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On June 3, 2022, the German Bundestag voted to create a special fund for the Bundeswehr in the amount of 100 billion euros and to make the necessary amendments to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany (Article 87a) to ensure the activities of this fund without increasing public debt.

North Korea continues to test new weapons, periodically conducting test firing. According to the South Korean Yonhap news agency, the next, already the 18th in a row since the beginning of the year, the test of an unidentified munition was conducted by the North Korean military on Sunday morning.

The statement of the Ukrainian ambassador in Madrid that the weapons transferred by Spain to Ukraine would be enough "for two hours of combat" apparently reached the addressee. According to the Spanish edition of El Pais, the Spanish government has declared its readiness to supply Kiev with heavy weapons.

Biden was accused of "dangerous confusion" in the decision to supply MLRS to Ukraine

The Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote in his article that US President Joe Biden restrained the "panicked desire for peace among some European allies" who did not want a protracted conflict in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense has published a video depicting the combat operation of self-propelled artillery installations "Peony" during a special military operation in Ukraine.

Colonel Khodarenok explained how to deal with American MLRS in Ukraine

This week, the United States officially announced the delivery of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) M142 HIMARS to Ukraine. The United Kingdom announced the supply of MLRS M270 MRLS, also of American production. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out what means of countering these systems the Russian army has.

Over the past day, the Russian military destroyed T-72s transferred to Ukraine from Europe, shot down a MiG-29 and An An-26 military transport, as well as ten drones, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The Russian aviation destroyed factory workshops in the DPR that repaired Ukrainian military equipment, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, told reporters on Sunday.

Putin promised to respond with "strikes" if Kiev gets the opportunity to attack Russia with missiles from the United States

Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin in the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on the channel "Russia 1" commented on the announced US deliveries of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine. The Head of State said that if the range of the missiles transferred to Kiev allows it to hit the territory of the Russian Federation, then Russia will strike "at those objects that it has not yet struck."

A serious conflict is growing between Zelensky and his generals, the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said. Zelensky does not interfere in any way with Poland's plans to "chop off" Western Ukraine, which causes just indignation in the General Staff, Lukashenko explained. But the quarrel arose, apparently, a month ago: the first reports about it were received after the unsuccessful landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Snake Island. Is Ukraine facing a military coup?

The supply of a wide range of Western weapons to Ukraine is not only aimed at, as the EU leadership puts it, "defeating Russia on the battlefield." Moreover, according to a number of signs, the combat effectiveness of both Stingers, Javelins, and Bayraktars turned out to be almost shameful. However, the very fact of the participation of these types of weapons in real battles is of great importance for the West. Why?

President of Ukraine Zelensky promised children air defense better than the "Iron Dome"

Ukraine will create an air defense system that will be "stronger" than the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system, President Vladimir Zelensky said. He did not name specific deadlines for the implementation of the project, but noted the importance of completing the "construction of air defense" as soon as possible. Back in mid-February, the media reported that Israel refused to sell Iron Dome missile systems to Kiev. Air defense supplies from Germany will take several months.

In the DPR, the city is surrounded, from where Donetsk was shelled for eight years

The cleaning of Severodonetsk continues in the LPR, and the operation to encircle the city of Avdiivka is progressing in the DPR. His release will solve the problem of water supply to Donetsk, experts explain.

A big threat to Turkey: The US has created four more new bases in Greece

Greece has approved an agreement on mutual defense cooperation with the United States. America gets four new bases at its disposal, writes Haber7. Turkey is sure that they are being created not against Russia, but against itself. Readers offer to deploy Russian air defense systems in response.

Five decades of Russian expansion in the Sahel

Russia is aware that the Sahel region is the main reference point for expansion into the depths of the African continent, writes Al-Quds Al-Arabi. According to the author, in order to realize its ambitions, Moscow needs to overcome some difficulties, in particular, the traditional influence of Paris.

The Polish army seems to have decided to get rid of the remnants of its armored legacy from the Warsaw Pact. Now the nationalists of Ukraine are being sent extremely stale goods - old T-72M of the 1980 model.

Wang Xianjui: Russia has taken countermeasures against NATO expansion in several directions

The NATO summit is approaching, at which the participating countries will discuss the possibility of Finland and Sweden joining the alliance. Moscow cannot put everything on the Turkish veto against the expansion of the bloc, writes Huanqiu Shibao, and will use its own countermeasures. There are at least four of them.

The Ukrainian military received American self-propelled artillery units (ACS) M109, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta with reference to the Telegram channel "Military Informant".

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on whether Germany will supply IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine

On June 1, German Chancellor Scholz announced plans to transfer IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The decision immediately caused increased attention, since for the first time it came to the supply of Western-made air defense systems to Ukraine. Before that, only portable complexes were supplied to Kiev.

The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAVs that can be equipped with Hellfire missiles.