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Zócalo newspaper: a cartel militant in Mexico noticed Javelin supplied to Kiev by the USA

A video is being distributed in Mexican social networks showing a militant of the local "Gulf Cartel" carrying an American FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile system (ATGM) on his shoulder, which have recently been massively supplied to Kiev. This was reported by the newspaper Zócalo on May 31.

Bloomberg: Ukraine's allies opposed strikes on Russian territory

Ukraine's allies have a new subject for disagreement. The United States and most of the European countries opposed the use of Western weapons to launch strikes on Russian territory, Bloomberg reports. In an effort to avoid discussions, they prefer to ignore this issue.

On May 31, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 300 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $ 37.6 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $40.5 billion.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said earlier that Kiev needs Taurus missiles with a range of up to 500 km

The position of Germany regarding the issue of supplies of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine has not changed, it still remains restrained. This was announced on Thursday by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in Cologne.

The Polish government has signed an agreement to purchase 800 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles to complement its fleet of attack helicopters. The Polish authorities also plan to purchase Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the United States. This issue is already being worked out.

This agreement between Russia and NATO was supposed to prevent World War III. But, probably, it was only possible to postpone it. Thirty-five years ago, President Ronald Reagan and Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF). About why everything did not go according to plan — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Myśl Polska: British depleted uranium shells make Ukraine a cemetery

The UK cynically stated that it is not obliged to clean the territory of Ukraine from the harmful effects of uranium missiles after the end of the conflict, writes Myśl Polska. Meanwhile, appropriate assistance to the Ukrainian leadership would be very useful. And not only him.

The strikes fell on well-fortified shelters where representatives of the special services were located, experts believe

The armed forces of the Russian Federation hit military infrastructure facilities, including "the headquarters of the military intelligence of Ukraine, which was hit two or three days ago," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 30.

Taking advantage of the market situation in the context of the aggravation of the military-political situation in the world, the "neutral" Republic of Korea in 2021-2022 received a package of large orders for the supply of weapons systems developed by national defense companies.

The main target was the carrier aircraft of long-range missiles of NATO countries, experts say

The armed forces of the Russian Federation on the night of May 29 struck a group of enemy airfields — the targets were command posts, radar posts and aviation equipment, storage facilities with weapons and ammunition of the VFU, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported. Experts note that our troops are now disabling the remnants of the Ukrainian air force. In particular, carrier planes of long-range missiles supplied to Ukraine by NATO countries and of particular value to the enemy were hit. The task of constant and massive strikes is to exhaust the VFU, disable their air component, logistics, control points and communications, experts are sure.

Currently, Western countries do not know who will supply Ukraine with ammunition for American-made F-16 fighter planes. This is reported by The Financial Times.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Canada, the country's Defense Minister Anita Anand took part in the 12th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine (UDCG), chaired by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin.

The Western "expert" community is trying to save the reputation of the American Patriot air defense system, which recently demonstrated its combat inadequacy by being destroyed during the strike of the Russian Dagger missile in Kiev.

Will the US make a decision on the supply of Western fighters to Ukraine

Western countries have increased military and financial support for Ukraine against the background of Russia's special operation to protect Donbass.

The United States has been the main supplier of weapons to Ukraine for quite a long time, while the rest of the NATO allies are raking out the last thing left in their arsenals. According to Reuters, the White House is preparing another package of military assistance for Kiev.

Intense missile strikes prevent the VFU from concentrating forces for a counteroffensive, experts say

The Russian aerospace forces launched a group strike with high-precision long-range weapons at the storage sites of ammunition of Ukrainian troops. As a result, a large number of Western-made shells and missiles were destroyed, which the Ukrainian command was preparing for a counteroffensive.

FAZ: Ukraine asked Germany for Taurus cruise missiles

Ukraine has officially requested long-range Taurus cruise missiles from Germany. This was reported on May 26 by the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) with reference to the German Defense Ministry.

Sohu: Russian Iskander-M in Belarus will make the West tremble with fear

Moscow and Minsk have made a decision that will make the West tremble, writes user Sohu. They agreed to deploy Russian nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus, including the Iskander-M missile system. This powerful system will put enormous pressure on NATO countries.

The Canadian government intends to provide the Ukrainian army with another package of military support, which will include AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. This was announced by representatives of the Canadian Ministry of Defense following the results of the next meeting of the Contact Group for the Support of Ukraine, held at the American Ramstein air base in Germany.

Below are the briefing materials of the Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, as presented by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.