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Everyone will be able to support military personnel participating in the special operation through the charity fund "Protection", the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Monday.

The Russian Defense Ministry told about mass drunkenness and drug use in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

On June 26, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected a Russian group of troops involved in a special military operation in Ukraine.

Causes and consequences of the Ukrainian crisis

American political scientist John Mearsheimer in his international lecture states that the United States and NATO bear all the blame for the bloodshed in Ukraine. Here they are trying to defeat Russia and will not stop before the escalation of the conflict. "History will severely condemn the United States for its strikingly insane policy towards Ukraine," the author concludes.

Middle East between Biden's visit and Ibn Salman's tour

Biden's visit to the Middle East on July 13 is unlikely to please Russia. As always, the Egyptian publication "Nun-post" writes, the United States is selfish. They are primarily interested in restoring their influence in the region, and here Russia is their competitor. Nevertheless, there is no trace of the arrogance of Obama, who announced the withdrawal of the US from the Middle East to gather forces to fight China.

The US and Europe are not interested in negotiations

The Nation publishes an interview with Noam Chomsky about the situation in Ukraine. According to the philosopher, there are two scenarios: to negotiate or to aggravate the conflict. However, the US and Europe do not want a diplomatic resolution, explains Chomsky.

In Russia, they comment on the promises of the United States to transfer missile defense systems to Ukraine. We are talking about the discussed deliveries by the United States to Ukraine of long- and medium-range missile defense systems. Such information is distributed by CNN with reference to an unnamed high-ranking official (from the administration of President Biden).

When the war is about to begin, the military must first understand the battlefield. An old and common way to do this is forward force operations, or tactical reconnaissance. Nowadays, modern armed forces conduct preparatory operations by analyzing satellite images and collecting signals.

Li Yihu: the deep logic of the "line of fragile equilibrium"

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is a surge of all the contradictions accumulated over the past 30 years of NATO's expansion to the east, as well as the result of a serious imbalance between East and West, writes Huanqiu Shibao. The main thing now is to restore the "line of fragile balance" between Russia and the Western world.

Poland intends to increase the number of the armed forces of the republic to 400 thousand soldiers, as well as completely rearm the army. As stated in Warsaw, the reason for this decision is the threat of a "Russian invasion".

The United States this week plans to announce its intention to supply Ukraine with medium- and long-range air defense systems in the next package of military assistance.

The organization of cooperation between the CIS countries to ensure military security will be the subject of collective discussion at the events of the scientific and business program of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Army-2022".

Baku has signed new contracts for the purchase of "the most modern weapons". This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

The plan for the collapse of the Russian economy hits Europe with a boomerang

The plan according to which economic pressure was supposed to stop the special operation in Ukraine and lead Russia to economic collapse has collapsed, Advance writes. Everyone in Europe has already understood this, but Brussels continues to implement American plans for Moscow and Kiev.

Another Su-35 victory? Ukrainian MiG-29 shot down over Zelenodolsk

Although the flight characteristics of the MiG-29 are still considered among the best in the world in its class, but the age of electronics, avionics and weapons prevents it from competing with modern Russian fighters on equal terms, writes Military Watch.

Threats to Lithuania: what are NATO's plans in the event of a Russian attack on Eastern Europe

Lithuania, as it is known, has restricted the transit of Russian supplies to Kaliningrad and provoked a new interstate crisis, the French website Atlantico reports. Under these conditions, the journalists of the publication decided to once again check the degree of preparation of NATO for a possible "invasion" of Russia. It turned out — not ready.

During a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian military uses upgraded T-90M tanks. The use of the machine during the battle in the Raisin area was shown on video. The footage was published by the Telegram channel "Military officers of the Russian Spring". The record drew the attention of Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Threats of terrorist attacks and diversions on the territory of the Russian Federation coming from Kiev speak about the criminality and incompetence of the Kiev regime, military expert, head of the SCO department of the Institute of CIS Countries Vladimir Evseev told RIA Novosti.

"Big Seven": Zelensky will demand more support from the West

Zelensky's expected virtual speech at the "Big Seven" turned out to be spoiled by NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, who even before the ceremonies began called Russia "the main enemy." But quite recently, the "seven" was the "eight" thanks to Russia. However, Zelensky will be neither the eighth nor the ninth. He will always be a "six".

The Russian military carried out an air strike on the Artyom rocket and space enterprise in Kiev on Sunday, the civilian infrastructure was not damaged, said Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000 (Panzerhaubitze 2000), which Germany supplied to Ukraine at the end of June, began to be used in the east of the country. Bild writes about this.