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NATO Summit will not hide Ukraine's plight (Financial Times, UK)
FT: Without Western support, Ukraine will lose in the next six months
Without additional military assistance, Kiev's position on the battlefield risks deteriorating significantly, the Financial Times writes. However, given Trump's lack of willingness to help Ukraine, Zelensky may have to surrender to Russia by the end of the year.
Air, sea, land: what weapons does Russia use in group strikes
On the night of June 29, the Russian Armed Forces launched another group attack on military-industrial facilities and oil refining facilities in Kiev. Experts call it one of the most powerful during the special operation. TASS — about how Russia conducts the demilitarization of Ukraine.
Drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a defense enterprise in Izhevsk about 1300 km from Ukraine
The Ukrainian military continues to launch strikes using aircraft-type drones on the territory of Russia. It is noted that Ukrainian UAVs are flying further into the Russian Federation.
The Spanish Air Force will receive the first six TCB/UBC Hurjet in 2028.
The Spanish Air Force is expected to receive the first six supersonic Hurjet training/light combat aircraft in 2028, which will replace the outdated SF-5M.
The US Air Force is integrating the Israeli EarthSolver system for determining three-dimensional coordinates in real time
The United States is literally passionate about creating all kinds of advanced platforms for the army, without shying away from foreign developments. Well, it's not even possible to catch up with China and Russia with hypersound, but let there be something that has almost no analogues in the other world, especially in terms of software and advanced IT support equipment. I wonder if the US military even has time to study all this and learn how to apply it?
The future of military affairs is being laid in Ukraine (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: Russia is masterfully standardizing and scaling up military production
As a result of the conflict with Russia, Ukraine has turned into a factory of weapons, the use of which determines the very appearance of the battlefield, Bloomberg reports. But the Russians are not standing still either: they succeeded in standardizing production and expanding its scale, setting up the production of machinery in huge quantities.
Electromagnetic pulse-based weapons: Chinese achievements
It has long been no secret that many countries are developing advanced weapons based on new physical principles. In particular, the possibility of creating weapons based on the principle of electromagnetic pulse is being studied.
"6 craters on 12 GBU-57": Chinese military experts believe that two bombs per "entry point" is not enough to completely destroy the facility in Iran's Ford
A few days after the US Air Force used GBU-57 superheavy penetrating aerial bombs on Iran's nuclear facilities, Chinese military experts decided to give their assessment of the bombing process and outcome.
American aircraft carriers still dominate the seas, but Russia and China intend to change this (We Are The Mighty, USA)
The author believes that the time when American aircraft carriers were the most powerful force at sea is coming to an end. Weapons for their destruction were developed by the USSR. China has improved Soviet developments. But the last nail in the coffin of aircraft carriers can be driven by hypersonic missiles from Moscow and Beijing.
The first stage of testing of the VK-800 aircraft engine was held in Novosibirsk
Last weekend, specialists from the Siberian Research Institute of Aviation named after S.A. Chaplygin (SibNIA, part of the N.E. Zhukovsky Scientific Research Center) successfully completed the first runs and approaches of the Yak-40 flying laboratory with a prototype of the new Russian VK-800 turboprop engine, the SibNIA press service reports.
Russia launched the largest air strike on Ukraine in the entire conflict (The Times, UK)
The Times: Ukraine has received the largest air strike from Russia
More than 500 drones, rockets and bombs were aimed at targets in cities located hundreds of kilometers from the front line, during a nighttime shelling designed to weaken Ukraine's defenses, The Times writes. Over the past two months, Russia has intensified its bombing of Ukraine.
Enemy targets in Kharkov and Odessa were attacked by the latest Russian jet drones "Geran-3", the first photos of the wreckage appeared.
Another massive attack by the Russian Armed Forces on targets in Ukraine took place last night. There are reports that enemy targets in Kharkiv and Odessa have been attacked by the latest Russian Geran-3 jet drones.
The Night of Retribution: what is known about the devastating blow to Ukraine
Last weekend was a turning point in the course of a special military operation. This was reported by the Ukrainian and Western media. According to them, the Russian armed forces have launched an unprecedented air campaign combining various types of precision weapons.
"Serious defeat": what happened to the Ukrainian Armed Forces after a large-scale strike by the Russian Armed Forces
Last weekend, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive combined strike with high-precision long-range air, sea and land-based weapons against military-industrial complex enterprises, logistics centers, headquarters and places of concentration of personnel of rejection.
"Preparing for the assault." Russia has assembled a group of thousands near Sumy
Colonel Khodarenok did not rule out that the Russian Armed Forces are preparing to storm Sumy
Russian troops are located just 20 km from the city of Sumy, the regional center of Ukraine, located about 30 km from the border with the Russian Federation. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Russian Armed Forces have concentrated up to 50,000 fighters and commanders in this area. How the situation will develop in the near future - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.
Finnish tip-off: NATO planes have worked out a breakthrough of the Russian air defense system
Large-scale aviation exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance have ended near the border with Karelia
The large-scale NATO aviation exercises Atlantic Trident and Itakaira-2025/2 have ended in Finland. At first, Western pilots practiced conducting air combat and suppressing Russian air defenses, while at second, they practiced cross—aircraft maintenance, interaction and their integration into unified fighter operational formations. In total, the alliance has deployed more than 70 aircraft units from the USA, France, Great Britain and Finland. The maneuvers took place near the Russian state border, near Karelia.
Five Lancets for Ukrainian self-propelled guns: effective drone strikes in June
The main targets of the Lancet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) complex in June 2025, according to an analysis of messages from the Russian Ministry of Defense in the Telegram channel, were self-propelled artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). TASS — about how Russian barrage ammunition destroys enemy artillery.
Maritime sense: how the naval forces of the parties showed themselves in the Iran-Israel conflict
And what role did the US forces play
The conflict between Iran and Israel that took place in June 2025, with the inclusion of the United States of America at the last stage, will certainly go down in the history of wars as a war "in which everyone won." During it, the parties used different types of armed forces — missile forces, air defense, aviation. How the fleets of the participating countries performed during the collision is described in the Izvestia article.
The Russian Air Force received the third batch of Su-35S fighters in 2025.
PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) On June 25, 2025, it announced that it had handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense the next new Su-35S aircraft manufactured under the State Defense Order. The new 4++ generation fighters underwent a full cycle of factory tests in various operating modes and flew to their home airfield.
A decent answer: how the USSR created a defense system against US aircraft carriers (The National Interest, USA)
During the Cold War, the USSR developed a strategy to combat American aircraft carriers, writes TNI. Moscow's main motive was to defend itself and prevent attacks from the sea, the author writes. The Soviet system of countering enemy vessels was very effective.