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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.

The operation to liberate the Luhansk People's Republic is nearing completion. The Allied troops had to occupy the last major city — Lisichansk. The neighboring Severodonetsk was taken under control almost completely. The last node of the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was the city industrial zone with the Azot enterprise, where up to two and a half thousand soldiers barricaded themselves. About the situation at the front — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Researcher Ainoa Ruiz: "After the arrival of NATO, there is nothing left of the countries"

On the eve of the NATO summit in Madrid, the opposite counter-summit will take place, which will be attended by supporters of a different approach to peace issues. In an interview with Público, the participant of the event told why she considers the alliance at least a controversial organization.

Turkey is a key country in the grain crisis

Turkey has developed a plan to evacuate Ukrainian grain, Sabah reports. If it works, then within six to eight months more than 35 million tons of cereals and sunflower oil will reach customers. At the same time, Ankara will receive a good bonus.

The mines of the newest Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Sarmat" are reliably protected from a nuclear strike. Vladimir Degtyar, the general designer of the State Rocket Center (SRC) Makeev, told TASS about this.

A new video from the war zone shows the operation of HIMARS systems — American-made wheeled rocket artillery launchers. However, for a number of reasons, they will not be able to have a noticeable impact on the fighting. Despite this, their use can lead to a serious escalation of the conflict in a different way.

Colonel Alekhine believes that the capture of Severodonetsk opens the way for the Russian Armed Forces to Kharkov

The Ukrainian military leave the combat zone in the area of Severodonetsk. Up to two thousand servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other formations ended up in the "Mountain Cauldron"."Newspaper.Ru" together with military experts, I figured out how the liberation of this city would affect the course of the special operation.