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Thousands of tons of enriched uranium and plutonium have been found at the Ukrainian Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which is currently controlled by Russia. The IAEA is seriously concerned about this circumstance, and for good reason. Could these stocks have become raw materials for Ukraine to create nuclear weapons, and if so, how exactly?

Boris Johnson proposed to Poland, the Baltic states and Ukraine to create a new alliance directed against Russia, the Italian press reports. According to the British Prime Minister, the "political, economic and military alliance" should become an alternative to the EU and, in addition to Russia, resist Germany. What are London's goals and what are the prospects for Britain to lead a new force in Europe?

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that now there are more than 160 Russian satellites in orbit (including military ones). According to him, "this is not enough, there should be thousands." But will the Russian economy be able to pull the development, creation and launch of thousands of spacecraft? And will our allies in other countries help us to implement this idea?

The Ukrainian army has been replenished with modern self-propelled howitzers of 155 mm caliber. According to the Polish press, Warsaw handed over Krab self-propelled artillery units of its own production to Kiev.

The Turkish military will be ready to conduct an operation against Kurdish militants in northern Syria, regardless of the US position on this issue, Turkish President Recep Erdogan said on Sunday.

Who would have thought in the IV century BC that the principle, which at that time was first formulated by the father of Alexander the Great – Tsar Philip, in more than two thousand years would become the basic law for the rulers of a country whose history today has less than two and a half centuries? 

Arms shipments from the US to Taiwan will provoke Beijing to use force

The United States is ready to supply weapons to Taiwan "following the example of Ukraine," but at the same time does not want to participate in a possible armed conflict between Beijing and Taipei. Washington's plans were reported by The New York Times newspaper, citing sources in the American government. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out exactly what the US supplies and what it can lead to.

The whole military era went down with the cruiser "Moscow"

An American military expert writes in The Atlantic that the Ukrainian conflict forces the United States to take a new look at the war. The states are lagging behind, it is necessary to invest in new technologies and rather create an "army of tomorrow," he writes.

The US cannot force the rest of the world to support Ukraine – and that's why

For the rest of the world, except for the United States and Europe, the Russian operation in Ukraine is a regional conflict rather than a global crisis, writes Politico. These countries primarily proceed from their own national and economic interests, and therefore do not succumb to the provocations of the West, the authors of the article note.

Europe agrees to Putin's demands to pay for gas in order to avoid new blackouts

Europe agreed to dance to Putin's tune and gave in to his demands to pay for gas in rubles, WP writes. She explains this by the fact that no one imposed sanctions against the ruble. The opinions of the newspaper's readers were divided. Some call Europeans weaklings, others sympathize with them.

The MK newspaper published a material by Sergei Valchenko "The Polish Army in Ukraine: analysts assessed the prospects and weapons: "They can significantly worsen the situation of the Russian group," which states that the visit of Polish President Andrzej Duda to Kiev, his embrace with Zelensky and the law on the new status of Poles in Ukraine warmed up the topic of possible sending by Warsaw troops to help Kiev.

Scholz does not want Ukraine to win. Professor Soroka: "Germany has always wanted close relations with Russia”

Germany does not want Kiev to achieve success in the current conflict, Polish professor Pavel Soroka believes. In his interview Niezależna.pl he comments on the restrained behavior of German Chancellor Scholz about the special operation in Ukraine. For Germany, its close economic ties with Russia are much more important. There is another important reason.

After the coup of 2014, the authorities of the independent for eight years were preparing for a "decisive battle" with Russia, feeding themselves with the illusory prospect of the defeat of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the occupation of the entire Donbass.

The American nuclear deterrent program is unreliable. Its weak point is outdated missiles, submarines and airplanes.

Israel has rejected a US request to allow Berlin to supply Ukraine with Spike anti-tank missiles manufactured in Germany using Israeli technology.

The largest German news agency DPA reports that there is an "informal" agreement between the NATO member countries on the impossibility of supplying certain types of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine. Members of the alliance fear that providing Kiev, for example, tanks and combat aircraft may be regarded by Moscow as direct NATO intervention in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. In this case, as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned, an immediate retaliatory strike may follow already against Western countries.

The Russian aviation destroyed the electronic intelligence center in the Mykolaiv region. This was announced on Thursday, May 26, by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The LNR Ambassador to the Russian Federation Rodion Miroshnik, during a conversation with Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, spoke about the constantly increasing number of Ukrainian prisoners of war. According to him, about 8 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and national battalions who surrendered to the Allied forces are already on the territory of the LDPR.

The third is not given: only East or West

It is not good that Serbia is so dependent on Russian gas - this opinion was expressed in an interview with "Politics" by the US ambassador in Belgrade. He promised that America would help the Serbs find other sources of energy. Besides, the Ambassador is sure that the time of neutrality has passed. Serbia must choose between East and West.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a video of the destruction of the R-500 cruise missile fired from the Iskander-K complex, a Ukrainian military facility, RIA Novosti reports.