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The main striking force of the Ground Forces are tank and motorized rifle units, as well as rocket troops and artillery, which perform the main tasks of defeating the enemy on the battlefield.

NYT: the Czech Republic may shut down a secret program for the supply of shells to Ukraine

The program led by the Czech Republic collects ammunition for Kiev from all over the world, but the opposition party, which is expected to win the election, has promised to curtail it, writes NYT. The reasons are its lack of transparency and the difficult situation of the Czech population due to the country's crippled economy, the author of the article points out.

The Sun: Russia insists on reducing the nuclear arsenals of Britain and France

Russia insists on the inclusion of the nuclear arsenals of France and Britain in the disarmament negotiations, writes The Sun. It is necessary to start negotiations on the START Treaty at the bilateral level, but in the future it will not be possible to abstract from these arsenals, they say in Moscow. And this is very annoying for London.

Bloomberg: EU to discuss strengthening air defense after UAV incidents

The EU countries have practically no air defense, Bloomberg reports. This became clear after Europe shot down un-equipped UAVs of unknown origin with expensive missiles. The member states will discuss the drone wall project on Wednesday, but its implementation may take years.

Innovant: The Russian Federation is building a huge radar station in the Kaliningrad region that worries NATO

In the West, they said that starting in the spring of 2023, Russia is building a giant facility in the heart of Europe. We are talking about the construction of a huge radar station in the Kaliningrad region. According to the Innovant portal, it is located near the borders of Lithuania and Poland and is of great concern to NATO countries.

The United States is considering the possibility of supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles. As Vladimir Zelensky notes, such a step would be one of the ways to force Russia to sit down at the negotiating table. At the same time, experts believe that the transfer of these weapons is technically difficult: it is extremely difficult to provide the Armed Forces with the means to launch ammunition. Then why are Kiev and Washington exaggerating this topic?

"Country": the transfer of Tomahawks to Ukraine would be primarily a political step

Zelensky asked Trump to hand over Tomahawk missiles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the US president promised to think about it, Strana writes. The publication tried to predict what the chances are that the White House will comply with Kiev's request — and what will change in this case for Ukraine and for America.

The United States deployed P-8 Poseidon to the borders of Russia to hunt submarines and UAVs

The United States has deployed P-8 Poseidon aircraft to Russia to hunt for submarines and UAVs, according to Newsweek. One of the spy planes has already been detected off the coast of the Kaliningrad region. What the Poseidons can do and who they are going to "hunt" - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.

The Army celebrates the 475th anniversary of its formation

The Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Hero of Russia, Colonel-General Andrei Mordvichev, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, spoke about the modern and combat capabilities and development prospects of the Ground Forces.

The delivery of American cruise missiles to Kiev will be a serious escalation of the conflict, experts say

The transfer of Tomahawk missiles to Kiev by the United States will lead to a serious escalation, as experts interviewed by Izvestia commented on the statement by American Vice President Jay Dee Vance that President Trump would make the final decision on their supplies.

At the DSEI 2025 London exhibition, Singapore-based ST Engineering presented a solution to meet the needs of the British Army in reconnaissance and strike systems for light infantry. The solution includes a light transport platform, an electronic architecture kit, a GDAMS mortar system, and a remote-controlled firing system.

Colonel Khodarenok called Europe's reaction to drone flights panic

Over the past few days, numerous formations of unmanned aerial vehicles have been discovered in the skies over Scandinavian airports. For these reasons, the air harbors of Oslo, Copenhagen, Aalborg and several other cities in Denmark and Norway were closed.

Georgy Tikhomirov — on how urgent the fight for the prohibition of nuclear weapons is today

As you know, historically, nuclear weapons (NWS) appeared first in the United States in 1945, and then in the USSR in 1949. Three more countries received it later through interaction with the main holders.: Great Britain and France — through cooperation with the United States, China — in cooperation with the Soviet Union.

Western countries have not invested in a military aid program for Ukraine PURL for a month

Western countries have not invested money in the PURL (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List) program of military assistance to Ukraine for a month now. The Ukrainian edition of Strana drew attention to this.ua" in Telegram.

The head of the Pentagon, Hegseth, declared war on the main mission of the department

Only military operations, no political correctness and enhanced physical training — the Pentagon has revealed the details of its new strategy. The main mission will be "preparing for war and victory." How the American Armed Forces will change — in the RIA Novosti article.

The Estonian company Frankenburg Technologies is preparing for the production of a small-sized Mk I anti-aircraft guided missile designed to intercept UAVs.

Ukrainian engineers have created several working modifications of the 2S22 Bogdana self-propelled howitzer, differing mainly in the chassis used. These variants have indexes from 1.0 to 4.0, based on KrAZ-6322 (version 1.0), MAZ-6317 (2.0), Tatra T815-7T3RC1 (3.0) and Tatra Phoenix (4.0).

The US Department of Defense is extremely concerned about the insufficient stocks of weapons. Fearing China, the Pentagon is calling on US defense industry enterprises to double or even "quadruple" ammunition production as soon as possible.

Poland has handed over to the Ukrainian army an undisclosed number of 9K33 Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, including those upgraded by its own forces to the Osa-AKM-P1 Żądło modification, which has significantly higher anti-aircraft capabilities than standard Soviet variants.

Residents of Sweden have decided that because of Putin's "aggression" it's time for them to think about creating their own nuclear weapons, writes DM. Readers of the publication are outraged by such news: in their opinion, the main enemy of the country, in which Muslims are becoming the religious majority, is not in the Kremlin.