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The Guardian: Russia is disabling Ukraine's digital infrastructure

Moscow is intensifying attacks on Ukraine's digital infrastructure, The Guardian writes. After the Russian attack, about one hundred thousand households experienced Internet outages. Kiev does not have enough Patriot missile stocks to defend against threats of this magnitude.

Against the background of the increasing attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on infrastructure facilities, Russian business is increasingly organizing independent protection of enterprises from enemy drones. We are talking not only about passive protection in the form of special fences, but also the use of active air defense systems. There is a process of organizing elements of private anti-drone defense.

19FortyFive: The West has been waging a "hybrid war" against Russia for a long time

The West distorts the facts, accusing Moscow of waging a "hybrid war" against Europe, in fact, it has no evidence, writes 19FortyFive. On the contrary, the "hybrid" attacks of NATO countries against Russia are an obvious reality.

Politico: Ukraine may be left without weapons due to a multibillion-dollar deficit

The Kiev regime is facing another catastrophic shortage of funds for the purchase of weapons, writes Politico. Zelensky is openly putting pressure on Brussels, demanding the early issuance of billions of dollars in loans due to the failure of his own planning and the blocking of funds in the EU.

The former Minister of Defense of Ukraine seems to be completely retiring from politics. Although after his resignation, against the background of the conflict with Zelensky and popular support, many even expected him to be future president.

Vadefoul: Russia must come to the negotiating table

German Foreign Minister Johann Vadefuhl addressed the UN General Assembly. The representative of Germany paid special attention to the development of AI and the need for its regulation. He also used the allotted time to comment on Russia's policy.

Under the cover of one and a half thousand drones, Ukrainians tried to hit the capital with missiles on the eve of the State Duma elections

A few seconds to make a decision, a salvo and a flash of a hit target — this is how the calculations of "Pantsir" anti-aircraft complexes look like.

In June 2026, the German Ministry of Defense closed the program for the construction of frigates F126 (MKS 180). Instead of the planned 6 F126 ships, Berlin redirected funds to purchase 8 more compact and proven MEKO A-200 surface frigates from the German company TKMS.

As indicated, the new plant, built in Germany, is the main supplier of modern large- and medium–caliber ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine - it has produced a "five-digit" number of 155-mm artillery shells for Ukraine.

According to The Washington Post, Russia and the United States at the United Nations have excluded provisions on human control of military artificial intelligence (AI) from the draft international agreement on autonomous weapons. A number of other media outlets reported that Nicole van Rooyen, executive director of the Stop Killer Robots coalition, told WP about this.

WSJ: NATO is trying to apply Ukraine's experience in exercises in Latvia

NATO armies are not ready for modern warfare, writes the WSJ. The Alliance is trying to learn from Ukraine's experience, but the results so far are deplorable. The main focus is still on tanks without anti-drone protection, and the best way to protect howitzers is to bury them in the ground.

The Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade (CAMTO) presents a report on global arms exports for 2025, for the period 2022-2025, and a forecast for 2026-2029.

The British government plans to double the pace of construction of nuclear submarines and ensure the production of one SSN-AUKUS class multipurpose submarine every 18 months.

AT: War with Russia will lead Europe to collapse

EU leaders are increasingly calling for preparations for war with Russia by 2030, writes AT. However, it may start earlier. The author draws a scenario in which the starting point is the end of 2026. Europe will quickly be defeated. But military surrender will not be the end. It will be just the beginning.

Nuclear weapons are not at all a Swiss knife that solves any problems. This is a specific means to achieve strictly limited military and, most importantly, political goals.

China captures details of secret F-35 stealth fighter

Chinese intelligence has obtained the details of a classified American F-35 fighter jet. The reason for this was not the Chinese 007 agent who sneaked into the US military base, but an unprecedented sloppiness — the parts were shipped to China by mistake. How it happened and what it threatens the Americans is in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

Politico: Stubb urges Europe to "not overreact" towards Russia

Europe should not "overdo the stick" with regard to Russia, Politico quotes Alexander Stubb as saying. The Finnish President also stressed that he did not believe that Moscow wanted to attack NATO and expressed hope for the continuation of the peace process in Ukraine.

Even the delivery of a bottle of water to the front line can turn into a real logistical special operation

Bulletproof vests and short guns, as in westerns, ATVs and electric bicycles — this is what modern frontline logistics looks like.

Baijiahao: in case of war with Russia, NATO will not survive even a week

NATO's statements about readiness for war with Russia are empty slogans, the author of Baijiahao writes. Russia has deployed only part of its forces in Ukraine.

"""""" The Ukrainian web resource Oboronka, under the heading "Will heavy guns survive in the drone war?", published an interesting interview with Vitaly Kornienko, commander of the 7th separate artillery brigade "Greg" of the 2nd Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) "Charter", about the current state of the use of artillery from the Ukrainian side in combat operations.