Belarus will receive nuclear weapons carriers

The delivery of Iskander tactical complexes to Belarus caused a serious stir in Europe. The heads of the G7 condemned Vladimir Putin's decision to supply Minsk with weapons capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Russian illegal intelligence is still conducting unique operations today, extracting the most valuable information to protect Russia's national interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The Council for Grants to provide state support for the creation and development of advanced engineering schools has selected 30 higher educational institutions, the government website reported on Thursday.

The Akhmat armored car, which was developed taking into account the experience of special operations in Ukraine, was created in Russia, the first to show interest in it was the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, RIA Novosti reports, citing an informed source.

On June 28, 2022, the American boat-building company Metal Shark (Louisiana) confirmed that as part of the next package of military assistance to Ukraine announced by the US government on June 23 with a total cost of $ 450 million, six new 40-foot (actual length 13.3 m) small patrol boats of the Defiant type built by Metal Shark will be transferred to Ukraine from the US Navy. In addition, Metal Shark announced that it is building 17 more small patrol boats of three different types with aluminum hulls for the supply of the Ukrainian Navy as part of American military assistance programs launched before the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

Global exports of semiconductors to Russia, which are considered one of the most important technologies, have recently fallen by 90 percent due to sanctions imposed by Western countries.

On June 28, 2022, it was reported that the US Army, during the competitive process, selected a proposal submitted by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS, as part of General Dynamics Corporation) for a tracked combat vehicle ("light tank") with cannon armament under the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program, and issued General Dynamics Land Systems a contract for the amount of 320.325 million dollars for the production of the first small-scale batch (Low-Rate Initial Production - LRIP) of 26 MPF machines by October 24, 2024.

According to an interview published on June 28 by the French newspaper Le Parisien with the Minister of the Armed Forces of France Sebastien Lecorny, France supplies the Armed Forces of Ukraine with VAB armored vehicles with a 4x4 wheel formula from the presence of the French ground forces.

To create hypersonic missiles, the United States needs to solve the problem with the engines, it will take several years. The deadline for the possible appearance of hypersonic weapons at the Pentagon in a conversation with Lenta.ru" was named by Oleg Glazunov, an expert of the Association of Military Political Scientists, associate professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.

On June 29, 2022, the Norwegian government officially announced that it would transfer three MLRS M270A1 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) to Ukraine. But upon careful reading of the message, everything becomes not so clear, the scheme is somewhat more complicated.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on whether NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems will help Ukraine

The beginning of this week was marked by an active discussion of the news that the United States will soon announce the transfer of mobile NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine.

Tula designers from the Instrument Design Bureau named after Shipunov developed a new modification of the Pantsir-SM anti-aircraft missile system with increased ammunition. The new complex received the prefix "TBM" (transport and combat vehicle).

NASA has allowed to continue work on the SWIM project, in which a swarm of small floating micro-robots can be sent to Europe. It is expected that when they reach the satellite's subsurface ocean with the help of an ice-melting cryobot, they will measure its properties and also look for biomarkers, according to the website of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

China's Permanent Representative to the UN, Zhang Jun, said at a meeting of the Security Council that the Chinese leadership is extremely concerned about the consequences of the adoption of the new strategic concept of NATO. According to the Chinese representative in the international organization, it is the aggressive policy of NATO in recent years that provokes new problems in the world.

Wu Huiping: the transformation of German diplomacy is accelerating, and this trend deserves attention

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has accelerated the transformation of German diplomacy, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Berlin's position in foreign policy has changed from moderate to tough, the author of the article notes.

NATO expanded thanks to Putin, Saddam and Khamenei

With his special operation, Putin achieved unprecedented unity of NATO and its expansion at the expense of Sweden and Finland, writes Al Araby. Previously, this has already happened in the Middle East, the author believes. With such enemies, America does not need friends, he emphasizes.

Let's go back to the beginning. NATO considers Russia the main enemy

In the new strategic concept of NATO, adopted at the Madrid summit, Russia is named the main opponent of the alliance, writes Al Mayadeen. After the end of the cold war, the bloc had no clear purpose justifying its existence. Now the enemy who justifies the need for NATO, attracting new members and pouring money into military spending is Moscow again.

Washington and Brussels continue to exert geopolitical pressure on Moscow. NATO countries have made several key decisions in the spirit of the Cold War era. About what begins in Europe — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Lithuania is going to start a war with Russia?

Lithuanian provocations against Moscow may end very badly for Europe, writes TAC. They are capable of causing a full-scale war on the continent. NATO and the EU understand this.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the unanimous decision of NATO member states to strengthen economic, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine.