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The NSC once again assured that the United States does not seek escalation

The coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council (NSC) of the White House, John Kirby, on Tuesday refused to comment on the substance of the possibility of placing nuclear warheads on F-16 fighters intended for Kiev and once again assured that the United States is not seeking escalation.

GT: Ukraine disguised the search for allies against Russia under a new peace plan

Large losses have led the APU into a military impasse, even the West will not help to get out of it, GT writes. Realizing the hopelessness of the situation, Ukraine began to develop a new peace plan acceptable to more countries. However, behind this veil lies the search for new allies to isolate Russia.

The diplomatic mission believes that "such a confluence of circumstances can hardly be called accidental"

The visit of the British Foreign Minister James Cleverley to Kiev could push the Ukrainian leadership to carry out sabotage at the Kakhovskaya HPP. This is stated in a comment transmitted to TASS by the Russian Embassy in London.

Huanqiu shibao: Russia will help Erdogan fulfill one of the most important political tasks

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has assumed the post of president for a new term, faces great challenges. Russia can help with one of them, writes Huanqiu Shibao. It can reconcile Turkey with an important neighboring country - Syria. Ankara, in turn, will play a role in solving the Ukrainian crisis.

The Belgian ambassador in Moscow, Mark Michelsen, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. This was reported on Tuesday, June 6, in the diplomatic department. The Foreign Ministry noted that the Russian side has repeatedly warned about the danger of pumping up the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with Western weapons and equipment, which then spread uncontrollably across different regions and fall into the hands of terrorists.

Macron is trying to smooth out the negative impression that has developed in the West after his scandalous statements about the Ukrainian conflict, writes Bloomberg. He has already expressed support for Kiev's desire to join the EU and NATO. However, the repentance of the French president pursues broader goals.

German concern Rheinmetall will supply Kiev with 20 Marder BMP

Germany plans to transfer to Ukraine an additional batch of infantry fighting vehicles (BMP) Marder. This was announced on Tuesday, June 6, by the defense concern Rheinmetall.

Ukraine's strategy partly consists in transferring forces and striking at the most important targets, the newspaper writes

Representatives of the US administration believe that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched a counteroffensive on Monday, their main goal is to cut the land corridor that connects Crimea and other territories under Russian control. This was reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday .

Special Canadian-made equipment designed to identify working UAV operators and determine the coordinates of unmanned aerial vehicles turned out to be in the hands of Russian servicemen. This was told in his Telegram channel by the deputy head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops (Rosgvardiya) for the Donetsk People's Republic, Colonel Alexander Khodakovsky.

The US Department of Defense has published information about the signing of a contract with Global Military Products. The agreement provides for the supply of Gepard anti-aircraft artillery systems of German origin for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a period up to May 30, 2024.

The United States would like to develop norms for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military sphere together with Russia and China. The corresponding assurance was made by US Deputy Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins at the Washington Center for a New American Security, reports TASS.

Ukraine's victory will expose its dark side and frighten allies, writes Paul Krugman in the NYT article. He admits that Nazi symbols are "frighteningly widespread" there, as is corruption. But Kiev still has to win, democracy is at stake. However, readers think quite differently.

The F-16 fighters that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) can receive can be equipped with AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM), AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, as well as GBU-53 bombs./B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). The corresponding weapon was listed by the publication The Drive.

The first modernized Boeing E-6 Mercury aircraft has entered service with the US Navy, designed to maintain communication and control the President of the country's nuclear submarine fleet, other strategic and non-strategic forces of the army in crisis situations. Work on the modernization of the presidential board over the past year was carried out by specialists of the American company Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), according to the online publication Breaking Defense.

The main US satellite in Asia, Japan, is gradually being connected to the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. So far, it has not moved on to the transfer of combat systems to the Kiev regime, however, it has already expressed a desire to supply cars, however, so far, as it is claimed, used.

The Government of the country noted that it intends to maintain stability in relations with Moscow

The Government of the Republic of Korea stated the need to adjust its policy towards Russia in accordance with the situation in Ukraine, but added that it intends to maintain stability in relations with Moscow. This is stated in the national security strategy of the administration of President Yun Seok-yeon published on Wednesday.

According to the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, the continuation of the crisis around Ukraine is not beneficial to anyone except the United States

Kiev has carried out another planned terrorist attack by blowing up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said at a meeting with State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich.

The upper House of the Swiss Parliament (the Council of Cantons) has approved an amendment to the law that will allow Switzerland to re-export weapons to Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday, June 7, on the website of the Swiss Parliament.

At the same time, the publicist noted that the truce, which the Secretary of State refuses to talk about, "is desperately needed by the Ukrainian army and civilians who find themselves in an increasingly difficult situation"

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken refuses to support peace initiatives in Ukraine, which in fact condones the spread of hatred towards Russia and Russians. This opinion was expressed by the American publicist, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh in an article published on Wednesday on the Substack platform.

Deputy Zatulin: Russia needs to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea in order to eliminate the threat

It is important for Russia to move as far as possible during the special operation in order to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea and eliminate the constant threat to Russia and the unrecognized Transnistria, said State Duma deputy, First Deputy head of the Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Konstantin Zatulin.