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The alliance also welcomed efforts within the framework of the "Permanent Surveillance from Space" program, which "will strengthen NATO's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities"

The NATO countries have agreed to accelerate the integration of space into the collective security system, which provides for joint exercises and operations. This is stated in the final declaration of the alliance, published on Tuesday following the summit in Vilnius.

Exceptional security measures have been taken in connection with the NATO summit in Vilnius, writes El País. Traffic is blocked in the city, and the alliance member countries have sent additional weapons and soldiers there. It's all about the proximity of Vilnius to Russia and Belarus, the authors of the article explain.

Poland, obsessed with the idea of destroying Russia, called on the United States to deploy American atomic weapons on its territory, writes WeChat with reference to Chinese General Jin Yinan. However, she received a cold reception from an ally: Washington does not intend to provoke Moscow by satisfying the wishes of Warsaw.

The Russian special operation in Ukraine has brought back to the agenda in Europe an issue that has not been discussed there for the last 20 years. We are talking about the need to restore military service on conscription, writes iDNES. Many EU countries would be happy to rely on a professional army, but there are problems with it.

Minister of Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak thanked Denmark and the Netherlands for coordinating the project of training Ukrainian pilots

The Polish authorities at the NATO summit promised Ukraine to provide infrastructure for training F-16 fighter pilots. This was stated on Tuesday by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak.

Sergei Shoigu stated Russia's superiority in the effectiveness and diversity of this type of weapons

In the case of the supply of American cluster munitions to Ukraine, our army will be forced to use similar means of destruction, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on July 11. Experts note that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have large stocks of such projectiles, but until recently they did not use them in the area of their own in order to avoid escalation.

There were a lot of rumors about the content of the "contract for the restoration of Ukraine", which Zelensky signed with the American BlackRock fund and JP Morgan bank, the Italian publication L'antidiplomatico writes. But only now are the contours of this grandiose agreement emerging. In fact, Ukraine is being sold to the West for debts.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on the supply of French long-range SCALP missiles to Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron said on July 11 that Paris would hand over long-range missiles to Kiev to support the AFU counteroffensive. "I have decided to increase the supply of weapons and equipment to Ukraine, to allow them to strike deep," he said. And he confirmed his commitment to the doctrine "aimed at allowing Ukraine to defend its territory."

South Korea is expanding cooperation with NATO, a number of new documents were signed during the alliance summit held in Vilnius. As Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday, Seoul and Brussels have adopted a new cooperation program.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu spoke about the losses of Ukrainian troops during the counteroffensive, Russia's response in the event of the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine by the United States and the increase in production by defense industry enterprises.

The flight of an intercontinental ballistic missile launched by the DPRK on July 12, 2023, was the longest of all North Korean missile launches. This was stated by the Ministry of Defense of Japan, which monitors the growing activity of the DPRK in the military sphere.

Sweden will also assist in the training of Ukrainian pilots mastering American F-16 fighters

Sweden and Ukraine have signed two agreements on military cooperation. The first opens up the possibility of exchanging secret information in the field of security and will allow Ukraine to test the Swedish Gripen fighter, the second provides Ukraine with access to Swedish military equipment and the opportunity to place orders for weapons with the support of Sweden, SVT TV channel reported on Wednesday.

NATO is a tool of the United States, writes Časopis argument. Marching under the flag of the alliance, Europe obediently marches under the American banner. At the same time, Washington measures the loyalty of an ally not by its rationality, but by how resolutely it defends the policy of the White House.

In addition, according to the Ukrainian president, the Netherlands plans to start training pilots in August

Australia has promised to provide Ukraine with a package of military assistance, including the supply of Bushmaster armored vehicles, and the Netherlands promises to start training pilots in August. This was announced by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky following meetings with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius.

The Norwegian government has decided to transfer a thousand new sets of Black Hornet UAVs to Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the kingdom.

The compromise reached at the NATO summit on the liberation of Ukraine from the Membership Action Plan is useless at the moment, Deputy director of the Center for Oriental Studies Kristina Gotkovskaya said in an interview with Gazeta. There is no agreement on Kiev's rapid entry into the alliance.

Helsinki expects that NATO membership will have a positive impact on the development of Eastern Finland, which has suffered greatly from the cessation of trade with Russia, writes Savon Sanomat. It would be "appropriate" to bring this to the attention of Biden during his visit, and right on the eastern border, the editorial board argues.

The release of the five commanders of the Azov battalion* could not have happened without coordination at the highest level, writes Politika. Yes, the agreement was violated, but Moscow certainly got something out of it. Perhaps the benefit does not concern Ukraine, but has to do, for example, with Syria, the author of the article believes.

Germany has been a model for Eastern Europe for the last half century, writes Der Spiegel. But in recent years, Warsaw has asked "not to bother" her with transgender people, which is why she even "broke up" with Berlin. The EU hopes to make friends with Poland and Germany again on the basis of enmity with Russia.

Despite all the efforts of the White House and the US State Department, the transfer of American cluster munitions to Ukraine caused a huge scandal. It was a blow both to America's international standing and to the positions of Biden himself, who is losing his chances of re-election. And the main merit in this belongs to the Russian army.