The National Interest magazine published a material in which it tried to analyze a hypothetical battle between Russian and American fighters-the Su-35 and F-35, F-15 and F-16. “Who will win?”, the analyst asks.
The article notes that the Russian Su-35 fighter made a splash in the military media of the West. The author writes that Russia is now making great efforts to modernize its military equipment and the Su-35 is a good example.
“How will the four F-35s behave when faced with the four Su-35s? Most likely, it will change course and cause the F-22 (Raptor)and F-15C, ” the author notes, explaining that it is the latter aircraft that are designed to establish and maintain air superiority.
But at the same time, in the conditions of real combat operations, it is not always possible to choose the optimal solution. It may happen that the F-35 will have to make do on its own.
The analyst advises in this case, the F-35 pilots, using the stealth of their aircraft, as well as on-board detection devices, to fight out of sight, avoiding closer contact. Otherwise, the F-35 will become vulnerable to the Su-35.
The fact is that the Raptor was originally developed for air combat, and the F-35 is not intended for this.
The author emphasizes that the F-35 does not have the maneuverability of the Raptor — and even the F-16 or F/A-18, and when meeting with the Su-35, only the superiority of the pilot can save the plane.
However, the US has few Raptors, and the F-15C is getting smaller. In a real war, the commanders will have to use the F-35 to gain air superiority.
The article notes that the Su—35 fighter was purchased by Indonesia, Russia is also going to supply these aircraft to China and this is a “really dangerous combat vehicle”, which in many respects is not inferior to the latest versions of the F—15 or even surpasses them.
If the Su-35 loses a little in the maximum speed of the F—15, then it surpasses in acceleration, and with a small load, the aircraft is able to maintain supersonic speed without resorting to the use of afterburners.
At low speeds, the Su-35 has an insurmountable advantage. It has a thrust vector controlled in three dimensions and incredible maneuverability.
Vladimir Putin was interested in the conditions under which Russia resumed flights to foreign countries, the objectivity of the morbidity indicators in which is questionable. “If our people get sick, what should they do? Where to go? How to be treated? How are we going to export them?”, the president tortured Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. During the discussion, it turned out that these issues were not considered by officials. Citizens travel abroad under their own personal responsibility. If something happens, all the risks associated with treatment and return to their homeland, this time the tourists themselves will have to take on themselves.
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According to Golikova, the vast majority of patients are people aged 20 to 49 years. The share of the older age group is 24%. Due to the spread of the Indian strain “delta”, which, in addition to Moscow, already dominates in the Nizhny Novgorod and Saratov regions and is actively increasing its presence in St. Petersburg, many are seriously ill, the mortality rate has increased by 21.3% over the past week, although it was constantly decreasing earlier. The good news is that Russia has not yet reached an even more contagious strain of ” delta +”, which was reported by Indian scientists. But there is no doubt that thisit’s just a matter of time. Therefore, it is necessary to restore restrictions to the maximum, strengthen control over the mask regime and speed up vaccination. “I ask citizens to feel sorry for medical workers who have been working for 1.5 years without holidays, on full wear and tear!” – Golikova said with feeling. Although the peculiarity of the new mutation “is a decrease in the activity of antibodies to the virus in those who have been ill and vaccinated,” the deputy prime minister promised that Russian vaccines will provide the necessary protection, and in case of timely treatment to doctors, the disease will pass in a mild form.
After that, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin added gloomy colors to the already bleak picture at the request of the GDP. “The situation has become explosive, there has never been such a thing, medical opportunities are not unlimited, this week will show maximum hospitalization” – there was not a glimmer of optimism in the words of the mayor. According to Sobyanin, the weakening of restrictions, which Golikova referred to as the main reason, “does not explain such an explosion.” The main thing is a new Indian strain that requires”twice as much immunity compared to the “Wuhan”one. Mayorhe warned that there would be no quick victory over him. “What are the forecasts? In my opinion, the situation will be difficult. And so far, it’s not something to relax, we don’t even have to make any optimistic forecasts,” he said honestly. And only the Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko managed to say at least something good to Vladimir Putin. Although the incidence of coronavirus is indeed growing, fortunately, there are no problems with the bed fund and access to a ventilator. According to the Minister, 15% of beds are still in reserve. And only 3,800 out of 23 thousand places provided with oxygen supply are occupied in intensive care units.
