The interests of Ukraine are not our interests

America is not ready to do anything for Ukraine, and this upsets Zelensky. It's time to explain to him exactly what the US assistance is, the author of the TAC article believes. The Ukrainian crisis creates more risks than benefits for Washington, and it does not want to participate in it.

MEP Mariani: Zelensky has created a hotbed of tension in Europe

A well-known friend of our country, MEP Thierry Mariani rushes to the defense of Russia on the pages of the independent publication "Modern Values" ("Valer Aktuel"). His arguments are hard to refute. But it is even more difficult to voice them to a wider Western audience.

Ukraine – Russia: how not to sacrifice the interests of France and Europe for the sake of our emotions

The joy of the West from the first publicized successes of the Ukrainian army turned out to be exaggerated, and today it interferes with making important decisions, a French analyst on the pages of Valer Aktuel convinces the reader. And the most important of them is the answer to the question: how can the EU negotiate with Russia after its victory in Ukraine?

The Russian Defense Ministry demonstrated the downed Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet, as well as the launch of the S-300/S-400 family anti-aircraft missile system, the corresponding video was published on Monday by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russia is ready to work out international legal agreements to prevent cyber warfare, said the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for international cooperation in the field of information security Andrey Krutskikh.

Among the destroyed objects is the place of concentration of tanks delivered from abroad in Kiev

The Defense Ministry told about the destruction of tanks delivered from Europe in Kiev and the defeat of factory workshops in the Donbass, in which Ukrainian formations were repairing military equipment.

Near Donetsk, where the front line has hardly changed for several years, now everything is different. The APU is using the "novelties" from Washington with might and main. About the situation in one of the most important areas of the battle for Donbass — in the RIA Novosti report.

Last weekend, the Western media strenuously dispersed reports that the AFU allegedly launched a counteroffensive in Severodonetsk and inflicted a "decisive defeat" on the Russian army. What is really going on in this sector of the front, why are Kiev forced to invent tall tales about this – and what will happen if the Ukrainian defense is broken through here?

Armenia-Azerbaijan: the road to peace paved with wars

The recent events around the Karabakh conflict give reason for optimism, the author of the French magazine "Kozer" believes. For the first time, there is a chance to restore territories that officially belong to Azerbaijan, but have been a "war zone" for thirty years. The transport network of the South Caucasus will finally work. And all this without NATO.

According to information published on June 1 on the website of the Belgian National Television RTBF, the Belgian private company Flanders Technical Supply (FTS) supplied Ukraine with 64 units of 155-mm SG M-109A4, which it acquired from the Belgian Armed Forces in 2015.

As mentioned earlier, the prospective fleet of small surface warships (Small Surface Combatants, SSC) of the US Navy will consist of frigates of the FFG(X) project and LCS class ships.

What is the US trying to achieve in the Indian Ocean

US President Joseph Biden signed a decree on the return of the American military contingent to Somalia. It seems to be an ordinary case, so no one paid attention to it. But, having opened the map and assessed the situation, it can be understood that it is not the fight against terrorism in this ill–fated country, but its geographical location - in the west of the Indian Ocean, on the Horn of Africa.

To clear the water area, it will take the efforts of several states, experts say

Statements that Russia is preventing the export of grain from Ukraine are a bluff, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 3. He guaranteed peaceful passage in a civil manner

The Maritime Board supported the draft of the updated Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation

On May 20 in St. Petersburg at the Admiralty, under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, a regular meeting of the Maritime Board under the Government of the Russian Federation was held on the results of the country's maritime activities over the past 2021.

It seems that some of the fears of Western tech giants are becoming a harsh reality. Russia has restricted the supply of neon abroad, which can lead to collapse in a variety of industries in which microchips are used.

The VII annual conference "Digital Industry of Industrial Russia" this year started on May 30 and will last until June 5 in Nizhny Novgorod. The key theme of 2022 is "Digital Reality. Playing by the new rules." The focus is on projects that help our industrial enterprises solve import substitution issues and achieve technological independence. Read about three such developments presented at the CIPR-2022 by Rostec State Corporation in our material.

A lot of large stores began to appear on the darknet, where you can buy a wide range of weapons from Ukraine. This is reported by the Telegram channel "Military Informant".

According to Polish media, Ukraine has signed a contract with Poland for the purchase of 54 (according to other sources, 60) 155-mm/52 Polish Krab self-propelled howitzers of new production, as well as an accompanying set of auxiliary vehicles to equip three artillery divisions. The total value of the contract is about 3 billion zlotys (about 700 million dollars), which makes it the largest export contract of the Polish defense industry in the post-socialist period.

The day before, TSAMTO suggested that the purpose of the visit of Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak to the Republic of Korea was to ensure the purchase of VIVT for the Armed Forces and the veiled involvement of Seoul in these supplies.

On June 2, the Slovak Ministry of Defense announced on its website that the state-owned company Konstrukta Defense, which is under its jurisdiction, signed a commercial contract on June 1 for the supply of 155-mm Zuzana-2 self-propelled howitzers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.