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The front line faces a new stage of confrontation. Russians are massively using guided bomb units (GBUs)βold Soviet aerial bombs equipped with extendable wings and guidance systems. With such munitions, they destroy any fortifications and assist ground troops advance. Meanwhile, their Western analogue, JDAM, hasnβt been really effective. Still, there are several ways to solve this and counteract Russia's new strategy that already significantly impacts the frontβbut to do so, a move in response is to be made.
Food security will be discussed at the upcoming Global Peace Summit on June 15-16. More than 400 million people depend on Ukraine's grain exports. Despite the war and attacks on its seaports, the country is making every effort to continue exporting grain. Russia is using food shortages to blackmail the world community. Therefore, The Peace Formula must be implemented as soon as possible.
Ukraine nationalizes 2 planes belonging to Russia's largest weapons manufacturer.
These are 2 An148-100E passenger airplanes with a total value of β¬10 million.
These aircraft, which belonged to the sanctioned Russian corporation βRostecβ, were leased to a former Ukrainian air carrier for charter flights within Ukraine.
[More details] π‘ On the first day of the Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region on May 10, the Ukrainian military's Starlink terminals failed due to Russian electronic warfare, reports the Washington Post, citing Ukrainian military sources.
The approximately 40-kilometer border section between Russia and the region was monitored by the 125th Brigade of the People's Liberation Army using reconnaissance drones to track Russian force buildup.
βAt a certain point, we were completely blind... This was the biggest problem, we could not see their movements, and had to rely solely on radios or phones where they still worked,β said the commander of the drone unit in the brigade, known by the call sign "Artist."
In the UK, the Ministry of Defense has developed a radio wave system for jamming and neutralizing drones, called the Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW). This system aims to provide a more effective and cost-efficient way to disable drones.
The key advantage of RFDEW is its low operational cost, estimated at just 10 pence per radio wave impact on a drone. The system can disable the internal electronics of drones from up to 1 km away and can detect, track, and capture sea, air, and ground targets.
The RFDEW system is highly autonomous and can be operated by a single military personnel. It is currently undergoing comprehensive factory and army tests to prove its effectiveness against drones.
Australia imposes new sanctions on Russia for receiving missiles from the North Korea, β Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The US military plans to release the first Air Force pilots retrained to fly F-16 fighter jets in May.
"We expect the first course to graduate this month," said a spokesman for the Arizona National Guard.
βοΈEuropean governments and Brussels are considering the possibility of training Ukrainian soldiers not only on the territory of the EU, but also in Ukraine from the beginning of 2025 at the latest.
Ukraine's armed forces need more long-range weapons to target positions deep behind the front lines as Russia advances on the battlefield, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
The number of people injured by the missile attack in Odesa has increased to 5. Civilian infrastructure has been damaged, and a massive fire broke out at the site of one of the missiles in Odesa.
In Novorossiysk, the Kirillovskaya substation is on fire, more than 20 thousand city residents were left without electricity, β ASTRA.