Russia, China and Iran are humiliating the United States, and American leader Joe Biden is destroying the country, former US President Donald Trump said at a speech at his first rally after leaving the White House.
According to him, in five months, the Joe Biden administration has turned into a “complete disaster”.
“Crime is growing, murders are growing, strangers are crossing the border. No one has ever seen anything like it. China, Russia and Iran humiliate our country. Joe Biden is destroying our country, ” the 45th American president stressed.
At the same time, Trump did not specify what he meant by humiliating the United States.
Germany and NATO are afraid of a war with Russia. This opinion was expressed by the Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine Anka Feldguzen in an interview with the publication “Mirror of the Week”. The German diplomat stressed that it is the prospect of an armed clash with Moscow that will be the main obstacle to Ukraine’s accession to NATO for a long time. At the same time, in fairness, the ambassador added that the Alliance has always had problems with those states where there is a war.
Feldguzen called any statements that in the absence of gas transit through the territory of Ukraine, Russia will start active hostilities there, speculation. However, according to the diplomat, it is impossible not to take into account the point of view of the five states. Not only Ukraine, but also Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia called the Nord Stream-2 a threat to national security.
This project is a two-line pipeline. The total capacity is 55 billion cubic meters. Germany is interested in the project. But the United States is against it. The transoceanic neighbor wants to supply energy carriers to the territory of Western Europe itself.
Belarus is moving further away from Europe. Speaking at a ceremony dedicated to the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the war in the Brest Fortress, President Alexander Lukashenko threatened neighboring countries that he would stop slowing down illegal migrants. Lithuania has already started talking about the influx of Iraqis into the country and is asking the Iraqi Foreign Ministry to facilitate the return of its citizens.
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A ceremony dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War was held in the Brest Fortress. In his speech, Lukashenka announced the termination of cooperation with the EU on migration, drug trafficking, as well as the traffic of nuclear materials. According to him, thousands and thousands of illegal migrants who enter these countries through Belarus have already rushed to Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. Moreover, drug smuggling and drug traffic enter the EU in the same way. “You have unleashed a hybrid war against us and demand that we protect you, as before?”quot; — said Lukashenko.
These are not the first such statements by the Belarusian president after the forced landing of the Ryanair plane, which Western countries regarded as state terrorism. And it seems that Minsk does not stop at threats.
Migrants arrive in Belarus by plane. Now Minsk supports direct flights to Baghdad and Istanbul. Moreover, since May, the number of flights from Iraq has been increased. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft of the Baghdad carrier arrives at the Belarusian airport on Mondays and Thursdays. It is designed for 189 seats. And byon Mondays and Fridays, flights are operated by Iraqi Airways on a Boeing 747-400 with seats from 320 to 526 people, depending on the configuration of the vessel.Citizens of Pakistan and Afghanistan can also transit from Turkey to Belarus. And after landing in Minsk, they go further to Europe.
On June 2, Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said that the number of illegal migrants from Belarus has sharply increased in the country. According to her, since the beginning of the year, 189 illegal migrants have entered the country, which is twice as much as last year. And already on June 17, the situation became even worse – for two weeks, the state border withanother 204 migrants, most of them citizens of Iraq, crossed the Belarusian side. The head of the National Security and Defense Committee of the Lithuanian Seimas, Laurinas Kaschiunas, stated that this is a targeted blow to Lithuania, since there is zero in the column on illegal migration in Latvia, and much fewer migrants are asking for Poland than for Lithuania.
According to Belarusian political analyst Valery Karbalevich, Lithuania may suffer more than other Baltic countries in this situation, since the state borders were equipped here in a hurry. “For example, the Polish border is the former border with the USSR. Everything is more seriously arranged there and it is more difficult to cross it. In Lithuania, the border could be created in a hurry. Also, a political factor may play here as revenge on Lithuania for their unambiguous position on the incident with the Ryanair plane, the expert suggested.
