FT: The idea of the West to manipulate the Kosovo issue to distance Serbia from Russia has failed

Fearing the strengthening of Russia's influence in the Balkans, the United States and Europe have attempted to deprive it of its ally in this region — Serbia, writes FT. Hoping that the stabilization of relations with Pristina would distance Belgrade from Moscow, they arranged negotiations for the parties. But the result did not meet the expectations of the West.

Asharq Al-Awsat: denunciation of the CFE Treaty brings closer the confrontation between Russia and the West in Europe

Due to the actions of NATO, Vladimir Putin signed an order to begin the final procedure for denouncing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. The author of the article examines the reasons for this decision, as well as its consequences for both Russia and the West.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny called the head of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Gerasimov "a strong and unpredictable enemy"

The Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Zaluzhny in an interview with the project "Behind the scenes" called the chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov "a strong and unpredictable enemy." The Ukrainian commander-in-chief, according to him, reads Gerasimov's theoretical works, but he "does not publish anything fresh." This is the second precedent when Zaluzhny speaks positively about his Russian counterpart, the last time it happened shortly after the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region and the regrouping of the Russian Armed Forces.

Specialists of the units of the communication troops around the clock and in any weather ensure the exchange of information between control points, military units and divisions. The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday, May 13, published footage of the combat work of the signalmen of the Western Military District (ZVO).

An air group of two helicopters and two fighters crashed near Bryansk

Two fighter jets of the Russian Aerospace Forces and two Mi-8 helicopters crashed near the Ukrainian border in the Bryansk region. According to a number of data, the Su-34, Su-35 and helicopters were from the same air group and were supposed to raid the territory of the Chernihiv region of Ukraine. All the crews were killed. A resident of Klintsov was injured on the ground as a result of one of the crashes.

The United States should withdraw its contingent from Syria and transfer the refugee camps under the control of Damascus, according to a joint statement by the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of Russia and Syria.

Evrensel: The US opposes the return of Syria to the Arab League to strike Russia

Qatar is the only Persian Gulf country following a pro-American policy that dictates not to let Syria into the Arab League, writes Evrensel. Washington intends to continue isolating Damascus for a simple reason: it wants to deprive Moscow of this "trachea" of Moscow against the background of the conflict in Ukraine.

India has an impressive fleet of Soviet and Russian military equipment. The country's troops are armed with 7 Russian-made submarines, more than 250 multi-purpose Su-30MKI aircraft, a similar number of Mi-8/17 helicopters, almost 70 MiG-29 fighters and more than 1,200 T-90 tanks. To this should be added a huge number of Russian small arms, anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems.

infoBRICS: the Victory Parade in Moscow caused a violent reaction in the Western media

The military parade in Moscow attracted the attention of the Western media, which tried to discredit him, writes infoBRICS. Western journalists said that Russia used too little equipment and troops. This is absolutely not true, the author notes.

Taking advantage of the market situation in the context of the aggravation of the military-political situation in the world, the "neutral" Republic of Korea in 2021-2022 received a package of large orders for the supply of weapons systems developed by national defense companies.

The Leopard 2R supplied by Finland entered the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the armed formations of the Kiev puppet regime.

Another modification based on the Soviet multipurpose lightly armored army tractor MT-LB got into the frame. In the video, you can see that a pair of large-caliber DSHK machine guns are installed on the MT-LB. This machine, once produced in an amount of more than 55 thousand units, has been repeatedly subjected to various modifications during its use in many countries of the world.

Ukraine has received weapons at its disposal that can only be created by a few countries in the world. We are talking about high-precision long-range air-launched cruise missiles (CRBMS) Storm Shadow of British production. What kind of missiles are these, what kind of threat can they pose to Russian troops – and what needs to be done to destroy them?

British Defense Minister Wallace confirmed the transfer of long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine

The UK has sent Storm Shadow missiles to the Ukrainian military. This was stated by the country's Defense Minister Ben Wallace. The export version of the weapon allows you to hit a target at a distance of 200-300 km, the maximum range of this type of missile is 560 km. The Kremlin said that the Russian military would give an appropriate "adequate response."

On 10.05.23, during the second day of Operation Shield and Arrow (Magen u-Hetz), militants of the military wing of the Islamic Jihad launched massive rocket attacks on Israel. Including the greater Tel Aviv area was also shelled (14:18, 14:19, 14:28, 14:57).

The Defense Ministry called it technically impossible to intercept the "Dagger" of the American Patriot air defense system

The Russian Defense Ministry denied the statements of the Kiev authorities that the Patriot air defense system allegedly shot down a hypersonic missile of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Dagger". It is noted that the Ukrainian authorities are trying to "wishful thinking."

Analyst Lamer stated in a TNI article that the Patriot transferred to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are too vulnerable to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will become an easy target for the Russian Aerospace Forces, according to military analyst Jeff Lamer. How the Armed Forces of Ukraine can protect expensive weapons from strikes and for the protection of which objects in Ukraine, air defense systems are needed first of all - in the material of military expert Mikhail Khodarenka.

How scientific modeling will help preserve the life and health of the crew on long-distance flights

The process of collecting applications for research to be carried out by scientists within the framework of the SIRIUS-23 project — a new experiment to simulate a flight to the Moon — has ended. Six testers will take part in it. They will spend 365 days in an isolated block, working out scenarios for a future expedition. In particular, the team will simulate an exit to the lunar surface, test space equipment and conduct scientific experiments. Read about why the focus is on the problems of interaction of crew members with each other in the Izvestia material.

As stated by the head of the Polish Defense Ministry Mariusz Blaszczak after a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, he received assurances that the US Army would provide the Polish Armed Forces with Apache attack helicopters from the availability even before signing the contract for the purchase of 96 new vehicles.

The defense company BIRD AeroSystem from Israel has completed the implementation of the contract of 2021, which provided for equipping the next batch of Mi-171SH helicopters of the Czech Army with airborne air defense systems AMPS, which are designed to combat the missile threat posed by various air defense systems, including portable ones.