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US reproaches against China over its relations with Russia exude imperial arrogance

The imperial manners of the United States can play a cruel joke on them, the author of the South China Morning Post believes. The newspaper columnist draws a parallel between today's Washington and the Roman Empire, which is just as greedy for power.

A new batch of HIMARS rocket launchers and ammunition for them will be included in the next package of military assistance, the decree on the allocation of which Biden will sign this week. This was announced by the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council (NSC) of the White House, John Kirby.

The US Navy has submitted to the US Congress a report on the needs of the fleet in ships. According to the document, the American navy needs 373 ships. This is 75 more ships than the Navy currently has at its disposal. Most of the information passed to Congress is classified. The exception is a summary of the structure of the forces of the American fleet.

The conflict in Ukraine and the return to Eurocentrism

Against the background of the Ukrainian conflict, dangerous militaristic ambitions are intensifying in Europe, writes The Hindu magazine. Following the United States, Europe is trying to divide the world into "its own and others" and this exacerbates the already high tension in the world.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the Zapad group involved in the special operation in Ukraine, instructed to strictly stop the shelling of liberated settlements by the Ukrainian army, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

Germany is at the mercy of Russia

Europe is unlikely to have enough gas until the end of summer without resupply, writes The Spectator. According to the author of the article, Germany found itself in a tense situation. It has become a weak link in the chain of Western sponsors of Ukraine.

Defense Ministry: the Russian navy destroyed more than 200 Ukrainian military in the Odessa region

The troops of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, together with the Russian army, have recaptured 255 settlements, the DPR said. The attack on Soledar continues.

The former deputy head of the Air Force, General Bizhev, explained why the S-300PM "Favorite" is needed in Siberia

By the end of 2022, the upgraded S-300PM2 Favorit complexes will be delivered to the air defense of Siberia. They will replace the S-300PT. "Newspaper.Ru" together with military experts, I figured out what these complexes will do in Siberia and why the latest S-400 and S-500 are not supplied there

A member of the CAA Rogov announced four APU strikes on the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP in a day

The Ukrainian military fired at a nuclear power plant in the Zaporozhye region, said Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the military-civil administration of the region. As the local authorities said, everything is fine with the station, it is still working. But it is not yet known about the victims and those killed in the attack. Since the beginning of the week, this attack by the APU has already become the third.

Polish experts believe that their predictions came true and the turning point in the war in Ukraine occurred when the Americans handed over the HIMARS MLRS to the Kiev junta. They allow you to accurately attack targets at a distance of more than 70 km, which supposedly makes it possible to cut off Russian troops on the front line from the supply of fuel and ammunition. Polish analysts believe that if the objects for destruction are correctly identified, the Russians can be forced to stop or retreat, and after the ammunition runs out, they can surrender.

Is the US starting to get tired of the protracted conflict in Ukraine?

Even close associates of Joe Biden doubt whether America will soon get tired of the burden of military aid to Ukraine, writes The Economist. According to the author, the future of U.S. support for Kiev depends on three factors: midterm congressional elections, the commitment of European allies and Ukraine's success on the battlefield.

The United States is categorically against Iran transferring drones to Russia for use in Ukraine. According to the official representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, the threat of the introduction of new sanctions is hanging over Tehran.

There is no vacuum in the Middle East, there is an overabundance

Biden said that the United States will not leave the Middle East and will not leave a "vacuum" that will be filled by Russia, China or Iran. The states think of themselves as the masters of the region, but they are losing influence, the author of the article writes. And this ensures the disintegration of the "American Middle East".

The Army of Drones project, launched by the leadership of Ukraine, continues to raise funds for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles. Through one of the platforms, it was possible to collect more than 510 million hryvnias. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.

The allied forces of the armies of Russia, the LPR and the DPR are pulling forces to Seversk and continue to slowly advance in the direction of Soledar and Artemovsk. From here opens a direct road to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, where the APU assembled the most combat-ready units equipped with Western weapons and trained by NATO instructors. Here is also the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation (OOS), which directs the actions of the Ukrainian army in the Donbass. About the situation in the north of the region — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Beijing demands that Washington abandon its plan to sell weapons to Taipei. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of China Tan Kefei.

The Russian SVO in Ukraine continues. After the release of the LPR to its administrative borders, the allied forces began to liberate the DPR from Ukrainian paramilitary formations, which daily conduct artillery shelling of the cities of the republic.

Ukraine is no longer a priority of the West

The West is abandoning Ukraine at the "most inopportune moment" when it most needs support, writes The Telegraph. The United States and Europe do not renounce their words in providing assistance, but they are increasingly concerned about their own problems: rising prices, a crisis of power and a shortage of gas.

Russia's worries after Western summits

The Russian special operation pushed Kiev to obtain the status of a candidate for EU membership, Postimees writes. And this is a step higher than the association agreement. At the same time, the West is not only trying to strengthen its military power, but also to weaken Russia by setting a ceiling on oil prices.

Putin flies to Iran to strengthen new anti-Western alliance

Being isolated due to the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian leader is looking for friends, the authors of The Times believe. They claim that in Russia his visit to Iran is presented as the creation of a new anti-Western coalition. But it is known that the Turkish leader will also be at the meeting. But Ankara is a member of NATO.