As reported, in the branch "35 ship repair plant" of JSC "Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center" (as part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation") in Murmansk, work is being completed on the reconstruction of the dry dock to ensure the possibility of docking the heavy aircraft carrier "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov" of the Russian Navy. The dock was filled with water at the end of March.

In addition to the classic tasks for submarines of attacking enemy surface ships and submarines, the Russian new-generation Yasen-M submarines are capable of delivering powerful strikes against land targets. Moreover, the flight range of Kalibr cruise missiles allows you to do this without entering the territorial waters of the enemy, writes 19fortyfive.

The newest EPF 16 expeditionary transport ship of the US Navy will be built by Austal USA. The corresponding contract in the amount of $ 230.5 million was signed recently. Now the company will be engaged in detailed design, and then the construction of the ship.

On May 6, 2022, the Naval Systems Command of the United States Navy (NAVSEA) announced that on April 28, baptismal ceremonies and launching of the first prototype of the promising large autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle Orca XLUUV (Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) took place on the Pacific Coast of the United States in Huntington Beach (California). The device was designed and built for the US Navy under the head role of Boeing Corporation, the subcontractor in the construction was the shipbuilding corporation Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).

According to Indian media, the French company Naval Group announced on May 3 that it would not be able to participate in the tender for the supply of the Indian Navy of the NPL in the framework of the "Project 75I" (P-75I) due to the requirement specified in the request for proposals related to the air-independent power plant (AIP).

Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced the launch ceremony of a new multipurpose SSN-796 "New Jersey" class "Virginia" submarine held at the Newport News Shipbuilding enterprise.

The Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said about Russia's use of chemical weapons in Syria and "against its" citizens. This is how she reacted to Moscow's earlier statements to Washington and Kiev about the possible use of chemical weapons "under a false flag."

The current crisis in the Russian economy is so large-scale and unprecedented that it is still impossible to assess losses and ways out of it, says Boris Titov, the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs under the President of the Russian Federation.

An audit for an enterprise is like an X–ray for a person - with its help, both the strengths and weaknesses of the company are revealed. To detect them, you need special skills that a modern auditor has. The head of aerospace certification projects - the leading auditor of RT-Techpriemka JSC, Alexander Buzov, told about what kind of auditor he is, the auditor of the XXI century.

Russian troops, together with units of the People's Militia of the DPR, continue to conduct artillery fire on the positions of the national battalions. When striking, both rocket and barrel artillery are used. It is not easy to see how the "Gods of War" work. But the correspondents of "RG" managed to visit the closed positions.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of the combat work of tank crews of the Russian Armed Forces in the LPR during the destruction of enemy fortified firing points during a special operation in Ukraine.

The services rendered to the Motherland by thousands of soldiers and officers participating in the Russian special military operation, representing the united people of Russia, are worthy of the memory of all generations, said Nail Mukhitov, Assistant Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Rosgvardiya special forces destroyed a group of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kharkiv region

Rosgvardiya reported on the liquidation of the "sabotage group" and the leader of the Ukrainian territorial defense. According to the agency, in the Kharkiv region, the special forces of the Rosgvardiya noticed people with weapons in their hands and without identification marks, who opened fire in response to the demand to surrender.

NYT: The CIA secretly gave Ukraine intelligence about the Russian military

The New York Times, citing senior American officials, claims that Washington allegedly provided Kiev with intelligence that led to the death of Russian officers. Their number is not called. According to the publication, the United States has focused efforts on transmitting information about the location of the mobile headquarters of the Russian army.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, during a telephone conversation, accepted the apology of Russian President Vladimir Putin for the statements of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that displeased the Israeli leadership, Bennett's office tweeted.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, after today's meeting with German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock, said that his country is in an extremely difficult situation regarding the solution of the Kosovo and Metohija issue. At the same time, he stressed that Vladimir Putin's recent words about the Kosovo precedent of the International Court of Justice allegedly added problems to Belgrade.

Those who consider "Romeo and Juliet" a geopolitical masterpiece!

The world is at a global crossroads at the geopolitical level, Sabah writes. The author of the article is sure that after the struggle between the major powers and the blocs around the Ukrainian crisis, life will not be the same.

NATO won't move an inch! China supports Putin, and Xi delivers an angry warning

China has supported Russian President Vladimir Putin on the issue of non-expansion of NATO to the east, writes the British tabloid Daily Express. Readers of the newspaper also do not understand the reasons for the expansion and call the actions of the alliance "pure madness".

In connection with the incidents in Transnistria and the sudden check of the reaction forces in Belarus, a quite reasonable question arises: could the conflict in Ukraine spread to neighboring regions? To answer it, let's ask ourselves another question: who will benefit from it? Russia - certainly not. Because this tension is of a completely different level, completely different forces. But the most important thing is that on the final trajectory it will mean going to a big war with the NATO bloc.

Retired US Major General: that's what Ukrainians need

American retired General Mike Repass arrived in Ukraine and realized that the supply of Western weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is not enough to "prevent Russia's victory," CNN reports. He explained why this is happening.