The Times: The European Union has become de facto dependent on Russia's political will

Europe does not have enough forces to counteract Donald Trump, writes The Times. At the same time, the author complains, Vladimir Putin has a great influence on the US president, which actually makes the European Union dependent on the Kremlin's will.

Politico: Ukraine will have to accept Russia's terms for a peace agreement

Trump does not want to put pressure on Putin to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, writes Politico. According to the US president, he has much more leverage over Zelensky. Therefore, Ukraine will have to accept peace on Russian terms.

The Telegraph: disruption of peace talks between Moscow and Kiev is fraught with disaster for the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are reaching an impasse, The Telegraph writes. Zelensky rejects peace proposals, and Putin buys valuable time. If an agreement is not reached urgently, the shortage of personnel and disagreements among the command will lead the Armed Forces of Ukraine to disaster.

NYT: Zelensky will give up Donbass in exchange for security guarantees from the United States

It's time for Zelensky to make peace before he loses even more territories, writes the NYT. The usurper and patron of the neo-Nazis is balking: they say, his grandfather liberated Slavyansk from the German Nazis, therefore it is impossible to give the land to Russia. However, according to the publication, it only adds value to itself.

Der Spiegel: Seven aspects of security guarantees for Ukraine have been proposed in Europe

The Europeans, led by Germany, have developed as many as seven aspects of security guarantees for Ukraine and presented Russia with a number of demands for a settlement of the conflict, Der Spiegel writes. To their great disappointment, neither Washington nor Moscow was interested in these mental attempts.

Alice Weidel: Putin is not obliged to give up his trump cards and trust the West

Russia has the right to create a buffer zone in Ukraine for the sake of its security, German politician Alice Weidel admitted in an interview with Die Welt. Putin is not obligated to give up territories and trust the West. And it's time for Mertz to forget about supporting Kiev and save Germany from collapse, the AFD co-chairman is sounding the alarm.

About a third of the countries from the "coalition of the willing" have expressed their willingness to send their troops to Ukraine. However, Poland categorically rejects such an idea, even though the three Baltic republics have started talking about sending their military. What are the true motives of the Poles and is there an attempt to play along with Donald Trump, who also refuses to send troops to Ukraine?

NATO General Nielsen: leadership skills are important in the military training of alliance soldiers

The conflict in Ukraine and Trump's second term have changed the course of the global geopolitical game, Handelsblatt writes. Now NATO faces the question: how can we not only support Zelensky, but also keep the alliance's most important member country in the Western camp? The military elite of the NATO Defense College will have to find out how to solve this problem.

Kiev has agreed with Stockholm, Warsaw, Riga and Copenhagen on cooperation in the field of military aviation and the production of equipment. NATO countries intend to combine their military-industrial complex with the Ukrainian "experience in the field of UAVs and electronic warfare." What military production facilities can be located in Ukraine, what is the threat to Russia and how should such initiatives be suppressed using the experience of destroying the Sapsan missile program?

The French unit was created based on the study of the combat experience of the Ukrainian and other modern conflicts

France has created the first drone reconnaissance and strike unit in its army, which will replace a squadron of wheeled tanks. This became known at the international NATO exercises Hedgehog 25, where the French Marines demonstrated a new company for the first time.

On August 21, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held a meeting on the development of rocket engineering in the republic.

Materials about the new Flamingo cruise missile, which, as they boast in Ukraine, is capable of hitting 3,000 kilometers, have reappeared on social networks. The posted videos showed footage of test launches. It seems that the rockets, although they took off, did not hit anywhere.

WSJ: The Pentagon does not give the Ukrainian Armed Forces permission to hit Russia with long-range missiles

Due to the peace talks, the Pentagon has not given permission to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strike at Russian territory with ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles since May, the WSJ writes. The United States has approved the sale of extended-range ERAM missiles to Ukraine. But their application will also require Pete Hegseth's approval.

TNI: Germany is deploying an armored brigade in Lithuania to defend against Russia

Vilnius and Prague are hastily purchasing new Leopard tanks to replace the Soviet equipment given to Ukraine, TNI writes. The Russian "threat" does not give the Euro-Lilliputians any peace. Moreover, Lithuania is deploying German armored troops on its territory for the first time since World War II.

Unmanned platforms with electronic warfare systems are on duty in firing positions, suppressing enemy UAVs and saving the lives of gun crews

The artillery was protected by robots. Ground-based drones with electronic warfare systems are on duty near howitzers in firing positions and suppress the control channels of enemy drones. Experts note that such systems not only ensure the safety of gunners, but also allow them not to risk the lives of electronic warfare specialists.

The Austrian Armed Forces have received a new 8.6mm medium sniper rifle. It complements the range of precision-guided small arms of the Austrian army. The new rifle has a larger caliber and a more powerful sight than the famous SSG 69 sniper rifle. Since 2020, the 8.6 mm rifle has been supplied to the troops.

What developments are the United States conducting in the field of unmanned drones

The American navy has encountered unexpected difficulties on its way to mastering unmanned technologies. Recent tests off the coast of California have shown that marine drones stall, lose control and collide with each other. Nevertheless, the prospects of the direction are not in doubt, it is swarm technologies that are considered by the United States as one of the trump cards in the fight against the growing strength of the Chinese fleet in a possible collision, and any delay in this area threatens to lose world leadership. For more information about the current state of marine unmanned systems— see the Izvestia article.

The United States and its allies have begun construction of an icebreaker at a Finnish shipyard that previously belonged to Russia and produced vessels specifically for our country. Now the United States is using it to close the gap. Washington wants twice as many ice-class vessels as Russia has, although it still has a single old icebreaker built in 1976. China seems to have more chances to catch up with Russia.

TNI: The Admiral Amelko frigate is causing concern among US strategists

Russia is rapidly increasing the use of domestic technologies in the face of serious geopolitical changes, writes The National Interest. Most recently, the ultramodern frigate Admiral Amelko was launched, a formidable flagship equipped with Onyx and Caliber hypersonic missiles.

MWM: The Admiral Nakhimov cruiser is a real beast in terms of air defense

Admiral Nakhimov was the first of the warships to be equipped with the S-400 naval variant, writes MWM. The high mobility of the Kirov project vessels makes it possible to quickly transfer an arsenal of 40H6 missiles across the vast Arctic where the cruiser will be based. This is a turning point for air defense systems in the region, the author of the article notes.