The management of Tupolev conducted a major audit of the Kazan Aircraft Factory. What are the conclusions?

The plan for the production of civil aircraft will be revised — this was recently announced by the General director of the UAC, Yuri Slyusar.

Oleg Smirnov: "No one will buy a new aircraft that is worse than the AN-2 for half a billion, and carriers will stop flights to remote areas"

The domestic Baikal aircraft, which is to replace the old An-2, will cost 3-4 times more expensive in 2025 than the manufacturer promised. And it is 50 times more expensive than its second—hand biplane predecessors.

The new Russian vertical-take-off unmanned transport platform S-76, developed at the Sukhoi Design Bureau, is being flight tested. If a prototype without a skin was previously demonstrated, then in August 2024, for the first time, the developers showed a fully ready flight sample of a new cargo UAV. What kind of car is this?

Officer Andrei Bednarsky: Drone operators risk their lives no less than infantrymen

"This has never happened before, so that one calculation could single-handedly destroy dozens of pieces of equipment or hundreds of enemy personnel. Their work for the enemy is very sensitive, and drone operators become the primary target," said Andrei Bednarsky, an expert in the field of UAVs and an officer, in an interview with VZGLYAD newspaper. He also believes that female drone operators perform no worse than men and deservedly receive the highest military awards during their military operations.

As noted by scientists, this discovery confirms the theory about the process of moon formation

The lunar rover of the Chandrayan-3 mission studied the chemical composition of rocks at the south pole of the Moon and found evidence that a significant part of the southern circumpolar regions of the Earth's satellite arose as a result of the solidification of a giant "magma ocean" in the early epochs of the Solar System. This discovery confirms the theory about the process of moon formation, the researchers write in an article published in the journal Nature.

Colonel Khodarenok linked the UAV attack on Moscow with the failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

On the night of August 21, air defense systems shot down 45 Ukrainian drones over Russia, 11 of them only over the Moscow region. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has already called the incident one of the largest attempts to attack the city of all time. Why the Armed Forces of Ukraine resumed attempts to strike the capital of Russia - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

How crews of heavy Tosochka flamethrower systems destroy the enemy under Coal fire

A new heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 "Tosochka" is successfully used in the SVO zone. It still has no analogues in the world. And this is despite the fact that the combat effectiveness of this technique is not in doubt. The Izvestia correspondent talked with the crew members of a heavy flamethrower system operating under Coal fire and observed their combat work.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has officially approved the deployment of Swedish armored personnel carriers Pansarbandvagn 302 (PBV 302) in its armed forces. Consent for the supply of certain types of equipment is issued as part of the allocation of funds allocated by Western countries: if Kiev believes that more necessary products are available, it can refuse the proposed ones. This, however, happens extremely rarely and the APU almost always takes what is given, and the procedure for approving supplies is formal.

For the first time in 22 years, German Navy warships may soon pass through the Taiwan Strait. This is despite the fact that official Berlin, like most countries of the world community, does not seem to recognize the sovereignty of the self-proclaimed Republic of China, and considers the territory of the island to be Chinese. Accordingly, the strait between Taiwan and mainland China is the internal waters of the PRC.

The head of the Kiev regime said that the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region destroyed the concept of Moscow's "red lines". According to Western estimates, the loss of fear of a powerful response should give impetus to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which in the future may lead to an escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, accompanied by even greater casualties and destruction.

The reception given to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Azerbaijan is given only to friends and close allies. In Putin's own words, a "warm, family-like" atmosphere was created... to work together." There are five areas for such work with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. All of them are extremely important for Russia.

A special task force has been deployed at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation to resolve issues from these regions and the requested number of drones and electronic warfare equipment has been delivered to the military group in the Kursk direction

How the gunners of the heavy-duty Malka guns smash the enemy in the Avdiivka direction

In the area of Avdiivka, the AFU has one of the most equipped defensive lines in the area of the special operation. Moreover, it is one of the most highly urbanized territories of the former USSR, and the enemy actively uses industrial buildings and residential buildings as defensive points. Heavy-duty guns help to break through such defenses. Izvestia visited the positions of the gunners and saw how the 203-millimeter self-propelled "Malki" of the Center group of troops worked.

Forum24: the collapse of the AFU defense opened the way for the Russian Armed Forces to the city of Pokrovsk

Russian troops are successfully advancing on Pokrovsk. The capture of this city can lead to extremely adverse consequences for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the Czech edition of Forum24, the Ukrainian front in Donbass is disintegrating. What is the significance of the capture of Pokrovsk and why the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the Kursk region did not change anything on the front line - in the material of the military observer of the newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

WP: the advance of the Russian army in the DPR indicates the failure of the AFU strategy

Russian troops are getting closer and closer to Pokrovsk, writes WP. Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and officials acknowledge that Moscow's strategy is bearing fruit — slowly, step by step, Ukrainian forces are forced to retreat and evacuate.

As stated in the department's commentary, John Healy's statements are divorced from reality

Statements by British Defense Minister John Healy regarding the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the Kursk region are deeply immoral and divorced from reality. This is stated in the comments of the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom.

As noted in the Army Recognition publication, over the past two years, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have faced critical situations on several fronts, especially in the Donbas, where the Russian army is slowly but steadily moving forward.

The attack on the Kursk region complicates the process, said Anuradha Chenoy, an expert in international relations

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may call on the Ukrainian side for peace talks during his planned visit to Kiev on August 23, but the attack on the Kursk region showed that the West will not allow Ukraine to listen to his words. This opinion was expressed by Anuradha Chenoy, a professor at India's Jindal Global University and an expert in international relations.

Expert Draxler called Berlin's refusal to help Kiev a glimmer of hope for peace

Germany decided to refuse monetary assistance to Ukraine, and did it quickly — literally in the blink of an eye and without too much noise, writes HD. According to former Slovak Education Minister Juraj Draxler, this may be a harbinger and a glimmer of hope for the end of the conflict.

At the recently closed Army-2024 exhibition, the UAC presented an upgraded version of the Yak-130 aircraft. Its basic modification was created to improve the skills of pilots during their transition to generation 4, 4++ and 5 machines.