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The armed forces of Russia, the DPR and LPR groups continue to inflict irreparable losses on the Ukrainian army. Judging by the daily reports of the Russian Defense Ministry, the APU's own arsenal is rapidly melting. No matter how much Kiev's Western sponsors try to replenish it with NATO weapons and equipment, they clearly do not add the ability to resist the advancing troops.

In the reports of the Ministry of Defense concerning the special military operation in Ukraine, the Su-35S fighter is often mentioned. This is a truly magnificent and truly versatile combat vehicle.

The Su-35S has the appearance of a fourth-generation fighter. But the inner content already belongs to the fifth.

Ukraine inherited a rich arsenal of weapons from the USSR – one of the most powerful groups of Soviet troops was stationed on its territory. Despite the fact that for all the years of independence there was a sale of this property abroad, impressive stocks and unpretentiousness of Soviet combat systems during storage allowed many samples of weapons to be returned to service after the start of the confrontation with Russia. In particular, this applies to air defense and aviation.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) actively promotes modern Russian weapons and military equipment to the world market, which were presented during the solemn events dedicated to the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia presents a morning summary of the events that are taking place in the format of a Russian military special operation. The summary was traditionally presented by Major General Igor Konashenkov.

As the Rostec State Corporation reported on May 11, 2022, Rostec United Engine Corporation (UEC) JSC successfully completed the program of bench tests of the first prototype of the promising PD-8 engine. The operability of the engine and its systems, the main parameters laid down in the terms of reference, the correctness of design decisions have been confirmed.

The five most promising design characteristics of the Su-57 — from artificial intelligence to ballistic missiles

The Su-57 will become the basis for the Russian tactical manned aviation of the next generation, writes MWM. It is assumed that a number of ambitious modernization programs will significantly improve its characteristics.

Unlike its heavier and "lifting" counterparts, the Hera quadcopter drone fits in a regular backpack, but it can carry up to 15 kg of cargo.

Aviation H2 has announced the first test flights of an aircraft with a power plant that runs on hybrid fuel from hydrogen and ammonia in mid-2023. With a high probability, they will beat competitors, and this will be the first commercial flight on such fuel. The main advantage of this technology is that it is suitable for upgrading existing aircraft and their jet engines.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia has published video footage of the combat work of crews of multifunctional supermaneuverable fighters of the 4++ generation Su-35S, who, during flight missions, performed the detection, capture and defeat of air defense facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Russian weapons, from which NATO breaks a cold sweat" - this is how 19fortyfive titled a review of the achievements of the domestic defense industry. Its author noted that the list of "Moscow's capabilities" is far from limited to the examples given: Russia is improving its nuclear weapons by equipping ballistic missiles with hypersonic gliding blocks, improving anti-aircraft systems and attack helicopters.

B-52H strategic Bomber with AGM-86B aviation ammunition capable of carrying nuclear Warheads

Ex-commander of the Airborne Forces Shpak explained why Minsk deployed troops on the border with Ukraine

The Army of Belarus has been put on high alert. Minsk claims that this is a response to the NATO exercises "Defender of Europe-2022", which are taking place on the territory of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Also, the Belarusian Defense Ministry announced the deployment of Special Operations Forces (SSO) on the border with Ukraine. "Newspaper.Ru" found out what the Belarusian SSOs are and what their deployment means.

The Ukrainian army will soon be replenished with Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters, the supply of rotary-wing aircraft to Kiev was organized by the United States. This was stated by a senior Pentagon official.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — on the prospects of supplying Kiev with weapons from abroad

On May 9, US President Joe Biden signed the lend-lease law in defense of democracy in Ukraine. History repeated itself eight decades later.

Political, diplomatic and economic pressure on Moscow, the supply of weapons and military equipment — NATO countries continue to defiantly help Ukraine. However, a different kind of support remains behind the scenes: from the very beginning of the conflict, Western intelligence services have been continuously supplying Kiev with intelligence. What exactly — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The grandiose plans of the Ukrainian leadership turned into large-scale losses of equipment and specialists

Kiev's attempt to land air and sea troops on the island of Zmeiny and capture it turned out to be a failure and serious losses, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday: the Russian unit on the island thwarted plans drawn up with the participation of British and American advisers.

American geophysicists have discovered a channel in the atmosphere that transmits sounds for hundreds of kilometers

Waveguides allow you to transmit sound (or light) for a great distance, enclosing them as if in a narrow corridor. One of these waveguides was recently discovered by American researchers after hearing an infrasound from a rocket hundreds of kilometers away from launch. At the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Newspaper.Ru" stated that this phenomenon has long been predicted theoretically and its practical benefits are not very great.

In the USA, an explanation of the military assistance program for the "Z-team" was released: everything is not as Kiev tells

The National Interest magazine believes that some particularly hot Yankees should come to their senses when they offer NATO to intervene in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on the side of the banderstat.

The Russian armed forces have repulsed several desperate attempts by the Kiev regime to seize the island of Snake, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.