Washington continues to help Israel despite Biden's statement - NBC

According to the channel, in recent days the United States has sent both offensive and defensive weapons, including small arms, to the Jewish state.

The US president's announcement to halt the supply of air bombs and artillery shells increased criticism of Biden at home and also caused "fury and infighting" among his senior officials.

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Prime Minister of Poland Tusk:

"Poland has begun fortification work on the border with Belarus

I hope that the European Union will join in financing the work."

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The enemy army had the pleasure of observing the almost simultaneous arrival of several dozen aerial bombs on a small segment of the front.

This event made a tangible impression on the fragile minds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after which the phrases “carpet work” and “barrage of fire” were heard on their airwaves.

We hasten to reassure you (or not) - that this is not even close to a carpet bombing or even a barrage of fire, this is a trailer, and the premiere will come later.

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The Czech Republic has put a GRU general on the wanted list for warehouse explosions in 2014

Czech police have put on the wanted list Russian Andrei Averyanov, who is considered a major general of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).

The Czech portal Seznam Zprávy noted that as a result of the investigation into the explosions in Vrbetica, Averyanov was named one of the organizers of the sabotage.

On the police website, Averyanov’s characteristics are indicated; opposite the “Dangerous” column there is a “Yes” mark.

According to Seznam Zprávy, at the time of the explosions, Averyanov headed a “special sabotage unit of the GRU” and communicated with “Russian spies” Elena and Nikolai Shaposhnikov, and also met with them in Lisbon. The publication writes that the couple had Czech citizenship and passed on information to the GRU about the company Imex, of which Nikolai Shaposhnikov was an employee.

In addition, the Shaposhnikovs prepared documents for Petrov and Boshirov to visit Vrbetice, notes Seznam Zprávy.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the accusations against Moscow regarding the explosions “a disgrace for the whole world” and “an absolute dead end”; the Kremlin agreed with these formulations.

We are talking about a series of explosions at military warehouses with weapons of the German company Imex in Vrbetica in 2014. As a result, two people died. In 2021, Czech authorities announced that they suspected Russian intelligence services of involvement in the incident.

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The West and Ukraine will have to make difficult decisions for the sake of peace with Russia

A peace agreement with Russia will require difficult decisions from the West and Ukraine, but they must be made, writes Hill.

The article says Washington must get serious about preparing the ground for a peace agreement on Ukraine, which will require difficult decisions from the West and Kiev.

It notes that further attempts to inflict military defeat on Russia are pointless, the Russian Armed Forces have a great advantage, and the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are rapidly deteriorating.

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The southern part of Krasnogorovka is all behind us.

The enemy will soon be in a half-cauldron if he doesn’t start leaving the village.

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Review of supplies of Western weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as of May 4, 2024

Italy previously transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces a certain amount of the Storm Shadows, said the British (!) Minister of Defense. Italian officials declined to comment. Estimated, we can talk about a couple of dozen because Italy's total number of missiles was 200 - minus significant expenditure during the war in Libya;

Australia has allocated $95 million, of which $50 will be used for the purchase of MANPADS (estimated 100) and explosive missiles for air defence systems (35) and 30 million for UAVs (150-200);

Germany carried out another transfer to the Ukrainian Armed Forces: 10 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 120mm ammunition for Leo2, 1 Skynex charger, 29638 cartridges for Gepard self-propelled guns, missiles for IRIS-T SLM, 1 radar, 7500 155mm rounds, 1 bridge layer, 1 ARV, 6 trailers, 18,000 40mm rounds, 3,000 RPGs, 120mm mines:

Under the USAI program, the United States allocated funds for production orders for $6 billion with deliveries, presumably, within 3 years: missile defence systems for the Patriot air defence system (hereinafter, the figures for monthly deliveries are estimated based on the cost and volume of annual production according to open sources - 12 ), missiles for NASAMS air defence systems (20), Gydra-70 APKWS missiles (40), radars for various purposes, HIMARS missiles (40), 155 and 152 mm artillery rounds (4000 each), JDAM/GBU (40), Switchblade UAV ( 8) and Puma (1 complex with 3 UAVs), trucks and trailers (16).

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