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The battles for Slavyansk and Kramatorsk are ahead, military experts say

The territory of the Luhansk People's Republic is 97% liberated by Allied troops. This was announced on June 7 by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. According to him, the cities of Svyatogorsk and Krasny Liman have been taken under control, the offensive continues in the Popasnaya area. The head of the military department spoke about the number of captured Ukrainian military and destroyed foreign military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in recent days.

Ukraine wants to buy the Iron Dome missile defense system from Israel, while Kiev does not need a "donation" of the air defense system.

The Tor-M2 and Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems are the main anti-aircraft systems used during a special military operation in Ukraine directly to cover the advancing troops. The work of the Tor-M2 air defense system is described in a new video presented by the Ministry of Defense.

Reserve General Popov told how the Russian army is disabling APU drones

The Ukrainian military complain about the massive deployment by the Russian army of electronic warfare (EW), which block the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles. As a result, the APU lost not only the strike force of drones, but also lost access to relevant intelligence in many ways. What exactly means of electronic warfare are used by the Russian military, - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

Is the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad surrounded by the EU a valuable resource or a burden?

On the one hand, it is possible to "threaten" Europe from Kaliningrad, but on the other hand, during the war he himself is threatened with isolation, writes the Economist. And there is hardly another area in Russia that is being watched so closely by Western spies.

Among the destroyed objects is the place of concentration of tanks delivered from abroad in Kiev

The Defense Ministry told about the destruction of tanks delivered from Europe in Kiev and the defeat of factory workshops in the Donbass, in which Ukrainian formations were repairing military equipment.

As reported by the Spanish newspaper "El Pais" in the article Miguel González "España, dispuesta a entregar a Ucrania misiles antiaéreos y carros de combat Leopard" ("Spain is ready to supply Ukraine with anti-aircraft missile systems and Leopard tanks"), according to sources in the Spanish government, Spain is ready to make a qualitative leap in military support of Ukraine against the Russian invasions.

The Russian Defense Ministry demonstrated the downed Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet, as well as the launch of the S-300/S-400 family anti-aircraft missile system, the corresponding video was published on Monday by the Russian Defense Ministry.

How will NATO perform on the battlefield with Russia?

Military actions between Russia and NATO can become a reality, writes American Thinker. There is only one catch: a successful NATO intervention in Ukraine is impossible from a military point of view. The author of the article explains in detail why.

Viktor Litovkin — about why the United States and its satellites do not like the military and military-technical cooperation between Russia and China

In the last decade of May, strategic bombers of Russia and China conducted joint air patrols over the waters of the Japanese and East China Seas, as well as over the western Pacific Ocean.

What are the radar stations of the Russian Federation and Europe capable of

In a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian group uses an advanced system of military air defense. In addition to anti-aircraft missiles and interceptor fighters, the third component of air defense is radar stations (radars). What potential does our country have for these all-seeing eyes?

How to protect our villages from enemy attacks

Unfortunately, the calls of military experts to impose martial law in the regions bordering Ukraine, which were made at the beginning of the special military operation, were ignored. Of course, the non-localized hotbed of danger somehow begins to grow. And now it is already causing serious concern to residents and the administration of the border regions.

Trying to slow down the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces, Kiev prepared a provocation using chemicals

Russian air defenses have destroyed dozens of enemy drones over Ukraine, "they are cracking them like nuts," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 4.

The statement of the Ukrainian ambassador in Madrid that the weapons transferred by Spain to Ukraine would be enough "for two hours of combat" apparently reached the addressee. According to the Spanish edition of El Pais, the Spanish government has declared its readiness to supply Kiev with heavy weapons.

Colonel Khodarenok explained how to deal with American MLRS in Ukraine

This week, the United States officially announced the delivery of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) M142 HIMARS to Ukraine. The United Kingdom announced the supply of MLRS M270 MRLS, also of American production. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out what means of countering these systems the Russian army has.

Over the past day, the Russian military destroyed T-72s transferred to Ukraine from Europe, shot down a MiG-29 and An An-26 military transport, as well as ten drones, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The supply of a wide range of Western weapons to Ukraine is not only aimed at, as the EU leadership puts it, "defeating Russia on the battlefield." Moreover, according to a number of signs, the combat effectiveness of both Stingers, Javelins, and Bayraktars turned out to be almost shameful. However, the very fact of the participation of these types of weapons in real battles is of great importance for the West. Why?

President of Ukraine Zelensky promised children air defense better than the "Iron Dome"

Ukraine will create an air defense system that will be "stronger" than the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system, President Vladimir Zelensky said. He did not name specific deadlines for the implementation of the project, but noted the importance of completing the "construction of air defense" as soon as possible. Back in mid-February, the media reported that Israel refused to sell Iron Dome missile systems to Kiev. Air defense supplies from Germany will take several months.

A big threat to Turkey: The US has created four more new bases in Greece

Greece has approved an agreement on mutual defense cooperation with the United States. America gets four new bases at its disposal, writes Haber7. Turkey is sure that they are being created not against Russia, but against itself. Readers offer to deploy Russian air defense systems in response.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on whether Germany will supply IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine

On June 1, German Chancellor Scholz announced plans to transfer IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The decision immediately caused increased attention, since for the first time it came to the supply of Western-made air defense systems to Ukraine. Before that, only portable complexes were supplied to Kiev.