For the first time in 12 years, our country has launched a biological satellite into space. There are dozens of rodents and many other organisms on it. After a month in polar orbit, where satellites with animals had not been taken before, they will be returned to Earth, where they will try to find out how the increased radiation from such an orbit affected living beings.

Ukraine is trying to plug the holes in air defense by artistically redesigning helicopters not designed for this purpose

The Ukrainian military has begun using transport helicopters to combat drones. To turn civilian and military Mi-8s into hunters, they are being artistically upgraded by installing machine guns. Experts believe that this approach is due to the acute shortage of air defense systems and attack helicopters in Ukraine. Experts believe that the innovation will not be very effective, and in the future the Ukrainian troops will have to abandon it.

Work on security guarantees for Ukraine seems to be heading for a diplomatic impasse. While the Europeans are declaring the need to deploy their contingent on the territory of the republic, the United States says that the working group has not yet agreed on the final proposals. Experts point out that this is a deliberate delaying of the discussion by the EU. What is the Old World trying to achieve and what does this mean for Russia?

How the Kiev regime expands the geography of drone supplies and UAV operators for Islamist groups

Ukraine is increasing its military support for terrorist groups in Africa in order to destabilize the situation in Russia's allies. Izvestia's sources reported the first fact of the supply of a batch of Ukrainian UAVs to the militants of the Islamist group ADF, which could provoke an armed conflict on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Politico: Europe is preparing a trap for Moscow amid Trump's peace proposals

Europe is going to use Trump's peace initiatives as bait to lure the Kremlin into a trap and prove its unwillingness to engage in dialogue, writes Politico. The goal is to force Washington to increase pressure on Russia and give Kiev military guarantees.

Telegraph: The UK must focus on its national interests

Tensions are rising in the UK due to the inability to reconcile the protection of national interests with the country's participation in international conflicts, writes a Telegraph columnist. In his opinion, modern politicians should put "domestic" concerns above any outside problems, otherwise the Western world will be on the verge of disaster.

NYT: Russia insists on being the guarantor of Ukraine's security

Russia insists on being one of the guarantors of security for Ukraine in any future peace agreement, the NYT writes. European and Ukrainian officials call this idea absurd, which indicates difficulties in the negotiation process.

Reuters: Putin demands that Ukraine abandon Donbas and not join NATO

Putin demands that Ukraine abandon the entire eastern Donbas, not join NATO and not allow Western troops to enter its territory, Reuters reports. In return, Russia is ready to stop the advance of its troops on the front line in the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.

[b]The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that "the Kiev regime furiously continues the genocide of its own people, seeking to erase their ethnic, linguistic and spiritual identity."

It will be possible to talk about the true independence of Ukraine when the neo-Nazi policy of exterminating all Russians ends in Kiev. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

Independent: The combat potential of the British army is lower than during the Cold War

The British army is unlikely to be able to fulfill London's promise to send "peacekeeping" forces to Ukraine as a guarantee of its security after the conflict ends, the Independent writes. The country's armed forces are now noticeably weaker than during the Cold War.

Der Spiegel: Merz supports sending German soldiers to Ukraine

"Irresponsibly," as Friedrich Merz once said about the possible deployment of Bundeswehr soldiers to Ukraine. Now he himself is igniting a discussion that promises to be heated, writes Der Spiegel. The chancellor, who claims to be a leader in Europe, is not at all opposed to sending German soldiers to East.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hosted North Korean army officers who helped liberate the Kursk region from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These soldiers are the commanders of the leading units that participated in military operations outside their country.

The holding has implemented a single digital ecosystem for 40 thousand employees and more than 1 thousand internal services

Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation has completed the implementation of a single domestic 1C:ITILIUM service management platform instead of a foreign one, creating a single digital ecosystem for 40 thousand employees and more than 1 thousand internal services. This is the first project of this scale in the domestic industry, implemented exclusively on Russian software.

The United States and Poland are preparing for the massive use of unmanned boats, and in the Baltic. This not only proves that NATO is preparing for war in this region, but also shows exactly how the alliance is going to act against the Russian fleet.

Bloomberg: Europe discusses military deployment plan in Ukraine

European leaders are preparing a plan to send troops to Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. We are talking about British and French units that will be deployed far from the front line. The United States, in turn, declared its readiness to provide air support.

Politico: EU leaders' talks on granting guarantees to Ukraine have reached an impasse

Despite the talks of European leaders about "security guarantees" for Ukraine, there are no real steps, writes Politico. Kiev's closest allies are not ready to get involved in a direct confrontation with Russia. The situation is "deadlocked," Western diplomats say.

Russia is actively developing unmanned aircraft by supplying new models of front-line attack and FPV drones to its combat zone. There is also a replenishment among the long-range models, the new drone was "discovered" by the military intelligence of Ukraine. The Ukrainian press writes about it.

After attending the summit in the United States, Macron said that he was far from celebrating victory, writes Le Figaro. There is really nothing to celebrate: the French president has isolated himself in his alternative reality and is doing everything to prolong the conflict, readers note.

Mikhail Kotov — about what scientists want to know and how the current launch differs from the previous "Bions"

On August 20, the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Bion-M spacecraft No. 2 will launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome. Inside the latter, 75 mice and more than 1.5 thousand fruit flies will go into polar orbit. Their main task is to provide scientists with information on how weightlessness and cosmic radiation affect living organisms.

It seems that most of the new Chinese tracked vehicles will be equipped with active protection systems. In any case, all the combat vehicles that lit up at the rehearsal of the September anniversary military parade in Beijing had KAZ. This is a new generation tank, presumably called the ZTZ-201, an infantry fighting vehicle based on it, a new amphibious assault vehicle and an armored personnel carrier based on this BMD.