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Issues related to the revision of strategic plans and tasks of military units stationed on the front line of defense were discussed at a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (CPC) in Pyongyang, the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reported.

The Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed 49 tanks with fuel for equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on Thursday, June 23, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

The Profile Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress amended its own draft of the country's defense budget for 2023, increasing it by $ 37 billion, including increasing military assistance to Ukraine to $ 1 billion.

Poland is creating a multibillion-dollar extra-budgetary fund to finance the purchase of weapons for its own army. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated to journalists by Deputy Prime Minister of the Government, Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak.

The US Army will hand over the Spot robot dog to the HALO Trust organization, which is engaged in mine clearance of Ukraine. It will be used to search for mines. This is reported by the magazine Foreign Policy (FP) with reference to the source.

A new batch of M-777 howitzers delivered by the Americans to Ukraine turned out to be without a GPS system, although the first guns came with a positioning system, although without a digital fire control system. This is reported by Ukrainian Internet resources referring to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The loss of the cruiser "Moscow" caused serious changes in the tactics of warfare in the Black Sea Fleet. The command, having lost a valuable asset, managed to rebuild its work and gain a significant advantage in the theater.

Douglas McGregor: Ukraine lost in this conflict

Retired American Colonel Douglas McGregor believes that the Ukrainian army has actually been defeated by Russia. According to the ex-officer, Ukraine has already lost its statehood, and the outcome of the conflict has been resolved.

Biden's policy towards Ukraine is governed by neoconservative think tanks

The United States is following a failed course in Ukraine, Asia Times writes. Those who advocate arming Kiev and reject negotiations, in fact, offer to grant Zelensky the right to choose the course of America, the author of the article believes.

The head of the Finnish Defense Ministry, Timo Kivinen, said that his country is ready to resist "Russian aggression." This is reported by Reuters.

An explosion at an ammunition depot in the Vladimir region caused the death of four people

Four people were killed in a military unit in the Vladimir region. During unloading, a shell exploded in the arsenal. According to the Western Military District, the dead are three servicemen - men and a woman -head of the warehouse. Five more soldiers were injured, one was hospitalized with fractures and burns. The military prosecutor's office and the FSB went to the place.

There are reports on the Internet that the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to use armored vehicles made in Great Britain on the front line. They claim that British HUSKY Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV) armored vehicles have entered service with the AFU.

The authors of the new study, in their words, "challenge established views": they showed that Armed Forces equipped with a large number of tanks and armored personnel carriers, on the contrary, do not pose a significant threat to the current government if the military wants to overthrow 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.

The most dangerous place on Earth

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.

How dare Lithuania block Kaliningrad, is it not afraid of death?

On the part of Lithuania, it is simply madness to interfere with Russian transit to Kaliningrad, writes the author of the Chinese edition of "Guancha". Recall that at the end of 2021, China had its own conflict with Lithuania due to the fact that a representative office of Taiwan was opened in Vilnius. So the author does not skimp on threatening warnings.

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.