However, the Lithuanian Interior Ministry says that the situation on the border is controlled. To solve the problem, they intend to involve the military and strengthen the tracking system at the state border. “Compared to what the EU experienced a few years ago, when thousands of migrants made their way across the sea, what is happening now is no threat at all. The land border, unlike the sea border, is easier to control, there is wire and other attributes everywhere. Therefore, the problem here is rather psychological. Such a minor inconvenience for Lithuania, ” Karbalevich is sure.
As for drug trafficking, from January to October last year, more than half a ton of drugs were detected on the Belarusian border with the EU countries, mainly hashish, marijuana and ecstasy. However, traffic is controlled by both sides, and if Belarus refuses to fulfill its obligations, the load on neighboring countries will increase.
According to the former presidential candidate of Belarus Andrey Dmitriev, such statements of Lukashenka are very dangerous not so much for the EU countries, but for Minsk itself: “The West has heard that the Belarusian authorities do not control the borders, and given that NATO is becoming the main coordinator of European policy in the West, this isthis will lead to an increase in NATO spending on the eastern territory. Secondly, it will also become an argument of Poland in a conversation with the United States, which has been trying for more than one year to achieve the deployment of a US military base on its territory. Thirdly, the EU will ask for much larger sums to strengthen the border, ” Dmitriev said.
He is sure that as a result, Russia may also be involved in this story. Because if Minsk cannot control the situation, the Kremlin will be asked to do it. “I think this is very dangerous. We must show that we control the borders and are a reliable partner, fulfilling our obligations regardless of political differences, ” he concluded.
The military of the Russian Federation and the UK differed in their assessment of the conflict
The destroyer of the British Navy “Defender” staged a provocation with a violation of the territorial waters of Russia off the coast of Crimea. Apparently, the time was not chosen by chance. In the near future, the largest NATO exercises “Defender of Europe” and the Sea Breeze maneuvers in the Black Sea will begin. The incident with the destroyer will strengthen the anti-Russian orientation of the alliance’s exercises.
Photo: Royal Navy.
According to the assessment of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which was brought to the British attache, the dangerous actions of the British Navy destroyer in the Black Sea are a gross violation of the 1982 UN Convention. The Russian Defense Ministry called on the British side to conduct a thorough investigation of the actions of the crew of the destroyer Defender and to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The British military attache was informed of the position of the Russian military department in connection with the violation of the state border of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea by the destroyer URO of the British Navy on June 23. The destroyer Defender entered the territorial sea in the area of Cape Fiolent, having gone three kilometers deep.”
According to the Russian military department, the crew of the destroyer “was previously warned about the possible use of weapons in the event of continued illegal presence in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation.”
Since the British did not respond to explicit warning signals in accordance with maritime law, the Russian patrol ship performed a warning firing, and the Russian Su-24M aircraft performed a warning bombing on the course of the British destroyer.
It is characteristic that the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom stated that no one fired at the D36 Defender destroyer, and he himself was walking in Ukrainian territorial waters.
A number of Telegram channels, according to the AIS MarineTraffic online service, claim that the British destroyer HMS Defender and the Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen, which were in Ukraine, have already tried to hide their real location.
As for the violation of the border by the destroyer on June 23, according to the service, it was located ten nautical miles from the coast of Crimea (territorial waters — 12 nautical miles from the coast), which is about 18.5 km. That is, the ship went deep into the territorial waters of Russia for 3-3. 7 km.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry quickly responded to the incident. He saw aggression in Russia’s warning reaction and again raised the issue of close cooperation with NATO.
Assessing the incident, military expert Captain 1st Rank Vasily Dandykin told MK that the incident clearly shows the provocation of Great Britain, which has recently been very active in this region. The UK is building some mysterious objects in Ukraine, giving Kiev loans for the purchase of its boats, transfers two second-hand minesweepers.
Dandykin did not rule out that another provocation was coordinated with Kiev, which considers Crimea its territory.
— If we have announced to the whole world that Crimea has become part of Russia, then this issue is not subject to discussion. These are our internal waters, our borders, and, accordingly, bargaining is not appropriate here.
In general, I think this is a typical English provocation. They are adept at this business. “An Englishwoman shits” – it is not by chance that they used to say this in the past centuries.
