Kiev is pushing for such actions by the catastrophic situation of the VFU in the Donbass, military experts say

The armed formations of Ukraine (VFU) struck the drilling platforms of Chernomorneftegaz on June 20. Seven oil workers are listed as missing, three more were injured, said the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov.

The day of the dog handler is celebrated in Russia on June 21. What reason was chosen for the holiday and what can be a gift to a person of this profession, you will learn from the material of Sputnik radio.

Young scientists from the scientific companies of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Military Innovative Technopolis "ERA" will demonstrate at the Army-2022 MVTF more than 40 developments created during military conscription.

The Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the Rostec State Corporation), within the framework of the state defense order, handed over to the Ministry of Defense of Russia a batch of 2B24 82 mm mortars. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the enterprise.

Patrushev: the protection of Russia's borders must be strengthened due to the possible expansion of NATO

The protection of Russian borders should be strengthened taking into account new threats, including the possible accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said at a meeting in Kaliningrad on topical issues of national security in the North-West of Russia.

Nuclear-powered submarine missile cruisers of the Northern Fleet launched a missile attack on a ship grouping of a conditional enemy in the Barents Sea. This was announced on June 20 by the press service of the Northern Fleet.

Fleet forces are returning to their permanent locations

Operational exercises with groups of Baltic Fleet forces have been completed, the fleet said on Monday. "The maneuvers were conducted in the Baltic Sea and at combat training grounds in the Kaliningrad region," the report says.

The machine tool holding of Rostec State Corporation JSC "Mechanics", the administration of the Vladimir region and the Scientific and Production Complex "Almaz" concluded a trilateral agreement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on the creation of a new technological cluster "Almaznaya Dolina" on the territory of the Vladimir Region for the synthesis of large crystals of synthetic diamonds and the development of a new generation electronic component base for the technological needs of domestic industry. The total investment in the project until 2027 will amount to about 9 billion rubles.

The Moscow garrison military court appointed five years in a strict regime colony to the former chief of the radio engineering troops of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation Andrei Koban for bribery, an Interfax correspondent reported on Monday.

By the end of 2022, Rosgvardiya will formulate technical requirements for the development of a serial version of the promising Marker robot, first it will patrol critical facilities, and then catch and suppress drones, a source in the military—industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The robotic tank based on the Milrem Type-X combat vehicle (RCV) is a joint project of defense contractors Israeli Milrem Robotics and Norwegian Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace.

The Stratolaunch giant Roc aircraft set a personal altitude record of 8230 meters during its seventh test flight. Recall that Roc is the largest two—body airliner in the world with a wingspan of 117 m, equipped with six turbojet engines from Boeing 747. Its main task is to launch spacecraft into near—Earth orbit using the air launch method.

The project of the most efficient passenger aircraft Celera 500L with a hydrogen engine is a joint development of Otto Aviation (USA) and ZeroAvia (UK).

The main highlight of the next Eurosatory 2022 defense exhibition held from June 13 to 17, 2022 in Le Bourget (France) was the presentation by the German Rheinmetall group of its promising KF51 Panther main tank. The online edition of EDR On-Line magazine "EDR Magazine" published interesting material by Paolo Valpolini "Rheinmetall's first MBT: the Panther" with details of the KF51 Panther project.

Due to the huge losses incurred, which are officially recognized, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to use even samples of experimental military equipment that exist in single copies.

It is strange to hear talk about the need for a new agreement on the reduction of strategic offensive arms (START) with the United States, while Russia is preparing to equip the first missile regiment in Uzhur in the Krasnoyarsk Territory with modern Sarmatians, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin writes in Telegram.

Air Force General Popov told why the missile "product 305" physically cannot miss

The Russian army used a high-precision missile "product 305" in Ukraine, designed to strike ground targets with Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" and Ka-52M "Alligator" helicopters. The missile has increased accuracy and is capable of operating in three modes of destruction, guaranteed to destroy targets at a range of 14 km. "Newspaper.Ru" worked out together with experts - how the "product 305" works.

The Russian high-precision missile "Product 305" allows the helicopter to hit targets without entering the enemy's air defense zone. The rocket can operate in the "fired and forgotten" mode. Military expert Alexey Leonkov told RIA Novosti about this.

Its warhead is more powerful than the shells of the heaviest self—propelled guns, and the new product can work both in the "shot - forgot" mode and in the search and selection mode of previously unknown targets.

The Russian army aviation, as part of a special military operation, uses a new high-precision aviation missile "305" to destroy important military facilities. This was reported by an informed source.