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China does not plan a large-scale military operation in Taiwan, in the event of the outbreak of hostilities, the bet will be placed on targeted strikes that can deprive the population of resistance. This is written by the Japanese publication Shukan Gendai.

Russia will transfer missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to Belarus

Russia will supply Iskander-M complexes to Minsk in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in St. Petersburg.

The Ukrainian army is preparing to adopt a light howitzer of an unusual 105-mm caliber, the supply of guns will be provided by New Zealand. The number of howitzers is not called.

Shoigu inspected the Russian grouping of troops in Ukraine

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the Russian group of troops involved in the special operation in Ukraine. He listened to the reports of the commanders of the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and awarded the distinguished military. On the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the capture of Severodonetsk and a strike on the AFU training centers, which led to the cancellation of the transfer of several units of the Ukrainian army to the battlefield.

Colonel Khodarenok told how to prevent attacks by Ukrainian UAVs on Russian territory

"Novoshakhtinsky Oil Products Plant" (NZNP), located in the Krasnosulinsky district of the Rostov region, was attacked by two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) this week. Human casualties were avoided. How to build an effective system of protection against drones - in the author's material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The NATO summit, which will be held in Madrid next week, is supposed to open a new era. The alliance will adopt a new strategic concept, in which Russia will be named the main threat to the alliance. In fact, the summit will only fix the state of things that has developed even before the special operation. A real surprise is the statement by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that the Ukrainian issue should be resolved diplomatically.

The French Caesar self-propelled guns captured in the battles with the AFU were probably sent to the Russian Uralvagonzavod for study. This was recognized in France itself and confirmed by Ural gunsmiths. Thanks to the massive and diverse assistance to Ukraine, there may be enough NATO heavy artillery on the battlefield. If these systems also become trophies, what useful things can our specialists extract from there?

NATO forces in Europe may increase many times, the alliance is considering the option of the largest increase in the contingent in its history. The final decision on this will be made at the summit, which will be held on June 28-30 in Madrid.

Boris Johnson, Zelensky and the UK's New Special Relationship

The fact that Johnson uses the situation in Ukraine for personal purposes seems to be true, writes The Spectator. But to see only cynicism in his actions is a mistake, the author of the article believes. He talks about the specifics of Johnson's relationship with Zelensky.

Over the past decade, the Israeli armed forces – the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) – have made major changes to their structure and priorities for conducting combat operations. The ground forces underwent a significant reduction.

Ukrainian armed formations have been receiving Western large-caliber artillery in large quantities for more than a month, which has already been thrown to the front and is involved in battles. The military observer of Izvestia, Anton Lavrov, tells about the "successes" of Western howitzers in Ukraine.

Ukraine will receive the German IRIS-T SL medium-range anti-aircraft system, the contract for its supply has already been concluded. This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, held a working meeting with the head of the Military Department of the Republic of Belarus, Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, on June 23 in Moscow.

On June 24, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published a video showing the combat operation of heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek" during a special operation to protect Donbass.

During a special military operation, heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek" are used to destroy fortified long-term strongholds and positions of the AFU and nationalist battalions leading resistance during the liberation of settlements.

The Pentagon has revealed the contents of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which will receive four more HIMARS MLRS, 18 patrol boats and 36 thousand artillery shells.

On June 23, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting with Kazakh Defense Minister Ruslan Zhaksylykov, announced the improvement of the unified regional air defense system of Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as the developing military-technical cooperation between the two countries.

In the combat zone, the use of a rather rare modification of the Hurricane MLRS was recorded, created by transferring the warhead from the standard Soviet chassis from the ZIL to an armored platform.

Chen Song, Deputy Director General of the Asian Affairs Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a meeting with the Charge d'affaires of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Beijing, Syed Mohiuddin Sadat. The Afghan diplomat thanked China for its sincere sympathy in connection with the earthquake.

Still the same, but not so. Putin is involved… Why the current BRICS summit will not be like the others

This time, the BRICS summit is not the same as usual, writes Advance. According to the author of the article, it differs in that it involves a person on whom all the eyes of the world are fixed — Vladimir Putin. This summit is an excellent confirmation that Russia is by no means isolated.