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Contrary to previous plans and statements, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, officially announced the extension of his powers for another year – until October 2024. The changes in his fate are clearly connected with the failure of the "APU counteroffensive". Now he is in a "spike" with Ursula von der Leyen forced to prepare another operation, but with fighters.

Military expert Khodarenok is sure that the APU will try to capture Artemovsk by the NATO summit

There are only a few days left before the start of the NATO summit in Vilnius. And the APU has not yet achieved any tangible success that could be presented to the participants of the upcoming forum. Whether Kiev will be able to achieve any military victories, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Challenger tanks and up to 800 AFU fighters and mercenaries could be located in the barracks in Lviv

The armed forces struck at a place of accumulation of military equipment and barracks in Lviv, where there were about 800 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, a source in the Ministry of Defense told RIA Novosti.

The United States may decide this week to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions. This is reported by CBS TV channel with reference to officials.

White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates said that his country's focus is on continuing to provide assistance to Ukraine

The United States continues to make attempts to succeed the authorities in Kiev on the battlefield, and not to organize peace talks on Ukraine.

The West African state of Benin has recently faced an increasing threat from Al-Qaeda and ISIS [terrorist organizations banned in the Russian Federation].

White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates said earlier that Washington is actively considering the supply of such ammunition to Kiev, there are no announcements on this yet

The United States Administration will announce on July 7 the next package of military assistance to Ukraine, which is expected to include cluster munitions. This was reported by Reuters with reference to its sources.

The Americans are testing the strength of the Chinese autonomous regions

Since the 1840s, Russia and China have become the main targets of the aggression of England and France. Only thanks to the financial and military assistance of the United States, the so-called Republic of China has existed on the island of Taiwan for 74 years.

The administration of US President Joe Biden is actively discussing the idea of supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine, it's too early to report any decisions, White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates told reporters on Thursday.

The collective West applies a flexible combination of military doctrines

Today, the world is balancing on a difficult-to-manage "escalation ladder" of military conflicts. The proxy war unleashed against Russia in Ukraine and the special military operation (SVO) as Moscow's forced response to an attempt to create a hotbed of aggression near its borders demonstrated that the doctrines of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear deterrence built on the threats of using nuclear or high-precision long-range weapons, which were relied on in Russian strategic planning documents, worked only partially.

Recently, military commander Sladkov in his Telegram channel shared information that Kiev has begun to prepare Sumy and Kharkiv for surrender. The evacuation of large enterprises and the population has begun. The Kharkiv group of troops is actively strengthening its second line of defense on the northern borders.

The worst scenario of the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine is named

The reason for the special operation in Ukraine is not a demonstration of Russia's megalomania, but its anxiety about the influence of the United States on its nearest and most important neighbor, writes Harper's Magazine. This should be recognized in America and everything should be done to move away from the abyss of mutual nuclear destruction.

The US president is preparing for a European tour, writes Huanqiu shibao. The purpose of the trip is to "link" the allies with the help of NATO. As part of the confrontation with Russia in Ukraine, Biden needs help, since it has become too difficult to maintain American hegemony alone, the author of the article believes.

The VFU is regrouping ahead of a new phase of the counteroffensive, experts believe

Since the beginning of the month, losses of the Ukrainian Air Force have sharply increased - several attack aircraft, helicopters and fighter jets have already been shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on July 4.

Since April 2004, Bulgaria has been a full member of NATO. Sofia joined the alliance as part of the largest expansion of the Alliance. Together with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Estonia were admitted to NATO.

Having lost a large number of armored vehicles, including those provided by Western allies, in the early days of the so-called counteroffensive, the Ukrainian command is now generally trying to hold armored vehicles deep in the rear. However, even there our long-range weapons of destruction get it.

After the start of the SVO, the Western curators of the Kiev regime acutely faced the issue of strengthening the air defense of the Nezalezhnaya. The S-300 air defense system, the most powerful anti-aircraft system of the Soviet systems available in Europe, was in service with only three countries – Slovakia, Bulgaria and Greece.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine admitted that it struck the Chongar Bridge on June 22 with a Storm Shadow missile

Alexey Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, admitted in an interview with Ukrinform that the attack on the Chongarsky Bridge was carried out by a Storm Shadow missile.

More and more political scientists, including American ones, are talking about the collapse of the United States, writes Al-Watan Syria. Surviving at the expense of endless wars, America decided to fight too strong opponents — Russia and China. This mistake will cost the United States very dearly, the author of the article believes.

Military expert Kashin: the confrontation between China and Taiwan may begin in the next three years

The situation around Taiwan will worsen, the reason for this is the actions of the United States. Vasily Kashin, Director of the HSE Center for Integrated European and International Studies, told Izvestia on July 5.