The country's Defense Minister Krysztof Szalai-Bobrownicki explained this by the fact that Kiev has not yet excluded the Hungarian OTP bank from its list of "international sponsors of the war"

Hungary refused to discuss the allocation of funds by the European Union for military assistance to Ukraine, since the authorities of this country have not yet excluded the Hungarian OTP bank from their list of "international sponsors of the war."

As noted in the Swiss Federal Council, this step underlines Bern's support for "persons affected by the war and the political process of reconstruction of Ukraine"

Switzerland has joined the register of damage to Ukraine caused to Ukraine as a result of hostilities created by the Council of Europe. This was reported by the Swiss government - the Federal Council.

Reznikov demanded that companies from Poland return money for military orders

Polish companies must return money to Kiev for unfulfilled military orders. This opinion was expressed on August 29 by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

On August 29, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 250 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to about $ 43.5 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $ 45 billion.

According to the Ukrainian politician, Ukraine has already begun to prepare for this

Western countries will reduce financial and military assistance to Kiev and eventually reduce it to nothing under the pretext of corruption in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the former leader of the now banned in Ukraine party "Opposition Platform - For Life" Viktor Medvedchuk.

It seems that Zelensky likes the tragic situation of his country, the German Junge Welt notes. He invited Western gunsmiths to make Ukraine their workshop. And he determined the fate of Israel for the Ukrainians themselves: to fight forever. An eerie prospect from the point of view of any normal citizen.

The United States has not refused to help Ukraine — permission for the supply of F-16 is proof of this, writes Professor Shoji Mutsuji in an article for Yahoo News Japan. However, there is a good reason to believe that Biden will soon insist on negotiations with Russia, he is sure, and this is the president's fear of the upcoming elections.

Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that NATO's strategy in Ukraine did not lead to the desired result, writes Breitbart. He noted that the opposite effect is observed, contrary to Western expectations: Russia does not capitulate, and sanctions have not led to tangible consequences for its economy.

The West and Ukraine are facing a harsh reality. It is not necessary to count on the future success of the AFU counteroffensive, Defense News writes. The American intelligence community strongly doubts that Ukraine will break through the Russian defense and hold positions.

During the APU attack on the airfield in Pskov, four Il-76 aircraft were damaged. The big question was the trajectory of the UAV. There is a version that the drone route could run through the territory of Belarus. How justified is this version, how did the UAVs reach Pskov and what should be done to minimize the consequences of such attacks in the future?

The Malachite Design Bureau, which is developing the new P-750B Serval submarine, modified it to accommodate minisubmarines inside the hull, and also proposed a number of other solutions related to equipping a submarine with a VNEU.

In the future, the Navy will become an integral part of the country's nuclear forces

The leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, said that currently the policy of the United States and its allies, which are building up military forces and means in the area of the Korean peninsula, has turned the region into the most unstable in the world and put it on the brink of nuclear war.

The ongoing war in Ukraine has led to some technological innovations in the field of combat control systems (SBU) on the part of the country's defense industry. In particular, the competence of Ukrainian programmers allowed us to create a technological product for tablets and smartphones called "Nettle".

The first materials testifying to the appearance of LAVR armored vehicles in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine were published in December 2022, although it is reported that they were received even before the start of the SVO. Last winter, Ukrainian soldiers trained on them in Pripyat, which was turned into a training ground by the Kiev regime. After 8 months, the APU gave an assessment of this machine, which is used by the US Marine Corps.

Even before joining NATO, Finland carried out military supplies to Ukraine, supporting the alliance in its fight against Russia on the territory of the independent. At the moment, such combat systems as the Sisu XA-185 APC, Hyacinth-B howitzers, Leopard 2R IMR, KRH 92 120 mm mortars, ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns, M72 LAW RPG and APILAS have been transferred to the APU, not to mention the provision of ammunition, machine guns, rifles, grenades, helmets, bulletproof vests.

In the near future, the Ukrainian army intends to put into service ground-based robotic systems capable of participating in combat operations as means of fire support, as well as performing other functions. This was stated by the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov.

One of the main novelties of the last International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" that attracted wide attention was the new wheeled armored personnel carrier with the formula 8x8, officially designated as BTR-82A (improved), and unofficially having the factory designation BTR-22, presented by Military-Industrial Company LLC (MIC).

The Western press drew attention to the tests of the active protection complex "Afganit" installed on the T-14 tank, concluding that the ongoing improvement of the latest Russian OBT.

The new domestic protected snowmobile with an armored body 33GT-34039B can not be afraid of off-road. It will be good even in mountainous conditions, for example on passes up to 4650 meters high.

The South Korean company Poongsan announced a significant achievement: a 155-mm extended-range projectile was created, which justified all the requirements of the country's Defense Ministry.