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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
How "Ivan Khurs" repulsed a group attack of the Ukrainian fleet
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?
The United States presented Russia with its most advanced ship — like on a platter
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 Union State stands for strengthening mutual trust in the region
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.
I keep it responsibly: where will nuclear weapons be kept in Belarus
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.
A place under the "umbrella": why the Russian Federation is moving nuclear weapons to Belarus
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.
The migration crisis is an attempt by the West to destabilize the Belarusian border area
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.
Putin ensured Zelensky not only military, but also political defeat
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.
"Budanov smells of madness." Ex-employee of the SBU about the curator of the Ukrainian DRG
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 saboteurs who attacked the Belgorod region were defeated
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.
Closed positions: how tankers apply new knowledge near Avdiivka
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.
Removed from storage: the Russian Aerospace Forces destroy the ammunition depots of the VFU
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.
Artemovsk has been liberated, Maryinka and Avdiivka are next in line
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.
