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On June 9, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new large package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 2.1 billion. 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 $ 39.7 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $42.6 billion.

Washington does not see any signs that there is a threat of nuclear war due to the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on CNN.

The American edition of Politico writes that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to intensify, but at the same time meets strong resistance from Russian troops. And the journalists of The Washington Post (WP) suggest that it will be much more difficult for the Ukrainian military to act now than last fall in the Kharkiv region.

Rogov: the total grouping of the APU in the Zaporozhye direction is over 100 thousand

The chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov said that the total grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Zaporozhye direction exceeds 100 thousand. He shared this assessment on Saturday, June 10, in an interview with RIA Novosti

19FortyFive: an expert from the USA answered why Russia does not start a nuclear war

Russia has made its goals clear. And since she does not start a nuclear war, it means that everything is going according to her plan, according to the columnist 19FortyFive. According to the expert, the Russians will "let out of the bottle of nuclear genie" only if they really begin to suffer defeat.

The first deputy chairman of the Commission on Mass Media and mass Communications of the OP of the Russian Federation, Alexander Malkevich, believes that in this way the countries that supply weapons to Ukraine will see that their rulers are "pushing towards the Third World War."

The Ministry of Defense showed footage of destroyed German Leopard tanks and American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles

The Ministry of Defense has published footage of destroyed armored vehicles of Ukrainian troops, including German Leopard tanks and American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

Oleg Stepanov considers such a decision by Canada illegal

The decision of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to confiscate the Russian AN-124 and transfer it to Ukraine is illegal and is a common theft. This was announced to the TASS correspondent on Saturday by the Russian Ambassador in Ottawa Oleg Stepanov.

The Prime Minister of Canada is on an unannounced visit to Kiev

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is on an unannounced visit to Kiev, announced the confiscation by Canada of the Russian AN-124 and its transfer to Ukraine. This was reported by Reuters on Saturday .

Advisor to the CEO of the concern Renat Karchaa said that Kiev's activity in this direction remains the highest

More than 100 attempts of penetration of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the territory adjacent to the Zaporozhye NPP (ZAES) have been stopped over the past month. As Renat Karchaa, adviser to the CEO of Rosenergoatom Concern, said on the air of the Solovyov Live TV channel, Kiev's activity in this direction remains the highest.

WSJ: investigators have restored the path of a yacht carrying explosives for the Northern Streams

German investigators have restored the two-week journey of the yacht, which could carry explosives for the "Northern Streams", reports The Wall Street Journal. Now they have to find out whether Poland could serve as a springboard for an attack on the Russian gas pipeline.

The total amount of military assistance that London provided to Kiev after the start of its military operation reaches £4.6 billion

British instructors have completed the training of Ukrainian tank crews on the territory of the kingdom. This was announced on Twitter on Saturday by the British Ministry of Defense.

Ottawa will also supply Kiev with 288 AIM-7 air-to-air missiles and 10 thousand 105-millimeter shells for Western-made guns

The Canadian authorities have decided to support the efforts of Western countries in organizing training of Ukrainian pilots to control F-16 fighters. This was stated on Saturday in a statement by the press service of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following his unannounced visit to Kiev.

The resumption of active hostilities in the zone of a special military operation and, first of all, in the Zaporozhye region has again increased interest in the technical side of the conflict. Attempts to break through the Russian defense in the Ozerov area led to heavy losses in the Air Force, for example, the loss of at least two Leopard 2A6 tanks and about 13 M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

And what air defense capabilities do they give Kiev

Since the beginning of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian aviation has been working more and more actively in the air. This means that the confrontation between our Aerospace Forces and the Ukrainian air defense has unfolded again. As part of the enemy's air defense today, there is a whole zoo of different complexes and systems.

Baijiahao: the deadly Russian submarine Belgorod will negate the naval advantages of the United States

The Russian Navy has one special trump card that helps it restrain the United States and its allies — the Belgorod submarine, writes user Baijiahao. This submarine, with its colossal striking power, negates America's advantages at sea and demonstrates Russia's leadership in the field of shipbuilding.

The new government promises to supply Ukraine with more weapons

The political crisis that has been raging for more than two years has ended in Bulgaria. The largest parliamentary parties were able to vote for the government in a consolidated manner and create a semblance of a capable cabinet of ministers.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are massively using foreign-made explosives in the South Donets direction of the special operation. This was announced on Sunday, June 11, by the head of the engineering service of the regiment of the South grouping with the call sign "Brick".

Le Figaro: the future of Europe will be built on the basis of the German vision

The views of Paris and Berlin on the future of Europe contradict each other, writes French publicist Nicolas Baveret in an article for Le Figaro. However, France is not trustworthy now, and the German vision is more holistic, so it will win, the author of the article believes.

Sapper of the southern grouping: the APU began to use the German Mars MLRS along the entire front line

The sapper of the southern group told RIA Novosti that the AFU began to remotely mine territories along the entire line of contact with the help of the German Mars MLRS.