Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that Russia possesses advanced and unique weapons capable of eliminating any enemy, including the United States. In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, TASS relaunched it. “Russia is patient and does not scare anyone with its military superiority. But it has advanced and unique weapons capable of destroying any enemy, including the United States, in the event of a threat to its existence,” the security official said. Patrushev declared that “NATO countries are, in fact, part of the conflict” in Ukraine. “They do not hide that their main goal is to try to prolong this military conflict as long as possible and defeat Russia on the battlefield and further divide,” he said. The Secretary of the Security Council said: “They have turned Ukraine into a large military camp. They are sending weapons and ammunition to the Ukrainian forces, as well as intelligence information, using a constellation of satellites and a large number of drones.”
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An alleged phone conversation between Russian billionaire Farkhad Akhmetov and music producer Yusif Prigozhin in which they said “Putin buried Russia, he fucked everyone… (ANSA)” was reported by Novaya Gazeta Europa and Ukrainian media.
Moreover, Russia will continue its plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus regardless of the reaction of the West. This was stated by the Kremlin, citing the state agency TASS. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that the West’s reaction cannot influence Russia’s plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. “There is no doubt that this reaction cannot affect Russia’s plans,” Peskov stressed, saying he had nothing to add to what Russian President Vladimir Putin explained in an interview on Saturday.
About two months after the decision of the federal government in Berlin, Germany’s 18 Panzer Leopard 2 tanks have arrived in Ukraine, reports Der Spiegel. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced that Ukraine received its first British Challenger tanks. As reported by CNN. “Today I had the honor of testing our newest addition to our armored units,” Reznikov wrote on Facebook, noting that he had received Challengers from the UK, Strykers and Cougars from the US, and Marders from Germany. “Having personally driven the Challenger, I can say that no Rolls-Royce driver will be as comfortable as the crew of this work of military art,” the minister wrote.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front in Zaporizhia. “I am honored to be here today alongside our army. I am grateful to each of our warriors for defending Ukraine, our sovereignty, our cities and our children. We will definitely win,” Zelensky said. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, is visiting the Zaporozhye region with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “The Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station is an essential part of the system that supports the nuclear safety of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant. Zelensky showed me the damage to the dam recently,” Grossi himself posted photos of the visit.
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‘They provided information to Moscow about Ukraine’s positions in the east’ (ANSA)
Ambassador of Ukraine to Italy Yaroslav Melnyk comments: “We are monitoring the situation and see what concrete steps will be taken. For this reason, we have requested a meeting of the UN Security Council and we hope that this issue will be discussed very well by all allied partners and from all countries of the world” . He pointed out that “the threat of nuclear weapons brings a threat not only to Ukraine, but to all peoples. There are no borders between countries that can prevent the consequences of using this type of weapon and we cannot play with fire with nuclear weapons.”
The High Representative for Foreign Policy in the European Union, Joseph Borrell, confirmed yesterday that the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus would represent “an irresponsible escalation and a threat to European security,” adding that “Belarus can still stop” this escalation “, which is its choice. And the European Union is ready To respond with more sanctions.
Russia’s nuclear rhetoric ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ Instead a NATO spokesman, quoted in The Guardian, said the day after Moscow announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. “NATO is vigilant, we are monitoring the situation and there are no steps that will force us to change our strategy,” the NATO spokesman added.
Russia holds Minsk “nuclear hostage” Instead it was announced by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov. “The Kremlin has taken Belarus as a nuclear hostage,” Danilov wrote on Twitter, adding that the move represented “a step towards internal destabilization of the country.”
“Putin’s statement on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, a step towards internal destabilization of the country, increases the level of negative perception and general rejection of Russia and Putin in Belarusian society. The Kremlin has taken Belarus hostage to nuclear energy,” the statement reads in a tweet.
Actor Orlando Bloom, UNICEF Ambassador, meets Zelensky in Kiev
Meanwhile, clashes continued in Ukraine. Explosions this morning in Mariupol, Donetsk and Melitopol in the Zaporizhia region, cities occupied by the Russian army. This was reported by the exiled administrators of the two cities, citing Rbc-Ukraine. According to the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov, buildings were hit in the place where the Russian administration is located, who stated that as a result of “artillery shelling” in Melitopol, one building was partially destroyed, other buildings were damaged, and 4 people were injured. An official from the occupied Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, posted pictures of the explosions.
The idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a “global NATO” with the participation of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region is reminiscent of the military alliance of the Axis powers at the time of World War IIAccording to Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview broadcast by Russia 24 TV channel and picked up by Interfax. “What is the United States doing? – he said -. They are creating more and more alliances. This gives reason to Western analysts and Western political analysts to say only that the West is building new” hubs “. They are Western analysts, not us, we even say that the West has begun to build an axis A new one similar to the axis created by the Nazi regime in Germany in the 1930s, and the fascist axis in Italy and militaristic Japan, ”the president emphasized. Putin said that in 2022 NATO approved a new concept of strategic development. “And there he announced that NATO intends to develop relations with the countries of the Asia-Pacific region,” referring to New Zealand, Australia and South Korea as future partners in the “global NATO.” “The United Kingdom and Japan signed an agreement on mutual openness, that is, establishing contacts and developing relations in the military sector, at the beginning of the year, I think in January,” Putin said. In short, an alliance that, according to the Russian president, followed the balance before World War II.
Russia’s nuclear weapons in Belarus and Putin: ‘Nothing unusual’
Putin is convinced that the West stands Cross all red lines, and even the deepest red lines, to supply weapons to Ukraine. Putin said, answering a question from journalist Pavel Zarubin, in an interview with Rossiya-1 TV channel.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that cooperation between Russia and China is “not a military alliance,” today in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel, Tass news agency reported. “This is completely wrong,” Putin told journalist Pavel Zarubin when asked if cooperation between Moscow and Beijing could pose a threat to the West. And he added, “We do not establish any military alliance with China – as he added -. Yes, we also cooperate on the technical and military front, and we do not hide it, but it is transparent, and there is nothing secret.”
Ukraine, the armored vehicle leaves the soldier on the ground who unsuccessfully chases after it
And 170,550 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the invasion began, including 660 yesterday, according to Kiev’s military. In its update of Moscow’s losses so far, the Ukrainian military also notes that 305 Russian fighters, 291 helicopters, and 2,216 Russian drones have been shot down. This was reported by the national media. Kiev forces also said they destroyed 3,595 Russian tanks, 2,631 artillery systems, 6,947 armored fighting vehicles, 18 ships, 522 multiple launch rocket systems, 277 anti-aircraft defense systems and 911 cruise missiles.
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“The warehouse construction will be completed on July 1.” Russia will produce 1,600 tanks in one year from the Nordic countries towards the joint air defense of Russia (ANSA)
There are no indications that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons: A senior US government official commented to Reuters on the Kremlin’s announcement yesterday of its intention to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. “We found no reason to change our strategic nuclear posture, nor any indication that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon. We remain committed to NATO’s collective defense,” the senior official said. news agency on its website. He added that Russia and Belarus had been talking about transferring nuclear weapons for some time.
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