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Mika Aaltola warns about Russian tricks: "There will be no NATO bases in Finland"

It seems that the Kremlin is trying to put pressure on the process of Finland's accession to NATO by spreading false information, Iltalehti writes. As an example, the article cites a tweet by a BBC correspondent in Russia.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the combat work of the calculations of multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) "Orlan-10" of the Western Military District, performing tasks during the Russian special military operation in the Donbass.

How Russia learns from the actions of the West in Iraq, Kosovo, Guantanamo and Palestine

The author of the article is concerned about the double standards of the West. Iraq, Kosovo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki — there is no hint that the United States will be punished for all this. At the same time, Russia continues to be an "aggressor" for them.

On May 16, Moscow hosted a meeting of the leaders of the CSTO member states dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the creation of the CSTO.

The Su-25 attack aircraft returned safely to the airfield after two Stinger portable air defense systems hit its engine.

The navigator of the aviation squadron of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation told about the case in the zone of the special operation in a television story.

Military analyst: membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO can lead to fundamental changes in Russia

A Danish military analyst said in an interview with DR that the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO could lead to fundamental changes in Russia. In addition, he is confident that by including these two countries from the "key region" in its composition, the alliance will expand its strategic capabilities. In fact, the Russians will be surrounded from Anatolia to the Arctic.

Kaliningrad has become a real thorn for NATO

Kaliningrad became a nuclear outpost of Russia back in 2016, Mond notes. And although the newspaper notes the fear that the Russian enclave causes among the Balts, it follows from the text that the West is to blame for its militarization. All of Russia's steps to strengthen its defense were responses to NATO's actions in the region.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the launch of Russian Kalibr cruise missiles from one of the frigates of the Black Sea Fleet. The video was published on Tuesday, May 17.

Turkey's important move regarding NATO!

Turkey does not agree to Sweden and Finland joining NATO. This was the reason for a telephone conversation between Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. But Haber7 support calls on Ankara to stand its ground to the end.

As stated in the official statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry, our country is terminating membership in the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS). At the same time, the ministry clarified that such a step would not affect Russia's presence in the region. Moscow still intends to cooperate with all countries pursuing a responsible policy in the Baltic, to protect the interests of compatriots.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video with the destruction of armored vehicles of two Ukrainian mechanized battalions that tried to launch a counterattack on May 14.

About 16 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine got into the "cauldron" near Severodonetsk and Lisichansk

According to the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Luhansk People's Republic, Vitaly Kiselyov, a group of Ukrainian military numbering 15-16 thousand is located in the area of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk. The troops were ordered not to withdraw from their positions, as before in Rubezhnoye, Kiselyov suggests. Meanwhile, the forces of the LPR took control of the village of Orekhovo in the Popasnyansky district. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

The conflict in Ukraine has narrowed India's geopolitical opportunities

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has significantly reduced India's geopolitical capabilities, The Hindu newspaper writes. The author of the material notes that New Delhi should be afraid of the increased influence of the PRC in South Asia.

Diplomat Polyansky: the military from Azovstal surrendered without conditions

Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said that the "Nazis " of Azov"surrendered without conditions." State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin noted during today's plenary session that the battalion's fighters "should not be exchanged." Leonid Slutsky, the acting head of the LDPR faction, proposed to temporarily return the death penalty for "inhumans".

General Delomudrov explained why the supply of the T-90M "Breakthrough" to the Russian army will increase

The ground forces of the Russian Armed Forces have been replenished with a batch of the latest T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks, which are manufactured at Uralvagonzavod (UVZ). "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the features of this machine are and what its prospects are.

Countering Western sanctions, the course of a special military operation, as well as the restructuring of the Russian economy in the conditions of a new cold war were discussed by members of the scientific council at the Russian Security Council under the leadership of Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

In their opinion, the United States is only at the beginning of the way to create such weapons, significantly lagging behind Russia

The United States is only at the beginning of the way to create hypersonic weapons, significantly lagging behind Russia.

Finland and Sweden officially apply to NATO on Wednesday. However, the Swedes made a reservation that they join the alliance purely formally, they refuse to host nuclear missiles and foreign military bases. Russia has already threatened both countries with diplomatic and military retaliatory measures, but will react to the approach of the North Atlantic Alliance to its northern borders differently than in the case of Ukraine.

As the sanctions standoff with Moscow develops, Western states, led by the United States, are striving for maximum control over information and financial flows. At the disposal of RT were the documents of the American government portal of public procurement — a specialized unit of the US Treasury Department specializing in financial intelligence.

On May 15, 2022, at a joint meeting of the President of Finland and the Finnish Government's Foreign and Security Policy Committee, it was officially decided that Finland would apply for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The motivation of the Finnish government's decision to join NATO opens with the words: "After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, fundamental changes have taken place in the security and operational environment of Finland and Europe."