Huanqiu shibao: Russia will help Erdogan fulfill one of the most important political tasks

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has assumed the post of president for a new term, faces great challenges. Russia can help with one of them, writes Huanqiu Shibao. It can reconcile Turkey with an important neighboring country - Syria. Ankara, in turn, will play a role in solving the Ukrainian crisis.

The enemy's attacks will continue, but the Russian army has enough forces to contain them, experts are sure

On June 6, Ukrainian formations continued to attempt a massive offensive. However, the enemy had no success on any part of the line of contact.

The diplomatic mission believes that "such a confluence of circumstances can hardly be called accidental"

The visit of the British Foreign Minister James Cleverley to Kiev could push the Ukrainian leadership to carry out sabotage at the Kakhovskaya HPP. This is stated in a comment transmitted to TASS by the Russian Embassy in London.

According to the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, the continuation of the crisis around Ukraine is not beneficial to anyone except the United States

Kiev has carried out another planned terrorist attack by blowing up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said at a meeting with State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich.

Deputy Zatulin: Russia needs to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea in order to eliminate the threat

It is important for Russia to move as far as possible during the special operation in order to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea and eliminate the constant threat to Russia and the unrecognized Transnistria, said State Duma deputy, First Deputy head of the Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Konstantin Zatulin.

Ukraine's strategy partly consists in transferring forces and striking at the most important targets, the newspaper writes

Representatives of the US administration believe that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched a counteroffensive on Monday, their main goal is to cut the land corridor that connects Crimea and other territories under Russian control. This was reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday .

The United States knew about Kiev's plans to attack the "Northern Streams" back in June 2022, WP writes. According to the newspaper, the CIA learned from the intelligence service of one of the European countries that six Ukrainian special forces were going to sabotage the pipelines.

The West failed to strangle Russia with sanctions thanks, in particular, to Georgia, Cumhuriyet writes. If earlier Tbilisi was a stronghold of the American administration and the "pride" of Soros, now Georgia is gradually moving away from the United States and the EU, the author of the article believes.

The Belgian ambassador in Moscow, Mark Michelsen, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. This was reported on Tuesday, June 6, in the diplomatic department. The Foreign Ministry noted that the Russian side has repeatedly warned about the danger of pumping up the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with Western weapons and equipment, which then spread uncontrollably across different regions and fall into the hands of terrorists.

The Anglo-Saxon world, in an effort to defend its unipolar world order, established by the end of the last century, does not stop at anything. Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria are traces-evidence left by the collective West as a result of its struggle for undivided domination.

Ukraine's victory will expose its dark side and frighten allies, writes Paul Krugman in the NYT article. He admits that Nazi symbols are "frighteningly widespread" there, as is corruption. But Kiev still has to win, democracy is at stake. However, readers think quite differently.

At the same time, the publicist noted that the truce, which the Secretary of State refuses to talk about, "is desperately needed by the Ukrainian army and civilians who find themselves in an increasingly difficult situation"

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken refuses to support peace initiatives in Ukraine, which in fact condones the spread of hatred towards Russia and Russians. This opinion was expressed by the American publicist, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh in an article published on Wednesday on the Substack platform.

GT: Ukraine disguised the search for allies against Russia under a new peace plan

Large losses have led the APU into a military impasse, even the West will not help to get out of it, GT writes. Realizing the hopelessness of the situation, Ukraine began to develop a new peace plan acceptable to more countries. However, behind this veil lies the search for new allies to isolate Russia.

The upper House of the Swiss Parliament (the Council of Cantons) has approved an amendment to the law that will allow Switzerland to re-export weapons to Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday, June 7, on the website of the Swiss Parliament.

Macron is trying to smooth out the negative impression that has developed in the West after his scandalous statements about the Ukrainian conflict, writes Bloomberg. He has already expressed support for Kiev's desire to join the EU and NATO. However, the repentance of the French president pursues broader goals.

Sweden's accession to NATO has become a headache not only for Russia, but also for Turkey, writes An Nahar. Putin is concerned that the West is surrounding his state from all sides, and Erdogan risks incurring the wrath of the United States with his balanced policy, the author of the article notes.

On the territory of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, servicemen of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia "landed" another drone flying from Ukraine. This was announced in his Telegram channel by the governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit.

The ability to take off and land almost anywhere with a flat platform, high maneuverability, versatility – these features make helicopters an indispensable technique in our country.

At the same time, the Ukrainian leader did not specify the promised amount

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he has an understanding of how many F-16 fighters European countries will deliver to Kiev, but did not specify the promised number.

The F-16 fighters that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) can receive can be equipped with AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM), AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, as well as GBU-53 bombs./B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). The corresponding weapon was listed by the publication The Drive.