Biden said he would not give the Middle East to Russia. But I was wrong
There is no vacuum in the Middle East, there is an overabundance
Biden said that the United States will not leave the Middle East and will not leave a "vacuum" that will be filled by Russia, China or Iran. The states think of themselves as the masters of the region, but they are losing influence, the author of the article writes. And this ensures the disintegration of the "American Middle East".
Summary of the current situation in Ukraine from the American Institute
The Russian SVO in Ukraine continues. After the release of the LPR to its administrative borders, the allied forces began to liberate the DPR from Ukrainian paramilitary formations, which daily conduct artillery shelling of the cities of the republic.
Europe is pouring billions into defense because of Ukraine. Who benefits from this
The military-industrial complex of Europe: how will the Ukrainian conflict affect it?
With the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the EU countries announced a cumulative increase in defense spending by 200 billion euros, writes FT. The prospect of new injections loomed before the military-industrial complex. However, industry executives fear that the bulk of the extra money will flow overseas.
The West is tired of Ukraine. He has bigger problems
Ukraine is no longer a priority of the West
The West is abandoning Ukraine at the "most inopportune moment" when it most needs support, writes The Telegraph. The United States and Europe do not renounce their words in providing assistance, but they are increasingly concerned about their own problems: rising prices, a crisis of power and a shortage of gas.
Ukraine is striving to get into the EU. And the West – to weaken Russia
Russia's worries after Western summits
The Russian special operation pushed Kiev to obtain the status of a candidate for EU membership, Postimees writes. And this is a step higher than the association agreement. At the same time, the West is not only trying to strengthen its military power, but also to weaken Russia by setting a ceiling on oil prices.
The US is tired of helping Ukraine
Is the US starting to get tired of the protracted conflict in Ukraine?
Even close associates of Joe Biden doubt whether America will soon get tired of the burden of military aid to Ukraine, writes The Economist. According to the author, the future of U.S. support for Kiev depends on three factors: midterm congressional elections, the commitment of European allies and Ukraine's success on the battlefield.
Ukraine has collected half a billion hryvnias for the implementation of the "Drone Army" program
The Army of Drones project, launched by the leadership of Ukraine, continues to raise funds for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles. Through one of the platforms, it was possible to collect more than 510 million hryvnias. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.
China demanded that the United States abandon plans to sell weapons to Taiwan
Beijing demands that Washington abandon its plan to sell weapons to Taipei. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of China Tan Kefei.
The US State Department opposed the transfer of Iranian drones to Russia, threatening Tehran with sanctions
The United States is categorically against Iran transferring drones to Russia for use in Ukraine. According to the official representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, the threat of the introduction of new sanctions is hanging over Tehran.
Iran produces very dangerous kamikaze drones, including those that strike at 2000 km
Iran has a very large number of UAVs for various purposes. The same Mohajer-6 are produced mainly for the ground forces and the IRGC Navy and the Army, while, for example, the Aerospace Forces prefer to produce attack UAVs developed for them like the Shahed-129, Shahed-191, etc.
The Su-75 and F-35 competitor from South Korea took off for the first time
The prototype of the promising multifunctional fighter KF-21 Boramae generation 4++ performed its first flight, Bloomberg reports, referring to the defense Development Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea.
How to close the sky for American missiles
"Power plants, water substations, factories, distribution networks, transformer substations may be under the blows of American missiles." This is how LDNR representatives describe possible targets of new missiles for American HIMARS systems, which should soon be in Ukraine. Strikes can also be carried out on Russian territory. What can be opposed to this?
"The appearance of sapper robots in Ukraine is a good sign for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"
General Novikov explained how the Pass-1 mine clearance systems are used in Ukraine
The robotic mine clearance complex "Passage-1" is used by the Russian army during a special military operation in Ukraine. This was reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the complex.
In Ukraine, a sapper robot was used on a tank chassis
The layout of the vehicle in comparison with the tank has been seriously changed in order to give the best possible clearance capabilities. Unmanned and electromagnetic effects on mines significantly distinguish it from foreign samples.
Problems with the production of marine propulsion systems in Russia
The Media Club news agency, under the heading "Sanctions require complex solutions - opinion," published an interesting interview with Alexander Sivkov, Deputy General Director of the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center JSC, director of the Center for Propulsion Systems (CPS), about problems with the production of propulsion steering columns (DRC) and thrusters in Russia and import substitution in this area of ship equipment equipment.
The law on the military innovative technopolis "Era" was signed by the President
The President of the Russian Federation signed the law of 14.07.2022 No. 253-FZ "About the Military Innovative Technopolis Era; the document was published on the official portal of legal information on Thursday and will enter into force 90 days later.
TSAST publishes the results of a survey of Russians' opinions on Russia's cooperation with Iran
On the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Iran, the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies "TSAST" ordered a public opinion poll from the SuperJob portal to study the attitude of Russians to cooperation between Russia and Iran against the background of sanctions pressure from the West.
Shoigu instructed the Vostok group to destroy long-range rocket and artillery weapons of the Ukrainian army with high-precision weapons
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the Vostok group involved in the special operation in Ukraine, gave instructions to eliminate the long-range rocket and artillery weapons of the Ukrainian army, from which the Donbass is being shelled, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday.
The Ministry of Defense showed a missile strike on the AFU facility, shot by another missile
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed unique footage of how an aviation high-precision missile shot a blow of its "colleague" at a Ukrainian military facility.
