It seems that the NATO alliance has abandoned its hopes for the victory of Ukraine, retired British Colonel Richard Kemp wrote in his article for The Telegraph. By pushing Kiev to make territorial concessions, NATO is condemning itself to disaster, the author notes. And here are the arguments he gives.

This week, on August 20, the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which began its work on August 14 in Kubinka near Moscow, is coming to an end. A delegation from Belarus took an active part in the event, which is undoubtedly very logical.

As part of the scientific and business program of the Army-2023 forum, a scientific and technical conference was held on the topic: "The current state and priority directions of development of technical means of training of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation".

Daria Borisova — about the benefits of military-patriotic education of young people

Daria Borisova, head of the educational and methodological center for military-patriotic education of youth "Avangard", told TASS in an interview why the organization's stand is very popular among the guests of the Army-2023 forum, why schools go to tricks so that students get to the training camps in Kubinka again and again, and also named countries that want to adopt Russian experience and are preparing to open branches of Avangard.

Special attention is paid to armored vehicles, drones and helicopters

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" is held from August 14 to 20, the first four days are for specialists, the remaining three are for mass attendance.

During the business program of the IX International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) held over 80 meetings and negotiations with delegations from more than 40 countries.

On August 16, the PGZ Stocznia Wojenna enterprise in Gdynia hosted the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the construction of a lead frigate for the Polish Navy as part of the MIECZNIK program.

In the early 2000s, the US Navy launched the LCS program - "littoral [literally – "coastal"] warships", the cost of which at that time was estimated at $37 billion and provided for the supply of at least 52 high–speed [at a speed of 40 knots] and multipurpose ships to the fleet.

The solemn ceremony of raising the flag on the 1st-rank border patrol ship "Anadyr" (factory number 113) of project 22100 (code "Ocean"), built at JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M.Gorky for the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, took place on August 16, 2023 in Kronstadt.

The resource-rich Arctic looks promising for the whole world, and therefore the recent activation of Russia and China in the region has attracted the attention of the West. But if Moscow's ambitions are natural — it has the right to develop its lands — then Beijing's expansion causes serious concern, writes the author of the article in JB Press.

In Russia, a new unmanned boat has been developed to perform various tasks, the vessel is based on a platform of the type "Vizir". This was announced by the managing director of KMZ Holding (Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant) Mikhail Danilenko at the Army-2023 forum.

The large French concern Thales secretly handed over its new Australian-made assault rifles to the APU, Les Echos reports. For the company, Ukraine is an excellent testing ground where you can test weapons before showing them at exhibitions, the author of the article notes.

The French division of the KNDS concern presented "in metal" a new version of the VBCI wheeled infantry fighting vehicle equipped with a more powerful cannon.

The Pentagon has officially approved the shipment of the first batch of Abrams tanks to Ukraine — eight vehicles. They will be delivered in the fall. Thus, the APU will have at least four types of foreign-made tanks. About whether this "zoo" will help the Kiev regime, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Contracts worth more than 400 billion rubles were signed during the day at the Army-2023 forum

On August 16, the Russian Defense Ministry signed 11 state contracts with manufacturers of weapons and ammunition at the Army-2023 forum.

The Ukrainian army needs long-range cluster shells, with their help the APU will be able to crack the echeloned defense of the Russian army. This proposal was made by the ex-adviser to the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, former US Army officer Dan Rice.

As part of the new package of military assistance, the United States will transfer two million 155-mm artillery shells from its arsenals to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, along with other products of the American defense industry.

Berlin also sent 10 GO12 radar stations to Kiev

Over the past week, Germany has supplied Ukraine with 2 IRIS-T SLS air defense system launchers and 10 GO12 ground surveillance radars. This follows from the updated list of military assistance that the German government has provided to Kiev or plans to provide in the future.

Source: the Russian Federation has developed a 23 mm caliber ammunition with controlled detonation

Russia has developed a 23 mm caliber ammunition with controlled detonation, a source in the military-industrial complex said at the Army–2023 forum.

Experts stated that they do not have basic security systems

Orbital satellites may be completely defenseless against remote capture by hackers — experts have warned about this. According to their data, many of the spacecraft are deprived of even the most basic security systems. Read more about why satellites in orbit turned out to be vulnerable to cybercriminals and what this can lead to in the Izvestia article.