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The loss of the cruiser "Moscow" caused serious changes in the tactics of warfare in the Black Sea Fleet. The command, having lost a valuable asset, managed to rebuild its work and gain a significant advantage in the theater.

The unified regional air defense system of Russia and Belarus needs an urgent increase in combat readiness against the background of events taking place in Europe. As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, it is necessary to strengthen the defense capability of the Union State.

General Lyutykh revealed the secret of Russian UAVs used in Ukraine

During the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian army is actively using Zala unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In particular, they are used to adjust the work of artillery calculations. "Newspaper.Ru" together with military experts, I figured out what these drones are capable of.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation highly appreciated the interaction between the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan

The improvement of the unified regional air defense system, as well as military-technical cooperation are key areas of cooperation between the defense ministries of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday at a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Ruslan Zhaksylykov.

The St. Petersburg Forum made us think about the collective solidarity of Russia's closest allies

Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy asked Czech Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova to ensure the security of her country's airspace.

Syria is preparing to repel aggression

A number of joint exercises in April-June of the Russian and Syrian military showed that military and military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Damascus has not changed. The Russian group, despite the events in Ukraine, has not been reduced, said Alexander Lavrentiev, the special representative of the President of Russia for Syria. "If someone thinks that there has been some kind of numerical decrease, I want to assure you that there is no such thing," he said.

The total number of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is about 170,000 people. In accordance with the current military doctrine, in the event of a conflict, they will have to act not only in open terrain, but also in urban conditions, while minimizing their losses. In this regard, the command of the Israeli army is actively implementing combat robotic systems.

China's next step towards providing a higher missile defense capability will be to conduct tests to respond to more complex scenarios. Even Chinese analysts admit that a lower success rate of US missile defense does not necessarily mean that China has surpassed the American system, because tests conducted by the US may include other and more complex simulation parameters.

On June 22, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed how, during the operation to protect Donbass, the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) works, designed to detect and defeat enemy air targets.

The new Sarmat rocket will be able to reach London in just three minutes. The Daily Mail writes about this, stating that the threat to the United Kingdom is growing.

Rosoboronexport JSC will present the latest Russian security solutions and more than 350 types of military, dual-use and civilian products for all types of armed forces and branches of the armed forces at the first exhibition "National Security. Belarus-2022".

Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding is presenting communication systems for remote areas, UAV counteraction systems, as well as equipment for ensuring environmental safety at industrial facilities at the International Security Industry Exhibition in Belarus.

The correspondent of Izvestia visited the positions of a howitzer battery near Svetlodarsk, where there are battles for the largest thermal power plant

Svetlodarsk — it is also called the "city of power engineers" — was liberated quickly and without much fighting at the end of May. But now Ukrainians have gained a foothold in numerous strongholds nearby, as well as on the territory of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant — one of the largest in Europe. In this direction, the Allied forces are methodically pushing through the defense lines of the VFU. Here, artillery plays a major role in the battles. How in the LPR they fight with long-range foreign artillery systems, how they shoot down Ukrainian "Dots—U" and rockets, - in the Izvestia report

Defense Ministry: Iskander is not visible to Ukrainian air defense due to special camouflage

Ukrainian air defense systems cannot intercept a missile of the Iskander tactical complex, it is not "visible" to satellites and drones, Roman, the head of the calculation of this complex, said in a video presented on Tuesday by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that modern S-500 air defense systems are already being delivered to the troops, and the heavy Sarmat ICBM will be on combat duty at the end of 2022.

The German government has officially confirmed plans to send Ukraine 30 Gepard ZSU, three Mars MLRS complexes, IRIS-T air defense systems, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Cabinet of Ministers.

The Russian Armed Forces began to receive air defense systems that have no analogues in the world About the S-500 Prometheus. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with graduates of Russian military schools, as quoted by Interfax.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: a retaliatory strike was launched by cruise missiles at the military airfield Shkolny

On June 21, the Russian Defense Ministry reported an Onyx missile strike at the Shkolny military airfield near Odessa. Hangars with Ukrainian Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles identified by Russian intelligence tools have been destroyed, the ministry said.

As a result of the strike, over 50 Ukrainian generals and high-ranking officers were killed

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) are successfully developing an offensive in the Severodonetsk direction, the Defense Ministry said on June 19.

Arriving in Prague on June 18 on a visit, the head of the Slovak Defense Ministry, Yaroslav Nagy, handed over to the head of the Czech Defense Ministry, Yana Chernokhova, a written request for the Czech Air Force to protect the airspace of his country.