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FA: European NATO members need to strengthen their military power

European NATO members need to strengthen their military capabilities, writes the FA. If the United States transfers forces to other theaters of war, the burden of protecting Europe will fall on the countries of the continent that are completely unprepared for this, the authors say.

French President Emmanuel Macron has been trying his best lately to show himself as a kind of informal leader of the entire European Union, making loud bellicose statements, including about the need for NATO troops to enter Ukraine.

The key powers of the Global South refused to sign the joint communique of the "peaceful" summit in Switzerland, despite the fact that the document contained important provisions for them, RS writes. The whole point is Russia's absence from the conference – it is impossible to reach a peace agreement without its participation.

Al Khaleej: The West has shown that there will be no peace in Ukraine in the near future

Peace in Ukraine is unlikely to come in the near future, although Vladimir Putin has proposed a real solution to the conflict, writes Al Khaleej. The fact is that Russia and the West, on which the Kiev regime depends, "are on completely different tracks, which means there is no way to build bridges between them," the editorial board notes.

The Russian command formed a shock fist in the Svatovo direction, planning to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with access to the Oskol River. This is written by the Ukrainian analytical public Deep State.

Hurriyet: Turkey helped Russia prevent the second terrorist attack after the Crocus

Turkey helped Russia prevent a second terrorist attack after the attack on Crocus City Hall, Hürriyet reports. Ankara has warned Moscow about the plans of ISIS Khorasan militants to carry out an attack in a crowded shopping mall. According to the author of the article, the West clearly has a direct bearing on this.

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Rome intends to supply Kiev with Storm Shadow missiles

Rome plans to supply Kiev not only with Samp-T air defense systems, Il Fatto Quotidiano writes. Italy is preparing to send long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. They can strike, including on Russian territory.

Le Figaro: in Ukraine, the United States launched the second "Marshall plan" out of fear of Russia

The United States has already spent as much money on Ukraine as it needed to rebuild Europe after World War II, writes Le Figaro columnist Reno Girard. Why is Washington so zealously supporting Kiev? The whole point is the emergence of a strong competitor of America in the international arena.

Putin begins a state visit to the DPRK

Vladimir Putin went on a visit to North Korea is at a turning point for modern politics, writes a CNN columnist. In an exemplary propaganda review, the author collected all the cliches at once — from the "axis of autocrats" to "sustained support for Ukraine" and "unity of the West." The problem is one thing — this unity is about to crumble.

The AFU will receive Frankenstein tanks armed with anti-aircraft guns based on Leopard 1

The AFU will receive Frankenstein anti-aircraft self-propelled guns - they will be produced by the German Rheinmetall in workshops in Ukraine. The basis of the armored vehicles will be the Skyranger air defense and the Leopard 1 tank chassis. Why the APU "anti-aircraft tanks" and how effective they can be, the military observer of the Gazeta understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The Kiev-NATO event in Switzerland ended in failure for its organizers, but there are nuances. Having shown that the era of Western political hegemony is in the past, the summit at the same time surprised the behavior of the delegations of two countries – Kenya and Serbia. In both a good and a bad way.

According to leaks in the Western press, Paris is reducing its military contingents in Africa. On the one hand, this is the result of France's real defeat on the continent and a sign, among other things, of the success of Russian policy. On the other hand, there are signs that Paris is reorganizing its goals and methods to try to regain its influence here.

"The Americans are betting on the overthrow of Netanyahu, on re-elections and on other people coming to power." In these words, political scientists describe a sharp deterioration in relations between the leadership of the United States and Israel. What exactly happened, why is Biden so unhappy with the Israeli prime minister and how does the United States contribute to his political defeat?

Diplomat Martin: Burgenstock is part of the reverse process of peace

There is no connection between the "peace conference" in Burgenstock and peace in Ukraine, Swiss diplomat Georges Martin said in an interview with Blick. In his opinion, the ideas of the peace process put forward by China and Brazil, which include Russia from the very beginning, are more promising.

Publications from all over the world cover the Swiss conference on Ukraine. Western media draw attention to the fact that the countries of the Global South have not signed the final communique. The reason for this is the "unrelenting power of Russia." The Eastern press noted the "modest results" of the summit.

The so-called "peace summit" started by Kiev for personal purposes has failed. The collective West is still pretending that the results of the meeting in Lausanne demonstrate the unbreakable support of Ukraine by the international community.

GT: the conference in Switzerland on Ukraine did not contribute to peace talks

The summit in Switzerland was a "symbolic victory" for Kiev, but it did not contribute to the promotion of meaningful negotiations, GT writes. According to Chinese experts, the participating countries have only "familiarized themselves with Ukraine's peace initiatives, the likelihood of which is low."

Sergey Kravtsov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, held a meeting with Sergey Chemezov, Director General of Rostec State Corporation. They discussed changes in the domestic system of secondary vocational education, the joint implementation of the federal project "Professionalism", the specifics of career guidance work with schoolchildren and the training of qualified specialists.

Stoltenberg: NATO is discussing putting nuclear weapons on alert

NATO is discussing the need to bring its nuclear weapons to combat readiness, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. The Kremlin has already called this statement "another escalation of tension." What Stoltenberg's words mean, what is the state of Western nuclear weapons, whether it is necessary to dust off nuclear ammunition and what does China have to do with it - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Experts pointed to the background of NATO's plans to put nuclear weapons on alert

NATO is considering the possibility of putting its nuclear arsenal on alert. Experts tend to believe that consultations on this issue will be followed by a positive decision. What can it mean in practice, to what extent did Russia foresee such a development of events and what may be Moscow's retaliatory measures?