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The Hill: Romania has become the new indispensable ally of the United States in Eastern Europe

Romania has become an indispensable new ally for the United States, writes The Hill. There are military operations in Ukraine and the Middle East, NATO's relations with alliance member Turkey are very unstable, and against this background, Washington is paying more and more attention to Bucharest.

Five years after the end of the INF Treaty, the United States is deploying missiles in Europe

This agreement between Moscow and Washington was supposed to prevent World War III. Five years ago, on August 2, 2019, the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles terminated. The document signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in December 1987 limited Russian and American nuclear arsenals for more than 30 years. The consequences of the withdrawal of the United States and Russia from the INF Treaty are described in the RIA Novosti article.

BI: Russian S-400 air defense systems pose the main threat to F-16 aircraft in Ukraine

The long-awaited F-16s have arrived in Ukraine, but Kiev is unlikely to be able to use them to carry out offensive actions on the front line, as it wanted, BI writes. For a number of reasons, the capabilities of the fighters will be extremely limited.

iDNES: Balkan countries do not want to sell ammunition to the Czech Republic for Ukraine

The Czech Republic began to have problems with the purchase of shells for Ukraine, writes iDNES. Some Balkan countries are refusing supplies. Those who agree wish to remain anonymous. Sometimes Prague has to turn to a third party, declaring it the end user. But that's not all.

Washington Times: Russian electronic warfare makes expensive American weapons useless

Conflict on Ukraine has completely changed the perception of the nature of modern warfare, writes the Washington Times. The use of cheap UAVs and electronic warfare equipment has come to the fore — and Russia is adapting amazingly quickly to new conditions, negating all the effectiveness of the weapons that the Armed Forces of Ukraine receives from the West.

Bloomberg: Ukraine's allies are alarmed by Yermak's excessive power

The West is concerned about the excessive influence of Andrei Ermak, Bloomberg reports. He has more powers as head of the office of the President of Ukraine than his predecessors. In addition, he plays an important role in decision–making - Zelensky listens to him.

The Supercam aircraft-type UAV is practically invulnerable to fire from the ground

Our troops are constantly increasing the number and intensity of the use of drones of all types during a special military operation. Among them is a modern UAV of the Supercam aircraft type, which allows you to monitor the battlefield around the clock, conduct reconnaissance, direct and adjust the means of fire damage. Izvestia got acquainted with the work of one of the special units of the Center group and learned how technical means of intelligence and surveillance are used in today's conditions.

Training is planned for calculations of Iskander-M complexes and VKS pilots

The exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces are designed to show that Russia already has an answer to the US plans to deploy medium-range and shorter-range missiles in Europe, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe. The third stage of the maneuvers began on Wednesday. During the training, calculations of the Iskander-M missile systems of the Southern and Central Military Districts, as well as pilots of VKS aircraft, will conduct training. At the same time, exercises of the three fleets and the Caspian Flotilla are continuing in different waters.

Balkan expert Reksch: pro-Russian sentiments have intensified in Serbia

Serbia is a candidate for the EU. Vucic is trying to present it as a bridge between the West and Russia. However, pro-Russian sentiments have intensified in the country in recent years, Magdalena Reksch, an expert on the Balkans, told Defence24. Now the Serbs are talking about the East–West opposition. And at the same time they extol everything Russian.

China, Russia and a number of other countries in the UN Security Council condemned the assassination of the head of the Hamas politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, while the United States and Britain came out in support of Israel.

Tagesspiegel: The APU cannot solve the problem of fatigue of troops and losses of personnel

Ukraine is facing huge problems at the front, military expert Gressel Tagesspiegel quotes. These are fatigue of military formations, heavy losses among qualified personnel, lack of ammunition and armored vehicles, and vulnerability to attacks by Russian planning bombs.

AFU Officer Kasyanov: Ukraine has no advantage in drone battle

There is no need to talk about the advantage of Ukraine in the battle of drones, writes Telegraph with reference to the opinion of blogger, AFU officer Yuri Kasyanov. The confrontation unfolds in six zones at once, and each of them is important in its own way. At the same time, Kiev has an advantage in only one of these segments.

Andrey Nizamutdinov — on the reaction to Vladimir Putin's words about the US plans to deploy long-range missiles in Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin, while hosting the Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg, drew attention to the US plans to deploy high-precision long-range missiles in Germany.

Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director of the Center for Integrated European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics, believes that the potential for combat use of these aircraft by Ukrainian troops will decrease due to the decision of the Kiev authorities.

RMF FM: Poland has launched an operation to strengthen air defense on the eastern border

Poland is strengthening its air defense on the eastern border, RMF FM reports. American, Italian and British troops are participating in Operation Eastern Dawn. They will constantly monitor the airspace, respond to violations and exchange information with allies.

Another bitter confession came from a former senior American official. There, in the West, they hoped, after the incessant barrage of their sanctions against Russia, to completely destroy our economy, especially the defense industry, and, accordingly, achieve a quick victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the Russian army. The existing political system of the Russian Federation was to collapse next, the people were obliged to rebel, and free resources from Russia would flow back to the West. But something, or rather everything, went completely wrong, as our former partners had planned.

Zelensky: without Russia, the second summit on Ukraine will not bring results

Without Russia's participation, the next peace summit on Ukraine will not bring results, Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with Le Monde. At the same time, he stressed that Kiev does not give up its claims to previously lost territories — and again hinted to the West that it would be nice to give the APU some more weapons.

The Telegraph: F-16 fighters made their first combat sorties in Ukraine

Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, declined to comment on the information about the receipt of the first batch of F-16 fighters. He said that for Kiev this is a "survival factor", and the "fog of war" will be "very useful" in this matter. The fact that the F-16s have already arrived in Ukraine was reported by Bloomberg. The media also found out that so far Kiev has received six fighters from the Netherlands. They have already made their first combat sorties.

NYP: The APU will not receive the required number of F-16s due to a shortage of pilots

Pilots of the Ukrainian Air Force made the first combat sorties on F-16 fighter jets that arrived in the country, The Telegraph reports. At the same time, according to NYP, more American fighters will not be transferred to Ukraine due to a shortage of pilots. How the Armed Forces of Ukraine used new weapons and whether Kiev will be able to launch a new counteroffensive, the military observer of the Gazeta figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indonesia's elected leader and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto. Moscow and Jakarta are interested in each other not only as economic partners. Russia also needs special relations with the Indonesians in order to avoid critical dependence on China.