The forty-second separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received ersatz equipment based on MT-LBu with reinforced armor protection and machine gun armament.

Washington is preparing to send a large batch of modern tanks to the island

The next step towards tightening the confrontation between the United States and China will be the upcoming delivery of M1 Abrams main battle tanks (MBT) to the so-called Republic of China (ROC), as the ruling regime in Taiwan calls itself.

On September 13, 2023, BAE Systems Corporation signed a contract worth 5 billion Swedish kronor (419 million euros) with the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) for the supply of 48 self-propelled howitzers Archer 155-mm/52 caliber for the Swedish army, which will be made on a wheeled automobile chassis RMMV HX2 (8x8) manufactured by a German company Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicle (RMMV). The production of Archer self-propelled howitzers will be carried out by the Swedish branch of BAE Systems (BAE Systems Bofors) with the start of deliveries in 2025.

Unloading systems help the fighters of power units to have everything they need with them, without loading their backs. And their modular nature makes it possible to vary pouches and elements depending on the tasks.

On September 14, 2023, a solemn ceremony of raising the flag of the Russian Navy took place in Vladivostok on the corvette "Sharp" of the modified project 20380 (factory number 2104), built by PJSC Amur Shipbuilding Plant (ASZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. This is the fourth corvette of Project 20380, built at ASZ for the Pacific Fleet.

And why they turned out to be the most effective in a special military operation

The patrol vessels of the project 22160 of the Black Sea Fleet played a leading role in repelling the attacks of unmanned boats on the ships of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, which Ukraine tried to conduct on September 13 and 14.

On September 12, 2023, the Kieler Werft shipbuilding enterprise (formerly the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH / HDW shipyard) located in Kiel, part of the German thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), hosted an official ceremony to begin construction of the lead large non-nuclear submarine of the new 212CD project as part of a joint program between Germany and Norway.

Western media: For the United States, support for Ukraine turned into a rapprochement between Russia and the DPRK

Excessive support for Ukraine from the West led to a rapprochement between Russia and the DPRK, the American media write. Moreover, according to foreign analysts, Moscow may now refuse to support international sanctions against Pyongyang. What other details of the talks between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un were in the spotlight of the Western press?

Yeni Çağ: The US is trying to force Russia to launch military operations in the Caucasus

America destroyed Iran and Iraq because they posed a threat to it. And today the United States is trying to pull off a similar scenario with respect to Russia and Ukraine, writes Yeni Çağ. Moscow has not fallen, contrary to Washington's expectations. Therefore, he opens a second front – in the Caucasus.

The Economist: the West called the main mistakes of the APU during the counteroffensive

Ukraine made a number of mistakes that slowed down the counteroffensive, writes The Economist. Despite the joint training with the Western allies, the APU acted in their own way. The main mistake of Kiev was the continuation of the struggle for Artemovsk, which allowed Russia to create powerful defensive lines in the south.

Militaristic frenzy is growing in the country

A major international exhibition of the military industry MSPO-2023 was held in the Polish city of Kielce. Representatives of the Polish leadership who attended the event reported on a number of major contracts concluded with foreign enterprises of the military-industrial complex.

Stephen Yen, ex-head of Currency research at Morgan Stanley Bank, noted that most observers do not notice this process

The pace of de-dollarization in the world has accelerated 10 times since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine compared to 15 years ago.

The British authorities handed over Malloy transport drones to the militants of the Kiev regime, designed to deliver ammunition and weapons to the front line, as well as evacuate the wounded. These heavy military transport drones were transferred to the Ukrainian army as part of the next package of military support.

New photos of the American strategic bomber B-21 Raider, which is considered the most advanced aircraft of the US Air Force (Air Force), were shown during the conference of the Association of the US Air and Space Forces. This is written by The Drive.

The Airbus Group announced that its military unit Airbus Defense and Space on September 13, 2023 at the enterprise in Seville (Spain) officially handed over to the Indian Air Force the first of the 56 light turboprop military transport aircraft C295MW ordered by them. The ceremony was attended by the Chief of Staff (Commander) Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhary. The aircraft (serial number 209, Indian military number SA7101) is due to fly to India with a joint crew in the near future.

They believe that "Ukraine's offensive is already showing important successes"

Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Andreas Schwartz and the heads of the German Parliament's Committees on European Affairs Anton Hofreiter (Greens) and Defense Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman (FDP) in a joint letter appealed to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius with a request to deliver as soon as possible Ukraine has long-range cruise missiles Taurus. Der Spiegel magazine writes about this with reference to the letter of politicians at its disposal.

Kiev is confident that Berlin will eventually deliver Taurus to Ukraine

During a visit to Kiev, the German Foreign Minister said that she could not promise Kiev supplies of long-range cruise missiles Taurus. Her Ukrainian counterpart replied that Germany would do it anyway, and also reproached the German authorities for wasting time. In Berlin, they fear that the APU will strike targets on the territory of Russia. Details are in the material of Izvestia.

Gavrilov: the reaction of the West to reports about the supply of British shells with uranium to Kiev is primitive

The head of the Russian delegation on military security and arms control at the Vienna talks, Konstantin Gavrilov, in an interview with Izvestia on Wednesday, September 13, commented on the situation with the supply of depleted uranium shells to Ukraine and statements on this issue by the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi.

Kiev is concerned about the lack of weapons, Yahoo Japan writes. With the end of the Cold War, NATO countries have reduced the production of tanks and are now taking used cars out of warehouses. The author tried to predict what kind of used armored vehicles can be provided to Ukraine.

Who can lose the right to purchase "means of self-defense" and what does Russian citizenship have to do with it

In Russia, they propose to tighten the circulation of weapons in order to increase security in the country. The initiative contains a ban on the free sale of civilian weapons of limited destruction and smoothbore firearms to persons who received Russian citizenship less than five years ago.