Kaliningrad has become a real thorn for NATO

Kaliningrad became a nuclear outpost of Russia back in 2016, Mond notes. And although the newspaper notes the fear that the Russian enclave causes among the Balts, it follows from the text that the West is to blame for its militarization. All of Russia's steps to strengthen its defense were responses to NATO's actions in the region.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video with the destruction of armored vehicles of two Ukrainian mechanized battalions that tried to launch a counterattack on May 14.

Diplomat Polyansky: the military from Azovstal surrendered without conditions

Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said that the "Nazis " of Azov"surrendered without conditions." State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin noted during today's plenary session that the battalion's fighters "should not be exchanged." Leonid Slutsky, the acting head of the LDPR faction, proposed to temporarily return the death penalty for "inhumans".

About 16 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine got into the "cauldron" near Severodonetsk and Lisichansk

According to the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Luhansk People's Republic, Vitaly Kiselyov, a group of Ukrainian military numbering 15-16 thousand is located in the area of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk. The troops were ordered not to withdraw from their positions, as before in Rubezhnoye, Kiselyov suggests. Meanwhile, the forces of the LPR took control of the village of Orekhovo in the Popasnyansky district. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

A Ukrainian drone with valuable information was intercepted by the Russian Armed Forces (RF Armed Forces) near Kharkiv. Denis Kulaga, a correspondent of the Izvestia TV channel, reported this on May 17.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the launch of Russian Kalibr cruise missiles from one of the frigates of the Black Sea Fleet. The video was published on Tuesday, May 17.

Countering Western sanctions, the course of a special military operation, as well as the restructuring of the Russian economy in the conditions of a new cold war were discussed by members of the scientific council at the Russian Security Council under the leadership of Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

As stated in the official statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry, our country is terminating membership in the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS). At the same time, the ministry clarified that such a step would not affect Russia's presence in the region. Moscow still intends to cooperate with all countries pursuing a responsible policy in the Baltic, to protect the interests of compatriots.

On May 16, Moscow hosted a meeting of the leaders of the CSTO member states dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the creation of the CSTO.

The US Navy opposes the additional deployment of sea-based nuclear weapons on ships and submarines. Their representatives believe that it is better to spend these funds on something more necessary, for example, on hypersound.

Equipped with Kalibr missiles, the Alrosa submarine returns to the Black Sea Fleet after modernization. This was reported on Monday, May 16, by TASS in the power structures of Sevastopol.

As reported, at the beginning of May 2022, the Black Sea Fleet commissioned the patrol ship "Sergey Kotov" (factory number 164) - the fourth ship of project 22160 built for the Russian Navy and the second, built at LLC Shipbuilding Plant "Gulf" in Kerch. The ship's commissioning activities were carried out without publicity in Sevastopol in the context of an ongoing special military operation.

Russian scientists from the AI Institute of Artificial Intelligence and MIPT have created a biologically plausible memory model for artificial intelligence systems with intrinsic motivation. The scientific article was published in the authoritative journal Brain Informatics (Q1).

Already produced in Darwin, Cairns and Western Australia, the new uniform for the Royal Australian Navy began to be used in Sydney.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been armed with American M4A1 automatic carbines. According to a number of Ukrainian Telegram channels, the weapons arrived together with the next batch of weapons delivered from the United States.

Turkey has finally decided on the timing of the start of serial production of the main battle tank of its own design Altay, which in the future should replace the American M60 and German Leopard tanks in service in the Turkish army.

Ukraine may receive Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery units from Slovakia. As stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Republic, an agreement on their sale has not yet been concluded.

During the military special operation in Ukraine, self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" actively perform firing tasks to destroy armored vehicles and fortified positions of the Ukrainian army.

Heavy artillery is now the main striking force of our troops in Ukraine. Howitzers destroy Ukrainian artillery batteries, break into well-fortified defensive structures, and suppress control points.

The 4th State Central Interspecific Landfill "Kapustin Yar", located in the Astrakhan region, celebrated the 76th anniversary of its formation.

The Polish Armed Forces will purchase Gladius unmanned systems, including reconnaissance UAVs, barrage ammunition, command and control systems, as well as relevant logistics and personnel training components. This was announced on May 6, 2022 by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. According to the minister, the package with a total cost of almost 426 million euros is primarily intended to equip Polish artillery regiments in the east of the country.