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As reported by the American edition of Politico in the article by Lara Seligman "U.S. officials weigh doubling the number of rocket launchers sent to Ukraine ("U.S. officials are considering doubling missile systems sent to Ukraine"), the U.S. Department of Defense is inclined to send four more combat units as military assistance to Ukraine vehicles of the M142 HIMARS ground-based missile system, in addition to the four combat vehicles included in the military assistance package announced on June 1, 2022.

China has launched its third aircraft carrier. This is a truly colossal achievement, especially considering the state this country was in just forty years ago. How did the Chinese Navy manage to make this breakthrough and what role did the ships created in the USSR play in it?

The era of the unipolar world order has ended, and the fear of competition has led the West to "thoughtless and insane" sanctions against Moscow. This is how Vladimir Putin described the current situation in the world, speaking at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. According to him, Russia is confidently coping with new challenges, but some goals in the economy have not yet been achieved. What exactly are the goals in question and what needs to be done to achieve them?

General Vladimirov: the Ukrainian military is not capable of using Western equipment

Western media report that the Ukrainian military cannot effectively use samples of weapons and military equipment supplied to them by the United States and European countries. Why - "Newspaper.Ru" was dealt with together with military experts.

On June 13, 2022, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anushauskas signed an agreement of intent with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornyu regarding Lithuania's accession to the program for the development of a new 155 mm/52 self-propelled howitzer CAESAR Mk II, implemented under the auspices of the General Directorate of Armaments (Direction générale de l'armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France, and Purchases of 18 CAESAR Mk II units for the Lithuanian armed forces.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, which is one of the divisions of the American military industrial corporation Raytheon Technologies, has signed a contract with the Missile Defense Agency of the US Department of Defense for the supply of the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missile. The amount of the transaction, as reported in the official notice on the corporation's website, is $ 867 million. The missiles will enter service with the US army and partners.

The package of US military assistance for Ukraine, which was announced on Wednesday, provides, in particular, for the transfer by Washington of another 18 155-mm howitzers and 36 thousand shells for them, American media reported on Wednesday with reference to the Pentagon.

Biden: The US will allocate additional military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine for $1.2 billion

US President Joe Biden announced additional military assistance to Kiev in the amount of $ 1 billion. The package will include howitzers and shells, ammunition for jet systems and anti-ship missiles "Harpoon". Another $225 million will also be allocated for humanitarian aid. The Pentagon reported that since February 24, the United States has allocated $5.6 billion to Kiev for defense purposes.

Prime Minister Marin believes that the consideration of Finland's application to join NATO may be greatly delayed - Halla—aho declares that Finland should not be a "hostage" of Sweden

According to leading Finnish politicians, negotiations on the country's accession to NATO have reached an impasse, Yle reports. The situation is complicated by Helsinki's intention to join the Alliance in conjunction with Sweden, to which Turkey's main claims are addressed. Because of this, the process may take a year or more.

The West is increasingly pumping Ukraine with weapons. The Americans spent another 700 million dollars on this as part of the "aid package". However, the armies of the DPR and LPR have studied overseas and Western European "gifts" quite well. About how foreign samples showed themselves and why Kiev is not particularly happy with the supplies, — in the RIA Novosti material.

Following the results of an international tender for the supply of MALE-class UAVs, the command of the Thai Navy chose Elbit Systems as the preferred candidate for victory.

American chips were found in Russian military equipment. This is reported by TASS, referring to the publication of The Washington Post.

Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak said on June 13, 2022, at a meeting of the senior staff of the Ministry of National Defense and the Armed Forces of Poland, he announced the signing in the near future of a contract for the purchase of 32 Leonardo AW149 multipurpose helicopters.

How sanctions affect Russia's military-industrial base

Economic sanctions were supposed to paralyze the Russian defense industry, but this did not happen, writes Air Force Magazine. Russia has large stocks of materials, and restrictions cannot affect some industries at all, the author of the article notes.

On June 15, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced the provision of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 1 billion, as well as the allocation of humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the amount of $ 225 million. Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 now reaches $5.6 billion.

The construction of the first two (tail numbers 901 and 902) of the nine high-speed missile interceptor boats of the Shaldag Mk.5 (Shaldag Mk V) class ordered for the Philippine Navy has been completed at the Israel Shipyards shipyard.

Washington is trying to clarify on what conditions the Turkish authorities will agree to the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, which was previously blocked by Ankara due to the support of these countries for the enemies of the head of state Recep Erdogan.

Ukraine has recognized the insufficient effectiveness of weapons supplied by the West, reducing the scale of their use. This is reported by the military correspondent of RIA Novosti Andrey Kotz.

Germany has finally decided on the number of MARS II MLRS that will go to Ukraine as part of the supply of long-range multiple launch rocket systems by the West. As the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said yesterday, Berlin decided to transfer three MLRS installations and ammunition to Kiev.

The Eastern European plain is cut by rivers, which, regardless of the fullness of the water, make it difficult for military equipment to move. In this regard, the Soviet command relied on the buoyancy of vehicles and the mass equipping of the army with means of crossing, which still carry full-fledged service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.