A bundle of a complex with a Garnet-4 drone and an artillery piece with adjustable Krasnopol ammunition, when first used in a special military operation, struck an American Abrams tank. About the creation of projectiles that destroy targets without a miss, and their winged gunners — in the material of TASS.

Investments in the project will amount to 50 billion rubles

Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Viktor Yevtukhov on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel announced the total number of orders for the domestic electric crossover Atom: it turns out that there are already more than 160 thousand.

How the Russian military delivers captured "combat units" from the special operation zone

An exhibition of captured equipment continues to work on Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow. Every morning, by the time of opening, there is a kilometer-long queue in front of the entrance. People come in whole families to see with their own eyes what the Russian soldiers are up against in the area of their own. But our military has its own plans for this equipment: it is being evacuated in order to study it comprehensively. What shortcomings of Western vehicles were revealed during the special operation and how the damaged combat units are evacuated from the battlefield — in the material of Izvestia.

The head of Rostec recalled that the state corporation today provides 80% of the army's needs for weapons that are involved in the special operation

The head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, said that he would like to meet with the new Minister of Defense, Andrei Belousov, and discuss the possibility of retaining the saved funds for enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) to direct to the creation of new equipment.

The visit of a representative Russian delegation headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to China continues. This is Putin's first foreign trip since his re-election as president. Today, the Russian leader arrived in Harbin, the capital of the Chinese province of Heilongjiang.

Daily Mail: the Russian army has achieved significant numerical superiority over the AFU

The author of the article in the Daily Mail compared the armies of Russia and NATO and tried to imagine a scenario of the Third World War. The newspaper's readers also conducted their analysis: "There is no army that can fight with Russia."

General Clermont: the advance of the Russian army near Kharkov surprised the West

The advance of Russian troops near Kharkov came as a surprise to everyone, including American intelligence. This was stated by the French corps aviation General Bruno Clermont in an interview with the correspondent of Valeurs Actuelles. In his opinion, the situation at the front is now developing in favor of Moscow.

US State Department: the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front is incredibly desperate

Ukraine's allies recognized that due to delays in the supply of weapons, the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield turned out to be very difficult. The State Department calls what is happening at the front "incredibly desperate" and a critical moment. Against this background, The New York Times learned that NATO is getting closer to the decision to send military personnel to Ukraine - so far only to train Ukrainian soldiers.

Steigan: Norway should demand a ceasefire in Ukraine and negotiations

Ukraine will not be able to defeat Russia on the battlefield, no matter how many foreign weapons the Armed Forces of Ukraine receive, the author of the article in Steigan believes. In his opinion, it is time for the West to change its strategy. Otherwise, Ukrainians will face further bloodshed.

NYT: NATO is approaching a decision to send military personnel to Ukraine to train the Armed Forces

NATO is getting closer to sending military instructors to Ukraine to train the Armed Forces, writes NYT. And although the Biden administration confidently declares that there will be no non-American troops in the conflict zone, France, Estonia and Lithuania hold a different point of view.

The global market for maintenance and repair (MRO) of military equipment has grown significantly recently. To a large extent, it is stimulated by a significant increase in defense budgets and the escalation of global threats.

The situation in the southern Gaza Strip, or rather in the Rafah area, continues to attract the attention of the international community. Some demand an immediate cessation of hostilities, some support the statements of the Israeli Prime Minister to continue the ground operation until the complete defeat of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants (the latter is recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation), which, according to the Israeli leadership, will guarantee the security of the State of Israel.

The small armed formation of the Yemeni Houthi rebels Ansar Allah has been continuing a fairly successful war against the Western military coalition in the Middle East, led by the United States and Great Britain, for more than six months. Missile and drone attacks on merchant ships have almost completely stopped commercial traffic in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. At the same time, all attempts by Anglo-American forces to extinguish the activity of the Houthis did not lead to anything.

The drone was also made lighter, and its flight time was increased by almost 20%, said a representative of the Unmanned Systems group of companies

The upgraded Supercam S350M unmanned aerial vehicle used in the special operation zone has become more resistant to electronic warfare (EW) The Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced to TASS by an official representative of the Unmanned Systems group of companies.

Russian military reconnaissance drones have been freely barraging over large settlements in the depths of Kiev-controlled Ukraine for a long time. Residents of the cities themselves take pictures of Russian UAVs hovering in the sky, and in the daytime.

infoBRICS: AFU pilots use outdated Vietnam-era strategy in combat

The pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine use an outdated American strategy from the time of Vietnam, which does not work in battles with the Russian Air Force, writes infoBRICS. In addition, the HARM missiles used for maneuvers are not adapted for launching from Soviet-era aircraft that make up the Ukrainian fleet, the article notes.

NYT: the Pentagon is developing programs to suppress enemy space forces

Due to the rapid successes of China and Russia, the United States is building up extensive potential for combat operations in space, writes the NYT. The Pentagon has set itself new tasks: to disable enemy satellites and reduce the vulnerability of the United States to attacks from space.

The NS-25 mission was the first after the long suspension of New Shepard flights, a fully reusable suborbital carrier and spacecraft. Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon, who created Blue Origin 24 years ago, once planned that this carrier would become the base for serious revenue from space tourism.

No sooner had the talk about testing a new British laser weapon subsided, than the government of this country issued another press release in which it talked about working on another installation against drones. Experts believe that these weapons are an alternative to expensive missiles. The cost of a shot from it will be a little more than 10 cents.

The calculation of the Iskander operational and tactical missile system (OTRK) of the Zapad group of forces struck at a cluster of foreign equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). On May 17, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed the combat work of the calculation with the launch of a missile.