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Although it is customary to say that one does not wave one's fists after a fight, in modern wars timely information is expensive even after the end of hostilities. Especially when the conflict is simply put on pause.

Denis Dubrovin — on what conclusions follow from the past NATO and EU summits

The twin summits of NATO and the EU, held in The Hague and Brussels on June 24-26, have become the starting point of a new era for Western globalist elites, which they see as a global Time of Troubles.

The global market for these munitions is experiencing an era of prosperity and expansion of the choice of offers

A new Type-88 anti-ship missile was tested in Japan. And this is far from the only novelty in this niche of long-range weapons. Over the past few years, new players have appeared on the global market of manufacturers of such ammunition — in addition to Japan, this is primarily Norway and even Taiwan. About what kind of missiles are being created in these countries, what capabilities they have, as well as about their export prospects — in the Izvestia material.

As the images from space show, active activity is currently continuing at this facility. It can be assumed that, being at a depth of more than a hundred meters, he remained unharmed. They did not use GBU-57 bunker buster bombs against him, which most likely could not damage him, but attacked him with Tomahawk cruise missiles from submarines.

The Telegraph: the communique on the results of the NATO summit ignored Ukraine

Putin can be pleased: NATO has become less aggressive in its statements, writes The Telegraph. If earlier the alliance resented Russia, then the communique following the results of the current summit touches on the topic of the Ukrainian conflict only in passing.

And what role did the US forces play

The conflict between Iran and Israel that took place in June 2025, with the inclusion of the United States of America at the last stage, will certainly go down in the history of wars as a war "in which everyone won." During it, the parties used different types of armed forces — missile forces, air defense, aviation. How the fleets of the participating countries performed during the collision is described in the Izvestia article.

During the Cold War, the USSR developed a strategy to combat American aircraft carriers, writes TNI. Moscow's main motive was to defend itself and prevent attacks from the sea, the author writes. The Soviet system of countering enemy vessels was very effective.

The Grayzone: Britain is behind the AFU operations in the Black Sea

Britain is at war with Russia in the Black Sea at the hands of Ukrainians, writes The Grayzone. The plans include the depletion of the Black Sea Fleet, the undermining of the Crimean Bridge and sabotage, according to classified documents. Britain needs the Black Sea to put pressure on the Indo-Pacific region.

"More than half of the planes have been lost in six months, which is a huge loss." With these words, military experts assess the recent regular cases of Ukrainian F-16 fighter jets falling, another unit was lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the night of June 29. Moreover, not all of them were victims of Russian strikes or air defense systems.

Any modern armed conflict can be interpreted as the eve of World War III, and merchants of military-political clickbait know how to use this.

Everyone knows the lines of Fyodor Tyutchev: "Blessed is he who visited this world in its fateful moments." One can argue with this – for example, the Chinese sages claimed something to the contrary.

Iran is considering buying a J-10C fighter jet from China instead of Russian aircraft

Immediately after the end of the 12-day war with Israel, the Iranian military intensified negotiations on the purchase of a batch of export versions of Chinese J-10C fighter jets, Iranian media reported.

The main difference will be the absence of US President Donald Trump in Belgium

The EU leaders' summit in Brussels on June 26-27 will be devoted to discussing the accelerated militarization of the EU and preparations for a military confrontation with Russia by 2030, the supply of weapons to Kiev to support its ability to continue fighting, as well as discussions on the 18th package of sanctions against Russia. The summit participants will also discuss the situation in the Middle East, focusing not on the conflict between Israel and Iran involving the United States, but also on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Prolonging military operations by supplying Kiev with weapons is fraught with destabilization of the situation in the European region itself, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said.

Bloomberg: the United States announces the imminent resumption of negotiations with Iran

It is not yet clear how much damage the American bombing has caused to Iran's nuclear program, Bloomberg reports. Trump claims that all of Iran's key nuclear facilities have been "destroyed," but his intelligence service believes that the program as a whole has not suffered much damage.

A Times journalist compared the NATO summit in The Hague to the "Potemkin villages"

The NATO meeting in The Hague, where Trump became the highlight of the program, only glossed over the disunity and indecision of Europe, writes theTimes. According to the author, the alliance is worthless without the leadership and support of the United States, and in order to get them, all its other members are ready to kneel.

WP: Trump's decision to support NATO was helped by the flattery and obsequiousness of the Europeans

"This is not a hoax," Trump said about NATO after the alliance's members agreed to increase defense spending to 5%, writes WP. He enjoyed the victory. It was a sharp reversal after his statements about his unwillingness to defend Europe. It was the result of a huge effort by NATO members to appease Trump.

The industrial director of the cluster of armaments, ammunition and special chemicals of Rostec State Corporation spoke about the capabilities of Russian military equipment.

Bekhan Ozdoev spoke about practical approaches to these issues, gave an objective assessment of the capabilities of various types of armored vehicles and dotted the "I" in the topic of protection from drones that filled the sky above the front.

WP: There are no hopes for Ukraine's economic development in the context of the conflict

Donald Trump's election victory has raised hopes for at least a ceasefire in Ukraine this year, but the conflict seems to be only escalating, WP writes. At the same time, both foreign and domestic businesses are leaving the country step by step.

infoBRICS: Russia has enough Oreshnik missiles to bring NATO to reason

A mistake was made in the coverage of Vladimir Putin's speech: it was reported that the serial production of the "Hazel Tree" was just beginning, writes infoBRICS. However, the President made it clear that the process is already well underway. To put it mildly, this is not the most pleasant news for NATO.

Colonel Khodarenok: NATO countries competed in kowtowing to Trump

The next NATO summit, which took place from 24 to 25 June, ended in The Hague. It was attended by delegations from 32 Member States.