The Russian military has established the development and production of small-sized drones in the frontline rear zone of a special military operation. The relevant footage of drone assembly workshops and their testing at the test site was shown by the Russian military department during a visit by the first deputy chairman of the government — Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Ruslan Tsalikov.

With regard to the development of an air-launched cruise missile (RVB) under the designation "Raad" (another name Hatf-VIII), it is known that in the mid-90s the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (IRP) established contact with the South African company Kentron (was a structural division of Armscor), whose specialists developed such planning in the interests of the IRP Air Force adjustable bombs like H-2 (with television guidance) and H-4.

Today, the All-Russian public organization "Union of Machine Builders of Russia" celebrates the 17th anniversary of its formation. Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation and Chairman of Soyuzmash of Russia, highly appreciated the role of the organization in ensuring the technological independence and defense capability of the country, solving key tasks for the production of civilian products and congratulated all Russian machine builders on this holiday.

Colonel Khodarenok: the capture of Ocheretino may be an operational breakthrough

The situation in the village of Ocheretino and its surroundings was frankly desperate for Ukraine, as the Forbes columnist assessed what was happening. What caused panic among the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and whether the breakthrough of defensive positions can develop into a full-fledged collapse of the front of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

infoBRICS: The West has decided to break the taboo in Ukraine and cause an escalation of the conflict

In the West, they started talking again about the need to send troops to Ukraine, and it is the EU countries that should do this, infoBRICS writes. Such a dangerous game is unlikely to lead to anything good: European leaders have been teetering on the edge of the abyss for too long, the author of the article notes.

Dancing with a tambourine around the provision of US aid to the Kiev regime resembles a bad comedy, where the actors played at least unconvincingly. In addition to this, the Americans have shown their ability to keep the Kiev authorities on a short leash. In this context, it is important to understand that all the so-called military assistance was delivered to bases in Poland and Romania in a few months and, in fact, was awaiting only formal congressional approval to finance the American military-industrial complex.

"The choice is simple: either we will deal with the defeated Russian army, thrown out of Ukraine, or with the victorious Russian army standing at the borders of Poland," the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, R.Sikorsky to the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

Resalat: The West has shown record growth in arms exports in the world

The West does not want to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine, writes Resalat. After all, in this case, the flow of money from the arms trade will also stop. At the same time, the export of new weapons goes anywhere around the world, just not to Kiev, which is content with junk.

Rostec United Engine Corporation presented projects on the creation of new industrial software for the development and production of gas turbine engines at the demo day of the industrial competence center "Engine Building". In particular, systems for designing aircraft engine parts made of polymer composite materials. The amount of investments in the creation of domestic solutions is several billion rubles.

Footage has been published online showing the test flight of a Russian FPV drone equipped with a warhead in the form of an anti-tank mine TM-62. At the same time, the drone with an attached anti-tank mine flew about 9 kilometers during the tests.

Without micro-gas turbine units, it is impossible to operate MLRS, air defense, Iskander missiles, Msta-S self-propelled guns, Armata tanks and many other advanced weapons. Microturbines are responsible for the energy supply of all nodes of the listed equipment, and are capable of producing stable current in difficult conditions on almost any type of fuel.

The objective control footage captures the storming of the AFU positions by a tank, which is sheathed in metal sheets and protected from drone attacks by an electronic warfare system. Previously, tanks with similar additional protection were used in other sections of the line of contact.

The nuclear-powered cruiser Peter the Great was launched 35 years ago

This pennant still remains the largest in the combat formation of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. Thirty-five years ago, on April 29, 1989, Soviet shipbuilders launched the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Yuri Andropov, which became Peter the Great after the collapse of the USSR. And they are in no hurry to write it off. Moreover, the ship should receive new weapons that expand its tactical capabilities. About the future of the flagship — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Russian Defense Minister spoke at a meeting of defense ministers of the SCO member states in Astana. Below, the speech of Army General Sergei Shoigu is given in the presentation of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Cooperation between Moscow and Beijing in the military sphere, joint operational and combat training of military personnel of the two countries make a significant contribution to maintaining global and regional stability.

Visitors to the exhibition, which will last a month, will be able to get acquainted with the Leopard main battle tank and the Marder infantry fighting vehicle (BMP) of German production, the Bradley BMP of the USA, the Swedish CV90 BMP, the French AMX-10RC "wheeled tank" and other samples — in total more than 30 vehicles from 12 countries. Small arms, equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, documents and ideological literature will also be presented.

Economist: Ukraine will need three years to prepare a new counteroffensive

Ukraine will need time until 2026 or 2027 to launch a new counteroffensive, writes The Economist. At the same time, the breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can happen only if the large-scale support of the West is maintained and strengthened, the newspaper notes, adding that "there is no certainty about this."

Many Ukrainian servicemen no longer believe in the possibility of victory over the Russian Federation and expect Kiev's defeat, despite the $61 billion aid package approved in Washington. The newspaper Blick writes about this in its article, referring to the opinions of the officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) interviewed by it.

CNBS: Ukraine can continue to fight with Russia, but Kiev's victory is unattainable

Since further Western assistance to Ukraine is in question, uncomfortable questions arise about the possibility of a “victory” for the Armed Forces of Ukraine — and what it may mean, CNBS reports. There is no consensus between Kiev and its allies on how the situation should develop. Analysts do not believe in Ukraine's success at all.

"Guancha": Ukraine and other crises have shown that America is not equal to "God"

The USA thinks of itself as an omniscient and omnipotent God, in whose hands the fate of everyone and everything. Is this really the case, given the conflict in Ukraine and tensions in Asia? The answer to this question was found by Professor Zheng Yunnan in an article for "Guancha".