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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that Ukraine can count on the unconditional support of his country

Details on the issue of training Ukrainian pilots to control F-16 fighters will be worked out in the coming weeks. This was announced on Friday on Twitter by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Denmark is ready to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F16 fighter jets, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Friday.

Público: Ukraine has become the "enterprise of the century" for arms manufacturers

The Spanish military exhibition FEINDEF showed that the conflict in Ukraine has become the "enterprise of the century" for arms manufacturers, writes Público. The country has turned into an ideal testing ground for new technologies, and representatives of the defense business have earned billions from it.

AgoraVox: statements of Western propaganda about the "victory" of the AFU in Artemovsk turned out to be "nonsense"

Western propagandists rejoiced, anticipating the triumphant counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk, but their enthusiastic statements about the upcoming defeat of the enemy turned out to be complete nonsense, writes a user of the AgoraVox portal. The cunning of the Russians allowed them to gain superiority, and the Ukrainians can only escape.

FP: we cannot talk about Ukraine's immediate membership in NATO

The author of The Foreign Policy believes that it is premature to drag Ukraine into the NATO orbit. This will thwart any attempts at a peaceful settlement of the conflict. He suggests expanding the scope of Western military support.

Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jake Sullivan noted that Washington, while providing military assistance to Kiev, is trying to avoid the outbreak of World War III

US President Joe Biden supports multilateral efforts to train pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to use F-16 and other fighters in combat. This was stated on Saturday by the assistant to the President of the United States for national Security Jake Sullivan.

The US Department of Defense announced that it does not object to the supply of F-16 fighters to Ukraine by other countries. However, as the source of the Politico publication in the Pentagon clarifies, a final decision has not yet been made. About the plans of Kiev's allies — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine use "smart" DM702 shells in combat operations. The Ukrainian Telegram channel writes about this.

The Taiwanese authorities are negotiating with the United States on arms supplies worth $ 500 million. This was stated by the head of the administration of the island, Tsai Ing-wen, on May 20.

FA: It is very difficult for Beijing to balance its ties with Russia and Europe

It is increasingly difficult for China to balance between Russia and the West on the Ukrainian issue, writes Foreign Affairs. Political realities and its own interests in the confrontation with the United States are pushing Beijing closer to Moscow. The developing political discourse of Beijing is generally unfavorable for Ukraine.

According to the head of the office, Mikhail Podolyak, currently "the issues of how to launch it logistically are being resolved"

Western countries have already decided to transfer F-16 fighters to Ukraine. This was announced on Saturday by the adviser to the head of the office of the Ukrainian president Mikhail Podolyak.

The head of the concern Armin Papperger noted that Rheinmetall "is working under great pressure to help Ukraine as quickly as possible"

The German defense concern Rheinmetall expresses its desire to start producing Fuchs armored personnel carriers as soon as possible at a joint venture recently established with the Ukrainian concern Ukroboronprom. This was announced by the head of Rheinmetall Armin Papperger in an interview published on Saturday with the newspaper Bild am Sonntag .

NBC: The White House announced Ukraine's need for the F-16 in the future

The US administration will not object to the transfer of American F-16 fighter jets by third countries to Ukraine, NBC reports. Earlier, due to the refusal to supply combat aircraft to Kiev, the White House faced pressure from not only European allies, but also members of the US Congress.

Experts from the British Royal United Institute for Defense Studies (RUSI) conducted an extended analysis of the actions of the Russian army after more than a year of the military conflict in Ukraine. As a result, very objective conclusions were made that the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out serious work on the mistakes made at the initial stage of the special operation, and carried out a number of changes that improved the strategy and tactics of the actions of the Russian troops.

The Vice Speaker of the Federation Council noted that the United States lays wreaths to the victims of the first use of atomic weapons, but does not mention who exactly did it and did not suffer any punishment

The summit of the Group of Seven (G7), which is taking place in Hiroshima these days, has become a real circus of absurdity and the apotheosis of hypocrisy, in which the "authors" of the first case of the use of atomic weapons - the United States - actively participate. This opinion was expressed on Saturday by the Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.

International columnist Kim Myung-chol pointed out that the United States and its allies are trying to "turn Ukraine into a testing ground for their weapons"

Representatives of the international community who share the principles of justice should come out in support of the "victory of Russia" in the situation around Ukraine. Such an appeal was made by international columnist Kim Myung-chol in a material published by the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).

Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in Kiev has demonstrated its inability to defend itself, military experts say

On May 17, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of the American Patriot air defense complex in Kiev by a high-precision strike of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system. The multifunctional radar of the complex and several launchers were hit. How the destruction of one of the most modern American air defense and missile defense systems turned out to be possible, Izvestia was dealt with together with a military expert, the founder of the Military Russia portal Dmitry Kornev.

The Paper: withdrawal from the CFE Treaty will allow Russia to strengthen the deterrence of the West

The expansion of NATO forced Russia to denounce the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, writes The Paper. This decision is absolutely logical — the CFE Treaty only tied her hands, the author of the article notes. Now Moscow has a chance to strengthen its position in Europe.

NetEase: China admired Russia's outstanding military trump card, surpassing the American one

The United States, Russia and China are the three largest world powers, and each of them has its own military trump card. Moscow owns the most outstanding of them, writes a NetEase user. Its deadly "Dead Hand" nuclear deterrent system scares even America.

L'Unità: The US wants a quick end to the conflict in Ukraine for the sake of confrontation with China

The United States wants to end the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible, Lucho Caracciolo, director of the authoritative Italian magazine on geopolitics Limes, said in an interview with L'Unità. The main thing for Washington is the confrontation with Beijing, and he wants to focus on it.