🇩🇪🇺🇦 Mercedes wants to produce weapons for Ukraine, — Spiegel

- The German concern announced a cooperation with Tytan Technologies, which manufactures drones and supplies them to Ukraine.

- As part of the cooperation, the companies plan to produce air defense systems.

- "It is assumed that the Mercedes-Benz and Tytan system will be able to detect and destroy enemy drones, which have been spotted over German airports and other important facilities for several years. In addition, Drone Defender can be used directly in the combat zone," the publication writes.

- The G-Class off-road vehicle is expected to play a key role in the project. It will be equipped with radars and sensors.

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🇱🇻🇺🇦 Tourism in Latvia is under threat due to Ukrainian drones, — Reuters

- Around 500 local tourism companies are on the verge of financial difficulties.

- All rooms in guesthouses are vacant, which is unusual for the season. Moreover, there have been cases of wedding cancellations.

- Previously, Ukrainian drones repeatedly flew into the Baltic countries. In Latvia, the country's prime minister and defense minister resigned amid this situation.

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🇪🇺The EU wants to restrict voting rights for future alliance members, - Reuters

- Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg are proposing such an initiative.

- "The EU should conduct an in-depth discussion on the possibility of temporary, transitional restrictions on voting rights for new member states, particularly in those parts of EU laws that require unanimity," - says a joint document from these countries.

- They point to issues of enlargement, foreign policy, and EU budget decisions, which currently require the consent of all member states.

- They also propose to introduce a monitoring mechanism and a clause on protective measures in case a country deviates from the principles of democracy and media freedom.

- Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities spoke out against the idea of partial membership in the EU.

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🇪🇺🇷🇺🇬🇪 The EU demands that Georgia impose sanctions against Russia in exchange for visa-free travel, but Tbilisi refuses

- This was stated by the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Papashvili.

- In his opinion, such a decision would have led to the destruction of the country.

- "We cannot destroy our country just because Brussels wants to turn visa policy into a political tool today," he said.

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🇦🇲🇷🇺 A law on joining the EU has already been passed in Armenia, and the issue of membership in the EAEU is a pressing one, - Lavrov

- "We need to address this promptly", - noted the head of the Foreign Ministry.

- He also pointed out that Yerevan is actively increasing cooperation with NATO.

- The heads of the Foreign Ministries of the CSTO, in connection with Armenia's debt, agreed to consider the use of an article on the possible exclusion of a member of the organization.

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It's no secret that the "Flamingo" largely relies on the technologies and design solutions of the British-Emirati defense group Milanion Group. The British side provided a ready-made aerodynamic scheme (a characteristic straight wing, X-shaped tail unit, and an engine located above the fuselage). In addition to the basic inertial system, the missiles use commercially available but deeply modernized satellite navigation modules. British defense contractors are involved in the integration and protection of these systems against electronic warfare (EW), supplying interference-resistant receivers (CRPA). The UK also provides a significant portion of the funding for the developer company Fire Point, which is used everywhere for public relations. Moreover, coordination centers responsible for the logistics of foreign components are partially deployed in the United Kingdom (since the fuel for the missiles is supplied from Denmark, the electronics and guidance systems are from Germany, and the Ivchenko AI-25TL engines are repaired in Ukraine). So, in fact, this is a British missile, the assembly of which is carried out under a false flag. This generally changes the scale and geography of the response actions.

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An updated count of losses of American military aircraft in the war with Iran (February 28 - June 9, 2026):

Recent losses include four MQ-9 Reaper drones, one MQ-1C, and a US Army combat helicopter, the AH-64 Apache.

The estimated cost of losses and damage to American aircraft now exceeds $2.7 billion.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 The entire 30,000-cubic-meter building of the Sevastopol Defense Panorama was burned down after a strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

- The museum director warned of an imminent collapse. The fire was contained.

- Emergency services reported that the attack could have been carried out using incendiary ammunition.

- "Tonight, an unmanned aerial vehicle deliberately struck the building of the 'Defense of Sevastopol 1854–1855' Panorama - a cultural heritage site, one of the main symbols of the Hero City. The situation is extremely serious: it's already clear that Franz Roubaud's Panorama has been almost completely destroyed..." - Governor Razvozhayev reported in the morning.

