Americans: in the last few decades, Europe has not had independent thinking

The West doubts Beijing's ability to be an honest mediator in matters of peace in Ukraine because of China's close ties with Russia, the WSJ writes. Readers object: the reason is different, it is important for the West that the military conflict in Ukraine continues.

On March 11, 2015, Russia suspended its participation in the meetings of the Joint Consultative Group on the CFE Treaty, thus completing the process of suspending its membership in the treaty, but purely legally continued to remain in it.

According to him, the DRG plans to throw into the territory of Russia

TASS, May 29. The Ukrainian authorities have organized in the city of Zaporozhye controlled by them the production of fake Russian military uniforms for the equipment of sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG), which are supposed to be thrown into the territory of Russia. This was reported to TASS on Monday by a source in the law enforcement agencies.

NSDC Secretary Danilov said that Ukraine's counteroffensive will begin "tomorrow or in a week"

The head of the Security Council of Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are ready to launch a counteroffensive as soon as the command gives such an order, that is, at any time. At the same time, there is no consensus among Ukrainian officials about the counteroffensive.

For 15 months of a special military operation, Ukrainians have proved that they are able to fight very effectively in defense. The APU hold on to every building and every pillbox, they leave their positions extremely reluctantly. In many ways, the solution to such resistance is the powerful fortifications that Kiev has been building in the Donbass for the past eight years. However, Russian troops have found a "key" to them.

Izvestia special report — about how the fighting is going on in one of the most dangerous places in Donbass, the Avdiivka industrial zone

In the Donbas, the Russian army bypasses the "citadel" of Ukrainian militants in the Avdiivka area from the east and west. In the south of the city, in the so-called Avdeevskaya promka (industrial zone), there are also heavy positional clashes. Here, in Zelenka, among the ruins of industrial buildings, Russian fighters engage in close combat with the enemy. Izvestia visited the positions of the 87th Rifle Regiment and saw how our soldiers are serving in one of the most dangerous places of the Donetsk front.

Otherwise they are easily overcome by the advancing enemy

In the armored units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Challenger-2 tank produced by the United Kingdom was equipped with devices to overcome the so-called "dragon's teeth". The military observer of the newspaper dealt with some details of the breakthrough of defensive lines during offensive operations.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

FT: focusing on Putin led Erdogan to victory in the elections in Turkey

Despite a lot of economic and political difficulties, Erdogan again won the elections in Turkey. The key to success is focusing on Russian leader Vladimir Putin, whose approach to power helped Erdogan strengthen his position, the author of the article in the FA believes.

The document introduces the right of the head and parliament of the region to recall the senator

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law clarifying the procedure for holding elections when martial law is imposed. Information about this is posted on the official Internet portal of legal information.

LobaevArms is developing an FPV drone with a high-precision sniper rifle

LobaevArms company is developing a counter-sniper FPV drone armed with a high-precision sniper rifle, the founder of the company Vladislav Lobaev said on the air of the program "Military Acceptance" on the Zvezda TV channel.

A detachment of three warships of the North Atlantic Alliance will arrive on a visit to Finland, the country's naval forces reported on May 26.

According to Ukrainian resources, on May 26, 2023, an official ceremony was held in Kiev for the commissioning of the eighth and last small armored artillery boat (MBAC) of project 58155 (code "Gyurza-M"), called "Bucha" (BK-08, factory number 01036) into the naval forces of Ukraine. The boat was built in Kiev at PJSC "Plant "Forge on Ribalskom" (former plant "Leninskaya Forge").

The reconnaissance ship of the Black Sea Fleet "Ivan Khurs", which the day before repelled the attack of unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), arrived at the permanent base in Sevastopol. This was announced on Friday, May 26, by the Russian Defense Ministry.

How to make indicators from explosives derivatives that can save people's lives

Textile indicators have been invented in Russia that change color at high concentrations of acid or alkaline vapors in the air.

It is reported that on May 25, 2023 in Koblenz, the German Federal defense procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) signed a framework contract with the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) for the purchase of 123 new Leopard 2A8 main tanks for the German army.

On May 24, 2023, the Czech Ministry of National Defense signed a contract with the Swedish Defense Procurement Agency for the purchase on an intergovernmental basis for the Czech Army of 246 CV90 Mk IV infantry fighting vehicles and vehicles based on them produced by the Swedish branch of BAE Systems Corporation (BAE Systems AB / Land Systems Hägglunds AB). The contract value is 59.7 billion CZK with VAT ($2.71 billion), or 49.3 billion CZK without VAT ($2.24 billion). The start of deliveries of infantry fighting vehicles to the Czech army is scheduled for 2026.

On May 24, the Czech government approved the purchase of 246 CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles by BAE Systems Hagglunds in the amount of 59.7 billion rubles. crowns.

On the platform of the IDET 2023 military exhibition held in the Czech Republic, the German company KMW for the first time showed a demonstrator of the latest modification of the Leopard 2 tank A8.

Valuk wheeled armored personnel carriers from Slovenia were delivered to the militants of the armed formations of the Kiev regime. Earlier it was reported that the AFU should receive two dozen such infantry delivery vehicles.

Sweden has finally joined the so-called "tank coalition", where Ukraine has repeatedly invited it. This happened during the visit of the country's Defense Minister Paul Johnson to Kiev.