The West, showing anti-Russian solidarity, is trying to stuff Ukraine with weapons that are expected to contain the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Along with the supply of thousands of anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, dozens of types of armored vehicles are being transferred. Australia, whose authorities consider the country to be a "civilized" Western world, has also contributed to the buildup of the military potential of the independent.

The Ukrainian army has been replenished with modern self-propelled howitzers of 155 mm caliber. According to the Polish press, Warsaw handed over Krab self-propelled artillery units of its own production to Kiev.

Ukraine will not receive tanks and infantry fighting vehicles of the NATO standard, this position has been adopted by a number of Western countries that are suppliers of "military assistance" to Kiev. This was stated by the State Secretary of the German Ministry of Defense and Bundestag deputy Zimtje Meller.

Announced in early May by the Danish government, the delivery of Piranha III armored personnel carriers to Ukraine has begun, the equipment has been spotted on the territory of Poland. This is reported by Polish and Ukrainian resources.

Ukrainian gunners received self-propelled towed howitzers FH70 caliber 155 millimeters. Artillery systems were supplied by Italy, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

In a real combat situation, the AFU already uses three types of foreign artillery of 155 mm caliber. These are M777 and FH70 howitzers, as well as CAESAR self-propelled guns.

Russian border guards are strengthening their capabilities to control the situation in the Arctic, including on the Northern Sea Route, and the intensity of the service of border patrol ships and patrol vessels is increasing every year, said First Deputy director – head of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, Army General Vladimir Kulishov.

On the second serial icebreaker of the project 22220 "Ural", built at the Baltic plant in St. Petersburg, the reactor plant was launched. This is reported by the USC press service.

The large anti-submarine ship (BOD) of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Levchenko" worked out the defeat of air and surface targets of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Barents Sea. The crew used the anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Dagger" and artillery. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the fleet.

The US Navy is building up logistics capabilities in the Far North to improve the supply of its ships, submarines, aircraft and expeditionary forces in the region.

As part of the development of a 30-year fleet construction plan (2020-2049), the US Navy is betting on new frigates and ships of the LCS class. It is assumed that together they will form a category of small surface combatant ships (Small Surface Combatants, SSC), which will not only expand the geographical presence of the fleet, but also increase its ability to operate in a geographically spacious operational area and overload the enemy's defenses.

Live firing of the new unmanned combat surface ship (boat) USV SALVO, built by the Turkish shipbuilding company Dearsan for the needs of the Turkish Navy, took place in the Sea of Marmara.

The United States this summer will begin testing the first prototype of the autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle (ANPA) Orca, developed by Boeing Corporation, follows from the data of the Command of Naval Systems of the American Navy.

As reported by the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia, on May 27, 2022, for the first time, the lead large non-nuclear submarine S 81 Isaac Peral of the national project S-80 Plus (S-80A), built at its plant in Cartagena, went to sea for factory sea trials.

At the industrial conference of the US Special Operations Forces, the issue of modernizing the devices and equipment used by the special forces of the Navy during their operations was raised. Navy Captain Randy Slaff, Executive Director of the Maritime program, noted that the main tasks now are to improve communication systems and achieve more efficient use of power and energy.

Response to NATO expansion: how dangerous is the CSTO military pact formed by Russia?

Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) — a very free union, the rules in it are softer than in NATO, writes Handelsblatt. There were even cases of withdrawal. Why is the author afraid of the CSTO? Freedom reveals the true beliefs: since these ex-USSR countries did not condemn Russia at the UN, it means that they really recognize Moscow's reasons. And a journalist from a NATO country is afraid to even think about such a thing.

On May 26, the Nalchik garrison Military Court dismissed the claim of 120 former employees of the Rosgvardiya who challenged early dismissal from service due to non-compliance with the terms of the contract.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a video of the destruction of the R-500 cruise missile fired from the Iskander-K complex, a Ukrainian military facility, RIA Novosti reports.

The Russian aviation destroyed the electronic intelligence center in the Mykolaiv region. This was announced on Thursday, May 26, by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

Noteworthy information comes from the area of a special military operation. The reports say that after defeating the enemy in the positions of one of the directions of the SVO, they again managed to take a large number of trophies. Among other things, there were wooden boxes with English-language markings and very unusual contents. It turned out that we are talking about several NATO-made kamikaze drones Switchblade.