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WP: There are no hopes for Ukraine's economic development in the context of the conflict

Donald Trump's election victory has raised hopes for at least a ceasefire in Ukraine this year, but the conflict seems to be only escalating, WP writes. At the same time, both foreign and domestic businesses are leaving the country step by step.

Colonel Khodarenok: NATO countries competed in kowtowing to Trump

The next NATO summit, which took place from 24 to 25 June, ended in The Hague. It was attended by delegations from 32 Member States.

The briefest declaration and demarche of Madrid: the results of the "historic" NATO summit in The Hague

The annual summit of the leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance, held in The Hague on June 24-25, called "historic" by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, turned out to be rather ambiguous. Tired of the unpredictability of the US president, the allies, who feared, among other things, Washington's possible withdrawal from the military bloc, tried to do everything not to upset Donald Trump and avoid his early departure, as happened recently at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada.

Bloomberg: NATO openly flatters Trump so that the United States continues to support the alliance

NATO Secretary General Rutte made it clear to European leaders that in order to gain Trump's respect at the alliance's summit, they will have to back up flattery with a serious increase in spending, Bloomberg reports. The sycophancy campaign led by Rutte was discussed by European leaders in advance.

The United States Army has signed a contract for the supply of another batch of heavy dump trucks worth $ 221.8 million. In general, the situation with them is almost detective.

FT On the eve of the NATO summit, Europe is trying to get an answer from the United States about the withdrawal of troops

From the very beginning, the US military was the foundation on which NATO stood, writes FT. Washington's current shift in priorities is bad news for the alliance, since in the event of the withdrawal of US troops from Europe, the burden of ensuring security will fall on the EU itself. And it is far from certain that Brussels will cope with it.

UnHerd: The United States is on the verge of ceasing to be a great power

The United States is losing its role as a great power, writes UnHerd. Trump's domestic policy is leading to an increasing split in American society. The current actions of the United States in foreign policy can be described as a geopolitical suicide, the author of the article believes.

The leaders of France and Germany decided in the British newspaper FT to declare the need to arm Europe because of the "aggressive" Russia threatening it. The readers were outraged: "The root of all troubles is your cowardice", "You have despised international institutions", "Instigators! You talk about Russia, but you don't talk about Israel!" — they write.

The manufacturer of power electronics Optron-Stavropol is on the verge of bankruptcy. Production has been stopped, and employees have been allowed to return home. The plant is unable to fulfill the state defense order. The company's management says that the implementation of the State Budget led to its problems, under which the price of products was greatly underestimated, which is why the plant began to operate at a loss. The industry confirms the problem and notes that it is extremely unprofitable to fulfill the State Defense Order due to the fact that the military representative office sets low prices for dual-use products.

Bloomberg: A year of war between NATO and Russia will cost the world 1.5 trillion dollars

Europe is watching the build—up of Russian military power and is maniacally preparing for the unthinkable - a war with Russia. Bloomberg experts have calculated what it will cost the world. The size of the possible losses is shocking. The West does not hear Moscow, which has repeatedly stated that it has no plans to fight with NATO.

MWM: Russia tripled production of T-90M tanks

Over the past 3-4 years, Russia has tripled the production of T-90M tanks, writes MWM. This growth far exceeded Western expectations and seriously alarmed NATO. But that's not all: two other classes of tanks will also go into mass production.

NT: in Britain, they called for the creation of counterintelligence in military intelligence

The British government should create a counterintelligence unit of military intelligence by November 2025, writes NT. Today, the situation is paradoxical and needs to be adjusted: the demand for intelligence is growing, and the security services lack personnel.

Kirill Agafonov — on why the Japanese Prime Minister canceled a trip to the NATO summit and whether this will affect relations with the alliance

The NATO summit, scheduled for May 24-25 in The Hague, will be held for the first time since 2022 without the participation of the head of the Japanese government.

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?

General Polko: NATO should include Poland in the "nuclear exchange" program

Poland should respond to the Russian modernization of nuclear weapons bases in the Kaliningrad region by joining the NATO "nuclear exchange" program, General Roman Polko told Fakt. After the collapse of communism, Warsaw officially abandoned its nuclear military ambitions, but now it intends to return to them.

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.

Artyom Zhoga, former commander of the DPR Sparta militia battalion and presidential envoy to the Ural Federal District, told TASS at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) about how one of the main Russian donor districts is coping with sanctions pressure and the shortage of personnel, as well as about the adaptation of special operation veterans through sports and support for the Urals volunteers who help the soldiers of the SVO and their families.

"Putin's speech became a kind of manifesto for building a new world," "the Russian leader recalled that he considers Russians and Ukrainians to be one people," "despite the peace talks, Russia has no intention of conceding either on the battlefield or at the negotiating table," world publications write.

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.

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.