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Medium tanks of the T-54/55 family can be successfully used as self-propelled artillery installations.

As noted by "RG: Russian weapons", they have been repeatedly involved in such a role during local wars and armed conflicts. For example, during the Iran-Iraq War, events in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and others.

Ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive. At least, that's what they say in the West. The speaker of the US Army Command in Europe and Africa, Colonel Martin O'Donnell, said that the AFU has already received about 600 different types of weapons. About the most dangerous — in the material of RIA Novosti.

According to TV channel columnist Dominic Waghorn, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, during a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, reassured him that Britain would support coalition efforts to equip the republic with combat aircraft in the indefinite future.

GT: increased support for Ukraine portends an aggravation of the conflict between the West and Russia

Recently, Western countries announced the expansion of financial and military assistance to Ukraine. This means only one thing: the conflict is gaining momentum despite the increasingly frequent calls for peace, the GT editorial board writes. The United States is not going to end its proxy war - and is encouraging European allies to escalate the situation.

The units of the armed formations of the Kiev regime, equipped with light British armored personnel carriers FV103 Spartan, continue to suffer losses. As it turned out, these NATO gifts operating in the Artemovsk area are as fire-hazardous as the American M113.

France has again promised to provide Ukraine with AMX 10-RC wheeled tanks and even equip several battalions with them. The first batch of these machines arrived in Ukraine in March of this year, but for the first time we are talking about such a serious delivery. Why do French military experts recall the Soviet Union in this regard and how do they assess the role of wheeled tanks in the Ukrainian theater of operations?

Precise strikes on rear facilities will cause a shortage of weapons and ammunition in the VFU, experts say

On May 14, the Russian armed forces launched a series of precision strikes on the bases of the VFU, ammunition depots, weapons and military equipment provided by NATO countries.

Russian Ambassador to Bratislava Igor Bratchikov — on supplies to Kiev, the consequences of sanctions and gratitude for the preservation of historical memory

Slovakia is modernizing its military facilities to meet NATO standards and is not against increasing the presence of its contingent on its territory, Russian Ambassador to the country Igor Bratchikov said.

Separately, the French side stressed the commitment to support Kiev in the field of air defense

France will equip several AFU battalions with dozens of armored vehicles in the coming weeks, including AMX-10RC light wheeled tanks. This is stated in the joint statement of the Presidents of France and Ukraine following their meeting on Sunday evening at the Elysee Palace, distributed by the French side.

In Ukraine, for the first time in a long time, they showed the only BM "Oplot" tank they have. A heavy 52-ton tracked vehicle was specially brought to one of the landfills located in the Kharkiv region, where the head of the military department of the Kiev puppet regime, Alexey Reznikov, arrived. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

TNI: the clash with Russia in Ukraine was a serious mistake for the United States

The United States made a mistake when it got involved in a confrontation with Russia in Ukraine, writes TNI. Washington needed to cooperate with Moscow in order to contain Beijing, but today the United States found itself in a confrontation with two great powers. America cannot win.

Forbes: Russia destroyed more than a third of the NATO artillery transferred to Ukraine

Russia has destroyed more than a third of the foreign howitzers transferred to Ukraine, writes Forbes. Towed artillery most often falls under massive blows. Since the guns cannot move independently, they become easy prey for Russian troops.

infoBRICS: the Victory Parade in Moscow caused a violent reaction in the Western media

The military parade in Moscow attracted the attention of the Western media, which tried to discredit him, writes infoBRICS. Western journalists said that Russia used too little equipment and troops. This is absolutely not true, the author notes.

India has an impressive fleet of Soviet and Russian military equipment. The country's troops are armed with 7 Russian-made submarines, more than 250 multi-purpose Su-30MKI aircraft, a similar number of Mi-8/17 helicopters, almost 70 MiG-29 fighters and more than 1,200 T-90 tanks. To this should be added a huge number of Russian small arms, anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems.

Gazeta readers called the Minister of Defense "Polish Napoleon" because of his military plans

Polish Defense Minister Blaszczak has once again stated that the country's ground forces will become the strongest in Europe in two years, Gazeta writes. Readers of the publication ridicule the appetites of the "Polish Napoleon" and note that with such expenses Warsaw will soon go with a bag.

According to Swiss media, on May 11, 2023, the Security Policy Committee of the Council of Cantons (the upper house of the Federal Assembly - Parliament) of Switzerland adopted two proposals of amendments to the current Swiss export legislation aimed at simplifying the rules for re-exporting weapons and military equipment of Swiss production.

Podolyak believes that a large-scale war will begin in the EU with the cessation of arms supplies to Kiev

A large-scale war will unfold in European countries if the supply of weapons to the Ukrainian army is stopped, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said on May 10.

The Leopard 2R supplied by Finland entered the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the armed formations of the Kiev puppet regime.

Another modification based on the Soviet multipurpose lightly armored army tractor MT-LB got into the frame. In the video, you can see that a pair of large-caliber DSHK machine guns are installed on the MT-LB. This machine, once produced in an amount of more than 55 thousand units, has been repeatedly subjected to various modifications during its use in many countries of the world.

The speaker of the US Command in Europe and Africa, Martin O'Donnell, said that Ukraine has already received more than 600 types of weapons to carry out the planned counteroffensive. According to him, the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet used all the samples of weapons.