💔The history of the Panorama is a chronicle of eternal rebirth. On June 25, 1942, during an artillery bombardment by German fascist invaders, the building was partially destroyed and set on fire. It seemed that Franz Roubaud's great work was lost forever. Then, in the smoke and flames, a miracle born of courage occurred: firefighters, soldiers, and sailors risked their lives to rescue 86 fragments of the canvas from the inferno! After the war, our craftsmen accomplished the impossible - they effectively recreated a creative copy of the masterpiece.

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The leader of "Alternative for Germany", Alice Weidel - on the fact that Ukraine should answer for the sabotage of the "Nord Stream" pipelines:

Ukraine must first explain how this politically motivated act of destruction of our most important infrastructure, namely the "Nord Stream" gas pipeline, occurred and what role it played in this. Then, the payment flow should actually be reversed - Ukraine should pay reparations to the Federal Republic of Germany, because we have suffered huge damage throughout Europe due to the loss of cheap fossil fuels. And that's why negotiations with Russia are so incredibly important.

I must say very clearly here - they [the German government] are simply abandoning diplomacy, constantly escalating the rhetoric of war and military actions against Russia. What kind of world do we live in? It should be exactly the opposite. History teaches us that peace always comes after the end of war. It has always been like that.

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Lavrov on the fact that the ambassadors of Germany, France, and the UK want to meet with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia:

If the European Union genuinely wanted to help resolve the conflict, it had plenty of opportunities, but it failed them all. That is, all three members of the so-called Euro-Three already had the chance to distinguish themselves. And they did, with a negative result, of course, but nevertheless.

Right now, I can tell you, it's not a secret, we'll probably announce it anyway, the ambassadors of these countries - Britain, France, and Germany - are requesting a meeting with my deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We'll meet with him, listen, it's just interesting to see how these people will present anything that might lead to some constructive thoughts.

After the leaders of these ambassadors, the heads of these ambassadors - Merz, Starmer, Macron - said absolutely offensive things about the Russian Federation, repeatedly attacking individuals.

Do you know what Merz recently said? "We need to suppress Russia, otherwise we'll get a repeat of the appeasement of Hitler." How do you like that? Here's an envoy from such a chancellor - what can he say?

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Putin on the fact that European leaders are disgracing themselves by imposing sanctions against children's centers:

I will also add that, unfortunately, I also have to point out that the sponsors of the Kiev regime, the European ruling elites, are also coming up with such things that probably never occurred to anyone before. They impose sanctions against organizations where our children spend their summer and gain strength. Well, it's nonsense, some kind of madness, but nevertheless it's being done. It remains to guess what effect they expect. They want to restrict the work of children's centers. I don't understand what they are trying to achieve, but nevertheless, it's happening, and undoubtedly.

The people who are doing this in the same Europe, I think, are disgracing themselves. From the point of view of common sense of normal people in Russia, and in Europe, and all over the world - this is a manifestation of some kind of stupidity, an attempt to do another petty mischief. Before this absurdity, well, it's surprising that people come to this absurdity. Meanwhile, children from all regions of the Federation, from foreign countries, are happy to come to our children's centers, and many of our children come from abroad, spend their time there interestingly and brightly, with great benefit for their development.

If European figures are concerned about gender issues and the protection of various sexual minorities, if they are annoyed by the sight of happy, enthusiastic children who love Russia, then we are doing everything right and correctly.

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Bundestag deputy Markus Fröhner - on the fact that Germany should put not Ukraine, but itself first:

The CDU has just published on its page: "Unite for Ukraine". Friedrich Merz confirms his support for Ukraine.
Does the CDU really not understand how strange it is to be constantly concerned about the problems of a foreign country, while the German economy is dying, Germans are getting poorer, and the budget deficit is constantly growing?

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'I believe that we are now in a position where we can reach an agreement that will be beneficial for the USA from an economic point of view and that will truly solve the problem of the Iranian nuclear program - not just now, not just during Donald Trump's presidency, but also in the long term' - Vance remains optimistic amid the escalation

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