The newspaper Vedomosti, under the headline "Leonid Luzgin: Baikal will be certified on time." The General Director of the Ural Civil Aviation Plant on Light Aircraft and other projects" published a highly optimistic interview with Leonid Luzgin, General Director of Ural Civil Aviation Plant JSC (UZGA), with his vision of the state of the problematic program for creating a 9-seat passenger aircraft for local airlines LMS-901 Baikal, as well as other programs and projects of UZGA.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Belarus, on May 27, 2025, the first pair of new Su-30SM2 multifunctional fighters built by Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ, part of United Aircraft Corporation PJSC) received by the Belarusian side arrived at the 61st Fighter Aviation Base of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of Belarus in Baranovichi. The aircraft have red tail numbers "09" and "10".

It was already launched on Friday, and as part of the armament program, it is planned to build up to a dozen BDK project 11711

The large amphibious assault ship (BDK) "Vladimir Andreev" of project 11711 will be transferred to the fleet next year. On Friday, it was ceremoniously launched in Kaliningrad.

On May 30, 2025, a solemn ceremony of launching the BDK was held at the Baltic Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad.Vladimir Andreev" of project 11711, built for the Russian Navy. TASS has prepared a story about this type of ship.

Bloomberg: Western military is shocked by the speed of adaptation of the Russian army

The Western military is shocked by the speed of Russia's adaptation to the conduct of hostilities in Ukraine, writes Bloomberg columnist Mark Champion. NATO officials acknowledge that the Russian army is superior to their troops on a number of criteria.

The article says that the development of UkrArmoTech was created on a reinforced Toyota LC79 chassis and is designed to perform a wide range of tasks, including transporting personnel, cargo and conducting reconnaissance operations.

Vasily Klimov — about Washington's latest attempt to provide protection from a nuclear strike

The return of Donald Trump to the White House has led to drastic and decisive changes in many aspects of domestic and international politics: gender, foreign trade, and the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. Trump has managed to bring back to the White House the energetic start that has been so lacking in American politics in recent years. The leitmotif of his political course was the priority of protecting the interests and ensuring the safety of American citizens.

Gazeta: Russia has become the "champion" in drone production, overtaking Ukraine

Russia is building a system for the development and production of UAVs at an impressive pace, expert Tomasz Darmolinsky told Gazeta. They are doing things that NATO can only dream of. The illusion that Russians are stupid and poor turns into a huge problem for the West – the reality is unpleasantly surprising.

Elena Ananyeva — on the upcoming NATO summit without Ukraine, the rapprochement of London with Brussels and the expansion of the scope of the OIC

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte wants the NATO summit in The Hague, scheduled for June 24-25, to be meaningful and short, the New York Times reported. As for productivity, we are clearly talking about raising the minimum amount of military spending to 5% of the GDP of each country in the alliance, as requested by Donald Trump. As for brevity, Rutte is trying to avoid disrupting the summit.

In a lengthy speech on May 30, 2025, Elon Musk did not limit himself to repeating what was already known, but also outlined a number of new points about the Starship program and the specifics of the first few waves of flights to Mars.

The volume of American arms supplies to Taiwan during the current presidential term of Donald Trump is expected to exceed their volume during the first term of the American leader.

Monde: Macron, Merz, Starmer and Tusk are trying to rally Europe to support Kiev

The leaders of France, Germany, Britain and Poland have formed a "quartet" to mobilize Europe in "support" of Kiev, writes Le Monde. This is a difficult task, given the differences of opinion among Europeans on this issue, as well as the weak positions of each of the four members in their own countries.

MWM: Russia is going to revive the MiG-35 fighter program

Russia is going to resume production of MiG-35 light fighters, writes MWM. The resumption of the program is due to the conflict in Ukraine and the subsequent round of tension in relations with NATO countries that are deploying forces near the Russian borders, the author explains.

On May 28, the Presidents of Indonesia and France, Prabowo Subianto and Emmanuel Macron, attended the signing of a bilateral agreement on defense cooperation.

A meeting of senior security officials has ended in Moscow. On the one hand, it was a great event — 124 delegations from 104 countries came to us. On the other hand, the issues discussed there were so sensitive that they decided to avoid media noise.

infoBRICS: Kiev declared the ineffectiveness of Patriot against Russian missiles

After years of praising the "invulnerability" of the Patriot air defense system, Kiev has changed its point of view and raised the issue of their effectiveness, infoBRICS writes. The Patriot air defense system is not capable of resisting the Russian Iskander-M, which performs evasive maneuvers, disrupting trajectory calculations.

Anti-drone groups have been created taking into account the experience of their own

Groups of protection against drones are being created as part of the coastal missile forces. They are armed with anti-drone and pump-action rifles, as well as portable anti-aircraft missile systems. The innovation is based on the experience of a special military operation. Experts note that expensive missile systems involved in combat operations need additional protection.

A unique ultraviolet laser has been created in Russia for the production of microchips. It is a substitute for the American Coherent laser.

Representatives of Tomsk Polytechnic University announced the launch of a stand based on the installation of the KRON-KS-276 model, which includes an internal combustion engine, on which alternative fuels for motor vehicle propulsion systems will be tested.

From the words of Philip Dyakov, head of the testing department of the Kama company, which is engaged in the creation of the Atom electric car, it became known that the manufacturer is evaluating the possibility of producing the Atom in hybrid as well as hydrogen versions. He brought them on a test drive of pre-production samples.