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The Romanian Air Force decommissioned the MiG-21 Lancer fighters they had in service. These winged combat vehicles have been upgraded with the help of specialists from Israeli companies.

It seems that the Russian army managed to destroy the most expensive weapons complex that Kiev received from NATO. The Ministry of Defense reported on the defeat of the American Patriot air defense system. This was also recognized in the USA. However, not completely. About what happened in Kiev — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Elbit Systems has announced the acceptance by Greece of the first two M-346 training aircraft, which will be used to train pilots of modern fighters.

The administration of US President Joe Biden has repeatedly rejected the possibility of sending F-16 fighters to Ukraine, but at the same time does not object to their transfer to Kiev by other countries, Politico reports.

NDP: "friendship" with the USA turned into poverty, lies and a sea of blood for Ukraine

Warsaw's ambitions do not let her understand that free cheese is only in a mousetrap, especially if the cheese is American, writes NDP. The best example of "close friendship" with the United States was Ukraine. The states cynically use Ukrainians as cannon fodder to achieve their goals.

Financial Times: The US believes that the next five months will be crucial for Ukraine

Washington believes that the next five months will be decisive for Kiev, writes FT. This is his last chance to change something. Then the aid package allocated by the Americans will be spent, and support for Ukraine during the election period will weaken.

According to Bell Textron Inc., the first series of flight tests of the first AH-1Z attack helicopter intended for the Czech Armed Forces is being completed at the Amarillo assembly center.

Ukraine has long been a testing ground for weapons and equipment of Western countries supplied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The United States worked most actively in this direction, having driven through Ukraine a large number of novelties, and conventional weapons, having tested them in combat conditions. This time Spain decided to offer its weapons for testing.

Norway will soon supply additional NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine, the production of which is carried out at one of the Kongsberg Defense enterprises & Aerospace AS is a subsidiary of the Norwegian concern Kongsberg Gruppen. This was announced by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk.

Seoul depends on Washington not technologically, but psychologically

Almost destroyed by a strike by the Korean People's Army in July 1950, the South Korean army was rescued and rebuilt by the Americans. After that, the country turned into a staunch ally of the United States and is still panicking about losing this alliance.

France has finally decided to send FPB 98 MKI patrol boats to Ukraine, intended for the Coast Guard of the Ukrainian State Border Service. The first two boats have already left the territory of France and started moving towards Ukraine, but not independently, but on board a cargo ship.

Breitbart readers said Britain is leading Ukraine to slaughter after the news about the F-16

Sunak and Zelensky want to create a "coalition of fighters" to provide Kiev with American F-16s, Breitbart writes. Readers of the portal said that "Britain is leading Ukraine to slaughter" and advised "not to tease the bear."

High North News: Lavrov said that the fate of the Arctic Council depends on the dialogue of the parties

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the future of the Arctic Council will depend on the possibility of a civilized dialogue between the countries, writes High North News. He stressed that the efforts of States should be aimed at preserving peace and stability in the region.

The latest MRO-A jet flamethrower in thermobaric equipment will be demonstrated at the exhibition for the first time

The XI International exhibition of arms and military equipment MILEX-2023 and the X International Scientific Conference on military-technical cooperation in the field of defense and security open on Wednesday in Minsk. According to Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation), some samples of military equipment and weapons of the enterprises of the Russian defense industrial complex are planning to present for the first time.

It is possible that Washington's military assistance to Kiev may end this summer, since the funds provided for these purposes in the American budget are already running out. This is reported by Politico. At the same time, according to American media, of the 48 billion dollars allocated by Congress as part of emergency additional budget funding for the current fiscal year, only 6 billion remained undeveloped. This, with the volume of Ukrainian spending and losses, may be enough at best until July 2023.

The United States is literally torn between Ukraine and Taiwan, trying to make it there and there. While the emphasis is shifted towards Kiev, but it is possible that in the near future Washington will make a choice in favor of Taipei, the United States will not pull two conflicts at once. In the meantime, Taiwan receives much less aid than Ukraine.

Ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive. At least, that's what they say in the West. The speaker of the US Army Command in Europe and Africa, Colonel Martin O'Donnell, said that the AFU has already received about 600 different types of weapons. About the most dangerous — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The line of anti-aircraft missile systems was presented by the concern of East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey at the International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment MILEX 2023, which opened in the capital of Belarus on Wednesday, the company's press service reported.

In 2014, the Kruk ("Raven") program was launched in Poland, which provided for the replacement of Soviet Mi-24D/V attack helicopters. In December 2020, a tender was announced for the supply of 32 new machines, which aroused the interest of five leading manufacturers, including Leonardo, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Airbus Helicopters, Bell Helicopters and Boeing.

Rostec will present helicopters, unmanned vehicles, promising VK-650V and VK-1600 helicopter engines, as well as new materials and onboard systems at the 15th International Exhibition HeliRussia-2023.