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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.

The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has presented a new summary of the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to ISW analysts, the Ukrainian army is successfully attacking in four directions.

CIA Director William Burns visited Athens and the port of Alexandroupolis for the first time in 11 years, Milliyet reports. Nothing is known about the purpose of the visit. The following is noteworthy: Greece, in addition to Burns, was visited by the US ambassador in Athens, as well as Ukrainian diplomats.

The allies have delivered billions of dollars worth of combat vehicles to Ukraine and are now waiting for a return, Bloomberg writes. Western sponsors want to believe that the money was not spent in vain, but promising equipment has already begun to replenish the lists of losses.

The White House said that China had been using a base in Cuba to collect intelligence about the United States since at least 2019, The Wall Street Journal newspaper wrote on Sunday, citing an official from the administration of the American president.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Ukraine's attempt to attack the Russian ship "Azov Sea" with naval drones, which monitored the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the Black Sea, was stopped.

The Russian Defense Ministry showed a video of the unsuccessful attack of Ukrainian unmanned boats on the ship "Azov" of the Black Sea Fleet (Emergency), which performs the tasks of monitoring the situation and ensuring security along the routes of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the southeastern part of the Black Sea.

Deputy Head of the Defense Department Vedant Patel added that it is impossible to violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another country under any circumstances

The United States would not violate the territorial integrity and infringe on the sovereignty of Mexico if it tried to join an alliance involving the deployment of Russian military bases. This statement was made on Wednesday at a briefing by the deputy head of the press service of the US State Department Vedant Patel.

Russian and Chinese strategic missile carriers were escorted by foreign fighters in some patrol areas, the ministry noted

The Aerospace Forces of Russia and the Air Forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA Air Force) of China conducted another joint air patrol over the waters of the Japanese and East China Seas, the western part of the Pacific Ocean. This was reported on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The battle for Artemovsk showed the weakness of the military industry of Kiev's sponsors. The US Secretary of State admitted that Washington helped prepare a counteroffensive, and expects it during the NATO summit in Lithuania, Chronicles writes. But will Europe repeat the mistakes of 1914 by escalating?

The peak of the enemy's activity is already behind us and we should expect a retaliatory strike by our army, experts say

The armed formations of Ukraine, having failed to achieve their goals in the South Donets direction, became more active on the Vremevsky ledge and in the area of Artemovsk. On June 7, our troops repulsed 11 attacks on these sections of the line of contact, preventing a breakthrough of the defense.

The main news of Finland on the tragic day of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP was the expulsion of nine Russian intelligence officers from the country, Iltalehti writes. Previously, this was not reported to the public: the Finnish government did not want to annoy Russia with public deportations.

The Ukrainian crisis is "sucking all the strength" out of the euro, writes Huanqiu Shibao. By freezing the assets of Russian banks because of him, the EU made a mistake and undermined the reputation of its own currency. The euro was further shaken by the economic downturn in the region caused by the break with Moscow and the sanctions imposed on it.

It will be very difficult for Ukraine to reverse the situation at the front in its favor, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. The arsenals of weapons of the West were empty, besides, they did not have such missiles that could be compared with the Russian ones. Therefore, it's time for Zelensky to start negotiations with Putin, but this requires a serious mediator.

Zelensky burned Ukraine, turning it into a branch of hell on Earth. He intends to do the same with Russia, the author of the article from Almasry Alyoum believes. The West believes that it can strangle Moscow, but not everything is so simple. The United States and Europe will not be able to tip the scales in their favor.

Judging by the results of the April survey in the EU, Bulgaria is the only country whose majority of the population continues to see Russia as a partner of Europe, writes the "Diary". Bulgarians stand out especially from the rest of the citizens of the Union: many of them believe that they live in a world of non-cooperation.

The United States should not grant Ukraine membership in NATO, Lieutenant Colonel Davis said on the pages of Newsweek. Otherwise, military actions will lead to a nuclear escalation. Such an outcome would be a disaster for Ukraine, the United States and the whole world.

In a number of areas in the zone of a special military operation, Ukrainian formations yesterday attempted to attack the positions of Russian troops. However, when conducting offensive actions, the APU made unforgivable mistakes. The Telegram channel "The Wrong Side of the military service" writes about one of them.