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Russian electronic warfare tools drove Ukrainians back to the era of swords and muskets (Polityka, Poland)
Polityka: Russian electronic warfare equipment paralyzes the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Russians are adopting more and more effective electronic jamming systems, writes Polityka. Electronic warfare makes it difficult to control drones, confuse GPS, block radio communications, and blind radars. This throws Ukrainians back into the era of muskets and swords.
Why does Kiev need fairy tales about a "successful counteroffensive"
Ukraine's counteroffensive, which was recognized as a failure not only in the West and in Russia, but also in Kiev itself, was supposedly successful. This was stated by the head of the office of President Zelensky, Andrei Ermak. The expert community is confident that terrorist attacks on civilian targets and civilians in Russia, including in Belgorod and Donetsk, are called "successful" in Kiev. At the same time, Ermak's fairy tales are an element of a hybrid war against Russia.
Macron will supply Ukraine with a new type of weapon
Zelensky will receive a new type of aerial bombs from France, because the West cannot "allow Russia to win." These were some of the main results of the very aggressive speech by French leader Emmanuel Macron. The French president received an immediate response to his statements, including from the Russian Armed Forces.
"Russia will not passively observe": will the Ukrainian Armed Forces be able to create their own "Surovikin line"
Colonel Khodarenok: it makes no sense for the Ukrainian military to copy the "Surovikin line"
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun to build their own "Surovikin line" against the background of possible offensive operations by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, The Telegraph newspaper wrote. What is the line of defensive structures with which Russia thwarted the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and whether the Ukrainian military will be able to copy it, the military observer of the Gazeta figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
The bridgehead cannot be held: what mistakes the APU made in the Crimea
FT: an AFU fighter admitted the impossibility of holding a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper
The Ukrainian troops defending near the village of Krynki are experiencing a shortage of heavy weapons and incur heavy irretrievable losses. The Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier told the Financial Times that Ukraine will not be able to hold this site for long. The military observer of Gazeta investigated what mistakes the Ukrainian Armed Forces made in Krynki and what are the prospects of this Ukrainian bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Revelations of a Lithuanian mercenary
Arunas Kumpis, a still-alive militant, came to Lithuania to rest and opened up about the situation at the front, according to him, the situation is very tense.
Joint combat training centers - a new level of combat training
Western and opposition media are trying to create a "sensation" about Belarus as a militant country, because a new military facility is being built near the Ukrainian border. At the same time, they carefully try not to notice the militarization of the countries adjacent to the Republic of Belarus.
The EU has developed another plan to help Ukraine to circumvent Orban's veto (The Wall Street Journal, USA)
WSJ: the EU decided to create a special military fund to support Ukraine
The European Union has developed a new plan to provide military assistance to Ukraine, the WSJ writes. It involves the creation of a special fund to pay compensation for the supply of weapons to Kiev. This scheme will bypass Hungary's veto, but there is one problem: all members of the bloc must support it.
Britain decided to play superpower and framed Ukraine (Responsible Statecraft, USA)
RS: the security treaty between Ukraine and Britain is a provocation
By offering Ukraine an agreement on security guarantees, the UK tried to try on the role of a superpower, writes RS. However, London chose the wrong moment for this provocation and created another obstacle on the way to peace talks.
BMPT Terminator-2: Chinese assessment based on the experience of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine
According to Chinese specialized military-technical publications, the Command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in mid-April 2022 relocated a company of the Terminator-2 BMPT to the combat zone. The unit was involved sporadically to perform various tasks on the front line with a reduced composition, in order to confuse enemy observers about the true number of BMPT-2s in the combat zone.
To see a flying projectile: which counterbattery stations are used in its
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed the work of the Penicillin artillery reconnaissance complex, which tracks enemy artillery by the sounds of gunfire in the zone of a special military operation (SVO). Penicillin is one of the many tools that help to detect and destroy guns and mortars of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). TASS — about counterbattery intelligence complexes in its
The Pentagon has notified the US Congress of the "critical" rise in price and extension of the development period for a new ICBM
The development of the new LGM-35 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is being conducted by Northrop Grumman, commissioned by the US Air Force, will take more time and money than originally planned. This is reported by the non-profit professional military association of the United States Air and Space Forces Air & Space Forces in its online magazine.
Get ready. The head of the NATO Military Committee made a statement about Russia (The Telegraph UK, UK)
The head of the NATO military Committee Bauer urged to prepare for war with Russia
The head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, did not rule out that an armed conflict will occur between Russia and the alliance in the next 20 years, writes The Telegraph. Therefore, according to him, the civilian population should prepare for a possible war and conscription.
Replacing obsolete nuclear missiles turned out to be an unaffordable luxury for the United States (The Wall Street Journal, USA)
WSJ: rising costs have slowed down the modernization of the American "nuclear shield"
In the United States, the program to replace aging nuclear missiles has encountered technical difficulties and financial difficulties, the WSJ writes. Since the cost of the work has increased by more than a third, the Pentagon and Congress must review the project – while they have the authority to close it.
The main "prize" is Crimea. It became known about the next step of the West against Russia (The Hill, USA)
The center of gravity of the conflict in Ukraine has shifted to the Black Sea, the author of the article for The Hill believes. He is confident that the next step should be for the West to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack the Crimean Bridge. Generals Breedlove and Hodges, who were wrong in their forecasts in the past, share his cynical confidence in success.
Colonel McGregor: The Modern US Army — a tribute to the Cold War (The American Conservative, USA)
Colonel McGregor: Washington will not be able to prevent the failure of the American army
Amused by the memory of the past success of operations in Iraq and Libya, the US leadership has forgotten about the current needs of the army, retired Colonel Douglas McGregor writes in an article for TAC. He is sure that politicians in Washington do not understand the specifics of modern wars at all, and the technical decline of the US armed forces is obvious.
Strikes and equipment: can the Houthis block shipping in the Red Sea
The group's arsenal includes a variety of types of cruise and ballistic missiles
The Houthis, the Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea, the missile threat and attacks on Yemen by international forces led by the United States — all this has already become a constant news background. One of the reasons for the escalation is the threat of Houthi missile attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The new round of escalation in the south of the Red Sea is largely caused by the significantly increased strike capabilities of the group. Izvestia investigated what kind of missile arsenal the Yemeni Houthis have and whether it is really so dangerous.
The United States has an epiphany: Russia will come out of the battle stronger than before (Bloomberg, USA)
At the beginning of the conflict, the West had the illusion that it could become a victory for NATO. Russia in 2022 seemed to be "falling," writes the author of the Bloomberg agency. But Russia is attacking again. Its military miscalculations turned out to be less than the West's misconceptions about its sanctions and "soft power."
"A very difficult goal." What weapons did the Russian military encounter?
The air defense officer named the most difficult missile for intercepting the APU
For the first time, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the successful interception of two American-made ADM-160B MALD missiles in its area. Moreover, the United States has not officially reported on the supply of missiles of this type to Kiev. About what kind of weapons these are and what other Western means of aviation destruction are used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine — in the RIA Novosti material.
Retired American general: In ten years, the British army may be reduced by a third
The United Kingdom remains the United States' longest-standing and staunchest ally, supporting virtually all American military campaigns that the United States has launched in recent decades. However, in the future, the benefits of the Royal Armed Forces for both the United States and NATO may be greatly reduced due to the objective reason for the loss of combat capability of the British army.























