The Ministry of Defense has published video footage of the operation of the Orlan-10 drone as part of a military special operation in Ukraine. A small drone, as it turned out, has very good characteristics.

Samara enterprise of the United Engine Corporation Rostec "UEC-Kuznetsov" improves product quality by introducing robotic equipment for applying special hardening coatings to parts.

According to Indian media reports, a delegation of the Indian Defense Ministry will arrive in Brazil at the end of this month to explore the possibility of joint production and development of various types of weapons.

The Polish Armed Forces will purchase Gladius unmanned systems, including reconnaissance UAVs, barrage ammunition, command and control systems, as well as relevant logistics and personnel training components. This was announced on May 6, 2022 by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. According to the minister, the package with a total cost of almost 426 million euros is primarily intended to equip Polish artillery regiments in the east of the country.

The 4th State Central Interspecific Landfill "Kapustin Yar", located in the Astrakhan region, celebrated the 76th anniversary of its formation.

Russia, in response to the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, should amend the military doctrine clarifying the conditions for the use of tactical nuclear weapons in response to possible aggression, as well as equip the Kalibras and Iskanders in the western direction with nuclear warheads.

During the military special operation in Ukraine, self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" actively perform firing tasks to destroy armored vehicles and fortified positions of the Ukrainian army.

Heavy artillery is now the main striking force of our troops in Ukraine. Howitzers destroy Ukrainian artillery batteries, break into well-fortified defensive structures, and suppress control points.

Ukraine may receive Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery units from Slovakia. As stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Republic, an agreement on their sale has not yet been concluded.

Turkey has finally decided on the timing of the start of serial production of the main battle tank of its own design Altay, which in the future should replace the American M60 and German Leopard tanks in service in the Turkish army.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been armed with American M4A1 automatic carbines. According to a number of Ukrainian Telegram channels, the weapons arrived together with the next batch of weapons delivered from the United States.

Already produced in Darwin, Cairns and Western Australia, the new uniform for the Royal Australian Navy began to be used in Sydney.

Russian scientists from the AI Institute of Artificial Intelligence and MIPT have created a biologically plausible memory model for artificial intelligence systems with intrinsic motivation. The scientific article was published in the authoritative journal Brain Informatics (Q1).

As reported, at the beginning of May 2022, the Black Sea Fleet commissioned the patrol ship "Sergey Kotov" (factory number 164) - the fourth ship of project 22160 built for the Russian Navy and the second, built at LLC Shipbuilding Plant "Gulf" in Kerch. The ship's commissioning activities were carried out without publicity in Sevastopol in the context of an ongoing special military operation.

Equipped with Kalibr missiles, the Alrosa submarine returns to the Black Sea Fleet after modernization. This was reported on Monday, May 16, by TASS in the power structures of Sevastopol.

The US Navy opposes the additional deployment of sea-based nuclear weapons on ships and submarines. Their representatives believe that it is better to spend these funds on something more necessary, for example, on hypersound.

According to experts, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are running out of strength to hold strategically important points

By May 14, Russian troops in the Donbass had achieved serious successes near Avdiivka. This settlement near Donetsk has been one of the key hubs for Ukrainian troops for the past eight years, from where they regularly shelled the city. According to experts, now the AFU no longer has enough forces to hold an important area. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, on Saturday, high-precision air-launched missiles hit control points, ammunition depots, strong points and areas of concentration of troops.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia (MO RF) has published footage of the combat work of the fire support group of the army aviation of the Western Military District (ZVO) accompanied by military columns during a special operation to protect Donbass.

The Ukrainian command is pulling all its remaining reserves there

On May 13, the Russian Defense Ministry reported high-precision weapons strikes on the military structure of Ukraine, as a result, the headquarters of the territorial defense and the battalion of the 24th mechanized Brigade were destroyed.

Ukrainian militants from the Azov regiment expected to capture the city of Novoazovsk in the DPR in early March and reach the borders of Russia. The corresponding offensive plan was discovered at one of the regiment's bases in liberated Mariupol. The expert community is confident: this is far from the only punitive operation of Ukrainian nationalists, thwarted by Russia's launch of a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine.

Daily Express: there may be three Britons on Azovstal in Mariupol

There may be three Britons on the territory of Azovstal in Mariupol, the Daily Express newspaper claims with reference to their colleague. He told the publication that he and his friends were sent to different parts of the country shortly after they arrived in Ukraine. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".