Russian National Guard military personnel on Red Square, Moscow, 2019. Photo: mil.ru The Russian National Guard has spent almost a billion rubles on electronic warfare systems from China that were not fit for purpose, state-affiliated newspaper Izvestia reported on Thursday. In November 2023, the Russian National Guard signed nine state contracts for the supply of anti-drone systems worth more than 820 million rubles (€8.9 million) with a company by the name of Oruzheynaya Palata.

What has changed? Novyevropa learned from a Ukrainian political scientist US Minister of Finance Scott Immentin and Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko sign an agreement on the creation of an investment fund of the restoration of Ukraine, Washington, USA, April 30, 2025.

Russia ordered from China the radio electronic warfare systems (RAB) “Furner”, but they came in a non -working state. This is written by Izvestia with reference to sources. According to journalists, in November 2023, the Federal Service for the National Guard (FSVG) of Russia and the company "The arms of the weapon chamber" concluded nine state contracts for the supply of complexes of detection and suppression of the unmanned vehicles "Furious".

Whether the conflict will develop in South Asia into a big war - explains the Ukrainian orientalist Sergei Danilov Indian military personnel near Pakhalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India, April 22, 2025. Photo: TauseEF MUSTAFA / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On Wednesday, April 30, Pakistan announced that India was preparing to strike within the next one and a half days.

Photo: RIA Novost Photo: RIA Novosti Russian security forces raided a Moscow swingers club in the early hours of Thursday morning, state-owned news agency RIA Novosti has reported . A law enforcement source told RIA Novosti that the raid was carried out as a “preventive measure” which was “based on suspicion of LGBT propaganda”. It is unclear whether anyone was detained in the raid. Footage published by RIA Novosti showed party-goers being placed face down on the floor.

Putin gave Lukashenko a new myth - about the heroic defense of Minsk Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin on Mamaev Kurgan, Volgograd, April 29, 2025. Photo: Kremlin The best gift to an ally is a new myth.

Georgian authorities accused the Russian Federation of violation of international norms Photo: social networks Since May 1, Russia launched direct air traffic to Sukhum - the capital of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia. Flights will be performed by the JVT Aero airline. Also, the flights of Icarus, Nordstar and IFLI are allowed to flights. Earlier, Aeroflot refused to perform flights to an unrecognized republic.

Photo: Vladimir Saldo / Telegram Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed governor, said on Thursday that seven people had been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike which hit a market in an occupied area of the country’s southern Kherson region. Saldo said the drones struck a marketplace in the town of Oleshky at about 9:30am local time, injuring a further 20 people.

On April 30, 1975, the Vietnamese war ended. We recall the seven main films about her Robert de Niro in the film "Deer Hunter", 1978. Photo: Ronald Grant Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library / Scanpix / Leta On April 30, 1975, the Vietnamese war ended with the surrender of the South Vietnamese troops in Saigon. She became one of the most cruel and long conflicts after the end of the Second World War.

Russian state media’s retelling of Operation Steam is war propaganda for the ages Scene from documentary Operation Stream. Source: YouTube/Channel One On 17 April, state-controlled broadcaster Channel One aired a documentary supposedly chronicling what was described as “the most successful military operation” of the war to date.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko sign a minerals agreement in Washington, 30 April 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY The US and Ukraine have signed a long-awaited minerals deal that will see the two countries share revenues from Ukraine’s natural resources and establish an investment fund for the country’s post-war reconstruction, the US Treasury Department announced on Wednesday.

The Russian security forces sent to the pre -trial detention center the head of the occupation administration of the New Kakhovka of the Kherson region Vitaly Guru. This was reported by “Notepad Kherson” , “Mash in the Donbass” and Z-bloggers . In relation to Gura, a check is carried out in the case of the rehabilitation of Nazism in the form of desecration of symbols of military glory (part 3 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code).

The authorities of Belarus, with the assistance of the United States, freed “another illegally detained” American. This was stated by the head of the State Department Marco Rubio. He did not specify who it was specifically in question. CNN writes that Minsk freed the convicted person in the case of an attempt by the US citizen Yuri Zenkovich.

How Poland builds the strongest army in the EU and whether the Poles will go to protect the country in the event of Russian aggression. Report from Warsaw and Border Guardia with Belarus of the Polish Gainovka The armored personnel carrier stands next to concrete anti-tank barriers on the Polish-Russian border near Dabrovka, Poland, November 30, 2024. Photo: Wojtek Radwanski / AFP / Scanpix / Leta According to the Poles, the feeling of a Russian threat is in their blood.

Photo: jim lo scalzo / epa-efe Photo: jim lo scalzo / epa-efe Washington and Kyiv signed an agreement on the joint mining of minerals and the creation of an investment fund for the restoration of Ukraine. This is stated in a press release from the US Department of Finance.