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Politico: Ermak branded Trump administration officials as Russian agents

Zelensky's assistant Andrei Ermak angers the Trump administration, writes Politico. The official behaves very ungraciously and openly says that the White House is teeming with Russian agents. Washington fears that the negotiation process on Ukraine could be disrupted because of Ermak.

The Brazilian company Embraer announced on June 18, 2025, that the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense announced a decision to purchase three Embraer C-390 Millenium medium military transport aircraft. "Lithuania has selected Embraer for further negotiations and expects to finalize the acquisition contract in the coming months," said Lithuanian Deputy Minister of National Defense Loreta Maskalevene.

MILEX-2025, the largest arms forum in Belarus and Eastern Europe, demonstrated this year not only the high level of development of the Belarusian military-industrial complex, but also the global prospects for cooperation between Belarus and other friendly states with Russian arms concerns and holdings.

The conflict in Ukraine has shown the enormous, often decisive, importance of the use of various types of unmanned aerial vehicles in modern warfare. In this regard, the NATO countries, guided by the old military doctrines, unexpectedly found themselves lagging far behind in comparison with the Russian Federation, even Ukraine, Iran, and even more so China. I have to catch up.

On June 18, 2025, the Swedish Saab AB group signed a declaration of intent with the General Directorate of Armaments (Direction générale de l'armement - DGA) of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces regarding the acquisition by France of two Saab GlobalEye long-range radar detection and control aircraft, with an option for two more aircraft. The DGA said the contract is expected to be awarded in the coming months.

General Director of the UAC — on the pressing issues of the aircraft industry, operational objectives and strategic plans of the corporation

Vadim Badekha, who became the head of Rostec's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in November 2024, spoke in an interview with RBC about the company's historical "bumps", work with the state defense order, cuts and when aviation will become fashionable.

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, where leading countries are represented, could have a positive impact on the global economy. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting organized by TASS with the heads of the world's leading news agencies on the sidelines of the SPIEF.

On June 16, the French company Naval Group and the Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC signed a contract providing for the joint development and production of Orka-class submarines for the Dutch Navy.

Daily Express: NATO to hold exercises on the border with Russia

NATO will hold Atlantic Trident exercises on the border with Russia, the Daily Express writes. Usually, only Britain, the USA and France participate in them, but this time they are held in a new participating country, Finland. The allies are seeking to "increase their deterrence potential," given the tension in relations with Moscow.

The Republic of Korea and Indonesia have finally closed the issue of reducing Jakarta's participation in the joint KF-21 fighter development project to 600 billion. won (443 million dollars), which is about a third of the initial amount.

At the IndoDefence 2025 exhibition in Jakarta (June 11-14), the Turkish company Roketsan signed two agreements concerning the supply of new Atmaca long-range anti-ship missiles (anti-ship missiles) to Indonesia.

The Guardian: Kiev is embittered by Trump's refusal to make Ukraine its priority

Kiev is disappointed by Trump's persistent unwillingness to give Ukraine top priority, The Guardian writes. One of the manifestations of this attitude was his urgent departure from the G7 meeting, where he was supposed to meet with Zelensky.

On June 11, 2025, in Jakarta, within the framework of the Indo Defense Expo and Forum 2025 defense industry exhibition, an intergovernmental agreement was signed on the acquisition by Indonesia of promising Turkish Kaan fighters, the development and production of which is carried out by the Turkish aircraft manufacturing company Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI, TUSAŞ).

Official Islamabad marked the beginning of the calendar summer with a series of breakthrough agreements on cooperation in various fields. They have been reached with a number of friendly countries, including Russia. However, the agreements with China still turned out to be in the focus of everyone's attention. Pakistan's long-time strategic partner in the field of military-technical cooperation has offered the country a huge upgrade of its air force and missile defense, to which neighboring India is unlikely to find anything to respond.

As part of the IndoDefence 2025 exhibition in Jakarta, an agreement was signed to supply the Indonesian Air Force with 48 Kaan fighters developed by Turkish Aerospace (TAI).

MWM: Russian fighter jets transform Iran's air defense operations against Israel

NATO countries are supporting Israel, which attacked Iran from the air, writes MWM. Tehran's delays in purchasing Russian fighter jets have become the main factor in the relative freedom of action of its opponents — but the delivery of the ordered Su-35 can put an end to this, the author of the article is sure.

The maneuvers are taking place outside the USA, France and the UK for the first time

For the first time, the NATO Atlantic Trident 25 military air exercises began in Finland. More than 40 aircraft from Finland, the United States, France and the United Kingdom will participate in them, including the NATO RQ-4D Phoenix reconnaissance drones that arrived in the country for the first time.

Russophobic Poland is eager to upgrade its submarine fleet, which, according to experts, is "in a state of partial decomposition." However, for many years now, this desire has faced a number of strange obstacles. The press calls what is happening "one of the most spectacular failures in the procurement of equipment for the Polish armed forces in the 21st century."

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — on why ships of the near-sea zone perform ocean tasks

Currently, eight out of ten Russian corvettes perform tasks in various parts of the World Ocean. Previously, this mission was assigned to cruisers and large Soviet-built anti-submarine ships. Why have the ships of the near sea zone become the main "workhorses" of the Navy and how are things going with the construction of large ships?

Western countries are increasing their military presence in the Baltic Sea

The head of the German Federal Intelligence Service, Bruno Kahl, said that Moscow considers the war in Ukraine as a springboard and may send "little green men", for example, to Estonia to verify Article 5 of the NATO charter. According to him, "The Kremlin is planning further escalation against the West using hybrid tactics." As practice shows, such rhetoric usually serves as an excuse to increase the military presence near Russia's borders. About what this is for, see the RIA Novosti article.