Dozens of Israeli fighter jets took part in maneuvers over the Mediterranean Sea last night, involving flights over long distances, refueling in the air and hitting long-range targets. So the Israeli Air Force conducted exercises to simulate strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

A British Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft took to the sky to monitor Russian troops and flew over the Baltic Sea in the process of tracking. This was reported in the UK Defense Journal.

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Sergey Mashkin's material, "The pilots did not have enough seconds. Everyone and no one was to blame for the crash of the experimental aircraft," the commission of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, which investigated the causes of the crash of the Il-112B prototype military transport aircraft in Kubinka near Moscow [August 17, 2021], did not publish a report because they were never named.

Recent developments in the military-political sphere, apparently, will lead to an unprecedented boom in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, including in Russia. The Russian UAV development and production industry is already in a state of rapid recovery and is preparing for even more large-scale expansion of activities.

The process of joining the development companies of MiG and Sukhoi combat aircraft to the United Aircraft Corporation as part of Rostec has been completed, the press service of the UAC reported on Wednesday.

Rostec United Engine Corporation is introducing an innovative technology for the production of aircraft engine parts using friction welding. The technology has been developed on unique, fully domestic equipment capable of welding parts with a force of more than 400 tons.

According to the Polish Ministry of Defense, during the visit of Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak to the Republic of Korea, which began on May 29, negotiations were held with the head of the Defense Procurement Agency (DAPA) Kang Eun Ho and representatives of the largest defense companies, including Hanwha Defense President Jail Son.

Germany should create the largest army in Europe, the German chancellor said. A special fund has already been created to finance this project. Now the country has a small armed forces, even compared to the size of the German army during the Cold War. Will Berlin be able to surpass the whole of Europe in military power again and against whom does it intend to use it?

Danish voters will have to decide whether to join the defense policy of the European Union. The holding of a referendum on the rejection of joint defense is reportedly caused by a special military operation of Russia in Ukraine. Apparently, Denmark fears that if Ukraine is suddenly accepted into the EU, it will have to send its soldiers to directly participate in hostilities.

Kurds as the reason for Turkey's refusal to join Sweden and Finland in NATO

Turkey has its own goals, which it solves, including in the Ukrainian conflict, quotes Časopis !Argument the opinion of the Middle East specialist Ondzhey is brief. In an interview with the publication, he told what Ankara is trying to achieve, how it wants to look in the international arena and why it is blocking the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO.

What can China learn from the experience of the Russian special operation in Ukraine

Japan believes that China is carefully studying the experience of the Russian operation in Ukraine for its possible application in Taiwan. The author of the article names eight important moments of the special operation that particularly attract Beijing.

The conflict in Ukraine and the German turmoil. Is the "European unity" disintegrating, as Berlin claims, or did it not exist?

Europe has a great consolidated economic strength, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said before the start of the EU summit, Advance writes. However, she directs this force not to end the Ukrainian conflict, but to incite it, the author of the article believes.

Germany will be the first Western country to supply Ukraine with medium-range anti-aircraft systems capable of intercepting targets at an altitude of up to 20 km. The corresponding statement was made by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

On June 1, the Slovak government approved military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 21.6 million euros. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the online publication Teraz with reference to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers.

As the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported in the article by Klaus Geiger, Gregor Schwung "Trotz Versprechungen liefert Deutschland seit neun Wochen kaum Waffen" ("Despite promises, Germany has practically not supplied weapons in nine weeks"), apparently, over the past nine weeks the German government has reduced its military support to Ukraine to minimum.

Major General of the RVSN Popov told what is the danger of the American MLRS HIMARS

With a high degree of probability, the new package of American military assistance to Ukraine, which is estimated at $ 700 million, may include multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) M142 HIMARS extended range. This will be Kiev's longest-range weapon. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the work of these American systems and how they can be countered.

The new package of American military assistance to Ukraine provides for the supply of MLRS HIMARS, it will be officially announced on June 1.

The cost of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine with HIMARS MLRS will be $700 million

US President Joe Biden wrote in his article in The New York Times that the United States will continue to supply Ukraine with modern weapons, but will not allow it to strike at Russia. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky also promised that Kiev would not attack the territory of the Russian Federation.

There is a group of influential organizations and politicians in the United States who are outraged by the zeal with which the Biden administration is arming and financing Ukraine. Of course, they support the "brave Ukrainian people", but only verbally. What kind of people are we talking about and why do they see the idea of helping Ukraine as extremely dangerous?

"Apparently, Poland is moving to actions to seize western Ukrainian territories," said Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council. But the appearance of Polish troops in Ukraine may lead to their clash with the Russian Armed Forces. How strong is the Polish army and what is worth knowing in order to defeat it?