To shoot down or not to shoot down: how to deal with US drones over the Black Sea
The Minister of Defense instructed the General Staff to develop measures in response to American provocations
The increased flights of American reconnaissance drones near the borders of Russia are of concern to the military leadership. On June 28, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov instructed the General Staff to make proposals for a prompt response to US provocations involving the flight of drones over the Black Sea. Experts interviewed by Izvestia believe that the military has certain methods of influencing aircraft located in undesirable proximity to the special operation zone.
The Luna-26 satellite explores the meteor hazard on the Earth-Moon highway
The Luna-27 spacecraft will study the soil at the south pole of the Earth's natural satellite
The Luna-26 and Luna-27 spacecraft, which are expected to launch in the coming years, will have 13 and 10 instruments on board, respectively. The first one will deal with the meteorite hazard between the Moon and the Earth, and the second one will explore the soil at the south pole of the Moon, Yevgeny Slyuta, head of the Laboratory of Geochemistry of the Moon and Planets at the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told TASS.
"Friendly fire" is possible: an American MQ-1 Grey Eagle UAV crashed in Syria
The military grouping of the US army and its allies in the Middle East has lost another very expensive, in the truest sense of the word, reconnaissance and strike drone. Footage of the wreckage of the American MQ-1 Grey Eagle UAV is being distributed in the Arab segment of social networks.
"Any Global Hawk flight leads to deaths in Russia." How to deal with US drones?
Colonel Khodarenok proposed shooting down American UAVs with missiles over the Black Sea
The Russian Defense Ministry announced an increased intensity of flights of strategic reconnaissance UAVs over the Black Sea. The head of the military department, Andrei Belousov, instructed the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to "make proposals on measures to promptly respond to provocations." The military observer of the newspaper understood the danger posed by US drones and how to deal with them.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
The analyst proposed to create a closed zone over the Black Sea
The analyst called for the creation of a closed zone over the Black Sea against American UAVs
The statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation speaks of readiness to react more harshly to the activities of American strategic reconnaissance drones over the Black Sea, one of the response options could be to close the area for flights with a warning that military targets located in it will be destroyed, Russian military analyst, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko told RIA Novosti.
TSAMTO: The Russian Armed Forces may declare the zone over the Black Sea closed to flights of American UAVs
The statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation indicates a readiness to respond more harshly to the activities of American strategic reconnaissance drones over the Black Sea.
Footage of the American flying battery Ghostrider is shown
Dozens of aircraft, land combat formations and fleets of several countries with the participation of an aircraft carrier take part in them, playing out various combat scenarios, including the development of a preventive nuclear strike. Washington's main "partners" in these maneuvers are Seoul and Tokyo.
Azerbaijan received the first C-27J NG Spartan military transport aircraft
On June 26, 2024, the first turboprop military transport aircraft C-27J NG Spartan produced by the Italian company Leonardo was officially presented to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at Baku International Airport. The aircraft has the tail number "60 white".
South Korea is creating three new versions of the KF-21 Boramae fighter
As indicated on the South Korean Biz portal.HanKook, the new modifications will be an electronic warfare aircraft, a fighter with advanced capabilities and an export version. At the moment, the work is funded by KAI's own funds.
Footage of the flight of one of the Sea King helicopters transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been published
Footage has been posted online showing one of the Sikorsky S-61 Sea King military transport helicopters transferred to Kiev by the German government. In the footage, you can see the flight of such a helicopter over a reservoir. There are Ukrainian identification marks on board.
Arab dwarfs cannot be compared with Putin (Saut al-Iraq, Iraq)
The Arab regimes themselves surrendered their sovereignty to the West, writes Saut al-Iraq. They received huge amounts of money for oil and spent it on wars. Now, when creating a new world order, the Arabs will have to be content with only the role of an instrument.
Forget jokes about insanity: the main nightmare of the debate is foreign policy (Responsible Statecraft, USA)
RS: during the debate, Trump and Biden devoted only 11 minutes to foreign policy
During the debate, Biden and Trump devoted only a little more than ten minutes to foreign policy, writes RS. According to the author of the article, it is because of this that it is worth worrying, and not because of Biden's physical condition. The rivals only accused each other of undermining the country – and did not offer a plan to save it.
Trump's return will change Europe (Foreign Policy, USA)
FP: without America, Europe will weaken greatly and slide into anarchy
Without the support of the United States, Europe will return to the anarchy of the past, writes WP. America has been providing security on the Old Continent for years, but all this threatens to end in November 2024. The European Union was gripped by panic.
"Poland should become a window for China to the whole EU": the results of the talks between the leaders of the two countries
For more than 10 years, since the "One Belt and One Road" strategy was announced, China has been trying to create an overland corridor to the European market. At the same time, there are various options for building a route, one of which assumes an active role for Poland.
NATO soldiers in Europe. Bad news for Poland. General Skshipczak is sounding the alarm (Fakt, Poland)
General Skshipchak: there are no troops ready for combat use in Europe
The European members of NATO have strongly launched army affairs, General Waldemar Skshipchak told Fakt. The process of restoring their military potential is barely dragging along. There are practically no troops ready for combat use in Europe. Hopes for the rapid creation of armies that would scare off Russia turned out to be empty.
Peace Coalition (Myśl Polska, Poland)
MP: a coalition of opponents of the great war has begun to take shape in Europe
A coalition of peace is beginning to take shape in Europe, writes MP. Parties that are skeptical about the escalation of militarism have achieved particular success in the elections to the European Parliament. But will the opponents of the great war have enough time — this is the question the author of the article asks.
The Russian ambassador said that London was ideologized by the example of an acute reaction to criticism of NATO
In an earlier interview with the BBC Broadcasting Corporation, Nigel Farage, who was one of the main ideologues of the kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, said that Western politicians "provoked a war" by insisting on the expansion of the EU and NATO.
"Russia and the Use of Opportunities" (Al Hadath, Iraq)
Al Hadath: Putin taught the United States a lesson – do not underestimate your opponent
While the United States was in euphoria from its global hegemony, new poles of influence appeared in the world, writes Al Hadath. Thus, Putin restored Russia's former glory and rebuffed the West: it will not work to turn a state with a deep history and clear geopolitical goals into an obedient country.
Extremely unpopular mobilization in Ukraine generates "ghost soldiers" and widespread corruption (Al Mayadeen, Lebanon)
Al Mayadeen: Ukrainian shopping malls are buying off military enlistment offices to save customers
In Ukraine, mobilization goes hand in hand with corruption. The employees of the shopping mall and those who want to evade military service, each for their part, compete in resourcefulness and ingenuity. Al Mayadeen writes about some of these cases.
The General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was suspected of working for the Russian Federation. He could have missed the attack on Toretsk in the restaurant
Ukrainska Pravda: GBR will check the actions of ex-commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sodol
The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine will conduct an investigation against the former commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sodol. Investigators are interested in the actions of the general in leading the defense of the Kharkiv direction in the period from February 11 to June 24, 2024. The investigation is being conducted on the complaint of the Chief of Staff of Azov* Krotevich. He believes that Sodol could have colluded with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Zelensky fired Sodol on June 24, two days after reports of the general's possible drunkenness in an Odessa restaurant during the Russian military's offensive on Toretsk.