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Military expert Belousov named three problems with the supply of German IRIS-T air defense systems to Kiev

Germany is ready to supply Ukraine with modern IRIS-T air defense systems, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. However, the Bundeswehr has no extra systems, and the production of new ones will take several months. "Newspaper.Ru" was looking into what IRIS-T is capable of and why there may be difficulties with its supplies to the APU.

On June 1, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. According to the US Department of Defense, the volume of the new package is $ 700 million. The total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 now reaches $4.6 billion. side.

Following the decision announced by the United States on June 1, 2022 to transfer the M142 HIMARS ground-based missile systems with high-precision GMLRS missiles to Ukraine as military assistance, it became known about the intentions of Germany and Great Britain to transfer to Ukraine from the presence of their armed forces upgraded missile systems (multiple launch rocket systems) of American production M270 MLRS, also capable of using GMLRS missiles.

The West is preparing for war before starvation rations

It is quite difficult to unambiguously assess the effectiveness of the actions of the Ukrainian ground air defense during the current conflict. At the time of the collapse of the USSR, it could be considered almost the best in the world in terms of the quantity and quality of air defense systems and air defense systems per unit area of the country. During the post-Soviet period, the Ukrainian air defense was not updated and gradually degraded.

The loss of the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet raises questions

After the sinking by the Ukrainians of their flagship of the Navy "Hetman Sagaidachny" in the port of Nikolaev, hardly anyone expected that the Russian Guards missile cruiser "Moscow" would also be in danger. How this happened is still a mystery and causes a lot of misconceptions. Of course, the commission appointed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to investigate the causes of the death of the Black Sea Fleet's largest warship by displacement will sort everything out. But the continuing aura of mystery around this emergency gives rise to unnecessary unhealthy questions, guesses and assumptions.

The Pentagon's extensive list of failed projects has been supplemented by another program just canceled by the US Congress to create a strategic long-range cannon (SLRC) with a fantastic firing range of 1,850 km for artillery. According to the Defense News publication, American lawmakers have deleted the program from the military budget for the current year.

As the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported in the article by Klaus Geiger, Gregor Schwung "Trotz Versprechungen liefert Deutschland seit neun Wochen kaum Waffen" ("Despite promises, Germany has practically not supplied weapons in nine weeks"), apparently, over the past nine weeks the German government has reduced its military support to Ukraine to minimum.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, June 1, showed footage of the combat work of the calculations of multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) "Hurricane" of the Central Military District (CVO) during a special military operation to protect Donbass.

The cost of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine with HIMARS MLRS will be $700 million

US President Joe Biden wrote in his article in The New York Times that the United States will continue to supply Ukraine with modern weapons, but will not allow it to strike at Russia. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky also promised that Kiev would not attack the territory of the Russian Federation.

A meeting of the Navy's Military Council was held at the Admiralty under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

The new package of American military assistance to Ukraine provides for the supply of MLRS HIMARS, it will be officially announced on June 1.

The Ukrainian army will soon receive Slovak self-propelled guns Zuzana, this was stated by the President of Slovakia Zuzana Chaputova, who visited Kiev and addressed the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada.

Russia confirmed the readiness of the carrier to use a promising rocket. The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" has successfully completed a test cycle of the hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon". This was announced by the commander of the fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, RIA Novosti writes.

Germany will be the first Western country to supply Ukraine with medium-range anti-aircraft systems capable of intercepting targets at an altitude of up to 20 km. The corresponding statement was made by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Dozens of Israeli fighter jets took part in maneuvers over the Mediterranean Sea last night, involving flights over long distances, refueling in the air and hitting long-range targets. So the Israeli Air Force conducted exercises to simulate strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

On June 1, the Slovak government approved military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 21.6 million euros. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the online publication Teraz with reference to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Major General of the RVSN Popov told what is the danger of the American MLRS HIMARS

With a high degree of probability, the new package of American military assistance to Ukraine, which is estimated at $ 700 million, may include multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) M142 HIMARS extended range. This will be Kiev's longest-range weapon. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the work of these American systems and how they can be countered.

The possibility of supplying long-range missile weapons to the Armed Forces from the United States is a negative scenario for Russia, said Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine.

Omsktransmash, one of the oldest machine–building enterprises in Russia, founded in 1897, is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Omsk Plant has witnessed many historical events: the First World War, the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War and the evacuation of enterprises, the post-war boom and crisis of the 1990s. Despite everything, Omsktransmash has always been revived, each time providing support to the country. About the history of the unique enterprise – in our material.

"Apparently, Poland is moving to actions to seize western Ukrainian territories," said Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council. But the appearance of Polish troops in Ukraine may lead to their clash with the Russian Armed Forces. How strong is the Polish army and what is worth knowing in order to defeat it?