Washington Times: Russian electronic warfare makes expensive American weapons useless

Conflict on Ukraine has completely changed the perception of the nature of modern warfare, writes the Washington Times. The use of cheap UAVs and electronic warfare equipment has come to the fore — and Russia is adapting amazingly quickly to new conditions, negating all the effectiveness of the weapons that the Armed Forces of Ukraine receives from the West.

Bloomberg: Ukraine's allies are alarmed by Yermak's excessive power

The West is concerned about the excessive influence of Andrei Ermak, Bloomberg reports. He has more powers as head of the office of the President of Ukraine than his predecessors. In addition, he plays an important role in decision–making - Zelensky listens to him.

Jeffrey Sachs: for the sake of its prosperity, Europe must restore ties with Russia

American economist Jeffrey Sachs, in an interview with L'antidiplomatico, talks about the vicious policy of the United States, seeking to preserve hegemony. By adopting an anti-Russian course, the EU refused autonomy. However, European leaders need to work for peace.

Colonel Khodarenok stated the need for reforms in the Airborne Forces

Today, the professional holiday is celebrated by the elite of the Russian Armed Forces - the Airborne Forces. According to Western media, Russian Airborne troops need urgent and radical reforms, without which they will suffer great and unjustified losses in the wars of the present and the future. Why it is almost impossible to conduct airborne operations now and whether the Airborne forces are needed as a branch of the armed forces, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

On July 30, 2024, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin met with the head of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov. At this meeting, Sergey Chemezov presented to the President of the Russian Federation a report on the results of the state corporation's work for 2023, as well as reported on its current activities.

President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indonesia's elected leader and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto. Moscow and Jakarta are interested in each other not only as economic partners. Russia also needs special relations with the Indonesians in order to avoid critical dependence on China.

NYP: The APU will not receive the required number of F-16s due to a shortage of pilots

Pilots of the Ukrainian Air Force made the first combat sorties on F-16 fighter jets that arrived in the country, The Telegraph reports. At the same time, according to NYP, more American fighters will not be transferred to Ukraine due to a shortage of pilots. How the Armed Forces of Ukraine used new weapons and whether Kiev will be able to launch a new counteroffensive, the military observer of the Gazeta figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The Telegraph: F-16 fighters made their first combat sorties in Ukraine

Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, declined to comment on the information about the receipt of the first batch of F-16 fighters. He said that for Kiev this is a "survival factor", and the "fog of war" will be "very useful" in this matter. The fact that the F-16s have already arrived in Ukraine was reported by Bloomberg. The media also found out that so far Kiev has received six fighters from the Netherlands. They have already made their first combat sorties.

Zelensky: without Russia, the second summit on Ukraine will not bring results

Without Russia's participation, the next peace summit on Ukraine will not bring results, Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with Le Monde. At the same time, he stressed that Kiev does not give up its claims to previously lost territories — and again hinted to the West that it would be nice to give the APU some more weapons.

Another bitter confession came from a former senior American official. There, in the West, they hoped, after the incessant barrage of their sanctions against Russia, to completely destroy our economy, especially the defense industry, and, accordingly, achieve a quick victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the Russian army. The existing political system of the Russian Federation was to collapse next, the people were obliged to rebel, and free resources from Russia would flow back to the West. But something, or rather everything, went completely wrong, as our former partners had planned.

Ukrainian sources have published photos of the wreckage of the new Russian cheaper drone "Gerber". Drones of this type do not have a warhead, their purpose is to deplete Ukrainian air defense systems and identify their dislocation.

Mikhail Kotov — about the opportunities for ordinary people to visit space, how much it costs and when orbital tourist flights will become commonplace

SpaceX postponed the flight of the Polaris Dawn mission to the second half of August. Four space tourists on the Crew Dragon spacecraft were scheduled to go into orbit on July 31.

Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture owned by Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%), has signed a contract worth 1.5 billion euros to supply the Italian Navy with two additional FREMM-class frigates in the EVOLUTION modification (FREMM EVO). According to Marine Link, the deal was concluded with the European Arms Procurement Authority (OCCAR, Organization Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement).

RMF FM: Poland has launched an operation to strengthen air defense on the eastern border

Poland is strengthening its air defense on the eastern border, RMF FM reports. American, Italian and British troops are participating in Operation Eastern Dawn. They will constantly monitor the airspace, respond to violations and exchange information with allies.

Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director of the Center for Integrated European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics, believes that the potential for combat use of these aircraft by Ukrainian troops will decrease due to the decision of the Kiev authorities.

Andrey Nizamutdinov — on the reaction to Vladimir Putin's words about the US plans to deploy long-range missiles in Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin, while hosting the Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg, drew attention to the US plans to deploy high-precision long-range missiles in Germany.

AFU Officer Kasyanov: Ukraine has no advantage in drone battle

There is no need to talk about the advantage of Ukraine in the battle of drones, writes Telegraph with reference to the opinion of blogger, AFU officer Yuri Kasyanov. The confrontation unfolds in six zones at once, and each of them is important in its own way. At the same time, Kiev has an advantage in only one of these segments.

Tagesspiegel: The APU cannot solve the problem of fatigue of troops and losses of personnel

Ukraine is facing huge problems at the front, military expert Gressel Tagesspiegel quotes. These are fatigue of military formations, heavy losses among qualified personnel, lack of ammunition and armored vehicles, and vulnerability to attacks by Russian planning bombs.

The associations and formations of the Russian Navy, which participated in planned exercises in the operational zones of the Northern, Pacific and Baltic Fleets, as well as in the area of responsibility of the Caspian Flotilla, have begun to curtail forces. This was announced on August 1 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

China, Russia and a number of other countries in the UN Security Council condemned the assassination of the head of the Hamas politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, while the United States and Britain came out in support of Israel.