The current state of the Russian army does not allow us to ignore its capabilities for conducting operations and regrouping forces, as well as redirecting the Russian economy to the rails of military construction. This is stated in the publication of the Defence24 portal, dedicated to the analysis of the upcoming Russian-Belarusian maneuvers "West-2021".

A new type of war - mental-is becoming today the most important tool of interstate confrontation, adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrey Ilnitsky said at a conference on Sunday.

The Kaliningrad Region is a fairly militarized enclave of Russia, which, nevertheless, is not capable of independently conducting aggressive ground operations in Poland. This is stated in the publication of the Defence24 portal, which analyzes the upcoming Russian-Belarusian maneuvers "West-2021".

The United States of America will impose new sanctions against Russia in September in connection with the incident with the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, according to a statement issued on Friday by the State Department.

British fighter jets and soldiers of the Royal Armed Forces have arrived in Ukraine to participate in the parade on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the country's independence, the press service of the British Embassy in Ukraine reported on Saturday.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev continues to count on the supply of weapons from Germany. "We have applied to the German government regarding the supply of weapons (to Ukraine - IF) and received refusals in one form or another, because I would really like to, and we are really working - within the framework of exercises, within the framework of NATO exercises," Zelensky said.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev is upset by the refusal of the parties belonging to the ruling coalition of Germany to supply defensive weapons to the country. This was announced on Friday, August 20, according to the publication Top War.

A station has been opened in Russia for testing Ukrainian D-36 aircraft engines developed by the Zaporozhye Machine-Building Design Bureau Progress named after Academician A. G. Ivchenko. The station, created as part of import substitution, will allow performing a full cycle of repair of engines of this type. This is stated on the official website of the Rostec state Corporation.

All proposals for these aircraft, as well as Ka-31 helicopters, have already been sent

Russia is waiting for the Indian side's decision on the purchase of additional batches of MiG-29 and Su-30 fighters, the modernization of Indian Air Force aircraft, as well as the supply of Ka-31 helicopters, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said in an interview with Interfax.

At the Aviadarts competition of the International Army Games "ArMI-2021", Russia will perform for the first time on improved Su-34 HVO front-line bombers, Colonel-General Yuri Grekhov told reporters at a briefing at the Deputy head of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation.

Nikolai Dolzhenkov, the General Designer of Kronstadt JSC, said that the main range of TSA includes corrected aircraft bombs, guided missiles and planning aircraft bombs

Russia has caught up with competitors in small-sized aviation weapons of destruction (ASP) for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was stated by Nikolai Dolzhenkov, General Designer of Kronstadt JSC, in an interview with TASS at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

Russia may have a flying aircraft carrier, the basis of which will be a heavy military transport aircraft Il-76. He will use the Molniya UAV, which is capable of solving, among other things, shock tasks.

It is planned to create a carrier aircraft for a swarm of strike and reconnaissance UAVs of the Molniya unmanned system on the basis of the Il-76 heavy military transport aircraft.

The company noted that the UAVs are designed primarily for the examination of complex, hard-to-reach and dangerous places for human life

The Kronshtadt company presented at the Army-2021 forum a new line of mini-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that will allow exploring dangerous and hard-to-reach places for humans, in particular, conducting a pre-launch inspection of space rockets. This was reported to TASS on Sunday in the company's press service.

A long-term contract for serial deliveries of the heavy attack drone "Hunter" to the Russian army can be concluded in 2022, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said in an interview with Interfax.

The Russian army will start receiving Altius attack drones this year, Denis Manturov, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with Interfax.

The Kronstadt company has started the preliminary design of the heavy strike unmanned aerial vehicle "Thunder". Currently, it is being worked out.

Russian Orion combat drones will be equipped with electronic warfare systems. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert, director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov told what advantages the UAV will have.

The Orion attack drone will receive an electronic warfare system (EW), which will provide protection against missiles, and will be able to suppress the enemy's electronic systems. The UAV developer chooses the optimal EW system concept. This was announced by the general director of the company "Kronstadt" Sergey Bogatikov in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The missile is capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 10 km

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (part of the Rostec State Corporation) will complete the adaptation of the Vikhr-1 anti-tank guided missile to the Orion-E unmanned aerial vehicle by the end of the year. This was announced at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021" by the first Deputy General Director of Kalashnikov Andrey Semenov.