Developments in Ukraine The silence of the White House about the destruction of 6 long-range missiles

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, John Kirby , the strategic communications coordinator at the US National Security Council, refused to admit at his press conference last night that the Russian military had succeeded in shooting down six Ukrainian ATACMS missiles delivered by the United States.

He told reporters: “I can’t confirm the reports that any of them were shot down.”

The White House official said no He did not provide proof that these missiles were not shot down. Kirby also did not answer the question of exactly how many ATACMS missiles it has provided to Ukraine.

On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that its air defense forces The country shot down six American ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and two French Hammer guided bombs in the last night. Ukrainian militants have been destroyed in the skies over the peninsula and their unexploded ordnance has been discovered. The long-range ATACMS has been transferred to Kyiv. According to this publication, after receiving the missiles, Kiev immediately used them and attacked an airport in Crimea.

On the same day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that The transfer of ATACMS missiles will only cause more problems for Kiev and will not change the situation on the battle front. And follow the eighth day of the war in Ukraine:

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Zakharova’s reaction to the European Union’s intention to transfer Ukrainian soldiers to their country

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, those European Union officials who decided He called the transfer of Ukrainian men of military service age to Kiev hypocritical. In this way, he responded to the statements of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Poland, Władysław Kusniak-Kamis, regarding the preparation of a similar plan in the European Union.

This diplomat in His Telegram channel wrote: According to the Minister of Defense of Poland, the European Union intends to make decisions regarding the transfer of men of military age to Ukraine. Negotiations in this regard are ongoing between Kyiv and Brussels. What vile people are they who, despite claiming respect for human rights, are willing to forcibly sacrifice Ukrainian men for the ambitious goals of the Kiev authorities and send them to the meat grinder.”

Yesterday, a member of the Ukrainian parliament revealed that units of Ukrainian men who are ready to return to their homeland to fight are being trained in Poland.

Warning Poland about the transfer of military equipment near the Russian border

Poland warned about the transfer of military equipment near the Russian border due to NATO military exercises. According to the press service of the Polish Army Command, in connection with the NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2024, the Polish armed forces plan to transfer certain military equipment to areas of the country’s territory in the vicinity of the Kaliningrad region of Russia in early May.

In this regard, this command asked the people of these areas to refrain from unnecessary traffic in the border areas in the first decade of May.

A New York citizen admitted to transferring drone technology to Russia

The United States Department of Justice announced yesterday that a New York City resident accused of organizing a plan to transfer dual American drone technology to a Russian company has pleaded guilty.

This ministry noted that a total of technologies worth more than 250 thousand dollars were transferred to Russia. According to this information, these dual-purpose electronic devices have been used in the drones of the Russian military.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal announced that the Cabinet of Ministers of the country will allocate 15.5 billion hryvnias (more than $390 million) for the purchase of 300,000 drones. It is allocated for the Ukrainian army.

He said last night: “This is an additional financial source to provide 43.3 billion hryvnias (about 1.1 billion dollars) that we need in the year We allocated current for the production of drones. With the credit allocated today, 300,000 UAVs will be provided to the security and defense forces of our country.”

A day before, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that operational-tactical aircraft , missile and artillery forces of the Russian armed forces destroyed a drone assembly factory of the Ukrainian armed forces. Previously, the Russian army had repeatedly attacked Ukrainian drone production centers.

Norway’s plan to allocate another 630 million dollars to Ukraine

The Norwegian government plans to allocate another 7 billion kroner ($633 million) from the kingdom’s budget to help Ukraine in 2024.

Such an amount will be included in the government’s revised budget next month, as Norway’s prime minister noted after meeting with opposition leaders, according to Reuters. According to him, about 540 million dollars of this amount will be used for military aid and the rest for humanitarian and civilian programs.

Earlier in late April, Norway He had deposited 13 million dollars for the maintenance of Leopard tanks for Ukraine. Also, Norway participates in the training of Ukrainian demining forces in Lithuania. This training is carried out in the framework of cooperation between the Nordic countries.

Stoltenberg: Ukraine’s trust in its allies has been shaken

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Reuters that Ukrainian officials’ trust in their Western allies, including NATO member states, has been shaken amid delays in arms deliveries.

Stoltenberg said: “Of course, the fact that we didn’t do what we promised has damaged Ukraine’s trust in us.”

According to him, the delay in sending military aid allowed Russia to take the initiative on the battlefield, while Ukrainian forces were forced to go on the defensive due to a lack of ammunition.

The opposition of more than half of the German people to the supply of Taurus to Ukraine

The majority of German citizens do not agree with the supply of Taros long-range missiles to Kiev. This issue was determined from the data of a survey by Forsa Institute for the NTV television network.

Thus, out of two thousand respondents to this question, 56% of citizens from They did not support the initiative to send these types of missiles to Ukraine. Only 37% agreed, which is significantly higher than last month. At that time, only 28% of the respondents were in favor of supplying Taurus to Ukraine. The “Greens” have been supported, and at the same time, the staunchest opponents of their transfer are the supporters of the “Alternative for Germany” party. Nuclear war has arrived

Peter Szijártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Relations of Hungary, believes that some politicians in the West are obsessed with nuclear war.

He said in an interview: “Unfortunately, this Western European military madness has reached new dimensions and has become a kind of nuclear war obsession.” We already heard the words of the French president (about the possible deployment of NATO troops to the Ukraine conflict zone), and now the Polish president has also spoken about the possibility of a nuclear war.

Proposal to use women in clearing minefields in Ukraine

Ukraine Economy Minister Yulia Svirdenko suggested that women should be more active in clearing Mined areas should participate.

He said: “Gender equality is an integral part of Ukrainian politics, which is based on the principles of integration, inclusiveness and integrity.” This applies to all types of activities, especially important areas such as mine clearance.” that the average participation of women among government and non-government operators of demining operations is only about 30% and should be increased.

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