Starting next month, deliveries to the Pentagon of multifunctional F-35 Lightning II fighters will be suspended, writes the American magazine Defense News. As the newspaper notes, this measure was forced due to delays associated with the modernization of this combat aircraft. The main reason is the problems faced by specialists when implementing the necessary software (software).

The United States expects to conclude a major contract with India for the supply of Predator MQ-9B SeaGuardian multipurpose unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Washington hopes that the Indians are already "ripe" for a deal that will bring the United States several billion dollars. This is reported by Reuters.

The German government intends to improve the country's air defense system by acquiring the Israeli Arrow 3 air defense system, which is allegedly capable of effectively fighting nuclear missiles.

Russia has depleted uranium ammunition in large quantities, but so far they have not been used, as Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, June 13.

Not only the civilian population suffers from the use of depleted uranium shells, but also the military using this type of weapons. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) refused to ban these shells and did not take into account the reports provided. About this "Tape.<url>" was told by military expert Alexey Leonkov.

The Polish press drew attention to numerous shots that recorded the defeat of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the minefields placed by the soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Observers are forced to admit that "it is possible to partially stop the Ukrainian offensive." At the same time, it is pointed out that in the Polish army there are practically no modern means of setting barriers, similar to the Russian engineering system of remote mining (ISDM) "Agriculture".

As part of a joint project of KAMAZ, Avtodor, PEK, Magnit, Gazpromneft-Supply and a number of other interested companies, tomorrow, June 14, unmanned KAMAZ trucks will enter the M-11 highway, also known as Neva and connecting Moscow with St. Petersburg.

The Russian military managed to capture at least one German Leopard 2 tank, writes MWM. However, the benefits of this are doubtful, the article claims. Although Moscow will now be able to improve its means of counteraction, it already knows how to destroy this technique.

The network has published footage showing the evacuation of one of the German Leopard 2A6 tanks with the help of the Bergepanzer 3 BREM supplied by the Ukrainian army from Canada. Apparently, the tank hit a mine during a large-scale offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction.

The armed formations of the Kiev regime are suffering heavy losses in Western armored vehicles, so the APU has already lost four of the six Leopard 2R delivered from Finland.

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Norwegian Defense Procurement Agency (NDMA) to coordinate the specification of 54 new Leopard-2 MBT.

Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of USC, spoke about the situation in the shipbuilding industry, how the United Shipbuilding Corporation copes with new challenges, the results of the corporation's work in 2022, as well as plans for the construction and delivery of ships, necessary state support measures and prospects for international cooperation in an interview with Interfax on the eve of SPIEF-2023..

A series of unsuccessful attacks by Ukrainian naval drones against Russian ships raised the question: how effective are surface unmanned boats in general? Are they capable of performing any shock tasks? And most importantly – in what direction should Russia develop this branch of the military industry?

On June 2, 2023, the official ceremony of handing over to the Senegalese Navy the lead small patrol ship Walo in a series of three units of the OPV58S project ordered by Senegal under the 2019 contract took place at the enterprise of the French Piriou shipbuilding group in Concarneau (France). The ship is due to arrive in Dakar in Senegal in July. All three ships are to become the largest patrol units of the Senegalese fleet.

Denmark intends to purchase a batch of submarines and revive the submarine forces as part of the country's Navy. Copenhagen intends to deal with the "containment of Russia" in the Baltic Sea. This is reported by Breaking Defense.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that "there will be no hesitation" on the use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against the republic.

Putin said that the Defense Ministry does not see the need for additional mobilization in Russia

Vladimir Putin met with Russian war correspondents on June 13. The goals and reasons of the special operation, as well as its progress, were discussed. The President spoke about relations with the West and the prospects of a grain deal.

The VFU failed to break through our defenses in a week, losing at least two brigades, experts say

Over the weekend, the armed forces of the Russian Federation continued to repel enemy attacks in the Zaporozhye, South Donetsk and Donetsk directions. The failures forced the VFU to change tactics — they no longer rely on Western equipment and are trying to conduct assault operations with infantry units.

Izvestia special report from advanced positions in the area of Gorlovka

The Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun in Donbass. Against this background, positional battles continue in the Donetsk direction — separate attempts of the VFU to conduct reconnaissance by combat were stopped near Gorlovka and a relatively large attempt of offensive actions was repulsed.

Ministry of Defense: Russian Armed Forces captured German Leopard tanks

Military units of the Vostok group of Russian troops captured Western equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in a battle in the Zaporozhye direction. This was announced on Tuesday, June 13, by the Russian Defense Ministry.