Germany should create the largest army in Europe, the German chancellor said. A special fund has already been created to finance this project. Now the country has a small armed forces, even compared to the size of the German army during the Cold War. Will Berlin be able to surpass the whole of Europe in military power again and against whom does it intend to use it?

Danish voters will have to decide whether to join the defense policy of the European Union. The holding of a referendum on the rejection of joint defense is reportedly caused by a special military operation of Russia in Ukraine. Apparently, Denmark fears that if Ukraine is suddenly accepted into the EU, it will have to send its soldiers to directly participate in hostilities.

Kurds as the reason for Turkey's refusal to join Sweden and Finland in NATO

Turkey has its own goals, which it solves, including in the Ukrainian conflict, quotes Časopis !Argument the opinion of the Middle East specialist Ondzhey is brief. In an interview with the publication, he told what Ankara is trying to achieve, how it wants to look in the international arena and why it is blocking the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO.

What can China learn from the experience of the Russian special operation in Ukraine

Japan believes that China is carefully studying the experience of the Russian operation in Ukraine for its possible application in Taiwan. The author of the article names eight important moments of the special operation that particularly attract Beijing.

The conflict in Ukraine and the German turmoil. Is the "European unity" disintegrating, as Berlin claims, or did it not exist?

Europe has a great consolidated economic strength, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said before the start of the EU summit, Advance writes. However, she directs this force not to end the Ukrainian conflict, but to incite it, the author of the article believes.

Germany will be the first Western country to supply Ukraine with medium-range anti-aircraft systems capable of intercepting targets at an altitude of up to 20 km. The corresponding statement was made by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

On June 1, the Slovak government approved military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 21.6 million euros. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the online publication Teraz with reference to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers.

As the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported in the article by Klaus Geiger, Gregor Schwung "Trotz Versprechungen liefert Deutschland seit neun Wochen kaum Waffen" ("Despite promises, Germany has practically not supplied weapons in nine weeks"), apparently, over the past nine weeks the German government has reduced its military support to Ukraine to minimum.

Major General of the RVSN Popov told what is the danger of the American MLRS HIMARS

With a high degree of probability, the new package of American military assistance to Ukraine, which is estimated at $ 700 million, may include multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) M142 HIMARS extended range. This will be Kiev's longest-range weapon. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the work of these American systems and how they can be countered.

The new package of American military assistance to Ukraine provides for the supply of MLRS HIMARS, it will be officially announced on June 1.

The cost of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine with HIMARS MLRS will be $700 million

US President Joe Biden wrote in his article in The New York Times that the United States will continue to supply Ukraine with modern weapons, but will not allow it to strike at Russia. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky also promised that Kiev would not attack the territory of the Russian Federation.

There is a group of influential organizations and politicians in the United States who are outraged by the zeal with which the Biden administration is arming and financing Ukraine. Of course, they support the "brave Ukrainian people", but only verbally. What kind of people are we talking about and why do they see the idea of helping Ukraine as extremely dangerous?

"Apparently, Poland is moving to actions to seize western Ukrainian territories," said Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council. But the appearance of Polish troops in Ukraine may lead to their clash with the Russian Armed Forces. How strong is the Polish army and what is worth knowing in order to defeat it?

Anti-Russian sentiment is even stronger in Poland than in Ukraine

Anti-Russian sentiment is strongest... in Poland. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of a recent opinion poll conducted in 52 countries around the world. It is noteworthy that Poland even outstripped Ukraine in this indicator. The author of the publication Myśl Polska reflects on what is the reason for such an attitude of Poles towards Russia and what it can lead to.

Biden: The US is not looking for a war with Russia

"We do not seek a war between NATO and Russia… Until the United States or our allies are attacked, we will not directly participate in this conflict, either by sending American troops to Ukraine or by attacking Russian forces. We do not encourage or allow Ukraine to strike outside its borders. We don't want to prolong the war just to hurt Russia," Biden said.

The exchange of captured foreign mercenaries was excluded in the DPR

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Donetsk People's Republic has opened a criminal case against three foreign mercenaries who fought on the side of the Ukrainian troops. They could face the death penalty. The DPR parliament stressed that two Britons and a Moroccan citizen are not subject to exchange, as they acted without compliance with international conventions.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, June 1, showed footage of the combat work of the calculations of multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) "Hurricane" of the Central Military District (CVO) during a special military operation to protect Donbass.

The possibility of supplying long-range missile weapons to the Armed Forces from the United States is a negative scenario for Russia, said Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine.

Russia confirmed the readiness of the carrier to use a promising rocket. The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" has successfully completed a test cycle of the hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon". This was announced by the commander of the fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, RIA Novosti writes.

A contract has been signed with Ukraine for the supply of Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns (ZSU), and training has already begun for the Ukrainian military to manage them.