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The Ukrainian army needs armored personnel carriers, so France will supply Kiev with a "significant number" of armored vehicles. This statement was made by the Minister of the Armed Forces of the Republic, Sebastien Lecorny.

The United States is raising the stakes: following the HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, Washington plans to transfer medium- and long-range missile defense systems to Kiev. According to CNN, the Pentagon believes that this will negate Russian air superiority. Whether such expectations are justified — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov — about what changes in the balance of forces in Europe the appearance of Iskander missile systems in Belarus

On June 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the transfer of Iskanders to our closest ally. According to him, Belarus will receive an option with both ballistic and cruise missiles.

Biden should not seek Ukraine's victory

Ukraine's victory is unthinkable, and Washington must seek a settlement of the conflict, writes Foreign Policy. According to the authors of the article, it will only get worse if Russia wins on the battlefield, and this will surely end the battle for Donbass.

The Turkish company Baykar Makina announced its intention to transfer three Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Ukraine for free, RIA Novosti reports.

A group of three Chinese bombers equipped with hypersonic cruise anti-ship missiles flew over the Miyako Strait, which separates the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Tuesday.

The head of Chechnya Kadyrov announced the creation of the Zapad-Akhmat battalion from natives of the republic

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the Zapad-Akhmat battalion had already been formed, its first formation took place, at which commander Ismail Aguev was introduced to the personnel.

Belarus may receive from Russia the Iskander operational-tactical missile system in a top-end configuration, admits military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.

Has Russia won over the rest of the world?

Outside the West, criticism of Russia in connection with the conflict in Ukraine is very restrained, writes TNI. Putin hoped to enlist the support of the rest of the world – and in many ways succeeded. And the United States has lost the attractiveness of a "democratic" country and is losing influence.

Ukrainian nationalists used the American M142 HIMARS jet system to strike the cities of the LPR, thereby "lighting up" it and enabling intelligence to track the MLRS. As stated in Lugansk, in the near future, the complex supplied from the United States will be destroyed.

A NATO summit will start today in Madrid, where Russia will be declared the "main enemy" and a new strategy for the development of the alliance and further expansion in Eastern Europe will be adopted. NATO members will confer from June 28 to June 30.

The LPR stated that the APU used HIMARS delivered by the West MLRS, hitting Perevalsk

The aerospace forces of Russia with high-precision weapons struck the hangars in Kremenchug, where the weapons and ammunition supplied by the United States were located, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov. According to him, ammunition for Western weapons detonated, so a fire started in a nearby closed shopping center.

Liu Zhongmin: the "Turkish phenomenon" highlights the crisis of NATO legitimacy

A serious crisis has arisen within the North Atlantic Alliance, writes Huanqiu Shibao. The author of the article believes that the differences between Turkey and the Nordic NATO candidate countries speak of deeper problems of the military bloc, which inexorably lead it to collapse.

NATO at the Military Council against Russia

Now it is being decided whether NATO will declare Russia an "enemy" or an "opponent" at the alliance summit in Madrid, but there will be no previous relations for sure, writes Figaro. NATO plans to deploy 300,000 near Russia's borders, although "theoretically" such deployment is permanently prohibited by the Founding Act of 1997.

The NATO Summit: imperialist plans and petty calculations!

Despite the external unity, the NATO countries pursue different goals, writes the Turkish edition of Evrensel. According to the author of the article, all the leading powers of the alliance seek to benefit from the Ukrainian conflict.

Ukraine will receive its own factory for the production of Bayraktar attack drones, Kiev continues negotiations with Ankara. This was stated by the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Alexey Reznikov.

How to lose big in Ukraine

If the Ukrainian army is defeated in the boilers of Donbass, Russia's victory will become not only bigger, but also much more significant, writes the author of National Review. After the humiliation in Afghanistan, this will be the second defeat of pro-American forces in just two years.

The United States imposed sanctions against the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade from the Air Force and the 76th Airborne Assault Division and the 234th Airborne Assault Regiment based in the Pskov region, the US Treasury Department reports.

Biden's officials privately doubted that Ukraine would be able to retake its entire territory

On the sidelines of the White House, there is talk that Ukraine will have to put up with territorial losses in the conflict with Russia, the CNN website reports. According to the channel, not the entire Joe Biden administration shares the concern, but the pessimistic mood is obvious.

Military expert Shurygin explained why the Pentagon had problems with recruits

NBC News, citing sources in the Pentagon, reported a shortage of recruits for the US army. According to journalists, in the US armed forces "there is a severe shortage with the recruitment of military personnel, which has not been in the last 50 years." "Newspaper.Ru" together with military experts, I figured out what the cause of this problem is.