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Biden decided to send MLRS to Ukraine. US-Russia tensions escalate

Biden regularly faces the same dilemma: how far America can go in providing military assistance to Ukraine, Time writes. He has repeatedly stated that the United States does not intend to aggravate the crisis. But this did not prevent him from announcing the transfer of multiple rocket launchers to Kiev.

The day before, TSAMTO suggested that the purpose of the visit of Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak to the Republic of Korea was to ensure the purchase of VIVT for the Armed Forces and the veiled involvement of Seoul in these supplies.

Western countries have recently taken Moldova seriously, turning it into a second Ukraine. Judging by the events taking place in the republic, Chisinau is slowly beginning to arm itself, but at the same time losing sovereignty.

Poland will receive hundreds of millions of euros from the European Union for weapons supplied to Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

It seems that some of the fears of Western tech giants are becoming a harsh reality. Russia has restricted the supply of neon abroad, which can lead to collapse in a variety of industries in which microchips are used.

On June 2, the Slovak Ministry of Defense announced on its website that the state-owned company Konstrukta Defense, which is under its jurisdiction, signed a commercial contract on June 1 for the supply of 155-mm Zuzana-2 self-propelled howitzers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Beijing is unhappy with Russian requests for help

According to WP, Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed to figure out how to help Russia financially. At the same time, China does not want to violate Western sanctions, which it considers illegal. It is noted that Moscow has allegedly twice asked Beijing for economic support.

According to Ukrainian sources, in the Zaporozhye direction, one of the reconnaissance units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to use the RQ-20 "Puma AE" UAV complex, delivered as part of American military assistance.

Germany will purchase American CH-47F Chinook helicopters, it was this helicopter that won the tender for heavy transport helicopters. Another contender for victory was the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. The results of the tender were announced on June 1.

A serious approach to European defense

Europe sets itself the task - it needs to develop an effective security and defense policy, as well as create the potential for its implementation, writes the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrel in an article in Project Syndicate. He told how to achieve this and which way Europe should move.

Japanese TV channel NHK reported that for the first time in the history of the existence of the North Atlantic Alliance, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to attend the NATO summit. It became known that Kishida will attend the NATO summit, which will be held in Madrid from June 28 to 30, after participating in the G7 meeting in Berlin, scheduled for June 26-28. Taking into account the fact that Japan is not a member of the alliance, the decision on the participation of the country's prime minister in the NATO summit is still being worked out, NHK reports.

The Swiss authorities have banned the re-export of Gepard ZSU shells and Piranha III armored vehicles produced on their territory to Ukraine.

According to Polish media, Ukraine has signed a contract with Poland for the purchase of 54 (according to other sources, 60) 155-mm/52 Polish Krab self-propelled howitzers of new production, as well as an accompanying set of auxiliary vehicles to equip three artillery divisions. The total value of the contract is about 3 billion zlotys (about 700 million dollars), which makes it the largest export contract of the Polish defense industry in the post-socialist period.

On June 3, 2022, the German Bundestag voted to create a special fund for the Bundeswehr in the amount of 100 billion euros and to make the necessary amendments to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany (Article 87a) to ensure the activities of this fund without increasing public debt.

The statement of the Ukrainian ambassador in Madrid that the weapons transferred by Spain to Ukraine would be enough "for two hours of combat" apparently reached the addressee. According to the Spanish edition of El Pais, the Spanish government has declared its readiness to supply Kiev with heavy weapons.

The VII annual conference "Digital Industry of Industrial Russia" this year started on May 30 and will last until June 5 in Nizhny Novgorod. The key theme of 2022 is "Digital Reality. Playing by the new rules." The focus is on projects that help our industrial enterprises solve import substitution issues and achieve technological independence. Read about three such developments presented at the CIPR-2022 by Rostec State Corporation in our material.

Russia plans to complete the certification of domestic MS-21 and Sukhoi Superjet New aircraft with maximum replacement of imported parts by the end of 2023. This means that in a couple of years, Russian airlines will be able to start replacing foreign boards with Russian airliners. However, the process of full rotation of aircraft will not be quick.

The supply of a wide range of Western weapons to Ukraine is not only aimed at, as the EU leadership puts it, "defeating Russia on the battlefield." Moreover, according to a number of signs, the combat effectiveness of both Stingers, Javelins, and Bayraktars turned out to be almost shameful. However, the very fact of the participation of these types of weapons in real battles is of great importance for the West. Why?

The Polish army seems to have decided to get rid of the remnants of its armored legacy from the Warsaw Pact. Now the nationalists of Ukraine are being sent extremely stale goods - old T-72M of the 1980 model.

The Ukrainian military received American self-propelled artillery units (ACS) M109, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta with reference to the Telegram channel "Military Informant".