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Britain does not intend to heed Russia's warnings and will supply Ukraine with the weapons that Kiev requests. Such a conclusion can be drawn from the message of the British Ministry of Defense about the transfer of the M270 MLRS to the Ukrainian army along with guided missiles.

Taiwan's attempts to create problems for Moscow are doomed to failure. By acting in this way, Taipei only increases tensions in the world.

Vyacheslav Filippov — about the possibilities of militarization of Germany

At the end of May, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a loud statement that "Germany may soon have the largest conventional army in Europe within the framework of NATO." In his opinion, this will significantly strengthen the security of the country and its allies.

Viktor Litovkin — about why the United States and its satellites do not like the military and military-technical cooperation between Russia and China

In the last decade of May, strategic bombers of Russia and China conducted joint air patrols over the waters of the Japanese and East China Seas, as well as over the western Pacific Ocean.

It seems that the West is finally beginning to understand the riskiness of supplying the most modern weapons to Ukraine. This country is turning into a colossal black market for hundreds of thousands of weapons that suddenly found themselves almost on free sale. Where and how are machine guns and MANPADS sold in Ukraine – and how will all this eventually be used against the residents of Western countries themselves?

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Medvedev announced strikes on decision-making centers in the event of an attack by Ukraine

Washington will supply Kiev with HIMARS MLRS, the range of which reaches 500 km. Thus, the APU has the opportunity to strike at the territory of Russia. If earlier it was claimed that the missile's flight radius would be reduced to 80 km, now the United States refuses to do this. Moscow has already warned Kiev about the consequences of a strike on Russia.

The shaky unity of the Western powers is crumbling as sanctions against Russia damage practical interests

The EU enthusiastically adopted five packages of sanctions against Russia, trying its best to demonstrate unity, but now some countries are calling for a slower pace, writes Global Times. Sanctions have reached the limit, and the Europeans are not so stupid as to blindly follow the United States to the detriment of their own interests, the author of the article believes.

Biden decided to send MLRS to Ukraine. US-Russia tensions escalate

Biden regularly faces the same dilemma: how far America can go in providing military assistance to Ukraine, Time writes. He has repeatedly stated that the United States does not intend to aggravate the crisis. But this did not prevent him from announcing the transfer of multiple rocket launchers to Kiev.

The day before, TSAMTO suggested that the purpose of the visit of Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak to the Republic of Korea was to ensure the purchase of VIVT for the Armed Forces and the veiled involvement of Seoul in these supplies.

Western countries have recently taken Moldova seriously, turning it into a second Ukraine. Judging by the events taking place in the republic, Chisinau is slowly beginning to arm itself, but at the same time losing sovereignty.

Poland will receive hundreds of millions of euros from the European Union for weapons supplied to Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

It seems that some of the fears of Western tech giants are becoming a harsh reality. Russia has restricted the supply of neon abroad, which can lead to collapse in a variety of industries in which microchips are used.

On June 2, the Slovak Ministry of Defense announced on its website that the state-owned company Konstrukta Defense, which is under its jurisdiction, signed a commercial contract on June 1 for the supply of 155-mm Zuzana-2 self-propelled howitzers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Beijing is unhappy with Russian requests for help

According to WP, Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed to figure out how to help Russia financially. At the same time, China does not want to violate Western sanctions, which it considers illegal. It is noted that Moscow has allegedly twice asked Beijing for economic support.

According to Ukrainian sources, in the Zaporozhye direction, one of the reconnaissance units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to use the RQ-20 "Puma AE" UAV complex, delivered as part of American military assistance.

Germany will purchase American CH-47F Chinook helicopters, it was this helicopter that won the tender for heavy transport helicopters. Another contender for victory was the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. The results of the tender were announced on June 1.

A serious approach to European defense

Europe sets itself the task - it needs to develop an effective security and defense policy, as well as create the potential for its implementation, writes the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrel in an article in Project Syndicate. He told how to achieve this and which way Europe should move.

Japanese TV channel NHK reported that for the first time in the history of the existence of the North Atlantic Alliance, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to attend the NATO summit. It became known that Kishida will attend the NATO summit, which will be held in Madrid from June 28 to 30, after participating in the G7 meeting in Berlin, scheduled for June 26-28. Taking into account the fact that Japan is not a member of the alliance, the decision on the participation of the country's prime minister in the NATO summit is still being worked out, NHK reports.

The Swiss authorities have banned the re-export of Gepard ZSU shells and Piranha III armored vehicles produced on their territory to Ukraine.

According to Polish media, Ukraine has signed a contract with Poland for the purchase of 54 (according to other sources, 60) 155-mm/52 Polish Krab self-propelled howitzers of new production, as well as an accompanying set of auxiliary vehicles to equip three artillery divisions. The total value of the contract is about 3 billion zlotys (about 700 million dollars), which makes it the largest export contract of the Polish defense industry in the post-socialist period.