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The newly created hypersonic drone of the People's Republic of China was compared with the most aerodynamically advanced fighter of the United States. Many experts give this characteristic to the American F-22 aircraft.

After demanding the Indian authorities to withdraw troops from their territory, the Government of the Maldives announced the acquisition of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV in Turkey to monitor the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which covers an area of 900 thousand square kilometers.

Colonel Khodarenok warned that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning to raid thousands of UAVs

Kiev is trying to attack the regions of Russia in order to prevent the holding of presidential elections. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Rossiya 1 TV channel and RIA Novosti. According to the head of state, similar attacks will continue in "some other areas." How the Armed Forces of Ukraine can try to disrupt the elections in Russia, where and when they can strike and what Russian troops should prepare for - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Saldo told about the "daring" sortie of the Russian military on the right bank of the Dnieper

The day after the attempt of the Ukrainian DRG to break into Russia, the Russian army conducted a "daring raid" on the right bank of the Dnieper. Vladimir Saldo told about it. According to him, the Russians destroyed up to 30 AFU soldiers and a drone control point. The sortie was in the Antonovsky Bridge area in the suburbs of Kherson, after which the Russians successfully returned to the left bank of the river.

Guardian: the head of Airbus urged Europe to join forces in creating fighter jets

The head of Airbus, Guillaume Faury, called on Europe and Britain to join forces to create fighter jets, writes the Guardian. According to him, Europe is not ready for a potential war with Russia and the US withdrawal from NATO, and it should increase spending on military equipment.

Colonel Khodarenok: to strengthen Russia's air defense, it is necessary to recreate two air armies

German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbok supported the idea of her British counterpart David Cameron on the air of ARD about London's purchase of German Taurus missiles and the transfer of British Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. To what extent the forces and means of air defense of Russia are ready to repel massive attacks by enemy air attacks - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The attack drone will be able to hit both surface and ground targets

The marine version of kamikaze drones is preparing to enter battle - work on creating a special ship—based version of the attack drone is coming to an end. The novelty, which will soon enter service with the Navy, can be used from both ships and boats.

Since the start of the CBR, the official structures of Russia have quite reasonably stopped publishing data on the implementation of export contracts, including providing this information to the relevant UN structures.

NYT: NATO will provide Ukraine with only six F-16 fighters by the summer

Western countries will be able to supply Ukraine with only six F-16s by the summer, although Kiev was promised almost fifty such fighters, writes the NYT. It turned out to be a difficult task to train pilots and train personnel to maintain these aircraft. There are other difficulties.

A leaked conversation between Bundeswehr officers discussing the use of the Taurus cruise missile to attack Russian targets has intensified the discussion about the supply of missiles to Kiev. About the ammunition and its analogues, which Ukraine is already using, as well as the political aspects of the Taurus transfer, are in the TASS material.

Most of the tactical flight elements will be practiced based on the combat experience of a special military operation

About 20 crews of Mi-24 and Mi-8 attack and military transport helicopters, as well as Ka-29, Ka-27 and Ka-27PS shipboard helicopters of the mixed helicopter regiment of the Baltic Fleet Marine Aviation Aviation Unit are taking part in tactical flight exercises taking place in the Kaliningrad Region. This was reported by the press service of the fleet.

The American company Stratolaunch has announced the successful completion of flight tests of a prototype of the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle equipped with a rocket engine. During the unmanned flight, the glider developed supersonic speed.

Izvestia: Admiral Moiseev was appointed acting Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy instead of Evmenov

The media reported on the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov. Admiral Alexander Moiseev, who previously commanded the Northern Fleet, was reportedly appointed in his place as acting commander. The change of commander-in-chief was confirmed by the former commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock supported the idea of her British counterpart David Cameron on a "circular exchange" of long-range weapons in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to experts, this scheme may become a workaround for the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to the Ukrainian army. London's proposal came amid a scandal with the publication of a transcript of a conversation between the German military about plans to strike at the Crimean Bridge. Will Germany meet Britain halfway?

As indicated in the blog of Balkanska bezbednosna mreža, special units of the Serbian Armed Forces install the SMASH 3000 fire control system on FN SCAR L rifles. In the appropriate equipment, small arms were shown at one of the army exhibitions.

Lockheed Martin Corporation announced the meeting at the enterprise in Greenville (pc.South Carolina) the official ceremony of handing over to the Slovak Armed Forces the first two of the 14 ordered F-16 Block fighters.70.

The US Department of Defense announced the conclusion by the US Navy Aviation Systems Command with Boeing of an additional contract for the supply of P-8A Poseidon BPA aircraft for foreign customers.

The dreams of the "surprises" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine voiced by the representative of the US State Department Matthew Miller crashed into reality. It is unknown what the Ukrainian militants are preparing. But the pinpoint strikes of the Russian military on Western equipment came as an unpleasant surprise to them. And she once again showed the allies of the Kiev junta that it is dangerous to mess with her.

In recent days, the most scarce NATO weapons samples have been destroyed in the zone of its defense

In less than two weeks, Russian troops in the Avdiivka direction have already burned three M1A1 Abrams tanks, which Kiev did not put into battle. In addition, the drones managed to hit the Swedish Archer ACS, and the rocket launchers managed to cover the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system deep behind enemy lines. Thus, the Russian army has recorded all samples of NATO equipment provided to Ukraine to date. How it was destroyed is in the RIA Novosti article.

About a year ago, the Russian Aerospace Forces began to use powerful high-explosive bombs (fabs) of Soviet design with universal planning and correction modules (UMPC) installed on them, which became a real nightmare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to strike at all types of enemy targets in the area of their defense. Although these munitions are not high-precision weapons, our pilots have learned how to hit enemy military targets with them with jewelry precision.