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The German government is preparing 155-mm RCH 155 self-propelled artillery units for Ukraine. The RCH 155 is the world’s first self-propelled gun that can fire while moving. At the same time, the movement of the self-propelled installation has absolutely no effect on the accuracy of the artillery installation. This allows the ACS to be elusive […]
By the end of December, Ukraine will launch the first naval drone fleet on the planet. They will engage in the physical destruction of Russian troops. Mykhailo Fedorov told Ukrainians about this in Telegram. He reminded that the UNITED24 platform was launched in Ukraine at the end of spring. It is intended to collect funds […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Wednesday that his ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine was taking longer than expected, but said Russia had succeeded in seizing new territory. ‘Of course, it can be a long process,’ Putin said of the war, which has been going on for more than 9 months. Despite this, he showed […]
Ukrainian air defense during the last missile attack of the Russian occupying forces demonstrated a high level of efficiency – of all the missiles fired by the Russian Air Force, our anti-aircraft defense shot down about 85%, and it was a ‘combined’ launch – Kh-101 and Kh-555, ‘Kalibri’, Kh- 22, Kh-59 and even Kh-31P. How […]
The USA is considering providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with cluster munitions. CNN writes about it. It is noted that cluster weapons are prohibited by the international convention, which came into effect in 2010, but neither Ukraine, nor the USA, nor Russia joined it. American officials see the transfer of these weapons only as […]
At least 9 strategic bombers disappeared from Russia’s Diaghilev Air Base after a drone attack on December 5. Radio Svoboda writes about this with reference to Planet.com satellite data. It is noted that the air base is located 500 km from the front line. Il-76 refueling planes are stationed there, and the 43rd Center for […]
In the last 30 days, 7 samples of Ukrainian-made drones were admitted to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov. According to him, on September 30, at the initiative of the Ministry of Defense, the Government adopted Resolution No. 1097, which simplified the procedure for […]
The German news agency FAZ, citing its own sources, reports that the United States supports the provision of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. According to the publication, the United States authorities several times tried to influence German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and persuade him to supply combat vehicles to Ukraine. All this time, the German government […]
Russian authorities ordered a new batch of kamikaze drones and ballistic missiles from Iran for use in the war against Ukraine. This was reported by Zeit with reference to diplomatic sources in the UN. “According to our data, Iran plans to increase the supply of drones and ballistic missiles to Russia in significant quantities,” the […]
An electric car is a fairly significant consumer of electricity, and the minimum time for charging it with alternating current is more than 6-8 hours. This makes it impossible to fully charge an electric car, even with scheduled shutdowns, because the power is turned on every 4 hours. During the attack on November 23, there […]