Well, our Black Sea Fleet, as it should be, has shown that any violation of the border will be stopped in the most decisive way.
The British, I think, are professionals, despite their dilapidated fleet. They accepted it all and left. Because four 250-kilogram bombs are not a joke. They’ll think about it next time before they go.
The Black Sea Fleet has shown that it controls the situation in this region. Our exercises are now beginning in response to the NATO Sea Breeze naval exercises. The NATO exercises begin quite scandalously. So they will be watched very carefully. The borders of the state are sacred, inviolable.
As for the British, they are not randomly chosen for the role of provocateurs, because of their arrogance, the colonial experience that has been accumulated over the centuries. But it’s time to get rid of all this already.
The Ministry of Defense has published a video of the escort of the destroyer Defender near the Crimea
The leader of the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Germany and a candidate for chancellor, Armin Laschet, said in an interview with the ARD TV channel that stopping the Nord Stream-2 is possible if this project turns out to be directed against Ukraine. He stressed that this had already been discussed earlier.
“If President Putin does not adhere to this rule and uses it against Ukraine, it is possible to stop it at any time, even when the pipeline is ready, because then the basis of the agreement will disappear,” Lachet said. He added that Europe has always sent appropriate signals, and the project itself is purely economic in nature.
Lachette said this during a joint interview with the candidates for chancellor from the Green and SPD parties Annalena Burbock and Olaf Scholz. The latter noted that Russia should ensure the transit of gas through the territory of Ukraine, and Germany should cooperate with Kiev in the survey of hydrogen fuel supplies.
Burbock made a more strident statement, noting that the Nord Stream-2 is aimed at destabilizing the situation in Ukraine and should not be finished. The gas pipeline is not a purely economic project, the politician objected to Lachet. The leader of the” greens ” recalled that the gas pipeline must receive another permit from the EU gas directive, that its operator cannot be the owner of the pipeline. This is a chance to block the completion of the construction of the Nord Stream-2.
Circus artist and TV presenter Edgard Zapashny severely criticized what was happening at the graduates ‘ holiday in St. Petersburg “Scarlet Sails”. Recall that thousands of young people gathered there on the eve of the ban on holding mass events to admire the passage of the brig “Russia” under scarlet sails. Also, a mass concert was held in the city center with the participation of a number of stars.
As can be seen in the photos and videos published on the network, the participants of the event were without masks, and they did not observe the social distance. Zapashny stressed that he was amazed at such a frank demonstration of double standards. “In the literal sense of the word, I am overwhelmed with anger!” – Zapashny began his appeal to the Russian authorities.
Photo: A frame from the video
The artist recalled the recent records on morbidity and new restrictions imposed by the authorities. “This is your handiwork – what was happening in St. Petersburg tonight!” he writes. Zapashny recalled that Russians now have to use QR codes just to eat, playgrounds are closed, restaurants do not work at night. Zapashny pointed out that officials are trying to force people to get vaccinated by any means and immediately hold festivals with an audience of many thousands with budget money.
” You are just mocking common sense and provoking our people to hate you! This is not possible, ” added Zapashny.
It is worth noting that under this entry, some Russian artists, in particular, Vitaly Gogunsky, Oscar Kucera, Ruslan Alekhno, illusionist Sergei Safronov, ballerina Anastasia Volochkova, criticized the authorities. “There is not enough evil! They want to stage a coup with such actions! ” – said Kucera.
A member of the LDPR Supreme Council, State Duma deputy Anton Morozov denied a report by RBC, citing sources that deputy Igor Lebedev, whom the media call the son of the head of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky, decided to leave politics and refused to be elected because of a quarrel with his father about appointments in the party and its development.
Morozov confirmed that Lebedev had previously spoken about his desire to leave politics.
“I don’t think that this is caused by some mythical conflict that journalists and our political opponents are trying to invent,” Morozov said.
He added that Lebedev is a creative, independent person and probably made this decision to continue his activities in another field.
“Bases will be built there even without the country joining the Alliance”
The representative of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group on the Settlement of the Conflict in the Donbas, Alexey Arestovich, said that the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, is extremely annoyed by the position of the West on the issue of the republic’s inclusion in NATO. In this regard, Kiev is ready to develop a new strategy of behavior in relations with the European Union and the United States. The experts interviewed by MK believe that Turkey and the United Kingdom can offer an alternative.
