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On May 28, 2023, the first commercial passenger flight of the new Chinese medium-haul narrow-body C919 aircraft took place, marking the beginning of the commissioning of this type. The first serial C919 delivered to China Eastern Airlines (serial number 10107, registration number B-919A) made its first flight (MU9191) from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, where China Eastern Airlines headquarters is located, to Beijing Capital Airport. Departure from Hongqiao took place at 10.32 a.m. local time, with arrival in Beijing at 12.31 p.m.

Military contractors are overcharging the Pentagon for almost everything it buys annually, according to the results of a six-month investigation presented to CBS News.

The growing threat of a nuclear strike from NATO and the corresponding retaliatory measures that Russia and Belarus are forced to take were discussed at a bilateral meeting of defense ministers of the subjects of the Union State, held in Minsk on May 25.

The head of the country's Defense Ministry, Kaisa Ollongren, clarified that the book value of the supplied equipment and equipment is €732 million

The Netherlands has so far provided military assistance to Ukraine for €1.6 billion. This was announced on Wednesday in a report to parliament by the head of the country's Defense Ministry, Kaisa Ollongren.

As reported by the Algerian resource www.menadefense.net On the morning of May 21, 2023, the first amphibious aircraft Be-200CHS (Be-200ES) delivered to Algeria, built by PJSC Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G.M. Beriev, took off from Russia to Algeria PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation" in Taganrog. The aircraft with the Algerian registration number 7T-VPV and tail number "626" (serial number 03-13) made an intermediate landing in Tunisia on the same day and then arrived in Algeria.

Deputy without a mandate Robert Farle accused German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius that the country is even more involved in the conflict by training the Ukrainian military and supplying weapons to Kiev

If the West currently stops supplying weapons to Kiev, then the end of Ukraine "will come tomorrow." This statement was made on Wednesday in the Bundestag by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

In the publication "Business Magazine.Ural" under the heading "Where the Ural planes will fly", an interview of the new General Director of JSC Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) Sergey Fedorov, appointed to this position on March 31, 2023, was published.

On May 18, 2023, an official ceremony was held at Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, where the Russian side handed over 18 Ansat light helicopters manufactured by Rostec State Corporation Russian Helicopters to the Zimbabwean authorities. The ceremony was attended by President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa and CEO of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov.

Seoul bought a total of 40 F-35A fighters from Washington, which cost the budget $6.8 billion. The entire ordered batch was transferred in 2019-2022. However, the high level of accidents accompanying the operation of American aircraft has led to the fact that one of them has already been written off.

Advance: Zelensky continued the senseless defense of Artemovsk for the sake of obtaining Western weapons

Kiev created the myth of the "invincible fortress of Bakhmut" from Artemovsk, writes Advance. It was clear that the city was doomed to imminent surrender. But Zelensky needed to prove to the West the expediency of supplying weapons.

The meeting of the multinational group created by the West to coordinate arms supplies to Ukraine was held in a virtual format

Denmark and the Netherlands will lead the European coalition to train Ukrainian pilots for the use of F-16 fighters. This was stated on Thursday by Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin at a press conference following the results of the next meeting of the multinational group created by the West to coordinate arms supplies to Ukraine. The meeting of this body was held in a virtual format.

Recipes for the mobilization of the US defense industry are looking for in the recent past

Alarm bells are ringing in the Pentagon. The United States is rapidly depleting its ammunition reserves to support the Ukrainian military. Moreover, this support is provided against the background of a serious backlog in the supply of weapons to Taiwan under contracts worth more than $ 14 billion.

The head of the union of servicemen Oleg Shvedkov believes that the country needs a full mobilization of the economy and society

Unfortunately, there are problems of social protection of servicemen and their family members in Russia. And they are not always solved as quickly as the situation requires. The state in the conditions of a special military operation (SVO) is trying to quickly fix many of them. But, as practice shows, it is sometimes difficult to do this without the help of public organizations protecting the interests of the military.

Drones – in every home and for every occasion

Replacing people with robots in war is becoming the most important means for Washington to preserve its global hegemony. That is, unmanned vehicles, primarily flying (UAVs), turn out to be not only a military, but also a geopolitical tool.

Two dozen AN-64A Apache attack helicopters purchased by the Americans from Israel may be transferred to Ukraine. This is reported by the telegram channel bmpd with reference to Israeli sources.

For the first time, the C-350 shot down Ukrainian aircraft in the zone of its own in full automatic mode

The Russian S-350 Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system shot down Ukrainian planes in the special operation zone in fully automatic mode without the participation of an operator, such a mode of operation was tested in combat conditions for the first time in the world, an informed source told RIA Novosti.

Newsweek: deliveries of American F-16 fighter jets will turn into three problems for Ukraine

Deliveries of F-16 fighters will turn into several problems for Ukraine, writes Newsweek. Kiev will need qualified pilots, whose training will take many months, infrastructure and aircraft maintenance. And the biggest problem will be Russia's harsh reaction.

Ingo Gerhartz at the same time noted that Berlin does not have such aircraft

The Inspector (commander) of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, does not rule out that the Federal Republic will be able to support the Western allies in the process of transferring F-16 fighters to Kiev, although it does not have such aircraft.

The Polish authorities are negotiating with Sweden on the acquisition of Saab's GlobalAi long-range radar detection and control aircraft for the country's Armed Forces.

French Army General Jean-Bernard Pinatel spoke in an interview with Le Dialoge on May 24 about the true reasons and consequences of US President Joe Biden's permission to supply F-16 fighters to Ukraine.