What interesting times we live in…
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Year: 2023
Last night, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a long-range air-based precision-guided strike against enemy air defence assets covering key critical Ukrainian military infrastructure. All the assigned targets have been engage.
In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces have engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) close to Masyutovka and Berestovoye (Kharkov region). One sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been disabled close to Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic).
Up to 70 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one Grad MLRS vehicle, D-30 and Msta-B howitzers have been neutralised in this direction during the day.
Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade was neutralised close to Kislovka (Kharkov region).
In Krasny Liman direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Kuzmino (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Over 60 Ukrainian personnel, two pick-up trucks, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, as well as one Msta-B and two D-20 howitzers have been eliminated.
In the Donetsk direction, the most intensive actions of the Yug Group of Forces were conducted close to Avdeevka.
The Akhmat special forces unit continue their offensive in the Maryinka tactical direction.
Over 50 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, three D-20 howitzers, two Grad MLRS, two M777 artillery systems, and one U.S.-made Paladin artillery system have been eliminated in this direction during the day.
In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on AFU units close Vodyanoye and Pavlovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Malaya Tokmachka and Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy’s losses in this direction during the day amounted to up to 150 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, one D-20 howitzer, and one UAV ground control station.
In Kherson direction, over 30 Ukrainian troops, two pick-up trucks, one Msta-B howitzer, and one U.S.-made M777 artillery system have been eliminated during the day.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 96 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, enemy manpower and hardware in 73 areas.
Russian air defence facilities have shot down one Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Zolotaya Balka (Kherson region).
Air defence forces shot down eight HIMARS MLRS shells and one HARM anti-radiation missile during the day.
In addition, 29 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of Novodruzhesk, Kremennaya, Verkhnekamenka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Novobakhmutovka, Vladimirovka, Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Sinkovka (Kharkov region), Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region), and Gulyai Pole (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 431 airplanes and 235 helicopters, 4,436 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 air defence missile systems, 9,356 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,108 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 4,971 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 10,598 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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The soldiers of the special forces “Akhmat”, who began assault operations on May 30 in the Maryinsky direction, together with units of the Russian Ministry of Defense, liberated 70% of the settlement. Marinka. This is reported by the commander of the special forces “AKHMAT”, dear BROTHER Apty Alaudinov.
First of all, the assault detachments were tasked with pushing the enemy beyond the range of artillery shelling of Donetsk in order to protect the civilian population, with which the Akhmat fighters are already successfully coping. The battles are not easy, the enemy throws serious enough forces to hold the position.
The situation is personally monitored by Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, who, during a telephone conversation with Apty Aronovich, inquired about the details and progress of the offensive. Such attention on the part of the head of state indicates a high attention to the units and great responsibility for the fulfillment of the assigned tasks. I am sure that our fighters will cope with the execution of the order without loss and on time.
AHMAT-POWER!
RUSSIA-POWER!
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China’s 176-qubit Quantum Computing Platform Goes Online
HEFEI, May 31 (Xinhua) — A 176-qubit quantum computing platform called “Zuchongzhi” became available online to users around the world on Wednesday evening, which is expected to boost the development of quantum computing hardware and its ecosystem. This was announced by the Institute of Quantum Information and Quantum Science and Technology Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
According to Zhu Xiaobo, chief project engineer and professor at the China University of Science and Technology, the research team has improved the 66-qubit Zuchongzhi-2 chip by adding control interfaces for 110 linked qubits, which will allow users to work with 176 quantum bits.
Zuchongzhi-2 is a 66-qubit programmable quantum computing system created in 2021 that could scale-sample the output distributions of random quantum circuits about 10 million times faster than the fastest supercomputer at the time.
In doing so, the platform aims to achieve global excellence in key design metrics such as connectivity, fidelity, and interference time.
Peng Chengzhi, project executive vice director and chairman of QuantumCTek Co., Ltd., told reporters that the platform is open to users around the world and the public can try simple quantum computing programming and imaging experiments. Industrial users can learn new applications through remote access to quantum computers.
According to Peng Chengzhi, the platform will allow more and more users to apply and try quantum computing, which in turn will contribute to the development of the entire scientific field.
