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President of Ukraine Zelensky promised children air defense better than the "Iron Dome"

Ukraine will create an air defense system that will be "stronger" than the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system, President Vladimir Zelensky said. He did not name specific deadlines for the implementation of the project, but noted the importance of completing the "construction of air defense" as soon as possible. Back in mid-February, the media reported that Israel refused to sell Iron Dome missile systems to Kiev. Air defense supplies from Germany will take several months.

The Pentagon's extensive list of failed projects has been supplemented by another program just canceled by the US Congress to create a strategic long-range cannon (SLRC) with a fantastic firing range of 1,850 km for artillery. According to the Defense News publication, American lawmakers have deleted the program from the military budget for the current year.

The commander of the SF, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, said that the construction of the Nagurskoye and Temp airfields will allow the reception of all types of long-range, transport and naval aviation aircraft.

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?

Germany should create the largest army in Europe, the German chancellor said. A special fund has already been created to finance this project. Now the country has a small armed forces, even compared to the size of the German army during the Cold War. Will Berlin be able to surpass the whole of Europe in military power again and against whom does it intend to use it?

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.

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."

77 years after the defeat in World War II, Japan is militarizing again. Although the "samurai are no longer the same", but in the Asia-Pacific region only Australia, Japan and South Korea, as well as the troubled Taiwan, can be considered full-fledged allies of the United States. Therefore, Washington is influencing Tokyo so that Japan strengthens its armed forces.

Vladimir Zelensky transfers Ukraine to Poland for trust use

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that about 20 countries have announced new military aid packages for Kiev. The main novelties will be Harpoon anti-ship missiles, HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems.

Specialists in military-technical cooperation remain in service and retired

20 years ago, a non-profit organization of veterans of foreign economic organizations for military-technical cooperation was formed in Moscow, on June 28, 2002, its constituent documents were registered by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of Russia in Moscow.

Americans are arguing about aid to Ukraine and relations with Russia

US President Joseph Biden signed a bill on the allocation of additional aid to Kiev in the amount of about $ 40 billion. The House of Representatives of Congress voted for the bill on May 10. 368 congressmen voted "For", 57 "against". The Senate approved the document on May 19. 86 senators voted "for", 11 – "against". All congressmen and senators who opposed the bill are members of the Republican Party.

How does Washington spend your money in Ukraine?

In just two months, the volume of US aid to Ukraine reached $ 53 billion, writes American Thinker. The author of the article asks a question that other American taxpayers do not yet have an answer to.

Putin signed a law on the abolition of the age limit for the first military contract

The law signed on May 28 by the President of the Russian Federation excludes the age limit for citizens of working age, at which they are granted the right to conclude the first contract for military service. Thus, now people over 40 will be able to sign it.

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 head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that now there are more than 160 Russian satellites in orbit (including military ones). According to him, "this is not enough, there should be thousands." But will the Russian economy be able to pull the development, creation and launch of thousands of spacecraft? And will our allies in other countries help us to implement this idea?

The Aerospace Industries Association and the U.S. Defense Companies trade Group have sent a letter to the leaders of the Congressional Appropriations and Armed Services committees. It says that due to inflation, the American defense industry requires an increase in the military budget. The same budget that already exceeds $ 800 billion.

On May 26, the Nalchik garrison Military Court dismissed the claim of 120 former employees of the Rosgvardiya who challenged early dismissal from service due to non-compliance with the terms of the contract.

The National Directorate of Military Space Intelligence of the United States announced the conclusion of ten-year contracts with BlackSky, Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs to provide commercial satellite images to intelligence, military and federal civilian agencies of the United States. This is reported by SpaceNews.

The future of the regions liberated from the Kiev regime is being viewed. Earlier, the authorities of the Kherson region noted that they associate its future exclusively with Russia and that there is no question of existence in the format of an independent republic. A similar statement was made by the head of the Council of the CAA (military-civil administration) of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov.

Russia denied Finland gas not only as a punishment for its desire to join NATO. We have a complete picture of the new Russian "gas doctrine"

It is unlikely that Russia would have turned off Finland's gas if she had not confirmed her desire to join NATO, Advance writes. A new Russian energy doctrine has come into force, the author of the article believes. And some countries have already felt its effect on themselves.