There may be a desire behind this not to lose relations with Russia completely, Andrei Melnik noted

Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk, who will remain in his post until the end of September and will return to Kiev in October, once again expressed dissatisfaction with the volume of military assistance provided by Germany to Kiev, criticizing the German government for indecision in the issue of arms supplies to his country. He expressed this opinion in an interview published on Monday with the editorial association Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND).

The total number of New Zealand officers engaged in the training programs of the AFU soldiers will exceed 150

The New Zealand authorities will send 120 military personnel to train soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on Monday by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

The FSVTS revoked the licenses of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic due to cooperation with Ukraine

Russia has revoked licenses for the repair of Mi-type helicopters from Czech and Bulgarian enterprises due to their cooperation with Ukraine, said Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation. Russia has also suspended the supply of spare parts and components for Russian and Soviet-made equipment in unfriendly countries. It also became known about the death of the "best pilot of Ukraine". For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru».

With the planning of long-term missions to the Moon and Mars, humanity is increasingly faced with the question of providing astronauts with oxygen for breathing. Currently, keeping people breathing on board space stations is a complex and expensive process, so more advanced technologies will be required for future travel in the cosmic abyss.

A new report on the war in Ukraine by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI[/i]), prepared by Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds, states that Russia's ground-based electronic warfare (EW) systems are capable of blocking control frequencies, forcing Ukrainian UAVs land or help to conduct artillery and rocket fire at ground control stations. As a result, the service life of Ukrainian drones is "about seven days", although it depends on the system.

Rostec State Corporation presents a new generation of ammunition at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022". One of the key novelties is a shot for a small–sized jet flamethrower in thermobaric equipment.

On the eve of the Army-2022 forum, Signal CEO Vladimir Pimenov told RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev in an interview about the company's novelties at the exhibition, promising projects and what robots are participating in a special military operation in Ukraine today.

The NATO partners of the Kiev regime are currently literally "sweeping across the ground", trying to compensate for losses on the battlefield, in particular in tanks.

NATO countries are seeking to replace classic armored personnel carriers with MRAP-type armored vehicles in their troops, which have increased mine protection. In many ways, this rearmament was a response to the military actions of the alliance's allies in the Middle East. In the countries of this region, NATO was faced mainly with guerrilla wars, in which the main tactics of the rebels were reduced to mining the enemy's equipment routes and blasting in places where alliance forces were concentrated.

Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), in an interview with Interfax columnist Pavel Koryashkin, told about the corporation's plans at the Army military technical forum, the repair of the only Russian aircraft carrier, fifth-generation submarines and the decision of the Ministry of Defense to stop at one frigate project.

A training simulator based on an unmanned boat was presented at Army-2022

A simulator based on an unmanned boat, an intelligent system for training gunners and other latest developments of Russian military universities are presented at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022", which started on Monday in Kubinka near Moscow.

The shipbuilding enterprise "Severnaya Verf" is currently building 24 ships, including six frigates of project 22350, including a modernized project. This was told by the general director of the Northern Shipyard Igor Orlov.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) expects to agree with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the final schedule of work on the creation of fifth-generation submarines, the head of the corporation Alexey Rakhmanov told Interfax.

The looming threat of Russia's claims in the Black Sea

Ukraine will receive a catastrophic blow if it loses access to the Black Sea as a result of a Russian special operation, writes TNI. According to the author of the article, NATO should strengthen its presence in the region and at the same time strengthen the security of Moldova.

At the exhibition, it will be possible to see unmanned armored vehicles, the latest ammunition and trophies of the special operation in Ukraine

Kubinka, near Moscow, will host Russia's main international exhibition in the military-technical sphere, the Army—2022 forum, from August 15 to 21. According to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu, this year it is planned to participate about one and a half thousand enterprises and organizations from Russia and abroad.

The winner in the war is Erdogan

Since the European Union has shown hostility to Moscow, Erdogan claims to be a mediator in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, writes Spiegel. The EU and the US are very annoyed by Ankara's behavior. The author of the article calls for putting pressure on Turkey.

Correct understanding of Turkey's policy towards Russia

It is not profitable for Europe to turn Turkey's relations with Russia into a problem during the Ukrainian conflict, Sabah writes. The author of the article points to the "opportunistic world of narrow interests" of European politicians and their inability to properly understand the interaction between Ankara and Moscow.

"After the strikes by Russian troops, the AFU unit lost its combat capability." This is one of the most common phrases in the daily reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. But what does it mean? Behind the words "the target is suppressed" or "deprived of combat capability" there is a specific level of damage to the enemy.

The Ministry of Defense announced the flight of the enemy in the area of Soledar, Opytny and Nevelsky

On August 12, the Russian Defense Ministry told about the serious losses suffered by several VFU brigades in battles with allied forces. Only the 14th mechanized brigade missed more than two thousand people. The losses of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the VFU exceeded 70% of the personnel.

The Russian Union of Veterans of Afghanistan in its appeal indicates that civilians, children and the elderly suffer from Petal mines

The All-Russian public organization of veterans "Combat Brotherhood" and the Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans have appealed to the UN and a number of other international organizations in connection with the use by the Ukrainian armed forces of banned anti-personnel mines "Petal" against civilians of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics. The text of the appeals is available to TASS.