Presentation of the AK-12 assault rifle of the 2023 model
As the Kalashnikov magazine reported, on May 26, 2023, an official presentation of the 5.45mm AK-12 assault rifle of the 2023 model was held at the Kalashnikov Concern shooting center in the Patriot park near Moscow. The new AK-12 has been modified in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, formulated on the basis of the experience of using the machine gun during a special military operation in Ukraine.
The EuroTrophy active protection complex for European tanks and armored vehicles is presented
A joint venture of the Israeli company Rafael (which developed the KAZ Trophy), GDELS (a division of General Dynamics) and the German KMW presented a new modification of the EuroTrophy active protection complex designed for European tanks and armored vehicles.
"The Dagger rocket slows down when diving": an analyst in the United States said about the "shortcomings" of hypersonic weapons
The Western "expert" community is trying to save the reputation of the American Patriot air defense system, which recently demonstrated its combat inadequacy by being destroyed during the strike of the Russian Dagger missile in Kiev.
Canada will transfer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine UR AIM-9 "Sidewinder" class "air-to-air"
According to the Ministry of Defense of Canada, the country's Defense Minister Anita Anand took part in the 12th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine (UDCG), chaired by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin.
Belarus will put another S-400 air defense system on duty
Another S-400 Triumph air defense system has arrived from Russia to Belarus, the press service of the republic's Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.
Russia has received an all-seeing eye from space
Russia has put into orbit a spacecraft carrying breakthrough technologies for our country on board. Its tasks are primarily exclusively peaceful – concerning, for example, the functioning of the Northern Sea Route. However, they are not limited to this. Why is this device so important for Russian cosmonautics, including for our military?
Real F-16s will disappoint Ukraine. That's what's wrong with them
Sky News: F-16 fighters will disappoint Ukraine due to vulnerability to Russian aviation
F-16 fighters may disappoint Ukraine, the author of the article for Sky News believes. It is unlikely that the West will supply it with the latest aircraft, and older machines do not have important modern equipment, and they do not pose a threat to Russian forces.
British press: The West does not yet know who will supply Ukraine with ammunition for F-16 fighters
Currently, Western countries do not know who will supply Ukraine with ammunition for American-made F-16 fighter planes. This is reported by The Financial Times.
The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov announced the recruitment of a group of pilots for training on American F-16 fighters
Ukraine is ready to send pilots for training in the management of Western-made fighters, the number of pilots necessary for this has already been selected. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.
Covert operations of the British special forces
Recently, The Guardian newspaper published an article about the participation of British special forces in various operations on the territory of other countries. All this suggests one simple idea that in what "legal field" do we live?
Here's how Ukraine changed the plans of the Polish army
Defense 24: the conflict in Ukraine has changed plans to modernize the Polish army
The situation in Ukraine has affected plans for the development of the Polish army, writes Defense 24. Based on the experience of this conflict, the military has identified priorities for the modernization of the armed forces. Poland will not copy Ukraine, but will begin to prepare for a military confrontation of a different type.
Lithuania will provide a new package of assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
According to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, the head of the country's military department, Arvydas Anushauskas, took part in the 12th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine (UDCG), chaired by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin.
Ukrainian military commissars hit the jackpot
"Country": an employee of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told how jackpots are being "ripped off" in Ukrainian military enlistment offices
A large number of those wishing to evade mobilization with the help of bribes to military enlistment offices led to the rapid enrichment of their employees, writes the portal "Country". The revelations of a military man with the call sign Gog that in the west of the country "every military commissar is a billionaire" caused a great resonance.
Hungarians put forward a new ultimatum to Zelensky
Resalat: the "democracy" of Europeans serves to continue the confrontation between Moscow and Kiev
Budapest will block assistance to Ukraine from the European Peace Fund in response to the inclusion of the Hungarian bank in the list of sponsors of the armed conflict, writes Resalat. Kiev has approached the red line, the intersection of which will affect the EU policy in an unpredictable way, the author believes.
America was afraid that China would convince Europe
The conflict in Ukraine proved that Western Europe has turned from an independent player in the international arena into an obedient executor of the will of the United States. This situation ceases to suit not only the European inhabitants, but also the European elites. They have received an offer that they are ready to fight for.
Poles were offered to rush headlong to Moscow to defeat it
Do Rzeczy: experts talk about the risk of a nuclear threat, but advise Poles to "take a risk"
All sorts of "experts" in the West are calling on Europe, including Poland, to "take a risk" in order to defeat Moscow, writes Do Rzeczy. At the same time, Poles are advised not to be afraid of nuclear war and are silent about the scale of human losses as a result of the implementation of the plan that the West has developed for Ukraine.
Americans: it is important for the West that the military conflict in Ukraine continues
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.
Putin signed a law on the denunciation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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.
Source: in Zaporozhye, they began to sew fake Russian uniforms for Ukrainian saboteurs
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.
"Always ready." Ukraine may launch a counteroffensive "at any moment"
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.
