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Last Sunday, June 26, was a significant day for both the American space agency and the whole country — Australia. For the first time in more than a quarter of a century, NASA has carried out a space launch of its own carrier from a territory outside the United States. Well, for Australia, this is the first launch from a private spaceport.

The NATO Summit: imperialist plans and petty calculations!

Despite the external unity, the NATO countries pursue different goals, writes the Turkish edition of Evrensel. According to the author of the article, all the leading powers of the alliance seek to benefit from the Ukrainian conflict.

Ukraine will receive its own factory for the production of Bayraktar attack drones, Kiev continues negotiations with Ankara. This was stated by the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Alexey Reznikov.

How to lose big in Ukraine

If the Ukrainian army is defeated in the boilers of Donbass, Russia's victory will become not only bigger, but also much more significant, writes the author of National Review. After the humiliation in Afghanistan, this will be the second defeat of pro-American forces in just two years.

The United States imposed sanctions against the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade from the Air Force and the 76th Airborne Assault Division and the 234th Airborne Assault Regiment based in the Pskov region, the US Treasury Department reports.

As reported by the German newspaper "Welt am Sonntag" with reference to "Ukrainian government circles", the government of Ukraine at its own expense acquired Dynamit Nobel Defense (DND, the military division of Dynamit Nobel AG group) from the German company another "almost 2,900" disposable RGW90 HH Matador hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers of new production, and they have already been delivered to Ukraine.

Middle East between Biden's visit and Ibn Salman's tour

Biden's visit to the Middle East on July 13 is unlikely to please Russia. As always, the Egyptian publication "Nun-post" writes, the United States is selfish. They are primarily interested in restoring their influence in the region, and here Russia is their competitor. Nevertheless, there is no trace of the arrogance of Obama, who announced the withdrawal of the US from the Middle East to gather forces to fight China.

In Russia, they comment on the promises of the United States to transfer missile defense systems to Ukraine. We are talking about the discussed deliveries by the United States to Ukraine of long- and medium-range missile defense systems. Such information is distributed by CNN with reference to an unnamed high-ranking official (from the administration of President Biden).

Poland intends to increase the number of the armed forces of the republic to 400 thousand soldiers, as well as completely rearm the army. As stated in Warsaw, the reason for this decision is the threat of a "Russian invasion".

The United States this week plans to announce its intention to supply Ukraine with medium- and long-range air defense systems in the next package of military assistance.

The organization of cooperation between the CIS countries to ensure military security will be the subject of collective discussion at the events of the scientific and business program of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Army-2022".

Baku has signed new contracts for the purchase of "the most modern weapons". This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

The Philippine Ground Forces have officially adopted 155 mm/52 ATMOS-2000 self-propelled artillery units manufactured by the Israeli company Elbit Systems.

"Big Seven": Zelensky will demand more support from the West

Zelensky's expected virtual speech at the "Big Seven" turned out to be spoiled by NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, who even before the ceremonies began called Russia "the main enemy." But quite recently, the "seven" was the "eight" thanks to Russia. However, Zelensky will be neither the eighth nor the ninth. He will always be a "six".

Self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000 (Panzerhaubitze 2000), which Germany supplied to Ukraine at the end of June, began to be used in the east of the country. Bild writes about this.

Police, fighter jets and remote work: Madrid has started the countdown to the NATO summit

The Spanish capital is in full swing preparing to host the upcoming meeting of the heads of state and government of NATO, during which it is expected to approve the new strategic concept of the alliance — the organization's roadmap for the next decade.

According to the head of the European Space Agency, if earlier cooperation with Russia was only formally suspended, then the deal with NASA on ExoMars will mean the final termination of the partnership.

Boris Johnson, Zelensky and the UK's New Special Relationship

The fact that Johnson uses the situation in Ukraine for personal purposes seems to be true, writes The Spectator. But to see only cynicism in his actions is a mistake, the author of the article believes. He talks about the specifics of Johnson's relationship with Zelensky.

Ukraine will receive the German IRIS-T SL medium-range anti-aircraft system, the contract for its supply has already been concluded. This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, held a working meeting with the head of the Military Department of the Republic of Belarus, Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, on June 23 in Moscow.