Head of the Council of the Zaporozhye Administration: The future of Zaporozhye is only within Russia
The future of the regions liberated from the Kiev regime is being viewed. Earlier, the authorities of the Kherson region noted that they associate its future exclusively with Russia and that there is no question of existence in the format of an independent republic. A similar statement was made by the head of the Council of the CAA (military-civil administration) of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov.
The State Duma introduced a draft on punishment for participation in military actions against Russia
Switching to the side of the enemy in conditions of armed conflict or military operations will be considered a treason, the corresponding bill is posted in the Duma electronic database.
Putin instructed to increase payments to the Russian military participating in the special operation
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian government to increase payments to Russian servicemen participating in a special operation to protect Donbass.
"There is no shortage of willing military enlistment offices." In Russia, they will be allowed to serve under a contract for up to 65 years
The Federation Council approved a bill to abolish the age limit for military service under a contract
The State Duma and the Federation Council have approved a bill that removes age restrictions for those who want to enlist in the army under a contract.
Canada has announced the shipment to Ukraine of a large batch of 155-mm shells for M777 howitzers
Stocks of 155-mm shells used by Ukraine for firing from towed M777 howitzers will be replenished in the near future. A number of Western countries have expressed a desire to supply ammunition to Kiev, including Canada.
CEO: the RTI system will help prevent provocations of NATO ships in the Black Sea
JSC "Radio Engineering Institute named after Academician A.L. Mints" (RTI) and JSC "NPC "NIIDAR" (NIIDAR) — leaders in the field of creating complex radio engineering systems. Specialists of the institutes create both separate equipment and complex radar stations (radars) and hardware and software complexes.
Unique catamaran-water skimmer WAM-V conquers the sea element
The California company Marine Advanced Robotics has made significant progress in creating an unusual modular vessel WAM-V, the prototype of which was first released 16 years ago.
A 62-storey comfortable skyscraper for Naval officers will be built in India
In the south of Mumbai, by the end of 2026, it is planned to erect a 62-storey skyscraper, which will house 220 Indian Navy officers who serve at the Nagar (Colaba) base. This is reported by the Indian media with reference to the tender published by the Ministry of Defense of India.
American Press: The US needs to return the warships to the Black Sea and unblock the ports of Ukraine
US and NATO warships need to return to the Black Sea, so Joe Biden must convince Erdogan to open the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits, closed after the start of the conflict in Ukraine. Seth Cropsey, a former assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan and Bush Sr. administrations, came to this opinion in his article for The Hill newspaper.
Corvette "Mercury" at sea
As reported, on May 21, 2022, the Mercury corvette of the modified project 20380 (factory number 1007, originally called "Zealous"), built for the Russian Navy in St. Petersburg at PJSC "Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" (as part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation"), entered the factory sea trials in the Baltic Sea for the first time").
The main engine was installed on the fifth trawler processor of project 170701 "Captain Aces", which is being built at the Northern Shipyard
The shipyard "Severnaya Verf" continues construction of a series of fishing trawlers-processors of project 170701 for the holding NOREBO. According to the press service of the enterprise, the fifth trawler of the series has already received the main engine.
The ice-resistant self-propelled platform "North Pole" has been put to the test
As reported by JSC Admiralty Shipyards (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC), on May 21, 2022, the ice-resistant self-propelled platform "North Pole" of the project built at this enterprise in St. Petersburg for the Federal Service of Russia for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) entered factory sea trials for the first time. 00903 (factory number 02404).
Russia will have its own gigafactory
Rosatom will build a huge plant for the production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and industry for 26 billion rubles. At the same time, the products will be focused mainly on the domestic market.
In the last few days, there has been a lot of talk about the "revived" Moskvich plant and the production of a certain electric car on its basis.
Howitzers delivered to Ukraine were called obsolete
The Czech Republic supplied the Ukrainian military with self-propelled artillery units (ACS) vz.77 Dana 152 mm caliber. In the publication of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the installations were called outdated.
German press: The Cabinet of Ministers headed by Scholz is stalling for time by not sending the Marder BMP to Ukraine
The German press writes about the problems that arise for Ukraine in terms of the implementation by the German government of sending heavy equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces. We are talking about Berlin's promised deliveries of the Marder BMP to Kiev.
Polish T-72M1R with thermal imagers and "reactive armor" have been spotted in Ukraine
Along with the outdated T-72M1S, the upgraded T-72M1RS were also sent from Poland to Ukraine. These tanks have received a number of improvements, including night thermal imaging sights.
Deripaska recalled the danger of nuclear war and collective suicide
Billionaire Oleg Deripaska urged to remember the danger of nuclear war and the words of one of the creators of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, academician Andrei Sakharov, that this is "collective suicide."
The head of Roscosmos said that Russia will put about 50 new Sarmat strategic missiles on combat duty
Russia will soon put about 50 new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on combat duty, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.
China will launch an automatic station for extracting soil from a quasi-satellite of the Earth in 2025
The project of the second Chinese interplanetary station "Tianwen-2" has passed into the engineering design stage, and the device itself will be launched into space in 2025. It is expected that the station will be able to deliver soil to Earth from the Kamoalev Earth quasi-satellite, as well as study the active asteroid 311P/PANSTARRS, according to the website Space.com .
Belarus is considering options for acquiring Russian attack helicopters
One of the conclusions that the military-political leadership of Belarus made from the experience of conducting a special military operation of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine was the understanding of the need to change approaches to equipping the Belarusian army.