Photo: facebook.com/alexey.arestovich.
According to Arestovich, it took Zelensky two years to become disillusioned with relations with the West. Now he understands that the United States and the EU countries do not want to see Ukraine in NATO. At the same time, initially he trusted the leaders of these states, considered them his partners. But when the realization of the deception came, Zelensky went berserk, Arestovich claims.
The President of Ukraine reacts especially hard to the conflict in the Donbas and the completion of the construction of the Nord Stream-2 . Zelensky would like the West to protect the interests of Ukraine, and instead he is playing his own game, Arestovich believes.
If Ukraine is not allowed to join NATO, then the policy towards the West should be radically revised, Arestovich believes. In particular, you need to give up client relationships. According to the politician, Kiev should stop going to the West with an outstretched hand, instead it is necessary to build pragmatic partnerships.
Ukrainian political scientist Alexey Yakubin he explained to MK that Arestovich cannot be considered a person who is authorized to represent Kiev’s position in relations with NATO or the European Union. Until now, the Office of the President of Ukraine has used it exclusively in the context of negotiations on the Donbass, however, this does not mean that it could not be switched to a new direction for the sake of probing public opinion.
“It is obvious that NATO does not want to accept Ukraine into its membership, because Western countries do not want an escalation of the conflict with Russia. Zelensky’s team tried to carry out a” blitzkrieg ” on its integration into the Alliance, but the offensive failed. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that the NATO summit cannot take place without our participation, but it still happened. Zelensky himself is partly to blame for this, who for two years of rule, could notappoint a representative of Ukraine to NATO. Now we need to somehow level this defeat and switch the topic – ” Yakubin noted. – Perhaps, after Arrestovich, other politicians and officials will start saying: “What is NATO doing for us? Let them give a loan, provide technical assistance…”. If the West refuses to do this, Ukraine’s foreign policy course will come to an impasse. The reality is that Kiev has no alternative to the current relations with the West.”
The opposite opinion is held by the head of the foundation “Ukrainian Politics” Konstantin Bondarenko. “In general, I share the position of Arestovich and have been insisting on it for at least the last 20 years. But from his mouth, it sounds like Krylov’s fable “The Fox and the Grapes” has come to life: it is impossible to get grapes, so they are green, and I will not eat them. At the same time, there is a very real alternative to joining NATO. It is possible to develop relations with countries that are already in the Alliance: Great Britain, Turkey, Poland, the Baltic republics… But Kiev has set a too high bar for itself, either in NATO or nowhere-and as a result, it cannot achieve anything.”
Meanwhile, Ukraine is already increasing cooperation with the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance. In particular, on June 21, Kiev and London signed a memorandum on the construction of eight missile boats, two minesweepers and two naval bases for the Ukrainian Navy, most likely one each on the Black and Azov Seas. Turkey regularly declares that Crimea is Ukraine, is going to create a free trade zone with this country and supplies its Bayraktar attack drones there, which have already proved themselves perfectly in Karabakh.
“From the point of view of Ukraine’s long-term interests, it needs to get rid of Western dependence. But the current authorities are unable to do this. As for the republic’s membership in NATO, this is not a matter of principle for Russia. In fact, the Americans can build their base in Ukraine even without its membership in the Alliance, it will be even more convenient, because such a partnership excludes a number of responsibilities that are present in NATO.following the talks between Russian and US President Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, the Russian leader said that they discussed Ukraine only in general strokes. Apparently, Putin asked Biden a simple question, will the Americans come to Ukraine or not. Judging by the way events are developing, there will be: bases are being built, strategic aviation is flying, training centers exist, “Vladimir Zharikhin, deputy head of the Institute of CIS Countries, told MK .
At the same time, he stressed that the West will gradually shift the war, which has been going on in the Donbas for 7 years, towards the Crimea. Zharikhin considers the behavior of the British destroyer Defender to be one of the manifestations of this strategy. Recall that on June 23, a warship sailed 3 kilometers into the waters of the Crimea and left it only after warning shots from the patrol ship and Su-24M.
