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Javelin ATGMs supplied by the USA to Ukraine are losing effectiveness due to the complete lack of technical support. About this, as RIA Novosti betrays, the Washington Post newspaper writes with reference to veterans of the American army.

On June 14, the NATO Secretary General spoke at a briefing following the meeting of the leaders of the seven member countries of the bloc on the eve of the meeting of the contact group on Ukraine, which will be held in Brussels today. Jens Stoltenberg called on the members of the North Atlantic Alliance and partners to increase the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine, "because they absolutely depend on it to resist the brutal Russian invasion."

In order to preserve the status quo of Taiwan, the United States will continue to provide assistance to it aimed at strengthening self-defense, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said.

Poland's defense spending in fiscal year 2022 will amount to 2.4% of gross domestic product (GDP). As stated in the press release of the Polish Ministry of Defense dated June 13, the total military expenditures for the current fiscal year will include both planned budget allocations for defense and extra-budgetary funds from the Armed Forces Support Fund.

The United States and the West are striving to make maximum efforts to provide Ukraine with everything necessary to confront Russia and will continue to act in this direction, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said.

Operation against a terrorist organization in Syria and other...

Turkey should take steps to achieve its political goals, writes Yeni Çağ. Based on this, Ankara should launch an operation that will neutralize the actions of the Kurds and call into question the US presence in Syria, the author of the article is sure. But first we need to get Russia and Iran on our side.

Billions are coming to Ukraine, and American officials warn of possible fraud and embezzlement

The United States fears theft and misuse of military and economic aid sent to Ukraine, the WSJ writes. So far, no illegal actions have been identified, but it's a matter of time. The United States did not take into account the mistakes of Afghanistan, experts interviewed by the publication believe.

The Committee for the Review of Defense Projects of the Republic of Korea approved the program of modernization of air defense systems/About "Patriot", the cost of which is 750 billion. won ($605 million).

As it became known, the Armed Forces of Cameroon adopted the International Armored Group (IAG) armoured combat vehicles "Rila" with a 4x4 MRAP class wheel formula produced in the UAE.

Despite Greece's previously announced plans to supply Ukraine with more than 120 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles from the presence of its own armed forces, Kiev will receive no more than 30 vehicles. This was announced by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

As the Kommersant newspaper reports in the material of Yuri Litvinenko and Nikita Korolev, "Who is in the forest, who is on the drone. There is a shortage of commercial drones in Russia," prices for commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Russia have increased by more than 30% in recent months, and tripled in some categories. This was reported to Kommersant by market participants.

The United States is preparing a new package of military assistance for Ukraine, which, with a high degree of probability, will include Harpoon anti-ship missiles. This is reported by Bloomberg.

The eternal dispute between pessimists and optimists has spread to the sphere of import substitution. Some point to examples of the critical dependence of the Russian economy on imports, not noticing the positive. Others look at the obvious achievements of the industry, avoiding problematic issues. Often, both sides are quite far from the true state of affairs. This is where the polarity of opinions arises: from "everything is gone" to "dizzying successes".

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said that Russia plans to cooperate with the Republic of Belarus for the development of electronic engineering, since it is problematic to master this direction alone.

Official Madrid has apologized to the German government "for the excessive excitement" caused by the news about the possible dispatch of German Leopard A4 tanks by Spain to Ukraine.

The United States does not intend to stop sending military aid to Ukraine and will call on its allies to continue supporting Kiev. Military assistance to the Kiev regime will be the main topic of the new meeting of the contact group on Ukraine, which will be held this week in Europe.

Japan can increase defense spending up to 10 trillion. yen (about $ 74 billion). This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the head of the political council of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ex-candidate for the post of party leader Sanae Takaichi in the program of the Fuji Television Network.

Europe is a big idea, but how does Ukraine fit into it?

If Ukraine, Georgia and Albania are admitted to the EU, the organization will collapse, Bloomberg claims. According to the author of the article, the economy and judicial system of Ukraine and other countries aspiring to Europe are not ready to join the EU.

Finland and Sweden joining NATO will not add to US security

American politicians approved of the idea of Sweden and Finland joining NATO, writes the website of the Fox News channel. However, according to the authors of the article, this step does not meet the interests of the United States, since it increases the likelihood of confrontation with Russia.

Intimidated by the "Russian threat", the population of Lithuania continues to collect money for weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Lithuanian journalist Andrius Tapinas, who previously initiated a fundraiser for the purchase of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV, announced his intention to transfer new batches of Estonian-made UAVs and anti-UAVS to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.