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Military expert Vladislav Shurygin - about what the APU was on the eve of the Russian operation and why it was called a special

The results of the first days of the special military operation in Ukraine allow us to draw the first conclusions about how the Russian army is fighting and what kind of enemy it is opposed to.

Italy joined the list of countries intending to supply weapons to Ukraine on February 28. The Government of the country has signed a decree authorizing the dispatch of MANPADS "Stinger", mortars, ATGM "Milan".

On February 28, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the use of combat helicopters on Ukrainian equipment with the results of the defeat.

Thirty years of the Scientific research center of the Military Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Smolensk

The military air defense of Russia has gone a long way in development, starting from the three-inch anti-aircraft gun of the 1915 Franz Lender model to the modern S-300V4 long-range air defense system equipped with hypersonic anti-aircraft guided missiles.

The American AN/FPS-117 radar did not notice the Chinese Y-12 aircraft

The air defense system from the United States, located on Dongyin Island, did not notice a small Chinese Y-12 civilian transport aircraft approaching Taiwan, writes the South China Morning Post.

The training on the protection of airspace on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands was conducted by servicemen with combat calculations of the S-400 Triumph and S-300V4 anti-aircraft missile systems of the air defense units (air defense), the press service of the Eastern Military District reported on Tuesday.

According to the plan for the supply of the main samples of weapons and military equipment, two new mobile radars "Casta" with improved characteristics have entered service with the units of the radio technical troops of the Central Military District stationed in Siberia.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply an additional S-400 complex, which is needed to be located west of Minsk.

Military personnel of a separate radar unit of the Eastern Military District on Wrangel Island in Chukotka during the training conducted monitoring of airspace in the Arctic and found unmanned aerial vehicles of the "enemy", the Air Defense Ministry reports.

The representative of the German Foreign Ministry, Andrea Sasse, said that the first German armored vehicles as part of the defense assistance package were successfully transferred to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.

The crews of the ships of the Pacific Fleet conducted a training to cover the base point in Kamchatka from the means of an air attack of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Air Defense of the Pacific Fleet reported.

The upgraded QW-12 man-portable air defense missile system (MANPADS), designed to intercept helicopters, airplanes and cruise missiles, has been tested with live firing in China.

As part of the exercises, the ships were put on alert for the use of air defense systems, combat crews received and analyzed data on the air situation

More than 10 surface ships of the Baltic Fleet were involved in air defense exercises in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, the press service of the fleet reported on Friday.

The Ukrainian army currently operates infantry fighting vehicles inherited from the Soviet military districts located on its territory.

In total, the ground forces have about nine hundred BMP-2 and more than two hundred BMP-1. The newest of them is more than thirty years old, and there are copies that have changed even the fifth decade.

The ships of the Baltic Fleet have worked out the destruction of air targets of a conditional enemy

During the exercises on air defense (air defense) in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, surface ships of the Baltic Fleet were involved. The crews of the ships worked out countering the means of a simulated enemy raid. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the fleet.

He said that an anti-aircraft missile of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 complex hit the building

Reports of a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kiev do not correspond to reality, it was hit by an anti-aircraft missile of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 complex, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS on Saturday.

The Odintsovo small rocket ship carried out electronic missile launches with Kalibr cruise missiles against a detachment of warships of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Saturday.

The Netherlands will buy a smart SMASH AD system to combat drones

The armed forces of the Netherlands will receive new means to combat drones. The Dutch military will be supplied with Israeli Smart Shooter SMASH AD systems. This is reported by Defense News with reference to the statement of the Smart Shooter company.

The Russian army has destroyed 975 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov, told reporters.

Two tactical missiles "Tochka-u", 223 tanks, eight combat aircraft, 31 anti-aircraft complex S-300 APU destroyed

Moscow. February 27. INTERFAX - The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 975 objects of the Ukrainian military infrastructure, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.