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On June 1, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. According to the US Department of Defense, the volume of the new package is $ 700 million. 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 $4.6 billion. side.

Following the decision announced by the United States on June 1, 2022 to transfer the M142 HIMARS ground-based missile systems with high-precision GMLRS missiles to Ukraine as military assistance, it became known about the intentions of Germany and Great Britain to transfer to Ukraine from the presence of their armed forces upgraded missile systems (multiple launch rocket systems) of American production M270 MLRS, also capable of using GMLRS missiles.

Warsaw and Kiev merge in an embrace to spite the Kremlin

Poland is completely safe, despite the "aggressive policy" of the Kremlin, which carries a potential threat to the democratic community, said the country's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. He spoke on May 26 at a briefing after the Defender Europe 2022 exercises with the development of combat interaction between the Polish and American militaries.

As the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported in the article by Klaus Geiger, Gregor Schwung "Trotz Versprechungen liefert Deutschland seit neun Wochen kaum Waffen" ("Despite promises, Germany has practically not supplied weapons in nine weeks"), apparently, over the past nine weeks the German government has reduced its military support to Ukraine to minimum.

The Ministry of National Defense of Greece on May 31, 2022 reported that following the results of previous negotiations with Germany and following the meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on May 31, an agreement was reached on the transfer by Greece of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles received from the arsenals of the army of the former GDR in 1994 to Ukraine and simultaneous replacement There are an equal number of Marder infantry fighting vehicles transferred to Greece by Germany.

The new package of American military assistance to Ukraine provides for the supply of MLRS HIMARS, it will be officially announced on June 1.

The Ukrainian army will soon receive Slovak self-propelled guns Zuzana, this was stated by the President of Slovakia Zuzana Chaputova, who visited Kiev and addressed the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada.

The conflict in Ukraine and the German turmoil. Is the "European unity" disintegrating, as Berlin claims, or did it not exist?

Europe has a great consolidated economic strength, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said before the start of the EU summit, Advance writes. However, she directs this force not to end the Ukrainian conflict, but to incite it, the author of the article believes.

According to the Polish Ministry of Defense, during the visit of Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak to the Republic of Korea, which began on May 29, negotiations were held with the head of the Defense Procurement Agency (DAPA) Kang Eun Ho and representatives of the largest defense companies, including Hanwha Defense President Jail Son.

Germany will be the first Western country to supply Ukraine with medium-range anti-aircraft systems capable of intercepting targets at an altitude of up to 20 km. The corresponding statement was made by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Danish voters will have to decide whether to join the defense policy of the European Union. The holding of a referendum on the rejection of joint defense is reportedly caused by a special military operation of Russia in Ukraine. Apparently, Denmark fears that if Ukraine is suddenly accepted into the EU, it will have to send its soldiers to directly participate in hostilities.

On June 1, the Slovak government approved military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 21.6 million euros. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the online publication Teraz with reference to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers.

There is a group of influential organizations and politicians in the United States who are outraged by the zeal with which the Biden administration is arming and financing Ukraine. Of course, they support the "brave Ukrainian people", but only verbally. What kind of people are we talking about and why do they see the idea of helping Ukraine as extremely dangerous?

The first Finnish F-35 fighters will be put into service in Rovaniemi — 150 million euros will be spent on the construction of an air base in Lapland

The first American F-35 fighters from among the 64 that Finland has decided to purchase will arrive in 2026, Yle reports. They will be stationed at a new airbase in Lapland. Its construction will begin this year and will cost 150 million euros.

NATO should think carefully before accepting Finland and Sweden

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is not beneficial to the alliance, writes Bloomberg. According to the author of the article, none of these countries is in danger of a Russian invasion, and Helsinki's membership, on the contrary, will only exacerbate the vulnerability of the alliance to Moscow.

Roscosmos told how the Sphere satellite group will work under sanctions

The total amount of financing of the Russian multi-satellite grouping "Sphere" will amount to about 180 billion rubles, Roscosmos reported recently.

Negotiations are currently underway to supply Ukraine with Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers from Slovakia. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported on May 30 by the online publication Teraz with reference to the Slovak Ministry of Defense.

The extraordinary European Council on Tuesday night adopted a political decision on the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, confirming the commitment of the European Council to "increase pressure on Russia and Belarus."

The negative attitude of the Italian population to the intervention in the Ukrainian conflict forced Rome to classify military supplies for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, only once at the front, Italian combat systems fall into the hands of Russian fighters or become targets when the Russian Armed Forces strikes.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion

The Turkish president explained why his country blocked the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, writes The Economist. He believes that the reputation of the alliance will be at risk if its members practice double standards in the fight against terrorism.