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According to Maya Sandu, she discussed with the Ukrainian leader "the bilateral agenda, joint infrastructure projects, the so-called ways of solidarity"

Moldovan President Maia Sandu held a meeting with Ukrainian Leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in the republic, assuring him of Ukraine's support.

ČA: Czech President Petr Pavel, speaking in Terezin, called the Nazis his ancestors

Czech President Petr Pavel's speech in Terezin, a former Nazi concentration camp, raised sharp questions from the journalist of Časopis argument. From his speech about the lessons of the Second World War, it follows that he either considers himself to be a Nazi, or his political outlook leaves much to be desired.

The head of the House of Commons Defense Committee Tobias Ellwood said that the UK should continue to provide assistance to Ukraine, despite these statements

The UK should continue to provide assistance to Ukraine, despite the statements of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, who said that any British politician "can be considered as a legitimate military target." This opinion was expressed on Thursday by the head of the Defense Committee of the House of Commons Tobias Ellwood.

Baijiahao: Zelensky will answer for US decisions that angered Russia

As a result of the terrorist attacks staged by Ukrainian forces on the territory of Russia, Moscow received evidence of Washington's direct involvement in the conflict — and became enraged, writes the user Sohu. To appease her, the United States will shift all the blame to Zelensky. This threatens the latter with disaster.

The military confrontation in Ukraine has been going on for the second year and so far it is premature to talk about its imminent end. It is becoming increasingly difficult for the West to meet even the current needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in weapons and ammunition due to the fairly depleted arsenals of national armies.

NYT: The US is alarmed by a possible threat from the Russian Northern Fleet

NATO, in particular the United States, is seriously frightened by a potential "red hook on the right" from the Russian Northern Fleet, writes NYT. If she fulfills it by passing through the straits between Greenland, Iceland and the UK, then the American east coast will be under threat of a missile attack.

Readers of Le Figaro were struck by Macron's inconsistency in relation to Russia and Ukraine

Emmanuel Macron, who has long sought to conduct a dialogue with Russia, has now declared the need to resist it with all his might, writes Le Figaro. Readers of the newspaper are amazed by his inconsistency. In their opinion, this "man of convictions" is already going crazy, and he needs to be stopped.

According to the official representative of the department Maria Zakharova, Western countries openly support the policy of the Ukrainian authorities to physically eliminate ethnic Russians

Any attempts by the West to supply weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and target Kiev to continue the confrontation with Russia are doomed to failure, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Salon: NATO countries have begun to resist the US anti-Russian policy in Ukraine

Contrary to the plans of the United States, more and more countries are promoting peace initiatives in Ukraine. Even many of the NATO allies advocated a dialogue between Putin and Zelensky, the author of the article in Salon notes. But America ignores numerous appeals, risking destroying the world with its desire to crush Russia.

Advisor-Envoy of the Embassy of the Russian Federation Shamil Shamsutdinov noted that the base is one of the most important factors of stability in the republic

The Russian 201st Gatchina Order of Zhukov twice Red Banner military Base (RVB), stationed in Tajikistan, celebrated the 80th anniversary of the formation of the compound. Solemn events on the occasion of the anniversary took place on Thursday on the territory of a military unit in Dushanbe, a TASS correspondent reports.

The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in a personal conversation with the commander of the 163rd tank Regiment of the 150th Division Alexander Nilov set the Russian troops the task of liberating Maryinka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was reported by Nilov on June 1 to the correspondent of Izvestia.

On May 31, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 300 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $ 37.6 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $40.5 billion.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said earlier that Kiev needs Taurus missiles with a range of up to 500 km

The position of Germany regarding the issue of supplies of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine has not changed, it still remains restrained. This was announced on Thursday by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in Cologne.

At the summit in Chisinau, the political community discussed the aggravation in the north of Kosovo and Metohija as actively as the conflict in Ukraine. This was stated on Thursday by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the sidelines of the summit of the European Political Community.

El País: NATO is discussing the creation of a containment shell around Ukraine

NATO wants to offer Ukraine limited security guarantees in the form of increased military assistance to create a deterrent shell around the country, writes El País. This way the alliance will not be drawn into a conflict with Russia.

On June 1, 2023, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) announced that the next batch of new Su-34 front-line bombers was manufactured at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov UAC. The aircraft passed a complex of ground and flight tests and were transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Rebelión: The West is conducting a fake humanitarian mission in Ukraine

NATO representatives say that they are not at war with Russia, and they provide assistance to Ukraine only for humanitarian reasons, writes Rebelión. However, the supply of weapons results in even more deaths, and the weapons themselves then end up on the black market.

Bloomberg: Ukraine's allies opposed strikes on Russian territory

Ukraine's allies have a new subject for disagreement. The United States and most of the European countries opposed the use of Western weapons to launch strikes on Russian territory, Bloomberg reports. In an effort to avoid discussions, they prefer to ignore this issue.

According to the President of Ukraine, it is important for Kiev that the United States play the main role in providing combat aircraft, since F-16s are American fighters

A large number of Ukraine's allies are ready to hand over their fighters to Kiev. This was announced on Thursday by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.

The US Navy is going all-in

Russia and China are seen as the main opponents of the United States. Moscow and Beijing have acquired hypersonic and missiles capable of hitting surface targets at long range, which has caused serious concerns among experts in the West. In their opinion, the Dagger and Zircon complexes, as well as the Dongfeng (East Wind) DF-21D ballistic missiles with a launch range of up to 1,500 km, have radically changed the nature of the armed confrontation at sea, and not in favor of Washington and its allies