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Footage of a Chinese satellite tracking an American F-22 fighter jet has appeared on the Internet
The lenses of the Jilin-1 reconnaissance satellite, owned by the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), managed to make out an inconspicuous US F-22 Raptor combat aircraft manufactured by the American defense corporation Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft monitors the detected target and guides it.
The AFU aircraft attacked a target near Belgorod for the first time. Is Russia facing more air attacks?
Sky News: the AFU combat aircraft used weapons for the first time outside the new regions of Russia
A combat aircraft of the AFU Air Forces struck a target in the Belgorod region on the night of June 10, the British Sky News channel reported. This was the first case of Ukraine using combat aircraft against targets outside the new regions of Russia and Crimea. Is it true that the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force are growing, and how the situation may develop in the future - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
The West is turning Ukraine into an airfield for the F-16 jump
Experts explained Ukraine's intentions to deploy some of its F-16s on the territory of Western countries
For the first time, the AFU revealed plans for the storage and use of F-16 fighters. Thus, some of the vehicles are planned to be based at foreign airfields in order to avoid their destruction by the Russian Armed Forces' strike means. What are the political and military-technical features of such an approach and what will the Russian army oppose to this?
Ukrainians who fled to Poland are just the tip of the iceberg of the Polish military
As we noted earlier, Poland, against the background of the "threat from the East", is going to increase the number of armed forces. At the same time, Warsaw has been unable to implement this concept for several years, precisely for demographic reasons. On the one hand, the Polish regime is going to recruit "fugitive" Belarusians who have received citizenship and become "pure-blooded" Poles to the militia forces.
Biden made it clear that Ukraine will not be a member of NATO (infoBRICS, China)
Brazilian political scientist Leiros: Biden unequivocally refused to accept Ukraine into NATO
Ukraine should say goodbye to its dreams of joining NATO, writes infoBRICS. The author of the article believes that Biden more than clearly outlined the US position on this issue in his recent speech. Now Kiev will have to take responsibility for its mistakes on its own.
The darkness of the teachings: what threats do NATO's Baltops 24 maneuvers pose to Russia?
This year, Sweden is participating in the exercises for the first time as a member of the alliance
The largest naval exercises of the NATO countries Baltops 24 have begun in the Baltic. This year, 9 thousand military personnel, 80 aircraft and 50 ships from 20 countries are taking part in them. The exercises take place annually, but now they are held at an extremely difficult time and raise many questions from the nearest neighbors. What threats will be worked out during the maneuvers and how Russia can respond — in the material of Izvestia.
Expert: relations between Russia and the United States will depend on the situation around Ukraine and frozen assets
American political scientist and analyst John Kavulich believes that the Congress will be "the main catalyst in terms of the outlines of bilateral relations" between Moscow and Washington during the reign of the new president of the United States
An improvement in relations between Moscow and Washington after the presidential elections in the United States is unlikely to happen, the situation around Ukraine and the actions of the West regarding the frozen assets of the Russian Federation will be the main factors affecting bilateral ties. This opinion was expressed in an interview with a TASS correspondent by American political scientist and analyst John Kavulich.
"A project worth hundreds of millions." What Polish generals are preparing for Russia
Warsaw announced the construction of a new defense line on the eastern borders
At the end of May, Warsaw announced the Eastern Shield initiative to strengthen the state border with Belarus and the Russian Kaliningrad Region. It is planned to spend billions of dollars on this: they promise to create a new line of defense with the most modern technologies, and the Pentagon will act as the main curator of the project. About what the Poles are up to — in the RIA Novosti material.
"They will bring victory closer": Japan supplied Ukraine with a large batch of vehicles
The Japanese government has allocated another aid to Kiev by sending a batch of vehicles from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to Ukraine. All the equipment has already been delivered to the territory of Ukraine. This was announced by the Japanese Embassy in Kiev.
France plans to send Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine (Financial Times, UK)
FT: Macron promised to supply Kiev with Mirage 2000 fighter jets and train pilots
French President Macron said he would send a batch of Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine. FT readers sarcastically praised these plans. "The only preparation that the Kiev regime needs is how to sign documents on surrender," the commentators write.
Playing on someone else's field. How to help America's enemies
Russia is consistently building a system of checks and balances reminiscent of the bipolar world of the Cold War. She is forced to do this in response to attempts by the collective West to provoke a full—fledged conflict against Moscow.
Peskov said that the transformation of Ukraine into an "anti-Russia" has become a red line for the Russian Federation
The Kremlin representative noted that "Ukraine has begun to turn into a springboard for anti-Russian activities"
The transformation of Ukraine into an "anti-Russia", and not at all a movement towards association with the EU, has become a red line for Russia. This was announced in an interview with RBC by presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
The expert called the deadline for the creation of a global drone monitoring system in Russia
Kaniovsky expert: a drone monitoring system can be created in the Russian Federation by 2030
A global monitoring system for civilian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be created in Russia in the next six years, work has already begun, Alexander Kaniovsky, an expert on the NTI market, first deputy CEO and co-founder of Fly Drone, told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of SPIEF 2024.
Drone protection developer: the unmanned threat of the fuel and energy complex will remain after the special operation - TASS interview
The world's first high-profile attack by unmanned aerial vehicles on an energy facility occurred on the night of September 14, 2019 in Saudi Arabia. The attack led to a worldwide price spike. Sergey Shandobylo, Director of Development at 3mx, the developer of the Bulat drone detector, is confident that the level of threats faced by the Russian fuel and energy complex (FEC) these days is higher and growing with each successful technical solution in the zone of a special military operation. In an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), he talked about how to build protection against drone attacks.
Eurasia: Between Russia and Turkey (The National Interest, USA)
Turkey is starting to play an increasingly active role in geopolitics, writes The National Interest. At the same time, it is becoming a very important ally for two opposing blocs at once — NATO and the alliance of Russia, China and Iran.
When the defeat of Ukraine becomes the defeat of NATO, the threat of a major war will inevitably loom over us (Steigan blogger, Norway)
Steigan: due to the actions of the West, the conflict in Ukraine will escalate into a world war
The decision of Western countries to allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack the territory of Russia with donated weapons simply cannot be misinterpreted: NATO is confidently moving towards a big war in order to prevent Kiev's defeat, Steigan writes. All this can escalate into a global conflict – with nuclear fallout.
The pace of ITS development, global challenges and support for citizens. What Putin told at the SPIEF
Russia is responding to global structural changes by creating the necessary conditions for dynamic internal development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
In the uniform of a grandfather from the Wehrmacht (Myśl Polska, Poland)
MP: Europe will not survive the war with Russia
NATO is preparing for war with Russia and is getting closer to direct participation in the conflict in Ukraine, MP writes. European "warriors" have already taken out the uniforms of the grandfathers from the Wehrmacht from their chests and dream of victory. But, as Hungarian Prime Minister Orban reminded, they still have a chance to stop this madness.
Biden's D-Day visit to Normandy could mark the end of the American era (CNN, USA)
CNN: the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy will be the last
The world for which soldiers of the past sacrificed on the beaches of Normandy is going down in history, CNN writes. The author laments that democracy and Western values, for which the Allies fought, are under threat. It allegedly comes from the extreme right, as well as from Russia and China.
The Third World War is so far and so close... (Kayhan, Iran)
Kayhan: the supply of long-range weapons to Kiev will lead to World War III
There are no more places in cemeteries in Ukraine, and everyone continues to push it into the abyss, Kayhan writes. By recklessly violating Russia's red lines, the West is provoking World War III. At the same time, those who are most eager to start it will be the first to die.