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Hundreds of thousands of soldiers should join the ranks of the Polish Army in the coming years, and even more Poles should undergo special military training. For all this, Warsaw allocates unprecedented money for the country. Of course, what is happening is explained by the events in Ukraine, but this is only the outer part of the iceberg. In fact, Polish ambitions go much further.

Mi-28 attack helicopters destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army with guided missiles. The combat operation of these rotorcraft in Ukraine was shown by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Mi-28 attack helicopters successfully perform combat missions in Ukraine. These highly maneuverable rotorcraft, created according to the concept of an "air tank", perform a wide range of tasks.

The Malaysian Air Force received the first CN-235-220M military transport aircraft, converted into a version of the MSA (Maritime Surveillance Aircraft) maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

The Russian-French company PowerJet, which produces SaM146 engines for the Superjet 100 aircraft, has stopped their maintenance and repair due to sanctions, a source close to the aviation industry told Interfax.

Persons involved in the creation of biological weapons components in Ukraine have been identified, said Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry.

In Soviet times, being a place of storage of nuclear ammunition, "Object 711" was cut down in rocks at a depth of several tens of meters.

The NASA federal budget plan for fiscal year 2023 does not provide for the further continuation of the SOFIA flying stratospheric observatory and the closure of the project in 2023. Such a decision was made due to the high cost of the annual maintenance of the project and the insufficient level of scientific productivity, according to the website Space.com .

The journey from nuclear missiles to cyberwar planning took seventy years

After World War II, Washington completely abandoned its previously characteristic foreign policy self-isolation (more precisely, "closure" within the Western Hemisphere).

Evolution of the "Crocodile with a propeller"

The combat effectiveness of the Russian army aviation, repeatedly demonstrated during the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as a rule, does not require confirmation. But especially vivid emotions are caused by the actions of a veteran of Afghanistan, Transnistria, Abkhazia, Chechnya, Georgia and Syria – the Mi-24 attack helicopter, nicknamed "Crocodile".

On March 24, the French company Dassault Aviation announced the signing ceremony in Athens for the purchase of six additional Rafale fighters.

How the Russian Aerospace Forces achieved dominance in the airspace of Ukraine

During a special military operation in Ukraine, most of the Ukrainian combat aviation was destroyed by Russian means of the Aerospace Forces and air defense, the Ministry of Defense reported. Planes were destroyed on the ground and in the air - including during air battles. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation achieved superiority in the skies of Ukraine.

Experts told what is the difference between the Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters

Russian helicopters Mi-28N "Night Hunter" and Ka-52 "Alligator" participate in the destruction of military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the video of which is published by the Russian Defense Ministry. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the specifics of the use of these helicopters are.

Russian servicemen liquidate warehouses supplying the AFU grouping near Kiev

The Russian armed forces continue to strike at the military infrastructure of Ukraine. Sea-based Kalibr cruise missiles destroyed ammunition depots from which the Ukrainian group was supplied in the suburbs of Kiev.

According to various American media reports, the announced military assistance to Ukraine from the US government includes Switchblade barrage ammunition in the amount of 100 complexes. In general, the $800 million aid package also includes portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems, ballistic body armor and other elements.

The Russian military said they shot down five Ukrainian planes over the Chernihiv and Donetsk regions during the day.

"Aviation and air defense means of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down four Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the air over the Chernihiv region during the day, two of them in the Turnip area, two more in the Gorodnya area," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Monday.

During a special military operation, the deputy commander of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile battery, Vladimir, performs tasks to control the airspace in his area of responsibility.

Railway trains and automobile convoys with Western weapons are moving to Ukraine across the Polish border almost daily. NATO is trying to hastily restore the combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and thereby slow down the Russian special operation. However, it is very difficult to do this — during a month of fighting, the Ukrainian security forces suffered huge losses in heavy equipment, which simply has nothing to replace.

The most painful for the APU is the loss of warehouses with fuel and ammunition

The Russian military continues to carry out air and missile strikes on the objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine. Now they are already operating throughout the country.

Military expert Andrey Frolov - about the big changes in the arms markets in connection with Russia's military operation in Ukraine

The Special Military Operation (SVO) of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine has not yet ended, but a number of conclusions can already be drawn from it. One of them has to do with the arms market, since both Russia and Ukraine are major players in it. Obviously, the year 2022 has brought serious changes, and this market will not be the same.

A long-range Soviet reconnaissance drone bombed Croatia

The crash on the night of Friday, March 11, of a long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Strizh type of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Yarun district in the south of the Croatian capital of Zagreb.