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Warsaw and Kiev merge in an embrace to spite the Kremlin

Poland is completely safe, despite the "aggressive policy" of the Kremlin, which carries a potential threat to the democratic community, said the country's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. He spoke on May 26 at a briefing after the Defender Europe 2022 exercises with the development of combat interaction between the Polish and American militaries.

The loss of the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet raises questions

After the sinking by the Ukrainians of their flagship of the Navy "Hetman Sagaidachny" in the port of Nikolaev, hardly anyone expected that the Russian Guards missile cruiser "Moscow" would also be in danger. How this happened is still a mystery and causes a lot of misconceptions. Of course, the commission appointed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to investigate the causes of the death of the Black Sea Fleet's largest warship by displacement will sort everything out. But the continuing aura of mystery around this emergency gives rise to unnecessary unhealthy questions, guesses and assumptions.

As the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported in the article by Klaus Geiger, Gregor Schwung "Trotz Versprechungen liefert Deutschland seit neun Wochen kaum Waffen" ("Despite promises, Germany has practically not supplied weapons in nine weeks"), apparently, over the past nine weeks the German government has reduced its military support to Ukraine to minimum.

Biden: The US is not looking for a war with Russia

"We do not seek a war between NATO and Russia… Until the United States or our allies are attacked, we will not directly participate in this conflict, either by sending American troops to Ukraine or by attacking Russian forces. We do not encourage or allow Ukraine to strike outside its borders. We don't want to prolong the war just to hurt Russia," Biden said.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, June 1, showed footage of the combat work of the calculations of multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) "Hurricane" of the Central Military District (CVO) during a special military operation to protect Donbass.

Anti-Russian sentiment is even stronger in Poland than in Ukraine

Anti-Russian sentiment is strongest... in Poland. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of a recent opinion poll conducted in 52 countries around the world. It is noteworthy that Poland even outstripped Ukraine in this indicator. The author of the publication Myśl Polska reflects on what is the reason for such an attitude of Poles towards Russia and what it can lead to.

What can China learn from the experience of the Russian special operation in Ukraine

Japan believes that China is carefully studying the experience of the Russian operation in Ukraine for its possible application in Taiwan. The author of the article names eight important moments of the special operation that particularly attract Beijing.

The cost of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine with HIMARS MLRS will be $700 million

US President Joe Biden wrote in his article in The New York Times that the United States will continue to supply Ukraine with modern weapons, but will not allow it to strike at Russia. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky also promised that Kiev would not attack the territory of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of National Defense of Greece on May 31, 2022 reported that following the results of previous negotiations with Germany and following the meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on May 31, an agreement was reached on the transfer by Greece of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles received from the arsenals of the army of the former GDR in 1994 to Ukraine and simultaneous replacement There are an equal number of Marder infantry fighting vehicles transferred to Greece by Germany.

More than 100 ships and submarines, 40 aircraft and 10 coastal missile systems were involved in the exercises.

The new package of American military assistance to Ukraine provides for the supply of MLRS HIMARS, it will be officially announced on June 1.

The Ukrainian army will soon receive Slovak self-propelled guns Zuzana, this was stated by the President of Slovakia Zuzana Chaputova, who visited Kiev and addressed the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada.

The conflict in Ukraine and the German turmoil. Is the "European unity" disintegrating, as Berlin claims, or did it not exist?

Europe has a great consolidated economic strength, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said before the start of the EU summit, Advance writes. However, she directs this force not to end the Ukrainian conflict, but to incite it, the author of the article believes.

According to the Polish Ministry of Defense, during the visit of Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak to the Republic of Korea, which began on May 29, negotiations were held with the head of the Defense Procurement Agency (DAPA) Kang Eun Ho and representatives of the largest defense companies, including Hanwha Defense President Jail Son.

A British Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft took to the sky to monitor Russian troops and flew over the Baltic Sea in the process of tracking. This was reported in the UK Defense Journal.

Kurds as the reason for Turkey's refusal to join Sweden and Finland in NATO

Turkey has its own goals, which it solves, including in the Ukrainian conflict, quotes Časopis !Argument the opinion of the Middle East specialist Ondzhey is brief. In an interview with the publication, he told what Ankara is trying to achieve, how it wants to look in the international arena and why it is blocking the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO.

A contract has been signed with Ukraine for the supply of Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns (ZSU), and training has already begun for the Ukrainian military to manage them.

Germany will be the first Western country to supply Ukraine with medium-range anti-aircraft systems capable of intercepting targets at an altitude of up to 20 km. The corresponding statement was made by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Dozens of Israeli fighter jets took part in maneuvers over the Mediterranean Sea last night, involving flights over long distances, refueling in the air and hitting long-range targets. So the Israeli Air Force conducted exercises to simulate strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

The exchange of captured foreign mercenaries was excluded in the DPR

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Donetsk People's Republic has opened a criminal case against three foreign mercenaries who fought on the side of the Ukrainian troops. They could face the death penalty. The DPR parliament stressed that two Britons and a Moroccan citizen are not subject to exchange, as they acted without compliance with international conventions.