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Sun: The number of trained military personnel in Britain has fallen to a historic low

In Europe, they doubted Britain's ability to fight, writes The Sun. The budget of the country's army is being reduced, and the armed forces themselves are "drying up": the number of trained military personnel has plummeted to a historic low of 73 thousand people.

infoBRICS: the German economy could not withstand the burden of Ukrainian refugees

Germany wants to achieve a fair distribution of Ukrainian refugees throughout the EU. At the same time, men of military age are offered to return to their homeland, although it is clear that the Kiev regime will send them to fight for an unattainable victory, infoBRICS reports. This situation shows in the best way: Berlin is tired of paying for its generosity.

Le Monde: France plans to send military instructors to Ukraine

Paris is in discussions with Kiev about sending military instructors to Ukraine, Le Monde writes. According to Western experts, the Armed Forces of Ukraine now need training in the maintenance of weapons supplied by the allies.

NATO countries will transfer new military aid packages to Kiev

While NATO is discussing the expansion of aid, the United States and EU countries continue to send military supplies to Ukraine. Regular deliveries were reported in several capitals at once. The allies are trying to saturate the APU with the most necessary things. In addition, Kiev should receive Western fighters in the summer. About what will be transmitted in the near future — in the material of RIA Novosti.

How the heirs of the legendary "Black Knives" are fighting in the Avdiivka direction

Many formations of the Russian army operating in the zone of a special military operation trace their history back to the time of the Great Patriotic War. Tankers, who are considered the heirs of the Ural volunteer tank corps, which German intelligence nicknamed "Black Knives", are also fighting in the Avdeevsky direction as part of units of the Central Military District (CVO). Izvestia visited the tankers, saw the new T-72B3M tanks and learned from the fighters how the history and spirit of the unit help them in battles.

Macron supported Western weapons strikes on military facilities in Russia

At a press conference with Scholz, Macron called for allowing the Armed Forces of Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike military targets in Russia, writes FT. In turn, the German Chancellor said that Ukraine has the right to such attacks. Readers of the publication criticized the position of European politicians.

WP: Biden is considering lifting the ban on strikes against Russia with American weapons

Biden wants to take tough measures to "save" Ukraine, WP writes. He is considering two options: punish Beijing for supplying important technologies to Moscow or allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to hit Russia with American weapons. The consequences will be unpredictable.

RS: the conflict in Ukraine has exposed the shortcomings of American weapons

The conflict in Ukraine has debunked the myth of the superiority of American weapons, writes RS. The obsession with technology has failed Washington. The United States produces sophisticated and expensive weapons, which Russian forces quickly learned to handle.

There are ongoing discussions in the West about granting the Armed Forces of Ukraine permission to attack the "traditional" territories of the Russian Federation with Western weapons. Kiev insists on this, and conversations among NATO members on this issue become more intense the worse things go for the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front.

Political scientist Orsini: Russia has the right to strike at NATO territory

Russia can strike at "the Ukrainian rear on Polish territory," writes Il Fatto Quotidiano. The author is sure that Moscow automatically gets such a right after Stoltenberg's appeal to NATO countries, in which he called on them to allow Kiev to shell Russian regions.

Rostec State Corporation's Roselektronika Holding presented for the first time at the Integrated Security exhibition a mobile control point for unmanned aircraft systems for rescue operations. The new complex allows you to quickly deploy a point in the field to work with UAVs.

Colonel Khodarenok saw a connection between Kiev's radar strikes and NATO activity

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to strike at individual radio-technical nodes of the missile attack warning system (ortu SPRN). On May 26, a Ukrainian drone attacked the Voronezh-M long-range target detection radar station in the vicinity of Orsk.

Experts explained the meaning of the transfer of two ASC 890 AWACS aircraft to the Swedish Armed Forces

Western countries have decided to strengthen the potential of the Armed Forces in the air. This time, Sweden announced the transfer of two ASC 890 AWACS aircraft to the AFU. The development can be called exclusive: there are only 12 such machines in the world. According to Western analysts, paired with the F-16, AWACS aircraft are able to significantly strengthen the Ukrainian air defense, as well as more accurately identify targets in Russia. But is this really the case?

Dawn: Russia and China are getting closer and strengthening their partnership

Russia and China are strengthening their strategic partnership, Dawn writes. Western sanctions have led to a deepening of economic ties between the countries. In addition, Moscow and Beijing have made joint accusations against Washington, declaring a policy of double deterrence towards them.

The New Yorker: the fighting in Ukraine is developing in favor of Russia

Ukraine is going through the most difficult time since the beginning of the conflict, writes the New Yorker. The Russian army has a ten-to-one advantage in artillery shots. In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not have enough soldiers: it has become much more difficult to find motivated recruits than two years ago.

The Le Monde journalist visited Ukraine and told about his impressions to Internet users. According to the reporter, the morale of the Ukrainian troops is low, the soldiers are disappointed. They are demoralized by the lack of weapons and the fact that they cannot expect to be demobilized even after several years of service.

Bild: the EU is discussing the issue of "expanding Ukraine's air defense"

In Europe, they are discussing the issue of training soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by NATO instructors on the territory of Ukraine and "expanding the air defense" of the country, Bild writes. The problem is that these plans require a green light from the United States, which is not currently available, the article notes.

German media reports that Germany plans to allocate additional military assistance to Ukraine this year in the amount of 3.8 billion euros. The corresponding request has already been made by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

The head of the Russian mission in Pakistan, Albert Khorev, noted that the assistance provided by Western countries is another manifestation of the policy of double standards

The weapons that Western countries supply to Ukraine are resold by the corrupt Kiev authorities to other regions of the world, including falling into the hands of terrorists, which can lead to the destabilization of entire regions, including South and Central Asia. This was stated by the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Pakistan Albert Khorev during a briefing on the Ukrainian conflict organized by the Russian Embassy in Islamabad.

Ivan Lebedev — about Budapest's plans to review relations with the alliance

Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that Hungary is reassessing its role in NATO because it does not want to participate in the alliance's military mission in Ukraine. Speaking on May 24 on the Kossuth radio station program, he noted that Brussels is studying the question of "how NATO could participate in this war," and Hungary does not want to get involved in this dangerous adventure, which could lead to a direct clash with Russia.