The APU counteroffensive, if there was one, began later and went slower than expected, writes The Independent. And the main questions are who is to blame and what will happen next. Together with the author of the article, readers tried to answer them.

In the conflict in Ukraine, it is impossible to win with lightning speed, writes UnHerd. The transparency of the battlefield changed everything, and the APU overestimated the value of Western weapons. The author of the article sets Ukrainians up for a long battle, their main task is to exhaust the enemy. But readers demand an immediate end to the "senseless slaughter."

In the spring, the Kiev authorities promised to reach the Crimea by September. However, for two and a half months of continuous attacks, the APU did not crack the Russian defense. About why the "rapid breakthrough" turned into a slip, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Russian Ambassador in Minsk noted that the current forum is taking place at a time of fierce global confrontation between supporters of a multipolar world and the countries of the collective West and their allies who advocate the preservation of the unipolar neocolonial system.

Dozens of samples of foreign weapons and military equipment, which were taken as trophies by our servicemen in different areas of the special operation, will be demonstrated in Russia. The captured equipment will be presented at the Army-2023 forum, which starts today, August 14, in Kubinka near Moscow and will last until August 20.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" began its work on August 14. New combat vehicles from different parts of the world are presented at the site, the heads of all Russian defense enterprises and associations exchange experience. What program awaits the participants in 2023 and what will be discussed on the sidelines of the forum — read the Izvestia material.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to conclude contracts totaling more than 433 billion rubles at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which will be held on August 14-20 at the Patriot Exhibition Center.

The portfolio of unmanned boats (BEC) of Turkey is continuously expanding. New systems are being developed to meet the various needs of the Navy. The country has a balanced roadmap of unmanned naval programs focused on various scenarios of war at sea.

After the start of the special operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to actively use marine drones to carry out attacks on Russian ships and infrastructure. As noted in the publication Covert Shores, after a number of experiments, shock BPA began to be created on a standard base, which is represented by jet skis of the Kawasaki STX family.

The military intelligence of the Kiev regime has published on its official portal footage captured by cameras mounted on marine drones that attacked Russian vessels in the Black Sea.

On August 9, 2023, the official laying ceremony for the Spanish Navy of the lead frigate F 111 Bonifaz in a series of five ships of the new project F-110 took place at the enterprise of the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia in El Ferrol. The ceremony of the first steel cutting for the ship took place on April 6, 2022.

The Research Institute of Steel has tested one of its products designed to protect the personnel of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian developers have tested the Aegis anti-splinter blanket.

The Western defense industry has been trying for years to create robotic vehicles designed to transport goods. So, in 2014, during the RIMPAC exercises, the US Marine Corps tested a product from Boston Dynamics on four "paws" when transferring a match over rough terrain.

The Ukrainian puppet regime associates a lot of hopes with the imminent delivery of American M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks.

Uralvagonzavod clarified that this variant of the tank support combat vehicle still has no analogues in domestic and foreign tank construction in terms of a combination of firepower and security

Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, part of Rostec) will present a variant of the Terminator tank support combat vehicle (BMPT), which makes it possible to modernize the decommissioned T-72 tanks at the Army-2023 forum, the press service of the concern told TASS.

The company clarified that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation had previously proposed to expand the use of machines of this family, including making them carriers of various additional weapons

JSC Remdiesel, after visiting the production facility in Naberezhnye Chelny by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu, at the suggestion of the military department, developed two new versions of the MT-LB multipurpose light armored tractors: sanitary and equipped with an anti-aircraft installation. Both modifications will be presented at the upcoming Army-2023 forum, the company told TASS.

On the eve of the exhibition, the interim Director General of the Institute Anton Semenyako gave an interview to RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev.

The technologies that made it possible to develop hypersonic weapons have launched a new round of rivalry between the world's largest powers, such as China, Russia and the United States. At the same time, Beijing and Moscow, unlike Washington, have achieved tangible results in this area today.

Fierce competition causes accelerated technology development

Missiles of various ranges, both ballistic and cruise, become not only an "addition" to aviation, but also its replacement (as a rule, of course, partial). Sometimes a country needs such a replacement because of the weakness of its aviation.

According to the publication, both the Federal Chancellor's office and the Ministry of Defense denied information that a decision on supplies has already been made or is expected soon

The German authorities, contrary to some media reports, are not yet ready to hand over long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Kiev. This was reported by the Bild newspaper with reference to its own sources.