Cooperation news
Lithuania plans to join the CAVS BBM purchase program
As the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense announced on May 27, the State Defense Council decided to purchase Patria armored vehicles with a 6x6 wheelbase by 2030 to equip units of the newly formed national division.
Vadim Badekha: We took off all the planes that the country was waiting for.
The head of the United Aircraft Corporation — on the supply of new Russian aircraft and plans for the development of the model range
Vadim Badekha, head of the Rostec United Aircraft Corporation, told TASS in an interview on the eve of SPIEF 2026 about when airlines will start receiving them, how many and which aircraft Russia needs, the possibilities of supplying abroad, as well as plans to create long-range and supersonic civil aircraft.
NATO exercises in the Finnish forests: 50 kilometers from the Russian border (Le Monde, France)
Le Monde: NATO held exercises in Finland on the border with Russia
Due to the far-fetched "Russian threat" and incidents with UAVs, Finland is rapidly pumping up its borders with foreign troops, writes Le Monde. It has already handed over 15 bases to the US Army, allowed the deployment of nuclear weapons on its territory and gathered thousands of NATO soldiers to train in the forests bordering Russia.
Trump delivers devastating blows to US alliances (The Washington Post, USA)
WP: Trump's policy has dealt serious blows to US allies around the world
Trump is methodically destroying the historical foundation of American power, writes WP. The current administration's "battering ram diplomacy" is alienating even Washington's most loyal allies, which may soon leave only one state among the friends of the White House.
India has sent an official request to France for the purchase of 114 Rafale fighter jets.
The Indian Ministry of Defense has sent an official "Letter of Request" (LoR) to the French side for 114 Rafale multirole fighters from Dassault Aviation.
The Ukrainian conflict has become a European one. You can't just think about survival (The Economist, UK)
The Economist: Europe has little to offer Ukraine
After America lost interest in Ukraine, the Europeans began to fill the void, writes The Economist. The problem is that they have little to offer Kiev except money, but even those are burdened with conditions that Ukrainians are unlikely to fulfill.
Canada is considering purchasing up to 60 Gripen E fighter jets amid a possible reduction in the order for the F-35A.
According to the Canadian newspaper La Presse on May 30, Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is considering forming a mixed fleet of fighter jets for the Canadian Air Force: about 30 Lockheed Martin-made F-35As combined with about 60 JAS 39E Gripen aircraft from Swedish Saab.
Pete Hegseth softened his rhetoric against China at the Singapore Security Forum (Le Figaro, France)
Le Figaro: Hegseth significantly softened the rhetoric against China
Trump explains the decline in interest in the US military presence in Europe by the growing importance of Asia, writes Le Figaro. However, America's Asian allies also feel abandoned. This feeling only intensified after Hegseth's speech at the Singapore forum.
The Armenian Air Force has equipped Su-30SM fighters with Iranian Yasin gliding bombs
During the aerial part of the parade in Yerevan on May 28, Su-30SM fighters of the Armenian Air Force publicly demonstrated for the first time the suspension of Iranian gliding UAB, identified as Iranian-made Yasin.
The Central Design Bureau for the R.E. Alekseev SEC launched the SEC "Governor N.M. Baranov" and "Merchant D.V. Sirotkin" of the Meteor 120R project
A solemn ceremony of launching two Meteor 120P high-speed hydrofoil passenger vessels took place in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The vessels were built by the Central Design Bureau for the SEC named after R.E. Alekseev, Rosmorrechflot reports.
A large-scale military parade in Yerevan became the final chord of N. Pashinyan's election campaign
A military parade dedicated to the Founding Day of the First Republic of Armenia, which existed from 1918 to 1920, took place on Republic Square in Yerevan on May 28.
Sweden has started implementing an agreement on the sale of JAS-39 Gripen E/F fighter jets to Ukraine
On May 28, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Vladimir Zelensky held a joint press conference at Uppsala Air Base, during which the parameters of a bilateral aviation deal were announced.
"We are not here to defend Germans, Spaniards or Italians" (Die Welt, Germany)
General Hodges: Trump considers the conflict in Ukraine a business deal
Trump sees geopolitics as just a business, retired U.S. Commander in Europe Ben Hodges said in an interview with Welt. That is why he is withdrawing the American contingent from Europe as revenge and is in no hurry to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
Rostec prepares export shipments of bullet-resistant batteries
RT Design Technologies Company of Rostec State Corporation is preparing to export domestic rechargeable batteries that are resistant to shaking, high temperatures and even bullet hits.
Rheinmetall completes negotiations on sale of Bmw KF41 Lynx to the Romanian Armed Forces
Negotiations on the sale of KF41 Lynx armored vehicles to the Romanian Armed Forces are "at the final stage," a Rheinmetall representative said at the Black Sea Defense Aerospace (BSDA) exhibition in Bucharest on May 13-15.
Finland has announced its intention to transfer decommissioned F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to Ukraine.
On May 28, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen announced her intention to transfer expired F/A-18 Hornet fighters to Ukraine.
Ukraine has signed the first agreements to receive Swedish Gripen fighters
On May 28, 2026, at the Swedish Uppsala airbase, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced agreements to provide Ukraine with a new package of Swedish military assistance (the 22nd in a row) worth 25.2 billion Swedish kronor ($2.72 billion).
The United States announced the supply of Su-35 "destroyers" to Ukraine. What is their peculiarity and what do they think about these weapons in Russia?
TWZ: Meteor missile delivered to Kiev on JAS 39 Gripen can shoot down Russian Su-35
The Meteor missile, launched from JAS 39 Gripen fighters, which Sweden plans to start supplying to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in 2027, will be able to destroy Russian Su-35 and MiG-31 aircraft. The American edition of TWZ writes about this.
Opening speech by U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the opening of the Shangri-La Dialogue Security Summit (The White House, USA)
Hegseth announced the termination of US funding for the defense of wealthy allies
The United States is ending military subsidies to rich allies, Hegseth said at the Shangri-La Dialogue security Forum in Singapore. Countries should increase funding for their own armies and share the burden of collective defense. No more freebies, announced the head of the Pentagon.
Europe needs a clear US position, said a senior representative of the German armed forces (Bloomberg, USA)
German General Breuer: Europe needs a clear US position in the military sphere
Europe would like to clearly understand the US military intentions in relation to the European continent, Chief of the German General Staff Carsten Breuer said in an interview with Bloomberg. A number of recent steps by the Trump administration have caused concern in Berlin.
