What is happening at the front now is a prelude to a counteroffensive, General Valdemar Skshipchak said in an interview with Fronda. The main attack is yet to come. Ukrainians must do something before the NATO summit. They need to convince the West that they are capable of winning.

Judging by the results of the April survey in the EU, Bulgaria is the only country whose majority of the population continues to see Russia as a partner of Europe, writes the "Diary". Bulgarians stand out especially from the rest of the citizens of the Union: many of them believe that they live in a world of non-cooperation.

The Ukrainian crisis is "sucking all the strength" out of the euro, writes Huanqiu Shibao. By freezing the assets of Russian banks because of him, the EU made a mistake and undermined the reputation of its own currency. The euro was further shaken by the economic downturn in the region caused by the break with Moscow and the sanctions imposed on it.

The main news of Finland on the tragic day of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP was the expulsion of nine Russian intelligence officers from the country, Iltalehti writes. Previously, this was not reported to the public: the Finnish government did not want to annoy Russia with public deportations.

The United States wants to destroy Russia and its potential ally, Europe, at any cost, writes user AgoraVox. To do this, they did EU "gift": revived the project of "Greater Albania", which should ignite a war in the Balkans. According to their plan, chaos on the peninsula will not allow Moscow to strengthen its influence in the region.

Zelensky burned Ukraine, turning it into a branch of hell on Earth. He intends to do the same with Russia, the author of the article from Almasry Alyoum believes. The West believes that it can strangle Moscow, but not everything is so simple. The United States and Europe will not be able to tip the scales in their favor.

It will be very difficult for Ukraine to reverse the situation at the front in its favor, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. The arsenals of weapons of the West were empty, besides, they did not have such missiles that could be compared with the Russian ones. Therefore, it's time for Zelensky to start negotiations with Putin, but this requires a serious mediator.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that if Kiev gets nothing at the alliance summit in July, Poland and the Baltic states can deploy their forces in Ukraine

TASS, June 8. Former NATO Secretary General (2009-2014) Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes that some alliance countries may send troops to Ukraine.

Some NATO countries may send troops to Ukraine if the bloc does not provide Kiev with significant security guarantees at the Vilnius summit, former alliance Secretary General Rasmussen said in an interview with The Guardian. According to him, Poland will be the engine of this process.

According to the State Bureau of Investigation of the country, among the detainees is a former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the "Party of Regions" of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych

The State Bureau of Investigation (GBR) of Ukraine reported on the detention of the owners and managers of the concern suspected of supplying industrial products to Russia, which were allegedly used in the production of weapons and military equipment.

The United States should not grant Ukraine membership in NATO, Lieutenant Colonel Davis said on the pages of Newsweek. Otherwise, military actions will lead to a nuclear escalation. Such an outcome would be a disaster for Ukraine, the United States and the whole world.

According to the newspaper, a group of 10 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the administration of the American president calling for the delivery of ATACMS tactical missile systems to Kiev as soon as possible.

On June 5, 2023, the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands announced its decision to purchase 14 multi-purpose Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal helicopters and NASAMS short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems manufactured by a consortium of the Norwegian Kongsberg Group and the American Raytheon Corporation.

Deputy Head of the Defense Department Vedant Patel added that it is impossible to violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another country under any circumstances

The United States would not violate the territorial integrity and infringe on the sovereignty of Mexico if it tried to join an alliance involving the deployment of Russian military bases. This statement was made on Wednesday at a briefing by the deputy head of the press service of the US State Department Vedant Patel.

The command of the Armed Forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of China Taiwan is forced to calculate and prioritize countering simultaneously two multidirectional strategies of possible military confrontation with the PLA, the online edition of USNI News notes.

Russian and Chinese strategic missile carriers were escorted by foreign fighters in some patrol areas, the ministry noted

The Aerospace Forces of Russia and the Air Forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA Air Force) of China conducted another joint air patrol over the waters of the Japanese and East China Seas, the western part of the Pacific Ocean. This was reported on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Turkish company ASELSAN has revealed the characteristics of a new product YILDIRIM-100 of the DIRCM type – a "directional infrared (IR) counteraction system" designed to protect air platforms from IR-guided missiles.

On June 7, 2023, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak took part in the official roll-out ceremony of the first FA-50GF Fighting Eagle light combat aircraft built for Poland at the South Korean aircraft corporation Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) in Sacheon.

Ukraine and the Netherlands are putting pressure on Madrid to supply Kiev with Patriot air defense systems, writes El País. However, Spain has only two such batteries. One of them is necessary to ensure the country's own defense, and the second is now in Turkey. And Erdogan does not want to give it away.

At the SeaFuture 2023 arms exhibition, a new generation NG V-SHORAD anti-aircraft missile developed by the Italian company MBDA was presented to the general public for the first time.