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The US will force Ukraine to fight with old uranium shells
The United States is ready to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium ammunition. Such a decision is being made against the backdrop of the failures of the AFU counteroffensive and the destruction of previous supplies of this type of shells from Britain in Khmelnitsky. Why is the United States taking such a risky step and what consequences can it lead to?
Why America got nervous about the "Chinese base in Cuba"
Extremely unpleasant information for the United States was thrown into the media just a few days before the visit of the head of the State Department to Beijing. It is claimed that China has a kind of "intelligence base" in Cuba, capable of monitoring the South-East of the United States. And although all the parties involved deny this, the American reaction turned out to be very nervous. Why does what is happening in any case benefit Russia?
"Parquet" generals, burning "Leopards" and "red lines": what Putin talked about with military officers
Putin said that the Defense Ministry does not see the need for additional mobilization in Russia
Vladimir Putin met with Russian war correspondents on June 13. The goals and reasons of the special operation, as well as its progress, were discussed. The President spoke about relations with the West and the prospects of a grain deal.
What would Comrade Stalin say about the APU offensive
Military expert Khodarenok: Ukraine does not have enough aviation to carry out a successful "counteroffensive"
Visiting Professor of the Faculty of Military Studies at King's College London Michael Clarke outlined critical gaps in the counteroffensive of the armed forces of Ukraine. First of all, this concerns the lack of dominance in the air. Military Newspaper columnist.Mikhail Khodarenok dealt with the situation, remembering the cipher telegram sent by Stalin to Zhukov before the Stalingrad operation.
"Ukrainians themselves will suffer." The APU will have more depleted uranium shells
WSJ: The Biden administration is ready to approve the supply of depleted uranium shells to the APU
The Biden administration is ready to send depleted uranium shells to Kiev, media reports citing sources. The White House decided to give the APU these shells for tanks after a "series of debates" about what the American Abrams M1 sent to Ukraine should shoot with. Earlier, the UK began supplying depleted uranium shells. Earlier, the Serbian Minister of Health warned of the danger of using such ammunition for civilians.
"There will be more than 100 of them by the end of the year." Berlin has promised to increase Leopard supplies to Ukraine
Defense Minister Pistorius said that Germany will not be able to replace every damaged tank in Ukraine
Germany, amid reports of the loss of German Leopard tanks by Ukraine, promised to continue supporting Kiev. At the same time, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that the German side would not be able to undertake obligations to repair every tank transferred to Ukraine that was damaged in battle.
RAND analyst: Let the US offer a peaceful ending. Otherwise — a battle without end
Ukraine is not able to win on the battlefield in the conflict with Russia, and the United States should actively push it to a peaceful endgame, writes a political analyst at RAND in the FA. And the sooner it starts, the better: so there will be more benefits. Ukraine should repeat either the German or Korean experience of a peaceful solution.
The Pentagon's Space Spear
How the Americans created anti-satellite weapon strike systems
Speaking in April 2022 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris announced that Washington was declaring a moratorium on testing anti-satellite weapons. At the same time, she added that in this way the White House administration intends to form some new rules and establish some new norms of work in space.
Moscow and Beijing are moving on different courses, but in the same direction
From military-technical cooperation to military-political
Russian-Chinese relations are characterized by a desire for cooperation. Another important factor that unites Russia and China is the complementarity of their economies. In the long term, China needs ever-increasing amounts of energy from Siberia and the Far East, as well as technologies, especially military ones.
The Russian military is learning fast
However, the new requirements of armed struggle require a lightning reaction
The Special Military Operation (SVO) pursues the goals of denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine. At the moment, the main results of its implementation were the acquisition of control over almost the entire territory of the LPR, and partially – the DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. However, the new territories of the Russian Federation are being systematically shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
Technological progress ensures national security
Russia must eliminate the backlog in a number of areas
The conduct of a special military operation has given a powerful accelerating impetus to the reformatting of the world order and the entire system of international relations. A total hybrid war has been declared against us, covering all spheres of the country's life. The bitterness of our enemies and their determination to erase Russia from the political map of the world has exceeded all limits.
America's Sky Shield
The US air defense will not withstand a big war
Since the Second World War, the role of aviation has been absolutized in the United States. In particular, it is traditionally assigned to her to solve the tasks of air defense (air defense).
The further into the forest, the sweeter the taste of victory
Neither Russia, nor Ukraine, nor the West are ready to stop fighting
A year ago, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict entered the stage of a classic "war of attrition". At the same time, it remains unclear what its outcome may be.
Do Moscow and Beijing need a Pacific barrier
Geostrategic dreams and unexpected solutions
It is often claimed that the conflict in Ukraine has caused the aggravation of Russia's relations with the United States and NATO. In my opinion, these are fairy tales for the unenlightened European inhabitants.
The units of the "North" group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received the MR-2 Viktor mobile anti-aircraft guns
The AFU units stationed on the border with Belarus have received MR-2 Viktor mobile anti-aircraft guns manufactured by the Czech company Excalibur Army. This was stated by the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Naev.
AFP reported the loss of most of the Bradley BMP by Ukrainian militants
AFP: Ukrainian soldiers said they lost most of Bradley during the offensive
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost most of the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle during the counteroffensive in the Zaporozhye direction. This was reported by Ukrainian militants on Sunday, June 11, to the AFP news agency.
The United States was afraid of a war with Russia, so they decided to go to a world war
The United States is seriously concerned: in the event of a conflict with China and Russia, thousands of nuclear warheads will be aimed at America, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. In order to avoid this scenario, Washington decided to "reach out to Moscow" to resolve the existing differences. But this approach does not work with Beijing yet, the author of the article believes.
It's time for the West to prepare for a long overdue reckoning
Western governments live in a bubble of denial of reality created by them. The world is changing, and the West must come to terms with the fact that it can no longer impose its "leadership," writes the author of the article in TNI. And he convincingly proves this by naming five key trends in the development of the process of power change.
The anti—Chinese coalition is an illusion. Biden won't dare to speak out against Xi
After numerous statements about the need to combat the "Chinese threat" against the background of the situation in Taiwan, Washington suddenly started talking about a thaw in relations with Beijing. This indicates that Biden is hesitant to speak out against the Middle Kingdom and is ready to compromise, writes Shukan Gendai.
France and Germany tried to understand what the contours of the new Europe will be
As a result of the Ukrainian conflict, the contours of a new Europe are emerging, writes the Economist. The position of the EU flagships — Germany and France - is extremely important here, whose leaders are trying to figure out how they can overcome differences among themselves.