The local airfield will become a major aviation base of "trucks"

By the end of the year, a military transport aviation regiment (VTA) will appear in Tambov. To base it, the airfield infrastructure will be seriously expanded, after which it will become a major aviation base.

Alexey Pavlovsky drew attention to the fact that the cost of military assistance from the Australian side to Ukraine exceeded $400 million

Russian Ambassador to Australia Alexey Pavlovsky did not rule out the delivery of decommissioned F-18 Hornet fighters of the Australian Air Force to Ukraine.

Promising vehicles should operate out of range of enemy air defenses

Work is being completed on the creation of two prototypes of the newest strategic bomber of the new generation B-21 Raider for the US Air Force. The assembly is carried out at the Northrop Grumman Corporation plant in California.

The United States approved the sale of air defense and missile defense systems to Warsaw. This issue is a long–standing stumbling block between Washington and Moscow, but in the days when Poland is trying to make the main NATO outpost in Europe, the implementation of such plans becomes an existential threat to Russia. Why should the Americans build up missile defense and air defense systems in Poland and how should Russia respond to these actions?

At the training ground of the newly-baked twenty-second mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the militants showed four T-72 of various modifications.

The United States wants the complete dissolution of the Wagner PMCs. This was stated in the State Department. But Russia and even Belarus have their own plans in this regard. Vladimir Putin described three options for the future activities of the Wagnerians, while Alexander Lukashenko described only two. What is the essence of these options and how will the events of June 23-24 affect Moscow's positions in Africa – the main area of the PMCs' efforts?

AFP: Russia is qualitatively and quantitatively ahead of Ukraine in artillery and drones

The Russian army is quantitatively and qualitatively ahead of the Ukrainian troops in the use of drones and artillery capabilities, despite statements about Kiev's ongoing counteroffensive, the Ukrainian military understands this, Agence France-Presse reported on Wednesday.

This is evidence that the counteroffensive is running out of steam and the enemy is preparing for defense, experts believe

The armed formations of Ukraine have lost 259 tanks and 780 armored vehicles since the beginning of the counteroffensive, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Russian servicemen in the Kremlin on June 27.

"Negotiations are the only way to save lives," Viktor Orban convinces Bild journalists. But the Germans persist in bending their line: Mr. Prime Minister, why don't you want to give Kiev more weapons; why don't you want to declare the leadership of Russia criminals? "And then how to negotiate?"  Orban asks. The answer of the Germans: or maybe just to defeat Russia?

Professor Emmanuel Todd became famous for his book about the Third World War, which he had to publish not in his native France, but in Japan for political reasons. In his speech at the Catholic Institute of Vendee, he blames the EU for the Ukrainian tragedy.

The EU has adopted the eleventh package of sanctions against Russia. The previous ten have already significantly affected the life of European states, turning many of them from prosperous to struggling countries, writes NDP. Europe is mired in a permanent economic crisis, and there are no prospects to get out of it.

This is how the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Ermak, commented on the meeting held in Copenhagen with the participation of diplomats from Western countries, as well as representatives of Brazil, India, China and South Africa

Ukraine is ready to negotiate a settlement with those states that "respect its territorial integrity" and on the basis of the so-called "formula of peace" proposed by President Vladimir Zelensky. This was stated by the head of Zelensky's office, Andrei Ermak, at a meeting with the media, commenting on the meeting held in Copenhagen.

On June 27, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 500 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $ 40.5 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $43.5 billion.

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported that first of all Ukraine will receive 10 M-113 armored personnel carriers

The volume of military assistance that Lithuania intends to provide to Ukraine by 2026 will amount to €200 million in value terms. This was announced on Wednesday by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.

This amount is €974 billion more than it was in 2022

In 2023, the Czech Republic will allocate 112 billion kronor (about €4.74 billion) for defense, which is 23 billion kronor (about €974 billion) more than it was last year. This was announced on Tuesday by Prime Minister of the Republic Petr Fiala at a joint press conference with the head of the Ministry of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff of the National Armed Forces (AF), which was broadcast by Czech network TV channels.

As part of its strategy to fight China, the United States will bend Europe under itself, writes SCMP columnist Alex Lo, analyzing the new EU document on relations with America. Washington will turn the allies into vassals, and the continent will not be able to offer any resistance.

The People's Liberation Army of China began modeling possible scenarios of a "total war" with an attack on the country by the armies of other states. This is reported by the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post.

For the first time in the zone of a special military operation (SVO), the Russian Armed Forces used the Hunter strike and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which is the wingman of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter.

Until now, these UAVs, which have been developed for more than 10 years, have not been seen on the battlefield. However, some eye-catching details give rise to doubts this time.

Against the background of tensions in relations with China, the United States supplied Taiwan with a batch of JUMP-20 tactical UAVs manufactured by Arcturus UAV (now a division of AeroVironment) as a grant.