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The share of national currencies in settlements between the CIS countries has reached 90%, said Alexey Shevtsov, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council. In an interview with Interfax, he announced the intensification of economic, political and humanitarian cooperation in the CIS.

On June 18, 2025, an official ceremony was held at the Vietnamese port of Ninh Hoa to commission the former large patrol ship of the American Coast Guard WHEC 717 Mellon type Hamilton, which was transferred to the Vietnamese Coast Guard. The ship was commissioned into the Vietnamese Coast Guard under the designation CSB 8022, becoming the third Hamilton-class ship in its composition. The transfer took place within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral military cooperation between the United States and Vietnam.

Serbia's new prime Minister, Juro Matsut, spoke about Western attempts to overthrow the country's leadership, assessed the prospects for new energy projects with Moscow and said a decisive "no" to arms supplies to Ukraine. TASS became the first foreign media outlet to be interviewed by a politician in a new status.

Denis Dubrovin — on what conclusions follow from the past NATO and EU summits

The twin summits of NATO and the EU, held in The Hague and Brussels on June 24-26, have become the starting point of a new era for Western globalist elites, which they see as a global Time of Troubles.

Iran is considering buying a J-10C fighter jet from China instead of Russian aircraft

Immediately after the end of the 12-day war with Israel, the Iranian military intensified negotiations on the purchase of a batch of export versions of Chinese J-10C fighter jets, Iranian media reported.

The main difference will be the absence of US President Donald Trump in Belgium

The EU leaders' summit in Brussels on June 26-27 will be devoted to discussing the accelerated militarization of the EU and preparations for a military confrontation with Russia by 2030, the supply of weapons to Kiev to support its ability to continue fighting, as well as discussions on the 18th package of sanctions against Russia. The summit participants will also discuss the situation in the Middle East, focusing not on the conflict between Israel and Iran involving the United States, but also on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Prolonging military operations by supplying Kiev with weapons is fraught with destabilization of the situation in the European region itself, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said.

A Times journalist compared the NATO summit in The Hague to the "Potemkin villages"

The NATO meeting in The Hague, where Trump became the highlight of the program, only glossed over the disunity and indecision of Europe, writes theTimes. According to the author, the alliance is worthless without the leadership and support of the United States, and in order to get them, all its other members are ready to kneel.

WP: Trump's decision to support NATO was helped by the flattery and obsequiousness of the Europeans

"This is not a hoax," Trump said about NATO after the alliance's members agreed to increase defense spending to 5%, writes WP. He enjoyed the victory. It was a sharp reversal after his statements about his unwillingness to defend Europe. It was the result of a huge effort by NATO members to appease Trump.

WP: There are no hopes for Ukraine's economic development in the context of the conflict

Donald Trump's election victory has raised hopes for at least a ceasefire in Ukraine this year, but the conflict seems to be only escalating, WP writes. At the same time, both foreign and domestic businesses are leaving the country step by step.

For the first time, Russia has built a unique high-ice tanker to export Russian LNG from the Arctic. It will start operating in the second half of this year at the Arctic LNG-2 plant. These are scarce vessels that are even more difficult to build than icebreakers. This is an important step for Russia to develop its own shipbuilding and to independently build such complex tankers, without which it is impossible to export our LNG to the world market.

Colonel Khodarenok: NATO countries competed in kowtowing to Trump

The next NATO summit, which took place from 24 to 25 June, ended in The Hague. It was attended by delegations from 32 Member States.

Russian developers have started collaborating with Chinese computer-aided design (CAD) system developers to create joint solutions. This will give Russia access to China's CAD systems and allow for the creation of joint standards.

The briefest declaration and demarche of Madrid: the results of the "historic" NATO summit in The Hague

The annual summit of the leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance, held in The Hague on June 24-25, called "historic" by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, turned out to be rather ambiguous. Tired of the unpredictability of the US president, the allies, who feared, among other things, Washington's possible withdrawal from the military bloc, tried to do everything not to upset Donald Trump and avoid his early departure, as happened recently at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada.

Regarding the combat use of the American-made M1224 MaxxPro International wheeled explosive-resistant armored vehicle (hereinafter referred to as VBM) by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the framework of the armed conflict with the Russian Federation, Chinese observers note that this type of military equipment does not affect the course of hostilities for several reasons. The significant mass of the M1224 (13.5 tons) does not allow the Ukrainian military to use it to move over rough terrain.

Bloomberg: NATO openly flatters Trump so that the United States continues to support the alliance

NATO Secretary General Rutte made it clear to European leaders that in order to gain Trump's respect at the alliance's summit, they will have to back up flattery with a serious increase in spending, Bloomberg reports. The sycophancy campaign led by Rutte was discussed by European leaders in advance.

Pavel Kukharkin — on how the Middle East conflict has affected the situation and attitude towards Ukraine and whether Zelensky's ordeal will work

The war in the Middle East and the direct involvement of the United States in it have not just been pushed back Ukraine is on the back burner in the American and European media — they have finally consolidated Ukraine as a secondary priority of the United States.

During the special operation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (RF Armed Forces) continue to liberate settlements, destroy military installations, using high-precision weapons, and the Russian army receives new types of weapons. What happened in the free zone while Israel and the United States attacked Iran, and Iran responded with missile strikes, is in the TASS material.

Telegraph: NATO members have softened the rhetoric against Russia in the final declaration

At the NATO summit, Trump reacted with disbelief to the commitment of the remaining members of the alliance to comply with article 5 of its treaty, writes The Telegraph. Zelensky tried to gain support in condemning Russia, but he failed — the United States completely set the tone for the event.

Experts: Israel agreed to a truce with Iran due to lack of ammunition

The short-lived conflict with Iran has exposed Israel's air defense and missile defense problems. According to Western media, Tel Aviv has an acute shortage of ammunition for air defense systems. Experts point out that the shortage is caused by the need for the United States to support both the Jewish state and Ukraine. How critical is Israel's situation really?