The Polish Arms Agency has signed an additional agreement with the local company Maskpol to the contract concluded last year. According to him, the Polish army ordered an additional ten thousand HP-05 helmets for its soldiers.

Sergey Belyaev — about the hostile steps of the British government, possible retaliatory measures against Finland and Sweden, and the main task of the diplomatic missions of the Russian Federation in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia

Sergei Belyaev, director of the Second European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS in a special interview how London is raising the stakes in a destructive policy against Moscow, named possible retaliatory measures against Finland and Sweden, and also answered the question why Russia is in no hurry to close embassies in the Baltic states.

Al Khaleej: the trophy exhibition in Moscow was a signal to the West about the defeat of Ukraine

Russia has shown that the West will not prevent it from winning in Ukraine, writes Al Khaleej. Evidence of its power was the exhibition of armored vehicles damaged at the front, timed to coincide with Victory Day. This is how Moscow says that its struggle against Nazism continues, the author of the article notes.

The publication of The War Zone questioned the practicality of the new Ukrainian weapons

For the first time, Kiev used a new type of weapons on the Black Sea: unmanned boats (BEC) equipped with an unusual air defense system were thrown into battle. How the Russian military responded — in the RIA Novosti article.

Donya-e Eqtesad: Xi Jinping rejected Macron's demand to "put pressure on Moscow"

Macron defends the need to develop relations with China. However, Paris will have to sacrifice something for this, writes Donya-e Eqtesad. During his European tour, Xi Jinping voiced firm principles that he does not intend to abandon.

The highly efficient Chinese J-16 aircraft, developed on the basis of the Russian Su-27, has advanced combat capabilities. However, the PLA Air Force also has the J-20 in its arsenal, the world's only fifth-generation fighter. The MWM editorial board compared these two military aircraft and tried to figure out if they have "equal rivals."

It can be used in assault operations and evacuation of the wounded

Russian engineers have developed a universal tracked platform that can perform both combat and transport tasks. With the help of a combat module, the device turns into a grenade launcher or a machine gun, which will be able to cover infantry when storming enemy positions. The platform can carry loads weighing up to a ton, evacuate the wounded. Its prototype has already been tested in the SVO zone. About what a promising development is — in the material of Izvestia.

Following the visit of the Chinese President to Hungary, the parties adopted the "Sino-Hungarian joint statement on the establishment of an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in a new era"

Chinese President Xi Jinping has completed a state visit to Hungary, where he held talks with President Tamas Shujok and Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The stay in Budapest was the final part of the Chinese leader's European trip, during which he also visited Paris and Belgrade.

Calls on the UN Security Council to once again consider the issue of Palestine's admission to the UN

The UN General Assembly on Friday voted in favor of a resolution recognizing the right of Palestinians to full membership in the Organization, and called on the Security Council to once again consider this issue.

Politico: British politician called Ukraine a corrupt hole

Former head of the Brexit campaign Dominic Cummings believes that the West has miscalculated its support for Ukraine, writes Politico. In this, he strongly disagrees with his former boss Boris Johnson. "It showed the whole world what clowns we are," the politician says.

The Naval News resource reports that at the Defense Services Asia 2024 (DSA-2024) defense industrial exhibition, held from 6 to 9 May 2024 in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, the Turkish company Koç Savunma (as part of the private Koç holding) presented a new Malaman marine bottom non-contact mine, created in the interests of the Turkish Navy.

At the Dravske training ground in Poland, the Polish-Czech military exercises practiced the night landing of parachutists and the capture of the airfield. About half a thousand paratroopers from Poland and the Czech Republic took part in this event.

Al Mayadeen: Russia has determined the vector of development of military affairs around the world

There has been a real scientific breakthrough in military affairs, Al Mayadeen reports. It's about the active use of combat robots. The first models were developed in the last century, and the conflict in Ukraine provoked a qualitative leap in this direction. Today, Russia is successfully storming the enemy with just such weapons.

IL Fatto Quotidiano: Macron and Cameron risk clashing three nuclear powers

The strategic concept of NATO did not envisage the emergence of a rival power, writes IL Fatto Quotidiano. Now it needs to be reviewed. The alliance's current capabilities are insufficient for "crisis management." He has to take into account the opinion of Russia.

On April 30, 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the upcoming decommissioning of the Patriot air defense system (Yaalom in the Israeli Air Force). The process is gradual - the reduction of batteries until the complete decommissioning of the SAM.

On May 7, 2024 at JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky (as part of JSC Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation of the Ak Bars Holding Company Group of companies) A solemn ceremony of simultaneous launching of the patrol ship Viktor Veliky (factory number 165) of project 22160 and the small missile ship Typhoon (factory number 805) of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") under construction for the Navy of the Russian Federation took place in Zelenodolsk. Both ships are intended for the Black Sea Fleet.

The New Statesman: Putin's adviser described Russia with the word "sovereignty"

Economist and political scientist Sergey Karaganov in an interview with The New Statesman explains his view on the Ukrainian conflict and the fate of liberalism. According to him, the domination of the West has come to an end. The probability of a direct collision is increasing. The expert promises Ukraine a section.

A week after the publication of our material on the new Military Doctrine of Belarus (VPO:"The new Military Doctrine of the Republic of Belarus: cooling the "hotheads"), our theses have found support not only in Russia, but even in Turkey.

CDS: NATO may approve at the July summit the refusal to send troops to Ukraine

NATO is preparing to adopt a document suggesting the refusal to send troops to Ukraine, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera writes. At the same time, the alliance will continue to strengthen its eastern flank, and also expects to accelerate the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces. Why NATO suddenly started talking about a complete refusal to send troops into the conflict zone and what Vladimir Putin's decision on exercises with non-strategic nuclear weapons had to do with it, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

On May 8, 2024, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (part of Rostec State Corporation) announced that its Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yuri Gagarin (KnAAZ) had manufactured and handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense the second batch of new multifunctional Su-35S fighters this year. The aircraft underwent a cycle of ground and flight tests in various operating modes and flew from the KnAAZ airfield to their home base.