Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — on the prospects of supplying Kiev with weapons from abroad

On May 9, US President Joe Biden signed the lend-lease law in defense of democracy in Ukraine. History repeated itself eight decades later.

The US Congress approved the allocation of almost $40 billion to Ukraine

The House of Representatives of the US Congress approved a bill on additional assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 40 billion. If approved in the upper house, the document will be sent for signature to US President Joe Biden, who previously asked lawmakers for $7 billion less to support Ukraine.

Finland is about to ask for NATO membership. Why is this bad news for Putin

Putin's efforts to reduce the influence of NATO in Europe have had the opposite effect, CNN writes. One of the most dangerous consequences for Russia is the prospect of Finland joining the military bloc. The desire of this country to become a member of the North Atlantic Alliance is bad news for the Kremlin, and that's why.

The UK and Sweden have signed an agreement on mutual security guarantees, a similar declaration will be signed later on Wednesday with Finland, the press service of the British prime minister reports.

How the UK wants to rebuild the world

The UK is convinced that NATO should expand its mission, that the Big Seven should be turned into an economic weapon, that the West, which has been too "shy" of its history and wealth for too long, should become a world leader again, writes The Atlantic.

The five most promising design characteristics of the Su-57 — from artificial intelligence to ballistic missiles

The Su-57 will become the basis for the Russian tactical manned aviation of the next generation, writes MWM. It is assumed that a number of ambitious modernization programs will significantly improve its characteristics.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia has published video footage of the combat work of crews of multifunctional supermaneuverable fighters of the 4++ generation Su-35S, who, during flight missions, performed the detection, capture and defeat of air defense facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian army will soon be replenished with Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters, the supply of rotary-wing aircraft to Kiev was organized by the United States. This was stated by a senior Pentagon official.

Aviation H2 has announced the first test flights of an aircraft with a power plant that runs on hybrid fuel from hydrogen and ammonia in mid-2023. With a high probability, they will beat competitors, and this will be the first commercial flight on such fuel. The main advantage of this technology is that it is suitable for upgrading existing aircraft and their jet engines.

Unlike its heavier and "lifting" counterparts, the Hera quadcopter drone fits in a regular backpack, but it can carry up to 15 kg of cargo.

Minsk expects to keep the Russian S-400 air defense systems and Iskander-M tactical missile systems, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said.

According to publications in Russian Telegram channels, at the beginning of May 2022, the use of modern Brimstone guided missiles supplied by Great Britain by the armed forces of Ukraine against Russian troops was first noted in the Zaporozhye direction. Photos have been published of both the engine compartment of this type of rocket and the fallen whole non-functioning rocket.

B-52H strategic Bomber with AGM-86B aviation ammunition capable of carrying nuclear Warheads

The APU found an unpleasant surprise from the Russian Army – an intelligent mine PTKM-1R. This was reported by the Chinese edition of Tencent. Especially for its readers, "PolitRussia" presents an exclusive retelling of the publication.

The Russian Defense Ministry has information about the preparation of provocations accusing the Russian Armed Forces of using weapons of mass destruction according to the "Syrian scenario", when investigations are conducted with the fabrication of the necessary evidence and the appointment of perpetrators, said Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

The United States, as part of its military biological program in Ukraine, used Mariupol as a regional center for working with the causative agent of cholera, said Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The Army Times publication writes about the implementation of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program. It will help American troops get much more lethal weapons than those that have been used over the past 65 years. This is due to the transition to a 6.8mm caliber instead of 5.56 mm today. It is reported that in this way a replacement for the M4 automatic carbine and the M249 SAW machine gun was found.

The Swedish arms concern Saab has upgraded the Karl-Gustaf portable anti-tank grenade launcher (Carl-Gustaf). The purpose of the modernization is to expand the range of applications of the system due to new fire control technology and programmable ammunition.

Natron, in partnership with Clarios, is launching the production of safe sodium—based batteries with a long life cycle and short charging time - mass production will begin next year in the USA. It is important that sodium-ion batteries do not use scarce and rather expensive lithium.

The British Ministry of Defense announced the signing of contracts with BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce worth more than 2 billion pounds, providing for the beginning of the third stage of the Dreadnought SSB construction program.