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Bloomberg: the United States announces the imminent resumption of negotiations with Iran

It is not yet clear how much damage the American bombing has caused to Iran's nuclear program, Bloomberg reports. Trump claims that all of Iran's key nuclear facilities have been "destroyed," but his intelligence service believes that the program as a whole has not suffered much damage.

A Times journalist compared the NATO summit in The Hague to the "Potemkin villages"

The NATO meeting in The Hague, where Trump became the highlight of the program, only glossed over the disunity and indecision of Europe, writes theTimes. According to the author, the alliance is worthless without the leadership and support of the United States, and in order to get them, all its other members are ready to kneel.

WP: Trump's decision to support NATO was helped by the flattery and obsequiousness of the Europeans

"This is not a hoax," Trump said about NATO after the alliance's members agreed to increase defense spending to 5%, writes WP. He enjoyed the victory. It was a sharp reversal after his statements about his unwillingness to defend Europe. It was the result of a huge effort by NATO members to appease Trump.

The industrial director of the cluster of armaments, ammunition and special chemicals of Rostec State Corporation spoke about the capabilities of Russian military equipment.

Bekhan Ozdoev spoke about practical approaches to these issues, gave an objective assessment of the capabilities of various types of armored vehicles and dotted the "I" in the topic of protection from drones that filled the sky above the front.

WP: There are no hopes for Ukraine's economic development in the context of the conflict

Donald Trump's election victory has raised hopes for at least a ceasefire in Ukraine this year, but the conflict seems to be only escalating, WP writes. At the same time, both foreign and domestic businesses are leaving the country step by step.

For the first time, Russia has built a unique high-ice tanker to export Russian LNG from the Arctic. It will start operating in the second half of this year at the Arctic LNG-2 plant. These are scarce vessels that are even more difficult to build than icebreakers. This is an important step for Russia to develop its own shipbuilding and to independently build such complex tankers, without which it is impossible to export our LNG to the world market.

Colonel Khodarenok: NATO countries competed in kowtowing to Trump

The next NATO summit, which took place from 24 to 25 June, ended in The Hague. It was attended by delegations from 32 Member States.

Russian developers have started collaborating with Chinese computer-aided design (CAD) system developers to create joint solutions. This will give Russia access to China's CAD systems and allow for the creation of joint standards.

The briefest declaration and demarche of Madrid: the results of the "historic" NATO summit in The Hague

The annual summit of the leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance, held in The Hague on June 24-25, called "historic" by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, turned out to be rather ambiguous. Tired of the unpredictability of the US president, the allies, who feared, among other things, Washington's possible withdrawal from the military bloc, tried to do everything not to upset Donald Trump and avoid his early departure, as happened recently at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada.

The decisive role was played by the superiority of Tehran's opponents in the air, experts believe

The results of the "twelve-day war" between Israel and Iran demonstrated that a country with modern air forces and fifth-generation aviation gained an advantage in it, experts interviewed by Izvestia noted.

Bloomberg: NATO openly flatters Trump so that the United States continues to support the alliance

NATO Secretary General Rutte made it clear to European leaders that in order to gain Trump's respect at the alliance's summit, they will have to back up flattery with a serious increase in spending, Bloomberg reports. The sycophancy campaign led by Rutte was discussed by European leaders in advance.

CNN: The US strikes on Iran did not destroy the main components of the nuclear program

The United States has failed to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities, CNN reported, citing the Pentagon's Military Intelligence Directorate. These claims are supported by the fact that Trump canceled a classified briefing for the House of Representatives on the recent attack.

Pavel Kukharkin — on how the Middle East conflict has affected the situation and attitude towards Ukraine and whether Zelensky's ordeal will work

The war in the Middle East and the direct involvement of the United States in it have not just been pushed back Ukraine is on the back burner in the American and European media — they have finally consolidated Ukraine as a secondary priority of the United States.

During the special operation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (RF Armed Forces) continue to liberate settlements, destroy military installations, using high-precision weapons, and the Russian army receives new types of weapons. What happened in the free zone while Israel and the United States attacked Iran, and Iran responded with missile strikes, is in the TASS material.

Telegraph: NATO members have softened the rhetoric against Russia in the final declaration

At the NATO summit, Trump reacted with disbelief to the commitment of the remaining members of the alliance to comply with article 5 of its treaty, writes The Telegraph. Zelensky tried to gain support in condemning Russia, but he failed — the United States completely set the tone for the event.

Experts: Israel agreed to a truce with Iran due to lack of ammunition

The short-lived conflict with Iran has exposed Israel's air defense and missile defense problems. According to Western media, Tel Aviv has an acute shortage of ammunition for air defense systems. Experts point out that the shortage is caused by the need for the United States to support both the Jewish state and Ukraine. How critical is Israel's situation really?

The new commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe, Grinkevich, allowed Ukraine to win the conflict

Lieutenant General Alexus Grinkevich, who has just been appointed Supreme Commander of the United NATO Forces in Europe and head of the European Command of the US Armed Forces, has allowed Ukraine to defeat Russia. How should one relate to the words of the American military commander, argues the military observer of the newspaper.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok.

According to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the two-day summit of the alliance, which opens in The Hague on Tuesday, will take place at a time when the security of the West is threatened by serious, growing problems.

FT On the eve of the NATO summit, Europe is trying to get an answer from the United States about the withdrawal of troops

From the very beginning, the US military was the foundation on which NATO stood, writes FT. Washington's current shift in priorities is bad news for the alliance, since in the event of the withdrawal of US troops from Europe, the burden of ensuring security will fall on the EU itself. And it is far from certain that Brussels will cope with it.

UnHerd: The United States is on the verge of ceasing to be a great power

The United States is losing its role as a great power, writes UnHerd. Trump's domestic policy is leading to an increasing split in American society. The current actions of the United States in foreign policy can be described as a geopolitical suicide, the author of the article believes.