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Macron is trying to smooth out the negative impression that has developed in the West after his scandalous statements about the Ukrainian conflict, writes Bloomberg. He has already expressed support for Kiev's desire to join the EU and NATO. However, the repentance of the French president pursues broader goals.

German concern Rheinmetall will supply Kiev with 20 Marder BMP

Germany plans to transfer to Ukraine an additional batch of infantry fighting vehicles (BMP) Marder. This was announced on Tuesday, June 6, by the defense concern Rheinmetall.

Ukraine's strategy partly consists in transferring forces and striking at the most important targets, the newspaper writes

Representatives of the US administration believe that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched a counteroffensive on Monday, their main goal is to cut the land corridor that connects Crimea and other territories under Russian control. This was reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday .

Special Canadian-made equipment designed to identify working UAV operators and determine the coordinates of unmanned aerial vehicles turned out to be in the hands of Russian servicemen. This was told in his Telegram channel by the deputy head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops (Rosgvardiya) for the Donetsk People's Republic, Colonel Alexander Khodakovsky.

The US Department of Defense has published information about the signing of a contract with Global Military Products. The agreement provides for the supply of Gepard anti-aircraft artillery systems of German origin for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a period up to May 30, 2024.

The United States would like to develop norms for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military sphere together with Russia and China. The corresponding assurance was made by US Deputy Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins at the Washington Center for a New American Security, reports TASS.

Ukraine's victory will expose its dark side and frighten allies, writes Paul Krugman in the NYT article. He admits that Nazi symbols are "frighteningly widespread" there, as is corruption. But Kiev still has to win, democracy is at stake. However, readers think quite differently.

The F-16 fighters that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) can receive can be equipped with AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM), AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, as well as GBU-53 bombs./B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). The corresponding weapon was listed by the publication The Drive.

The first modernized Boeing E-6 Mercury aircraft has entered service with the US Navy, designed to maintain communication and control the President of the country's nuclear submarine fleet, other strategic and non-strategic forces of the army in crisis situations. Work on the modernization of the presidential board over the past year was carried out by specialists of the American company Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), according to the online publication Breaking Defense.

The main US satellite in Asia, Japan, is gradually being connected to the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. So far, it has not moved on to the transfer of combat systems to the Kiev regime, however, it has already expressed a desire to supply cars, however, so far, as it is claimed, used.

The Government of the country noted that it intends to maintain stability in relations with Moscow

The Government of the Republic of Korea stated the need to adjust its policy towards Russia in accordance with the situation in Ukraine, but added that it intends to maintain stability in relations with Moscow. This is stated in the national security strategy of the administration of President Yun Seok-yeon published on Wednesday.

According to the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, the continuation of the crisis around Ukraine is not beneficial to anyone except the United States

Kiev has carried out another planned terrorist attack by blowing up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said at a meeting with State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich.

The upper House of the Swiss Parliament (the Council of Cantons) has approved an amendment to the law that will allow Switzerland to re-export weapons to Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday, June 7, on the website of the Swiss Parliament.

At the same time, the publicist noted that the truce, which the Secretary of State refuses to talk about, "is desperately needed by the Ukrainian army and civilians who find themselves in an increasingly difficult situation"

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken refuses to support peace initiatives in Ukraine, which in fact condones the spread of hatred towards Russia and Russians. This opinion was expressed by the American publicist, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh in an article published on Wednesday on the Substack platform.

Deputy Zatulin: Russia needs to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea in order to eliminate the threat

It is important for Russia to move as far as possible during the special operation in order to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea and eliminate the constant threat to Russia and the unrecognized Transnistria, said State Duma deputy, First Deputy head of the Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Konstantin Zatulin.

On the territory of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, servicemen of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia "landed" another drone flying from Ukraine. This was announced in his Telegram channel by the governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit.

Russian-Chinese relations are called in the United States "the largest undeclared alliance in the world." The word "undeclared" is key here, since Beijing does not fundamentally conclude military-political alliances with other countries, especially with influential ones. What dictates such a policy? And how much does it suit Russia itself?

The Anglo-Saxon world, in an effort to defend its unipolar world order, established by the end of the last century, does not stop at anything. Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria are traces-evidence left by the collective West as a result of its struggle for undivided domination.

Baijiahao: hacking of secret NATO data allowed Russia to strike at AFU facilities

The capabilities of Russian intelligence are simply extraordinary, user Baijiahao notes. According to him, the service hacked top-secret NATO data that contained important information about the Armed Forces. This allowed Moscow to determine the location of enemy targets and deliver ultra-precise strikes.

The Atlantic: a new cold War seems almost inevitable, although there are no takers

The US is trying to curb China's development by trying to attract new allies. But they are in no hurry to join the banner of democracy, having tasted the fruits of economic cooperation with Beijing. This will make the confrontation tougher, says Charles Kupchan, Professor of international Relations