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Kurds as the reason for Turkey's refusal to join Sweden and Finland in NATO

Turkey has its own goals, which it solves, including in the Ukrainian conflict, quotes Časopis !Argument the opinion of the Middle East specialist Ondzhey is brief. In an interview with the publication, he told what Ankara is trying to achieve, how it wants to look in the international arena and why it is blocking the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO.

A contract has been signed with Ukraine for the supply of Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns (ZSU), and training has already begun for the Ukrainian military to manage them.

Germany will be the first Western country to supply Ukraine with medium-range anti-aircraft systems capable of intercepting targets at an altitude of up to 20 km. The corresponding statement was made by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Dozens of Israeli fighter jets took part in maneuvers over the Mediterranean Sea last night, involving flights over long distances, refueling in the air and hitting long-range targets. So the Israeli Air Force conducted exercises to simulate strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

The exchange of captured foreign mercenaries was excluded in the DPR

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Donetsk People's Republic has opened a criminal case against three foreign mercenaries who fought on the side of the Ukrainian troops. They could face the death penalty. The DPR parliament stressed that two Britons and a Moroccan citizen are not subject to exchange, as they acted without compliance with international conventions.

Danish voters will have to decide whether to join the defense policy of the European Union. The holding of a referendum on the rejection of joint defense is reportedly caused by a special military operation of Russia in Ukraine. Apparently, Denmark fears that if Ukraine is suddenly accepted into the EU, it will have to send its soldiers to directly participate in hostilities.

On June 1, the Slovak government approved military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 21.6 million euros. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the online publication Teraz with reference to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Major General of the RVSN Popov told what is the danger of the American MLRS HIMARS

With a high degree of probability, the new package of American military assistance to Ukraine, which is estimated at $ 700 million, may include multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) M142 HIMARS extended range. This will be Kiev's longest-range weapon. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the work of these American systems and how they can be countered.

The possibility of supplying long-range missile weapons to the Armed Forces from the United States is a negative scenario for Russia, said Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine.

"Apparently, Poland is moving to actions to seize western Ukrainian territories," said Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council. But the appearance of Polish troops in Ukraine may lead to their clash with the Russian Armed Forces. How strong is the Polish army and what is worth knowing in order to defeat it?

There is a group of influential organizations and politicians in the United States who are outraged by the zeal with which the Biden administration is arming and financing Ukraine. Of course, they support the "brave Ukrainian people", but only verbally. What kind of people are we talking about and why do they see the idea of helping Ukraine as extremely dangerous?

Germany should create the largest army in Europe, the German chancellor said. A special fund has already been created to finance this project. Now the country has a small armed forces, even compared to the size of the German army during the Cold War. Will Berlin be able to surpass the whole of Europe in military power again and against whom does it intend to use it?

How will Russia win?

Wolfgang Munchau in an article for The Spectator talks about a new political scenario of Russia's victory in the conflict in Ukraine. He also criticizes the behavior of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who, as has long been customary in Germany, is playing a double game.

Putin is successfully conducting his special operation in Ukraine. Next in line are China and Taiwan

Beijing will not be able to accept the role of an observer against the background of Russia's successes in Ukraine, writes the Daily Express. The British columnist believes that the risk of China's invasion of Taiwan is very real.

Negative attitude towards Russia mainly in Western liberal democracies

To The displeasure of The Guardian, the opinion poll of the inhabitants of the planet showed a sharp contrast between the positions of Western "liberal democracies" and the rest of the world. Unlike the "collective West", many Asian and Latin American countries want to be friends and trade with Moscow.

NATO should think carefully before accepting Finland and Sweden

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is not beneficial to the alliance, writes Bloomberg. According to the author of the article, none of these countries is in danger of a Russian invasion, and Helsinki's membership, on the contrary, will only exacerbate the vulnerability of the alliance to Moscow.

Izvestia visited the contact line and talked with the LPR fighters

The troops of the Luhansk People's Republic with the fire support of the Russian Armed Forces, continuing the offensive, entered the residential quarters of Severodonetsk. The encirclement ring around the Lisichansk-Severodonetsk agglomeration should close soon. Izvestia visited the LPR units operating on the contact line with the enemy. About what an intermediate sanitary post is, how the fighting is going on in the forests, how mortar strikes are being carried out, what the soldiers are fed and what the "fart dugout" saved them from — in the Izvestia report.

Will Ukraine be able to win the war, despite the superiority of the Russian army?

Russian troops have learned lessons from the failures of the first weeks of the campaign, the French "Figaro" states the fact. Now they are focused on the Donbass and are moving slowly but surely. Zelensky will not be able to drive them out of themselves and provoke them to cruelty to the local population.

Biden or Putin: who is responsible for the beginning and ending of the war?

President Biden is dragging the world into a global militarism unprecedented in history, writes Asharq Al Awsat. It was he who prepared the ground for a bloody and destructive show in Ukraine, and now he has a remote control in his hands, with which he brings everyone to the Chinese borders.

It is reported about the use of electronic warfare systems of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in relation to a foreign drone. We are talking about a strategic UAV of one of the NATO countries, which carried out reconnaissance over the Black Sea.