🇧🇾 The Minister of Defense of Belarus said that the continuation of the West's policy towards Belarus will lead to the fact that not only tactical, but also strategic nuclear weapons will appear on the territory of Belarus. Preparations for this are already underway.

🇨🇳🇷🇺Chinese Defense Minister to Visit Russia on April 16-18-Sputnik

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei underscored that Li Shangfu’s visit to Russia comes amid new progress in the military collaboration between Beijing and Moscow.

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is due to arrive in Russia on Sunday for a four-day visit that comes at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Friday that "Chinese Defense Minister Colonel General Li Shangfu will pay an official visit to Russia from April 16-18, 2023."

"This is his first foreign trip after being appointed head of the Chinese military department in March 2023. Talks between Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Chinese counterpart are planned during the visit," the statement read.

The sides will discuss the state of and prospects for bilateral defense cooperation, as well as topical issues of global and regional security, the ministry added.

Commenting on the upcoming visit, Tan, for his part, told reporters that cooperation between the armed forces of Russia and China contributes to the current Russian-Chinese relations: a comprehensive and strategic partnership.

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei, for his part, pointed out that the past few years have seen the two countries' armed forces make new progress in “strategic communications, joint exercises and practical cooperation.”

The Chinese defense minister was previously slapped with US sanctions over promoting his country’s military collaboration with Russia.

His forthcoming talks with Shoigu come after Chinese Presindet Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia last month, when he sat down with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss an array of pressing issues, including the Ukraine conflict and Western countries’ sanctions against Russia.

The US and its allies slapped packages of anti-Russian sanctions shortly after Moscow began its ongoing special military operation in Ukraine. According to Putin, the sanctions ultimately backfired on those who imposed them.

The Democrat Party of DISINFORMATION is working full time saying that the reason D.A. Bragg’s “charge” is so weak is that it is going to help me get the Republican Nomination, and I’m the one they want to run against. Actually, it’s weak because they have NOTHING (but HATE!), and I’m the last person they want to run against. They said the same thing in 2016, and how did that work out? The Disinformation Democrats only do it to demean me, but I’ve had a lot worse things said. MAGA!

Biden Obstructed with thousands of boxes loaded up with Classified documents, many stored in Chinatown, and you hear NOTHING about it. Why?

Joe Biden and the Biden White House knew everything about the Unconstitutional Raid, by the FBI & DOJ, on Mar-a-Lago, despite their unequivocal denial. THEY LIED! How horrible and sick? This is all about Election Interference. Stop the Radical Left, or our Country is DEAD!!!

◾Emmanuel Macron about September 2020 Belarusian prostests Vs what's happening in France today:

◾"The authoritarian government in the country is in crisis and is not able to understand democracy, and therefore must voluntarily leave.
The demonstrators are courageous people. I especially admire the brave women who actively take part in demonstrations.
People have the right to speak out and express their disagreement. Democratic freedoms must be supported, not suppressed."

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🇷🇺✈️🚀💥🇺🇦Huge explosion....Footage of the use 0:07 of УМПК 500(FAB-500 with УМПК – unified planning and correction module; Russian version of JDAM) by the aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.

Safety tip : Wear your helmet. It will save your life. It saved the life of one lucky Wagner musician.

🇺🇦 “The final solution to the Russian question is the physical destruction of all pro-Russian people," said Zelensky's adviser Mikhail Podolyak.

Sunak and Zelensky discussed the acceleration of military assistance to Ukraine

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed efforts to accelerate military support for Ukraine during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, writes The Guardian.

The leaders of the two states discussed the latest situation on the battlefield and Sunak noted that the UK and its allies need to continue to ensure that Ukraine is in the best possible position.

🇺🇦Also…, mit diesen Schuhen würde Selenski in Deutschland wahrscheinlich Probleme mit der Staatsanwaltschaft bekommen.

👉 @NACHRICHTENWELT

🇺🇦 Well..., with these shoes, Selenski would probably have problems with the public prosecutor in Germany.

👉 @NEWSWORLD

🇾🇪Yemen prisoner exchange begins amid peace talks - Reuters

The release and swap of nearly 900 detainees by the two sides in Yemen's conflict began on Friday 14/4/2023 the International Committee of the Red Cross said...Houthi officials cited progress in negotiations...

🇷🇺🇺🇦Prigozhin released detailed material about the battle for Artemovsk. There are a lot of interesting things in it.

1. The strategic role of Bakhmut is not so great. Bakhmut is followed by Seversk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka and Chasiv Yar: settlements included in the so-called "Donbass ring" and forming a fortified area. On the one hand, Bakhmut is part of this fortified area, on the other hand, the capture of Bakhmut itself will not ensure a fleeting victory over Ukraine, the road to the Dnieper, or even the capture of Donbass.

2. The Ukrainian army has gathered a sufficient number of forces. About 200 000 already sufficiently trained fighters, who have passed two or three months of training and coordination, are ready to perform combat tasks. The amount of weapons and ammunition is quite enough for these 200 000 to go on the offensive in various directions. The troops ready for a counteroffensive are in the areas of concentration - they have enough of everything. In those tank wedges, which they try to hammer into the defense of the Wagner PMCs by the dozens every day, the AFU loses from 30 to 50 pieces of equipment daily, and they do not experience problems with it. And they have unlimited people, as they say at the front.

3. Every cry on Bakhmut, every captured soldier, every hundred killed hits Zelensky and the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine much harder than the advantages they get from holding the remnants of this city.
At the same time, the long battle for Bakhmut is extremely beneficial to the Russian troops, because they have already squeezed out a large chunk of the territory of Ukraine in 2022. If the special operation remains within these borders, plus or minus a couple of tens of kilometers, then this will solve many of its tasks. Bakhmut makes it possible for the Russian army to accumulate forces, occupy advantageous defense lines, deal with internal problems, prepare mobilized and fully armed to meet any number of counter-attacking horsemen. Bakhmut is extremely profitable for us, we grind the Ukrainian army there and restrain their maneuvers.

4. The collapse of Russia by military means cannot happen. Forests, swamps, vast territories, climatic specifics reliably protect the territory of the country, making it a huge fortified area. Always in history, the enemy who reached Moscow, as a result, shamefully fled, turning the "victory road" into the "road of death" on the way back. Why do the Anglo-Saxons restrain Zelensky by arranging internal conflicts and slowing down the offensive? Just in order to break the main jackpot – the collapse of Russia into many principalities. The US does not need a quick war. They need a war that will lead to the re-persuasion of the "deep state" and its victory.

5. Ukrainians are ready to attack. We are ready to repel the blow. The best scenario for the healing of Russia in order for it to come together and become the Strongest State is the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in which no handouts and negotiations will be impossible. And either the AFU will be defeated in a fair fight, or Russia will lick its wounds, accumulate muscles and tear up rivals again in a fair fight. Therefore, I believe that the option of contractual arrangements is impossible for the future of Russia.

👉Prigozhin's full interview online translated to English

🇨🇳 Xi Jinping addressed Vladimir Zelensky:

I personally address the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, we could not talk to you, but there will be an opportunity. As you know, I visited Russia and spoke to President Vladimir Putin about the Ukraine crisis. The outcome of our conversation will have a dramatic impact on the situation.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/kedmi/37541

Destroyed Ukrainian armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut

This is the first British-made FV103 Spartan shot down by the RF Armed Forces.

A Ukrainian MTLB is burning down nearby.