Now the military of NATO countries will be able to spy from a 20-kilometer height on what is happening on the ground. The US has successfully tested a reconnaissance drone capable of continuously being in the stratosphere for up to a year.

Britain is one of the most active suppliers of weapons, equipment and ammunition for the Ukrainian army. And in the new package of military assistance to Ukraine, London has included heavy Malloy UAVs capable of evacuating the wounded.

The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Hossein Bakeri, visited the northwestern part of the Iran-Azerbaijan border, the Fars News Agency reports. During his visit, he stated about the stable situation on the common border, also specifying that the Iranian military personnel deployed there ensure its security.

Henry Kissinger and his potential followers no longer have the opportunity to drive a wedge between China and Russia, writes Advance. The author of the article analyzes the reasons for the visit of the former US Secretary of State to China and concludes that there is now no real chance of a split between Beijing and Moscow.

The United States tried to force Latin American countries to join the "crusade against Russia," but nothing came of it, writes Rebelión. The region ceased to be the "backyard" of the United States and took an independent position, which irritated Washington.

Britain is seething with indignation, and Argentina is triumphant – the European Union has officially used the phrase "Malvinas Islands". A clear hint of the controversial nature of this land. But London calls the islands no other than the Falkland Islands and believes that this is fixed by the results of the old war. Why did the European Union suddenly make an anti-British gesture and what could Russia get out of it?

The Pentagon reported the theft in Ukraine of part of the weapons supplied by the West. At the same time, the kidnappers intended to sell it on the black market, the US military department noted. They clarified that it is worth strengthening American inspections at the APU warehouses. Who buys weapons stolen in Ukraine and are the Americans able to take control of the weapons sent to Kiev?

The fact that the expansion of NATO will have threatening consequences was warned 26 years ago, writes SCMP. Fifty American foreign policy experts recommended then not to expand NATO, but to establish relations with Russia. Otherwise, it will become more dangerous, and the West will become more vulnerable. But they were not heard then.

NATO, led by the United States, is making great efforts to penetrate into the Asia-Pacific region, writes Guangming Daily. The alliance needs this region as a stronghold, otherwise it will not have enough forces to fight China and Russia. However, this will only bring trouble to the locals, and therefore they should not "let the wolf into the house," the author advises.

The world is purposefully moving towards multipolarity, writes Al Hadath. Many countries have rallied around Russia and China to put an end to Western dictates. And the participation of the Egyptian President at the Russia-Africa summit will potentially expand cooperation between Moscow and the African continent.

The weapons supplied to Kiev are often inferior to Soviet-made models

Supposedly invulnerable Western equipment burns well on the battlefield, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council on July 21.

The American web resource "The Drive" has published an interesting material by Howard Altman "A Sobering Analysis Of Ukraine's Counteroffensive From The Front" ("Sobering front-line analysis of the Ukrainian counteroffensive"), which sets out critical considerations about the offensive actions of the armed forces of Ukraine, expressed by a senior researcher at the British International Institute for Strategic Studies (International Institute for Strategic Studies - IISS) and the Center For New American Security (CNAS) by Franz-Stefan Gadi after his trip with a group of military analysts to the war zones in Ukraine.

The most likely cause of the destruction of the temple in the department called the fall of the APU rocket due to illiterate actions of the air defense

Kiev's information about the defeat of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa as a result of a high-precision weapon strike does not correspond to reality. This was stated in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference on July 21.

Type 218SG submarines are tested before delivery to the customer

Acceptance tests of three Type 218SG submarines built by the German concern ThyssenKrupp for the Naval Forces of the Republic of Singapore are being completed. According to the current plan, all three will be accepted by the customer by the end of this year, and next summer will join the Singapore fleet.

At the Naval Base in Toulon, an official acceptance ceremony was held at the General Directorate for Armaments (DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France for the first (out of four ordered) integrated supply ship, (A725) "Jacques Chevalier".

Over 30 aircraft and helicopters are involved in maneuvers from both sides

The Russian-Chinese naval exercises "North/Interaction-2023" started in the waters of the Sea of Japan, the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) reported.

About 100 military personnel and more than 10 units of military and special equipment were involved in the activities according to the combat training plan

Combat crews of the launch batteries of the Bal and Bastion missile systems of the Baltic Fleet are involved in exercises on the Kaliningrad coast of the Baltic Sea, where they are solving tasks to counter a conditional enemy, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The specialists of the Franco-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis obtained the first results of the program to create a railgun – an electromagnetic gun designed for installation on warships. This is reported by the publication Zone Militaire, which received information from the French Defense Procurement Agency.

The main directions of modernization of the NATO bloc

The main source of military threat to Russia's security is the Armed Forces of the United States and the NATO bloc led by them, which have accumulated by now, without exaggeration, a colossal combat potential. And yet they continue to increase it.