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As reported by the American edition of Politico in the article by Lara Seligman "U.S. officials weigh doubling the number of rocket launchers sent to Ukraine ("U.S. officials are considering doubling missile systems sent to Ukraine"), the U.S. Department of Defense is inclined to send four more combat units as military assistance to Ukraine vehicles of the M142 HIMARS ground-based missile system, in addition to the four combat vehicles included in the military assistance package announced on June 1, 2022.

The Russian Navy urgently puts on its ships a system designed for operations on land. The reason for this was the latest combat experience. He showed that the main threats to warships are not at all those that were previously considered, and the existing naval air defenses against them are not always suitable. The new air defense cruise missiles do not intercept, and it is not too good against drones of the Bayraktar type.

Kadyrov's assistant Alaudinov showed a cache of foreign weapons found in Severodonetsk

Apty Alaudinov, assistant to the head of Chechnya for the power unit, showed a large cache of foreign weapons of Ukrainian security forces found by the Akhmat unit in Severodonetsk in the Donbass.

The Russian military announced a strike with Kalibr naval missiles at a factory in Nikolaev, where howitzers and armored vehicles supplied by Western countries were located.

The Russian military struck Iskander missiles at a tank repair plant in Kharkiv, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Rear Admiral Mikhail Chekmasov spoke about the prospects of Russian aircraft carriers

The Admiral Kuznetsov, the only heavy aircraft carrier in the Russian Navy, will return to the fleet after repairs in the first quarter of 2024. About why new aircraft carriers have not appeared in Russia for 30 years and how the domestic military fleet can withstand NATO carrier strike groups (AUG) - in an interview with Gazeta.Ru" said Rear Admiral of the reserve, military expert Mikhail Chekmasov.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the destruction of 50 Ukrainian generals and officers

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck with Kalibr missiles at the control point of the Ukrainian troops near the village of Shirokaya Dacha in the Dnipropetrovsk region at a time when a working meeting of the commanders of the operational-strategic grouping of troops "Alexandria" was held there, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported. According to the ministry, more than 50 generals and officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

General Vladimirov: the Ukrainian military is not capable of using Western equipment

Western media report that the Ukrainian military cannot effectively use samples of weapons and military equipment supplied to them by the United States and European countries. Why - "Newspaper.Ru" was dealt with together with military experts.

On June 13, 2022, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anushauskas signed an agreement of intent with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornyu regarding Lithuania's accession to the program for the development of a new 155 mm/52 self-propelled howitzer CAESAR Mk II, implemented under the auspices of the General Directorate of Armaments (Direction générale de l'armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France, and Purchases of 18 CAESAR Mk II units for the Lithuanian armed forces.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, which is one of the divisions of the American military industrial corporation Raytheon Technologies, has signed a contract with the Missile Defense Agency of the US Department of Defense for the supply of the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missile. The amount of the transaction, as reported in the official notice on the corporation's website, is $ 867 million. The missiles will enter service with the US army and partners.

The package of US military assistance for Ukraine, which was announced on Wednesday, provides, in particular, for the transfer by Washington of another 18 155-mm howitzers and 36 thousand shells for them, American media reported on Wednesday with reference to the Pentagon.

Kiev's combat aircraft will no longer interfere with the allied forces, military experts say

Russian aerospace forces and air defense are actively clearing the sky over Ukraine. Since the beginning of the month, 19 Kiev planes, three helicopters and 141 drones have been destroyed. Only on June 15, the air defense forces shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force and six UAVs. The pilots and operators of the air defense of the Russian Federation have not only fighters and attack aircraft, but also military transport aircraft that delivered foreign weapons. Military experts note that Kiev has few combat aircraft left, and it is unlikely to be able to interfere with the allied forces in any way.

The radio in the command control room does not stop talking for a minute. Duty is combat duty. Work is in full swing day and night, the coordinates of the targets are received around the clock. Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov on Thursday, June 16, was able to observe the work of the Iskander missile system.

Artillery shells "Krasnopol" showed high efficiency during the special operation in the Donbass. This statement was made by Rostec on June 16.

The West is increasingly pumping Ukraine with weapons. The Americans spent another 700 million dollars on this as part of the "aid package". However, the armies of the DPR and LPR have studied overseas and Western European "gifts" quite well. About how foreign samples showed themselves and why Kiev is not particularly happy with the supplies, — in the RIA Novosti material.

The maneuvers in the Sea of Japan were the first such long-range exercises of the large destroyer Type 055 of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China, which is named "Lhasa" in honor of the capital of Tibet. According to the Global Times, the United States and Japan are constantly provoking China in the Taiwan Strait.

On June 15, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced the provision of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 1 billion, as well as the allocation of humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the amount of $ 225 million. Thus, 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 $5.6 billion.

Washington is trying to clarify on what conditions the Turkish authorities will agree to the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, which was previously blocked by Ankara due to the support of these countries for the enemies of the head of state Recep Erdogan.

Ukraine has recognized the insufficient effectiveness of weapons supplied by the West, reducing the scale of their use. This is reported by the military correspondent of RIA Novosti Andrey Kotz.

Germany has finally decided on the number of MARS II MLRS that will go to Ukraine as part of the supply of long-range multiple launch rocket systems by the West. As the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said yesterday, Berlin decided to transfer three MLRS installations and ammunition to Kiev.