re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Canada will transfer 50 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, - Defense Minister Bill Blair

According to him, the first 10 LAV II ACSV Super Bison combat vehicles will be sent this summer to Germany, where the Ukrainian military will undergo the appropriate training program, and by the fall they should go to the front.

The armored personnel carriers are part of $650 million in military support to Kyiv.

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Baltic states accused Russia of suppressing GPS systems near Kaliningrad

The Financial Times quoted a source as saying that Russia was jamming GPS signals to prevent drone attacks on Kaliningrad. Pilots claim they lose their geolocation signal in the air, which means they cannot safely reach their planned destination.

In March 2024, a British Air Force plane carrying British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps and a group of journalists lost its signal while returning from Poland and flew near Kaliningrad.

In April 2024, The Sun newspaper wrote that thousands of British flights had been subjected to GPS suppression. This is believed to have been done by Russia. Interference in Baltic airspace on more than 2,300 of its flights was reported by Ryanair, Wizz Air on nearly 1,400, British Airways on 82 and EasyJet on four.

On April 25 and 26, two Finnair planes traveling from Helsinki to the Estonian city of Tartu were forced to return to their departure airport due to GPS interference.

According to experts, tens of thousands of civilian flights have been affected by GPS jamming in recent months. The jamming, which affects all GPS users in the area, has also interfered with signals used by ships in the Baltic Sea, leading to warnings from the Swedish navy about the safety of shipping.

Baltic politicians are sounding the alarm, saying such actions by Russia could lead to tragic consequences.

"If someone turns off your headlights while you are driving at night, the trip becomes dangerous. The situation in the Baltic region near Russia's borders has now become too dangerous to ignore," Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said.

"We perceive what is happening with GPS as part of Russia's hostile actions, and we will definitely discuss it with our allies," Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said. She said she considered it "hybrid attacks."

Experts say there are several different sources of GPS interference: one appears to be based in Kaliningrad, another is responsible for interference in Estonia and Finland, and yet another source affects the far north of Norway and Finland.

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The desertion rate is increasing among the russian army, - MDI.

In total, more than 18,000 russian servicemen voluntarily left the military units of the district.

The lion's share - about 12 thousand fugitives - belongs to the 8th combined army of the USSR, which the russians constantly use in hostilities in the east of Ukraine. Approximately 10,000 of them were drafted by Moscow through mobilization. The remaining 2,000 are contract employees.

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A Czech investigation has confirmed that the 2014 explosions at weapons depots in the village of Vrbetice were carried out by members of Russian military intelligence (GRU)

The aim was to prevent the delivery of weapons and ammunition to areas where the Russian army was conducting its operations - primarily Syria and Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the National Center for Combating Organized Crime of the Police of the Czech Republic, Jirí Mazánek.

At the same time, the police had to close the case because Russia refused to cooperate with the Czech investigation.

The police report does not mention the names of GRU officers, but earlier investigators named Anatoly Chepiga and Alexander Mishkin. Britain believes they were involved in the 2018 poisoning of former Soviet spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury

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Turkey will refuse Russian gas in favor of American LNG

While Putin does not give up hopes of organizing a gas hub in Turkey, Ankara has decided to move in the opposite direction - to reduce dependence on Russian energy resources.

To replace Russian gas, Turkey is supposed to buy huge volumes from a country "unfriendly" to Russia, with which Turkey is restoring relations after they had been deteriorating for several years.

Turkey intends to build a "portfolio of new supplies" to reduce dependence on any supplier, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told the Financial Times.

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Polish farmers unblock all checkpoints on the border with Ukraine

Truck traffic resumed at the Rawa Ruska-Hrebenne border crossing.

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