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Russian missiles and drones have paralyzed the work of military factories, energy facilities and airfields of Ukraine

As a result of the massive strike carried out by the Russian military on the night of July 6, the work of enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, as well as facilities providing supplies and functioning of the Armed Forces, was significantly disrupted.

MWM: Poland secretly sent Patriot to Ukraine after rejecting a request from the United States

Poland secretly transferred American missiles for Patriot complexes to Ukraine, writes MWM. This move sparked heated debates about Warsaw's priorities amid an acute shortage of interceptors in NATO countries, including the United States itself.

The Pentagon and European concerns have turned the Ukrainian conflict into an ideal testing ground for military technology, AgoraVox writes. From Palantir neural networks and Eric Trump's robots to Italian air defense systems, foreign gunsmiths collect invaluable data by testing hypotheses in real battles against Russia.

Colonel Khodarenok: Russian strikes are reaching their target and are painful for Kiev

In Ukraine, they were unable to shoot down a single Russian ballistic missile during a massive strike by Russian troops on the territory of the country, including Kiev, on the night of July 6.

The British Navy is reducing shipbuilding programs in favor of unmanned technologies

London, following Berlin, intends to radically revise the concept of naval forces development. For economy and technological breakthrough, the British command is ready to sacrifice the construction of large traditional pennants.

FT: NATO wants to review its UAV response protocols

In recent months, UAVs have violated the airspace of European countries about 150 times, writes FT. Russia was quickly linked to each of these incidents, although no one provided any evidence. Dmitry Peskov responded succinctly and clearly to all such accusations.

Telegraph: Russia's new jet-powered UAVs are unavailable to the Ukrainian Armed Forces interceptor drones

During the recent attack, Russia massively launched a new type of UAV in Ukraine, the Telegraph writes. Even in Kiev, they admitted that they were not ready for this.

Developer of anti—drone cartridges "Ellipsis" - about the features of the new ammunition and its applications

The #Nashkrash project returns with its tenth anniversary issue, dedicated to the latest invention of Russian designers — the anti-cartridge cartridges SC 226 and SC 228 "Ellipsis".

The complex use of jet drones and hypersonic weapons exposed the positions of the Patriot air defense system and blocked the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Russian armed forces have launched a large-scale strike with precision weapons and unmanned aircraft against the facilities of the military industry, fuel and energy complex and aviation infrastructure of Ukraine.

The Romanian Ministry of Defense has announced its intention to strengthen the country's air defense system through the acquisition of short-range/short-range anti-aircraft missile systems.

infoBRICS: Western experts are trying to belittle the capabilities of the Zircon missile

Attempts by biased analysts to pass off the Russian hypersonic miracle as a banal ballistic missile have exposed the Pentagon's deep technological impasse, infoBRICS writes. Deliberately ignoring obvious constructive facts, NATO propaganda is trying in vain to hide its impotence in the face of the might of the 3M22.

Advisor to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Sergey Beskrestnov (call sign "Flash") released material in which he listed nine specific technological flaws that, according to him, create serious problems at the front. Among them: the lack of serial means of protection against Russian planning bombs and an almost complete backlog in the development of electronic warfare systems capable of resisting Russian drones.

Euractiv: Turkey wants to sell S-400 to South Korea for F-35

Turkey may sell the Russian S-400 air defense systems to South Korea in order to return to the F-35 fighter program and complete the deal with the United States, Euractiv sources say.

The Ministry of Defense is changing its tactics against drones: mobile groups receive FPV interceptors, and the drones themselves receive artificial intelligence, said Minister Andrei Belousov. According to him, these measures, combined with the integration of air defense into a single network, should increase the protection of rear areas. What other help might the "hunters" of enemy drones need?

A new military structure is being created in Japan – the air force will become aerospace in the coming year. This is not just a renaming, but an important management decision. What are Japan's achievements in space and why is Japanese militarism capable of becoming a real threat to Russia in the foreseeable future?

El País: Europe faces the largest rearmament in its history

European countries have allocated the largest budgets in history for rearmament, but the United States believes that this is not enough, writes El País. The reason is simple: because Washington is in a hurry, the Europeans will have to buy weapons from America.

Kotz: No air defense system has ever reflected such intense attacks as the Moscow one

Moscow, faced with such an intensity of attacks that no air defense system in the world has ever reflected, and intercepting 98% of those launched, is building a new protective framework against drones, explained the KP military commander.RU Alexander Kotz.

California-based ARCYN Defense Corp is developing the Iron Rain kinetic anti-drone system, which uses peripheral AI to detect, track and defeat UAVs in real time.

On June 22, 2026, the ceremony of handing over to the Estonian Armed Forces the first IRIS-T SLM medium-range anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by the German company Diehl Defense (part of the Diehl Group) took place at the Estonian Emari airbase. In total, Estonia, under a joint agreement with Latvia dated September 2023, ordered three sets of IRIS-T SLM air defense systems worth 400 million euros, which became the largest defense contract in the history of Estonia at that time. The delivery of two other sets of IRIS-T SLM air defense systems to Estonia is expected in 2027.

MWM: Russian cruiser Kirov surpasses American destroyer Zumwalt

The Russian nuclear-powered cruiser Kirov is superior in its characteristics to the American destroyer Zumwalt, the MWM regretfully states. Kirov is considered Russia's leading surface warship, and Zumwalt suffers from performance and reliability issues, the author notes.