This publication is a continuation of the article by the Professor of the University of Lodz, Dr. Robert Czulda (Robert Czulda). In the first part , the author considered the tasks and capabilities of the Baltic Naval Forces, as well as some prospects for the development of the Estonian Navy. This passage also begins with the plans of the Merewaga command.

The US Navy has submitted to the US Congress a report on the needs of the fleet in ships. According to the document, the American navy needs 373 ships. This is 75 more ships than the Navy currently has at its disposal. Most of the information passed to Congress is classified. The exception is a summary of the structure of the forces of the American fleet.

Putin flies to Iran to strengthen new anti-Western alliance

Being isolated due to the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian leader is looking for friends, the authors of The Times believe. They claim that in Russia his visit to Iran is presented as the creation of a new anti-Western coalition. But it is known that the Turkish leader will also be at the meeting. But Ankara is a member of NATO.

Putin sent 700,000 barrels of fuel oil to Cuba

Moscow is finding new ways to sell oil despite the Western embargo, Breitbart writes. The readers of the site are not at all surprised. In their opinion, Biden miscalculated the sanctions.

William Burns and Sergey Naryshkin, heads of the CIA and the SVR, visited the Armenian capital three days apart. The authorities of the republic claim that this is only a coincidence. With Burns, they discussed the "peace process" with neighboring Turkey, and Naryshkin was invited to "share his experience" – to help with the creation of his own foreign intelligence. However, was it really just a coincidence?

Mammad Velimamedov's article on the relations between Armenia and Turkey after the Second Karabakh War was published in the third issue of the Arms Export magazine for 2022. The bmpd blog offers readers the text of the article.

The allied forces of the armies of Russia, the LPR and the DPR are pulling forces to Seversk and continue to slowly advance in the direction of Soledar and Artemovsk. From here opens a direct road to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, where the APU assembled the most combat-ready units equipped with Western weapons and trained by NATO instructors. Here is also the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation (OOS), which directs the actions of the Ukrainian army in the Donbass. About the situation in the north of the region — in the material of RIA Novosti.

There is no vacuum in the Middle East, there is an overabundance

Biden said that the United States will not leave the Middle East and will not leave a "vacuum" that will be filled by Russia, China or Iran. The states think of themselves as the masters of the region, but they are losing influence, the author of the article writes. And this ensures the disintegration of the "American Middle East".

The Russian SVO in Ukraine continues. After the release of the LPR to its administrative borders, the allied forces began to liberate the DPR from Ukrainian paramilitary formations, which daily conduct artillery shelling of the cities of the republic.

The military-industrial complex of Europe: how will the Ukrainian conflict affect it?

With the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the EU countries announced a cumulative increase in defense spending by 200 billion euros, writes FT. The prospect of new injections loomed before the military-industrial complex. However, industry executives fear that the bulk of the extra money will flow overseas.

Ukraine is no longer a priority of the West

The West is abandoning Ukraine at the "most inopportune moment" when it most needs support, writes The Telegraph. The United States and Europe do not renounce their words in providing assistance, but they are increasingly concerned about their own problems: rising prices, a crisis of power and a shortage of gas.

Russia's worries after Western summits

The Russian special operation pushed Kiev to obtain the status of a candidate for EU membership, Postimees writes. And this is a step higher than the association agreement. At the same time, the West is not only trying to strengthen its military power, but also to weaken Russia by setting a ceiling on oil prices.

Is the US starting to get tired of the protracted conflict in Ukraine?

Even close associates of Joe Biden doubt whether America will soon get tired of the burden of military aid to Ukraine, writes The Economist. According to the author, the future of U.S. support for Kiev depends on three factors: midterm congressional elections, the commitment of European allies and Ukraine's success on the battlefield.

The Army of Drones project, launched by the leadership of Ukraine, continues to raise funds for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles. Through one of the platforms, it was possible to collect more than 510 million hryvnias. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.

Beijing demands that Washington abandon its plan to sell weapons to Taipei. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of China Tan Kefei.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea.

The United States is categorically against Iran transferring drones to Russia for use in Ukraine. According to the official representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, the threat of the introduction of new sanctions is hanging over Tehran.

Iran has a very large number of UAVs for various purposes. The same Mohajer-6 are produced mainly for the ground forces and the IRGC Navy and the Army, while, for example, the Aerospace Forces prefer to produce attack UAVs developed for them like the Shahed-129, Shahed-191, etc.

The prototype of the promising multifunctional fighter KF-21 Boramae generation 4++ performed its first flight, Bloomberg reports, referring to the defense Development Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea.

"Power plants, water substations, factories, distribution networks, transformer substations may be under the blows of American missiles." This is how LDNR representatives describe possible targets of new missiles for American HIMARS systems, which should soon be in Ukraine. Strikes can also be carried out on Russian territory. What can be opposed to this?