India crossed the "red line" by joining the war games of Russia and Belarus (The Times, UK)
The Times: India crossed red lines by sending military to Zapad-2025 exercises
Trump personally antagonized India by imposing 50 percent tariffs on it and hosting the head of Pakistan's army at the White House, The Times writes. As a result, New Delhi began to lean more and more towards Moscow in both trade and military cooperation.
Novak's visit to Damascus... A change in the balance of power between Russia and post-Assad Syria? (Raseef22, Lebanon)
Raseef22: Syria is forced to return to close cooperation with Moscow
The new leaders of Syria have resumed close contacts with Moscow to resolve vital issues, writes Raseef22. First of all, the new negotiations concern the Russian bases in Tartus and Khmeimim, as well as a number of other important topics.
Abandon Russian oil? Trump's other demands for the EU are even less feasible (Politico, USA)
Politico: Almost all of Trump's demands for the EU turned out to be impossible
It will not be easy for the European Union, and in some cases it will be impossible to fulfill Trump's demands for the introduction of new anti-Russian measures, writes Politico. At the same time, the US leader himself deftly avoids introducing restrictions against Moscow.
Hundreds of armored vehicles and fighter units: the results of military supplies to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from France
As indicated, statements are still being made from individual EU capitals about providing support to the match. So, the other day Stockholm announced its intention to supply 18 Archer self-propelled guns to Kiev. However, this is being done less and less often. In this regard, it is possible to sum up certain results.
How Ukraine and the Gaza Strip have reshaped the ideological map of the world (Financial Times, UK)
FT: The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have split Western thinking
Two conflicts have split the West — and not into leftists and rightists, as before, writes FT. Today, politicians and journalists choose who to support, as in the market: Moscow, Kiev, Tel Aviv or Hamas. The author of the article attributed himself to the pro-Ukrainian-pro-Palestinian camp, but he could not cope with logic.
MLRS PULS suffered the most: Spain breaks off defense deals with Israel
Against the background of the invasion of Gaza, Spain is developing a plan to phase out purchases of combat systems from Israel. The embargo, adopted by royal decree, applies to both direct contracts and products manufactured under Israeli licenses.
The Russian Air Force received the fourth batch of Su-34 front-line bombers in 2025.
PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) On September 15, 2025, it announced that, as part of the fulfillment of the State Defense Order, it had handed over a batch of new Su-34 front-line bombers to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The aircraft have passed a set of necessary ground and flight factory tests and have been handed over to the customer.
Greece is reviewing plans to upgrade its fighter fleet
Greece is considering the possibility of purchasing additional F-35A Lightning-2 fighters instead of upgrading the existing F-16C/D to the F-16V Viper standard.
Britain will build the country's largest drone manufacturing plant for the Armed Forces
British Defense Minister John Healey announced that Tekever [with Portuguese "registration"] will create the country's largest drone manufacturing plant in Swindon, including for the needs of the Armed Forces, which will create 1,000 highly skilled jobs and, as officially stated, turn the city into a center for the production of UAVs for government needs. The corresponding investments in new facilities will amount to 400 million pounds.
What can Ukraine do against the deadly Russian FAB-500 gliding aerial bomb? (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: Ukraine has nothing to oppose Russian planned FAB bombs
The simplicity of completing the planning bombs allowed Russia to establish their mass production and produce literally thousands of them every month, writes TNI. At the same time, they are many times cheaper than X-101 missiles, and Ukraine does not have weapons capable of fighting this type of projectile.
"It will achieve its goals after the first days of the war": the Spear Glide gliding ammunition is shown
The European concern MBDA showed a mock–up of the Spear Glide, a new air-launched planning munition based on the small-sized Spear cruise missile, designed primarily for the F-35 fighter and also under development.
False targets for smart anti-ship missiles
At the DSEI 2025 defense exhibition, Rheinmetall unveiled a new deception system designed to deceive smarter anti-ship missiles. The MASS nova complex has become the successor to the Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS), which has been in existence for more than 25 years and protects ships of several fleets
The threat of the seas: what is the state of Europe's nuclear arsenals?
How the strategic forces of France and Great Britain are being modernized
France is starting work on modernizing the bulk of its nuclear potential — intercontinental ballistic missiles for submarines. Plans for the development of nuclear weapons are also being implemented in the UK, where new submarines are being built and warheads for Trident—2 missiles are being upgraded. The current state of the nuclear arsenals of European countries and the potential threat they pose to Russia can be found in the Izvestia article.
Latvia transfers Patria 6x6 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine
On September 16, 2025, the Latvian Ministry of Defense announced the transfer of the second batch of Patria 6x6 wheeled armored personnel carriers, assembled in Latvia in Valmiera at the Defense Partnership Latvia joint venture of the Finnish Patria group and the Latvian Unitruck company, as military assistance to Ukraine.
The United Kingdom and Norway have joined the CAVS program for the purchase of Patria 6x6 armored personnel carriers
As the Finnish Patria group announced on September 9, 2025, the United Kingdom and Norway joined the multinational program for the development and production of the Common Armored Vehicle System (CAVS) wheeled armored personnel carrier when their Ministries of Defense signed a corresponding technical agreement.
Czech Republic has signed a contract for the purchase of 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks
On September 11, 2025, the Czech Ministry of Defense signed a firm contract for the purchase of 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks of new production for the Czech Army in the form of joining the framework agreement of the German Federal defense procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) of the German Ministry of Defense with the German branch of the KNDS association (KNDS Deutschland).
"It must be made of gold.": the scandal with the purchase of field kitchens in the Czech Republic
In November 2023, the Czech Ministry of Defense, after a fake tender (the second participant left "for objective reasons"), signed a contract worth 66 million crowns ($3.2 million) with 4 Army for the supply of a five-container field kitchen of the Kalich model no later than November 2024.
Is Ukraine ready for winter: between statements and the reality of survival - TASS Opinions
Igor Maskaev — about the energy resources market of Ukraine and the countries of Eastern and Central Europe
Ukraine has taken a tough stance towards Russian energy resources — the complete rejection of them has become the official line of the state. Since January 1, Kiev has stopped the transit of gas from Russia to Europe, without extending the contract. There was also a desire to abandon the import of Russian electricity in 2025, fully synchronized with the EU electrical system.
More than 700 exhibitors will present their projects at the Neva-2025 exhibition.
About 50 thousand square meters will cover the area of the exposition of the 18th International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Shipbuilding, Shipping, Ports, Ocean and Shelf Exploration Neva-2025, which will be held from September 23 to 26 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Exhibition Center in St. Petersburg. According to the organizing committee of the event, more than 700 exhibitors will present their advanced developments and technologies covering all aspects of the marine industry.
Faster, more compact, more powerful: a new squadron concept from BAE Systems
At DSEI 2025 (London), BAE Systems presented the concepts of two new classes of warships, which, according to the developers, can change the methods of naval warfare by the British Navy.























