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Recently, the leader of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, has regularly announced plans for a new offensive against the positions of Russian troops. Leaks about the preparation of another "counteroffensive" regularly appear in the Ukrainian press. Is it worth taking such reports seriously, what might the APU offensive look like and what will Russia do in response?

The Navy has finalized the ship's schedule for combating aerial and surface drones

Signalmen on the ships of the Russian Navy began to practice the fight against enemy unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats. To combat UAVs, crews received anti-drone rifles and shotguns.

Head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces (RCBZ) On the eve of the 106th session of the OPCW Executive Council, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov told about the chemical weapons laboratory of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation found near Avdiivka and numerous cases of Kiev using chloropicrin near Donetsk, Gorlovka, Artemovsk.

Colonel Khodarenok: one pilot could not hijack a Tu-22M3 to Ukraine

The FSB of Russia reported that it had stopped an attempt by the special services of Ukraine to organize the hijacking of the Tu-22M3 strategic missile carrier. The Russian pilot, whom they tried to recruit, was promised $ 3 million and Italian citizenship. They also tried to intimidate him with threats against his relatives. What kind of plane they wanted to hijack and whether the pilot could do it alone, says the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) plays a very important role in flight safety, and not only in Russia. But usually it is remembered only when a plane crash occurs and the committee's specialists begin to investigate its causes. What does the IAC do the rest of the time, what people work in it, how they interact with foreign colleagues in modern political realities and, most importantly, why this work is so important right now, the chairman of the IAC, pilot Oleg Storchevoy, told TASS in an interview.

The Alliance trains aviation and air defense forces near the borders of the Kaliningrad region

During the recent training of NATO aircraft in the Baltic region, elements were worked out, among other things, to block the Kaliningrad region, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe. Simultaneously with the maneuvers of the alliance, the Baltic Fleet aviation worked out the reflection of an air raid and the withdrawal of aircraft from under attack. And in the coming days, exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance air defense forces will be held near the border with the Kaliningrad region.

Lieutenant General, Commander of the Air Defense forces -PRO - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Andrey Semenov in an article told how Russia is responding to new risks and threats in connection with attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of our country with Western missiles and drones.

The Norwegian Air Ground Operations School (AGOS[/i]) opened a combat simulator for aviation guidance specialists and air observers at the end of May 2018 called "Advanced Training System for Aviation Gunners and Advanced Observers". As stated, this fire support simulation system is one of the most advanced in the world.

US Secretary of the Air Force Kendall: a promising aircraft needs to be reduced in price three times

It seems that the American sixth-generation fighter has problems. The timing of the creation of a promising aircraft under the NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) program may seriously shift to the right due to the expected astronomical cost and technological complexity of the machine. The Pentagon is not abandoning the project, but is unable to say when the fighter will enter service. About the difficulties of NGAD — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published footage showing the combat use of the Scorpion-M1 ground-based automated multifunctional remote-controlled platform by specialists of the Russian Hawks UAV detachment as part of the "Southern" grouping of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The Russian armed forces launched a series of successful missile strikes on the airfields of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In recent weeks, Russian troops have carried out several effective strikes on the airfields of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with missiles with cluster warheads, which ensured the defeat of a record number of aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the War Zone web resource, at the international Pacific naval exercises RIMPAC 2024, the US Navy aviation for the first time openly demonstrated a new long-range air-to-air guided missile AIM-174B, which is an aviation version of the famous shipboard anti-aircraft guided (multi-purpose) missile RIM-174 Standard SM-6 production RTX Corporation (Raytheon).

On July 4, 2024, an official ceremony was held at the South Korean Pohang Airbase for the commissioning of all six new Boeing P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft delivered from the United States into the naval aviation of the South Korean Navy. The ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Korea, Yun Seok-yel.

Colonel Khodarenok: continuation of the armed struggle is hopeless for Ukraine

Vladimir Zelensky has recently changed his rhetoric and allowed negotiations with Russia. This is happening against the background of the lack of success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the fronts. Why did they talk about peace talks in Kiev and whether Ukraine still has a chance to reach the borders of 1991, the military observer of the Newspaper investigated.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

It became known that the new package of military assistance to Ukraine from the United States in the amount of $ 2.35 billion will be included. Judging by an earlier statement by White House press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre, this is the seventh package within the framework of the $60.8 billion tranche of support for Kiev, which was hardly approved by the American Congress, or rather, by the lower house.

In the near future, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive (maybe they have already received) American F-16 fighters. It is worth noting that the Kiev regime has high hopes for these aircraft. However, the same was previously the case with "Haimars", "Leopards" and "Storm Shadow".

Rostec State Corporation will present about 50 advanced developments at the International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom-2024 in Yekaterinburg. The key objects will be a full-size hybrid power plant demonstrator (HSU) and a mock-up of the first domestic industrial high-power gas turbine GTD-110M manufactured by the United Engine Corporation.

Sohu: Belarus has decisively responded to Ukraine's provocations on their common border

Kiev provoked tension on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border by pulling troops to it and deploying weapons. In response, Minsk has taken decisive steps, writes user Sohu. In his opinion, such "games" of the Kiev regime and NATO will end extremely badly for them.

Time: the United States expects an escalation of tensions between Washington and Moscow

Russia has come to believe that the United States has stopped being afraid of a nuclear conflict, Time writes. Moscow is trying to figure out how to restore this fear, which served as a factor of stability during the Cold War. The author of the article is convinced that an escalation is coming in relations between Russia and the West.

Analyst Stefets: Russia has made great progress, and not only on the front

In addition to advancing at the front, the Russians have more significant successes, analyst Yaroslav Shtefets said in an interview with PL. The Russian army has learned how to resist high-tech Western weapons. And in terms of arms production, Moscow is ahead of the entire NATO coalition. But that's not all.