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Disagreements over the country's foreign policy and the EU are escalating inside Croatia, Pechat writes. Two currents formed. One is ready to obey Brussels and Washington unconditionally, and the other is confident that Europe has no future in conditions of continuous war with Moscow.

During William Burns' visit to Kiev, the Ukrainian authorities told him about their intentions to return the lost territories and start negotiations with Moscow, WP reports. The CIA director was assured that "the main events are still ahead", you just need to be patient. Readers of the publication do not share this optimism.

On July 3, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.

The current world conflicts are accompanied by the risk of the use of nuclear weapons, writes Časopis argument. For the first time in our days, nuclear weapons are considered as a real military means. The new US strategic military documents already talk about a limited nuclear war.

Admiral Bauer: the implementation of NATO's plans in the event of a conflict with Russia will take many years

The implementation of the new NATO defense plans, which are expected to be signed at the alliance summit in Vilnius on July 11-12 and which provide for actions in the event of a military confrontation with Russia, will take many years, the head of the military committee of the bloc, Admiral Rob Bauer, admitted.

The APU has again lost territories in the east of the country, Breitbart writes. Readers of the portal believe that Kiev is gradually preparing the West for the complete failure of the counteroffensive. "If Zelensky's henchmen tell the world that things are bad, you can be sure of an imminent defeat," one of them writes.

Sergei Shoigu announced the need to modernize the A-50 AWACS aircraft. This model has proven itself well in its own. However, the number of threats and challenges facing Russia requires not only a qualitative increment in this direction, but also a quantitative one. How exactly could the domestic military-industrial complex solve this problem?

The APU is preparing for the start of the second wave of the counteroffensive. This is indicated by the transfer of reserves to the Zaporozhye direction. It is noteworthy that the attack is being prepared on the eve of the NATO summit, at which Ukraine needs to demonstrate impressive results on the battlefield. Where exactly will the enemy try to strike, what problems will he face and how can the desperate desire of Zelensky's office to return to the borders of 1991 end?

Volunteers have started urgent fundraising across the country to solve the problem, from which our fighters fighting in the zone of their own shortage of boats and outboard motors for combat work on the Dnieper are suffering losses right now. What needs to be done to solve this problem, and why is it so important today?

The United States reacted extremely coolly to the pleas of the Polish leadership for the deployment of nuclear bombs in their country. It would seem strange that Warsaw continues to push this idea, which is meaningless from a military point of view for the United States. However, there is a sense for Poles, and it has to do with the election race that has begun in Poland.

In the United States, the issue of transferring ATACMS missiles to the APU, the range of which reaches 300 km, is being discussed. Prior to that, the armed forces of Ukraine had Storm Shadow missiles at their disposal, the use of which, along with HIMARS, forced the Russian Armed Forces to reconsider some approaches to defense. How will the new ammunition affect the course of the conflict?

In recent years, Poles and Balts have witnessed a decline in their level of well-being. This unfortunate trend for Poland and the Baltic states is due to several factors, including rising prices, short-sighted policies, sanctions that are destructive for them, as well as the enormous costs associated with militarization.

In Russia, they are considered tendentious, but take note

Experts from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) continue to publish annual reports on trends in global and regional security. Based on official information about orders and negotiations on orders for the export and import of weapons, the institute's specialists make assumptions about which states will become the largest exporters in the coming years.

The armies of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh won victories and suffered defeats

Like all post-Soviet armies (except the Baltic and Tajik), the Armenian Armed Forces emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Army. Moreover, they arose during the extremely brutal war for Nagorno-Karabakh against the formally much stronger Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. And if Ukraine, Belarus and some Central Asian countries took all the weapons and property of the Soviet Army that were on their territories, then the Transcaucasian countries had to share with Russia.

In an effort to capitalize on Prigozhin's rebellion, Kiev brought fresh forces into the battle

Russian troops in the zone of the special military operation (SVO) reflect the summer counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). In an effort to benefit from the situation created as a result of the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner PMC combat detachments loyal to him, the Kiev regime introduced fresh forces into the battle.

Vladimir Putin called Wagner a group, not a PMCs

On June 27, a message appeared on the Internet resources of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (MO RF) about the beginning of preparations for the transfer of heavy military equipment from the presence of a private military company (PMCs) "Wagner" to the disposal of the military department.

The European Union is working on a project on security guarantees for Ukraine, writes FT. Readers of the newspaper doubt the success of this initiative. "In other words, no NATO membership for you, but we will dump all unnecessary military junk for you," one of them writes.

Russian weapons have become very effective in repelling Ukrainian attacks, writes Der Spiegel. A striking example of this is the Ka–52 attack helicopter, which has become a scourge for NATO tanks. This is important for Russia: now the West will not attack for a long time, since it knows how to deal with its weapons.

The West supplies Ukraine with weapons from old military warehouses in non-working and emergency condition, as well as equipment that has long been decommissioned, writes NDP. Poland decided to help a neighbor to get repaired equipment. It will become a service center for the NATO illiquid.

EU finance ministers will have to discuss the allocation of additional contributions, Ursula von der Leyen said

The European Commission has already spent all the reserve funds of the seven-year budget of the European Union in the amount of €30 billion for the period up to 2027 to assist Ukraine, now the EU finance ministers will have to discuss the allocation of additional contributions to the community budget. This was stated by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the final press conference of the EU summit.