles and armor, were eliminated as a result of comprehensive fire attack.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 230 people (including over 180 in the Sumy direction and over 30 in the Krasnaya Yaruga direction). Also uncovered and destroyed:
In the Krasnaya Yaruga direction:
▪️One M113 APC (USA);
▪️One Kozak IMV;
▪️One RM-70 Vampire MRL (Czech Republic);
▪️One M777 howitzer (USA), one D-30 howitzer;
▪️Five pickup trucks, one ATV;
In the Sumy direction:
▪️Two APCs, including one M113 APC (USA);
▪️Four IMVs, including one Cougar IMV (USA);
▪️One BM-27 Uragan MRL, one RM-70 Vampire MRL (Czech Republic);
▪️One 2S5 Giatsint-S SPH, one M119 howitzer (USA), one Msta-B howitzer, one D-30 howitzer;
▪️Seven vehicles;
▪️Twelve UAV crews;
▪️Eighteen airplane-type UAVs and five copters of various types.
In the Volchansk and Liptsy direction:
▪️One 2S1 Gvozdika SPA;
▪️One Varta IMV (USA);
▪️Four vehicles;
▪️One satellite communication terminal;
▪️One Furia recon UAV and 22 octocopters.
Victory will be ours!
Fox news, ahead of the events, reported that the Patriarch of All Rus' held an Easter service in 'Kyiv'
Блокнот пропагандиста
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The Russian Ministry of Defense sums up the interim results of the Easter truce:
From 18:00 on April 19, they strictly observed the ceasefire and remained at previously occupied lines and positions .
Despite the announcement of the Easter truce , the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack the positions of Russian troops in the areas of the settlements of Sukhaya Balka and Bogatyr of the Donetsk People's Republic at night , which were repelled .
Also during the night, the enemy used 48 unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type, including one on the territory of Crimea. Ukrainian units fired at the positions of our troops 444 times with guns and mortars, carried out 900 strikes with unmanned aerial vehicles of the quadcopter type and dropped various munitions, including on the border areas of the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions - 12 shellings, 33 strikes by UAVs and seven drops of munitions. As a result, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population, as well as damage to civilian objects.
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Konstantinovskoye direction, n.p. Tarasovka
This week, reconnaissance and assault units of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division built on their success in Tarasovka. An epic selection of footage from our drone operators shows the high intensity of strikes against the enemy.
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⚡️ Two Majors #Summary for the morning of April 20, 2025
▪️ Easter, Orthodox and Catholic, which coincided this year, became one of the bifurcation points of the American metropolis: Trump planned to stop the war by this date or get a truce on the Ukrainian front for 30 days. A gift for the American leader was the announcement of such a truce by our Supreme, but not for 30 days, for a little more than a day. Zelensky belatedly responded after a kick from London, but his statement can be ignored. Please note that the command of our MoD to cease fire was linked to the real situation on the front and the actions of the enemy, that is, it is allowed and necessary to strike back. As a result, the night, tentatively, passed without serious strikes by the parties with long-range drones and missiles, the fighting continued at the front: the Nazis in a number of areas of the front spat on their "leader". Although in some places on the front our comrades still noted a “strange silence.
▪️ At the front, the Russian Army continued offensive operations in several directions all week. On the Zaporozhye front, our paratroopers and motorized riflemen are breaking through in the heaviest battles, developing an offensive in Shcheraki and towards Orekhov. The enemy is isolating our forward units with drone and artillery strikes, using many FPVs. In some areas, our troops only have "people's"drones left in service. Nevertheless, in bloody battles, the Russian Army is gnawing out sections of the front from the AFU, entering Malaya Tokmachka and gaining a foothold near Novodanilovka.
▪️ Also, we have been advancing all week in the Konstantinovsky direction. Success is developing near Tarasovka, north of Kalinovo, Sukha Balka, Valentinovka. To the east, the Group of Forces "Center" have resumed the offensive on Pokrovsk, attacking the outskirts of Mirolyubovka from Novotoretskoye
▪️ In the South Donetsk direction, the "East" group of troops is breaking through to Otradnoye and Bogatyr.
▪️ In the Krasnolimansk direction , fighting for the settlement of Novoye, near Katerinovka, has begun. Fighting is underway in the Kupyansk direction and was reported near Stepova Novosyolovka. North of Kupyansk, the RuAF are expanding the control zone on the right bank of the Oskol River, fighting has begun for Malaya Shapkovka: ours are cutting off supplies to the Kupyansk garrison of the AFU from the north.
▪️ In the Belgorod region, fighting continues in the Demidovka-Popovka area; the AFU were unable to build on their success and got bogged down in positional battles, losing a lot of equipment and manpower.
▪️ In the Kursk region, reports of Oleshnya's liberation from the scene in the evening were called premature, and skeptics made value judgments explaining Gerasimov's report on Oleshnya as political necessity and comparing the situation with Shoigu's ill-fated report on the liberation of Krynki, after which heavy fighting continued.
