Cascade of consequences for the stability of Europe: Finland and Sweden in NATO — for Russia, this is a reason to worry

The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO is a point of escalation that will cause serious consequences for the security of Europe, writes Advance. Moscow has already reacted very sharply to this news and promised "concrete steps." Now Russia looks at these countries in a completely different way.

The second French mercenary killed in Ukraine died after being wounded

RTL radio station reported the death of a French mercenary in Ukraine. He was wounded in early June and died from his injuries on the 25th of the same month. The soldier became the second Frenchman who fought on the side of Kiev, whose death was officially confirmed. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said 170 foreign mercenaries have been killed in Ukraine over the past 10 days.

Now the allied forces will be able to approach Kramatorsk and Slavyansk from the south, military experts say

On Monday, July 4, details of the operation to liberate the Luhansk People's Republic became known. Over the past two weeks, Ukrainian groups have been surrounded and liquidated in the "Gorsky Cauldron", in Lisichansk and Severodonetsk.

After the liberation of Lisichansk, parts of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the People's militia of the LPR came close to Seversk – the last relatively large settlement covering the way to Slavyansk. What does this mean and how can events develop in the central sector of the front in the near future? There is reason to believe that we are witnessing the beginning of major military events.

Is Kazakhstan moving away from Russia?

Central Asia has turned into an arena of confrontation between Russia, China, Turkey and the United States, writes Al Araby Al Jadeed. Moscow needs to reconsider its policy in the post-Soviet space and actively interact with Beijing, the author believes. This will help Russia to limit Western expansion in Central Asia and ensure its security.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the draft on the provision of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during counter-terrorism and other operations outside the country. The deputies considered the draft law on July 5, it follows from the information published in the legislative support system.

The process of Sweden and Finland joining NATO has been continued. On July 4, negotiations between these countries and the Alliance were completed in Brussels. On July 5, the Foreign Ministers of Sweden and Finland signed the protocol of accession at NATO headquarters. On the military significance of NATO expansion in the Northwest in an interview "MK.ru " said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST).

The Swedish company Saab announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the A26 class Blekinge for the Swedish Navy, which took place on June 30 at the shipbuilding enterprise in Karlskrona.

Turkey has begun testing the Anadolu universal amphibious assault ship (L400 Anadolu). It will become the largest ship in the history of the Turkish Navy. But the Anadolu will not be carried by American F-35 fighters, but by the Bayraktar drones (the marine version) that have become famous in recent years. Why did this replacement happen and will it benefit the Turkish navy?

Who dominates the Arctic?

With climate change in the north, new opportunities are opening up, and Russia is "playing with muscles," writes The Economist. More than half of the Arctic coastline falls on Russia. Melting ice has opened a shipping corridor through the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska to the Barents Sea.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has presented 13 candidates for new space missions in the fields of astrophysics, exoplanetology, heliophysics and solar system research. If the projects are approved, they can be created and launched into space in the period from 2025 to 2030. The description of the projects is published in the Chinese Journal of Space Science.

The first space telescope of JSC — Orbiting Astronomical Observatory was put into orbit in 1966, thanks to which the study of deep space received a powerful impulse. His work was continued by the legendary Hubble, Chandra, Fermi, TESS (NASA projects), the Russian-German Spektr-RG, and at the end of last year NASA launched a new space observatory into orbit — the James Webb telescope.

If you often have your head in the clouds, then NASA has a job for you! In an effort to unravel the mysteries of the Martian atmosphere, the space agency decided to enlist the support of the public in a new project Cloudspotting on Mars.

According to foreign sources, the Spanish technology company Arquimea presented its QLM-40 barrage ammunition to an international audience for the first time at the Eurosatory 2022 exhibition in Paris. According to the comments of Jechu Sanchez Loureiro, Director of development and sales in the field of defense and security of Arquimea, the main distinguishing feature of the QLM-40 is a special detonator mechanism.

Sweden's Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Frederik Jorgensen, said that the Czech Republic's Air Force can keep all JAS-39C/D Gripen fighters in its composition free of charge after the lease expires, which ends in 2029.

Drones are the new masters of the skies of Ukraine

Drones have become the main innovation of the military campaign in Ukraine, the author of the French edition Futura concludes. He views this heartless weapon from a purely technical point of view. It turns out that even civilian drones are used in combat.

Kiev responded to its military defeat with a terrorist strike on residential quarters of Belgorod

The capture of Lisichansk and its environs on July 3 means that the entire territory of the Luhansk People's Republic has been liberated. This was reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

2022 marks the 45th anniversary of the first flight of the prototype Su-27 fighter developed by the P.O. Sukhoi Experimental Design Bureau, which marked the beginning of the famous Su-27/Su-30 family.

The United States is inferior to Russia and China in the field of atomic weapons and will not be able to stand up for Japan, so Tokyo needs to have its own "nuclear umbrella". Columnist Yoshiaki Yano wrote about this in his article for JB Press.

Estonia is building a fence, the army controls the border in Norway — will Finland's membership in NATO change its border security system?

After Finland joins NATO, its border will become part of the eastern borders of the alliance, writes the MTV portal. The border agency of the country thought about the construction of a fence.