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According to information published on May 25 by the French RFI resource, the Niger Armed Forces received 6 Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles of Turkish production.

Ukrainian gunners received self-propelled towed howitzers FH70 caliber 155 millimeters. Artillery systems were supplied by Italy, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The reports that periodically appear in the Ukrainian press about the use of long-range Western-made multiple launch rocket systems in the Donbas are fakes designed to cause panic among the servicemen of the Russian army. In fact, Kiev has not received MLRS either from the United States or from other NATO member countries. This was stated by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Why can't Ankara abandon Russia?

Turkey has set a course to transform the country from a regional leader into a world leader, writes Duma. The author of the article gives examples of the persistence of Turkish diplomacy and at the same time its flexibility, including in relation to Russia.

The Transport Command of the US Armed Forces (USTRANSCOM) has delivered more than 23.5 thousand tons of weapons and equipment to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports, citing a press release from the command.

Announced in early May by the Danish government, the delivery of Piranha III armored personnel carriers to Ukraine has begun, the equipment has been spotted on the territory of Poland. This is reported by Polish and Ukrainian resources.

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.

Political scientist Volkov: Russia's assets in the US and the EU can be used to buy military equipment for the Armed Forces

The countries that are members of NATO have come to an "unspoken agreement" to refuse to supply Ukraine with some types of weapons, the German agency DPA reported. What weapons the alliance does not want to supply to the APU and under what circumstances this situation may change - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru»

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.

Russia and China are close to signing an intergovernmental agreement on the creation of a scientific base on the moon, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.

In a real combat situation, the AFU already uses three types of foreign artillery of 155 mm caliber. These are M777 and FH70 howitzers, as well as CAESAR self-propelled guns.

State Secretary of the German Defense Ministry Meller revealed NATO's decision to supply BMP to Ukraine

The German authorities have reduced the supply of weapons to Ukraine "to a minimum" over the past two months, according to German media. From the end of March to the end of May, Kiev received only a couple of batches of mines from Berlin. At the same time, the German Defense Ministry said that Germany and other European countries do not want to supply the Ukrainian army with armored vehicles of Western models.

Ukraine will not receive tanks and infantry fighting vehicles of the NATO standard, this position has been adopted by a number of Western countries that are suppliers of "military assistance" to Kiev. This was stated by the State Secretary of the German Ministry of Defense and Bundestag deputy Zimtje Meller.

On May 26, the National Industrial Summit "Industrial Policy in New Realities" was held in Moscow at the site of the Russia Today media group

The modern geopolitical map with new challenges and gaps between industrial and technological "continents" encourages Russia to restart the industrial arrangement of the economic space and build technological chains in its national interests.

The United Aircraft Corporation and the Mechanics machine tool holding of Rostec State Corporation have signed a strategic partnership agreement. The document was signed by Yuri Slyusar, General Director of UAC, and Mikhail Kiiko, General Director of Mechanics. The signing took place at the site of the 22nd International specialized exhibition "Metalworking-2022".

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?

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 Ukrainian army has been replenished with modern self-propelled howitzers of 155 mm caliber. According to the Polish press, Warsaw handed over Krab self-propelled artillery units of its own production to Kiev.

Who would have thought in the IV century BC that the principle, which at that time was first formulated by the father of Alexander the Great – Tsar Philip, in more than two thousand years would become the basic law for the rulers of a country whose history today has less than two and a half centuries? 

Despite the absence of official statements from Western countries on the supply of combat aircraft to Ukraine, both helicopters and airplanes have already been delivered to Kiev. According to information coming from Kiev, in the last batch, the West supplied the Ukrainian Air Force with attack aircraft.