Rear Admiral Sidyakin told what is the value of Snake Island for the Armed Forces of Russia and Ukraine

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the voluntary withdrawal of the military from the Ukrainian island of Zmeiny. "Newspaper.Ru" together with experts, I figured out what is the value of the Snake from a military point of view and why it was first occupied and then left.

Russian servicemen during a special operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass manage to rescue wounded colleagues under mortar fire, to put superior enemy forces to flight on tanks smashed by enemy strikes, to make their way to the rear of the radicals with inventive maneuvers and liberate the villages captured by them, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday, June 30.

Due to lack of food and water, the Kiev-controlled military are deserting en masse

During the assault on Lysychansk, the armed formations of Ukraine are suffering heavy losses, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on June 29. So, in one of the Ukrainian battalions, out of 350 fighters, only 30 remained alive, according to those who surrendered.

The landing of military field doctors of the Central Military District treats not only the Russian military and the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR), but also provides comprehensive medical care to the civilian population. At the same time, civilian and military specialists are working together, Alexander Morozov, a correspondent of Izvestia, said on Thursday, June 30.

Scenarios of the dismemberment of Russia into several states began to be openly considered by organizations that finance the American budget. Moreover, these are not just fantasies of Russophobic political scientists, figures of influential members of the US Congress are behind what is happening. What is it about and how should Russia react to it?

The head of NATO on the fight against authoritarian countries: "We make sure that nuclear deterrence works"

A sharp increase in the Western rapid reaction forces, the deployment of NATO weapons depots closer to the border with Russia — all these dangerous steps of his organization, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg cites in an interview with Spiegel magazine. At the same time, he does not have a shadow of a doubt that only Moscow and Beijing are to blame for more and more risks.

Western officials and representatives of the intelligence community continue to attempt to analyze the further development of events in Ukraine. In particular, one of the issues under consideration is the possibility of negotiations on the conclusion of a peace treaty between Moscow and Kiev. Increasingly, Western "elites" are signing that the end of hostilities is contrary to the interests of the West.

The UK is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, the British government has allocated additional funds in the amount of 1 billion pounds (1.2 billion US dollars). This is stated in the message of the Prime Minister's office.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the unanimous decision of NATO member states to strengthen economic, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine.

Lithuania is going to start a war with Russia?

Lithuanian provocations against Moscow may end very badly for Europe, writes TAC. They are capable of causing a full-scale war on the continent. NATO and the EU understand this.

Washington and Brussels continue to exert geopolitical pressure on Moscow. NATO countries have made several key decisions in the spirit of the Cold War era. About what begins in Europe — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Let's go back to the beginning. NATO considers Russia the main enemy

In the new strategic concept of NATO, adopted at the Madrid summit, Russia is named the main opponent of the alliance, writes Al Mayadeen. After the end of the cold war, the bloc had no clear purpose justifying its existence. Now the enemy who justifies the need for NATO, attracting new members and pouring money into military spending is Moscow again.

NATO expanded thanks to Putin, Saddam and Khamenei

With his special operation, Putin achieved unprecedented unity of NATO and its expansion at the expense of Sweden and Finland, writes Al Araby. Previously, this has already happened in the Middle East, the author believes. With such enemies, America does not need friends, he emphasizes.

Wu Huiping: the transformation of German diplomacy is accelerating, and this trend deserves attention

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has accelerated the transformation of German diplomacy, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Berlin's position in foreign policy has changed from moderate to tough, the author of the article notes.

China's Permanent Representative to the UN, Zhang Jun, said at a meeting of the Security Council that the Chinese leadership is extremely concerned about the consequences of the adoption of the new strategic concept of NATO. According to the Chinese representative in the international organization, it is the aggressive policy of NATO in recent years that provokes new problems in the world.

Updating the fleet of combat aircraft was one of the topics of a telephone conversation between US President Joe Biden and recently elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

NASA has allowed to continue work on the SWIM project, in which a swarm of small floating micro-robots can be sent to Europe. It is expected that when they reach the satellite's subsurface ocean with the help of an ice-melting cryobot, they will measure its properties and also look for biomarkers, according to the website of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Tula designers from the Instrument Design Bureau named after Shipunov developed a new modification of the Pantsir-SM anti-aircraft missile system with increased ammunition. The new complex received the prefix "TBM" (transport and combat vehicle).

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on whether NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems will help Ukraine

The beginning of this week was marked by an active discussion of the news that the United States will soon announce the transfer of mobile NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine.

On June 29, 2022, the Norwegian government officially announced that it would transfer three MLRS M270A1 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) to Ukraine. But upon careful reading of the message, everything becomes not so clear, the scheme is somewhat more complicated.