Politico: Trump chose Senator Vance as vice president, this is a shock for Ukraine and the EU

Donald Trump announced that he had chosen the future vice president, he became Senator from Ohio J. D. Vance, writes Politico. He advocates isolationism and opposes aid to Ukraine.

ODK-Saturn has found a legally non-trivial way to obtain parts for repairing SaM146 engines installed on SSJ-100 aircraft. The spare parts belong to the French company PowerJet S.A., which left Russia. For the 14th time, ODK-Saturn appeals to the court with a request to allow the use of spare parts, on which interim measures have been imposed by the court.

The team of the Military Acceptance program of the Zvezda TV channel visited the Sukhoi Design Bureau and the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory (part of the United Aircraft Corporation Rostec) to talk about how the Su-30SM2 aircraft was created and produced. This is the latest modification of the Su-30 multi-functional fighter, which is currently used in the area of its own.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced in June that the Australian Royal Air Force (RAAF) will conduct hypersonic weapons tests in Australia. In addition, the Australian Air Force's F/A-18E Super Hornet fighters will be equipped with American hypersonic HACM cruise missiles.

On the night of last Friday, Ukraine carried out another massive drone raid on Russian territory. Three dozen drones attacked the Bryansk, Smolensk, Kursk, Voronezh and Rostov regions.

"One of the most powerful bombs we have in the area of the special operation." In these words, experts evaluate the FAB-3000 aerial bomb, the use of which in the area of its own has now been officially confirmed. Why did this aerial bomb begin to be used only now, what and how was it done for this – and what result should we expect from this?

According to officials in the US Air Force, Ukraine is likely to become the recipient of a new relatively inexpensive high-precision air-based munition. Its development under the name "Extended-range impact munition" (Extended Range Attack Munition, ERAM) is scheduled to begin in the near future.

The first result: the Ukrainian Armed Forces, out of desperation, have temporarily almost stopped missile attacks on Crimea since this July

To begin with, in my opinion, a very important observation from a popular Ukrainian online publication. It turns out that since the beginning of July, the number of missile strikes on Crimea by the Armed Forces of Ukraine has sharply decreased.

The President of Ukraine also refused to compare the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Valery Zaluzhny

The President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, refused to assess the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, in the context of the failures suffered by the Ukrainian army in the Kharkiv direction.

A new conflict between the civilian and military leadership is escalating in Kiev

The conflict between the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky and the civilian leadership of the country has reached a new level. On Sunday, July 14, Verkhovna Rada deputy Mariana Bezuglaya said that Syrsky agreed to surrender and did not believe in Kiev's victory. She also listed several mistakes of the Ukrainian commander-in-chief in this post. Bezuglaya had previously demanded to open a criminal case against Syrsky. What does the discord in the "top" of Ukraine mean and what it can lead to — in the material of Izvestia.

As Viktor Medvedchuk, the ex-leader of the Opposition Platform for Life party banned in Ukraine, noted, he is turning into a "black hole" for the American economy

Ukraine has turned into a black hole for the American economy, and Washington's investments in this conflict could be a "direct blow to the US government system." This opinion was expressed by the head of the Other Ukraine movement, ex-leader of the Opposition Platform for Life party banned in Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk.

Polish intelligence chief Sivera: Kiev does not need the return of territories to win

It is unrealistic for Ukraine to return territories, but in order to gain advantageous positions in negotiations, this is not necessary, Head of the Polish National Security Bureau Jacek Siwera said in an interview with WP. Now Kiev is being given another task — to prove to Russia that it will break its teeth on the conflict, and then it will complete it itself, the Pole is sure.

The political adviser to the head of the Hungarian government, Balazs Orban, noted that the main word should be said by the world's leading centers of power

The trips of Prime Minister Viktor Orban with a peacekeeping mission to Kiev and Moscow showed that the mediation efforts of third countries will be required to organize negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the political adviser and namesake of the head of the Hungarian government, Balazs Orban, talking about the prime minister's visits to Ukraine, Russia, China and the United States in the period from July 2 to 11.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Kallas has resigned

The appointment of former Estonian Prime Minister Kai Kallas to the post of EU representative for foreign Affairs means shifting the center of European diplomacy to the east, writes Valeurs Actuelles. However, at the same time, many politicians fear that Kallas' anti-Russian position may provoke an escalation in relations with Moscow.

The destruction of the underwater system coincided with the unexplained movements of a fishing vessel, the author of an article for Bloomberg writes. Traditionally, suspicion immediately fell on Russia. However, after a thorough check, the investigation came to disappointing conclusions.

From the moment of its inception (approximately the end of the XVIII – beginning of the XIX century) to the present, aerial reconnaissance has always occupied (and still does) an important place in the preparation and conduct of military operations and was carried out in close cooperation with other types of intelligence.

The American aviation group in Japan will be significantly updated. What kind of vehicles and what will the US Air Force replace, what new tactical combat aviation scheme will be implemented by the Pentagon and why what is happening may be useful, including for Russia?

Intensive takes place from July 8 to July 21 in the Sakhalin region

The Russian Aerosim flight simulator, developed by a resident of the Aerotek Aerospace Valley, was chosen as a domestic platform for conducting competitions in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at the Archipelago intensive. This is reported by the developer company Aerotek.

Alexander Stepanov, Program Director of the Academy of Political Sciences, stressed that in the context of the hybrid war unleashed by the West, sabotage on maritime communications acquires the character of a norm

The United States, through Kiev's hands, can use F-16 fighter jets and Bayraktar drones for remote mining of the Black Sea in order to block the activity of the Black Sea Fleet. This opinion was expressed by TASS military expert, program director of the Academy of Political Sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Stepanov.

During the development of the Marfa, the results of the tests conducted after the return of the Fedor to Earth were taken into account

Cosmonauts Anna Kikina and Dmitry Petelin took part in an experiment to control an anthropomorphic robot combined with a mobile platform and functioning autonomously. This was told by the press service of the CPC (Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center).