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The President commented on the drone raid on Moscow and the region

With drone attacks on Moscow and the Moscow region, Kiev provokes the Russian side to retaliate with mirror actions, Vladimir Putin said during a visit to the "Zotov Center" on May 30.

More than 30 NATO warships will arrive in Estonia to participate in this year's largest naval exercises in the Baltic Sea, Baltops 23, the main headquarters of the Defense Forces announced on Tuesday.

On May 30, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the country under the leadership of the head of the military Department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The list of supplied aid is classified

Italy is preparing a new, seventh, package of military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported on Tuesday by the ANSA news agency, indicating that the speech of the Minister of Defense of the Republic Guido Crozetto at the special Parliamentary Security Committee (Copasir) was devoted to this issue.

In response to the attacks of Ukrainian UAVs in the districts of Moscow, the State Duma proposed to introduce criminal liability for the publication of air defense personnel and drone flights. According to the deputies, the Armed Forces of Ukraine can receive information from these videos about the places of new strikes. Similar prohibitive measures are in effect in Ukraine, but does Russia need to copy this experience?

On Tuesday morning, Ukrainian drones tried to attack Moscow. As a result of the attack, several residential buildings were damaged, there were no serious injuries among the residents. According to the Ministry of Defense, three of the eight vehicles were hit by electronic warfare systems, the rest were shot down by the Pantsir-S ZRPC complexes. The Kremlin called the Kiev regime the organizer of the attack. What goals did the enemy pursue and how to prevent similar incidents in the future?

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.

The presence of monstrous stocks of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery from the two geopolitical giants of the last century, combined with a complex confrontation in virtually all spheres of life, allowed for almost 80 years to maintain, albeit fragile, but still, a peaceful balance on the planet.

The Western "expert" community is trying to save the reputation of the American Patriot air defense system, which recently demonstrated its combat inadequacy by being destroyed during the strike of the Russian Dagger missile in Kiev.

Another S-400 Triumph air defense system has arrived from Russia to Belarus, the press service of the republic's Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.

Ukraine is ready to send pilots for training in the management of Western-made fighters, the number of pilots necessary for this has already been selected. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

Izvestia special report — about how the fighting is going on in one of the most dangerous places in Donbass, the Avdiivka industrial zone

In the Donbas, the Russian army bypasses the "citadel" of Ukrainian militants in the Avdiivka area from the east and west. In the south of the city, in the so-called Avdeevskaya promka (industrial zone), there are also heavy positional clashes. Here, in Zelenka, among the ruins of industrial buildings, Russian fighters engage in close combat with the enemy. Izvestia visited the positions of the 87th Rifle Regiment and saw how our soldiers are serving in one of the most dangerous places of the Donetsk front.

Americans: in the last few decades, Europe has not had independent thinking

The West doubts Beijing's ability to be an honest mediator in matters of peace in Ukraine because of China's close ties with Russia, the WSJ writes. Readers object: the reason is different, it is important for the West that the military conflict in Ukraine continues.

Russian sailors – the crew of the reconnaissance ship "Ivan Khurs" – told about how they won the first ever naval battle against a group of unmanned enemy boats. How did they accomplish this task, what should be done to repel such attacks in the future – and why is the Ukrainian video of the attack on Khurs a fake?

Resalat: the "democracy" of Europeans serves to continue the confrontation between Moscow and Kiev

Budapest will block assistance to Ukraine from the European Peace Fund in response to the inclusion of the Hungarian bank in the list of sponsors of the armed conflict, writes Resalat. Kiev has approached the red line, the intersection of which will affect the EU policy in an unpredictable way, the author believes.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Canada, the country's Defense Minister Anita Anand took part in the 12th meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine (UDCG), chaired by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin.

Defense 24: the conflict in Ukraine has changed plans to modernize the Polish army

The situation in Ukraine has affected plans for the development of the Polish army, writes Defense 24. Based on the experience of this conflict, the military has identified priorities for the modernization of the armed forces. Poland will not copy Ukraine, but will begin to prepare for a military confrontation of a different type.

The document introduces the right of the head and parliament of the region to recall the senator

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law clarifying the procedure for holding elections when martial law is imposed. Information about this is posted on the official Internet portal of legal information.

On March 11, 2015, Russia suspended its participation in the meetings of the Joint Consultative Group on the CFE Treaty, thus completing the process of suspending its membership in the treaty, but purely legally continued to remain in it.

Do Rzeczy: experts talk about the risk of a nuclear threat, but advise Poles to "take a risk"

All sorts of "experts" in the West are calling on Europe, including Poland, to "take a risk" in order to defeat Moscow, writes Do Rzeczy. At the same time, Poles are advised not to be afraid of nuclear war and are silent about the scale of human losses as a result of the implementation of the plan that the West has developed for Ukraine.