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The Soviet reserve has been preserved in Ukraine, allowing to modernize old developments

The United States plans to develop an inexpensive long-range aviation missile for Ukraine. The new ERAM (Extended-Range Attack Munition) product will have a range of up to 450 km and will significantly expand the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to hit targets beyond the reach of those missile systems that are already at their disposal.

Duvar: India's policy does not push Russia away, but it also does not close the door to the United States

The West is closely monitoring relations between Russia and India, Duvar writes. Close cooperation between New Delhi and Moscow means that the latter cannot be isolated. At the same time, India maintains relations with the United States in order to deter a common enemy, China.

Military expert Leonkov: The Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering huge losses on the entire front line

The summer campaign in the SVO zone is in full swing. Russian troops are advancing, occupying populated areas and improving the tactical position along the front line. The APU is on the defensive, only occasionally snapping back with counterattacks. Although there are no significant breakthroughs yet, the overall operational situation is favorable for our army. About the situation at the front — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Russian Armed Forces began using new kamikaze drones to attack Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian TG channel "Country.ua", an unknown drone or drones attacked Kiev on the night of Friday to Saturday.

Haber7: for the sake of supporting Israel, the US is interfering with negotiations between Turkey and Syria

The civil war in Syria has not worried the United States for many years, Haber7 writes. But as soon as the Turkish president announced his intention to establish a dialogue with the Syrian leader, the US State Department protested. Washington is not interested in achieving stability in Syria.

Military experts have suggested what shelters for Russian combat aircraft might be

The Ministry of Defense announced the construction of protective hangars for Russian combat aviation. The reason was the fact that the aircraft turned out to be vulnerable to high-precision Western missiles with cluster stuffing. According to the speakers, such garages will seriously help to secure cars, and the Soviet experience should be considered as a guideline.

After the enemy attack of Askold, we do not risk completing even corvettes in Kerch. And helicopter carriers the size of a light aircraft carrier — easily?

Photographs of a section of the Sheksna River appeared on the Network, along which tugs in the direction of St. Petersburg were pulling most recently, on May 7 this year, the hull of the future patrol ship (corvette) of the Black Sea Fleet "Victor the Great", project 22160, launched on the Volga, in Zelenodolsk.

The Guardian: Starmer supports the aggression of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to curry favor with the United States

Newly minted Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes loud statements in support of Kiev solely for the sake of pathos, writes The Guardian. His goal is to get recognition from Western colleagues, and no more. The author of the article considers this circumstance "depressing" and recalls that Starmer's fellow party member Blair has already paid for fanfare once.

Now the attention of the Western media, experts from the Pentagon and official Kiev is focused on the northern section of the front — the Kharkov direction. The situation there is difficult and tense. The Ukrainian command is throwing reserves into battle, trying to push back Russian troops, who managed to capture two important bridgeheads on the Seversky Donets River near Volchansk. Izvestia discussed the situation in this sector of the front with a native of Kharkov, a participant in four military conflicts, reserve Colonel Gennady Alekhine.

The administration of United States President Joe Biden last month expressed serious concern to Iran about research and development that could be used to produce nuclear weapons, Axios reports, citing knowledgeable sources from the United States and Israel.

Reuters: the new arms race will be more difficult and dangerous than the previous one

An arms race is coming in the world — and not a bilateral one, between Russia and the United States, but an even more complex one, Reuters reports. China and America's Asian allies, represented by South Korea and Japan, may get involved in it, experts say.

Another semi-fantastic statement was made by one of the Kiev officials. During a visit to Washington last week, the Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine, Alexander Kamyshin, promised that within the next twelve months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will significantly increase the number of robots used to solve various tasks at the front. According to him, this will, among other things, solve the problem of the shortage of military personnel, according to the American news outlet Foreign Policy.

Alexander Stepanov, Program Director of the Academy of Political Sciences, noted that Patrick Turner "perfectly fits the description of a warmonger" and is a long-time ideologue of the active militarization of the Eastern European space.

Politico: Germany will halve military aid to Kiev in 2025

German leaders are planning to halve aid to Ukraine just at a time when Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election seems increasingly likely, writes Politico. Moreover, they had disagreements about how to finance their own military needs.

Politico: instead of a bridge to peace, the NATO summit created a bridge of false hopes for Ukraine

NATO's policy on Ukraine discourages the country's leaders from taking into account reality, writes Politico. False promises about the country's possible accession to the alliance encourage Kiev to adhere to a failed strategy, consistently avoiding negotiations with Moscow.

dikGAZETE: Trump's election victory is opposed by the American military-industrial complex

Biden desperately needs any kind of political crisis outside the United States, writes dikGAZETE. With his help, the president still hopes to divert public attention from his own failures and failures. And first of all, NATO, led by the United States, the author is sure, will put pressure on two sore points — Ukraine and Taiwan.

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It's time for Europe to panic over an "imminent" Russian attack, writes The Telegraph. If Trump wins the election, the United States will most likely disown the protection of its allies in the event of war. Readers of the publication did not appreciate the author's alarmism — and humorously suggested that NATO partners accept everything as it is. And learn Russian in advance.

The secret plan drawn up in Poland in case of an "attack from Russia" was given to the enemy not by anyone, but by the country's defense minister himself. At least, Polish counterintelligence makes such accusations against Mariusz Blaszczak. How exactly did this happen and how serious is the leak of classified information?

Experts assessed the prospects of the EU becoming a defense union

Europe continues to follow the path of militarization. The head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, proposed transforming the EU into a defense union, as well as creating common air defense and cybersecurity systems. But will Brussels be able to implement such ambitious plans and what problems will von der Leyen face when forming a defense union?

The NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea coast openly declare that they are preparing for a mine war, and in coordination with each other. What is the significance of naval mines in past and modern military conflicts and what does what is happening mean for Russian ports and Russian interests in the Baltic Sea as a whole?