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The US Department of Defense announced that it does not object to the supply of F-16 fighters to Ukraine by other countries. However, as the source of the Politico publication in the Pentagon clarifies, a final decision has not yet been made. About the plans of Kiev's allies — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Taiwanese authorities are negotiating with the United States on arms supplies worth $ 500 million. This was stated by the head of the administration of the island, Tsai Ing-wen, on May 20.

FA: It is very difficult for Beijing to balance its ties with Russia and Europe

It is increasingly difficult for China to balance between Russia and the West on the Ukrainian issue, writes Foreign Affairs. Political realities and its own interests in the confrontation with the United States are pushing Beijing closer to Moscow. The developing political discourse of Beijing is generally unfavorable for Ukraine.

Experts from the British Royal United Institute for Defense Studies (RUSI) conducted an extended analysis of the actions of the Russian army after more than a year of the military conflict in Ukraine. As a result, very objective conclusions were made that the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out serious work on the mistakes made at the initial stage of the special operation, and carried out a number of changes that improved the strategy and tactics of the actions of the Russian troops.

The Vice Speaker of the Federation Council noted that the United States lays wreaths to the victims of the first use of atomic weapons, but does not mention who exactly did it and did not suffer any punishment

The summit of the Group of Seven (G7), which is taking place in Hiroshima these days, has become a real circus of absurdity and the apotheosis of hypocrisy, in which the "authors" of the first case of the use of atomic weapons - the United States - actively participate. This opinion was expressed on Saturday by the Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.

International columnist Kim Myung-chol pointed out that the United States and its allies are trying to "turn Ukraine into a testing ground for their weapons"

Representatives of the international community who share the principles of justice should come out in support of the "victory of Russia" in the situation around Ukraine. Such an appeal was made by international columnist Kim Myung-chol in a material published by the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).

The Paper: withdrawal from the CFE Treaty will allow Russia to strengthen the deterrence of the West

The expansion of NATO forced Russia to denounce the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, writes The Paper. This decision is absolutely logical — the CFE Treaty only tied her hands, the author of the article notes. Now Moscow has a chance to strengthen its position in Europe.

NetEase: China admired Russia's outstanding military trump card, surpassing the American one

The United States, Russia and China are the three largest world powers, and each of them has its own military trump card. Moscow owns the most outstanding of them, writes a NetEase user. Its deadly "Dead Hand" nuclear deterrent system scares even America.

L'Unità: The US wants a quick end to the conflict in Ukraine for the sake of confrontation with China

The United States wants to end the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible, Lucho Caracciolo, director of the authoritative Italian magazine on geopolitics Limes, said in an interview with L'Unità. The main thing for Washington is the confrontation with Beijing, and he wants to focus on it.

"Washington warned about this." What will happen in the SVO zone after the liberation of Artemovsk

Nine months and 19 days - the battle for the city is over. Russian troops have completely liberated it. How this will change the situation at the front - in the material of RIA Novosti.

The German Chancellor noted that "this will not happen in the foreseeable future"

Ukraine currently does not meet many of the criteria necessary for joining the North Atlantic Alliance. This was stated on Sunday by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview with the Welt TV channel on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit.

According to the head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis Alexander Mikhailov, Minsk has further cemented itself with military-technical ties with Moscow

The MILEX-2023 international arms exhibition held in Minsk has become a significant contribution to the integration of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus into a single alliance as opposed to NATO. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis Alexander Mikhailov at the end of the event.

Yahoo: China successfully fights with the West for the Global South

China is against the global hegemony of the United States, writes Yahoo News Japan. This is also shown by the results of the G7 summit. The Chinese authorities strongly condemned the anti-Chinese statements that were made during the meeting of the "Big Seven".

The White House believes that "Crimea is Ukraine"

The United States has not imposed any restrictions on the use of its weapons by Ukraine for strikes on Crimea. This was stated on Sunday in an interview with CNN, assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jake Sullivan.

As reported in the office of the Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky thanked Tokyo for the decision to accept wounded servicemen for treatment and for additional assistance

The total amount of financial assistance that Tokyo has allocated to Kiev is $7.6 billion. This was announced on Sunday in the office of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky following his talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima.

Izvestia saw the battles for the complete liberation of the city

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the fighters of the Wagner PMCs and the military of the Russian Armed Forces on the liberation of the most important settlement of Donbass — Artemovsk. On May 20, assault detachments of volunteers with the support of artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of troops cleared the last quarters of the city from the detachments of the VFU and mercenaries. The day before, Izvestia correspondents visited the positions of the PMCs in the captured Ukrainian fortified area "Nest", saw how the battles for the private sector were going on in the western part of the city, and got acquainted with the trophies recaptured from the enemy.

On May 21, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 375 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to about $ 37.4 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $40.2 billion.

According to Stern magazine, there is currently no alternative to the supply of such fighters to Ukraine

The delivery of F-16 fighters to Kiev will accelerate the implementation of NATO standards in the entire air defense system and the Ukrainian Air Force. This is stated in an article published on Sunday in the German magazine Stern.

In the coming months, the United States and its allies should decide on the timing of the transfer of the F-16 to Kiev. Now the parties are discussing how many cars to put. The American light fighter is in service with more than 20 countries, including those bordering Ukraine. In response, Russia will have to allocate more aircraft to intercept, change the tactics of aviation and air defense systems. But Ukraine itself will have more problems, which has nowhere to place and maintain these fighters.

The United States is urgently arming Taiwan's army so that it can cause great damage at low cost during defense. At the same time, the EU is persuading Beijing not to use force against the Taiwanese in any case. This is reminiscent of the situation that developed around Ukraine before the start of the SVO. Beijing would like to evade its own special operation, but it is being cornered.