Weapons

Reisner, for the daily of the public broadcaster ORF, cited as an example that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky asked for 300 rocket launchers.

"We will continue to develop and strengthen our armed forces, taking into account potential military threats and risks, and based on the lessons of modern armed conflicts, and improve their combat strength," Putin said, addressing military graduates.
Putin then said that a successful test of the heavy Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile had been carried out.

Norway donated howitzers along with equipment, spare parts and ammunition, after procuring new artillery from South Korea.
"The Norwegian government has been waiting for the donation to be announced for security reasons. It is possible that future donations will not be published or commented on," Gram said.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

London will supply Kyiv with long-range missile systems

The U.S. and South Korean militaries launched eight ballistic missiles into the sea Monday in a show of force matching a North Korean missile display a day earlier that extended a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations.

Swiss customs authorities said on May 30 that they had discovered a nearly 700-year-old antique Japanese samurai sword during a routine vehicle search after it was smuggled into the country.

North Korea fired a volley of missiles early Wednesday including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, just hours after US President Joe Biden left Asia after a trip overshadowed by Pyongyang's sabre-rattling.

North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile on May 7, Seoul said, its second missile launch in three days after the United States warned Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test.

The Russian army today simulated a nuclear strike during an exercise in the Kaliningrad exclave.

Kaliningrad is located between Lithuania, Poland and the Baltic Sea.

As part of today's exercise, about 100 Russian troops launched "electronic launches" of Iskander mobile ballistic missiles, the German Defense Ministry said.

Arms manufacturers sometimes secretly build a key switch into weapons so they can be disabled if they fall into the hands of a hostile state