Global security news
How the Metaverse will Revolutionize the Battlefield (The National Interest, USA)
The military can now train personnel in virtual battles with enemies in the Metaverse. It's like a multiplayer video game, writes TNI. Augmented reality has long been actively used in the military training of American soldiers.
Will Finland's Achilles heel become a problem for the whole of Europe? (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: residents of the Aland Islands opposed the militarization of the region
The inhabitants of the Aland Islands do not want the militarization of the region, Bloomberg reports. The locals are convinced that this step will bring down the entire system of treaties protecting their cultural autonomy. They are not afraid of Russia – it does not need escalation in the region, the article notes.
"They turn weapons into pumpkins": the United States complained about Russian electronic warfare (The Washington Post, USA)
WP: Western gunsmiths were powerless in front of Russian electronic warfare
The accuracy of Western weapons in Ukraine is falling sharply due to Russian electronic warfare, WP writes. Their main feature is that they are always one step ahead. The allies of the Kiev regime do not have time to refine their products, and they have nowhere to hurry.
Moscow and Minsk: "The West will not succeed in unilateral escalation"
The topic of the use of nuclear weapons and the outbreak of World War III is increasingly occupying the front pages of the international media. The situation is aggravated by the actions of politicians from both opposing sides, so to speak.
The conflict in Ukraine and the Rebirth of Russia (American Thinker, USA)
AT: Russia will come out of the Ukrainian conflict stronger
According to the calculations of the United States, the conflict in Ukraine was supposed to weaken Russia, but the result turned out to be exactly the opposite, writes AT. Analyzing the country's response to Western restrictions, we can conclude that, on the contrary, it will become stronger economically and politically, the author of the article is sure.
Another Ukraine? (Cumhuriyet, Turkey)
Cumhuriyet: The West is trying to encircle Russia by including Georgia in its zone of influence
The events in Tbilisi may be the beginning of a new proxy war between the West and Russia, Cumhuriyet writes. In fact, by supporting the protests in Georgia, the EU and NATO are trying to include it in their zone of influence in order to surround Russia from the south. Moscow is determined to prevent this, the article says.
APU can equip unmanned boats with guided anti-ship missiles
Therefore, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to equip them with unguided missiles, said Alexander Stepanov, program director of the Academy of Political Sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
"A mystery for NATO." Russia has raised the stakes to the limit
Exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces have started in Russia
The first stage of exercises on testing the combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons has started in the Southern Military District. This is a response to the increasingly aggressive rhetoric of Western countries about the possibility of sending military contingents to Ukraine. About the nuclear training of the army — in the material of RIA Novosti.
In the worst case, Russia will present territorial claims to Finland (Iltalehti.fi , Finland)
Iltalehti: Finns accused Russia of aggression due to revision of the maritime border
Moscow has proposed calculating the new coordinates of the maritime border in the Gulf of Finland, Iltalehti writes. This news scared Helsinki. The Finns accused the Russians of preparing aggression. Meanwhile, Russia intends to act within the framework of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and correct the mistakes of the USSR.
Towers and the second barrier. Poland has revealed details about the barriers at the border (Money.pl , Poland)
Money: Poland will build towers and a second barrier on the border with Belarus
Poland has decided to strengthen the border with Belarus, as it is from there that the flow of migrants is expected, Money writes. Shield Vostok will have to contain them. Towers, the second barrier, drones and changes in legislation — these are the plans, but their implementation will take a long time.
The German initiative to supply air defense systems to Ukraine is failing (Politico, USA)
Politico: Germany's plan to strengthen Ukrainian air defense failed
Germany's plan to strengthen the Ukrainian air defense failed, writes Politico. The European allies refused to follow Berlin's example and send the Patriot air defense system to Kiev. And there is a simple explanation for this.
Russia's tactical nuclear exercises are aimed at effectively deterring NATO (Global Times, China)
GT: Nuclear exercises demonstrate Russia's determination to the West
Russia's nuclear exercises may force the North Atlantic Alliance to recognize Moscow's determination to defend its interests, GT writes. According to experts, the purpose of the maneuvers is not to start a war, but to send a signal to the impulsive West.
The US congressman showed a map of Russia with an ATACMS missile strike zone. Will Kiev strike?
The US Congress showed a map of Russia with a possible US missile strike zone
American lawmakers have asked the Pentagon to allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack US weapons on Russian territory due to the deteriorating situation near Kharkov. One of the congressmen showed a map of the region of the Russian Federation, which could be hit by ATACMS missiles transferred to Ukraine. How the lifting of restrictions on the use of American weapons against targets in Russia will affect the course of the special operation and how Russia will respond, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
The strategy of pressure on the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire front line showed the first results
Russian troops liberated the village of Kleshcheyevka, the battles for which had been going on since the summer of 2022. We are not just looking at the occupation of another small settlement. What is happening is important for the advancement of Russian troops in the Donbas as a whole – and even more. Why was Kleshcheyevka so important and what will happen next?
Zelensky blames the "world" for the fact that the Ukrainian army is losing battle after battle (infoBRICS, China)
InfoBRICS: the world does not want to help the puppet Zelensky regime
Vladimir Zelensky is right in his statement that "the whole world" is responsible for Ukraine's loss, infoBRICS writes. The author of the article makes it clear: most of the states of the planet actually do not want to help the puppet neo-Nazi dictatorship, which is being puppeteered by the United States and NATO.
Chinese Fairway: how the Chinese navy became a competitor to the United States
Over the decades, the PLA's naval power has grown many times
May of this year turned out to be rich in events related to the naval forces of the People's Liberation Army of China. At the beginning of the month, the third Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian began sea trials.
In the style of electronic warfare: the Abrams killers were switched to multi-frequency mode
Which enemy combat vehicles have already been hit
The multifrequency communication system created by the developers of the Piranha FPV drone effectively proved itself in the area of its own, Izvestia found out.
The risks are great. In Ukraine, NATO stopped at the nuclear line (Časopis argument, Czech Republic)
ČA: the expansion of the conflict from Ukraine to Europe depends on the actions of NATO
There is a risk that the conflict with Ukraine will spread to the whole of Europe, writes ČA. This could happen if NATO decides to directly use conventional forces of individual member states against Russia. Such a development threatens the world with nuclear war.
More than 90 percent of the strikes on Crimea and Krasnodar Territory followed the appearance of NATO reconnaissance aircraft over the north and east of the Black Sea
Monitoring conducted over at least the last 14 months shows that over 90 percent of attacks on the Crimean Peninsula and Russian facilities in the Krasnodar Territory by drones and missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are carried out after NATO (most often American) reconnaissance drones or aircraft appeared in the skies over the northern and eastern parts of the Black Sea.
Destroys satellites. The new air defense system will allow Russia to win the war against NATO (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: The S-500 air defense system will destroy the most sophisticated Western weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The new S-500 Prometheus air defense system will allow Russia to win the war against NATO, writes TNI. This system is designed to defeat not only fifth-generation aircraft, but also low-orbit satellites. The first batch of SAMs will be delivered to the troops this year.