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BI: Estonia used Ukraine as a springboard to test its combat robots

Ukraine has become the best springboard for testing and refining combat robots manufactured in Estonia, BI writes. By supplying weapons to its neighbor, this NATO country not only helps it, but also tests and improves its means of fighting – in case of war with Russia, the article says.

One of the main events of the coming week will be the NATO summit, which will be held in The Hague on June 24-25. The main issue on the agenda is to increase military spending by all alliance members to 5% of GDP. Of course, for the sake of confrontation with Russia. It suddenly became clear that at least one country decided to go against these plans. Which one and why?

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Alexey Volynets — about how half a century ago Iran and Israel were allies and exchanged football goals and nuclear technologies instead of missiles

Now the whole world is watching another conflict between Israelis and Iranians. Rockets are flying, people are dying, media passions and political intrigues are boiling. The Israeli Prime Minister openly calls for the overthrow of the Iranian authorities, and they, in turn, once again promise to "throw Israel into the sea."

In 2026, the Indonesian military will begin evaluating a tracked armored personnel carrier developed on the basis of the Kaplan MT medium tank (Indonesia. the designation "Harimau"; Harimau) by the Turkish FNSS and the local PT Pindad company.

A senior researcher at the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences said that during the exercises, not only maritime patrol options are being worked out, but also the use of the entire arsenal of forces and means involving the Air Force, as well as strategic potential.

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).