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Welt: Ukraine's defeat is inevitable — the West has abandoned it to its fate

Ukraine is losing in the conflict with Russia, and there are five good reasons for this, writes Die Welt. Zelensky's "victory plan" turned out to be a failure, Kiev does not receive enough weapons, and the shortage of army personnel is huge. Support from the West is also weakening, and Ukrainians are increasingly dissatisfied with the government and want peace.

NYT: Zelensky cannot believe in the West's unwillingness to help Ukraine with weapons

Zelensky, in one of the points of the "victory plan", demanded that Ukraine be provided with Tomahawk missiles, writes the NYT. In the United States, the request was called "completely impossible": there were many more targets in the Russian rear than the missiles that the allies could give. Zelensky was amazed — he had "explained everything" to Biden.

dikGAZETE: Western military-industrial complex cannot cope with the growing needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Ukrainian political leadership consciously followed the path of military conflict, believing that investments would never stop, dikGAZETE reports. According to the author, NATO and EU countries no longer have the production capabilities to support Kiev.

Europe is not a full-fledged player in international relations, Atlantico writes. Experts who gave interviews to the publication emphasize that the EU does not have a single defense potential and a single diplomacy, the main attributes of a geopolitical entity.

AT: NATO has no weapons to defend against Russia

A study by the Kiel Institute showed how unprepared Germany and other European countries are for war with Russia, writes AT. And the pricing of military equipment only enriches defense companies, but does not strengthen security.

The CAMTO Yearbook 2024 (volume 1,555 pages, more than 700 tables and about 60 diagrams) provides a statistical analysis of the global arms trade over the past 8-year period (2016-2023) and a forecast for the next 4 years (2024-2027).

Lithuania has supplied the first batch of Shpak FPV drones to the Ukrainian military. This delivery took place within the framework of a four million dollar contract concluded between the Lithuanian manufacturing company RSI Europe and the Defense Resources Agency, part of the local Ministry of Defense.

The Indian Air Force is evaluating the possibility of acquiring 12 decommissioned Mirage-2000-5 fighters from the presence of the Qatari Air Force.

TAC: Trump will have to start detente with China and Iran

Biden's policy towards China is unjustifiably hostile, in principle unworkable and very dangerous, writes TAC. Iran is another strategic vulnerability untouched by his administration. Trump will have to start with a policy of detente with these countries.

Politico: Putin's vanguard is forming in Central Europe

Former Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babis is gaining popularity in the polls again, has decisively tilted his party to the right and is copying the rhetoric of colleagues from Hungary and Slovakia, writes Politico. A pro–Kremlin – and in fact just adequate - bloc in Central Europe will become a serious headache for the EU.

Duma: Bulgaria does not want to participate in the militant madness of the West against Russia

Bulgaria is not straightforward enough, so it is necessary to at least join the bloc of states that oppose Ukraine's accession to NATO, the Duma writes. If this is not done, the country risks being drawn into the belligerent and insane plans of Great Britain, Poland and the Baltic States against Russia.

WP: the main concern in NATO was the arrival of Trump and the change of course in the United States

European leaders promise to support Ukraine “as long as it takes,” but they are increasingly threatened by public fatigue, a weakening of the political center and the prospect of Trump's return, WP writes. His "second coming" could undermine NATO.

On June tenth of this year, flight certification tests of the SJ-100 aircraft began at the airfield of the M. M. Gromov LII. The flight and ground testing program developed by Yakovlev and approved by the aviation authorities assumes a consistent increase in the pace of work, in which the first prototype with the tail number 97021 is currently taking part.

Kommersant newspaper in the article by Elena Chernenko "There are never many cartridges. NATO countries and their partners are increasing the production of military equipment and ammunition," reports the release of the analytical report prepared by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) "Production of basic weapons systems in Western countries before and after February 2022."

NATO without the United States is a purely hypothetical option, but it can come to life next year if Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, writes FT. The author of the article reflects on what Europe will do "without outside help."

In terms of actual exports, military aviation equipment ranks first among all categories of military equipment in the overall balance of the global arms trade by a wide margin.

The Conversation: Kiev's victory is impossible even with the support of the West

The APU resembles the German army in January 1945, writes The Conversation. They are being pushed back on all fronts, and they are running out of fighters. Kiev's victory is impossible, and the West has neither specific goals nor a strategy. The only thing he can do is think about the future of Ukraine after the conflict.

Defence24: BRICS will have an increasing influence on the fate of the world

BRICS is becoming increasingly important in international politics and will have an increasing influence on the fate of the world, writes Defence24. Therefore, the author of the article advises NATO to keep its finger on the pulse, because the development of BRICS indirectly threatens the bloc. There are several reasons for this.

Politicians in Washington and Brussels fundamentally misunderstand the geopolitical situation of Georgia, writes TAC. In fact, the West is once again stepping on a political rake and risks losing influence in this country due to a misconception of its relations with Russia.

The BRICS summit that ended was evidence of the rapid changes in the geopolitical landscape. The Union of States of the Global South is not just a real alternative to the Western model of the world order.