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23 апреля министр обороны Армении Сурен Папикян принял делегацию, возглавляемую руководителем группы дружбы Франция-Армения Сената Франции Жильбером-Люком Девиназом. Armenian Military Portal

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺US considers sending more military advisers to Ukraine as Russia advances According to Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the advisers will not have a combat role but rather will advise and support the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He declined to discuss a specific number, but two U.S. officials said the number could rise to 60. The additional troops will support logistical efforts and oversee weapons sent by the U.S. to Ukraine, according to four U.S. officials and a person familiar with the plans. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/20/us-troops-ukraine-00153499

🏃‍♂️Vermont border patrol records highest number of illegal crossings from Canada in single month Officials in the U.S. Border Patrol’s Swanton Sector in Vermont saw 1,109 apprehensions in March 2024, the highest recorded by the sector in a single month. The top three nationalities apprehended were 408 Indian, 323 Bangladeshi, and 170 Mexican nationals. Don't get me wrong, but isn't Canada good enough for people from Bangladesh? #US #immigration 🍁 Maple Chronicles

🇺🇸👨‍✈️🤖 Human pilot and #AI fighter jet go head-to-head in world first #UnitedStates trial combat – The AI-powered fighter jet relied on algorithms that analyzed historical combat situations: "The U.S. military confirmed on April 19th that the world’s first known combat between a human pilot and a fighter jet controlled entirely by AI had been carried out in the U.S. in September of 2023. Two F-16 fighter jets reportedly engaged in a dogfight over Edwards Air Force Base in California and got as close as 600 meters to each other. One of the high-speed fighter jets was manned by a human, while the other was a modified F-16 to be completely controlled by AI, named the X-62A. DARPA, which carried out the test, said pilots were on board the AI-powered fighter jet in case of an emergency but did not need to touch the controls anytime during the fight. In 2020, the US military said that AI agents had defeated human pilots in five separate simulations, but this was the first time the technology had been used in the real world." –Verdict https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/04/19/us-air-force-stages-dogfights-with-ai-flown-fighter-jet/ Full video by Darpa: https://youtu.be/C8yjtaZfNCw

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Avdiivka – "#Russia's advance along the rail line has entered Ocheretyne. With Semenivka also contested and Pervomais’ke captured, #Ukraine's two-month-held fallback line is compromised. Expect a gradual withdrawal to defences behind the Vovcha River and its reservoirs." Via @war_mapper

🇦🇲🔥📹 — On today, April 23, 2024 AD, Armenians in Armenia marched on the streets of Yerevan to mark, remember and celebrate the 99 Years of the start of the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turk's leadership in the Ottoman Empire during the World War I During the event, which is held every year since Armenia regained its independence following the collapse of the Soviet Regime, a torchlight procession in memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turks took place, starting from Republic Square in Yerevan. The torchlight procession in Yerevan then went to the Mashtots Avenue, where new participants are joining the ranks along the way. It happens 4 years after the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, which ended in Azerbaijani victory, and 7 months after the Azeri Offensive of September 2023, when the Pro-West administration of Nikol Pashinyan surrendered without a fight the entire remaining 🇦🇲 Territory of Artsakh Republic and triggered the mass exodus of 100,000 Armenian civilians.

🇱🇹🇺🇦A new batch of M577 armored personnel carriers arrived in Ukraine from Lithuania “Lithuania’s support to Ukraine is long-term and already amounts to a billion euros. Lithuania has provided military support to Ukraine in the amount of about 610 million euros. During this year, support in the amount of approximately 84 million euros has already been provided,” the Ministry of Defense noted. https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukraine-received-m577-command-post-vehicles-from-lithuania/

🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩 Ilan Shor presented to RIA Novosti his solution for Moldova’s ongoing ethnic tensions in Găgăuzia and Transnistria: Make Moldova a federal state, basically implement the 2003 Kozak Memorandum. His argument being that not everywhere in Moldova do people speak Romanian with Gagauzia and Transnistria being dominated by Russian speakers. @Wallachian_Gazette

В Барановичи прилетел еще один истребитель Су-30СМ ВКС РФ По информации «Беларускі Гаюн», 23 апреля на аэродром «Барановичи» из России прилетел истребитель Су-30СМ ВКС РФ. Сейчас на аэродроме в Барановичах постоянно находятся два разведывательных самолета Су-24МР и по меньше мере один истребитель Су-30СМ ВКС РФ (с сегодняшнего дня — их минимум два). Нами регулярно фиксируются полеты этих самолетов в воздушном пространстве Беларуси. Новость доступна на сайте @Hajun_BY

🇧🇴 Protesting teachers clash with police in Bolivia Teachers in Bolivia clashed with police while marching towards the Ministry of Education in La Paz on Monday. Teachers from different regions of the country are protesting against mandatory retirement and asked for an increase in pensions and salaries, among other things. #Bolivia #protest ☠️ Blood Meridian