He also noted that in the future, his team plans to connect several high-performance quantum computers to the platform in order to maintain world-class backups and updates.
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MOSCOW, May 31 (Xinhua) — Economic cooperation between Russia and China will intensify in the near future. Such confidence in an interview with corr. Xinhua expressed the chairman of the Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs / RAUIE / Vitaly Mankevich. He summed up the recent trip of the Russian delegation headed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to China.
“There is every reason to believe that economic interaction and cooperation between our countries will intensify in the near future. This is encouraging, since the level of economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and China is significantly inferior to the level of political interaction,” he said.
According to the head of the RAUIE, during M. Mishustin’s visit to China, which took place on May 23-24, it was nice to see that the authorities of both countries do not forget about such an important task as further work to strengthen the independence of bilateral financial cooperation. “That is, there is reason to hope that soon the business will receive a secure mechanism for mutual payments mainly in national currencies,” he said.
V. Mankevich also drew attention to M. Mishustin’s proposal to Chinese partners to combine resources to create competitive and affordable goods, primarily through industrial and technological cooperation. “New contracts for the supply of energy resources are, of course, good, but it’s high time to reach a new level,” the head of the RAUIE is sure.
In addition, the most promising areas of cooperation were outlined: shipbuilding, the production of civilian drones, the timber industry, personnel training, trade in agricultural products, the activation of air traffic and the use of the potential of the Northern Sea Route. “The project of creating a Russian-Chinese priority development territory stands apart. As planned, the Chinese side was presented with all the advantages of cooperation,” V. Mankevich explained.
The head of the RAUIE stressed that during the visit there was a place for political statements. He recalled the words of M. Mishustin that the Russian Federation and the PRC together oppose the attempts of the collective West to maintain global dominance, to use illegal sanctions to impose their will on independent states.
Speaking about the results of the visit, V. Mankevich pointed to the intention of both countries to intensify the work of the mechanism of regular meetings of the heads of government of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. This mechanism brings together five intergovernmental commissions at the level of vice-premiers and more than 80 sectoral working groups. “For business, this means that the authorities intend to regularly ‘synchronize the clock’ in order to respond to changes in a timely and effective manner,” he added.
According to the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, in contrast to the meetings of the heads of state, which traditionally form strategic signals and directions, the prime ministers are focused on practical work. This was evidenced by the signing of a number of bilateral agreements, including in the sphere of trade in services, sports, patents, and grain exports. “The visit is over, it’s time to start implementing the agreements,” V. Mankevich concluded.
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China welcomes new like-minded partners to join BRICS family: Chinese Foreign Ministry
BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Wednesday that China supports the BRICS expansion process and welcomes the addition of new like-minded partners to the BRICS extended family.
Mao Ning made the announcement at a daily press briefing when she was asked to comment on recent reports that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has expressed his country’s desire to become part of the BRICS as the association shapes the new world order.
As an important platform for cooperation between emerging market and developing countries, BRICS aims to uphold multilateralism, actively promote global governance reform, and expand the representation and voting rights of the above countries, the spokeswoman said.
“BRICS has become a positive, stable and constructive force in international affairs,” she said.
Mao Ning stated that China has always adhered to the position that the BRICS is an open and inclusive mechanism, and supports the process of its expansion. More and more countries are applying to join the BRICS and hope to join cooperation within the association, she said.
“We welcome the addition of new like-minded partners to the big BRICS family,” Mao Ning concluded.
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Just watching this…
If true then Ukraine itself is done…
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Scott Ritter on his trip to Russia: sanctions against Russia failed. I saw It firsthand.
“Upon my arrival to Russia, I expected to see a nation heavily impacted by the consequences of American-led sanctions. Instead, I saw a nation undergoing an economic revival, in large part thanks to the policies Russia was compelled to undertake because of Western sanctions,” former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and Sputnik columnist Scott Ritter says.
Read the full story of Scott Ritter’s trip across Russia on our website
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Yup, Medvedev the bear going War Mode…
I like this guy…
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Russia is now producing these drones by the tens of thousands…
Maybe the sci-fi drone idea of swarms of killer drones has become reality?
War at a new level is upon us and Russia is leading the way…
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