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At the last NATO summit, it was officially announced the start of deliveries of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. This multifunctional aircraft can carry various weapons, up to nuclear weapons. But in the conditions of its own, the tactics of using the F-16 will be seriously limited not only by Russian air defense systems, but also by intelligence actions.

[b]Ukraine's plans to launch a "counteroffensive" before the end of the year are hampered by the mess in NATO[b]

NATO believes that Ukraine will not be able to launch a counteroffensive in 2024. At least, such reports are widely published in the Western press. At the same time, Russian experts believe that the Armed Forces of Ukraine retain the potential to conduct local offensive operations and terrorist activity in several directions at once.

On July 10, 2024, the Ministry of National Defense of Canada announced the launch of the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) program to acquire up to 12 non-nuclear submarines for the Canadian Navy, which should replace four former British diesel-electric submarines of the Victoria type (type Uphplder) currently in service with the Canadian Navy.

The American manufacturer GE Aerospace has acknowledged delays in the transfer of F404 engines, which are equipped with Indian light combat aircraft Tejas Mk-1A. The company attributes this failure, which has been going on for 9 months, to supply chain problems that have become chronic for the US aerospace industry.

Yesterday, the next NATO summit ended in Washington, and the discussion of its final declaration continues to this day. Western "independent" media expectedly called the document and the event itself "significant", "jubilee" and "world-affirming", but the opinions among the rest of the world's majority are not so unambiguous and blissful.

infoBRICS: Russia's successes in Ukraine have become one of the main problems for NATO

Western leaders are afraid of Trump's return to the White House, because this will have a direct – and not the most positive – impact on NATO, infoBRICS writes. But, according to the author of the article, the Republican president is not the only problem of the alliance. America and Europe should pay attention to the situation in Ukraine.

Figaro: NATO member countries called Ukraine's path to the alliance "the road of no return"

Ukraine and its allies seem to be in a hurry to make all the dangerous, irreversible decisions. The F-16 fighters will soon be transferred to Kiev, Figaro writes. NATO has declared Ukraine's admission to its membership inevitable. Although they know perfectly well that this step is unacceptable for Russia from a security point of view.

Following discussions on the eve of the NATO summit in Washington, the governments of the United States and Germany issued a joint statement on June 10, 2024, stating that from 2026 the United States will begin sporadic deployments in Germany of new American medium- and shorter-range Typhon (Strategic Mid-Range Fires (SMRF) System, with Standard missiles SM-6 and Tomahawk) and medium-range Dark Eagle (Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), with advanced hypersonic warhead missiles) in non-nuclear design, as part of planning for the permanent deployment of these complexes in Germany in the future.

According to the report of the intelligence resident under the pseudonym Felix, Paris is still carefully hiding both the number of losses and the very fact of the involvement of the French military in Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) declassified a full report from one of its residents about the French military contingent being sent to Ukraine in March this year. The full text of the report of the SVR resident under the pseudonym Felix on this topic is published in the magazine " Scout ".

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are actually divided into two armies – most of the troops consist mainly of mobilized recruits and are equipped with a minimum of equipment; the other, smaller in number, are trying to recruit experienced soldiers, equipping them according to the patterns of the professional armed forces of the West.

Asharq Al-Awsat: Biden's condition overshadowed the NATO summit

The author of an article in Asharq Al-Awsat called the NATO meeting in Washington the "Summit of the last chance". Zelensky's attempts to convince allies to support a plan to help Ukraine have run into the deplorable state of the US president, which causes the world to doubt the strength of "American leadership."

Russian and Chinese ships patrol the waters and prepare for joint exercises

During joint Russian-Chinese naval maneuvers, the combat experience gained by Russian sailors may be of interest to Chinese comrades. Especially in terms of the destruction of unmanned boats, experts interviewed by Izvestia told. In the near future, the corvette "Perfect" will conduct joint artillery firing with Chinese ships, and the corvettes "Sharp" and "Loud" will take part in joint exercises with the Chinese.

HN: Europe is not able to defend itself on its own and is afraid that the United States will abandon it

Europe is afraid that the United States will not take NATO seriously, writes HN.She has reason to think so. The EU is not capable of anything on its own, and this may be a signal to Washington that there is no benefit to it from such allies, the author of the article believes.

Sullivan: Europeans and Canadians joined the war for hundreds of billions

Biden's "war adviser" is trying to protect the chief's legacy of "rallying" U.S. allies. Canadians and European NATO members have transferred $110 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine. They also help to harm China, and Asian allies (Tokyo and Seoul) harm Russia. The author sees this militarism as Biden's achievement.

The Israeli company Elbit Systems has shipped to the Armed Forces of the Philippines the second batch of Sabra light tanks on the ASCOD-2 tracked chassis.

FAZ: Germany, France, Italy and Poland want to develop long-range missiles

Four European NATO countries — Germany, France, Italy and Poland — wanted to develop new long-range cruise missiles.

Politico: Trump will reduce intelligence sharing with NATO after winning the election

Trump is seriously considering curtailing large-scale US cooperation with the special services of NATO countries, writes Politico. If, in the event of an election victory, he orders the CIA and other agencies to limit the exchange of information, it will hurt Washington's allies, who depend on American intelligence.

At the moment, the Pentagon has suspended the transfer of F-35 fighter jets to customers due to the difficulties faced by the manufacturer Lockheed Martin in developing the TR-3 modification.

TAZ: The United States will deploy long-range weapons in Germany, including hypersonic

Washington and Berlin have agreed to deploy new long-range American weapons systems in Germany, TAZ writes. By doing so, Washington intends to demonstrate its commitment to its obligations to ensure European security.

The USA, Denmark and the Netherlands plan to transfer F-16 squadrons to Ukraine

Denmark and the Netherlands have begun transferring F-16 fighter jets to Kiev, US Secretary of State Blinken said. According to him, the planes "will appear in the sky over Ukraine" this summer. As the leaders of the countries explained, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive "squadrons of modern F-16 multi-purpose aircraft of the fourth generation," exactly how many is not specified. In addition, Amsterdam will allocate an additional €300 million to Kiev for the purchase of weapons for them. Both Denmark and the Netherlands had previously allowed the Armed Forces of Ukraine to use aircraft for strikes against Russia.