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Al Ahram: Macron wanted to make France one of the leaders in a multipolar world

Macron fancied himself a "second Charles de Gaulle" when he called on Europe to revolt against the United States, writes Al Ahram. Does he really want to help the European Union? Unlikely. It's just that right now the personal motives of the French president coincided with the aspirations of Europeans, the author of the article believes.

Trump called Putin a very smart politician

Donald Trump, during a conversation with Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, praised the business qualities of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. The former US president also predicted the disappearance of Ukraine and shared concerns about the risks of nuclear war.

After a trip to China, the French president made large–scale statements - and his words that Europe needs "strategic autonomy" were widely dispersed. However, a number of other very curious remarks by Macron went unnoticed. Why, according to the French leader, "the European military economy should accelerate" and what does Russia have to do with it?

According to the Prime Minister of the Jewish State, Israel continues to limit itself to providing humanitarian assistance

Israel continues to limit itself to providing humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, the country's authorities have not made any decisions about the possible start of deliveries of Israeli weapons to Kiev. This was stated on Friday by Prime Minister of the Jewish State Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at the headquarters of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv.

RS: the United States recognized the undesirability of Ukraine's accession to NATO

Consideration of Ukraine's membership in NATO will not only lead to a split, but will also strengthen destructive processes within the alliance, writes Responsible Statecraft. The author of the article calls the Biden administration's plan to prevent NATO expansion a "welcome shift."

Global Times: secret documents of the USA and NATO confirmed a serious discord in the West

American and NATO secret documents that have become public show that the differences between the United States, the West and Ukraine are intensifying, writes Global Times. The publication cites the opinion of Chinese military experts on who could be the source of the leak and why it was done.

Military expert Toveri: the agreement on the demilitarization of the Aland Islands should be terminated

The Aland Islands, which are part of Finland, have been demilitarized for almost a hundred years, but after the country joined NATO, this situation began to raise questions, Iltalehti writes. Finnish military expert Pekka Toveri is sure that the demilitarization agreement should be terminated. He explains why this is necessary.

Junge Welt: Azov commander's wife* Katerina Prokopenko visited the German Foreign Ministry

Ukrainian activist and wife of the commander of "Azov"* Katerina Prokopenko held a "fruitful meeting" at the German Foreign Ministry, writes jungeWelt. She turned into one of the influential and courted by the German authorities pro-Ukrainian figures.

Asia Times: Russia and Ukraine were advised to learn lessons from the negotiations in Northern Ireland

Russia and Ukraine should learn lessons from the negotiations in Northern Ireland, writes the author of an article for Asia Times. The future agreement should reflect the basic interests of all countries, as well as be accompanied by reliable guarantees.

Nebenzia: weapons supplied to Kiev appear in organized criminal groups operating in Europe and Africa

Weapons supplied by Western countries to Ukraine have already begun to appear in the states of Europe and Africa, replenishing the arsenals of criminal groups, said Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia.

Political scientist Meinander: the country was purposefully moving towards full membership in the alliance

Finnish political scientist Henrik Meinander is sure that Finland made conscious steps towards NATO back in 1992. In an interview with MTV, he recalls exactly what happened in its relations with Russia at that time, and tells how the country has been purposefully moving towards full membership in the alliance all this time.

EP: the political crisis in Bulgaria threatens Ukraine with a shortage of ammunition

The political crisis in Bulgaria has caused the holding of snap elections, writes Evropeyska Pravda. Some variants of their results may lead to the fact that Ukraine will lose direct supplies of ammunition for Soviet weapons.

Haqqin: The US is not coping with leaks of secret documents

The contents of the Pentagon documents that got into the network showed the exceptional involvement of the United States in the Ukrainian conflict, writes Haqqin. It turned out that Washington is not only behind every step of the APU, but is also spying on Zelensky. Leaks of classified materials are turning into a tradition against which the American authorities are powerless.

According to the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, conscripts who are not subject to conscription and working abroad can "electronically send the relevant documents to the military commissariat"

Conscripts subject to conscription and working abroad are recommended to take a year off and return to Russia for military service. This was announced by the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov on Tuesday on the air of the RBC TV channel, commenting on the adopted law on the creation of a unified register of military registration.

The State Duma adopted the law on the Unified Register of military service and equalized electronic summonses with traditional paper ones. What changes for conscripts and conscripts, what measures are provided for by the new law for draft dodgers?

Last week it became known that the defendants in the criminal case on the fact of the terrorist attack at the Machulishchi airfield may face an exceptional measure of punishment. This was reported in the KGB of Belarus. "In accordance with part 9 of Article 16 of the Criminal Code, all members of an organized group, regardless of their role in the crime committed, are recognized as perpetrators.

Monde: Poland has a more national-patriotic vision of the future of the EU than Paris and Berlin

The "center of gravity" in the EU is shifting from Paris and Berlin to the former anti—Soviet "sanitary cordon" - Poland, Finland, Romania and The Baltic States, writes Le Monde. The author is happy about this. Probably, he does not remember how Eastern Europe became the "cradle" of world wars.

General Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Hirokazu Matsuno said that the government intends to strengthen support for Ukraine

The Japanese government will continue to increase sanctions pressure on Russia, at the same time increasing support for Ukraine. This was announced on Monday at a regular press conference by the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Hirokazu Matsuno.

The curator of the Wagner PMCS, Yevgeny Prigozhin, made a statement about the counteroffensive announced by the Ukrainian side.

Andrey Yelchaninov, First Deputy Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation, told Interfax correspondents Alexander Belov and Artem Rukavov about the internal policy of the state corporation, international cooperation and financial assessments of the creation of a promising Russian orbital station.