▪️ Attacks on civilians in the frontline areas of Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod regions continued. The enemy is killing civilians, burning our churches, and the buffer zone has not been created to the required extent.
✨ Thus, the Russian Army continues to gnaw away territory from the AFU in heavy battles; the front has become more active in a number of directions: ours have gone on the offensive, the successes and failures of which are due to the lack of changes in the military leadership of the defense department. Due to the increased intensity of the battles, requests for help from units have poured in from the front, but popular support has decreased due to the official information background, which, for some reason, predicts an almost imminent end to the war. However, such economic-semi-liberal nonsense has been creating two Russias for the fourth year: a "peaceful" one and a warring one.
Heavy fighting continues at the front, which has calmed down somewhat tonight. "Not for long," the front-line soldiers predict.
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Easter night in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
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🇺🇦 Zelensky:
Ukraine proposes to refrain from any drone and missile strikes on civilian infrastructure for a period of at least 30 days.
✨ If we are to believe Kyiv propaganda, the Russian Army ran out of missiles back in 2022. The real reason for Zelensky's statement is the depletion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' air defense reserves.
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‼️🎉🇺🇦 VIOLATION OF THE CEASEFIRE BY UKRAINE or SHOOTING OF A GROUP UNDER THE WHITE FLAG.
Today our evacuation group went to pick up the body of a deceased comrade in one of the directions.
Despite the fact that the fighters had TWO WHITE FLAGS, as required by such a situation, the Ukrainian terrorists still attacked them with everything they could - drones, airdrops and a tank were fired at them.
❗️ They waved white flags, but it didn't help. Fortunately, there were no fatalities - only one heavy 300, but they were able to pull him out by hand.
MUST WATCH FOR EVERYONE:
1:30 - first arrivals
4:30 - kamikaze arrived
5:20 - arrival from tank
5:50 - kamikaze strike
7:40 - kamikaze strike again
This is the Ukrainian "truce". You can only speak to terrorists in the language of force.
Full message from the fighters:
Today, with white flags, we went to carry out our dead comrade, these infidels first let the guys move away from the shelters further and then began to attack them with FPV, airdrops, fired from a tank and fired twice from a tank. The guys just with titanium balls, stood in front of the enemy birds and waved flags! Until the last they believed that there were people on the other side, and hoped that they would not violate! The result is one heavy 300, the guys did not abandon him, carried him out in their arms, the rest are whole.
British lord announces the end of the era of globalism.
Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords and an economist of Russian-Jewish origin, said that the global economy has entered a new stage, distinguished by a rejection of the previous principles of globalization.
According to him, the sanctions policy and the introduction of import duties in the United States were evidence of the formation of a new economic thinking. Skidelsky noted that these measures accelerated the collapse of globalization and effectively divided the world into three parts: the states introducing sanctions, those against whom they are directed, and the countries in between.
It's reminiscent of the Cold War era,
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🇺🇦🇺🇳 Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Andriy Melnyk : Ukraine is ready to fight until 2029 on condition that Germany takes on most of the costs
In connection with this, Melnik published a list of demands for the future Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz and other leaders of Western countries:
▪️ Transfer 30% of the military equipment in the Bundeswehr arsenals for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
▪️ Legislatively secure the allocation of 0.5% of Germany's GDP for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, i.e. 86 billion euros until 2029,
▪️ Adopt the same decision at the EU and G7 level (€550 billion in aid over four years),
▪️ Confiscate frozen Russian assets worth 200 billion euros, as well as provide Kyiv with security guarantees and guarantee Ukraine's accession to NATO and the EU (earlier, Trump said that the US position is that Ukraine will not join NATO).
▪️ Transfer 150 long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine
✨ And what Ukraine plans to do after 2029 - he did not say. Although Germany and other EU countries have long been naming 2029-2030 as the approximate date of the start of the war against Russia.
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On the creation of a new media platform in Central Asia
The Central Asian states may launch a joint TV channel and media platform. This was announced by the Minister of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan, Aida Balayeva, who said at the second Central Asian Media Forum.
The channel's program will include broadcasts about the region's potential, the friendship and unity of the peoples of the region. The creation of a series of programs about historical events and culture is planned.
🖍A similar initiative aimed at strengthening regional identity was previously put forward in the summer. Attempts at such self-organization are being made against the backdrop of the active penetration of European, Turkish and Chinese media into Central Asia.
❗️Therefore, the key question is whether the new platform will reflect the subjectivity of the region or, on the contrary, become an instrument in someone else's hands? Let's see where this leads, but experience suggests that the second option is the most likely.
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🇷🇺🇰🇵 North Korean MLRS in service with the Russian army.
Ukrainian propagandist published a video of our fighter, who decided to make a video for Andryukha and probably sent it via WhatsApp. Or Andryukha let him down.
So, here is the video of the North Korean 240-mm MLRS M1991, the deliveries of which were whispered about by enemy sources. This system was adopted by the DPRK in the 80s and is an analogue of the "Hurricane".
