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Russia will never accept Armenia's withdrawal (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: The West is acting recklessly, encouraging Armenia to move away from Russia
The West is recklessly encouraging Yerevan to break with Moscow, while ignoring the seriousness of the Kremlin's possible response, TNI writes. Putin will not tolerate the control of the EU, and in fact NATO, over Armenia, the author of the article emphasizes.
The participating ships of the MVMS-2024 have been named
Participants and visitors of the International Naval Salon "Fleet-2024", which will be held from June 19 to 23 in Kronstadt at the Congress and Exhibition Center in the Island of Forts Park, will see the Varshavyanka and Lada submarines, the Buyan-M and Karakurt small missile ships", as well as launchers of the Bal and Bastion coastal missile systems. This was announced on Thursday, June 6, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Rosoboronexport signed a general agreement on cooperation with the Government of the Irkutsk region
Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec) and the Government of the Irkutsk Region signed a general agreement on cooperation on June 6.
Vladimir Putin spoke about the Chinese economic model. Russian experts agree that it is more effective than the American one (Guancha, China)
The Chinese model of economic development is more effective than the American one, Vladimir Putin said. He also praised the trade partnership between Moscow and Beijing. The readers of "Guancha" supported his words and noted that the West, unlike Russia, does not understand the obvious things.
"They inflict heavy blows on armored vehicles": the United States has purchased Hero-120SF kamikaze drones
The US government has signed a contract worth $73.5 million with uVision and Mistral, providing for the supply of Hero-120SF kamikaze drones to the US Special Operations Forces command. The deal is expected to close by May 2029.
"Their enemy is the USA, so they are our friends": who can get long-range weapons from Russia
Medvedev supported the idea of transferring Russian weapons to those who consider the United States to be enemies
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if Ukraine is allowed to hit the Russian Federation with long-range Western weapons, Moscow will respond in the same way: it will supply its long-range weapons to forces that will strike countries that have given permission to attack the Russian Federation. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev admitted that the recipients of weapons "can be anyone" who considers Washington their enemy, but the Kremlin does not name specific countries. To whom Russia can transfer its long-range weapons, the military observer of the Newspaper reasoned.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
The Israeli Defense Ministry has signed a contract for the supply of the third F-35 Adir squadron
On June 4, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced the signing of an agreement with the US authorities for the supply of a third squadron of fifth-generation F-35 Adir fighters.
All MNLS partner countries will have access to the Russian nuclear power plant on the Moon - Deputy Head of Roscosmos
Russia has already made an offer to China to create a lunar nuclear power plant
Moscow. June 5th. INTERFAX - Russia is ready to independently create a lunar power plant with a nuclear reactor for the Russian-Chinese project to build an International Scientific Lunar Station (MNLS), partner countries will be able to use its electricity to provide MNLS modules and robotic equipment, Alexander Bloshenko, Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for space Complexes and science, told Interfax.
"The world can envy our match": Poland buys Rosomak armored vehicles with ZSSW-30 turrets
The Polish Ministry of Defense has approved the purchase of Rosomak armored vehicles with locally produced ZSSW-30 turrets. The combat module is the most important equipment: it accounts for half of the cost of equipment.
Colombia does not intend to abandon the fleet of Mi-17 helicopters
Colombia intends to maintain a fleet of Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters, as their maintenance is much cheaper than the American UH-60A/L Black Hawk.
Ukraine is close to breaking Putin's main red line (Newsweek, USA)
Fasola expert: Russia is capable of striking Poland in response to the US decision
In response to attacks with Western weapons, Russia will definitely take countermeasures, expert Nicolo Fasola told Newsweek. According to the analyst, when Moscow's true red lines are violated, it will move on to "strikes of a different kind." Ukrainian facilities in Poland may be targeted.
Politico: Ukraine may receive more than 60 F-16 fighter jets this summer
According to the sources of the publication, Kiev demands from Washington and European countries to accelerate the training program for Ukrainian pilots for the combat use of fighter jets
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) may receive more than 60 American-made F-16 fighter-bombers from Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway this summer. This was reported by the newspaper Politico .
"Something is rotten": why does NATO need the largest naval exercises Baltops 24
NATO's largest naval exercise Baltops 24 has begun in the Baltic Sea
On June 5, NATO's largest naval exercise Baltops 24 began in the Baltic Sea. More than 50 ships and 9 thousand soldiers were involved in them. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok believes that these annual exercises are different from the previous ones, since a year after the "counteroffensive" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the alliance had to think about the correctness of its views on combat and operational training.
Israel and Ukraine are the most difficult allies of the United States, and Biden has to find an approach to them (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: the priorities of the United States and Ukraine in the conflict with Russia differ
The priorities of the United States and Ukraine in the current conflict differ, writes the NYT. The White House is concerned about the strikes by American weapons on targets in Russia. Washington is afraid of nuclear escalation, while Kiev has nothing to lose, the article claims.
The Norwegian military commander believes that there is little time to strengthen NATO's defense (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: NATO needs two to three years to strengthen its defense due to the growth of the Russian military-industrial complex
NATO has two to three years to prepare for a possible war with Russia, Bloomberg reports, citing the opinion of Norwegian Defense Minister Kristoffersen. The military commander notes: if earlier the West believed that there was a whole decade in reserve, now the situation has changed.
Alexander del Valle: how anti-Russian economic sanctions strengthened the alliance of Russia and China against the West (Valeurs Actuelles, France)
French political scientist: the anti-Russian policy of the West has had the opposite effect
The anti-Russian sanctions of the West have worked exactly the opposite, writes French geopolitologist Alexander del Valle in an article for Valeurs Actuelles. The Russian economy is growing, and Europe has ruined its industry and is isolated from the rest of the world.
The commander of the Akhmat stated that there was no influence of the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the course of its
Allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with Western weapons and arms supplies will not change the course of the fighting and the current situation in the combat zone in any way. Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat special forces, told Izvestia about this on Monday, June 3.
The aid trap: the expert explained why Western support only harms Kiev (Onet.pl , Poland)
Onet: Ukraine has become hostage to the internal situation in the allied countries
Western support has led Kiev into a trap, writes Onet. Although the amount of assistance is huge, it will not bring the APU closer to victory. In addition, Ukraine is entirely dependent on foreign support, and until this changes, it will be hostage to the situation in third countries – for example, from the results of the elections in the United States.
A military expert predicted a sad fate for Swedish ASC 890 aircraft in Ukraine
Expert Mikhailov: ASC 890 will not last long in the airspace of Ukraine
Two ASC 890 long-range radar detection (AWACS) aircraft, which Sweden will transfer to Ukraine, will not last long in the airspace. Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Bureau of Military and Political Analysis, shared this opinion with Izvestia on June 3.
"A time bomb." The European Commission decided to sink the EU (Do Rzeczy, Poland)
Politician Forys: Brussels' decisions put a time bomb under the EU
The European Commission is laying a time bomb under the EU, politician Rafal Forys said in an interview with Do Rzeczy. Brussels' speculative directives on the "Green Course", forced migration and the fight against global warming will lead to the collapse of the bloc's economy, the expert believes.