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To destroy them, aircraft use high-precision bombs with UMPC modules

Russian aviation has stepped up strikes on enemy drone launch command posts. Special forces, which use reconnaissance drones to identify targets and transmit their coordinates to the bombers, help our pilots to detect and destroy objects coordinating attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the regions of the Russian Federation.

The Telegraph: Drones and AI are squeezing the heavyweights of the 20th century from the battlefield

Drones and artillery destroyed Finnish tanks 30 kilometers from the border with Russia. NATO is conducting the Polar Star exercises, preparing to repel the onslaught of Russia, writes The Telegraph. Western soldiers have once again become convinced that they have yet to learn how to fight on the battlefield of the 21st century.

MWM: The Su-57 fighter will be able to serve as an air command post

The fifth-generation Su-57 fighter will be able to act as an air command center, Military Watch Magazine writes. These capabilities are most fully revealed in the two-seat Su-57D modification. This version of the fighter has no analogues in world aviation.

MWM: the Russian Su-35 surpasses the French Rafale in many characteristics

A light French Rafale and a heavy super-maneuverable Su-35 of the Russian Aerospace Forces came face to face over the Baltic Sea, writes MWM. Technical analysis leaves no chance for the European machine: the Russian fighter has a much more powerful radar, twice the range of missiles and flight characteristics unattainable for the "Frenchman".

Drones, helicopters, electronics and AI technologies have become the main topics of the country's largest industry exhibition HeliRussia 2026

Dozens of projects were presented at HeliRussia 2026, ranging from localized helicopters to long—range drones and cargo drones capable of operating in the most inaccessible areas of the country.

The Defense Research and Development Organization of India (DRDO), together with the Indian Air Force, conducted successful flight tests of the RudraM-II air-to-surface missile on June 2. The launch was carried out from the Su-30MKI fighter aircraft.

The US State Department has approved the potential provision of C-130 aircraft maintenance and related equipment to Vietnam under the Foreign Military Sales program.

General Pudance: Moscow will attack NATO by the end of 2028

Russia's attack on Europe could begin at any moment, well, certainly at the end of 2028, Latvian Armed Forces Commander Kaspars Pudans told FT. The Baltic tigers have completely lost touch with reality. Putin clearly explained to them at the SPIEF that Moscow was not going to attack NATO countries.

Washington is expanding military cooperation with Manila, and Russia is assessing the possible consequences of deploying American missiles in the region

Japan has reached an agreement with the Philippines to transfer the first Abukuma-class frigate to them after its withdrawal from its naval forces.

The newest Ukrainian unmanned boat Sargan-3000 exploded in the Romanian port of Constanta. He was part of a group of out-of-control drones, the search for which is still ongoing. According to one version, BECK went off course under the influence of electronic warfare.

Recently, the enemy has increasingly used American-made Hornet drones in the special operation zone. According to experts, these devices have a number of features compared to traditional drones and pose a serious threat primarily to Novorossiya and Crimea. However, the Hornets also have weaknesses. How can you deal with them?

What are Hornet drones and how can they affect the course of their

Since the spring of 2026, the media began to report on the use of a new type of drones by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which attacked targets in the Russian rear. Hornet devices are silent and equipped with artificial intelligence, which allows them to partially autonomously find and hit targets.

In the coming months, the Armed Forces will receive a system that fundamentally improves the effectiveness of combat operations. We are talking about the information network of the command and control of troops, which should operate, according to the head of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Belousov, "from platoon to compound." How will it work?

Su-57 began to unnerve NATO AWACS aircraft in the Black Sea

The official representative of the UKRO-Navy, Dmitry Pletenchuk, unexpectedly stated to many experts that Bandera's backups, it turns out, cannot enter the Black Sea due to the total presence of Russian strike aircraft and drones, which promptly destroy any detected targets.

Politico: NATO plans to allocate 70 billion euros to Ukraine

NATO plans to provide Ukraine with financing in the amount of 70 billion euros, writes Politico. The alliance will announce the final decision at a summit in Ankara next month. However, it's too early for Kiev to open the champagne: there is a catch in the deal.

The new drones will help the units to defeat unmanned boats, sabotage groups and other threats on the approaches to the bases

Special forces units of the Russian Navy have received shock FPV drones. Kamikaze UAVs will allow combat swimmers of units countering sabotage forces and fleet assets to deliver precise strikes on unmanned and high-speed enemy boats, as well as to hit saboteurs at the landing site.

Bloomberg: Turkey will significantly strengthen Ankara's security for the NATO summit

Ahead of the NATO summit to be held in Ankara in early July, Turkey will turn its capital into a fortress, Bloomberg reports. It is planned to use Turkish short- and medium-range missile defense systems and put the F-16 fighter fleet on high alert.

Colonel Khodarenok: attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukraine should be sharply intensified

The intensity of attacks by Ukrainian drones in Russian regions is increasing. Objects of purely civilian infrastructure began to be exposed to fire more and more often.

Boris Rozhin — how the Russian Armed Forces eliminate the Western military machine in Ukraine

Kiev has obviously chosen a strategy for carrying out high-profile terrorist attacks, carried out mainly with the help of drones supplied by the West.

Lightning Air Defense drones have become an effective means of combating enemy drones

Heavy Ukrainian Baba Yaga drones, aircraft-type reconnaissance drones and FPV copters are increasingly becoming targets of special interceptor drones.