There was another sharp deterioration in relations between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, which turned into an unprecedented rocket-artillery duel, in which thousands of unguided missiles launched from the Gaza Strip are opposed by the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system.

The state tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" will be held in June this year. This was announced on Thursday, May 20, TASS reports, citing sources in the military-industrial complex.

The US army continues to use armored vehicles depicting the Russian BMP-2 and T-72 in the course of combat training. Such equipment is currently located at the site of the US Army National training Center Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert (California).

The Czech Republic continues to part with the Soviet past. Yesterday, May 19, the press service of the Czech Defense Ministry announced the "equator" of tests of three models of BMP, claiming to replace the Soviet BMP-2, which were produced under license in Czechoslovakia as BVP-2.

To fight the terrorists, the Nigerian army intends to use its most powerful self-propelled artillery. We are talking about the 155-mm Palmaria of Italian production, which were delivered in the 80s.

It is reported that the German consortium ARTEC (now unites the companies Rheinmetall Defense and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann/KMW, now KNDS) presented a variant of the GTK Boxer (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carrier created for an unnamed "Middle Eastern customer", equipped with a new remote-controlled combat module Protector RT60 of the Norwegian Kongsberg group.

The EMERCOM of Russia will have its own design bureau for the development of robotic systems of the future. It sounds loud, but maybe that's not just how it will be on paper. At least, the scientists of the Ministry of Emergency Situations have already signed an agreement with the Central Research Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics on cooperation and very much hope for success.

The patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet "Vasily Bykov" is making a planned transition from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, currently the crew of the ship has passed the Black Sea Bosphorus Strait and is passing the Dardanelles Strait, said the head of the information support Department of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain 2nd rank Alexey Rulev.

A small missile ship of the Baltic Fleet repelled the attack from the water and sky.

In accordance with the combat training plan of the MRK "Geyser" of the Baltic Naval Base, it was supposed to perform artillery firing on sea and air targets.

In the connection of the ships of the protection of the water area of the Primorsky Flotilla of the heterogeneous forces of the Pacific Fleet, a complex exercise was conducted to disguise ships at the base point and eliminate chemical contamination on one of the missile boats.

The Foreign Ministry, the SVR and the Ministry of Emergency Situations will determine the timing and format of the evacuation, taking into account the development of the situation in the Gaza Strip

The evacuated citizens will be taken to Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on the evacuation of Russian and CIS citizens from the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during a telephone conversation that Israel needs some time to complete the operation in Gaza, Axios reports, citing an Israeli official.

Cameroon has received the first (of two planned transfers) shipment of military equipment to equip the contingent taking part in the peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR).

The staff of the Russian Security Council has finished work on the draft of the updated National Security doctrine for the period up to 2027. Changes and updates to the doctrinal document are related to new challenges and threats that have recently emerged.

Russia will help Tajikistan build a modern border post on the Tajik-Afghan border, and a corresponding agreement will be signed in the near future.

The situation almost along the entire perimeter of the borders of the CSTO member states remains tense, said Stanislav Zas, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

The scale of Russian military activity in the Voronezh and Belgorod regions will be checked by inspectors from Switzerland in the period from 19 to 21 May this year, said the head of the National Center for Nuclear Risk Reduction Sergey Ryzhkov.

Threats to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT payment system exacerbate the risks in the country's economy, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Vakhrukov said in an interview with Interfax.

Russia will not leave unanswered the expulsion of its diplomatic staff and unsubstantiated accusations from unfriendly countries, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Vakhrukov said in an interview with Interfax.

In Ukraine, the decision of the National Security Council of the country (NSDC) of May 14, which provides for an increase in military spending in the budget of Ukraine in the next three years, was put into effect. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on May 18.