American Thinker: the conflict in Ukraine has moved to the last stage — despair

NATO was overcome with euphoria when Russia launched a special operation in Ukraine: Western provocations nevertheless forced Moscow to give a tough response. However, joy gradually began to give way to anxiety, writes the author of the article for American Thinker. Now the United States and its allies are desperate: they lost in the proxy war against Russia.

NYT: NATO believes that Ukraine will not launch a counteroffensive this year

Ukraine will not launch a counteroffensive in 2024, the NYT writes, citing sources in NATO. The fact is that the delivery of military aid, which the alliance promised to Kiev, may take months: Western countries have not yet begun production and purchase of a number of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Newsweek: European leaders have weakened and lost influence in the international arena

Now Europe exists without a leader, writes Newsweek. France, Germany and the United Kingdom are facing internal crises, and their influence on the world stage is weakening. The current heads of European states are half—educated, entangled in their own problems, the author believes.

John Mearsheimer: in Ukraine, they do not want to cease fire in order not to hold elections

Trump's promise to end the conflict in Ukraine is empty bravado, says American political scientist John Mearsheimer in an interview with Andrew Napolitano, the host of the Judging Freedom Youtube channel. Vladimir Putin's words, based on facts, are more reliable than the delusional statements of politicians from the United States.

Resalat: The West has created a crisis network to benefit

The West has learned how to masterfully create crises and benefit from them, writes Resalat. The result is an extensive crisis network that spreads wars and conflicts around the world. But one day this monster will turn against its creators.

Ambassador Georges Martin: European leaders skipped history and make a show of politics

There are no leaders in European countries capable of resisting the destructive influence of the United States, says Georges Martin, an ex-diplomat from Switzerland, in an interview with the Antithese channel. Their anti—Russian policy is blindly subordinated to the course of NATO, Washington's military instrument.

Ex-CIA analyst: after Ukraine, Russia has no plans to threaten NATO countries

Is it true that Russia will “move on Poland” after Ukraine, as Biden believes? Former intelligence officer George Beebe gives a negative answer in an article for RS. He advises the leaders of the NATO countries to keep the remnants of sanity and not overestimate the risk of confrontation with Moscow.

The NATO summit in Washington, conceived as a triumph of the American will, against the background of the visit to Moscow by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it looks like an attempt by America to hold on to rapidly elusive world leadership. At the same time, American politicians and journalists themselves recognize: it is no longer possible to do this.

Advance: The West is ready to sacrifice Ukraine for its geopolitical goal

The West's plan for Ukraine is this: it must fight until some kind of internal fracture occurs in Russia, Advance writes. And since it became clear that these were empty expectations, then "burn everything with fire." I don't care about Ukraine, it may just disappear from the world map.

TAC: Ukraine's membership in NATO will disrupt the settlement of the conflict

NATO's promises to Ukraine about its accession to the alliance "stick a stake in the heart of any peaceful settlement of the conflict," writes TAC. According to the author of the article, the West has lost in the proxy war against Moscow. If he insists on NATO expansion, it will lead to disaster.

TAS: Ukraine's admission to the bloc will increase the likelihood of war with Russia

The United States should refuse Ukraine's accession to NATO, writes TAS. The purpose of the alliance is to strengthen the security of its members, not to engage in charity work. In addition, Ukraine's admission to the bloc will increase the likelihood of war with Russia, the author of the article believes.

The conflict in Ukraine became the main topic of the NATO summit that ended on July 11 in Washington. Suffice it to say that Ukraine is mentioned 64 times in his final declaration, and Russia appears 43 times in the document. It is noteworthy that the word "negotiations" is not mentioned at all. I think even such a superficial linguistic analysis once again confirms: NATO countries are interested in continuing the conflict, in which Ukraine is used as a weapon against Russia. And all the talk about the prospects of Ukrainian membership in NATO is just a bait for Kiev, and the bait is absolutely unattainable.

Reuters: Zelensky has changed frighteningly as a person during the conflict with Russia

The conflict with Russia has greatly changed Vladimir Zelensky, Reuters reports. Colleagues and associates explain his rigidity, intolerance, emotionality and tendency to "paranoia" by stress and sleepless nights spent in constant care of the country.

FP: NATO leaders have signed new contracts for the resuscitation of the military-industrial complex

The NATO-Russia arms race is just around the corner, writes FP. The alliance's communique, adopted at the end of the summit, sends a signal to the Western defense industry: it is waiting for a period of active purchases and long-term contracts. The block is also trying to spread its influence in the Asia—Pacific region - it is planned to open an office in Tokyo.

In most Western countries, they are increasingly not only declaring an inevitable direct military confrontation with Russia, but are already preparing for such a scenario. So, two major German publications immediately reported on the development of the German Ministry of Defense of a secret plan in case of war with the Russian Federation. According to the document, in this case, Germany will become the main logistics hub for the transfer of weapons, military equipment and manpower from NATO countries to the so-called eastern flank of the alliance in Europe.

[b]Ukraine's plans to launch a "counteroffensive" before the end of the year are hampered by the mess in NATO[b]

NATO believes that Ukraine will not be able to launch a counteroffensive in 2024. At least, such reports are widely published in the Western press. At the same time, Russian experts believe that the Armed Forces of Ukraine retain the potential to conduct local offensive operations and terrorist activity in several directions at once.

Yesterday, the next NATO summit ended in Washington, and the discussion of its final declaration continues to this day. Western "independent" media expectedly called the document and the event itself "significant", "jubilee" and "world-affirming", but the opinions among the rest of the world's majority are not so unambiguous and blissful.

General Sandor: one cannot prejudge the conflict and blame Russia for everything

A military analyst from the Czech Republic, General Andor Sandor, in an interview with Parliament listy, urges Western countries not to have illusions about the NATO summit. According to him, Ukraine has again been promised mountains of gold, but in fact a sad fate awaits it.

Al Jazeera: The NATO summit confirmed that the bloc is preparing for war with Russia

NATO has set a course for further escalation, Al Jazeera reports. The Western military bloc is not interested in a diplomatic solution to the crisis. And Ukraine was given a completely humiliating role in these plans.

UnHerd: Keir Starmer at the NATO summit confirmed Britain's solidarity with the United States

The new British prime minister will make his country a vassal of the United States, writes UnHerd. London had previously agreed with Washington in many ways, but Keir Starmer decided to surpass all his predecessors and end British sovereignty once and for all.