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The Grayzone: a boot was found near the site of the explosions on the "Northern Streams", like the US and Ukrainian Navies

During an independent expedition to the site of the explosions on the "Northern Streams" managed to find a diving boot, which is used in the U.S. Navy and Ukraine, writes The Grayzone. Who left it and why did the Swedish investigators keep silent about it? These questions are asked by the author of the article.

High North News: the American aircraft carrier, which went towards Russia, disappeared

Recently, the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest military aircraft carrier, arrived in Norway, High North News reports. However, after his departure from Oslo, "silence reigned": the ship does not send any signals. One thing is known: the aircraft carrier was heading towards Russia.

FT: not all Asian countries are ready to get involved in a military conflict with Beijing

The Biden administration is making great efforts to actively forge various alliances in the Indo-Pacific region directed against China, writes FT. But, according to the author, not everything goes smoothly here. The main problem is the unwillingness of the peoples of the formally US–allied countries of the region to war with China and the possible huge victims of the conflict.

Al Mayadeen: North Korea is ready to join the fight with the West on the side of Russia and China

The conflict in Ukraine has become part of the global confrontation between the West and the East, writes Al Mayadeen. According to the author of the article, it is impossible to ignore what is happening in Asia: China and Russia have "become easy" North Korea, which cannot stand aside as part of the fight against the United States and Japan.

Advance: The US is afraid of an escalation of the conflict. Kiev's disobedience will cancel their plans

Washington has warned Kiev that it does not want to see how American weapons are used for strikes on Russian territory, Advance writes. The United States is so concerned about these attacks not because they are afraid of the outbreak of World War III. They are afraid of losing control over current processes.

American Conservative: The West will have to put up with Russian control in Ukraine

If the West wants to put an end to the massacre in Ukraine, it will have to separate propaganda from reality, writes AC. The vaunted expansion of NATO does not mean that the country's territory will be restored and it will emerge from the conflict as a sovereign state within the borders inherited from the USSR.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles reached an "informal agreement on expanding military assistance to Kiev" on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference.

Australia, the USA and Ukraine are discussing the transfer of 41 decommissioned F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to Kiev. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the Australian Financial Review newspaper, citing its sources.

According to Dr. Jack Watling, senior researcher at the Royal Institute of Defense Studies (RUSI), modern Russian artillery has improved its capabilities to counter enemy artillery (counter-battery warfare). According to the British expert, expressed for the Institute of Modern Warfare of the US Army Officer School Westpoint, now, apparently, the Russian Armed Forces are able to return fire from Ukrainian artillery systems in just two minutes after their first shot. 

dikGAZETE: It's time for Zelensky to stop deceiving Ukrainians and start negotiations with Russia

Zelensky has no other way but to stop deceiving Ukrainians and stop terrorist attacks in Moscow and the Moscow region, writes dikGAZETE. It is obvious that NATO will not accept Ukraine into its ranks, so as not to provoke Russia. It's time for Kiev to recognize this and sit down at the negotiating table, the author of the article believes.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that most countries in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) do not accept the strengthening of NATO military activity in the region. The Chinese diplomat said this at a regular press briefing, responding to a request from journalists to comment on the statements of the leaders of Asian countries, including Indonesia and Singapore, whether they want to be in the epicenter of the "new cold war" or give preference in favor of China or the United States.

Contrary to the high hopes of the Kiev regime, the armored vehicles transferred by the West could not guarantee the success of the AFU in conducting another attempt to attack Russian positions. Heavy losses of Ukrainian formations in personnel and armored vehicles were reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

According to the Indonesian media, on the afternoon of June 3, 2023, a large fire occurred on board the medium landing ship of the Indonesian Navy Teluk Hading (tail number "538", the former ship of the GDR Cottbus fleet of Project 108, acquired in 1994). The fire occurred 8 miles from the port of Bira on Sulayar Island, South Sulawesi Province, while the ship was traveling on a transport flight from Jakarta to West Papua.

Tehran will not sign an agreement on restarting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program until it resolves all disputed issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), adviser to the Iranian delegation at the talks Mohammad Marandi said.

Estonia, as part of the Russophobic frenzy with the aim of possibly (in the future) blocking Russian warships from entering the Baltic Sea through the Gulf of Finland in 2022, began to actively cooperate with Finland.

China and Russia are gradually winning back native American zones of influence

Despite unprecedented pressure from the collective West, led by the United States, the countries of the Middle East are taking a balanced position in relation to the Ukrainian crisis, guided by their national interests.

Different versions of kamikaze drones have found their niches in the skies

The events of recent years convincingly prove that kamikaze drones are increasingly occupying a niche of mass high-precision weapons of various objects, equipment and enemy manpower. In Russia, having initially been late with their development and implementation, they also began to actively develop this field of military technologies and have already achieved significant success.

During the presence of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan, our servicemen tried in various ways to increase the firepower of the armored vehicles that were then in service.

Donya-Eqtesad: on the eve of the NATO summit, Zelensky set one condition for the alliance

Vladimir Zelensky is seriously offended by NATO, writes Donya-Eqtesad. On the eve of the summit in Vilnius, the President of Ukraine said that he would participate in the meeting only on one condition: if the alliance finally presents a roadmap for Kiev's entry into its ranks.

Poland is preparing for a big war. Warsaw massively buys weapons abroad, builds military bases, pulls troops to the eastern borders and allows itself ambiguous rhetoric. About what is happening — in the material of RIA Novosti.