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British Prime Minister Sunak will announce the transfer of air defense systems and long-range drones to Kiev

On May 15, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky arrived in London, where he will hold talks with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The latter, as local media write with reference to the government, is ready to provide Kiev with another military assistance.

Alexander Lukashenko confirmed information about four downed military aircraft in the Bryansk region

On May 13, two Mi-8 helicopters, a Su-34 front-line bomber and a Su-35 fighter of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed in the Bryansk region. Information about the four downed sides has already been confirmed by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The possible versions of a serious accident in which nine aircrew members were killed were investigated by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

On May 11, 2023, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace officially announced in the House of Commons of the British Parliament that the UK had supplied Ukraine with a certain number of MBDA Storm Shadow air cruise missiles as a "long-range means for precision strikes." Ben Wallace stated that, "in my opinion, as the Minister of Defense, this is a verified proportional response to the escalation from Russia."

While the West continues to claim that a ban on the use of Western weapons on the territory of Russia is allegedly imposed on Ukraine, maps are already being drawn up in Kiev where new British long-range missiles can get to. Zelensky's office openly plans strikes against Russia and Belarus.

India has an impressive fleet of Soviet and Russian military equipment. The country's troops are armed with 7 Russian-made submarines, more than 250 multi-purpose Su-30MKI aircraft, a similar number of Mi-8/17 helicopters, almost 70 MiG-29 fighters and more than 1,200 T-90 tanks. To this should be added a huge number of Russian small arms, anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems.

Another "victory" is shaking the Ukrainian media. Kiev claims that during the last missile raid on the capital, the air defense managed to shoot down a Russian hypersonic missile "Dagger". The mayor of the city Vitali Klitschko was even photographed with the fragments of ammunition. However, even a layman understands that something is wrong here.

On May 11, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale of 60 CH-47F Block II Chinook transport helicopters manufactured by Boeing Corporation to Germany through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS). This sale is approved by the U.S. Department of State.

In May 1968, the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted a resolution that provided for the development of a promising model of a rotary-wing attack aircraft based on the Mi-24 helicopter, which has a higher flight speed, good stability and maneuverability.

And what could be the fate of the presented remains of missiles

During the special military operation, the Ukrainian air defense was unable to intercept a single Dagger missile. Several sources in the military department and the military-industrial complex told Izvestia about this.

Specialists of the units of the communication troops around the clock and in any weather ensure the exchange of information between control points, military units and divisions. The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday, May 13, published footage of the combat work of the signalmen of the Western Military District (ZVO).

Germany will supply Ukraine with more than a hundred Vector reconnaissance drones, a supply contract has been concluded between the German company Quantum-Systems GmbH and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The whole batch is intended for the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR MO).

As reported by the web resource Scramble.nl , On May 13, 2023, the last of the three former Westland Sea King HU search and rescue helicopters transferred by the UK to the armed forces of Ukraine was filmed at Antwerp airport (Belgium) during an intermediate landing during an independent flight to Ukraine.5, already carrying the Ukrainian registration UR-H034.

In Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa on Sunday, as part of the US Swift Response 23 exercise, Operation HIRAIN (HIMARS Rapid Aerial Insertion) took place for the rapid transfer of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems to the combat area.

An air group of two helicopters and two fighters crashed near Bryansk

Two fighter jets of the Russian Aerospace Forces and two Mi-8 helicopters crashed near the Ukrainian border in the Bryansk region. According to a number of data, the Su-34, Su-35 and helicopters were from the same air group and were supposed to raid the territory of the Chernihiv region of Ukraine. All the crews were killed. A resident of Klintsov was injured on the ground as a result of one of the crashes.

How else does Moscow intend to react to the American presence in the Scandinavian country

Russia will strengthen the military infrastructure along the borders with Finland, saturate it with air defense means in connection with the possible appearance of American bases in the country. This was stated to Izvestia by the head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security issues, Konstantin Gavrilov.

As stated by the head of the Polish Defense Ministry Mariusz Blaszczak after a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, he received assurances that the US Army would provide the Polish Armed Forces with Apache attack helicopters from the availability even before signing the contract for the purchase of 96 new vehicles.

The Peruvian company Disenos Casanave has sold an unmanned aircraft complex of its own design CW-40D to the armed forces of Ukraine and Peru.

The defense company BIRD AeroSystem from Israel has completed the implementation of the contract of 2021, which provided for equipping the next batch of Mi-171SH helicopters of the Czech Army with airborne air defense systems AMPS, which are designed to combat the missile threat posed by various air defense systems, including portable ones.

Cadets marched instead of combat units

A military parade was held in Moscow to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Taking into account the detour of the parade calculations by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov, as well as the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the solemn event on Red Square lasted less than 50 minutes.

The representative office also noted that Warsaw handed over 14 aircraft and 325 tanks to Kiev from them

The West handed over to Kiev 28 aircraft, of which 14 were allocated by Poland, and 575 tanks, including 325 Polish ones. This was announced on Thursday on Twitter by the permanent mission of Poland to the EU.