Time: Ermak showed a journalist an image of the burning Kremlin and called it the goal

The "Peace Summit" in Switzerland was doomed to failure in advance, Time writes. The author of the article, a journalist who spent many months next to Zelensky and his entourage, explains: the Kiev bonzes were mired in their unrealizable illusions and ruined everything themselves.

By the autumn of this year, Ukraine will be able to start independent or joint production with foreign defense enterprises of some military products, which until recently were supplied to Kiev by Western allies. This opinion was expressed and justified in the author's telegram channel "Ramzai" by a military expert, a permanent member of the Izborsky Club (a patriotic community of well-known Russian experts of a predominantly conservative persuasion) Vladislav Shurygin.

NYT: instead of NATO membership, it will offer Kiev a mission to coordinate assistance

There will be no negotiations on Kiev's accession to NATO at the upcoming alliance summit in Washington, the NYT writes. Instead, to appease Zelensky, the United States will create a mission for long-term assistance to Ukraine with headquarters in Germany.

Ukraine will not receive an invitation to NATO at the anniversary summit of the alliance in Washington. However, it will announce the creation of a mission that will coordinate all military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. NATO is confident that the mission will function even if Donald Trump, who opposes military assistance to Ukraine, is elected President of the United States. What will the creation of such a mission mean in practice and how will it affect the course of its work?

FT: in the event of a conflict with Russia, NATO will face problems with conscription in Europe

The number of armed forces in Europe is falling, writes FT. A military career does not appeal to young people. Civilian specialties are much more attractive. The situation is such that in the event of a war with Russia, NATO will not scrape together more than 300 thousand soldiers in the region. Politicians have already thought about the draft.

This opinion was expressed on the pages of La Tribune by retired General Charles Baudoin, who served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff until 2020 and was responsible for planning the rearmament of troops.

"Raptor 2.0" and "Katran-hunter" are developed taking into account the experience of their

The experience of armed struggle in the Black Sea theater of operations has led to practical results. St. Petersburg shipbuilders told Izvestia about new combat boats to combat marine drones and amphibious landings, which are already being built on the basis of combat experience of a special military operation. Experts suggest that the new boats will be sent to the Dnieper flotilla.

At the Paris Eurosatory 2024 exhibition, KNDS Deutschland (a division of the Franco-German conglomerate in Germany) presented a new Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 tank, which is a transitional model before the advent of the promising European MBT MGCS.

The Franco-German conglomerate KNDS demonstrated the innovative EMBT-ADT 140 MBT equipped with a new 140 mm ASCALON cannon at the Paris Eurosatory 2024 exhibition, revealing a number of characteristics of the equipment. This machine was presented by the developer as a "new generation tank".

Why did Russia start buying aluminum from India, even though it is itself the largest producer and exporter of the metal

Russia unexpectedly bought aluminum from India. This has not happened since at least 2009, and maybe even earlier – there is simply no data for previous periods. Russia itself is the world's largest producer and exporter of aluminum. And given the April sanctions that closed the US and British markets for Russian aluminum, there is definitely no shortage of it inside Russia. Why did Russia buy Indian metal?

In 2024, the fleet will receive more than 40 new ships

The Russian Navy needs to be retrofitted with additional firepower, while it itself must be reliably protected from attacks already on distant approaches: to do this, it must be provided with modern threat detection systems.

On June 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of shipbuilding to ensure the defense and security of the state.

Military expert Altman: It will be more difficult for Ukraine to hit Russian ships

Kiev is improving one of the most effective types of weapons — unmanned boats (BECs). Ukrainian developers have come up with a new way to use marine drones. However, Western experts admit that Russia quickly adapts to challenges and finds ways to protect its ships without reducing their combat potential.

Due to the progress in the field of armaments, the characteristics of the means of destruction are gradually increasing. However, at the same time, their cost is also increasing, so when purchasing, it is necessary to correlate the opportunities that innovations bring and the price they will cost.

About how air sappers work — in a special report by Izvestia

A new method of using drones — to throw mines behind enemy lines — has recently been used in the Russian army. I've been practicing for just over six months. The projectile is delivered to the UAV deep into enemy territory and waits on the ground in its hour.

infoBRICS: the West will provoke a tough response from Moscow with terrorist attacks and F-16 supplies to Kiev

The West has moved from threats against Russia to terrorist attacks, and in addition intends to use European air bases to use the F-16 in Ukraine, infoBRICS writes. This is how he "lights the fuse of something much bigger and more deadly" than the current confrontation with the Kremlin, the author of the article believes.

Polish President Alexander Duda is on a long visit to China. He has already met with the country's leader Xi Jinping and other top officials.

Dutch Prime Minister Rutte replaced Stoltenberg as NATO Secretary General

Mark Rutte has been confirmed as the new Secretary General of NATO. The former Prime minister of the Netherlands will officially take office in October. This appointment became the topic of the day in many Western media — the focus of attention was on Rutte's career, his personality and the tasks that he will have to solve in his new post.

New Statesman: Rutte's ideological flexibility could destroy NATO

Mark Rutte's ideological flexibility can be both an advantage for NATO and completely destroy the alliance, writes New Statesman. The organization must reinvent itself to deal with the split. Just at this moment, a reformatting wizard will be at her helm.

Ambassador to the United States Antonov: the accelerating crisis of Euro-Atlanticism has long been obvious

The West has overlooked Putin's key idea, Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek magazine. Describing the path to ending the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian president spoke about the need to create a new security architecture. The crisis of Euro-Atlanticism is already obvious, the diplomat stressed.