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Geopolitika.news: NATO gives weapons, but does not rush directly to Ukraine

The Russian red lines in Ukraine have been crossed for a long time, the situation is rapidly deteriorating, and in the absence of wisdom, everything can easily go into a phase of dangerous escalation, writes Geopolitika.news. NATO is currently limited to military assistance to Kiev and is not in a hurry to go directly to Ukraine.

The UK has opened a criminal case under the article "Terrorism", the Kremlin calls the Kiev regime the organizer

The UAV attacks on Moscow and the Moscow region were the Kiev regime's "response" to Russia's successful strikes on decision-making facilities, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Colonel Khodarenok told how to protect Moscow from drone strikes

On Tuesday morning, the capital of Russia was attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. By means of electronic warfare and anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes "Pantsir-S" UAVs were suppressed or destroyed. The details of the strike and possible measures to combat drones were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

On Tuesday morning, Ukrainian drones tried to attack Moscow. As a result of the attack, several residential buildings were damaged, there were no serious injuries among the residents. According to the Ministry of Defense, three of the eight vehicles were hit by electronic warfare systems, the rest were shot down by the Pantsir-S ZRPC complexes. The Kremlin called the Kiev regime the organizer of the attack. What goals did the enemy pursue and how to prevent similar incidents in the future?

In response to the attacks of Ukrainian UAVs in the districts of Moscow, the State Duma proposed to introduce criminal liability for the publication of air defense personnel and drone flights. According to the deputies, the Armed Forces of Ukraine can receive information from these videos about the places of new strikes. Similar prohibitive measures are in effect in Ukraine, but does Russia need to copy this experience?

On May 30, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the country under the leadership of the head of the military Department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The list of supplied aid is classified

Italy is preparing a new, seventh, package of military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported on Tuesday by the ANSA news agency, indicating that the speech of the Minister of Defense of the Republic Guido Crozetto at the special Parliamentary Security Committee (Copasir) was devoted to this issue.

Lithuania is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, it will be sent to Kiev in the near future. The press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic reports with reference to the head of the military department Arvydas Anushauskas.

The Atlantic: Ukrainians know that without the help of the United States they are doomed to inevitable defeat

Ukrainians are well aware that without the support of the United States, their country would have lost in the conflict with Russia a long time ago, writes The Atlantic journalist Corey Sheik. Kiev is completely dependent on Washington. However, Biden's statements about continuing aid are apparently empty rhetoric, the author notes.

The President commented on the drone raid on Moscow and the region

With drone attacks on Moscow and the Moscow region, Kiev provokes the Russian side to retaliate with mirror actions, Vladimir Putin said during a visit to the "Zotov Center" on May 30.

According to the reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which daily grow with dozens of destroyed planes, helicopters, missiles and attack drones of the enemy, during the special operation our anti-aircraft gunners and aviators destroyed over 660 planes and helicopters and more than 4,300 UAVs. It is difficult to say how much of this statistic is due to the merits of the "Tors", but the fact that a significant part of the enemy's air threats were reflected by this formidable weapon is an obvious fact.

After today's drone attack on Moscow, the signals of the Navstar GPS satellite navigation (Global Positioning System), which enemy UAVs used to target, began to be jammed in the capital. This global positioning system has been developed, implemented and operated by the US Department of Defense, but is also available for civilian use around the world.

The Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB) has developed a method for detecting calculations (operators) of FPV drones based on anti-sniper warfare. This was announced by the general director of the center Dmitry Kuzyakin.

Military expert Knutov: the reflection of the UAV attack on Moscow testifies to the effectiveness of Russian air defense

The rapid reaction of the Russian air defense to the drone attack on Moscow on the morning of May 30 indicates that the system works effectively and is able to recognize and destroy enemy military facilities. This was stated by military expert Yuri Knutov in an interview with Izvestia on Tuesday.

The Ukrainian president noted that he takes into account Seoul's restrictions on arms supplies, but believes that "the air defense system is not a weapon, but exclusively defensive equipment"

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky hopes that the Republic of Korea will supply the necessary air defense (air defense) equipment to Kiev. He stated this in an interview with the newspaper Chosun Ilbo, published on Tuesday.

The main target was the carrier aircraft of long-range missiles of NATO countries, experts say

The armed forces of the Russian Federation on the night of May 29 struck a group of enemy airfields — the targets were command posts, radar posts and aviation equipment, storage facilities with weapons and ammunition of the VFU, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported. Experts note that our troops are now disabling the remnants of the Ukrainian air force. In particular, carrier planes of long-range missiles supplied to Ukraine by NATO countries and of particular value to the enemy were hit. The task of constant and massive strikes is to exhaust the VFU, disable their air component, logistics, control points and communications, experts are sure.

It is expected that a working prototype of the system will be ready in 2023

The Belarusian enterprise "Scientific and Technical Center "Lemt" together with two Russian research institutes is developing a laser module with a power of 100 kW for the destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at long distances. A representative of the Belarusian company told TASS that the prototype of the device will be ready in 2023.

The Western "expert" community is trying to save the reputation of the American Patriot air defense system, which recently demonstrated its combat inadequacy by being destroyed during the strike of the Russian Dagger missile in Kiev.

Another S-400 Triumph air defense system has arrived from Russia to Belarus, the press service of the republic's Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.

The growing threat of a nuclear strike from NATO and the corresponding retaliatory measures that Russia and Belarus are forced to take were discussed at a bilateral meeting of defense ministers of the subjects of the Union State, held in Minsk on May 25.