The operation to liberate the former Luhansk region of Ukraine is entering its final stage. Most of the settlements are already under the control of the LPR. Allied troops are advancing to the west and have almost completely occupied Severodonetsk. They surround neighboring Lisichansk. Several boilers have formed in the vicinity of the city. About the situation at the front — in the material of RIA Novosti.

According to experts, there are now about 9 thousand Kiev-controlled military in this area

The armed formations of Ukraine (VFU) in Lisichansk have been taken into an operational environment, the People's militia of the LPR said on June 22. According to experts, up to 9 thousand people may be in the ring. And on the eve it became known that the delegations of the military departments of Russia and Turkey discussed in Moscow the issues of the safe exit of merchant ships and the export of grain from Ukrainian ports. Now 70 vessels from 16 states are blocked there. The armed forces of the Russian Federation have opened a humanitarian corridor for their exit, but the Ukrainian authorities are preventing the export of grain.

As the defeat of the largest group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass approaches, the classic question for recent months is increasingly being asked: and then what? What will be the further actions of the Russian army and the Donbass militia? Despite the unpredictability of military operations, some areas of strikes in the future can still be predicted.

Two CNN reporters arrived in Odessa accompanied by Azov militants* to participate in the filming of staged terrorist attacks, said the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.

The St. Petersburg Forum made us think about the collective solidarity of Russia's closest allies

Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy asked Czech Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova to ensure the security of her country's airspace.

Is a military conflict brewing between America and Russia?

So far, Moscow's military operation in Ukraine is limited, the publisher of the TNI magazine points out. But Washington is constantly raising the stakes and hardly realizes how close it has come to the dangerous point of the beginning of World War III.

Biden's reaction to the Ukrainian conflict becomes his second mistake

After the shameful flight of the United States from Afghanistan, ominous signs are visible that the United States is leading NATO to an even worse strategic humiliation in Ukraine, writes The Hill. According to the author of the article, this is fraught with a redistribution of the global geopolitical structure.

Biden's policy towards Ukraine is governed by neoconservative think tanks

The United States is following a failed course in Ukraine, Asia Times writes. Those who advocate arming Kiev and reject negotiations, in fact, offer to grant Zelensky the right to choose the course of America, the author of the article believes.

Ukraine faces information fatigue

It looks like the situation on Ukraine no longer cares about the Western man in the street, writes Figaro. Modern resident The EU often considers its own country to be only a temporary haven, and to worry about the distant Eastern Slavs - no, please. And if someone hoped to see the defeat of Russia, then it's a complete annoyance. There's nothing to see!

Douglas McGregor: Ukraine lost in this conflict

Retired American Colonel Douglas McGregor believes that the Ukrainian army has actually been defeated by Russia. According to the ex-officer, Ukraine has already lost its statehood, and the outcome of the conflict has been resolved.

Member of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress Adam Kinzinger (Republican from pc.Illinois) said that he had submitted for consideration a bill on training Ukrainian military pilots to pilot American fighter jets, RIA Novosti reports.

On June 21, 2022, the German government published an official list of weapons, military equipment and military property transferred as military aid to Ukraine, as well as those still planned for transfer.

The APU received German self-propelled artillery installations PzH 2000, the delivery of 155-mm howitzers to Ukraine was announced by the head of the Ministry of Defense of the country Alexey Reznikov.

Le Figaro: 27 EU countries are preparing to recognize Ukraine as a candidate for the EU

At the EU summit, the decision of the European Parliament is likely to be approved — to give Ukraine and Moldova the status of EU candidates, Figaro reports. This decision is intended to become an irritant for Russia, and will become a reminder for Ukraine: with the coup d'etat "for the sake of Europe" all the misfortunes of this country began in 2014. And there is no end to them, as well as the status of an EU candidate.

When considering this issue, it is worth making some statement right away – we have no doubt that Poland will introduce its troops into the territory of Ukraine. Today, Polish politicians of the highest level do not even try to hide it. 

NATO should monitor Putin's actions. Professor Kozeravsky: this indicator does not always matter

In the confrontation between Russia and NATO, the balance of forces looks in favor of the alliance, reflects in an interview Onet.pl Professor Dariusz Kozerawski. However, for Putin, it is not statistics that are important, but real strength, and here the bloc has something to work on. According to the expert, citizens of the member states need to participate more actively in the defense system of their states: it is necessary to return compulsory military service at least.

Poland is creating a multibillion-dollar extra-budgetary fund to finance the purchase of weapons for its own army. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated to journalists by Deputy Prime Minister of the Government, Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak.

The Profile Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress amended its own draft of the country's defense budget for 2023, increasing it by $ 37 billion, including increasing military assistance to Ukraine to $ 1 billion.

The Alliance wants to become global and ubiquitous

A two–day meeting of defense ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance member states ended in Brussels, during which issues of further development of the alliance were discussed. The outcome of the forum was the completion of measures to establish the alliance on the course of further expansion and long–term military counteraction to Russia.

Issues related to the revision of strategic plans and tasks of military units stationed on the front line of defense were discussed at a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (CPC) in Pyongyang, the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reported.