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Military expert Igor Korotchenko told how the "jumping mine" PTKM-1R works

During the special operation in Ukraine, many samples of Russian weapons and ammunition are being tested. One of these novelties was the anti-wing anti-tank mine PTKM-1R.

According to American President Joe Biden, it will not be able to reach Russian territory, but military-technical analysis shows that this is not the case. The Pentagon, apparently, is still hesitating.

American multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) can be sent to Ukraine. In the publication 19FortyFive called the advantages of MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System), which the United States can transfer to the Ukrainian side.

Boris Johnson proposed to Poland, the Baltic states and Ukraine to create a new alliance directed against Russia, the Italian press reports. According to the British Prime Minister, the "political, economic and military alliance" should become an alternative to the EU and, in addition to Russia, resist Germany. What are London's goals and what are the prospects for Britain to lead a new force in Europe?

The United States seems to have decided to further raise the stakes in the Ukrainian conflict – it was decided to supply Kiev with weapons of terrible destructive power. The M142 Himars missile systems are comparable to the Russian Iskanders and can give Ukraine the opportunity to strike far into the territory of Russia. But this is theoretical. What will actually happen?

This is stated in the SBU report on the military-political activity of the United States in Ukraine, written in 2017

The Security Service of Ukraine recorded the likelihood that the United States is using cooperation with Ukrainian laboratories to develop biological weapons.

On May 26, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced on his Twitter page that he had signed a letter of request (LoR) for the purchase of about 500 MLRS M-142 HIMARS launchers for the Polish Armed Forces in the United States.

According to information from Ukrainian prisoners of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they plan to stage a provocation in Sumy with the use of toxic substances in order to further blame Russia for this, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The question about the third World War: will Russia and China be able to win the battle over the F-22 Raptor?

As Russia and China adopt modern fighter jets and anti-aircraft missile systems, a small elite group of US Air Force pilots flying Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor aircraft increasingly have to think about how to perform combat missions and maintain air superiority in the face of increasing military risks.

On May 26, 2022, the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to Australia through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Australian government of HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) ground missile systems manufactured by Lockheed Corporation Martin.

The United States summed up the interim results of the supply of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine. The report was provided by the Transport Command of the US Armed Forces (USTRANSCOM), which is engaged in the transportation of military personnel, equipment and resources of the US Armed Forces around the world by all means of transport.

Russia has data on 10 military biological projects of the Pentagon in Ukraine, which provided for work with pathogens of particularly dangerous and economically significant infections, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

Noteworthy information comes from the area of a special military operation. The reports say that after defeating the enemy in the positions of one of the directions of the SVO, they again managed to take a large number of trophies. Among other things, there were wooden boxes with English-language markings and very unusual contents. It turned out that we are talking about several NATO-made kamikaze drones Switchblade.

How sea complexes are tested

Marine underwater weapons (MPO) have always served as one of the main shock and defensive means of the Russian Navy. And it continues to play an extremely important role in ensuring the combat stability of the naval strategic nuclear forces of our country.

By 2025, the Ministry of Education and Science expects its well-established production and implementation for the needs of partner enterprises of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation.

Stocks of 155-mm shells used by Ukraine for firing from towed M777 howitzers will be replenished in the near future. A number of Western countries have expressed a desire to supply ammunition to Kiev, including Canada.

General Khrulev explained why Russian self-propelled guns are winning against American howitzers in Ukraine

The Ministry of Defense of Russia has published footage of the combat work of the calculations of 152-mm self-propelled guns (ACS) "Hyacinth-S" during a special military operation in Ukraine. According to the Russian military department, the ACS destroyed a unit of 155-mm M-777 howitzers manufactured by the United States. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of counter-battery warfare.

The Russian military has begun to mine the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The allocation by the United States of new aid to Ukraine in the amount of $ 40 billion, of which about $ 20 billion will go to arms supplies, may move Washington to transfer to Kiev the American HIMARS MLRS with a firing range of up to 70 km. Also, a number of military experts do not exclude that the United States may supply Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine in order to close the skies for Russian aviation.

Ukraine Weapons Tracker writes that the United States handed over to Ukraine weapons that had previously been intercepted on ships at sea en route from Iran to the Yemeni Houthis. Earlier, Chinese Type 56-1 submachine guns lit up in Ukraine (and, as indicated, they look exactly like those that were captured by the Americans), but now the APU has such a mortar, which, according to the authors, according to their source, is called HM19 and is an 82-mm version of the Iranian 81-mm mortar HM15, according to apparently specially made for the Houthis, who use 82-mm mines.