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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.

Despite the statements of the Ukrainian and Western press about additional supplies of MLRS M142 HIMARS to Ukraine, a decision on this has not yet been made. According to the Pentagon, the issue of possible delivery to Kiev of another batch of rocket artillery installations is under consideration.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held the third extended meeting of the Central Military Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the country's main military and political body. This was reported by the Central Telegraph Agency of the DPRK.

The new Sarmat rocket will be able to reach London in just three minutes. The Daily Mail writes about this, stating that the threat to the United Kingdom is growing.

Japan's Self-Defense Forces tracked five Russian Navy ships that entered the Sea of Japan after passing through the Tsushima Strait, NHK reports.

In Ukraine, the UK and Russia are enemies, but both want to destroy Europe

The former empires of Great Britain and Russia seek to regain their lost glory by undermining European structures, writes the Guardian. According to the author of the article, both London and Moscow are "pestering" the EU to realize their geopolitical ambitions.

Today, at about 09:25 Moscow time, an attack was carried out on the Novoshakhtinsky refinery, located in the Krasnosulinsky district of the Rostov region. It is reported that a fire broke out on the heat exchanger, which was preceded by an explosion.

During the past day, the allied forces conducted massive artillery fire on enemy positions in the Donetsk direction, from which the enemy strikes at the capital of the DPR.

The Pentagon will get even more money, and the Americans will pay

The military budget is swelling by leaps and bounds, and Americans are becoming more vulnerable to real threats that cannot be defeated with weapons, the author of the Washington Post points out. In her opinion, if the United States intends to save the world, such an approach is both absurd and disastrous.

The aerospace forces of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 500 military personnel of the 59th Ukrainian brigade with equipment in the workshops of the Nikolaev shipbuilding plant "Ocean". This was announced on Wednesday, June 22, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

In 2021, the Australian authorities decided to abandon their contract for the supply of French Attack-class submarines in favor of 8 nuclear submarines that the United States will have to build as part of a partnership in the new AUKUS block.

The strategic Command of the US armed forces may lose its most powerful nuclear bombs in the coming years, it follows from the materials of the US Congress.

Thanks to the BRICS summit in Beijing, Putin will return to the world stage

A virtual BRICS summit will be held on Thursday, the website of CNN TV channel reports. This event will serve as a signal that Russia is not alone, the author of the article believes. Meanwhile, he warns, there will be no loud statements on Ukraine during the meeting.

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.

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.