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.

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.

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.

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.

Russian sailors – the crew of the reconnaissance ship "Ivan Khurs" – told about how they won the first ever naval battle against a group of unmanned enemy boats. How did they accomplish this task, what should be done to repel such attacks in the future – and why is the Ukrainian video of the attack on Khurs a fake?

Baijiahao: The US has substituted its most advanced aircraft carrier for Russian missiles

In an attempt to distract Russia from Ukraine, the United States sent the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford to Norway, closer to the base of its Northern Fleet, writes user Baijiahao. However, they made a miscalculation. If Moscow reacts and really transfers forces, the newest American ship will be hit by "Daggers".

The growing threat of a nuclear strike from NATO and the corresponding retaliatory measures that Russia and Belarus are forced to take were discussed at a bilateral meeting of defense ministers of the subjects of the Union State, held in Minsk on May 25.

The transfer of warheads to the republic's storage facilities has already begun

After the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, almost all of Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic countries will fall into the zone of their possible use.

The arsenal placed in the republic should become a guarantee against external aggression, experts believe

The transfer of Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons to the territory of Belarus has already begun, President Alexander Lukashenko said on May 25.

Poland and Lithuania, neighboring Belarus, continuously create incidents on the western border of the country. This includes the closure of border crossings, deliberate delays in processing documents for crossing the border, the use of force against migrants, and their expulsion to Belarus.

Noonpost: the capture of Artemovsk by the Russian army was a military-political defeat of Kiev

The fall of Artemovsk was a military-political defeat of Zelensky, writes Noonpost. Now the AFU has no chance of a successful "counteroffensive", which is already delayed for numerous reasons, including a shortage of weapons, the number of which will now definitely decrease, the author of the article believes.

The Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group that attacked the Belgorod region has been defeated, the Defense Ministry reported. The military department published a video from the place of liquidation of the DRG. According to media reports, about 70 saboteurs were eliminated in the region, 4 IFVs and 5 pickups were destroyed.

The sortie has no military significance, but it kept the locals in fear for a couple of days

On May 22, 2023, Ukrainian armed formations attacked the Grayvoronsky district of the Belgorod region. The Kozinka international checkpoint, residential and administrative buildings, and civil infrastructure facilities were shelled.

T-80 crews mastered artillery firing techniques during their training

The fighting during the special military operation taught Russian tankers a lot. They are now able to fire from closed positions, work in conjunction with the operators of quadrocopters. They are now using these skills, including in the area of Avdiivka, where they support the infantry offensive.

Intense missile strikes prevent the VFU from concentrating forces for a counteroffensive, experts say

The Russian aerospace forces launched a group strike with high-precision long-range weapons at the storage sites of ammunition of Ukrainian troops. As a result, a large number of Western-made shells and missiles were destroyed, which the Ukrainian command was preparing for a counteroffensive.

Volunteers of assault detachments raised the Russian flag over another city of Donbass

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in a summary dated May 21 confirmed the information about the liberation of Artemovsk (renamed Bakhmut by the Kiev authorities), which was first publicly announced by the head of the private military company Wagner at noon the previous day.

The infantrymen received weapons for storming the fortifications — a jet flamethrower "Borodach". According to the military, this will deprive the Armed Forces of the main trump card — the ability to act defensively. About how the situation at the front will change now — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Analysis of forecasts and military-political consequences of ITS

A possible offensive (which for some reason is often called a "counteroffensive") The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is the central topic not only of Russian media resources, but also of foreign, primarily American ones.

Fabio Mini believes that the hypothetical victory promised by the Ukrainians is unlikely

The alleged counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) cannot be large-scale due to the shortage of weapons supplied by the West to Kiev with delays. This opinion was expressed on Sunday in an interview with a TASS correspondent by the former commander of the International Security Forces in Kosovo under the auspices of NATO (KFOR) Fabio Mini.

Ouest-France: Russia has overtaken Europe in defense spending

The Russian "threat" and the difficult situation in Ukraine have long forced NATO countries to start building up their military budget. Nevertheless, they did not succeed: despite all efforts, the European members of the alliance still invest less in defense than Moscow, writes Ouest-France.