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Norway plans to allocate $7.3 billion to Ukraine over five years
The authorities are developing a multi-year program of assistance to Kiev, which will include both the financing of the military sector and the restoration of the country's civilian infrastructure
The Norwegian authorities plan to provide Ukraine with financial assistance in the amount of 75 billion Norwegian kroner (about $ 7.3 billion) over five years. This was reported by the Verdens Gang newspaper on Monday .
Americans: everyone with an IQ of at least 50 knows who blew up the Nord Streams
Breitbart readers named the real culprit of the explosions on the "Nord Streams"
Germany has not found any traces of Russia's involvement in the explosions on the Nord Streams, Breitbart reports. Readers of the portal are not surprised by the results. This investigation is a waste of time on imaginary crimes of the Russians, writes one of them. Obviously, the "idiot Biden" is to blame.
The reasons for the West's fear of Russia are revealed
Al Mayadeen: Russia's successes in Ukraine will be a victory over the West and its hegemony
The US and EU authorities plunged their peoples "into a suffocating economic crisis for the sake of sending money, weapons and mercenaries to Kiev," writes Al Mayadeen. They keep the media silent and bribe the right people for their propaganda. What is the reason for such fear of Russia in the West? The author of the article found the answer to this question.
The footage of the enemy's defeat from the combat module "Berezhok" BMP-2M is shown
The installation of new weapons on the BMP-2 has long been tested by the Russian defense industry. Back in 2005, Algeria ordered the modernization of these machines from the domestic military-industrial complex to version 2M, which meant equipping the equipment with the Berezhok combat module. It consists of a 30-mm 2A42 cannon, a 7, 62-mm machine gun, 4 ATGM "Kornet" launchers and a 30-mm AGS-17 grenade launcher.
EU—Ukraine Summit: Brussels clarified the prospects of Kiev's "European future" - TASS opinions
Andrey Nizamutdinov — about how Ukraine was pointed to its place at a meeting with the EU leadership
On the eve of the EU—Ukraine summit, politicians in Kiev tried to present their country as a kind of modern yellow-blue express train that rushes at full speed and is about to reach its cherished goal - the final stop called "Membership in the European Union." But reality, as usual, turned out to be harsh and mercilessly scattered all the "mri" into smoke: Kiev was made clear that its locomotive would have to drag along the rails for a long time, disappearing somewhere over the horizon. And it's not a fact that he will get there at all.
NATO did not recognize Russia's own strategy in its actions
dikGAZETE: NATO condemns Russia for the tactics it used in Yugoslavia
The West condemns Russia for attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. But this is exactly the strategy NATO used in Yugoslavia in 1999, writes dikGAZETE. The important difference is that the alliance did not think about civilian casualties, and Moscow, on the contrary, strikes precision strikes only at military and energy facilities.
Paris blames Russia for a series of painful failures
The painful humiliations of France in Africa began to cause Emmanuel Macron great domestic political problems. The rating of the French president is declining, society is protesting against the pension reform, and discontent, according to Paris, is provoked, of course, by Russia. Or rather, its "neocolonial policy". What is it about?
The EU offered Ukraine a "civil marriage"
Country: EU–Ukraine summit ended with promises
At the EU–Ukraine summit, they talked about the approximate dates of Ukraine's accession to the European Union and, what is closer to reality, concrete assessments of Kiev's fulfillment of the criteria of a candidate for membership of the bloc, writes Strana. Despite Zelensky's optimistic statements, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von Leyen, did not give any forecasts.
Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki admitted that the conflict in Ukraine could escalate into World War III
He noted that such a scenario is taken into account
Poland believes that the fighting in Ukraine will end when the Russian Armed Forces leave its territory. According to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, this should happen "voluntarily or forcibly."
Chancellor Scholz: "Putin did not threaten me. But we need to supply tanks to Ukraine"
Bild: German Chancellor on Putin, terrible scenarios of the future and his silver wedding
In an interview with the Bild newspaper, Olaf Scholz rejects "horror stories", but does not tell the whole truth. For example, he does not confirm the fiction of the British ex-prime minister about the "threats" from Putin. But Scholz generally adheres to the line of the Western "mainstream". And she puts all the blame for the post-Soviet conflicts on Russia.
