Turkey cannot accept the proposals of other countries to abandon the use of the S-400 air defense system. This was stated by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, RIA Novosti reports.

Deliveries of S-400 systems to India are carried out in accordance with the contract, New Delhi confirms its commitment to the agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

China has a new anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPC) in service. May 31 portal globaltimes.cn he reported that the company China South Industries Group (CSGC) has handed over the first self-propelled air defense systems of a new type to the army.

Russia has the world's largest nuclear arsenal and thus intimidates NATO, American journalist Mark Episkopos said in an article in the National Interest magazine.

Belarusian heavy-duty trucks MAZ-6317 were delivered to the units of the National Police of Cambodia. The delivery of two dozen on-board vehicles to this country became known at the end of last month.

The latest uninhabited combat module "Epoch" in the near future may become the main one for Russian infantry fighting vehicles of three generations. Moreover, this product is already being installed on promising IFVs on the Kurganets-25 medium platform, and is also being tested on the BMP-3.

The share of foreign electronics in public procurement in 2020 decreased from 51% to 43%, and should decrease even more due to the government decree on the minimum share of purchases of goods of Russian origin, which entered into force on January 1, 2021, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) said at the plenary session "Electronic industry as a technological basis for sovereign and innovative development" of the first International Industrial Forum "Intelligence of Machines and Mechanisms", held in Sevastopol.

Nikolai Korchunov, the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-large and a senior official of the Arctic Council, explained in an interview with RIA Novosti why Russia is restoring military infrastructure in the Arctic.

Strategic exercises in the Arctic and interspecific exercises to ensure the security of the Northern Sea Route will be held by the Northern Fleet in the autumn.

The third frigate "Admiral Golovko" project 22350, launched in December 2020, received a fully Russian power plant M55R, which is "one of the most striking examples of import substitution in the Russian military-industrial complex," says TASS.

The Vympel shipyard in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region, on Tuesday launched the largest ship in the 90-year history of the enterprise - the naval ship "Gennady Dmitriev" of the project 20360M for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the regional government reported.

The naval strike group of the Northern Fleet went on a training exercise in the Barents Sea. It consists of the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser "Peter the Great" and the missile cruiser "Marshal Ustinov".

General Director of Sevmash Mikhail Budnichenko congratulated the sailors of the North Sea, the command of the Northern Fleet on the Day of the Northern Fleet celebrated on June 1.

In addition to holding the Main Naval Parade, the meeting of the Board of the Russian Defense Ministry considered the implementation of the plan of the Western Military District in the framework of the implementation of the May decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and his instructions given at the meeting in Sochi.

The new 20 military units and formations that will be created in the Western Military District will help neutralize new threats and challenges to Russia's security from NATO and significantly strengthen the overall potential of the Western Military District, Igor Korotchenko, a well-known military expert and editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, told RIA Novosti on Monday.

Russia may deploy more Iskander tactical missile systems on its western borders, and in certain circumstances it will deploy medium-range hypersonic missiles there, Russian military expert Alexey Leonkov predicts.

Russia will create about 20 new formations and units in the Western Military District for "adequate opposition to NATO". This statement was made on Monday, May 31, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The Russian Defense Ministry will form about 20 new formations and military units in the Western Military District in response to the actions of NATO countries. On the air of Sputnik radio, this decision was commented on by a military expert, candidate of Historical Sciences Ivan Konovalov.

The servicemen of Russia and Belarus have started preparing for joint large-scale exercises in early autumn. Moreover, military personnel from other countries will also be involved in them. This was stated in an interview with the official newspaper of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Red Star" by the head of the Main Department of Combat Training of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Ivan Buvaltsev.

The preparation of the joint exercises of Russia and Belarus "West-2021", scheduled for September, has entered an active phase. This was announced on May 31 by the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu at the board of the department.