Artillery shells "Krasnopol" showed high efficiency during the special operation in the Donbass. This statement was made by Rostec on June 16.

In the 90s, a sample of the BTR-T heavy armored personnel carrier was made in Omsk on the basis of the T-55 medium tank. Instead of a turret with a 100 mm gun and a 7.62 mm machine gun, a low-profile manned combat module with a 2A42 automatic cannon and a 9M113 "Competition" anti-tank missile system was installed.

Ukraine, through the efforts of its overseas owners, has turned into an arsenal of all kinds of products of the world defense industry. At the same time, if even Soviet military equipment is less common in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, then the neo-Nazi units, being in the special care of the Kiev regime, receive the latest batches of Western weapons.

The APU has received British FV103 Spartan armored personnel carriers, pictures of armored vehicles are actively distributed by Ukrainian social networks and TG channels.

France will supply Ukraine with another batch of wheeled 155-mm self-propelled artillery CAESAR. This statement was made by French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrived in Kiev on a visit.

The Eastern European plain is cut by rivers, which, regardless of the fullness of the water, make it difficult for military equipment to move. In this regard, the Soviet command relied on the buoyancy of vehicles and the mass equipping of the army with means of crossing, which still carry full-fledged service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

On June 13, 2022, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anushauskas signed an agreement of intent with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornyu regarding Lithuania's accession to the program for the development of a new 155 mm/52 self-propelled howitzer CAESAR Mk II, implemented under the auspices of the General Directorate of Armaments (Direction générale de l'armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France, and Purchases of 18 CAESAR Mk II units for the Lithuanian armed forces.

Retired German General Klaus Wittmann, in an interview with the Welt channel, criticized the new tank of the German army — the Bundeswehr — for the name "Panther", since the Wehrmacht armored vehicle had a similar name during World War II.

American chips were found in Russian military equipment. This is reported by TASS, referring to the publication of The Washington Post.

The shipyards of Kherson may soon start working again. Kherson shipbuilders can start building ships for the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

The Northern Fleet (SF) will receive diesel-electric submarines (DPL), which are called "black holes" because of low noise. Admiralty Shipyards will build a series of six diesel-electric submarines of the 636.3 Varshavyanka project for the SF. This is reported by TASS, referring to a source in the military-industrial complex.

The construction of the first two (tail numbers 901 and 902) of the nine high-speed missile interceptor boats of the Shaldag Mk.5 (Shaldag Mk V) class ordered for the Philippine Navy has been completed at the Israel Shipyards shipyard.

A group of three of the largest and most effective ships of the Chinese Navy is conducting exercises in the Sea of Japan, the Associated Press (AP) reports.

The maneuvers in the Sea of Japan were the first such long-range exercises of the large destroyer Type 055 of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China, which is named "Lhasa" in honor of the capital of Tibet. According to the Global Times, the United States and Japan are constantly provoking China in the Taiwan Strait.

The eternal dispute between pessimists and optimists has spread to the sphere of import substitution. Some point to examples of the critical dependence of the Russian economy on imports, not noticing the positive. Others look at the obvious achievements of the industry, avoiding problematic issues. Often, both sides are quite far from the true state of affairs. This is where the polarity of opinions arises: from "everything is gone" to "dizzying successes".

Operation against a terrorist organization in Syria and other...

Turkey should take steps to achieve its political goals, writes Yeni Çağ. Based on this, Ankara should launch an operation that will neutralize the actions of the Kurds and call into question the US presence in Syria, the author of the article is sure. But first we need to get Russia and Iran on our side.

The parties discussed Ukraine, the expansion of financial and industrial cooperation in the face of sanctions, the development of military ties and military-technical cooperation

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with high-precision Kalibr missiles in the Lviv region destroyed an ammunition depot for weapons transferred to Ukraine by NATO countries. This was announced on June 15 by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

The Russian military attacked three railway stations near Donetsk and the Dnieper. This was announced on Wednesday, June 15, by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

The Russian Armed Forces are ready to use Iskanders to protect the DPR, military experts say

Additional Iskander missile systems may be used in the fight against Ukrainian artillery hitting Donetsk. The leadership of the DPR turned to the Russian authorities with such a request. On June 14, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called the barbaric shelling by Ukraine of civilian objects in the Donbass. On the eve of the strikes in Donetsk, five people were killed and more than 30 were injured. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, immediately requested military assistance from Russia in order to resist the enemy who had "crossed all the lines". Military experts note that Iskanders will be effective against Ukrainian artillery.