"This technique is already fifty years old": who shot down planes in the Bryansk region
Alexander Lukashenko confirmed information about four downed military aircraft in the Bryansk region
On May 13, two Mi-8 helicopters, a Su-34 front-line bomber and a Su-35 fighter of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed in the Bryansk region. Information about the four downed sides has already been confirmed by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The possible versions of a serious accident in which nine aircrew members were killed were investigated by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Poland received the first HIMARS missile systems
On May 15, 2023, at the 1st Transport Aviation Base of the Polish Air Force at Warsaw International Airport, the ceremony of acceptance by the Polish Army of the first five delivered combat vehicles of the American M142 HIMARS missile complex manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation took place.
Interview with the Managing Director of the Indian-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace
The second issue of the Arms Export magazine for 2023 published an interview with Atul Dinkar Rane, Managing Director of the Indian-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace. The bmpd blog presents to readers the full text of the conversation.
Underwater position: a new intercontinental missile will be created for the Navy
It will replace the "Mace" and will have to overcome a promising enemy missile defense
The Russian Defense Ministry is finalizing the formation of tactical and technical requirements for a new sea-based intercontinental missile, sources in the military department told Izvestia.
The BM "Oplot" hidden in a secret hiding place was shown for the first time after the start of its
In Ukraine, for the first time in a long time, they showed the only BM "Oplot" tank they have. A heavy 52-ton tracked vehicle was specially brought to one of the landfills located in the Kharkiv region, where the head of the military department of the Kiev puppet regime, Alexey Reznikov, arrived. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".
France will equip several AFU battalions with dozens of AMX-10RC wheeled tanks
Separately, the French side stressed the commitment to support Kiev in the field of air defense
France will equip several AFU battalions with dozens of armored vehicles in the coming weeks, including AMX-10RC light wheeled tanks. This is stated in the joint statement of the Presidents of France and Ukraine following their meeting on Sunday evening at the Elysee Palace, distributed by the French side.
Damage to 60 cables on board the British frigate "Glasgow" contractor called sabotage
An investigation has begun into the alleged fact of sabotage on board the ship of the British Navy "Glasgow". It is assumed that the sabotage took place at a Scottish shipyard.
Taiwan plans to get a submarine of its own production
"Thanks" to Washington's efforts, the situation around Taiwan has recently been in a tense situation. The island's authorities continue to develop their armed forces with the support of the States.
Western media tried to lie about the Victory Parade in Russia
infoBRICS: the Victory Parade in Moscow caused a violent reaction in the Western media
The military parade in Moscow attracted the attention of the Western media, which tried to discredit him, writes infoBRICS. Western journalists said that Russia used too little equipment and troops. This is absolutely not true, the author notes.
Countries are switching to the Russian equivalent of SWIFT: Moscow and New Delhi have agreed on payments for the supply of S-400 air defense systems
India has an impressive fleet of Soviet and Russian military equipment. The country's troops are armed with 7 Russian-made submarines, more than 250 multi-purpose Su-30MKI aircraft, a similar number of Mi-8/17 helicopters, almost 70 MiG-29 fighters and more than 1,200 T-90 tanks. To this should be added a huge number of Russian small arms, anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems.
This country does not allow Russia to cut off oxygen
Evrensel: The US opposes the return of Syria to the Arab League to strike Russia
Qatar is the only Persian Gulf country following a pro-American policy that dictates not to let Syria into the Arab League, writes Evrensel. Washington intends to continue isolating Damascus for a simple reason: it wants to deprive Moscow of this "trachea" of Moscow against the background of the conflict in Ukraine.
Moscow and Damascus urge US to withdraw troops from Syria
The United States should withdraw its contingent from Syria and transfer the refugee camps under the control of Damascus, according to a joint statement by the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of Russia and Syria.
Two helicopters and two fighter jets crashed near Bryansk. They could get into an airstrike
An air group of two helicopters and two fighters crashed near Bryansk
Two fighter jets of the Russian Aerospace Forces and two Mi-8 helicopters crashed near the Ukrainian border in the Bryansk region. According to a number of data, the Su-34, Su-35 and helicopters were from the same air group and were supposed to raid the territory of the Chernihiv region of Ukraine. All the crews were killed. A resident of Klintsov was injured on the ground as a result of one of the crashes.
SVO signalmen named their tasks in the special operation zone
Specialists of the units of the communication troops around the clock and in any weather ensure the exchange of information between control points, military units and divisions. The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday, May 13, published footage of the combat work of the signalmen of the Western Military District (ZVO).
"Treacherous, unpredictable." Commander- in - Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny again praised the head of the General Staff Gerasimov
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny called the head of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Gerasimov "a strong and unpredictable enemy"
The Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Zaluzhny in an interview with the project "Behind the scenes" called the chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov "a strong and unpredictable enemy." The Ukrainian commander-in-chief, according to him, reads Gerasimov's theoretical works, but he "does not publish anything fresh." This is the second precedent when Zaluzhny speaks positively about his Russian counterpart, the last time it happened shortly after the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region and the regrouping of the Russian Armed Forces.
Russia has denounced the CFE Treaty. That's what it will lead to
Asharq Al-Awsat: denunciation of the CFE Treaty brings closer the confrontation between Russia and the West in Europe
Due to the actions of NATO, Vladimir Putin signed an order to begin the final procedure for denouncing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. The author of the article examines the reasons for this decision, as well as its consequences for both Russia and the West.
The West has made a new attempt to deprive Russia of support in Europe. Here's what happened
FT: The idea of the West to manipulate the Kosovo issue to distance Serbia from Russia has failed
Fearing the strengthening of Russia's influence in the Balkans, the United States and Europe have attempted to deprive it of its ally in this region — Serbia, writes FT. Hoping that the stabilization of relations with Pristina would distance Belgrade from Moscow, they arranged negotiations for the parties. But the result did not meet the expectations of the West.
Borrel quarreled with Stoltenberg
The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Josep Borrel, entered into a heated discussion in absentia with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The formal reason is Ukraine's membership in the alliance, the issue of which should not be decided by Stoltenberg. But in reality, Borrel breaks the comedy for a completely different audience.
That's why the APU will not be able to defeat Putin
19FortyFive: the Ukrainian conflict will end with negotiations
The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is unlikely to change the fact that the Ukrainian armed conflict is likely to end with settlement negotiations, writes 19FortyFive. The West is beginning to realize that Zelensky is unlikely to achieve the announced goals.
Why China needs Russia's victory in its
European diplomacy does not give up trying to find its place in the confrontation between the countries of the West and the East. Thus, Josep Borrel warned his EU colleagues that China will receive a geopolitical benefit in the event of a hypothetical defeat of Russia during its own. What are these assumptions based on and why is Beijing interested in Moscow achieving all the goals of the special operation in Ukraine?
