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The stocks of military equipment of the EU countries, so necessary for the use of the language of force, have dried up due to supplies to Ukraine. Such a conclusion can be drawn from the statement of the head of the Bundeswehr, the Polish president, as well as from the complaints of the chief of the European Diplomacy and concurrently the chief "hawk" of Brussels, Josep Borrel. Europe presents itself as defenseless against the Russian threat, but is this the case in reality?

Russia will soon put about 50 new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on combat duty, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.

What is behind Ankara's unwillingness to agree to the "Scandinavian expansion" of NATO

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is blocked by Turkey, which categorically does not agree to this arrangement. The main obstacle is the Kurdish issue and the existing restrictions on the supply of weapons to Ankara. However, there are other, no less compelling reasons. Hamshahri writes about them.

A video appeared on the Network from the Kamchatka Kura test site, where training combat units arrived after the first launch of the Sarmat heavy ballistic missile. The operator of Zvezda managed to shoot rare shots.

The Czech Republic supplied the Ukrainian military with self-propelled artillery units (ACS) vz.77 Dana 152 mm caliber. In the publication of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the installations were called outdated.

The allocation by the United States of new aid to Ukraine in the amount of $ 40 billion, of which about $ 20 billion will go to arms supplies, may move Washington to transfer to Kiev the American HIMARS MLRS with a firing range of up to 70 km. Also, a number of military experts do not exclude that the United States may supply Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine in order to close the skies for Russian aviation.

Russia and Iran are among the "leaders" of the countries against which sanctions have been imposed: recently, after the start of the operation in Ukraine, Moscow topped the list, ahead of Tehran. But in these circumstances, the parties are determined to continue to develop cooperation.

The efficiency of Turkish UAVs is rapidly falling, they are already worse than Chinese commercial quadrocopters

A scan of an alleged letter from Andrei Ermak, head of the office of the President (OP) of Ukraine, to the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, appeared in Ukrnet, which states Baykar Makina's concern about the weak effectiveness of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV in the Ukrainian theater of operations.

One of the conclusions that the military-political leadership of Belarus made from the experience of conducting a special military operation of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine was the understanding of the need to change approaches to equipping the Belarusian army. 

General Khrulev explained why Russian self-propelled guns are winning against American howitzers in Ukraine

The Ministry of Defense of Russia has published footage of the combat work of the calculations of 152-mm self-propelled guns (ACS) "Hyacinth-S" during a special military operation in Ukraine. According to the Russian military department, the ACS destroyed a unit of 155-mm M-777 howitzers manufactured by the United States. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of counter-battery warfare.

The Czech Republic supplied the armed formations of Ukraine with a batch of wheeled self-propelled artillery units vz.77 Dana. As reported, the calculations have already begun to master this military equipment.

Judging by the videos, the APU received an initial modification created in the second half of the 70s. Currently, according to many tactical and technical characteristics, it can already be considered obsolete.

Major General of the Air Force Pavlenko told how the Su-57 is capable of hitting AFU objects

During a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) are using fifth-generation Su-57 fighters, a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what tasks these planes can work out in Ukraine.

The head of Roscosmos threatened that a new hypersonic nuclear missile would "demolish half the coast of a hostile continent"

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the Sarmat nuclear hypersonic complex is capable of "demolishing half of the coast of the continent", which Russia considers hostile, writes the Daily Mail. Readers of the tabloid speculate about the development of a conflict of this magnitude.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby was asked during a briefing to comment on the post of adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Anton Gerashchenko about the US side's plans for the complete destruction of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. In particular, according to the Ukrainian side, the West, led by the United States, is discussing with Kiev options for the supply of anti-ship missiles, including those with a range of several hundred kilometers.

While Pentagon spokesman John Kirby tried to refute the statements of the adviser to the Interior Minister of Ukraine Gerashchenko about plans to "destroy the Russian Black Sea Fleet to unblock the ports of Ukraine," US Senator Mitch McConnell has already said his word on this.

The US Congress approved the provision of $ 40 billion to Ukraine, most of which it should direct to defense needs. The package of American military assistance to Kiev may include Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) and long-range artillery pieces.

Laser systems "Badass", used by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, can change the balance of forces in the air during a special operation to protect Donbass. This was stated by military expert Yuri Knutov.

The US House of Representatives recognized the lag behind Russia in the modernization of nuclear forces

American media, military experts, parliamentarians and officials are discussing the need to update the Pentagon's nuclear missile arsenal. "Newspaper.Ru" tells why this topic has become relevant and how it is connected with Ukraine.

And Russian fighters and air defense systems shot down two Su-25 attack aircraft in the DPR and the Kherson region during the day

On May 21, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a strike on the Ukrainian special forces training camp near Odessa and military fuel reserves at the Odessa port plant, as well as an air battle over the DPR, in which Russian fighters shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft. On the same day, a large batch of military equipment from the United States was destroyed at a railway station in the Zhytomyr region. Experts believe that the liberation of other cities of the DPR and LPR will accelerate the complete surrender of the garrison from the "Azovstal" in Mariupol, which ended a day earlier

Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Karakaev: "Sarmat" can fly through the North and South Poles

The first serial intercontinental ballistic missiles "Sarmat" will be put on combat duty at the end of autumn 2022. According to the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation Sergey Karakayev, the rocket will be able to fly through the North and South Poles, as well as along other trajectories. At the same time, it is unlikely that in the near future it will be possible to create means to intercept these weapons. It is assumed that the Sarmat will remain in service for 50 years.