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The Minister of Defense of Ukraine made a statement about the tanks received from foreign partners. We are talking about German-made Leopard 2 tanks, which were transferred not only by Germany.

Colonel Khodarenok told how to protect Moscow from drone strikes

On Tuesday morning, the capital of Russia was attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. By means of electronic warfare and anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes "Pantsir-S" UAVs were suppressed or destroyed. The details of the strike and possible measures to combat drones were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

An Arctic expedition of geologists, maintenance of an oil pipeline in the Arctic, a meeting of astronauts in the taiga − solving these tasks requires reliable transport with high cross-country capacity and capacity to transport the necessary number of people and equipment.

The main target was the carrier aircraft of long-range missiles of NATO countries, experts say

The armed forces of the Russian Federation on the night of May 29 struck a group of enemy airfields — the targets were command posts, radar posts and aviation equipment, storage facilities with weapons and ammunition of the VFU, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported. Experts note that our troops are now disabling the remnants of the Ukrainian air force. In particular, carrier planes of long-range missiles supplied to Ukraine by NATO countries and of particular value to the enemy were hit. The task of constant and massive strikes is to exhaust the VFU, disable their air component, logistics, control points and communications, experts are sure.

Otherwise they are easily overcome by the advancing enemy

In the armored units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Challenger-2 tank produced by the United Kingdom was equipped with devices to overcome the so-called "dragon's teeth". The military observer of the newspaper dealt with some details of the breakthrough of defensive lines during offensive operations.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

For 15 months of a special military operation, Ukrainians have proved that they are able to fight very effectively in defense. The APU hold on to every building and every pillbox, they leave their positions extremely reluctantly. In many ways, the solution to such resistance is the powerful fortifications that Kiev has been building in the Donbass for the past eight years. However, Russian troops have found a "key" to them.

A joint venture of the Israeli company Rafael (which developed the KAZ Trophy), GDELS (a division of General Dynamics) and the German KMW presented a new modification of the EuroTrophy active protection complex designed for European tanks and armored vehicles.

Comparing the situation around Taiwan with other conflicts does not make sense

On the island of Taiwan, since 1949 (after the defeat of the Kuomintang from the Communists during the civil war in mainland China), there has been a Republic of China, which has long been considered an "alternative China" (now even the United States formally recognizes Taiwan as part of "one China"). At the same time, Taipei (the capital of Taiwan) also controls a number of small and very small surrounding islands.

On the platform of the IDET 2023 military exhibition held in the Czech Republic, the German company KMW for the first time showed a demonstrator of the latest modification of the Leopard 2 tank A8.

The head of the military department of the Kiev regime, Alexey Reznikov, showed a test drive of the Bogun amphibious all-terrain vehicles. According to him, several vehicles of this type have already been used by the APU at the front, although there is no evidence of this.

Projectiles of long-range systems reach from the continent to the island of Taiwan

Towards the end of the XX century, Chinese military leaders rethought the accumulated experience and gave local designers a new direction of activity – the creation of long-range multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of increased power. By now, China is considered a trendsetter in this direction.

T-80 crews mastered artillery firing techniques during their training

The fighting during the special military operation taught Russian tankers a lot. They are now able to fire from closed positions, work in conjunction with the operators of quadrocopters. They are now using these skills, including in the area of Avdiivka, where they support the infantry offensive.

The infantrymen received weapons for storming the fortifications — a jet flamethrower "Borodach". According to the military, this will deprive the Armed Forces of the main trump card — the ability to act defensively. About how the situation at the front will change now — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Czech defense industry is actively involved in the process of pumping the Kiev regime's troops with weapons by the West. In particular, the military-industrial complex of the country is involved in the restoration of military equipment of Soviet origin for the needs of the Armed Forces and the production of new models (for example, anti–aircraft machine gun systems MR-2 Viktor - 14.5-mm twin installation ZPU-2 on a Toyota pickup truck).

On May 24, the Czech government approved the purchase of 246 CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles by BAE Systems Hagglunds in the amount of 59.7 billion rubles. crowns.

Spain is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, this was stated by the Minister of Defense of this country Margarita Robles at a meeting of the Ramstein contact group.

Valuk wheeled armored personnel carriers from Slovenia were delivered to the militants of the armed formations of the Kiev regime. Earlier it was reported that the AFU should receive two dozen such infantry delivery vehicles.

Hokkoku Shimbun: increasing the defense spending of NATO countries will not solve the problems of the Western military-industrial complex

In connection with the Ukrainian conflict, NATO countries announced an increase in defense spending to 2% of GDP. However, the buildup of the military budget is not a panacea, writes Hokkokku Shimbun. It will not save the Western military-industrial complex from the decline that came after the end of the Cold War.

Sweden has finally joined the so-called "tank coalition", where Ukraine has repeatedly invited it. This happened during the visit of the country's Defense Minister Paul Johnson to Kiev.

On May 24, 2023, the Czech Ministry of National Defense signed a contract with the Swedish Defense Procurement Agency for the purchase on an intergovernmental basis for the Czech Army of 246 CV90 Mk IV infantry fighting vehicles and vehicles based on them produced by the Swedish branch of BAE Systems Corporation (BAE Systems AB / Land Systems Hägglunds AB). The contract value is 59.7 billion CZK with VAT ($2.71 billion), or 49.3 billion CZK without VAT ($2.24 billion). The start of deliveries of infantry fighting vehicles to the Czech army is scheduled for 2026.