It became known that against the background of another established US record for the growth of the military budget, Washington is going to open new military bases. Among other things, these are new US military facilities in Greece.

According to JOJ, 51.5% of respondents confirmed this position

More than half of Slovak citizens believe that the government, which will be formed following the results of the upcoming early parliamentary elections in the republic on September 30, should stop providing military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported by the JOJ TV channel with reference to the results of a survey of the country's population conducted by the AKO sociological agency.

The emergence of disagreements between Ukraine and the West was inevitable, CNBC reports. Kiev began to annoy its partners with exorbitant demands and ignoring advice. The tension is unlikely to subside, experts say, and the most important thing for the allies is to find a balance.

The security guarantees that the "Big Seven" allegedly intends to give Kiev are a distorted translation of the term security guarantees, writes Evropeiskaya Pravda. The United States and its allies were not going to provide them to Ukraine. We are talking only about limited "assistance", so Kiev should not overestimate expectations.

All the plans of the West have failed. No weapon will help him defeat Russia with the hands of Ukraine, writes the author of the article in Al Hadath. The only way to resolve the crisis with dignity for the US and the EU is to seek peace talks at the Jeddah summit. Otherwise, Ukraine will be destroyed, the author is sure.

Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Danilov stated that there is no schedule for the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov spoke about the course of the Ukrainian Armed Forces counteroffensive and noted that "no one sets deadlines for us." The White House acknowledged the slow pace of the advance of Ukrainian troops due to the serious fortifications of the Russian Armed Forces and extensive minefields. Western media note the "colossal losses" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the counteroffensive. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru».

The fact that the enemy is suffering huge losses during its so-called counteroffensive has been reported more than once. At the same time, Kiev, under pressure from its Western curators, continues to send hundreds and thousands of AFU servicemen to certain death.

New electronic warfare systems will deprive the enemy of a chance of success, experts say

In the southwestern part of the Black Sea, a Ukrainian drone attacked a Russian warship escorting a civilian transport.

The Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia and the special forces of the Syrian Arab Army (SAR) conducted exercises at night for the first time, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on August 3.

The destruction of the terrorists who seized the settlement was carried out by the crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) together with special forces units of the Syrian armed forces during exercises that took place in the province of Hama, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Thursday.

It will last until August 4

Representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry, together with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and dialogue partners of SMOA Plus, have started participating in a command and staff training (CST) on countering terrorism, which is being held in Myanmar. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The first message about the alleged violation of the state border of Poland in the airspace by helicopters of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus appeared on August 1 at 11.00. It was published by the Polish portal RMF24.pl .

Belarusians do not rattle their weapons, but they are preparing to defend the country at any moment. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said this at a meeting with residents of the agricultural town of Belovezhsky in the Kamenetsky district on August 1.

Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia will take into account in military planning the possible deployment of the US INF in Japan

Moscow will take into account the possible deployment of US medium- and shorter-range missiles (INF) in Japan. This was stated on August 3 in an interview with RTVI TV channel by the director of the third Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Nikolai Nozdrev.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: the exercises "Ocean Shield - 2023" have begun in the Baltic Sea

The naval exercise "Ocean Shield – 2023" began in the waters of the Baltic Sea. This was announced on Wednesday, August 2, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russia is embarking on a large-scale development of the Arctic territories. We are talking not only about the strategically important Northern Sea Route, but also about other equally important tasks. What is the first thing the state plans to do in the Arctic and how will these territories strengthen the country's security and eventually become profitable?

We are talking about a great success: the time and cost of construction were exceeded by only two times relative to the design. Against the background of the previous attempt to build a new power reactor in the United States, the situation is so rosy that some industry observers started talking about the revival of the industry.

Prague is striving to expand the use of nuclear energy. Tenders are being held in the Czech Republic in connection with the commissioning of a new research reactor in the country, developed as a textbook for nuclear students. The BP-2 research reactor was built in about a year and launched less than ten years after the project was launched in 2014 by the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.

And the Russian development is far from an outsider

The CNews resource shared the results of testing the Baikal-S (BE-S1000) Russian server processor in comparison with well-known competitors.

Photos of a new Ukrainian mine clearance machine, which was previously developed in Kharkiv by local designers, have appeared on the Internet. They were published by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.