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The Russian army got its hands on the most valuable trophy – the Franco-British Storm Shadow missile, with which the enemy strikes at rear targets from long distances. What are the features of this missile and how will the analysis of its "stuffing" affect the tactics of countering such complexes?

There was a joint declaration of Polish President Andrzej Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. It says the following:

The German authorities are confidently leading the country entrusted to them to deindustrialization, including in the production of defense products. The first blow to the German economy was the adoption of the Kiev regime as a dependent. The second, affecting the German industry, was the rejection of the Russian market, of energy carriers from the Russian Federation and the unwillingness to deal with customers undermining the "Northern Streams".

The purchase price of the supplied military equipment and weapons is about €1.5 billion

The Netherlands has so far provided Ukraine with military assistance totaling €1.9 billion. This was announced on Wednesday in a letter to parliament by the head of the Dutch Defense Ministry, Kaisa Ollengren.

The course of the SVO in Ukraine has become a test of the strength of the military doctrines of many countries of the world. A number of the Indian military criticized the existing strategy of the country, calling for taking into account the conclusions of the confrontation that unfolded in the square.

India is wary of the idea of expanding BRICS, writes SCMP. The country is concerned about how this step meets its interests. At the same time, experts suggest that New Delhi is afraid of losing influence within the group in the event of its expansion.

How does the approach of the NATO summit in Vilnius affect the situation in the SVO zone

During the recent knocks during unsuccessful attacks in the zone of a special military operation, the VFU lost over 760 people and 54 units of military equipment, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on July 5.

Russia will definitely emerge victorious from the conflict in Ukraine, writes Al-Watan Syria with reference to an article by American political scientist John Mearsheimer. Moscow is fighting for life and death, aware of the threats from Kiev. She will win, and not only in this confrontation, the columnist of the Arabic edition believes.

On July 2, 2023, on the Day of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an official ceremony of raising Ukrainian naval flags was held in Glasgow (Great Britain) on two Sandown-type minesweepers transferred to Ukraine from the British Navy, which received the Ukrainian names M 310 "Chernigiv" (former British M 108 Grimsby) and M 311 "Cherkasi" (former British M 112 Shoreham). Both ships thus officially became part of the Ukrainian Navy.

On July 6, Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov showed how Russian servicemen were distributing propaganda shells calling on the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to surrender.

The Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country Hirokazu Matsuno also noted that the states of the Group of Seven consider such rhetoric unacceptable in the modern world

Japan considers "dangerous and unacceptable nuclear rhetoric" on the part of Russian officials. This was announced on Thursday at a regular press conference by the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers Hirokazu Matsuno in response to a request from journalists to comment on the statements of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.

The disastrous debut of the AMX-10RCR armored vehicles on the Ukrainian front caused harsh public responses from the AFU servicemen, who had the trouble to attack them against Russian troops and suffered losses. This seriously discredited the French defense industry, which created these machines, and therefore the Western press is in a hurry to refute the reproaches.

Footage of events in the sky over eastern Syria that took place on the morning of July 5, 2023 appeared on the Internet. Three fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces intercepted three unmanned aerial vehicles MQ-9 Reaper of the US Air Force. The drones, according to the American command, carried out tasks allegedly to combat local militants.

The Belarusian leader said that he had not discussed the situation around the Zaporozhye NPP with Russian President Vladimir Putin

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that a possible explosion at the Zaporizhia NPP will not end the Ukrainian conflict, but will cause enormous damage to all countries of the continent.

The conflict in Ukraine does not meet the interests of any of the warring parties, Jeffrey Sachs said in an interview for Junge Welt. He proposed his plan for a peaceful settlement of the crisis: Ukraine becomes a neutral country, and Russia, from which all sanctions are lifted, withdraws troops.

According to human rights activists, this can lead to "suffering of the civilian population"

The human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned the US authorities against transferring cluster munitions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which will lead to "suffering of the civilian population." This is stated in a message published on Thursday on the HRW website.

The network has published footage showing, for the first time at close range, the combat use by the crew of the Su-34 aircraft of the FAB-500M-62 planning bombs equipped with universal planning and correction modules (UMPC). The shooting angle allows you to see in detail the device of the planning module in the unfolded state.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have struck at the points of temporary deployment of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and foreign mercenaries, as well as at the storage sites of armored vehicles of foreign production. This was announced on July 6 by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

Rumen Radev believes that there is no military solution to the Ukrainian conflict

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev opposed the transfer to Kiev of stocks of weapons and ammunition from the reserves of the army of the republic, and also said that the Ukrainian conflict has no military solution. The Bulgarian head of state said this on Thursday during talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

Russia is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Kursk, which is famous for its tank battles. A lot has changed since then, and the tactics of using tanks on the battlefield have been constantly adjusted, including during the course of its own. Why is the tank still indispensable on the battlefield and how will the military use tanks in the future?