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FT: The EU will restrict the movement of Russian diplomats

EU countries intend to introduce a new package of sanctions, which will include measures to restrict the travel of Russian diplomats within the bloc, the Financial Times writes. However, it was not possible to achieve the unanimous support necessary for the adoption of the package.

WNP: Poland is not ready for massive drone attacks

Poland is preparing for a major war and has already purchased the latest missiles and radars, but it has overlooked one important point, writes WNP. The country is completely unprepared for massive drone attacks. Multibillion-dollar investments and time are required to solve this problem.

Igor Varlamov — what the United States is hiding, declaring the fight against the drug mafia in Venezuela

The south of the Caribbean, near the coast of Venezuela, has become a new hotspot on the political map of the planet. The reason is the brash aggressive actions of the United States directed against the legitimate authorities of Caracas and personally the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.

Russian troops are using a new engineering system to operationally isolate enemy strongholds

Russian troops are moving forward step by step, capturing prepared enemy strongholds. Engineering training plays a key role in ensuring success. Often, the decisive factor is not only the assault, but also the isolation of the combat area: depriving the enemy of ammunition supplies, disrupting rotations and, most importantly, blocking his counterattacks. Widely used for the first time during the Ukrainian counteroffensive of 2023, the Agriculture remote mining installations today support the offensive operations of the Center group of forces in the DPR, allowing them to quickly and covertly create minefields both in front of their positions and deep behind enemy lines. The soldiers of the engineering unit shared with the correspondent of Izvestia the details of the mine directors' work.

US President Trump: The decision on Tomahawk missiles is almost made

US President Donald Trump said that the decision on the supply of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine has been practically made. However, he did not explain what it was, and stressed that he was not seeking to escalate the situation.

DE: in case of war with NATO, Russia has a nuclear list of targets ready for destruction

Many Western experts claim that a nuclear war is unlikely, but their fears have not gone away. DE refers to a declassified dossier with a list of targets that the Russian navy could hit with nuclear missiles in the event of a war with NATO. Among the 32 European sites, three are located in Britain.

ISW: Almost 2,000 Russian facilities were hit by Tomahawk missiles

Theoretically, almost 2,000 military installations in Russia could fall into the zone of destruction of American Tomahawk cruise missiles if Washington transfers such weapons to Kiev. This was stated by analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Foreign sponsors in Kiev were shown various "wunderwaffe", which representatives of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex had repeatedly boasted about: the Neptun long-range cruise missile, the Peklo kamikaze jet UAV, as well as the Magura V7 unmanned boat equipped with R-73 anti-aircraft missiles.

Donald Trump said that he had practically made the decision to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles. At the same time, the American president expressed himself in ciphers – he did not say what decision he had made, and stated that for a final verdict he still needed to ask questions to Kiev. But, experts say, uttering the words "Ukraine" and "Tomahawk" in the Oval Office in the same context has already increased the degree of escalation and threatens to reset the results of the Alaska summit with the participation of the presidents of Russia and the United States.

"Ours act like this. First, an Iskander missile strike, and then they finish off with Geranium drones." In these words, military experts describe the technology of Russia's defeat of the military echelons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ukrainian railway infrastructure. Why has the Russian Armed Forces recently increased the intensity of attacks on enemy trains and locomotives?

Colonel Khodarenok said that the delivery of Tomahawk to Ukraine would free Moscow's hands

The decision to supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kiev will transfer the armed conflict practically to the nuclear stage. That's what the military observer of Gazeta thinks.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok. He named two possible Russian responses to Donald Trump's decision. For more information, see our article.

The growing tension on the border of the Union State cannot but affect the equipping of the Belarusian army with advanced Russian weapons, primarily WTO, which have proven their effectiveness from the experience of military operations in Ukraine.

Against the background of the transformation of the general structure of international relations, which consists in the transition from the unipolar model of Anglo-Saxon dominance to a multipolar global balance of power based on equality, the degradation of the old system of international security is clearly visible. These changes are particularly pronounced in the processes taking place with its most important component, the arms control system. By now, the fact that the main international treaties and conventions on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons are practically recognized among the world majority.

Die Zeit: The West is poorly protected from cyber attacks and is in a vulnerable position

The world is in a state of cold cyber warfare, and digital security in Germany leaves much to be desired, said American hacker Chris Kubeka in an interview for Die Zeit. Moreover, many government systems are completely unprotected, making them incredibly vulnerable in the 21st century.

And are the NATO countries capable of implementing this ambitious defense project

An initiative called the "drone wall" is being actively discussed in the European part of NATO, which is planned to be implemented on the eastern borders of the bloc. Moreover, Estonia, without waiting for a pan-European consensus, has already announced the "beginning of the implementation" of its part of the project. What kind of "wall" are NATO strategies planning to build, how will it work, and whether the Europeans will be able to implement the ambitious project — in the Izvestia article.

Guardian: Drones seem to be everywhere to Europeans due to anxiety and perception errors

The population of Europe is gripped by mass panic due to drones allegedly appearing in the sky, writes The Guardian. Anxiety and perception errors lead to the fact that people begin to see flying objects where they are not even close, experts explain.

The Self-Defense 2025 arms exhibition opened in the capital of the DPRK, Pyongyang, where the latest models of military equipment created by the defense industry of the fraternal country were presented.

The Telegraph: Europe plans to increase production of drones

Panic is raging in Europe against the background of the "Russian unmanned threat," writes the Telegraph. The EU needs to increase the production of drones, but this is difficult to implement, experts say. Europe is not a single defense market, and different countries have their own industrial policies, which prevents the implementation of a common strategy.

Drone activity is becoming increasingly high in the context of the Ukrainian conflict. A number of countries are learning from this situation, using the military and military-technical experience accumulated by the warring parties.

The Times: Britain accuses Russia of trying to jam its military satellites

Britain has accused Russia of interfering in the work of its military satellites, The Times writes. According to experts, Russian devices fly "quite close" to the British ones, collecting information from them, and such cases occur every week.