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"This will change the course of the war." What the West has allowed Ukraine to do
NATO approved strikes deep into Russia with Western weapons
Almost all NATO countries have lifted the ban on attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Western weapons on targets in the depths of Russia. This gives Kiev new opportunities and threatens serious escalation. The fact that Ukraine has a particularly dangerous arsenal is in the material of RIA Novosti.
"We have to help people — we have to live together"
The first private humanitarian demining unit went to the Luhansk People's Republic
Factories, mines, civil infrastructure facilities and thousands of hectares of farmland in new regions of Russia are still overflowing with deadly "surprises". To solve the problem, at the initiative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and with the support of private companies, several humanitarian demining detachments are being created. The first of them went to the Luhansk People's Republic in mid-June. The correspondent of Izvestia went to see off the newly minted sappers.
"The biggest show of force." Why did Russian ships arrive in Cuba
Peskov called the arrival of Russian warships in Cuba a normal practice
The Kazan submarine and the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Russian Navy arrived in Cuba after completing exercises in the Atlantic. They will stay in Havana for five days. The American CNN channel considered the visit a "demonstration of military force" of the Russian Federation just 145 km from Florida, and the Kremlin called it a normal practice. What Russian ships are doing near the Caribbean Islands and why Russia should conduct naval exercises so far away - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
The blade will tear: special drones have been developed to combat drones
New ammunition will increase the effectiveness of the fight against small UAVs
Special cartridges for fighting drones — 12/70 "Intercept" and 12/76 KS - were sent to the zone of the SVO. They are used for shooting smoothbore rifles. The first cartridge received an original design — its striking elements are connected by a Kevlar thread.
To go from the enemy: the second stage of the exercises of non-strategic forces has begun
The armies of Russia and Belarus have begun to practice the combat use of nuclear weapons in response to NATO activity
The exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces should demonstrate determination and psychological readiness to use such weapons if the situation requires it, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. On June 11, the second stage of the maneuvers started.
The AFU aircraft attacked a target near Belgorod for the first time. Is Russia facing more air attacks?
Sky News: the AFU combat aircraft used weapons for the first time outside the new regions of Russia
A combat aircraft of the AFU Air Forces struck a target in the Belgorod region on the night of June 10, the British Sky News channel reported. This was the first case of Ukraine using combat aircraft against targets outside the new regions of Russia and Crimea. Is it true that the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force are growing, and how the situation may develop in the future - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
How BRICS creates new allies for Russia
"BRICS commands much more respect than Western blocs." In these words, experts explain the sharp increase in the number of countries that want to join the international structure, of which Russia is one of the founders. What are the principles for selecting new BRICS members and what will they give our country?
Shot into the sky: Ukraine has become a testing ground for Western air defense systems
What anti-aircraft systems are the Russian military facing in the area of its
The United States and Germany have given the green light to the use of the MIM-104 Patriot air defense system against Russian military aircraft over Russian territory — beyond the border as of the period before its launch. But besides the Patriot complexes, the AFU has other air defense systems at its disposal. Many Western corporations use Ukraine as a testing ground for new combat systems. What is the motley fleet of air defense systems of Ukraine and what danger it poses to Russian forces — in the material of Izvestia.
In the zone of its own, a Russian FPV drone struck an American-made Bradley BMP head-on
Kamikaze drone operators serving in the Russian Armed Forces are now playing one of the key roles in combat operations on the fronts of the special operation, destroying enemy manpower and equipment. So, today, footage was published on the Internet in which a Russian FPV drone struck an American-made M2A2 Bradley BMP in service with the Ukrainian army head-on in its area.
"They inflict heavy blows on armored vehicles": the United States has purchased Hero-120SF kamikaze drones
The US government has signed a contract worth $73.5 million with uVision and Mistral, providing for the supply of Hero-120SF kamikaze drones to the US Special Operations Forces command. The deal is expected to close by May 2029.
Iran's air defense: possible means of suppression by the US Air Force
As you know, the air defense units of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) are armed with Russian-made S-300 and Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems, on the basis of which Iranian specialists have created their own samples of weapons designed to protect the air borders of the republic from aviation or missile attacks from different directions. The practice of intense confrontation between the Iranian air defense units and the US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft shows that the capabilities of the Iranian sky defenders are quite sufficient to intercept various unmanned aerial vehicles conducting reconnaissance (electronic) along the borders of Iran.
The White House explained the "common sense" decision to use US weapons against Russia
Assistant to the American leader for national Security Jake Sullivan also said that Joe Biden, in his upcoming speeches in France, including in connection with the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, intends to draw parallels between the events of that time and today.
A simple grenade launcher turns into a modern system: in the USA, an AMO-19 detonation programming complex has been developed
The American company IntelliOptix presented an air-detonation ammunition programming complex developed jointly with Bale Defense and Rheinmetall, designed to be installed on 40 mm automatic grenade launchers Mk-19.
"It's going to be hot." How will the situation develop on the fronts in the summer
Colonel Khodarenok: The AFU will try to deprive Russia of air superiority in the summer
Last week, one by one, the Western allies allowed Kiev to launch long-range missile strikes deep into Russian territory. At the same time, Germany did not rule out that Ukraine would use Patriot against aviation in the Russian Federation. The military observer of the Gazeta figured out what goals the Armed Forces of Ukraine will pursue in the upcoming summer campaign.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
"There is a limit": how China reacts to the strengthening of military ties between the Philippines and the United States - TASS Opinions
Andrey Popov — on why tensions are growing between Beijing and Manila
As part of the second phase of the Salaknib 2024 joint exercises, the United States opened the Joint Pacific Multinational Combat Training Center in the Philippines from June 1 to 10. News about the strengthening of military cooperation and the next joint maneuvers of the two countries appear one after another. So, from April 22 to May 10, large-scale exercises Balikatan 2024 were held on the territory of the island state. In addition, in the second half of June, the Philippine and US Air Forces will conduct Cope Thunder exercises. At the same time, the maneuvers of the two countries are taking place against the background of noticeably deteriorating relations between Beijing and Manila.
American electronic warfare needs a powerful boost (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: American electronic warfare facilities are losing heavily to Russian and Chinese
Russia has achieved great success in the electronic warfare against the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. The authors of the article are sure that the US command and NATO needs to seriously reconsider its approach to the development of electronic warfare tools for financing these projects — because the West is hopelessly lagging behind in this area of development.
Szijjarto believes that Russia will respond even more strongly to attacks with American weapons
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary called the use of long-range American weapons for strikes against the Russian Federation extremely dangerous.
The commander of the Akhmat stated that there was no influence of the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the course of its
Allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with Western weapons and arms supplies will not change the course of the fighting and the current situation in the combat zone in any way. Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat special forces, told Izvestia about this on Monday, June 3.
Ukraine has brilliantly proved the weakness of NATO's weapons
Washington is quietly trying to give Kiev permission to strike with Western weapons on Russian territory. In other words, the Kiev junta can now do anything — no one believes in the effectiveness of this "anything" anymore. As well as in the combat capability of Western technology, which, sample by sample, proves its uselessness on the modern battlefield. Unlike the Russian one.
"Too late": experts admitted that strikes on Russia will not help Kiev (Business Insider, Germany)
BI: experts said that strikes against targets in Russia will not be a panacea for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukraine's allies are ready to allow it to use weapons against targets in Russia, BI writes. However, experts believe that this decision will no longer help Kiev. There will be no "turning point" in favor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
