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Richard Dannatt noted that the US thus wants to support the AFU counteroffensive

The United States risks provoking a split among NATO members by transferring cluster munitions to Ukraine. This was stated in an interview with Sky News on Saturday by the former Chief of the General Staff of the British Army, Lord Richard Dannatt.

According to the Government of the country, the State seeks to "put an end to the consequences of their use for the civilian population"

The Canadian authorities oppose the use of cluster munitions on the battlefield against the background of US statements about the transfer of such shells to Ukraine. This is stated in the statement of the government of the country, which came to the disposal of the CTV News channel on Saturday.

Ukraine cannot be accepted into NATO, leading experts of the Cato Institute write in Foreign Affairs. Ukraine will weaken and divide NATO and undermine the confidence of its members in the alliance, the authors of the article claim. And there are a number of reasons for this listed below.

Rishi Sunak at the same time assured that the UK will "continue to support Ukraine"

The UK opposes the use of cluster munitions. This was stated on Saturday by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, commenting on the US decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine.

Margarita Robles noted that "certain weapons and bombs cannot be delivered under any circumstances"

TASS, July 8. Cluster munitions should not be supplied as aid to Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Spain Margarita Robles during a rally in Madrid on the eve of the national elections on July 23.

The Ukrainian army continues to replenish its units with obsolete weapons for use against Russia. Either it is taken out of the deep pockets of Ukraine itself, or its Western partners are fusing Kiev with all the junk that has remained since the Cold War.

As Michael Brodsky noted, Israel itself regularly conducts operations with the participation of troops

Israel cannot supply weapons to Ukraine, as NATO countries do, since it regularly conducts operations with the participation of troops. This was stated by the Israeli Ambassador in Kiev, Michael Brodsky.

Huge funds have been invested in Ukraine's counteroffensive, and there is still no result that the West expected, the Iranian news agency Akharin Khabar reports. Kiev offers to be patient, but the "sponsors" have less and less of it.

19 members of the US House of Representatives opposed the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine. They published their statement on this issue on July 7.

According to a survey by the Nezopont Center, 88% of respondents are convinced of the need for an immediate ceasefire and the start of peace negotiations

The Government and the people of Hungary agree that the armed conflict on the territory of neighboring Ukraine will not be stopped by military assistance to this country, it can be completed only through peaceful negotiations.

On July 7, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 800 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 $ 41.3 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $44.1 billion.

The UK will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine. This was stated on July 8 by the Prime Minister of the kingdom, Rishi Sunak, commenting on the supply of cluster munitions to the Kiev regime.

CPVS: RF expresses concern over violations of deconfliction protocols over Syria

The Russian military expressed concern about violations of deconfliction protocols in the skies over Syria by the US-led international anti-terrorist coalition in Syria, noting nine such recorded cases over the past day. This was announced at a briefing on July 8 by Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria.

The United States uses security as an excuse to deceive other countries and make them pay for American hegemony, writes Global Times. That is why NATO members such as Hungary, France and Turkey are unwilling to obey Washington, which has led to a lack of consensus within the bloc on key issues, including the choice of the Secretary General.

Melnik rudely replied to German deputy Stegner because of criticism of the supply of cluster munitions

On July 8, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andriy Melnyk insulted Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Ralf Stegner and other Western politicians in response to criticism of the supply of cluster munitions to Ukraine.

According to the colonel of the operational reserve of the French army, Caroline Galacteros, such a decision can be made at the NATO summit

NATO countries, in view of the lack of consensus on Ukraine's accession to the alliance, may offer Kiev at the Vilnius summit on July 11-12 guarantees of the participation of third forces in the current conflict under certain conditions. This opinion was voiced in an interview with a TASS correspondent by Colonel of the operational reserve of the French army Caroline Galacteros, who heads the Paris-based analytical center Geopragma.

After the modernization, Leclerc has changed seriously, but it is not entirely clear whether it is for the worse.

Western and Russian tank-building schools have been developing almost in isolation from each other for decades. Western tanks did not fight with trained units equipped with modern Soviet/Russian-made tanks, so it was impossible to clearly understand whose tank school was better able to cope with the requirements of the battlefield.

Everything that happens in Ukraine is subject to the rules established by the Kremlin and the CIA, writes Newsweek. For example, the United States promised not to fight directly in Ukraine, and Russia promised not to take the conflict beyond its borders. The author found out what other unspoken agreements American intelligence has with Moscow.

Catherine Colonna noted that the French side intends to strengthen the country's potential "in the long term"

France is preparing a new package of military assistance for Ukraine and intends to continue supporting Kiev as long as necessary. This was stated by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.

Speaking in March 2023 at the symposium on combat operations of the Association of Aerospace Forces (AFA Warfare ), the head of the Pentagon profile Department Frank Kendall (Frank Kendall) this is how he described the problem faced by the US Aerospace Forces: "We are united in our commitment to modernize the Aerospace Forces and implement the changes we need to be competitive with our task - China, China, China".