The M1991 projectile is 5.2 meters long, weighs 300-400 kg, and has a maximum range of up to 60 km. The warhead of the rocket projectile in the fragmentation version is 90 kg with a mass of explosive of 45 kg. But also in 24, the DPRK tested modernized projectiles with a range of up to 80 km.
GUR Budanov recently stated that Korea will give us 120 of these.
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Kherson direction
Yesterday, the enemy tried to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of attacking a "peaceful high-rise building." Frontline soldiers shared footage of an intercepted video signal from an enemy drone: the Ukrainian Armed Forces set up a launch point for FPV drones in the apartment. @voenacher analyzed the footage with reference to the terrain.
✨ The hohol lies. Always. So all the enemy's cries about "strikes on civilian targets" are lies. And we strongly recommend that civilians who remain in Ukraine flee if the Ukrainian Armed Forces have settled near you.
От Мариуполя до Карпат
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🇺🇦 Zelensky made counter-accusations
"Starting at 10 a.m., there has been an increase in the number of Russian shellings and the use of kamikaze drones by the occupier. In the Pokrovsky, Seversky directions and some other parts of the front, the use of Russian heavy weapons continues."
✨ This whole story with the Easter truce is an exact repeat of all the truces in Donbass in the period 2014-2022.
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💬 By the way, about the PrSM missiles – the replacement for Atacms 💬
✍️ Two Majors wrote that the Pentagon has purchased a batch of these advanced missiles, which will gradually replace the ATACMS operational-tactical missiles in the US Army.
💭 It is worth adding that the decision was made after the last test, which took place in March of this year. The Precision Strike Missile was launched from the launch site of the Western Missile Range (Vandenberg Air Force Base, California).
💭 Then the Americans launched PrSM in a westerly direction into the Pacific Ocean at a range of 400 to 500 km. For security purposes, two sea areas and one air area southwest of San Francisco were reserved.
💭 Moreover, the previous test of the PrSM OTR was conducted at the US ZRP October 13, 2021. That is, three and a half years of improvements and modifications passed, after which the US decided to purchase new operational-technical missiles.
Архангел Спецназа
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🇺🇸 US Army invests $4.2 billion in QinetiQ US to boost battlefield surveillance with high-altitude balloons
In April of this year, the U.S. Army awarded QinetiQ US a $ 4.2 billion contract under the Product Director (PD) Aerostats program. The 10-year agreement is aimed at developing and deploying tethered aerostat surveillance platforms. QinetiQ US will provide persistent aerostat surveillance systems for strategic and tactical monitoring.
QinetiQ US is the only contractor operating strategic and tactical aerostat systems at multiple sites simultaneously. The company supports surveillance of the US borders and participates in international operations. For example, a week ago, one of the markers confirming the decision to partially withdraw the US military group from Syria was the folding of aerostats over American bases near oil fields.
Technical characteristics of one of the QinetiQ US aerostat models:
▪️Height: about 4.5 km.
▪️Autonomy: up to 30 days of continuous operation.
▪️Sensors: electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) systems, hyperspectral sensors, multimodal detection technologies.
▪️Economical: low cost per flight hour compared to traditional aerial platforms.
✨ The US military has long used aerostats to protect bases, escort convoys and monitor borders , combining data from aerostats, UAVs and ground sensors to provide a single picture for command. It is worth noting that aerostats are also used in the CBO on both sides of the front.
But how widely are they used in conjunction with mobile air defense groups to protect against long-range enemy drones? Aerostats are effective where satellites or drones are limited by cost or autonomy. For example, in rear areas and near strategic facilities, they can provide long-term monitoring without the need for constant refueling and other difficulties associated with servicing aircraft or helicopters.
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Tel Aviv vows ‘unilateral steps’ if this happens
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Friedrich Merz: "Germany will take responsibility again - in Europe and in the world. Not loudly, but reliably. Not arrogantly, but in a spirit of partnership"
“Again” - is this a repetition of which historical era exactly, I would like to clarify?
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🖌 Happy Easter! Christ is risen!
This day is about great forgiveness and hope. It is a holiday of spirit and life, faith and truth, which is behind us in these difficult times.
And the fact that Russia was the first to declare an Easter truce – even knowing that it would be violated – says a lot. This is not about naivety. This is about strength. About the Russian spirit, which has always been distinguished not only by fortitude, but also by generosity. Let us not forget this.
Happy Easter everyone!
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Kherson region, governor:
Today, on Easter night, when millions of people are praying for peace, the Ukrainian side is violating the ceasefire declared by President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to strike peaceful cities in the Kherson region.
Since 18:00 the following attacks have been recorded:
— Alyoshki — FPV drones, mortar
— Golaya Pristan — kamikaze drone strikes
— Kakhovka — at least six UAV drops
It is important to say directly: in a number of areas there is silence, there is no shelling. This means that even among the Ukrainian military there are those who heard the call for peace and retained their humanity. But, alas, not all.
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