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Bloomberg: A year of war between NATO and Russia will cost the world 1.5 trillion dollars

Europe is watching the build—up of Russian military power and is maniacally preparing for the unthinkable - a war with Russia. Bloomberg experts have calculated what it will cost the world. The size of the possible losses is shocking. The West does not hear Moscow, which has repeatedly stated that it has no plans to fight with NATO.

According to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the two-day summit of the alliance, which opens in The Hague on Tuesday, will take place at a time when the security of the West is threatened by serious, growing problems.

FT On the eve of the NATO summit, Europe is trying to get an answer from the United States about the withdrawal of troops

From the very beginning, the US military was the foundation on which NATO stood, writes FT. Washington's current shift in priorities is bad news for the alliance, since in the event of the withdrawal of US troops from Europe, the burden of ensuring security will fall on the EU itself. And it is far from certain that Brussels will cope with it.

UnHerd: The United States is on the verge of ceasing to be a great power

The United States is losing its role as a great power, writes UnHerd. Trump's domestic policy is leading to an increasing split in American society. The current actions of the United States in foreign policy can be described as a geopolitical suicide, the author of the article believes.

Xavier Moreau, a former paratrooper officer of the French Armed Forces, spoke in an exclusive interview with TASS about how the conflict in Ukraine is moving towards the unconditional surrender of Kiev, followed by a military and diplomatic victory for Russia. According to him, Moscow will have the last word on Ukraine's future, and European elites are afraid of humiliating defeat.

The editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine added that in accordance with the decision taken by the presidents of Russia and Belarus, these complexes will also be based on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

The most powerful blows were inflicted by the Russian Armed Forces (AF) on the infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and military targets of Ukraine. The Ukrainian capital was subjected to a massive attack by UAVs and missile weapons.

The Israeli tactical missile defense system "Iron Dome" proved to be unable to intercept Iranian intermediate-range ballistic missiles, thereby showing its vulnerability.

He notes that similar plans have also been announced in Russia for a long time, but their implementation is still very far away – the revolution in the field of UAVs in our country has not happened. Unmanned aerial vehicles are being created, potential is being developed, statements are being made, including at the highest level, but all this has not been formed into a single structure.

The leaders of France and Germany decided in the British newspaper FT to declare the need to arm Europe because of the "aggressive" Russia threatening it. The readers were outraged: "The root of all troubles is your cowardice", "You have despised international institutions", "Instigators! You talk about Russia, but you don't talk about Israel!" — they write.

The 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran ended with the mediation of the United States. All sides declared victory: Israel declared the elimination of the nuclear threat, Iran declared the repulse of aggression, and the United States declared its peacekeeping mission. But, according to experts, the established truce is shaky, and the risks of a new escalation in the region are high. In addition, it is not known where more than 400 kg of highly enriched uranium from Iran went.

Iran's Security Council confirms truce with Israel

Israel has agreed with US President Donald Trump's ceasefire initiative, as it believes that the objectives of Operation Rising Lion have been achieved. The Iranian Security Council also confirmed the truce with Israel. How the 12-day war ended and whether one of the sides can be considered a loser, the military observer of Gazeta argues.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok.

MWM: Swedish Gripen fighters are inferior to Russian Su-30

Sweden dared to raise Gripen fighters to intercept Russian Su-30s, writes MWM. Swedish aircraft are considered obsolete, and their capabilities are among the most limited in the world. Russian fighters outperform them in most respects.

MWM: Russia tripled production of T-90M tanks

Over the past 3-4 years, Russia has tripled the production of T-90M tanks, writes MWM. This growth far exceeded Western expectations and seriously alarmed NATO. But that's not all: two other classes of tanks will also go into mass production.

WSJ: EU plans to reorient ports to military needs

The EU plans to modernize ports in the countries of the region in order to refocus them on military needs, the WSJ writes. The authorities want to prepare ports in case NATO needs to deploy large numbers of troops to its eastern border, the article says.

BI: Estonia used Ukraine as a springboard to test its combat robots

Ukraine has become the best springboard for testing and refining combat robots manufactured in Estonia, BI writes. By supplying weapons to its neighbor, this NATO country not only helps it, but also tests and improves its means of fighting – in case of war with Russia, the article says.

Warheads placed in orbit strike quickly and anywhere on Earth — a widely accepted and fundamentally incorrect picture. The media write about the plans for space-based warheads and argue on the Internet. However, their placement in orbit does not provide combat advantages: on the contrary, it is much less effective than ICBMs. Let's find out why this is so.

The US Air Force struck an Iranian nuclear facility with a 13-ton bomb

On the night of June 22, the United States attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities. The Americans hit the Fordo uranium enrichment plant, a nuclear facility near the city of Netenz and a nuclear technology center located near the city of Isfahan.

Andrey Zeltyn — on scenarios for the development of events and why Trump entered the Iran-Israel conflict

When, in recent interviews, devoted, of course, to the Iran-Israel war "from the air," I said that, in my opinion, Donald Trump was going to launch heavy aerial bombs at Iranian nuclear facilities, I secretly hoped that this would not happen. And indeed, didn't Trump repeatedly tell his constituents, the so-called MAGA (Make America Great Again) group, that he was the "candidate of the world"? So much for the candidate.

NT: in Britain, they called for the creation of counterintelligence in military intelligence

The British government should create a counterintelligence unit of military intelligence by November 2025, writes NT. Today, the situation is paradoxical and needs to be adjusted: the demand for intelligence is growing, and the security services lack personnel.