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The armies of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh won victories and suffered defeats

Like all post-Soviet armies (except the Baltic and Tajik), the Armenian Armed Forces emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Army. Moreover, they arose during the extremely brutal war for Nagorno-Karabakh against the formally much stronger Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. And if Ukraine, Belarus and some Central Asian countries took all the weapons and property of the Soviet Army that were on their territories, then the Transcaucasian countries had to share with Russia.

The administration of American President Joe Biden is seriously considering approving the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine, several people familiar with the matter told CNN on June 29.

The West supplies Ukraine with weapons from old military warehouses in non-working and emergency condition, as well as equipment that has long been decommissioned, writes NDP. Poland decided to help a neighbor to get repaired equipment. It will become a service center for the NATO illiquid.

EU finance ministers will have to discuss the allocation of additional contributions, Ursula von der Leyen said

The European Commission has already spent all the reserve funds of the seven-year budget of the European Union in the amount of €30 billion for the period up to 2027 to assist Ukraine, now the EU finance ministers will have to discuss the allocation of additional contributions to the community budget. This was stated by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the final press conference of the EU summit.

Military political scientist Koshkin: sending cluster munitions to Ukraine will draw other countries into the conflict

Doctor of Political Sciences, expert of the Association of Military Political Scientists Andrei Koshkin on Friday, June 30, in an interview with Izvestia, assessed CNN reports that the administration of American President Joe Biden is seriously considering approving the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian army will remain without Brazilian Guarani 6x6 armored personnel carriers, Brazil has refused to supply Kiev with armored vehicles. This is reported by Infodefensa.

On June 28, 2023, in Szczecin (Poland), Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak took part in the ceremony of handing over to the Polish Army the first batch of M1A1 Abrams tanks delivered from the United States, in the amount of 14 vehicles (company kit). Also, the first three American armored M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicles and sets of spare parts and equipment for Abrams tanks were delivered to Shetsin.

Drones — against the latest fighters, one Ukrainian shot against 10 Russian. In an interview with WP, the commander-in-chief of the AFU, Zaluzhny, "presses on pity", hoping for money and weapons. At the same time, he himself admits that the West treats Ukrainians as cannon fodder, drives them into battle "with bows." But it still serves the West.

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Aigul Abdullina's article, "The MS-21 has soared in price. Kommersant found out the cost of the aircraft for Aeroflot's competitors, the cost of the new Russian medium-haul passenger aircraft MS-21 with delivery in 2028-2030 is estimated at 4.3-4.6 billion rubles.

As reported by the Polish resource Defence24.pl , negotiations are underway between Poland and Ukraine on the acquisition by Kiev of a battery or even a division of the NDR coastal mobile missile system from the Polish Navy. As a result, Ukraine may receive a missile system with modern Kongsberg NSM anti-ship missiles capable of hitting both sea and ground targets at a range of more than 200 km.

On June 27, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned possible sale of 16 Boeing P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft to Canada through the US program of intergovernmental Foreign military Sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

Pedro Sanchez also announced the allocation of a new package of assistance to Kiev for €55 million

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez promised to support Ukraine for as long as it takes, regardless of the price that will have to be paid, and announced the allocation of a new package of assistance to Kiev for € 55 million. He made the corresponding statement on Saturday, speaking before the Verkhovna Rada.

Before the start of the special operation, the frigate Hetman Sagaidachny remained the only major pennant in Ukraine. Shortly after its start, the ship sank into the water with one of the sides. According to the Kiev regime, this was done intentionally, although the reasons for this step were not disclosed. Judging by recent satellite images, he is still in the same position.

As reported by the Slovak newspaper "Dennik N", the Slovak design company KONŠTRUKTA-Defense signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Ukrainian PJSC "Kramatorsk Heavy Machine Tool Plant" (KZTS) on the joint development of a 155-mm/52 self-propelled howitzer on a wheeled chassis based on the previously created KONŠTRUKTA-Defense EVA self-propelled howitzer.

On June 28, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned possible sale to Poland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of a new batch of Patriot PAC-3+ anti-aircraft missile systems together with an integrated air defense combat control system and ABOUT Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS).

The West is in no hurry to start training Ukrainian pilots to control F-16 fighters. Perhaps there is a deliberate delay on the part of Western partners.

The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called the country's membership in the alliance a "path to peace"

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba urged the German government not to oppose his country's entry into NATO, as, according to him, former Chancellor Angela Merkel did.

In the social network, materials have been published indicating the appearance of an American M992 ammunition supply vehicle in service with the AFU. It was first seen in the area of Zaporozhye and is allegedly used by the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Military exercises are a standard method that NATO uses to influence international politics. The latest maneuvers of Air Defender 2023, the largest in history, became a provocation against Russia. And Moscow will take retaliatory measures — only Europe will pay for NATO's arbitrariness, writes People's Daily.

And how they can affect the course of a special military operation

At the end of June, the American edition of the Wall Street Journal, citing its sources, reported that the United States is close to making a decision on the supply of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. Literally next, the Pentagon said that the agency had no information about making such a decision.