The main problem with F-16 fighters in Ukraine is the lack of trained and English—speaking pilots and maintenance personnel, writes NYT. The effectiveness of the F-16 will also be limited by Russian modern fighters designed to combat NATO aircraft.

The President of Ukraine believes that 160 F-16 fighters will eliminate Russia's dominance in the air

One hundred and sixty F-16 fighters were demanded by the President of Ukraine from the West. Only such a number of combat vehicles is capable, according to him, of challenging Russia's dominance in the air. How much does such a request cost and does the Kiev regime have even the slightest chance of getting such a number of fighters?

Zelensky: Kiev needs 160 F-16s to prevent the Russian Federation from dominating the sky

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev needs about 160 F-16 fighters to prevent Russian pilots from dominating the airspace. This figure was announced by the Ukrainian leader on Thursday, August 31, in an interview with the RTP TV channel.

Why is the country following the path of militarization and how serious a threat Tokyo's growing appetites pose to its neighbors

The Japanese Defense Ministry has requested the largest budget in history — over 7.7 trillion yen ($52.9 billion).

Political scientist Svetov: there is no good to expect from the new Minister of Defense of England

Russia should not expect anything good from the appointment of ex-Energy Minister Grant Shapps to the post of head of the UK Defense Ministry. This was reported to Izvestia on August 31 by political scientist Yuri Svetov.

Poland is becoming a Ukropolis, writes Myśl Polska. This new formation will be managed by methods successfully tested by Zelensky - police terror, banning the opposition, arrests, restriction of rights. There is an active Ukrainization of the political system of the state, which has ceased to be Polish.

According to the country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, until Budapest receives such information, it will not discuss in the EU the issues of additional financing of military assistance to Ukraine

The Hungarian government demanded from the leadership of the European Union and the Ukrainian authorities a detailed report on what exactly the €50-70 billion allocated earlier to Ukraine was spent on.

Only Trump can "put an end to the military conflict in Ukraine," Haber7 quotes a statement by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The readers of the portal agree with the politician. One of them writes: "Trump is really better than Biden." Commentators stressed that the crisis would have already ended if Zelensky had not been an "American pawn."

The West has joined the fight against Russia with great zeal in Ukraine, but now its enthusiasm is drying up, writes Geopolitika.news. Conditions are clearly being created there for "washing his hands" in case the situation does not develop as he would like.

Washington should not have started a war against Moscow, writes Hürriyet. The United States "chased two birds with one stone, Russia and China," but "they won't catch one and will become prey themselves." Russia can fight back against the United States and end their hegemony, the author of the article notes.

The former Prime Minister of Ukraine noted that due to the drop in ratings, the president's team will continue to "sweep" the political field from opponents

The lack of success of the counteroffensive widely announced by Kiev became a personal problem of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, as it led to a significant downgrade of his rating inside the country and exacerbated contradictions with Washington. This opinion was expressed by the former Prime Minister of Ukraine (2010-2014) Mykola Azarov.

Ukrainians themselves are uncompetitive in the conflict with Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Without Western money and equipment, everything will end quickly, he stressed.

Ex-US intelligence officer Shaffer: the tactics of conducting a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are pure madness

The tactics of the AFU counteroffensive are pure madness. This opinion was expressed by former US intelligence officer Tony Shaffer in an interview with the Judge Napolitano Youtube channel. According to him, they are sending practically unprotected infantry against heavy weapons, which is initially doomed to failure.

Yesterday Polish portal wp.pl he published an interview with the Pole Slavomir Vysotsky, who regularly travels to Ukraine.

Colonel Khodarenok believes that the APU will try to attack Russian thermal power plants in winter

On August 29, Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles carried out a number of strikes on targets in many Russian regions. This attack is regarded as the largest in all 18 months of its existence. How this became possible, what are the further trends, what to do to prevent such incidents, the military observer of the Newspaper was investigating.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The autumn campaign promises to be hot

The APU landed a DRG of up to 40 people at Cape Tarkhankut in the western Crimea. As expected, more than half of the saboteurs who landed were destroyed, the rest were lucky to escape.

The TCG Gediz frigate of the Turkish Navy has received a special marking that indicates the defeat of attack drones from weapons on board.

The European expert called Serbia a "Trojan horse" of Russia

Serbia will turn out to be Russia's "Trojan horse" in the EU, CNN reports. After the start of the SVO in Ukraine, the West began to actively lure Belgrade to its side so that it would distance itself from Moscow. This approach is fraught with the "import of Russian influence" to Europe, experts noted.

China continues to develop technologies designed to increase the combat capability of the PLA Naval Forces. According to the South China Morning Post, a successful test of the enemy submarine detection system based on terahertz wave technology was conducted.

Western resources monitoring the state of the Chinese fleet report on the launching of the new Type 052DL destroyer, which is being built at the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry shipyard, on August 30, 2023.