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As the defeat of the largest group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass approaches, the classic question for recent months is increasingly being asked: and then what? What will be the further actions of the Russian army and the Donbass militia? Despite the unpredictability of military operations, some areas of strikes in the future can still be predicted.

Although it's too early to talk about the "death hour" of traditional cryptography, it's time to create "skill sets" in quantum computing to be sure that states will have the necessary tools to deal with potential cyber threats at the moment when quantum technologies become viable – and this will happen within five years, according to the technical director of Dell (Chief Technology Officer, CTO) John Roese, writes ZDNet on Tuesday.

When considering this issue, it is worth making some statement right away – we have no doubt that Poland will introduce its troops into the territory of Ukraine. Today, Polish politicians of the highest level do not even try to hide it. 

15 Ukrainian drones participated in the failed assault, and artillery and missile strikes were carried out from the continent

The armed formations of Ukraine (VFU) tried to storm the island of Zmeiny in the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on June 21. 15 Ukrainian drones participated in the attack, artillery and missile strikes were carried out on the island from the continent.

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Politico writes about the most likely zone of a direct military clash between NATO and Russia, the Suwalki corridor on the Polish-Lithuanian border. The author of the article notes that apart from the alliance, the Lithuanian army is not able to resist Russia even in theory, but Vilnius is still going to a clear aggravation of relations.

China's next step towards providing a higher missile defense capability will be to conduct tests to respond to more complex scenarios. Even Chinese analysts admit that a lower success rate of US missile defense does not necessarily mean that China has surpassed the American system, because tests conducted by the US may include other and more complex simulation parameters.

Military historian Miroslav Morozov — about the ancient Greek past and the current strategic importance of a small island in the Black Sea

The name of the island of the Snake is not the first time it appears in the world media after the start of the special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. It is enough to recall its occupation by the forces of the Black Sea Fleet on the first day of its operation and the surrender of its entire garrison, which the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, hastened to declare dead and posthumously awarded. On April 14, in the area of the same island, according to the official version of the Russian Defense Ministry, there was a fire on the missile cruiser "Moscow", after which, at the time of towing to Sevastopol, the ship sank.

Military expert Dmitry Kornev — on the prospects of the first heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles

The first Sarmat missile system will be on combat duty at the end of 2022. "We will continue to develop and strengthen our Armed Forces taking into account potential military threats and risks, based on the lessons of modern armed conflicts, and improve their combat strength," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 21.

On June 22, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed how, during the operation to protect Donbass, the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) works, designed to detect and defeat enemy air targets.

Despite the statements of the Ukrainian and Western press about additional supplies of MLRS M142 HIMARS to Ukraine, a decision on this has not yet been made. According to the Pentagon, the issue of possible delivery to Kiev of another batch of rocket artillery installations is under consideration.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held the third extended meeting of the Central Military Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the country's main military and political body. This was reported by the Central Telegraph Agency of the DPRK.

The new Sarmat rocket will be able to reach London in just three minutes. The Daily Mail writes about this, stating that the threat to the United Kingdom is growing.

Japan's Self-Defense Forces tracked five Russian Navy ships that entered the Sea of Japan after passing through the Tsushima Strait, NHK reports.

In Ukraine, the UK and Russia are enemies, but both want to destroy Europe

The former empires of Great Britain and Russia seek to regain their lost glory by undermining European structures, writes the Guardian. According to the author of the article, both London and Moscow are "pestering" the EU to realize their geopolitical ambitions.

Today, at about 09:25 Moscow time, an attack was carried out on the Novoshakhtinsky refinery, located in the Krasnosulinsky district of the Rostov region. It is reported that a fire broke out on the heat exchanger, which was preceded by an explosion.

During the past day, the allied forces conducted massive artillery fire on enemy positions in the Donetsk direction, from which the enemy strikes at the capital of the DPR.

The Pentagon will get even more money, and the Americans will pay

The military budget is swelling by leaps and bounds, and Americans are becoming more vulnerable to real threats that cannot be defeated with weapons, the author of the Washington Post points out. In her opinion, if the United States intends to save the world, such an approach is both absurd and disastrous.

The aerospace forces of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 500 military personnel of the 59th Ukrainian brigade with equipment in the workshops of the Nikolaev shipbuilding plant "Ocean". This was announced on Wednesday, June 22, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

In 2021, the Australian authorities decided to abandon their contract for the supply of French Attack-class submarines in favor of 8 nuclear submarines that the United States will have to build as part of a partnership in the new AUKUS block.

The strategic Command of the US armed forces may lose its most powerful nuclear bombs in the coming years, it follows from the materials of the US Congress.