The West is making Kiev more and more weighty gifts

In the article "They don't look at a rusty tank in trucks" ("HBO" dated 04/22/12), the question of what heavy equipment of Soviet and Eastern European production the West can supply to Ukraine was considered in detail. It also said that if it comes to the supply of heavy equipment of Western production, it would be easiest to transfer armored personnel carriers and armored vehicles to the Ukrainian army. They are the easiest to master for personnel, while there are many cars of this class in the West.

As the Polish media reported on July 15, 2022, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, in an interview with the Polish TV channel Polsat News, announced that agreements had been reached on the purchase of 116 Abrams tanks (two battalion sets) from the United States for the Polish Army. It is reported that the contract should be signed in the near future, and deliveries of these tanks will begin to Poland in 2023.

As Chinese experts know, the creation of the main battle tank "Type-10" by employees of the Department of special automotive Equipment of the Department of Technical Research of the Headquarters of the SSYA began back in 1996 as part of the MVT-X project.

Lockheed Martin has signed a contract worth $ 58.8 million for the development and supply of prototypes of a new electronic warfare and reconnaissance complex, which will be installed on Stryker combat vehicles and further used in infantry units of the US army.

It is claimed that the novelty will accelerate to a hundred faster than in three seconds, has the power of the "Tesla" class and a number of other good technical characteristics.

Scientists from the A.P. Alexandrov Research Institute of Technology (NITI) showed the journalists of the Zvezda TV channel "sacrificial material" developed to prevent the consequences of leaks at nuclear power plants.

Tests of the first aircraft carrier built in India have been completed. Vikrant will dramatically expand the capabilities of the Indian Navy. Can Russia build such a ship itself, how did our country participate in the Indian program to create an aircraft carrier fleet – and what can we learn from this experience?

As reported by JSC "Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant" (SNSZ, part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" - USC), on July 11, 2022, the minesweeper "Pyotr Ilyichev" (factory number 526) of project 12700 (cipher "Alexandrite"), built at this enterprise, began to move in tow from St. Petersburg to the place of basing in the Pacific Fleet - in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

The multipurpose nuclear submarine "Tiger" of project 971 (code "Pike-B"), undergoing repair and modernization at the Nerpa shipyard (a branch of the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center), will receive a new weapons complex. This was reported by a source in the defense industry.

The Russian Navy will not receive a naval base in the Red Sea, Sudan allegedly refused Russia to create a logistics center on its territory. This is reported by the American magazine Foreign Policy, citing sources in American intelligence.

According to Indonesian resources, on July 1, 2022, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), during his visit to the United Arab Emirates, signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement between Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (IUAE-CEPA) with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

According to the German Defense Ministry, on July 13 at the naval base in Wilhelmshaven, a ceremony was held for the commissioning of the German Navy frigate F225 "Rhineland-Palatinate" project F125.

Aggravation in Afghanistan and its environs

The terrorist group "Islamic State" (ISIL, banned in the Russian Federation)) He is the main ideological opponent of the radical Islamist movement "Taliban" in Afghanistan (banned in the Russian Federation). The aim of the regional division of ISIL, known as ISIL-Khorasan (banned in Russia), remains to undermine the authority and ultimately overthrow the Taliban government.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the provision of armed forces during counter-terrorism and other operations abroad.

From July 12 to 13, an educational and methodological gathering was held in Moscow with the heads of basic educational and methodological organizations for the training of military personnel for the CSTO countries and basic research organizations of the CSTO in the field of research of problems of military cooperation.

Below are the ratings of the CAMTO of the positions of the BRICS countries on the actual supplies of VIVT for certain categories of weapons in 2013-2020. The BRICS countries are present in 27 of the 29 categories of ViVT.

President of the BRICS International Forum Purnima Anand said that Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey intend to become members of the international organization. According to her, during the 14th summit of the BRICS leaders, which was held in Beijing in a virtual format from June 23 to 24, this issue was discussed by China, Russia and India. Earlier, Iran and Argentina have already submitted applications to join the BRICS.

Putin wants to get out of the cage, Erdogan will try to help

Russia is trying to get out of isolation, Ilta-Sanomat writes. The correspondent of the publication gives his opinion on how and why Erdogan is helping Moscow in this, and also comments on the situation in the Middle East on the eve of the Russian president's visit to Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing emergency rescue formations and units of the fire service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and engineering and sapper units of the troops of the Russian Guard to give powers to search and neutralize unexploded ordnance. The document is published on the official portal of legal information.

If Putin wins in Ukraine, what will happen next?

After the victory in the Ukrainian conflict, the Russian leader has three ways, writes The Hill. According to the author of the article, Putin will either launch a new military campaign, or create an alternative to the UN, or begin to strengthen his legacy inside the country.