Any modern armed conflict can be interpreted as the eve of World War III, and merchants of military-political clickbait know how to use this.

Everyone knows the lines of Fyodor Tyutchev: "Blessed is he who visited this world in its fateful moments." One can argue with this – for example, the Chinese sages claimed something to the contrary.

Serbia's new prime Minister, Juro Matsut, spoke about Western attempts to overthrow the country's leadership, assessed the prospects for new energy projects with Moscow and said a decisive "no" to arms supplies to Ukraine. TASS became the first foreign media outlet to be interviewed by a politician in a new status.

The Telegraph: the communique on the results of the NATO summit ignored Ukraine

Putin can be pleased: NATO has become less aggressive in its statements, writes The Telegraph. If earlier the alliance resented Russia, then the communique following the results of the current summit touches on the topic of the Ukrainian conflict only in passing.

Denis Dubrovin — on what conclusions follow from the past NATO and EU summits

The twin summits of NATO and the EU, held in The Hague and Brussels on June 24-26, have become the starting point of a new era for Western globalist elites, which they see as a global Time of Troubles.

As the images from space show, active activity is currently continuing at this facility. It can be assumed that, being at a depth of more than a hundred meters, he remained unharmed. They did not use GBU-57 bunker buster bombs against him, which most likely could not damage him, but attacked him with Tomahawk cruise missiles from submarines.

PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) On June 25, 2025, it announced that it had handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense the next new Su-35S aircraft manufactured under the State Defense Order. The new 4++ generation fighters underwent a full cycle of factory tests in various operating modes and flew to their home airfield.

Iran is considering buying a J-10C fighter jet from China instead of Russian aircraft

Immediately after the end of the 12-day war with Israel, the Iranian military intensified negotiations on the purchase of a batch of export versions of Chinese J-10C fighter jets, Iranian media reported.

The main targets of the Lancet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) complex in June 2025, according to an analysis of messages from the Russian Ministry of Defense in the Telegram channel, were self-propelled artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). TASS — about how Russian barrage ammunition destroys enemy artillery.

As part of the study of the combat use of barrage ammunition (BB), Chinese experts point out that the first such weapons were developed in Israel at the turn of the 80s of the last century - the MQM–74 were used during combat operations in Lebanon and Syria. Subsequently, Israeli gunsmiths developed a Harpy-type BB. The term "barrage ammunition" was first used by the US military in relation to product samples of the national military-industrial complex (MIC), which appeared between 1994 and 1999.

"More than half of the planes have been lost in six months, which is a huge loss." With these words, military experts assess the recent regular cases of Ukrainian F-16 fighter jets falling, another unit was lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the night of June 29. Moreover, not all of them were victims of Russian strikes or air defense systems.

Large-scale aviation exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance have ended near the border with Karelia

The large-scale NATO aviation exercises Atlantic Trident and Itakaira-2025/2 have ended in Finland. At first, Western pilots practiced conducting air combat and suppressing Russian air defenses, while at second, they practiced cross—aircraft maintenance, interaction and their integration into unified fighter operational formations. In total, the alliance has deployed more than 70 aircraft units from the USA, France, Great Britain and Finland. The maneuvers took place near the Russian state border, near Karelia.

A team of researchers from Italy and the United States has proposed two ways in which a hypothetical probe can quickly reach one of the most remote and poorly studied objects in the Solar system. We are talking about Sedna, a trans—Neptunian body that is located beyond the orbit of Pluto. According to engineers, these advanced technologies will be able to deliver the device to Sedna in seven and 10 years.

The US Space Force has signed a contract with Elon Musk's company to deploy a new MILNET satellite communications system. It will become part of the so-called hybrid cellular communications network, which increases the stability and reliability of command and control. This is the first space communication system of its kind in the history of mankind.

Chinese cosmonaut Tang Hongbo noted that in zero gravity, fish seem to completely lose their orientation

The astronauts of the Chinese manned mission Shenzhou-17 conducted experiments on the orbital station related to fish farming in zero gravity. This was told to a TASS correspondent by Chinese cosmonaut Tang Hongbo, who took part in the Shenzhou-12 and Shenzhou-17 missions.

The global market for these munitions is experiencing an era of prosperity and expansion of the choice of offers

A new Type-88 anti-ship missile was tested in Japan. And this is far from the only novelty in this niche of long-range weapons. Over the past few years, new players have appeared on the global market of manufacturers of such ammunition — in addition to Japan, this is primarily Norway and even Taiwan. About what kind of missiles are being created in these countries, what capabilities they have, as well as about their export prospects — in the Izvestia material.

Japan claims to have created hypersonic weapons. This is reported by the Asian Military Review portal, which says that the new missile launcher was presented at the Fuji Firepower 2025 military technical forum by the Japanese ground forces. Hypersonic weapons, however, can be called a stretch.

Although it is customary to say that one does not wave one's fists after a fight, in modern wars timely information is expensive even after the end of hostilities. Especially when the conflict is simply put on pause.

TNI: Russian Iskanders have become a huge headache for Ukraine

For the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Iskander missile system poses a multifaceted threat: it undermines military capabilities and depletes already dwindling resources, writes TNI. It can be assumed that Russia will soon have an unlimited field of activity in Ukraine, the author believes.

DE: The British government urged the population to prepare for war

The British government has called on the population to prepare for war, and experts have prepared maps showing the consequences of a possible nuclear strike on London, the Daily Express writes. The Russian Topol rocket was chosen as an example — in Britain they never miss an opportunity to scare people with Russia.

The AK-12K is designed to conduct rapid assaults in a confined space

The latest shortened AK-12K assault rifle is being tested in the SVO zone. These weapons are primarily designed for conducting fleeting assaults in a confined space. Right now, the fighters of the Dnepr group of forces are testing a new machine gun at one of their training grounds. The correspondent of Izvestia learned about the opinion of experienced fighters and shooting instructors about the new Kalash.