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Macron: France will hand over long-range missiles to Kiev to support the APU offensive

France has decided to transfer long-range missiles to Kiev to support the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was stated on Tuesday, July 11, by French leader Emmanuel Macron.

The armed conflict in Ukraine has been going on for more than 16 months. However, there are no signs of its end yet, writes Seznam zprávy. The author of the article gives experts' forecasts of further events on the battlefield and their assessment of the international political perspective, taking into account the lessons of the past.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Choi Song Hee expressed confidence that "Russia will achieve the final victory"

North Korean Foreign Minister Choi Song-hee demanded that the United States abandon the "criminal decision" to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine. This was reported on Tuesday by the Yonhap news agency with reference to the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).

NATO began to cool the ardor of the allies. A carousel has begun, which will not bring any benefit to Ukraine, General Valdemar Skshipchak said in an interview with Do Rzeczy. The US and China are looking for a formal legal way to reach a compromise. There will be a truce, but not peace, the military believes.

Knutov on the transfer of long-range missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine: this proves the failures in the counteroffensive

France's decision to transfer long-range missiles to Ukraine will lead to an escalation of hostilities. On July 11, military historian, director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov told Izvestia.

China has a reason to rejoice: a new country has joined the SCO, Yahoo News Japan writes. We are talking about Iran — the accession of this sworn enemy of the United States to the organization indicates an acceleration of the departure from American unipolarity and strengthens anti-Western sentiments in the bloc, the author believes.

Dudakov: It will be increasingly difficult for the West to find consensus on arms supplies to Ukraine

There is a serious split in the West over the provision of cluster munitions to Kiev. This may affect further military tranches to Ukraine. Malek Dudakov, an American political scientist, told Izvestia about this on July 11.

The head of the German arms concern Rheinmetall announced the conclusion of an agreement, according to which it is planned to create an enterprise for the production of military equipment on the territory of Ukraine within three months.

Russia refrains from using cluster munitions during a special operation in Ukraine, although it has not joined the convention on the prohibition of such weapons. However, if the United States supplies the Ukrainian army with cluster-type artillery shells, the Russian Armed Forces will be forced to use similar ammunition in response. This was stated by Sergei Shoigu.

Today, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov signed a memorandum on the creation of a coalition to train Ukrainian military pilots on American-made F-16 fighters. This is reported by the Ukrainian press.

France should be aware of the responsibility for the decision to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles of the SCALP. This was announced on July 11 at the Russian Embassy in Paris.

After the transfer of the "Azov" to the Ukrainian authorities, Turkish leader Recep Erdogan made another unexpected move. Having demanded EU membership for Turkey in exchange for Sweden's admission to NATO, he immediately agreed to a different price, and now he will come to the summit in Vilnius as the main actor. What to think about it in Russia?

As the New York Times reported, on July 7, the last ammunition filled with a toxic substance was destroyed in the United States. Thus, the United States became the last State in the world to eliminate its chemical weapons.

What could the organizers of the rebellion expect in Russia and abroad

The June mutiny, raised by the founder of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin and his entourage, will raise a lot of questions for a very long time. So far we can only make assumptions.

In Helsinki, they started talking about the abolition of the demilitarization of the Aland Islands, writes Der Spiegel. Why arm yourself? The Finnish authorities believe that the current status of the archipelago is the "Achilles heel" of their defense. But Helsinki does not dare to remilitarize with the removal of the Russian consulate: what if Moscow takes revenge?

In Britain, a close bond has been established between officials and weapons developers, thanks to which taxpayers' funds allocated for defense projects are used to enrich corporate capital, and not to finance work.

At the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, Kiev will be shown a kind of "interim gesture," writes Politico. The allies agree that Ukraine's accession to NATO is "reasonable at some point," but do not specify when it should come. First, Ukraine must fulfill the conditions.

The White House rejected a possible NATO discord over the supply of cluster munitions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The United States does not expect that the decision to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine will provoke discord among the members of the North Atlantic Alliance. This was announced on Sunday, July 9, by the assistant to the American president for National Security, Jake Sullivan, during a briefing at the White House.

The T-62M tank of the Russian Army during the combat mission showed that its mine protection is highly reliable.

North Korea has warned that it may shoot down US military aircraft in its airspace

North Korea has warned the US that it may shoot down American reconnaissance planes in the event of a violation of airspace. The corresponding statement was published on July 10 by the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).