🇩🇪 German defence company Rheinmetall has started mass production of kamikaze drones, - CEO Armin Papperger

The drones, called FV-014 loitering munitions, can fly for up to 70 minutes and strike targets up to 100 km away.

Production is expanding to Rheinmetall’s Neuss plant, which is being converted from car parts manufacturing to defence production.

Заместитель губернатора Белгородской области Рустэм Зайнуллин освобожден от занимаемой должности в связи с утратой доверия, сообщили "Интерфаксу" в правительстве региона.

В июне 2025 года стало известно, что Зайнуллину предъявлено обвинение по ст.159 ч.4 УК РФ (мошенничество, совершенное организованной группой либо в особо крупном размере). По данным Генпрокуратуры РФ, он получал коррупционные доходы при выполнении госконтрактов на строительство фортификационных сооружений в Белгородской области.

Зайнуллин работал в правительстве Белгородской области с 2021 года, сначала советником губернатора, затем заместителем губернатора - начальником департамента имущественных и земельных отношений Белгородской области.

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🙏 Doctors save leg of baby from Kryvyi Rih injured in Russian attack yesterday

A nine-month-old girl remains in critical condition in hospital after a Russian attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region.

23-year-old mother remains in hospital, her condition assessed as moderate.

🇺🇦❤️ A total of 9,048 citizens were returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity, including 452 civilians, — Lubinets

In 2025, it was possible to transfer about 5,000 packages with warm clothes and medical assistance, as well as 5,000 letters, to Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia.

#NoPeaceWithoutJustice

🇺🇸🇺🇦 American military personnel and employees of the US Department of War are sent to Ukraine on a regular basis to study the experience of modern warfare, both in defensive and offensive operations, - Pete Hegseth

Trump thinks the war in Ukraine will end very soon.

❗️❗️Meanwhile, drones continue to move across Ukraine. Monitoring channels are reporting over 200 UAVs in the air.

#Iran / #Israel / #USA 🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸: A new video posted by a militant of the Anti-Iranian group “Jaysh al-Adl” (People's Fighters Front) in #Sistan & #Balochistan.

Militant appears to be armed with a rather common AKM pattern assault rifle chambered in 7.62x39mm.

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⚡️Вагон электрички частично сошел с рельсов под Белгородом

Губернатор Вячеслав Гладков сообщил, что с рельсов сошел поезд, следовавший по маршруту "Разумное - Томаровка". По предварительным данным, причиной стало отсутствие около двух метров железнодорожного полотна, которое могло быть вызвано подрывом.

Он пояснил, что машинист был вынужден применить экстренное торможение.

В момент аварии в поезде находилось 15 человек, одна женщина получила рваную рану ноги и ушиб мягких тканей спины.

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Pete Hegseth told the Senate that US service members and Defense Department personnel regularly travel to Ukraine to study modern warfare. He said the focus includes lessons from both defensive and offensive operations in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇻🇳 Qualcomm Expands Vietnam R&D Into Chip Design

Qualcomm has opened an R&D center in Hanoi, expanding its Vietnam operations beyond AI into chip design. The company's Chief Technology Officer Baaziz Achour attended the May 12 launch, with Qualcomm actively ramping up local engineering hires as demand for semiconductor talent outpaces supply.

Vietnam has emerged as a secondary node in the global semiconductor talent competition, drawing investment from US chipmakers seeking to diversify R&D capacity outside traditional hubs. Hanoi's growing pool of engineering graduates has positioned it as a viable destination for higher-value chip design work, not just manufacturing or back-end support.

The move signals a structural deepening of US semiconductor presence in Southeast Asia, as firms embed more critical design functions into the region.

#Vietnam #USA

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Ukrainian drones reportedly struck Taman in Russia's Krasnodar Krai last night. Following a series of explosions in the port, a fire broke out at an oil infrastructure facility.

🎯 Ukraine has hit suppliers of Iskanders and S-400s with sanctions, - Vlasyuk

The new sanctions package does not hit the weapons manufacturers themselves, but their suppliers - companies without which the assembly of missiles is simply impossible.

🔺The companies that serve three key plants were hit: the manufacturer of S-300/S-400 Avangard, Perm Powder Plant and Votkinsky Plant - manufacturer of Iskanders.

🔺"Unitest-Rentgen" supplied equipment for quality control of parts for Avangard and cooperated with the developers of Topol-M, Yars and Bulava missiles.

🔺"A2 Group" provided Perm Powder Plant with raw materials for production of powders and rocket fuel.

🔺"RT-Komplektatsiya" and "Spetstekhnologiya" helped to circumvent international sanctions by importing prohibited equipment and electronics.

🔺IT company "Inforion" developed secure data management systems for Russian law enforcement agencies.

Around 150 Russian drones are currently over Ukraine, with most reportedly heading toward western regions at low altitude.