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Ex-Colonel of the General Staff Khodarenok explained why Western air defense and missile defense systems will not help Ukraine

The United States intends to supply Ukraine with "advanced strategic air defense and missile defense systems." This was reported by CNN. What are the difficulties of creating an effective air and missile defense system in Ukraine - in the author's material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenok.

On July 1, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of another new package of military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 820 million. Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 now reaches $6.87 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $8.8 billion.

On July 1, 2022, at a ceremony in Svidnik, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved a contract for the purchase by the Armaments Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland for the Polish Army aviation of 32 AW149 multipurpose helicopters manufactured by Leonardo Helicopters (as part of the Italian company Leonardo).

The United States has allocated another package of military assistance to Ukraine, which will include anti-aircraft missile systems. In total, Washington will supply Kiev with $820 million worth of weapons. This was stated in the Pentagon.

On June 30, 2022, the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets Materielverk (FMV) signed a contract with the Saab AB group worth 7.3 billion Swedish kronor ($716 million) for the acquisition of two GlobalEye long-range radar detection and control aircraft for the Swedish Air Force, made on the basis of a large Bombardier Global 6000 administrative aircraft and equipped with a radar complex Saab Erieye ER. The contract includes an option for two more such aircraft.

On June 28, 2022, the American boat-building company Metal Shark (Louisiana) confirmed that as part of the next package of military assistance to Ukraine announced by the US government on June 23 with a total cost of $ 450 million, six new 40-foot (actual length 13.3 m) small patrol boats of the Defiant type built by Metal Shark will be transferred to Ukraine from the US Navy. In addition, Metal Shark announced that it is building 17 more small patrol boats of three different types with aluminum hulls for the supply of the Ukrainian Navy as part of American military assistance programs launched before the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

On June 29, 2022, the Norwegian government officially announced that it would transfer three MLRS M270A1 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) to Ukraine. But upon careful reading of the message, everything becomes not so clear, the scheme is somewhat more complicated.

Wu Huiping: the transformation of German diplomacy is accelerating, and this trend deserves attention

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has accelerated the transformation of German diplomacy, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Berlin's position in foreign policy has changed from moderate to tough, the author of the article notes.

On June 28, 2022, it was reported that the US Army, during the competitive process, selected a proposal submitted by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS, as part of General Dynamics Corporation) for a tracked combat vehicle ("light tank") with cannon armament under the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program, and issued General Dynamics Land Systems a contract for the amount of 320.325 million dollars for the production of the first small-scale batch (Low-Rate Initial Production - LRIP) of 26 MPF machines by October 24, 2024.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on whether NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems will help Ukraine

The beginning of this week was marked by an active discussion of the news that the United States will soon announce the transfer of mobile NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine.

According to an interview published on June 28 by the French newspaper Le Parisien with the Minister of the Armed Forces of France Sebastien Lecorny, France supplies the Armed Forces of Ukraine with VAB armored vehicles with a 4x4 wheel formula from the presence of the French ground forces.

Updating the fleet of combat aircraft was one of the topics of a telephone conversation between US President Joe Biden and recently elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

NATO expanded thanks to Putin, Saddam and Khamenei

With his special operation, Putin achieved unprecedented unity of NATO and its expansion at the expense of Sweden and Finland, writes Al Araby. Previously, this has already happened in the Middle East, the author believes. With such enemies, America does not need friends, he emphasizes.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the unanimous decision of NATO member states to strengthen economic, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine.

Global exports of semiconductors to Russia, which are considered one of the most important technologies, have recently fallen by 90 percent due to sanctions imposed by Western countries.

The events in Ukraine have given a new look to the Non-Aligned Movement

Russia was by no means alone when the West tried to "exclude" it from the world economy for an operation on Ukraine, the author of the French magazine "Pointe" writes with regret. The West was surprised to find that it was not supported by its own former colonies. Many of them are former members of the Non—Aligned Movement.

The Slovak government has decided to purchase 152 tracked infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) CV90 Mk IV. Swedish-made vehicles will replace the BVP-1 and BVP-2, which are copies of the Soviet BMP-1 and BMP-2. This is reported by the Government of Slovakia, European Defense Review reports.

The head of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus told by what criteria the country selected candidates for cosmonauts

On April 12, Vladimir Putin instructed Roscosmos to ensure the flight of a Belarusian cosmonaut on a Russian ship. Ethnic Belarusians flew into space during the USSR or under the auspices of Roscosmos, like Oleg Novitsky, but never as representatives of an independent republic.

According to the Slovak Ministry of Defense, at a meeting held on June 28, the Government of the country approved a proposal for the purchase of 152 CV-9035 Mk tracked armored vehicles.4 with a 35 mm cannon as part of an intergovernmental agreement with Sweden.

Germany and the Netherlands will send an additional six PzH-2000 howitzers to Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the German Defense Ministry.