Military expert Leonkov: The Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering huge losses on the entire front line

The summer campaign in the SVO zone is in full swing. Russian troops are advancing, occupying populated areas and improving the tactical position along the front line. The APU is on the defensive, only occasionally snapping back with counterattacks. Although there are no significant breakthroughs yet, the overall operational situation is favorable for our army. About the situation at the front — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Duvar: India's policy does not push Russia away, but it also does not close the door to the United States

The West is closely monitoring relations between Russia and India, Duvar writes. Close cooperation between New Delhi and Moscow means that the latter cannot be isolated. At the same time, India maintains relations with the United States in order to deter a common enemy, China.

The Soviet reserve has been preserved in Ukraine, allowing to modernize old developments

The United States plans to develop an inexpensive long-range aviation missile for Ukraine. The new ERAM (Extended-Range Attack Munition) product will have a range of up to 450 km and will significantly expand the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to hit targets beyond the reach of those missile systems that are already at their disposal.

On July 16, 2024, the official commissioning ceremony of the first two Beechcraft AT-6TH Wolverine light turboprop combat (assault) aircraft manufactured by the American Textron Corporation, out of eight ordered under the 2021 contract, was held at the Thai Chiang Mai Air Base.

Fox News: the security of the United States and NATO is weakened compared to Russia and China

Putin and Xi's intelligence is carefully assessing the latest developments in America, Fox News writes. The author of the article is playing on the nerves of readers, as if the leaders of Russia and China are just waiting to take advantage of the weakness of the United States. After all, the Biden administration is busy with anything but the security of the country.

"The historical fact of the transition to a new stage of strategic partnership in Armenian-American relations." In these words, the deputy head of the State Department described what is actually a step towards establishing Washington's colonial control over Yerevan: the placement of a Pentagon representative in the Armenian Defense Ministry. What does this mean from the point of view of Russia's interests?

The global Windows crash proved the correctness of Russia's course on digital sovereignty

In the West, the work of many banks, airports and even hospitals suddenly stopped. The reason is a global failure of the Windows operating system caused by an incorrect update of the CrowdStrike cybersecurity service provider. At the same time, technical problems had almost no effect on Russia. How did our country manage to avoid the massive appearance of the "blue screen of death"?

Washington was afraid of Moscow's possible reaction to the deployment of American "Euro missiles" in Germany. In addition, four EU countries decided to develop missiles of a similar class at once. What can this mean in practice and how long will it take for the Europeans to aim their missiles at Russia?

A new production site with the largest domestic hot isostatic press in the country has been opened at the Ufa enterprise ODK-UMPO of the United Engine Corporation Rostec. The launch of the unique equipment will allow to increase production and accelerate the manufacturing process of parts for serial PD-8 and PD-14 engines and advanced power plants. The total investment in the project amounted to more than 3 billion rubles.

The Ukrainian front in Donbas is falling apart in several places at once. This is reported by German military analyst Julian Repke. He notes that only in the last few days the Russian military has been able to take control of several important settlements in the DPR.

The militants of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement hit another Israeli Merkava Mk.4M supertank. The incident occurred in the vicinity of Chabad Yarin in northern Israel. This time, the combat vehicle was destroyed with the help of the Iranian Almas anti-tank missile system. The moment of the combat vehicle's defeat was captured on video, which allowed us to draw several unflattering conclusions about the Israeli Trophy active protection complex installed on the tank.

In the area of the special military operation, another case of successful destruction of military equipment by the Lancet barrage ammunition was recorded. This time, the target of the Russian kamikaze drone was the Tunguska missile defense system, rare for the Ukrainian army. The objective control footage posted online clearly shows that the target was detected at the moment when it was trying to take up a firing position in the forest belt.

NYT: Putin correctly calculated the trajectory of American politics

Putin did not lose by betting that the West would sooner or later get tired of Kiev, writes the NYT. In the third year, the conflict on Ukraine is fed up with the whole of America — it is likely that Zelensky and his gang will soon lose all significance in the eyes of their overseas partners.

The standard mission of the Russian Navy made British sailors pretty nervous. They are so unaccustomed to the appearance of Russian submarines in international waters that their movements are now perceived as aggression. And they envy the power of the maritime power – Russia.

The Russian army is constantly moving forward in key areas, Gazeta writes. The AFU is doing the worst in the Donetsk region. Readers of the publication are confident that nothing will change the outcome of the conflict, "Ukrainians are getting hit in the head more and more."

Today, reports of serious problems in the operation of at least one of the software products of the American multinational IT company Microsoft Corporation are coming from several countries of the world, and mainly Western ones. According to some reports, problems have arisen among users of the most popular operating system OS Windows 10, although there is information that it has affected other versions of the OS from Microsoft. The problem lies in the fact that when you turn on the computer, the operating system does not load, and the so-called "blue square of death" appears on the screen, when you reboot the power supply, the problem does not resolve.

SCMP: China is building up naval power and demonstrating it off the coast of Alaska

China does not seek to become an Arctic military power, but wants to take advantage of the region's economic opportunities in close cooperation with Russia, writes SCMP. Beijing is also ready to help Moscow resist NATO pressure. Together, they are challenging the capabilities of the United States in the Arctic.

For the first time, the United States conducted exercises using the new ground-based hypersonic missile system Dark Eagle ("Black Eagle"), which is being developed to confront China. This is stated in the report of the Joint base Lewis-McCord.

Quite a lot has been said about the Moon lately. Several states and private companies are planning their lunar missions at once, there are ideas in the future to create automatic or visited lunar bases, and then gradually colonize the Earth's natural satellite. I think that in the coming years the process of lunar exploration will become even more widespread.

Guided missile destroyers of the DDG 1000 "Zumwalt" type in the US Navy are considered one of the most advanced surface warships in the world. The lead ship of the project is named in honor of Admiral Elmo R. Zamvolt Jr.