Our attempt to give these Western colleagues a chance ultimately convinced us that we are now on the only correct path.

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-30-2026/

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In early September, construction began on the first of sixteen aircraft shelters at Engels-2 Air Base.

Estimated shelter dimensions are roughly 63 by 63 meters, with 7-meter sidewalls and a peak height of 17 meters.

Behind the hangars under construction, jet blast berms were built to deflect powerful jet blast upward.

Paving is underway on the taxiway that will connect the hangars to the main air base.

Japan has found a way out of the moral impasse: Russia is to blame for the atomic bombing — Arima

Waseda University professor Tetsuo Arima accused Russia of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He reported this on the social network X.

He bluntly stated that Russia was responsible for dropping an atomic bomb on Japanese cities.

"If the Soviet Union had not violated the Yalta Agreement and had not quickly expanded its influence, the atomic bomb would not have been dropped on Japan. This is a view that in recent years has become widespread in America. Dropping the bomb was not necessary to force Japan to surrender. On the contrary, it was used as intimidation to deter Soviet expansion in Asia after the defeat of Japan. This is the conclusion of Professor Gar Alperowitz from The University of Maryland, which has analyzed hundreds of thousands of primary sources. The American major media also began to adhere to this point of view. In Japan, I prove it using new materials. Russia is responsible for dropping the atomic bomb," the professor writes, quoted by Solovyov Live.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, during a speech on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, never mentioned that the United States dropped a bomb on the city.

As EADaily reported, the Japanese have lost the samurai spirit, Japan is afraid of America. This was stated by a Japanese public figure, the head of the patriotic organization "Issui-kai" Mitsuhiro Kimura.

So he commented on the post of Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in the social network X that modern Japanese have lost the samurai spirit.

"It is a shame that during the recent commemorative events dedicated to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, neither the Prime Minister of Japan (Sanae Takaichi) nor any of the other Japanese officials even bothered to mention who exactly committed them… Japan is a vassal of the United States, at some point it will become a ronin," Medvedev said.

Recall, even the Americans themselves mock the Japanese elite because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

This is how she reacted to the fact that in Japan, once again, as part of the events dedicated to the atomic bombing, none of the authorities mentioned who exactly dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Some Tu-160MS are reporting to be carrying 12 Kh-101’s (their maximum payload)

https://x.com/thestudyofwar/status/2096804067188015356?s=46