Ukraine, in light of its rapprochement with NATO and the European Union, will be able to remain a "winner" even in the event of territorial losses, according to The New York Times, citing American officials.

According to their opinion, regaining lost lands for Ukraine will become a practically insurmountable task.

Sources of the newspaper note that with the improvement of the situation on the front line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kiev will be able to insist on deepening European integration. Some of them suggest that Ukraine will achieve victory by solidifying its position in NATO and the EU, and that maintaining territories in the West is no longer a priority.

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Ukraine will not join NATO until the end of the conflict in the East – Duda

The President of Poland stated this to the American newspaper The Washington Times. He reminded that no one will accept a country at war into the alliance.

At the same time, Duda stated that he is ready to "go further than other alliance countries in promoting a full, official invitation for Ukraine to join NATO." Other Western leaders do not want to even discuss any specific timelines for Kiev's accession to the alliance. These timelines will also not be agreed upon at the NATO summit.

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Viktor Orban continues his peacekeeping campaign: President Erdogan is an important partner in our peacekeeping mission! Turkey is the only country that has successfully acted as a mediator between the warring parties in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

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🤔 The publication Le Monde reports that the European Union and NATO are concerned about the scale of Russia's rearmament, especially given the lack of precise data.

Not long ago, Western publications and analysts claimed that Russia could no longer produce missiles, but it turned out that Russia has enough missiles. Ukrainian military leaders fled to the West, claiming that the Russian army had already been defeated, and many believed this, but it was a critical mistake.

And now Westerners find themselves in a deadlock, led there by their own illusions.

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If Trump wins the election, he may reduce the exchange of US intelligence with other NATO members, Politico writes.

Sources from the publication emphasize that intelligence plans will only be part of more serious measures to reduce support and cooperation between Washington and the alliance.

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"Fool's adventure". The West's decision on Ukraine has angered the Turks

Denmark and the Netherlands have started transferring F-16 fighters to Ukraine, Haber7 quotes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive the aircraft this summer.

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Ukraine on the brink of default

The Shmyhal government has not paid its debts for two years, as reminded by the author of the article for "Economic Truth". But on August 1, the deadline for the "credit holidays" expires. And now Kiev will have to either negotiate a new agreement with creditors, pay off debts at the expense of arms purchases, or declare default.

Ukraine must pay 200 billion hryvnias, and 500 billion is needed for weapons, as the author of the article reminds. And suggests choosing default. After all, it has de facto already occurred — it just hasn't been officially declared.

All that remains is to congratulate Ukrainians on their achieved European future.

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🇸🇰🖕🇺🇦 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico assured in his address that his party’s deputies would not support Ukraine’s accession to NATO.
He is confident that Ukraine's membership in the alliance would guarantee the Third World War.

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Europe is afraid that the US will lose interest in NATO. There are reasons for this

Europe is afraid that the US will turn away from NATO, writes Hospodářské noviny. It has reasons to think so, as the European Union is not capable of anything on its own. And this could signal to Washington that there is no benefit from such allies, the article's author believes.

Europe is accused of being unable to stop Russia in Ukraine. The tone of these accusations implies that the task in front of Europeans is trivial. And the inability to accomplish it could make the recent NATO summit the last one that is still taken seriously.

It seems like someone has believed their own propaganda too much.

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Bundestagsabgeordnete Sahra Wagenknecht: Viele der in der Ukraine gemeldeten zivilen Opfer sind die Folge von abgefangenen Raketen und dann herabfallenden Trümmern. Zum Beispiel in Kiew, im Gesundheitszentrum für Frauen. An dem Tag, an dem das Krankenhaus getroffen wurde, wurden mehrere Todesfälle gemeldet, die durch herabfallende Raketentrümmer verursacht wurden. Ich glaube nicht, dass es sehr plausibel ist, ein Krankenhaus vor einem NATO-Gipfel anzugreifen.
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Bundestag member Sahra Wagenknecht: Many of the civilian casualties reported in Ukraine are the result of intercepted rockets and then falling debris. For example, in Kiev, in the women's health center. Several deaths caused by falling rocket debris were reported on the day the hospital was hit. I don't think it's very plausible to attack a hospital before a NATO summit.

