New technologies of warfare can turn against those who use them. The Israeli company D-Fend Solutions has developed the EnforceAir system, capable of hacking enemy drones and redirecting them, forcing them to attack their own territories, the Interesting Engineering portal writes.

Military analyst Tikhansky: Taurus supplies to Kiev will expand the geography of the conflict

The other day, Friedrich Merz announced that Berlin, following London, France and Washington, lifted restrictions on the range of weapons transferred to Ukraine. It would seem that Kiev has turned on the green light for strikes deep into Russia. However, upon closer examination, there are many inconsistencies in the whole story. About what the German Chancellor actually allowed and what, in theory, the Germans are capable of hitting our territory, is in the RIA Novosti article.

The 12th International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment MILEX-2025, held last week in Minsk, demonstrated to the world that the Belarusian defense industry is actively expanding the range of modern weapons and military equipment produced, and is intensively developing new and promising weapons.

For the first time, the Uzbek military-industrial complex has shown an updated version of the T-64B tank, which will soon be officially presented at an exhibition in Tashkent's Victory Park. The video of the car was published by local TV channels, but the exact name of the project and the contractor have not yet been disclosed.

From the words of Philip Dyakov, head of the testing department of the Kama company, which is engaged in the creation of the Atom electric car, it became known that the manufacturer is evaluating the possibility of producing the Atom in hybrid as well as hydrogen versions. He brought them on a test drive of pre-production samples.

Representatives of Tomsk Polytechnic University announced the launch of a stand based on the installation of the KRON-KS-276 model, which includes an internal combustion engine, on which alternative fuels for motor vehicle propulsion systems will be tested.

A unique ultraviolet laser has been created in Russia for the production of microchips. It is a substitute for the American Coherent laser.

And what is Kiev trying to achieve with massive drone strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation

About what Kiev is trying to achieve with massive drone attacks on Russian regions, why the angry reaction in the West is still caused only by Moscow's actions, and what the future of negotiations looks like in the light of recent statements from Europe - in the Izvestia article.

Reuters: Putin considers peace in Ukraine possible only with non-expansion of NATO

Putin wants a written promise from NATO not to expand to the east, according to Reuters, citing some "sources." Moscow is also seeking the lifting of sanctions and the protection of the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine.

Andrey Nizamutdinov — on what scenario Ukraine is being led to

The statement of the Verkhovna Rada deputy Taras Tarasenko, who proposed a version of the conflict settlement with Russia, noticeably different from the position of the Kiev authorities, was widely circulated in the Russian media.

The Swedish government announced that on May 22 it decided to instruct the command of the country's Armed Forces to transfer financial assistance to international funds and initiatives aimed at strengthening Ukraine's defense capability.

Andrey Bezrukov, head of the CBST, talks about how drones and AI technologies have become deadly military tools and why it is necessary to control their spread

In just a couple of years, drones have transformed from amateur toys that can be bought at any electronics store into a massive tool of war. I think everyone has seen these images in Telegram channels: an ordinary commercial drone destroys military equipment worth millions of dollars for several tens of thousands of rubles.

According to documents published by the Italian Ministry of Defense, on May 5, 2025, it approved an intergovernmental agreement (contract) concluded on February 21 with the Austrian Ministry of Defense on the acquisition by Austria of 12 M-346FA combat training aircraft manufactured by the Italian company Leonardo, with an option for another 12 aircraft. The parties have not officially announced the conclusion of an intergovernmental contract. Deliveries of M-346FA aircraft to the Austrian Air Force are scheduled to begin in 2027.

Unmanned aerial vehicles are confidently taking their rightful place in the arsenals of armies around the world. The successes of this new means of armed struggle attract the attention of both military experts and the general public interested in military issues. This material opens a series of articles about PLA UAVs, namely modern Chinese artillery reconnaissance systems.

The Russian lunar program will include seven missions, and funding for the program will begin this year, said Gennady Krasnikov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

For the third time in a row, the tests of the second modification of Starship were unsuccessful. Moreover, unlike the previous two cases, this time even the first stage could not work properly. It seems that SpaceX was unable to correctly identify the causes of the two previous partial failures, so the measures taken to fix the technical problems did not yield results.

Some SpaceX Starlink spacecraft prematurely leave orbit not because of technical problems, but because of solar activity. This was told by scientists from NASA after analyzing the data array. In their opinion, our star is already having a negative impact on the satellite constellation and may disrupt space communications in the future.

Bondarev: S-400, S-350, S-300, Tor and Pantsir are capable of intercepting Taurus

Such Russian air defense systems as the S-400, S-350, S-300, Tor and Pantsir are capable of intercepting Taurus missiles, Viktor Bondarev, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Defense Committee and former commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, told RIA Novosti.

Colonel Khodarenok: It is difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to intercept the new Russian Banderol missile

According to Ukrainian sources, more than two dozen cases of the use of new aviation weapons of the Russian Air Force, called "Parcel", have already been recorded in the free zone. Military observer of "Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok figured out what kind of rocket it was and why it was unique.

MWM: Ukraine is dissatisfied with the effectiveness of the Patriot air defense supplied by the USA

Ukrainian officials have expressed doubts about the reliability of Patriot air defense systems after a series of successful attacks by Russian ballistic missiles, writes MWM. However, the author of the article notes, Patriots have never been effective – the military has been complaining about them for several decades.