Russian Air Defense Forces intercepted HIMARS missiles and Ukrainian UAVs : Russian Defense Ministry spokesman General Igor Konashenkov said that Russian air defense forces intercepted three rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system launched by the Russian Defense Ministry. The US produced and destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.

“Russian air defense forces intercepted three missiles of the HIMARS system and destroyed three Ukrainian drones in areas near the settlement of Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region and Kakhovka in the Kherson region,” he said. Konashenkov said on the evening of April 4 (local time).

Russian President: Increasing people’s real income is the number one task : On April 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Tula Railway Engineering Plant. Talking to the workers, he declared, increasing real income and improving the welfare of the people is the number 1 task of the state.

Responding to workers’ questions about the sharp increase in the prices of goods and services, even domestic goods increased, President Putin emphasized: “The real question is the most crucial for the whole country, for any Which employee, level of benefits, income. For the state, this is the number one task so that the income of Russian families meets the modern and worthy requirements.”

The US announced it will quickly train Ukrainian soldiers to operate Abrams tanks : A senior US defense official said on April 4 that the US will quickly train Ukrainian soldiers to use M1-A1 tanks. Abrams.

“The training of Ukrainian soldiers to operate the M1-A1 Abrams tank has not yet begun,” the official said. We’re still procuring equipment so we can’t do the training yet, but that should happen relatively soon.”

The official said the US has trained more than 7,000 Ukrainian troops since the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February 2022. The US plans to send 31 M1-A1 tanks to Ukraine. However, Washington believes that supplying this tank to Ukraine will take a long time. Immediately after the announcement, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said: “We do not have these tanks in stock.”

Russia confirmed the supply of Iskander-M missile systems to Belarus : The Russian Defense Minister announced on April 4 that Belarus had received the Iskander-M tactical-tactical missile system (OTRK) from Russia. The system can use both conventional and nuclear missiles.

Speaking in a phone call with the commander of the armed forces of the country, Shoigu said that the training of Belarusian soldiers to use the Iskander missile system began on April 3 at one of the Russian military training facility. Shoigu revealed that some of Minsk’s military planes are now able to launch nuclear missiles at “hostile sites”.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko earlier confirmed that the country had re-equipped Belarus’ Su-24 fighter jets to carry nuclear weapons. According to Lukashenko, Moscow has helped Belarus modernize its fighter fleet to be able to carry this weapon.

How will Russia respond to Finland joining NATO? On April 4, Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO. This forces Russia to take countermeasures to ensure security, “both tactically and strategically”, said press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Finland’s accession to NATO would lead to an aggravation of the situation and this is also an infringement of Russia’s interests. This forces Russia to take countermeasures to ensure its security, “both tactically and strategically”.

He explained that Finland’s accession situation to NATO is different from Ukraine’s, however, “this cannot but affect the nature of bilateral relations with countries that become new members of the alliance. This alliance remains an unfriendly structure and in many ways hostile to the Russian Federation.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that Moscow “will be forced to take retaliatory measures, both military-technical and other measures to prevent threats to national security”.

“Finland’s NATO membership is incomplete without Sweden” : Speaking at the afternoon flag raising ceremony on April 4 at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO. NATO, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said that the country’s membership is not complete when Sweden has not yet joined NATO.

The flag raising ceremony marking Finland’s official entry into the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO military alliance was held on the afternoon of April 4 at NATO headquarters in Brussels under the witness of officials. NATO, Finland and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

After NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg handed over NATO’s letter inviting Finland to join the military alliance, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto also officially handed over Finland’s NATO membership documents to Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State. , the country entrusted by NATO with the task of storing legal documents on the membership of countries in the alliance.

Ukrainian President Zelensky visits Poland : Security, economic cooperation and issues related to the current conflict will be the focus of the talks between the Presidents of Poland and Ukraine taking place in Warsaw during the day. 5/4.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Poland on April 5. In addition to meetings with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, he will also address local residents including Ukrainians living in Poland.

The head of the Office of International Policy of the President of Poland, Marcin Przydacz, said that the visit of the Ukrainian president with his wife to Poland is the first official visit by a Ukrainian head of state to Poland since since the conflict broke out. The talks will focus on economic cooperation and defense and security policies between the two countries, he added.