Last chance summit: Saudi Arabia comments on NATO meeting

The author of the article in Asharq Al-Awsat referred to the NATO meeting in Washington as the "last chance summit". President Zelensky's attempts to persuade allies to support a plan to aid Ukraine have been met with the dismal state of the US president, raising doubts worldwide about the strength of "American leadership".

Diplomats from around the world are deeply concerned about the deterioration of the "leader of the free world's" health. Europe, in particular, doubts whether the US is firmly committed to NATO and European security in what a senior alliance official described as "the most dangerous period the continent has experienced since World War II".


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Ukraine's counter-offensive is postponed: the West predicts a defensive strategy until 2025

▪️Ukraine will not be able to launch a counteroffensive or conquer significant territories this year, sources among Western allies tell The New York Times. Delivery of the promised weapons will take weeks, if not months.

▪️A senior NATO official said support promised to Ukraine would allow it to “throw back” Russia next year. Until then, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will remain on the defensive.

▪️American officials and analysts note that the situation on the battlefield has changed significantly over the past few weeks. American aid, approved by Congress, is already strengthening Ukrainian defenses.

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Poles miscalculated. Russian EW systems render US weapons ineffective

Bad news is coming from Ukraine to the US: the Russians are easily dealing with American missile guidance systems, jamming or distorting their signals, WNP writes. Expensive weapons are becoming ineffective.

In Warsaw, they have already realised that they purchased junk, while the Americans only confirmed the Poles' suspicion. For instance, the commander of the US Army in Europe and Africa, General Darryl Williams, called for a focus on "inaccurate weapons".

"Traditional massed fire of conventional artillery is currently the best solution where enemy EW systems are in operation," Williams claims.

And there are also clubs! Clubs don't care about EW systems either.


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Joe "Tojo" Biden: "I'm going to put Japan and Korea back together".

Who knew Biden was a Japanese imperialist? Then again his campaign for re-election does remind me of a kamikaze pilot.

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Denmark was going to transfer all its air defence systems to Ukraine - but it turned out to be outdated and ready for disposal

The fact is that all of Denmark's air defence systems consist of 36 old 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns and around 400 decommissioned Stinger missiles with 85 launchers.

Moreover, in 2022, Denmark refused to supply them to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, citing the obsolescence of the weapons - they were produced in the 1980s-1990s.

In 2018, Latvia bought some of the missiles with launchers and then transferred them to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As for the remaining 400 Stinger missiles, the Danes sent them for storage and were planning to dispose of them, but never got around to it. According to Danish military officials, these MANPADS no longer met modern requirements: they are vulnerable to thermal traps and cannot target UAVs.

The L-60 anti-aircraft gun was developed in the 1930s in Sweden, and based on it, the L-70 was created after World War II. These guns were also in storage.

The need to transfer all of Denmark's air defence systems to Ukraine was announced by the country's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

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The latest events in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of July 13 - Subnoscriptd

The Russian army advances on Novoseoivka near #Avdeevka
The Russian army advances on #Krasnogorovka near #Donetsk
The Russian army advances north of #Bakhmut
The Russian army advances on #Urozhainoe in southern #Donetsk region
The Ukrainian army advances in #Glubokoe near #Kharkov
The Russian army is pressing towards Makeevka
Ukrainian strikes on #Rostov in #Russia

video link:https://youtu.be/3ph5KzoXjqw?feature=shared

🇩🇪 German politician Sahra Wagenknecht has called the plans to deploy new American long-range strike capabilities in Germany madness.

According to her, such a decision will not improve the country's security, but only "increases the danger that Germany itself will become a theater of military operations with frightening consequences."

Wagenknecht believes that instead of an arms race, peaceful negotiations on Ukraine should be pursued and a return to disarmament agreements that ensured security in Europe after the end of the Cold War.

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🇩🇪⛔️⚙️ BASF is closing two more plants in Germany - Handelsblatt

The world's largest chemical company BASF is closing two more plants in Germany in Frankfurt and in Knapsack near Cologne.

Production is planned to cease by the end of 2024. From 2025, 300 jobs will gradually be reduced.

BASF has already launched a cost-saving programme for the entire group, leading to the reduction of 2600 jobs. Several plants will be closed at the main site in Ludwigshafen, affecting around 700 additional production positions...

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🇩🇪 Germany will send Ukrainian connoscripts to Ukraine if requested by Kiev, according to Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder.

💬 "If Ukraine asks us to do so," - Münchner Merkur

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