"The Abduction of Europe": in the Greek myth, Europe was abducted by a bull, and in the XXI century — by the USA
Figaro: all the agreements guaranteed by the EU have failed. But all US orders have been executed
When was the last time the world listened to Europe's opinion? The author of Figaro asks this question. And he discovers with horror: almost 20 years ago. In 2003, Paris and Berlin did not go to the Iraq war. Then there were continuous diplomatic failures. The Minsk agreements did not work, in French Africa — hell.
NATO threatens Russia with war. But this country will not allow it to begin
Sabah: at the NATO summit in July, the alliance members will discuss its direct clash with Russia
After Germany agreed to send tanks to Kiev, the Ukrainian conflict moved to a new, even more dangerous level, Sabah writes. Now the pressure will be put on Turkey. And, if NATO manages to break it, the likelihood of a direct clash between the alliance and Russia will increase, the author of the article believes.
Drunkenness and greed: how the American PMCs collapsed in Ukraine
NYT: the American PMCs in Ukraine were ruined by alcohol and greed
The New York Times tells about how the American PMCs Mozart, who fought in Ukraine, "died". Financial fraud and alcoholism among the mercenaries — as well as the love of alcohol of one of the company's executives — led the Americans to collapse.
Supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine threaten the whole world
SCMP: Western arms supplies to Ukraine may worsen conflicts outside Europe
Weapons supplied to Ukraine are already "spreading" through black markets to other unstable regions, increasing the general degree of violence and bloodshed, writes SCMP. The author of the article emphasizes that further pumping of Kiev with weapons will lead to even greater destruction, so it is necessary to make every effort for a diplomatic settlement.
Biden said that climate change is scarier than nuclear war
Farda: according to Biden, Trump's political course led to the loss of many allies
Biden again criticized the policy of his predecessor after Trump's words about the decision to supply Kiev with tanks, which will only "bring the conflict to the level of nuclear confrontation," Farda reports. Biden himself considers climate change to be a much greater threat to humanity.
Russia's Special Operation: Military Administration in Ukraine
This publication is the final part of the article "Command performance" (Command performance) of the British edition of Janes Defense and Intelligence Review. In the first part , the author analyzed the interaction of the military districts of the Russian Armed Forces during a special military operation in Ukraine. In this excerpt, we are talking about the organization of military command (C2 in NATO terminology) on certain sections of the contact line.
Russia demilitarizes not only Ukraine, but also NATO
Swedish expert Burns: arms supplies to Kiev will force Russia to begin demilitarization of NATO
The Western press exaggerates Ukraine's successes in the conflict and creates a false impression of what is happening in Europe, publicist Lars Bern said on the SwebbTV channel. The stupid policy of the West and an increase in the supply of weapons to Kiev will lead to the demilitarization of not only Ukraine, but also the entire NATO, he believes.
Behavior in question: how Switzerland's neutrality is being tested by the Ukrainian crisis - TASS Opinions
Konstantin Pribytkov — about the contradictory actions of Bern against the background of its own and the policy of neutrality
In Switzerland and abroad, there is an ongoing discussion about whether the country is behaving correctly in the conditions of the Ukrainian crisis and whether its government has not departed from the principle of neutrality, according to which the state has not participated in international conflicts since 1815.
Stoltenberg sets a task: to deploy 300,000 NATO soldiers at Russia's borders
The French about the "threat from Russia": It is NATO, not Russia, that has expanded by 1,500 kilometers since 1989
In the West, they are trying to present the strengthening of NATO's "eastern flank" as a response to the Russian special operation, which allegedly woke up the "dead brain" of the alliance, readers of Figaro note. In fact, NATO has been expanding since the very end of the Cold War in 1989. And soon he will restore a fist of 300,000 soldiers, but much further east.
Bloomberg: Germany wants to redirect funds allocated for the abandonment of coal to defense
Germany is exploring the possibility of redirecting funds allocated for projects to abandon coal to finance defense.