Russian shootings off the coast of Norway — a growing problem

Russia wants to "intimidate" the Norwegian authorities with naval exercises literally "along the Norwegian coast" and "disrupt NATO exercises," NRK reports. It is noteworthy that they take place in international waters at a distance of over 12 nautical miles from Norway.

The topic of military-technical cooperation will be discussed at the meeting of the Presidents of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which will be held on August 5 in Sochi, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on reports about Russia's interest in cooperation with the manufacturer Bayraktar.

China sends soldiers and tanks to Russia for large-scale exercises involving 37 countries

Five months after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, China is sending troops and tanks to Russia for large-scale exercises, writes the Daily Express. For the readers of the newspaper, the information about the ARMI-2022 was unexpected. "37 countries? And I was told that Russia is isolated," writes one of them.

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Foreign companies against the background of the military operation to protect Donbass began to announce the termination of work or suspension of sales of their products in Russia.

Control over this area opens the way to the final liberation of the territory of Donbass

The People's Militia of the Luhansk Republic took control of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant in Svetlodarsk, the command of the 2nd corps of the LPR NM reported on July 26.

Politico: Zelensky demanded the return of lost territories in a few weeks

The Politico edition reports that the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, demanded the return of the lost territories in a few weeks, since with the onset of winter it will become significantly more difficult to conduct hostilities. Meanwhile, a petition has been created in Ukraine demanding that the authorities return to the negotiating table.

Europe's solidarity is fake, and Putin knows about it

The EU countries dodged, made up tall tales, imitated compromises, but still they managed to agree on gas savings, Bloomberg writes. The author considers this story very revealing and draws a hard conclusion: Europe is not able to defend itself from "enemies". He also calls them.

The American magazine The National Interest published an article by publicist Dmitry Simes. In it, he identifies and criticizes the mistakes of the United States made during the Ukrainian conflict. Symes recalls that recently US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made a speech in which he praised the Ukrainian military achievements. However, Symes believes that Moscow's early miscalculations are a poor criterion for assessing the prospects of the conflict. After all, the experience of numerous wars waged by the Russian (and Soviet) state proves the opposite.

The Ukrainian conflict and US decisions

The final decision on what kind of assistance the United States will provide to Ukraine should be made in Washington, not in Kiev, Dmitry Simes writes. He lists the miscalculations of the American authorities in relations with Russia and insists on resolving the conflict through negotiations.

Kiev does not need American A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft, better known as Warthog ("Warthog"), the Ukrainian Defense Ministry would like to get F-16 fighters. This statement was made by the adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuriy Sak.

Great Britain needs a larger army in terms of numbers and potential. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Ben Wallace. As the head of the British military department noted, the country will move from the country with the largest military expenditures in Europe to eighth place.

RIA Novosti: The Russian Aerospace Forces have used a new aviation reconnaissance complex based on the Su-34 in Ukraine

For the first time, the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) used a new reconnaissance complex based on the Su-34 bomber during a special operation to protect Donbass. This was reported on July 27 by an informed source of RIA Novosti.

Air Force General Popov told why the reconnaissance complex with the Tu-214R was adapted for the Su-34

The Russian Aerospace Forces used the Sych aviation reconnaissance complex, which is installed on the Su-34 fighter-bomber, during a special operation in Ukraine.

In addition, the parties want to jointly create an analogue of the SWIFT payment system, work on a project to export gas to Oman and Pakistan, expand cooperation based on trade in national currencies, and much more.

Poland is purchasing South Korean FA-50 fighters, a framework agreement was signed in Warsaw on Wednesday, under which the Polish Air Force will receive three squadrons of new fighters produced by the South Korean corporation KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries).

Horizon Aircraft company from Toronto presented a prototype model of the eVTOL-Cavorite X5 device, made in scale 1:2. It gives an idea of the device of this machine and will participate in the first flight tests. If they are successful, a full-size manned version will be created by 2025.

Expert Andrey Ionin told what tasks the national orbital station will solve

Russia has long been deprived of the opportunity to conduct experiments in space that would concern the testing of new security technologies, it is impossible to conduct them on the ISS, Andrei Ionin, a member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky, told the Newspaper Ru.

"Soyuz-2.1b will provide almost the same output mass at the new inclination as Soyuz-2.1a at the previous inclination of the ISS at 51.6 degrees

A serious reduction in the mass of the Soyuz spacecraft due to the transition to a new inclination, which will be used by the Russian orbital service station (ROSS), will not be required.

The head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, at a meeting with Vladimir Putin, announced Russia's withdrawal from the International Space Station project after 2024. It is assumed that by this time Russia will already begin the formation of its own space station in orbit. How inevitable is this decision and why is it so difficult to cut off US-Russian space cooperation?

According to Roscosmos CEO Yuri Borisov, all obligations to partners will be fulfilled

Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) project after 2024, when the formation of a national orbital station will begin. This was stated on Tuesday by the Director General of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. This is Borisov's first meeting in his new position with the Russian leader.