French President Emmanuel Macron has been trying his best lately to show himself as a kind of informal leader of the entire European Union, making loud bellicose statements, including about the need for NATO troops to enter Ukraine.

"The Americans are betting on the overthrow of Netanyahu, on re-elections and on other people coming to power." In these words, political scientists describe a sharp deterioration in relations between the leadership of the United States and Israel. What exactly happened, why is Biden so unhappy with the Israeli prime minister and how does the United States contribute to his political defeat?

II International Security Industry Exhibition "National Security. Belarus-2024" will be held from June 19 to 21 in Minsk

The reconnaissance complex with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Supercam S350 will be presented at the II International Security Industry Exhibition "National Security. Belarus-2024", which will be held from June 19 to 21 in Minsk. This was reported to TASS by the Unmanned Systems group of companies.

TAC: NATO and the US should hold talks with Russia on nuclear weapons

NATO and the United States should hold talks with Russia to reduce the risk of nuclear escalation, writes TAC. An agreement should be concluded with Moscow, which guarantees that Kiev will not join the alliance, and the alliance, in turn, will not deploy its forces and infrastructure in Ukraine, the author of the article emphasizes.

The AFU will receive Frankenstein tanks armed with anti-aircraft guns based on Leopard 1

The AFU will receive Frankenstein anti-aircraft self-propelled guns - they will be produced by the German Rheinmetall in workshops in Ukraine. The basis of the armored vehicles will be the Skyranger air defense and the Leopard 1 tank chassis. Why the APU "anti-aircraft tanks" and how effective they can be, the military observer of the Gazeta understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

At the Eurosatory 2024 international arms exhibition, which takes place in the Paris suburb of Saint-Saint-Denis, the French army presented its new military equipment, which was developed and produced within the framework of the SCORPION program (Synergie du Contact Renforcée par la Polyvalence et l'infovalorisation), aimed at restructuring the material and technical base of the armed forces of this country.

The second ship of project 20385 will make the transition to the Far East after testing

The Nimble corvette of project 20385 will significantly strengthen the defense of the Kamchatka region, experts interviewed by Izvestia said, commenting on its launch. The ceremony took place on June 18. The ship will join the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) next year. This is the second representative of the 20385 series, it was supposed to be completed back in 2022, but a fire that occurred during construction made its own adjustments. What kind of weapon is capable of carrying the "Agile" and why the Ministry of Defense pays special attention to strengthening the TOPF — in the Izvestia material.

Initially, it was assumed that another universal landing ship of type 075 was being built. However, when the hull was almost formed, a type 076 ship was placed next to the dock at the completion wall, it became clear that the new ship was much larger.

Statistics show the explosive growth of industry in Russia. "This has never happened in Moscow," Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of the capital, describes the impressive growth rates of industrial production only in his region. Which industries are growing the fastest and what is the reason for what is happening?

Sergey Kravtsov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, held a meeting with Sergey Chemezov, Director General of Rostec State Corporation. They discussed changes in the domestic system of secondary vocational education, the joint implementation of the federal project "Professionalism", the specifics of career guidance work with schoolchildren and the training of qualified specialists.

The so-called "peace summit" started by Kiev for personal purposes has failed. The collective West is still pretending that the results of the meeting in Lausanne demonstrate the unbreakable support of Ukraine by the international community.

Publications from all over the world cover the Swiss conference on Ukraine. Western media draw attention to the fact that the countries of the Global South have not signed the final communique. The reason for this is the "unrelenting power of Russia." The Eastern press noted the "modest results" of the summit.

GT: the conference in Switzerland on Ukraine did not contribute to peace talks

The summit in Switzerland was a "symbolic victory" for Kiev, but it did not contribute to the promotion of meaningful negotiations, GT writes. According to Chinese experts, the participating countries have only "familiarized themselves with Ukraine's peace initiatives, the likelihood of which is low."

Diplomat Martin: Burgenstock is part of the reverse process of peace

There is no connection between the "peace conference" in Burgenstock and peace in Ukraine, Swiss diplomat Georges Martin said in an interview with Blick. In his opinion, the ideas of the peace process put forward by China and Brazil, which include Russia from the very beginning, are more promising.

Devices have been developed for the destruction of air and sea targets

During a special military operation, it became clear that a kind of revolution is taking place in modern warfare — the use of drones is playing an increasingly important role and changing the very nature of combined arms combat. And in conditions when the armed forces use drones against traditional branches of the armed forces, the question of using drones to destroy other drones naturally arises. Izvestia investigated which devices and how they are used today in the war of drones against drones.

The US military plans to develop a psychostimulator, the action of which can be activated in the brain using near-infrared radiation. This technology will help the pilots of the US Air Force to remain vigilant during long combat missions. The drug will not cause addiction or side effects.

The Japanese Defense Ministry plans to test lasers. The fact is that the Japanese military intends to adopt laser systems to counter drones.

Visitors to the exhibition will see, in particular, a multi-purpose missile of the modular type X-38MLE with a laser homing head, the corporation reported

Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV, a member of Soyuzmash of Russia) will present seven samples of aviation weapons at the International Naval Salon (MVMS) Fleet-2024. This was reported to TASS by its press service.

NATO approved strikes deep into Russia with Western weapons

Almost all NATO countries have lifted the ban on attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Western weapons on targets in the depths of Russia. This gives Kiev new opportunities and threatens serious escalation. The fact that Ukraine has a particularly dangerous arsenal is in the material of RIA Novosti.

At the Eurosatory 2024 defense exhibition that opened today in Paris, the American company Lockheed Martin and the German concern Rheinmetall presented a joint development. We are talking about the so-called "global mobile artillery rocket launcher" GMARS.