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Our understaffed army lacks ammunition

20 years ago, Britain conducted exercises that showed unreliability of equipment, lack of spare parts and fuel. To date, little has changed. The author of the article talks about a hypothetical war with Russia and admits that Britain is powerless against it.

Biden's War for Liberalism

The desperate struggle of the United States with Russia does not bring any fruits to the West, writes The American Conservative. Military measures are either unsuccessful, as well as economic ones, or involve enormous risks. The author notes that even the EU and Japan in this war are severely limited by their energy needs.

Is Kazakhstan moving away from Russia?

Central Asia has turned into an arena of confrontation between Russia, China, Turkey and the United States, writes Al Araby Al Jadeed. Moscow needs to reconsider its policy in the post-Soviet space and actively interact with Beijing, the author believes. This will help Russia to limit Western expansion in Central Asia and ensure its security.

"We were sold to Erdogan." Turkey is again threatening Sweden and Finland to block the path to NATO. What's happening?

The desire of Sweden and Finland to join NATO has encountered a difficult moral and political dilemma, writes Strana. For the sake of membership in the alliance, both countries will be forced to violate their own laws and principles.

The Great American Strategy: Masking Decline

The United States has reached an impasse and is suffering one defeat after another in trade, production and the military sphere, writes TNI. They are trying to revive the rhetoric of the Cold War and rally the world against Russia. However, America is failing here too.

Security guarantees on the way to NATO: what Zelensky wants to offer the West

Kiev, together with international experts, will look for an optimal model of security guarantees for itself, writes Evropeyska Pravda. The author of the article talks about the cardinal changes in Kiev's position on this issue – from readiness to renounce membership in NATO to an ultimatum to accept Ukraine into the alliance.

Ex-President of Ukraine Poroshenko decided to help the Ukrainian army against the background of catastrophic losses of military equipment and announced the purchase of a batch of armored vehicles in Italy. However, not at his own expense, but for the money collected by the foundation in his name. In Ukraine, Poroshenko has almost been called the "savior of the country."

The second French mercenary killed in Ukraine died after being wounded

RTL radio station reported the death of a French mercenary in Ukraine. He was wounded in early June and died from his injuries on the 25th of the same month. The soldier became the second Frenchman who fought on the side of Kiev, whose death was officially confirmed. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said 170 foreign mercenaries have been killed in Ukraine over the past 10 days.

Consensus on Ukraine is weakening, and this is causing alarm in the West

Despite the fact that the West promises to provide assistance to Ukraine "until the very end," it is not in a hurry with new arms supplies, writes FP. The author of the article explains this by the fact that the conflict has become protracted. Europe and the United States began to worry about their own problems. Kiev accuses them of being slow.

Cascade of consequences for the stability of Europe: Finland and Sweden in NATO — for Russia, this is a reason to worry

The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO is a point of escalation that will cause serious consequences for the security of Europe, writes Advance. Moscow has already reacted very sharply to this news and promised "concrete steps." Now Russia looks at these countries in a completely different way.

The process of Sweden and Finland joining NATO has been continued. On July 4, negotiations between these countries and the Alliance were completed in Brussels. On July 5, the Foreign Ministers of Sweden and Finland signed the protocol of accession at NATO headquarters. On the military significance of NATO expansion in the Northwest in an interview "MK.ru " said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST).

Ukraine and the return of a multipolar world

Ukraine is a clear example of how spheres of influence work in practice, writes TNI. The conflict there marks the dividing line between the period when the United States considered the entire planet to be its sphere of influence, and the new world, where America's power is constrained and limited.

Ex-Colonel of the General Staff Khodarenok: The West does not want to supply the AFU with aircraft and armored vehicles

The countries of Europe and the United States cannot agree on a single strategy for supplying weapons to Kiev. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out why the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot get the equipment they are asking for from NATO.

The West is strenuously pumping the Kiev regime with weapons, trying to compensate for the heavy losses of the APU in armored vehicles. An impressive arsenal of foreign equipment – from Australian armored vehicles to unique versions of Soviet systems - already appears as trophies of Russian troops and the skeletons of burned cars left on the battlefields.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the draft on the provision of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during counter-terrorism and other operations outside the country. The deputies considered the draft law on July 5, it follows from the information published in the legislative support system.

Iran's military is currently operating in the Red Sea more actively than at any time in a decade, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday.

The UK will supply Ukraine with self-propelled artillery and kamikaze drones. This was stated by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Viktor Litovkin — about why the fashion show at the Prado Museum could not hide the essence of the aggressive decisions of the North Atlantic Alliance

For two days at the end of June, the next annual summit of the North Atlantic Alliance was held in Madrid, the capital of Spain.

After the liberation of Lisichansk, parts of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the People's militia of the LPR came close to Seversk – the last relatively large settlement covering the way to Slavyansk. What does this mean and how can events develop in the central sector of the front in the near future? There is reason to believe that we are witnessing the beginning of major military events.

Drones are the new masters of the skies of Ukraine

Drones have become the main innovation of the military campaign in Ukraine, the author of the French edition Futura concludes. He views this heartless weapon from a purely technical point of view. It turns out that even civilian drones are used in combat.