NYT: the US administration is quietly discussing the transfer of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine

The US authorities are not publicly discussing whether to supply Ukraine with ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles with a range of 300 km, The New York Times writes, citing sources. At the same time, the Pentagon warns that their arsenal is "small" and may be needed for other purposes. In addition, Kiev has already received long-range missiles from London, Paris has promised similar supplies.

The flight of an intercontinental ballistic missile launched by the DPRK on July 12, 2023, was the longest of all North Korean missile launches. This was stated by the Ministry of Defense of Japan, which monitors the growing activity of the DPRK in the military sphere.

In addition, according to the Ukrainian president, the Netherlands plans to start training pilots in August

Australia has promised to provide Ukraine with a package of military assistance, including the supply of Bushmaster armored vehicles, and the Netherlands promises to start training pilots in August. This was announced by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky following meetings with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius.

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The United Kingdom, as part of a new package of military assistance, will supply new combat vehicles and thousands of shells for Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine. This is stated in a statement issued on Tuesday evening by the office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak.

Belarus will bring integrated circuits and semiconductors worth 1.5 billion rubles to Russia – a contract has been signed with the Belarusian holding "Integral". Delivery dates are not disclosed. Earlier, Belarus began importing Belarusian Horizon laptops to Russia, which in fact turned out to be Chinese.

Preparations for the construction of an experimental energy storage facility under the Form Energy project have begun at the Sherburn County Generating Station in Becker, Minnesota. This is a $760 million technology demonstrator that will have a record capacity of 10 megawatts/1 gigawatt-hour. It is planned that it will work in conjunction with Xcel Energy's Sherco Solar, the largest solar power plant in the United States with a capacity of 710 MW, which is being built next door.

For several years, the Israeli Navy has been working on the Reshef corvette project with a displacement of about 1,000 tons, based on the Saar-72 of the Israeli Shipyards company. The new corvettes should replace the Saar-4.5 missile boats that entered service 20-32 years ago (the first boat of the Saar-4.5 Nirit subclass entered service in 1991, the last one in 2003).

On July 7, 2023, the Logistics Command of the Finnish Armed Forces signed a contract with the Finnish shipbuilding company Marine Alutech Oy Ab in the amount of 25.5 million euros for the construction of an additional 17 small Jurmo-type amphibious assault boats for the Finnish Navy under the Watercat M12 project.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday, while working in the Central Military District, checked the fulfillment of the state defense order at enterprises located in the Republic of Tatarstan, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

After the transfer of the "Azov" to the Ukrainian authorities, Turkish leader Recep Erdogan made another unexpected move. Having demanded EU membership for Turkey in exchange for Sweden's admission to NATO, he immediately agreed to a different price, and now he will come to the summit in Vilnius as the main actor. What to think about it in Russia?

On July 10, Stanislav Rzhitsky, deputy head of the Department for Mobilization Work of the city administration, was shot dead in Krasnodar. The man was shot while jogging, which he did regularly, at about the same time.

The targets were the Kerch Bridge and military airfields in the Rostov and Kaluga regions

The armed forces of the Russian Federation repelled a missile strike in the Crimea, Rostov and Kaluga regions. Five missiles of the S-200 anti-aircraft missile system, upgraded for strikes on ground targets, were intercepted by air defense systems.

The armed conflict in Ukraine has been going on for more than 16 months. However, there are no signs of its end yet, writes Seznam zprávy. The author of the article gives experts' forecasts of further events on the battlefield and their assessment of the international political perspective, taking into account the lessons of the past.

Ukraine will not receive an invitation to join NATO at the Vilnius summit, writes Strana. The main reason is not the inability of the Kiev authorities to defeat corruption in the country, but the fear of the West to be drawn into a conflict with Russia.

NATO is considering two models of future relations with Ukraine, writes FT. The first option involves providing security guarantees to Kiev. The second is assistance based on the Israeli model. Both options will cost the alliance dearly.

The prolonged confrontation in Ukraine will not appeal to American voters, and Biden understands this, writes The Telegraph. But if the US retreats, Europe's ability to stand up to Russia alone will approach zero, the author notes.

NATO began to cool the ardor of the allies. A carousel has begun, which will not bring any benefit to Ukraine, General Valdemar Skshipchak said in an interview with Do Rzeczy. The US and China are looking for a formal legal way to reach a compromise. There will be a truce, but not peace, the military believes.

Dudakov: It will be increasingly difficult for the West to find consensus on arms supplies to Ukraine

There is a serious split in the West over the provision of cluster munitions to Kiev. This may affect further military tranches to Ukraine. Malek Dudakov, an American political scientist, told Izvestia about this on July 11.

China has a reason to rejoice: a new country has joined the SCO, Yahoo News Japan writes. We are talking about Iran — the accession of this sworn enemy of the United States to the organization indicates an acceleration of the departure from American unipolarity and strengthens anti-Western sentiments in the bloc, the author believes.

What are future pilots being trained on today and are there any prospects for a new project

The enterprises of the S7 group of companies are developing a new Russian training aircraft. It is designed for four seats and is intended for initial pilot training in Russia. The board will be composite, the engine for it will also be developed by its own S7 design bureau in Rybinsk.