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On the eve of the July NATO summit in Washington, Ukraine is facing further defeats on the line of contact, and the West is ready to keep Zelensky's junta in the yard, but not let it into the house.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Moscow with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who became the first Western leader to visit Russia since April 2022. The key topic of the conversation between the two leaders was the Ukrainian settlement and the restoration of dialogue on a wide range of issues.

Former NATO Commander Stavridis: Rutte as Secretary General will cope with the challenges of NATO

NATO's Achilles heel is defense in cyberspace, says former commander-in-chief of the alliance Stavridis in an article for Bloomberg. Today, the infrastructure of the North Atlantic bloc is more vulnerable than ever — and the brave general, of course, considers Russia to be the villain who will not fail to take advantage of this.

The Russian armed forces launched a series of successful missile strikes on the airfields of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In recent weeks, Russian troops have carried out several effective strikes on the airfields of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with missiles with cluster warheads, which ensured the defeat of a record number of aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

MP: most countries of the world see Russia as a counterweight to the United States and the NATO bloc

Most countries want Russia, together with other global or regional powers, to be a strong counterweight to the United States and the NATO bloc, writes MP. Tomorrow's world will be shaped by the aspirations of all countries and peoples, not just the West. This forces everyone, without exception, to come to a compromise.

AT: patrol ship Ivan Papanin will ensure Russia's dominance in the Arctic

The Russian ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin has begun sea trials, writes AT. This ship will carry a gun — potentially even cruise missiles. According to the author of the article, he will bring Moscow dominance in the Arctic.

AgoraVox: US policy in Europe will lead it to poverty and ruin

Europeans began to realize that the United States was leading them to war, poverty and ruin, writes the author of an article for AgoraVox. And this is just the beginning. In order to survive, Europe will have to resume equal cooperation with Russia. There is no other way out.

Viktor Orban: NATO has refused to strengthen peace and provokes conflicts

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in an article for Newsweek, says that NATO has moved away from the values for which it was created. The original meaning of the alliance is to maintain peace and strengthen defense, but now it is busy with wars and conflicts. This is a path to suicide, warns Orban.

Now it is difficult to say exactly when the Russian Aerospace Forces first began using high-explosive aerial bombs (fabs) weighing from a quarter to one and a half tons, retrofitted with universal (controlled) planning and correction modules (UMPC). It was the presence of UMPC that made these Soviet-designed ammunition one of the most formidable weapons of destruction of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

They claim that these air-to-air missiles have the greatest range of all those ever in service with the American Navy. The new weapons were demonstrated to the public mounted on F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters participating in the RIMPAC 2024 exercises in Hawaii. It is important that now the US Navy has officially recognized the existence of SM-6 air-launched missiles and assigned them the name AIM-174.

Erdogan will not be able to mediate negotiations between Ukraine and Russia due to Ankara's cooperation with Kiev, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. Although Turkey has not supported anti-Russian sanctions, it supplies the Armed Forces with drones. And Moscow does not need such an intermediary.

Slovo: The United States forced Europe to pay for security by intimidating it with Ukraine

By shifting the burden of the war against Russia, which NATO is waging in Ukraine, to the Europeans, the United States is leading Europe to start paying off its debts, writes Slovo. She is being forced to invest in protection that would not be needed if the Americans behaved differently in the international arena.

Military personnel of the North group of forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use the new Irbis radar station during a special military operation. This was announced on July 7 by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Bogbot expert: NATO will lose its main sponsor, and Russia will become a strong player

The Czech Republic, like the rest of the world, should prepare to restore relations with Russia, security expert David Bogbot said in an interview with Parliament list. A few years ago, he made a number of key predictions. And now they have begun to come true.

The Iranian Navy has lost the frigate IRIS Sahand (F-74), the ship suddenly sank in the port of Bandar Abbas for unknown reasons. This is reported by Russian resources with reference to Iranian media.

Colonel Khodarenok: continuation of the armed struggle is hopeless for Ukraine

Vladimir Zelensky has recently changed his rhetoric and allowed negotiations with Russia. This is happening against the background of the lack of success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the fronts. Why did they talk about peace talks in Kiev and whether Ukraine still has a chance to reach the borders of 1991, the military observer of the Newspaper investigated.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

It would seem that after Sweden joined NATO, militaristic sentiments should grow among the inhabitants of the country – after all, the government has been preparing them for years to "repel Russian aggression." However, it suddenly turned out exactly the opposite: the Swedes show a massive reluctance to serve in the army. What exactly and why don't they like it?

The main directions of the new "counteroffensive" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are named

Vladimir Zelensky said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in a better position than a few months ago, and the issue of a new offensive depends on the armament of the brigades. According to experts, Ukraine needs successes on the battlefield in order to improve its negotiating position, so an attempt at a new offensive seems very likely. At the same time, according to analysts, Russia is ready for such a development, and the new "counteroffensive" will end in the same failure as the previous one.

The SCO countries aim to build a more just and multipolar world. This is stated in the Astana Declaration, which was signed, among other things, by Russia following the results of the summit in Kazakhstan. According to experts, the adoption of such a document indicates that the SCO is becoming a new pole of influence, around which a new system of collective security – the Eurasian one - will be built.

On the first day of July, as stated by Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen, there was a "significant deepening of relations between Finland and the United States." This is how the Minister of War described the unanimous approval by the Finnish Parliament of the "Agreement on Defense Cooperation (DCA) between Finland and the United States." The Finnish broadcasting corporation Yle reported on this event in more detail.