The practice of building a strong national state leads it to destruction

Despite the significant lag behind the Russian Army in terms of the quality and quantity of weapons, military and special equipment (VVST), the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are stubbornly resisting the conduct of a special military operation (SVO).

Russian servicemen of the engineering and sapper division of the Central Military District (CVO) destroyed a stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) by remote detonation of a captured armored personnel carrier. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

Below are three answers of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the questions of Dmitry Simes, moderator of the discussion at the plenary session of the XXVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, concerning the situation in and around Ukraine.

Dmitry Suslov, Deputy director of the Center for Integrated European and International Studies, noted that the Russian president recalled the absence of Moscow's plans to use nuclear weapons in the Ukrainian conflict.

At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboun said that Russia's support, including providing the republic with weapons, allows it to maintain its independence and no external pressure will affect Algerian-Russian relations: "Thanks to the support of the Russian Federation, which provides us with weapons, we maintain our independence in these difficult conditions".

The Russian economy is moving to a qualitatively different level of development – it will not depend on the external conjuncture and demand, but will form it itself. This was stated by Vladimir Putin during his speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The President noted that the strategy chosen by the state after the introduction of Western sanctions has worked, and positive macroeconomic trends are gaining momentum.

First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Ilya Torosov — about investments in the Russian Federation, the exit of domestic business from offshore and a new wave of privatization

In 2023, 29.7 trillion rubles will be invested in the Russian economy, which is 1.8 trillion more than in 2022. Ilya Torosov, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development, told about this in an interview with Izvestia at the SPIEF.

The Governor of the Tula Region, Alexey Dyumin, in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF), spoke about the region's contribution to supporting a special military operation, training personnel for the region's defense complex and plans for the serial production of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of operating in electronic warfare (EW).

Denmark intends to purchase a batch of submarines and revive the submarine forces as part of the country's Navy. Copenhagen intends to deal with the "containment of Russia" in the Baltic Sea. This is reported by Breaking Defense.

On June 2, 2023, the official ceremony of handing over to the Senegalese Navy the lead small patrol ship Walo in a series of three units of the OPV58S project ordered by Senegal under the 2019 contract took place at the enterprise of the French Piriou shipbuilding group in Concarneau (France). The ship is due to arrive in Dakar in Senegal in July. All three ships are to become the largest patrol units of the Senegalese fleet.

A series of unsuccessful attacks by Ukrainian naval drones against Russian ships raised the question: how effective are surface unmanned boats in general? Are they capable of performing any shock tasks? And most importantly – in what direction should Russia develop this branch of the military industry?

Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of USC, spoke about the situation in the shipbuilding industry, how the United Shipbuilding Corporation copes with new challenges, the results of the corporation's work in 2022, as well as plans for the construction and delivery of ships, necessary state support measures and prospects for international cooperation in an interview with Interfax on the eve of SPIEF-2023..

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Norwegian Defense Procurement Agency (NDMA) to coordinate the specification of 54 new Leopard-2 MBT.

The armed formations of the Kiev regime are suffering heavy losses in Western armored vehicles, so the APU has already lost four of the six Leopard 2R delivered from Finland.

The network has published footage showing the evacuation of one of the German Leopard 2A6 tanks with the help of the Bergepanzer 3 BREM supplied by the Ukrainian army from Canada. Apparently, the tank hit a mine during a large-scale offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction.

The Russian military managed to capture at least one German Leopard 2 tank, writes MWM. However, the benefits of this are doubtful, the article claims. Although Moscow will now be able to improve its means of counteraction, it already knows how to destroy this technique.

As part of a joint project of KAMAZ, Avtodor, PEK, Magnit, Gazpromneft-Supply and a number of other interested companies, tomorrow, June 14, unmanned KAMAZ trucks will enter the M-11 highway, also known as Neva and connecting Moscow with St. Petersburg.

The Polish press drew attention to numerous shots that recorded the defeat of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the minefields placed by the soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Observers are forced to admit that "it is possible to partially stop the Ukrainian offensive." At the same time, it is pointed out that in the Polish army there are practically no modern means of setting barriers, similar to the Russian engineering system of remote mining (ISDM) "Agriculture".

Not only the civilian population suffers from the use of depleted uranium shells, but also the military using this type of weapons. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) refused to ban these shells and did not take into account the reports provided. About this "Tape.<url>" was told by military expert Alexey Leonkov.

Russia has depleted uranium ammunition in large quantities, but so far they have not been used, as Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, June 13.