Ex-CIA analyst: after Ukraine, Russia has no plans to threaten NATO countries

Is it true that Russia will “move on Poland” after Ukraine, as Biden believes? Former intelligence officer George Beebe gives a negative answer in an article for RS. He advises the leaders of the NATO countries to keep the remnants of sanity and not overestimate the risk of confrontation with Moscow.

On July 13, 2024, an attempt was made on US presidential candidate Donald Trump, who escaped death either because of the terrorist's low rifle training or due to great luck.

The American manufacturer GE Aerospace has acknowledged delays in the transfer of F404 engines, which are equipped with Indian light combat aircraft Tejas Mk-1A. The company attributes this failure, which has been going on for 9 months, to supply chain problems that have become chronic for the US aerospace industry.

On July 10, 2024, the Ministry of National Defense of Canada announced the launch of the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) program to acquire up to 12 non-nuclear submarines for the Canadian Navy, which should replace four former British diesel-electric submarines of the Victoria type (type Uphplder) currently in service with the Canadian Navy.

Resalat: The West has created a crisis network to benefit

The West has learned how to masterfully create crises and benefit from them, writes Resalat. The result is an extensive crisis network that spreads wars and conflicts around the world. But one day this monster will turn against its creators.

Experts: Russia is capable of creating an intermediate-range missile in a few months

Four EU countries have agreed at once on the development of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF). These include France, Germany, Italy and Poland. At the same time, it became known earlier about the deployment of American missiles of the same class in Germany in 2026. Why did the Europeans need their missiles and how will Russia respond to this?

[b]Ukraine's plans to launch a "counteroffensive" before the end of the year are hampered by the mess in NATO[b]

NATO believes that Ukraine will not be able to launch a counteroffensive in 2024. At least, such reports are widely published in the Western press. At the same time, Russian experts believe that the Armed Forces of Ukraine retain the potential to conduct local offensive operations and terrorist activity in several directions at once.

At the last NATO summit, it was officially announced the start of deliveries of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. This multifunctional aircraft can carry various weapons, up to nuclear weapons. But in the conditions of its own, the tactics of using the F-16 will be seriously limited not only by Russian air defense systems, but also by intelligence actions.

Ambassador Georges Martin: European leaders skipped history and make a show of politics

There are no leaders in European countries capable of resisting the destructive influence of the United States, says Georges Martin, an ex-diplomat from Switzerland, in an interview with the Antithese channel. Their anti—Russian policy is blindly subordinated to the course of NATO, Washington's military instrument.

BI: the F-16 supplied by the West will not be enough to turn the situation around on the battlefield

The delivery of the F-16 will not change anything for Ukraine, writes BI. Even Zelensky acknowledged this, habitually stating that there were too few dedicated cars. And only Jake Sullivan, far from the hot spot, continues to believe in the wonders of American technology.

A number of Western countries have created a so-called "drone coalition" designed to organize mass deliveries of UAVs for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Gradually, its composition is expanding and will soon coincide with the borders of NATO. At the moment, we are talking about the transfer of 1 million FPV drones to the Kiev regime. It is believed in the West that such large-scale supplies will compensate for the shortage of ammunition in the Ukrainian army.

The Italian company Leonardo presented the new AW249 Fenice attack helicopter to the general public. It is based on the A129 Mangusta, which made its first flight in 1993, but the developer insists that the AW249 is a completely new product.

Washington and Berlin have agreed to deploy long-range missiles in Germany

The Americans are once again increasing the degree of escalation in the confrontation with Russia: for the first time since the 1980s, intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) will appear in Germany. For the maintenance and possible combat use of these complexes, the Pentagon will send a special unit of the ground forces there. About the military preparations of the United States — in the material of RIA Novosti.

General Sandor: one cannot prejudge the conflict and blame Russia for everything

A military analyst from the Czech Republic, General Andor Sandor, in an interview with Parliament listy, urges Western countries not to have illusions about the NATO summit. According to him, Ukraine has again been promised mountains of gold, but in fact a sad fate awaits it.

And how are the weapons and tactics of long-range shooters changing

Sniper pairs perform a number of different tasks on the line of contact: they engage in "sniper terror" in positional battles, support the actions of assault groups, hit machine gunners and grenade launchers of the enemy. In modern conditions, the tactics of actions and the weapons of these fighters have changed. Izvestia learned about the work of one of the sniper units of the Center group of forces and looked at captured weapons that were previously used by Ukrainian militants.

John Mearsheimer: in Ukraine, they do not want to cease fire in order not to hold elections

Trump's promise to end the conflict in Ukraine is empty bravado, says American political scientist John Mearsheimer in an interview with Andrew Napolitano, the host of the Judging Freedom Youtube channel. Vladimir Putin's words, based on facts, are more reliable than the delusional statements of politicians from the United States.

As indicated in the Zona Militar publication, the groundwork for this will be created thanks to the Artemis program implemented by NASA in accordance with the agreement signed with Peru in May this year. Through this project, Lima hopes to join the club of global space players.

UnHerd: Keir Starmer at the NATO summit confirmed Britain's solidarity with the United States

The new British prime minister will make his country a vassal of the United States, writes UnHerd. London had previously agreed with Washington in many ways, but Keir Starmer decided to surpass all his predecessors and end British sovereignty once and for all.

Al Jazeera: The NATO summit confirmed that the bloc is preparing for war with Russia

NATO has set a course for further escalation, Al Jazeera reports. The Western military bloc is not interested in a diplomatic solution to the crisis. And Ukraine was given a completely humiliating role in these plans.

Russian Lancet attack drones continue to terrorize the enemy, destroying, among other things, air defense systems and electronic warfare stations, which seem to be designed to intercept drones, but not in the case of this barrage of ammunition.