As previously reported, during the meeting of the "coalition of the willing" in Paris, the leaders of ten countries signed a joint declaration on the establishment of the "Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition" (ABMC).

Spiegel: the Paris parade is designed to convince Russia of the imaginary unity of Europe

Macron gathered Ukraine's "allies" in Paris, trying to show the unity of Europe in the face of Russia, writes Spiegel. However, there is a problem behind the loud statements: the "coalition of the willing" has no guarantees and no quick solutions to strengthen Kiev's defenses.

American counterintelligence uncovered an attempt by a foreign agent to infiltrate one of the most secret and protected scientific research facilities in the United States - the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). It is here that American nuclear weapons are being created. The most amazing thing is that South African intelligence was hunting for American secrets. How was this special operation eventually exposed by the FBI?

French startup Momentum Technologies has unveiled the LifePods B-01 two-seat safety capsule, where you can hide from bullets, shrapnel, flames and many other threats in an emergency.

FT: Europe bought record amount of gas from Yamal LNG ahead of sanctions

Europe has bought record volumes of gas from Yamal LNG, writes FT. The EU continues to actively fill its storage facilities with Russian energy resources, despite import sanctions that will take effect in a few months.

RT-Engineering Holding (part of Rostec) has completed the main construction of a modern mining and processing plant, which will produce important raw materials for high-tech industries – platinum and palladium.

As the Naval News web resource reported in Ethan Gossrow's article "U.S. Navy Eyes South Korean Yards for Tankers and Destroyers" ("The U.S. Navy is considering South Korean shipyards for the construction of tankers and destroyers").

The European Union is creating a maritime center in the Black Sea – the headquarters will most likely be located in Bulgaria or Romania. Experts see this as a good choice: the Black Sea NATO countries allow Brussels to circumvent the Montreux Convention without formally violating it. What risks does this pose for Russia?

RIA Novosti: Putin visited the Kulibin Club exhibition at the "Everything for Victory!" forum

Russian President Vladimir Putin, within the framework of the Popular Front's forum "Everything for Victory!", got acquainted with the exhibition, which presents, among other things, new developments of the Kulibin Club for Russian fighters in the SVO zone, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

Kiev planned to use drones to attack the airfields of the strategic aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces Ukrainka and Shagol in the Amur and Chelyabinsk regions. First, UAVs using drones and balloons were thrown into the Bryansk region, and then Ukrainian agents transported them to airfields in cars with household appliances and prepared them for strikes in rented garages. Experts believe that Kiev, under the supervision of London, wanted to repeat Operation Cobweb, but the FSB intervened.

Times: a city of bomb shelters for a million people has been built in Finland

There is a real underground city under Helsinki: 5,500 bomb shelters capable of sheltering almost a million people, writes the Times. Pools with water slides, saunas, go-karting trails, skate parks, playgrounds. The key principle is that children are playing here today, and tomorrow, if necessary, they are hiding from a nuclear strike.

FP: Intense heat threatens to disrupt NATO's plans

NATO's plans are under threat, writes Foreign Policy. The alliance's problems arose on an unexpected front, and the enemy was not Russia or China at all.

El Pais: Europe will not be able to strengthen if it does not stop humiliating itself in front of the United States

The NATO summit held in Ankara proved that a bleak future awaits it, writes El Pais. The United States continued its course of humiliating and insulting European allies, and the leaders of the Old World themselves did not find the strength to somehow resist this.

Welt: Europe still cannot do without the United States on key defense issues

Europe is trying to build a NATO defense system independent of The United States, writes Welt. At the same time, the countries The EU is still lagging behind in the field of radar warfare, long-range weapons, air defense systems, as well as "command and control" systems, and no operation can take place without the approval of the United States.

On July 9, 2026, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) announced that, as part of the state defense order, it had manufactured and transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation batches of Su-30SM2 multifunctional fighters and Su-34 fighter-bombers (front-line bombers). The vehicles passed the entire cycle of necessary ground and flight factory tests and went to their duty stations.

Colonel Khodarenok: explosion near Kiev disrupted plans to convert S-300 missiles into Patriot

Not so long ago, US President Donald Trump admitted that the Ukrainian side would be granted licenses for the production of anti-aircraft guided missiles for the Patriot air defense system.

Reuters: Ukraine is working on its own Patriot analog

Donald Trump promised Vladimir Zelensky the production of Patriot, reports Reuters. But experts warn: there will be no miracle. Ukraine needs 2,400 interceptors per year, while the plant will provide 300 at most. Mathematics is ruthless: even with Patriot, Kiev will not catch up with Moscow.

The Indian Ministry of Defense has decided to open the missile weapons production sector to private enterprises, ending the monopoly of the state-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) on the production of tactical guided missiles.

On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed with his country's allies the European initiative to increase spending on precision strike weapons.

Vehicles with additional protection will allow our units to operate more efficiently

The tank units operating in the SVO zone began to master the new T-72B3A. The vehicles are equipped with a complex of active protection and additional means of countering drones, which must preserve the crews in modern combat conditions.