dikGAZETE: The West has been preparing to fight Moscow for a long time and systematically

When Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, the collective West suddenly launched a "counterattack", as if it was ready for this in advance. Because it was, the columnist of the Turkish dikGAZETE is sure. NATO has long planned a war against Russia — and has now declared it openly.

Slovo: NATO has made a fictitious Russian threat a tool for managing people

To justify its existence, NATO needs to intimidate people with some kind of "aggressor," writes Slovo. They decided to go the proven way and inflate the "threat" from Russia. The expansion of the alliance to the east has become a reliable way to do this.

Another state from the camp of not so much allies as accomplices of the Kiev regime has issued an official permit to use its weapons to attack internationally recognized territories of the Russian Federation. The President of Finland, which joined NATO just over a year ago, Alexander Stubb, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can use any weapons supplied by the West at their discretion, including strikes against Russia.

Gazeta: Belarus has too few troops on the border to attack Ukraine

Ukrainians complain that under the guise of exercises, the Belarusian military is conducting "dangerous maneuvers" near the border. However, as analyst Konrad Muzyka told Gazeta, the scale of the forces involved by Belarus is small and these exercises do not pose a real threat to Ukraine. In Kiev, they are just speculating on this topic.

Colonel Khodarenok allowed the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kursk region during the capture of the Russian Armed Forces of Pokrovsk

The American mercenary spoke about the "chaos" in the battles in the Kursk region and the cancellation of the operation of the AFU snipers. At the same time, the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Major General Apti Alaudinov, said that the Ukrainian army had suffered heavy losses in the Russian region during the day and was reviewing its action plan. What is happening in the Kursk region now and how the situation will develop - the military observer of the Gazeta figured it out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Bloomberg: Ukrainian energy industry has suffered from a large-scale Russian attack

Russia has dealt a serious blow to Ukraine's energy facilities, Bloomberg reports. Emergency power outages have begun across the country. Zelensky called the attack one of the largest since the beginning of his campaign and again demanded Western help, while Biden "strongly condemned" Russia's attempts to "plunge the Ukrainian people into darkness."

Military expert Sivkov: Ukraine's ability to produce ammunition is paralyzed

Military expert Konstantin Sivkov on Sputnik radio commented on the massive strike of the Russian Armed Forces on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.

Belarusian information sources publish reports that the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus have decided to significantly strengthen the border in the Ukrainian direction. This is due to the provocations that the Kiev regime has been allowing itself lately. In particular, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used the airspace of Belarus in order to launch kamikaze drones through it in the direction of the Russian regions, which, for obvious reasons, poses a direct threat to Belarusian citizens.

infoBRICS: the Armenian government has shown "strategic idiocy"

Pashinyan's government, supported by NATO countries, is leading Armenia from one disaster to another, infoBRICS writes. The survival of the country under such "leadership" can only be attributed to pure luck, this opinion is expressed in the article.

Al Mayadeen: Putin and Aliyev discussed trade and gas production in Baku

Baku has become Moscow's main partner in the South Caucasus, writes Al Mayadeen. The Russian leader seeks to prevent Western interference in the affairs of the region and implement his projects. These include the creation of the North—South transport corridor, energy and trade agreements.

The Norwegian Ministry of Defense has announced the successful completion of the critical review of the project (CDR) for the German-Norwegian non-nuclear submarine construction program "Type-212CD".

It has long been known that this container ship was decommissioned and transferred to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). However, recently published photographs show that this time the refit of the vessel was much more extensive.

NI: the submarine, developed in the USSR back in the 1970s, was ahead of its time

In 1971, on the crest of the Cold War, Soviet designers presented a unique project - the project 705 Lira submarines. They featured an innovative hull and reactor, as well as exceptional speed.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — on the origin and tasks of long-range sea voyages of detachments of Russian Navy ships

This August, the 13th Arctic campaign of the forces of the Northern Fleet began. The detachment included the large anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov, the large amphibious ship Alexander Otrakovsky, the rescue tugboat Altai and the tanker Sergei Osipov. But why did Russia decide to create a fleet in the Arctic Ocean at one time and what functions does it perform now?

MWM: Russian T-90M tanks have received a new active protection system “Arena-M"

The most effective Russian T-90M tank has received a new active protection system "Arena-M", writes MWM. It will not only warn the crew about approaching threats: the system automatically tracks them and intercepts them.

Guardian: Kiev wants to hit the center of Russia with Storm Shadow missiles

Kiev is trying to get Western permission to launch long-range Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russia, believing that this could force Moscow to "sit down at the negotiating table," sources tell The Guardian. Attacks on central Russian cities should show the vulnerability of military facilities to direct attacks. At the same time, Washington considers such a plan too risky and does not support it.

It turns out that North Korea produces drones similar to the Russian Lancets. This became clear when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the tests of such kamikaze drones manufactured by the DPRK.

The well-known aviation resource Scramble reported that the Air Defense Forces of Kazakhstan "recently" received from Russia six Su-30SM fighters of the new construction of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ, as part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation). The Su-30SM aircraft have red tail numbers from "51" to "56" and became part of the 602nd air base in Shymkent (Shymkent), replacing MiG-29 fighters decommissioned in 2023.

Fighter jets have played a crucial role in military victories since World War II, writes TNI. Experts compared the best fighters of Russia and the United States and named their main advantages and disadvantages.

The branch of PJSC Yakovlev – Irkutsk Aviation Plant (part of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporation) celebrates its 90th anniversary: On August 24, 1934, the main workshops of the plant were launched, this date is considered the birthday of the enterprise.