Human Rights Watch reported new evidence of the use of prohibited mines by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The organization's report says that HRW sent an official request to the Ukrainian government about this, but did not receive a response
The human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has received new data that the Ukrainian military has repeatedly used banned anti-personnel mines "Petal". This is stated in a message published on Friday on the HRW website.
France has carried out the first launch of a hypersonic glider
On June 26, the French Defense Ministry launched a demonstration sample of a hypersonic glider, designated VMaX. The purpose of the flight was to collect data in real conditions to adjust the hypersonic weapons program for future testing.
The US Army has declared the first experimental battery of the MRC Typhon missile system combat ready
The US Army announced that on June 27, 2023, a successful demonstration and test launch of the Tomahawk cruise missile was made from the mobile ground launcher of the first experimental battery of the new American medium-Range and shorter-range Mid-Range Capability (MRC, official name Typhon) manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation.
The military political scientist called the consequences of sending cluster munitions to Ukraine
Military political scientist Koshkin: sending cluster munitions to Ukraine will draw other countries into the conflict
Doctor of Political Sciences, expert of the Association of Military Political Scientists Andrei Koshkin on Friday, June 30, in an interview with Izvestia, assessed CNN reports that the administration of American President Joe Biden is seriously considering approving the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine.
Poland is negotiating the transfer of the NDR coastal missile system with NSM missiles to Ukraine
As reported by the Polish resource Defence24.pl , negotiations are underway between Poland and Ukraine on the acquisition by Kiev of a battery or even a division of the NDR coastal mobile missile system from the Polish Navy. As a result, Ukraine may receive a missile system with modern Kongsberg NSM anti-ship missiles capable of hitting both sea and ground targets at a range of more than 200 km.
Ready for battle reserve: what long-range missiles can Kiev get
And how they can affect the course of a special military operation
At the end of June, the American edition of the Wall Street Journal, citing its sources, reported that the United States is close to making a decision on the supply of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. Literally next, the Pentagon said that the agency had no information about making such a decision.
Poland will make the second purchase of Patriot air defense systems under the Wisla program
On June 28, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned possible sale to Poland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of a new batch of Patriot PAC-3+ anti-aircraft missile systems together with an integrated air defense combat control system and ABOUT Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS).
In Russia, the Argus-Antifuria station was created to suppress long-range drones
Development Director of the NGO "Kaysant" Alena Balandina noted that negotiations are underway to conduct joint tests of the device with the Ministry of Defense and law enforcement agencies
Russian specialists have developed a mobile electronic warfare station (EW) "Argus-Antifuria" to suppress any unmanned aerial vehicles, including long-range combat drones. This was reported to TASS by the development director of the NGO "Kaysant" Alena Balandina.
The expert said that the United States can create weapons under the guise of a planetary defense system
With the help of such weapons, the United States will be able to change the trajectory of the asteroid so that it falls on the territory of the Russian Federation, said Anatoly Zaitsev, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky.
"Following customer requests": Israel has developed new kamikaze drones
Israel is considered the world's leading platform in the field of creating barrage ammunition. The main companies operating in this segment are uVision with the Hero family of kamikaze drones and IAI with Nagor. The latter were massively used by Azerbaijan during the Karabakh conflict in 2020, marking the beginning of the "drone revolution" in military affairs.
Planned delivery to Canada of American P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft
On June 27, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned possible sale of 16 Boeing P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft to Canada through the US program of intergovernmental Foreign military Sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS).
Israel has decided to purchase a third squadron of F-35I Adir fighters
Israel will purchase the third squadron of American fifth-generation F-35 fighters in the F-35I Adir modification, the corresponding decision has already been made. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Israel.
Notification of the planned sale of F-35A fighters to the Czech Republic
On June 29, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale of 24 fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters to the Czech Republic through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS).
Zelensky: The West is in no hurry to start training Ukrainian pilots to control F-16 fighters
The West is in no hurry to start training Ukrainian pilots to control F-16 fighters. Perhaps there is a deliberate delay on the part of Western partners.
"The APU requires at least 100-120 fighters"
Military expert Khodarenok is sure that Kiev will not be able to succeed without air superiority
The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has not yet led to any significant results. There are statements in Ukraine that the United States and NATO are to blame for the failure. Why the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being carried out at this stage is far from the pace that was expected in the West, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Why didn't the "Rooks" arrive
Small aircraft in the strategy of the big war
The proxy war in Ukraine, with the development of a special military operation, has acquired the scale of a classic armed conflict. This is a conflict between Russia and the consolidated West, which organized and sponsored the war with someone else's hands.
Government officials went to aviation
Manturov praised the Su-35S, and Mishustin gave money for the Tu-214
After a four-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Le Bourget airfield north of the French capital has once again gathered thousands of participating companies and huge crowds of aviation enthusiasts from all over the world. But he missed some of his regulars. For the first time in decades, Russia was not represented at the next Paris Aerospace Salon, held from June 19 to 25.
The cost of the MS-21 aircraft is growing
As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Aigul Abdullina's article, "The MS-21 has soared in price. Kommersant found out the cost of the aircraft for Aeroflot's competitors, the cost of the new Russian medium-haul passenger aircraft MS-21 with delivery in 2028-2030 is estimated at 4.3-4.6 billion rubles.
They rejoice early: US plans in the Middle East will not come to fruition
The US is struggling to make the Arab world accept Israel, Anadolu reports. They intend to achieve the normalization of relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv that is beneficial to them. Western media are already writing about Washington's "success". However, everything is not as simple as it seems to Americans, the author of the article believes.
The President of South Korea demanded that the Unification Ministry act more harshly against the DPRK
South Korean President Yun Seok-yel on Sunday called on the Unification Ministry to stop acting in the interests of the DPRK.