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Japan can increase defense spending up to 10 trillion. yen (about $ 74 billion). This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the head of the political council of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ex-candidate for the post of party leader Sanae Takaichi in the program of the Fuji Television Network.

On June 14, Izvestia published a video of the work of Russian military surveyors during a special operation in the Donbass. Military topographers help their colleagues to deliver accurate strikes on objects occupied by Ukrainian militants.

Israel has increased the range of its fifth-generation F-35I Adir fighters, as a result of which they will be able to reach Iran without refueling, writes The Drive, referring to the publication of the Israeli press.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Council, recently signed an order to publish trial plans for military operations. These operations include such tasks as disaster relief, campaigns to provide humanitarian assistance to the population, maintaining peace, protecting China's national sovereignty, security and interests. The plans also include measures for the protection and protection of infrastructure facilities by the PLA. For example, we are talking about the protection of pipelines.

Latin American countries have always had their own scores against the United States. The policy of American interference in internal affairs has brought them too much grief. Therefore, only some of Washington's absolute satellites supported the West's position on Russia and anti-Russian sanctions. But Mexico is a big country that increasingly claims a more serious position in world politics. And its leadership has its own view on the events in Ukraine.

Europe is a big idea, but how does Ukraine fit into it?

If Ukraine, Georgia and Albania are admitted to the EU, the organization will collapse, Bloomberg claims. According to the author of the article, the economy and judicial system of Ukraine and other countries aspiring to Europe are not ready to join the EU.

Finland and Sweden joining NATO will not add to US security

American politicians approved of the idea of Sweden and Finland joining NATO, writes the website of the Fox News channel. However, according to the authors of the article, this step does not meet the interests of the United States, since it increases the likelihood of confrontation with Russia.

The Ministry of Defense has published a video showing Russian Su-25 attack aircraft destroying camouflaged Ukrainian positions.

Cheng Yawen: why the "Westernization" of Russia failed

After the end of World War II, the West allowed Germany to enter a narrow circle of industrialized countries, writes Huanqiu Shibao. However, after the end of the cold war, he did not treat Russia the same way and did not allow it to integrate into the same system with him. According to the author of the article, there are reasons for this.

In the Chernihiv region, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with Kalibr missiles destroyed the arsenal of artillery weapons and ammunition of the Ukrainian troops. This was announced on June 14 by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

Intimidated by the "Russian threat", the population of Lithuania continues to collect money for weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Lithuanian journalist Andrius Tapinas, who previously initiated a fundraiser for the purchase of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV, announced his intention to transfer new batches of Estonian-made UAVs and anti-UAVS to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine is an incredibly rich country with huge potential, but the elite simply destroyed it

The reason for today's conflict in Ukraine is what has happened there over the past 30 years, according to former First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Drulak. In an interview with Rádio universum, he noted that the disintegration of the country has continued continuously all these years.

The first howitzers will be delivered by Germany to Ukraine when the training of Ukrainian servicemen who will serve them is completed.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto: there is no progress with the application for NATO membership yet

Speaking about the situation in Ukraine, the Finnish President stressed the importance of maintaining relations with Russia, Demokraatti reports. At the same time, Niinisto answered the question about military assistance to Kiev vaguely.

Ukraine as manna from heaven for NATO

Without Russia's military operation in Ukraine, NATO would still be in a state of sclerosis, the author of Mond Diplomatik believes. Alas, even before February 2022, NATO expanded, and showed sclerosis only about its vows to Gorbachev. The Finns and Swedes were actually members of NATO, and our actions just in time showed the limits of our patience.

Lithuania will hand over EDM4S Skysweeper anti-drone rifles to Ukraine to fight Russian drones. According to available information, we are talking about 110 units of manual electronic warfare systems.

Pope Francis: NATO actions provoked Russian special operation in Ukraine

The actions and behavior of NATO could "somehow provoke or not prevent" the Russian operation in Ukraine, Pope Francis believes.

The 11th Airborne Division of the United States underwent a reformation procedure, after which it received the name "Arctic Angels" and will henceforth be based in Alaska. Its number will be up to 16 thousand people.

Currently, in the north of Donbass, the main actions of the allied forces have unfolded, carrying out the encirclement of the enemy's Severodonetsk-Lisichansk grouping. The enemy, trying to counteract these plans, is transferring forces from other fronts to this direction, strengthening them with combat systems of Western origin.

"We will draw appropriate conclusions and use our means of destruction, which we have enough to strike at those objects that we have not yet struck" – this is exactly the response promised by Vladimir Putin if the United States delivers long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine for the HIMARS MLRS promised by the Pentagon to Ukraine.