Glimpses of adequacy: are they in the Western approach to Russia - Opinions of TASS
Andrey Shitov — about Fiona Hill's lecture in Tallinn, responses to Sergei Karaganov's article and the "Wagnerian" rebellion, as well as the dialogue on arms control with the United States
Speaking at a recent meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin once again reminded that our country did not start the conflict in Ukraine, but is trying to stop it. "The war on Ukraine, in the south-east of Ukraine, was started by the Ukrainian regime with the support of their sponsors in the West in 2014," the Russian leader said. "No one tries to talk about this in the West."
"Russia has made it even stronger." Who thwarted Kiev's military plans
The Ukrainian offensive has stalled. The problem for the AFU, as Western analysts note, turned out to be one of the types of Russian weapons. And, most likely, the NATO countries will not be able to help here.
Inertia of the attack: the Russian Armed Forces continue to repel enemy attacks
The VFU will attack for another one and a half to two weeks, and then they will be forced to go on the defensive, experts say
On June 26, the Russian armed forces continued to successfully repel the attacks of the VFU in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansky, Yuzhnodonetsky and Zaporozhye directions.
"Only the toughest centralization." Why PMCs need to be eliminated
Colonel Khodarenok said that in Russia it is necessary to disband all PMCs
On June 23-24, the Wagner PMCs attempted an armed mutiny. It ended with a retreat after almost a day. But the problem of the control of armed formations has faced the authorities at all times. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok understood how the civil authorities of other countries restrain their armies and how to prevent any possible troubles in the state.
Why does Rosgvardiya need tanks
The head of the Rosgvardiya announced the possible receipt of tanks by the department. According to the commander of the troops Viktor Zolotov, this issue was discussed with the president, and the State Duma adds that the strengthening of the internal troops has been overdue for a long time, and long before the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin. What is the specifics of the work of the Rosgvardiya in the current conditions and why did it need heavy weapons?
"You actually stopped the civil war"
Vladimir Putin thanked the military and security forces who stopped the attempt of an armed rebellion
Russia did not have to withdraw combat units from the zone of its own because of the attempted mutiny, Vladimir Putin said on June 27, speaking to representatives of law enforcement agencies that ensured order and legality during Saturday's events.
Ireland received the first basic patrol aircraft Airbus C295W MSA
On June 27, 2023, the arrival ceremony of the first Airbus C295W MSA base patrol aircraft (tail number "284", serial number 211) of two ordered for the country's Air Force - the Irish Air Corps (Aer Chór na hÉireann - Irish Air Corps) took place at the Casement airfield near Dublin (Ireland). The ceremony of handing over this aircraft to the Irish Air Corps was attended by Irish Defense Minister Mihol Martin.
Sergey Lavrov: Russian military instructors will continue to work in Mali and the CAR
The work of Russian instructors in the Central African Republic (CAR) will continue, now there are several hundred people in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with RT.
Yevgeny Prigozhin called the reasons for the so-called "march of justice" of the PMC "Wagner" to Moscow
The purpose of the "march of justice", as Prigozhin called the campaign of the Wagner PMCs to Moscow, was to prevent the destruction of the "Orchestra" and to bring to justice those who, by their actions and decisions, made many mistakes in their own. So the curator of the PMCS "Wagner" commented on the situation with the nomination of the columns of "musicians".
Putin told what the solution of the tasks of strengthening security depends on
Putin said that the solution of tasks to strengthen security depends on the human potential
The solution of key tasks to strengthen Russia's security and technological sovereignty depends primarily on the country's human resources potential, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Intel is ready to dramatically bypass both AMD and Nvidia. The Aurora supercomputer with a performance of over 2 exaflops has already been installed
For more than a year, the most productive supercomputer in the world has been the Frontier system based on AMD components. At the same time, it is the only supercomputer with a performance of over 1 exaflops. However, the leader should change soon. Argonne National Laboratory has reportedly already completed the installation of blade servers for the Aurora supercomputer.
China will be at the top of the political Olympus. That's what Russia has to do with it
Xi Jinping has the motivation and means to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, Salon writes. If this happens, China will emerge victorious from this conflict. He will be at the top of the diplomatic Olympus and will receive huge economic benefits.
To become a hand: a robot surgeon was taught to transmit sensations
The new technology will help doctors to prevent brain and heart damage during operations
Russian developers have equipped the control system of the robot surgeon with the technology of transmitting tactile sensations.
Ukrainian "volunteers" are developing an "assault armored personnel carrier" based on the Soviet T-62M tank for the Azov brigade
In Ukraine, they continue to engage in artisanal conversion of old tanks into various "heavy" infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, hoping in this way to solve the problem of the shortage of armored vehicles in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This time, the volunteers decided to create an "assault" armored personnel carrier for the National Guard brigade "Azov"*, recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization and banned.
The new Russian armored personnel carrier will be a transitional model from the BTR-82A to the Boomerang
The appearance of images of the new Russian armored personnel carrier aroused great interest in this topic among both specialists and those interested in domestic armored vehicles.
In Europe, they started talking about creating a prototype of a hypersonic weapon protection system. Who are the EU countries trying to protect themselves from?
The European missile manufacturer MBDA plans to develop protection systems against hypersonic weapons in the next three years. This is reported by the Daily Telegraph newspaper, referring to the company's executive director Eric Beranger.
A cellular satellite was able to transmit data from space to a regular phone
AST SpaceMobile has announced the successful organization of data exchange between the BlueWalker 3 satellite and standard smartphones. The experiment was conducted in Hawaii, during the installation of the connection, a download speed of 10 Mbit/s was achieved. This opens a new milestone in the use of the Internet and adds a huge number of problems to astronomers.
Nine US coalition drone flights recorded in Syria
Nine drone flights of the US-led coalition were recorded in Syria
On June 25, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said that nine cases of violations related to the flights of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the US-led "international anti-terrorist coalition" had been recorded in Syria.
Turkey has integrated high-precision ammunition into the Su-25 attack aircraft armament complex of the Azerbaijani Air Force
Azerbaijan has begun the modernization of the Su-25 attack aircraft in service with the republic's Air Force, the work is being carried out in close cooperation with Turkey. According to the local press, the Turks are integrating Turkish precision weapons into the Soviet aircraft.
Mi-26 heavy helicopters will receive the latest PD-8V engine
Russian Rostec has officially announced that Mi-26 heavy-duty helicopters will be equipped with a more powerful PD-8V engine, which is currently being developed by UEC specialists. It will be built on the basis of the PD-8 type powerplant being brought in for the "import-substituted" SSJ-New liner and the Be-200 amphibian, known all over the world.
