Structure and personnel news

Kadyrov announced the creation of four battalions with "exclusively Chechen guys"

The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov announced the imminent formation of four military battalions with an impressive number of personnel and exclusively Chechen guys.

Poland intends to increase the number of the armed forces of the republic to 400 thousand soldiers, as well as completely rearm the army. As stated in Warsaw, the reason for this decision is the threat of a "Russian invasion".

Over the past decade, the Israeli armed forces – the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) – have made major changes to their structure and priorities for conducting combat operations. The ground forces underwent a significant reduction.

With the beginning of a special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, Warsaw openly began the stage of mastering the enterprises of the Ukrainian military industry. The Polish military-political leadership has long been hatching plans to transfer parts of the production of various Ukrainian enterprises to its territory, and the military operation only made certain adjustments to the relocation plans.

The southern grouping of Russian troops in Ukraine is led by the commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) Sergey Surovikin, the Center grouping is led by the commander of the troops of the Central Military District (CVO) Alexander Lapin, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The State Duma proposed to accept school graduates for military service under a contract

Young Russians can get the opportunity to sign a contract with the Armed Forces immediately after graduation. Such changes to the legislation were approved by the State Duma Committee on Defense. According to the bill, adults who have no health restrictions can become contract employees. They can be sent to the battlefield at least after four months of service.

Flight tests of the Sarmat rocket showed the coherence of the work of a huge cooperation of enterprises

On April 20, 2022 – a historical point for JSC "GRC Makeev" (part of the state corporation "Roscosmos"). The company that created almost all the naval ballistic missiles of our fleet. For the first time in many years, the Makeyevites have tested and in fact have already put into service a new heavy ballistic missile capable of delivering megatons of explosives to anywhere in the world.

The battle path of the Polar Guard of the Russian Navy

In January 2020, the American magazine National Interest included the Russian Marine Corps in the top five in the world – along with similar branches of the US, UK, South Korea and China. According to the overseas edition, the Russian Marine Corps took second place.

NATO should monitor Putin's actions. Professor Kozeravsky: this indicator does not always matter

In the confrontation between Russia and NATO, the balance of forces looks in favor of the alliance, reflects in an interview Onet.pl Professor Dariusz Kozerawski. However, for Putin, it is not statistics that are important, but real strength, and here the bloc has something to work on. According to the expert, citizens of the member states need to participate more actively in the defense system of their states: it is necessary to return compulsory military service at least.

After the start of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, there has been a steady increase in the number of volunteers who have expressed a desire to contribute to the defeat of the enemy. The leadership of a number of regions actively participates in this movement, helping volunteers to create separate combat formations on the principle of fraternity.

Kaspersky Lab has joined the shareholders of the startup Motif NT, a developer of neuromorphic processors that mimic the work of the human brain. Such processors are more productive and more energy efficient than conventional CPUs. The share of the "Laboratory" was 15%, the parties did not disclose the amount of the transaction. According to experts, it could amount to tens of millions of rubles.

The Moscow garrison military court appointed five years in a strict regime colony to the former chief of the radio engineering troops of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation Andrei Koban for bribery, an Interfax correspondent reported on Monday.

According to foreign sources, in May of this year at the Kvarn training ground, during the demonstration firing of portable anti-tank systems manufactured by Saab, the Commander-in-chief of the Swedish Armed Forces, Major General Karl Engelbrektson, announced the government's decision to form a total of four army brigades, a combat group on Gotland Island, as well as the command divisions. The general's speech took place in the presence of 300 participants of the event.

Colonel Khodarenok explained what reforms the Airborne Troops need

The American edition of Military Watch Magazine published an article about the Russian amphibious forces, where it called the approach to their formation "outdated". Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok dealt with this statement.

SpaceX has fired employees who participated in the compilation and distribution of an open letter of complaint criticizing the behavior of the founder and owner of the company, Elon Musk. This was reported by the American newspaper The New York Times.

Russia is introducing criminal penalties for military personnel defecting to the enemy – and this will directly concern, among other things, current events in Ukraine. Why was there no concept of "going over to the enemy's side" in the Criminal Code before, what tricks are used to justify treason, and how will the new changes concern the Russian non-systemic opposition opposing the special operation?

Publications in the Western media that the Russian authorities may allegedly announce an additional conscription for the SPIEF are unreliable information stuffing. This was announced on Thursday, June 16, by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The first group of officers who will operate the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has completed training at the Military Academy of Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great, the head of the Academy Igor Afonin said.

The US National Defense Center spoke about the risks of reducing the US military budget

June 14 is celebrated annually in the US as the "Birthday of the army". On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress decided to create a regular army based on militia units. For the "birthday", the US National Defense Center at the Heritage Foundation has prepared a report on the current state of the American armed forces. "Newspaper.Ru" studied it together with Russian military experts.

The 11th Airborne Division of the United States underwent a reformation procedure, after which it received the name "Arctic Angels" and will henceforth be based in Alaska. Its number will be up to 16 thousand people.