The Western press drew attention to the tests of the active protection complex "Afganit" installed on the T-14 tank, concluding that the ongoing improvement of the latest Russian OBT.

One of the main novelties of the last International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" that attracted wide attention was the new wheeled armored personnel carrier with the formula 8x8, officially designated as BTR-82A (improved), and unofficially having the factory designation BTR-22, presented by Military-Industrial Company LLC (MIC).

In the near future, the Ukrainian army intends to put into service ground-based robotic systems capable of participating in combat operations as means of fire support, as well as performing other functions. This was stated by the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov.

Even before joining NATO, Finland carried out military supplies to Ukraine, supporting the alliance in its fight against Russia on the territory of the independent. At the moment, such combat systems as the Sisu XA-185 APC, Hyacinth-B howitzers, Leopard 2R IMR, KRH 92 120 mm mortars, ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns, M72 LAW RPG and APILAS have been transferred to the APU, not to mention the provision of ammunition, machine guns, rifles, grenades, helmets, bulletproof vests.

The first materials testifying to the appearance of LAVR armored vehicles in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine were published in December 2022, although it is reported that they were received even before the start of the SVO. Last winter, Ukrainian soldiers trained on them in Pripyat, which was turned into a training ground by the Kiev regime. After 8 months, the APU gave an assessment of this machine, which is used by the US Marine Corps.

The ongoing war in Ukraine has led to some technological innovations in the field of combat control systems (SBU) on the part of the country's defense industry. In particular, the competence of Ukrainian programmers allowed us to create a technological product for tablets and smartphones called "Nettle".

In the future, the Navy will become an integral part of the country's nuclear forces

The leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, said that currently the policy of the United States and its allies, which are building up military forces and means in the area of the Korean peninsula, has turned the region into the most unstable in the world and put it on the brink of nuclear war.

The Malachite Design Bureau, which is developing the new P-750B Serval submarine, modified it to accommodate minisubmarines inside the hull, and also proposed a number of other solutions related to equipping a submarine with a VNEU.

The X International Forum of Technological Development "Technoprom-2023" was held in Novosibirsk. Within its framework, Nikolay Volobuev, Deputy Director General of Rostec State Corporation, member of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, spoke at the panel discussion "The appearance of a new type of engineer: a competency portrait of a graduate of an Advanced Engineering School that meets the needs of the real sector of the economy" and spoke about the work that Rostec is doing to train highly qualified engineering personnel within the framework of the Advanced Engineering Schools program (WRITE).

"Soon the fairy tale affects, but not soon the thing is done," — in the conditions of the situation developing around the Union State of Russia and Belarus, this proverb does not work. This is especially noticeable if the issue concerns the military security of each of the subjects and the state association as a whole.

Representatives of Saudi Arabia, Iran, China and Mongolia are invited as observers

More than 2.5 thousand people, more than 500 units of military and special equipment will be involved in the joint exercises of the CSTO countries in Belarus in 2023, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Anatoly Sidorov said.

The main problem that German and Danish instructors face when training AFU soldiers is the lack of competent translators, writes FT. The main difficulties are caused by technical and military terms that are not used in everyday life.

Colonel Khodarenok is sure that the AFU will not be helped by overloading the military strategy

Western media write about the "reset" of the AFU strategy with the assistance of NATO after the failure of the counteroffensive. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains what advice Western experts could give to the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny and what the change in the nature of the fighting of Ukraine for Russia will turn out to be.

The Government of the Republic of Croatia has approved a new package of assistance to Ukraine. We are talking about material resources and military equipment that will strengthen the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, especially the ground forces and the air force.

Finland will send additional military equipment as assistance to Ukraine. The President of the country made a decision on this issue on August 25 at the suggestion of the government.

Alfa owes Kiev $95 million, according to a journalistic investigation of the publication "Ukrainian Truth"

The Polish company Alfa has signed several contracts for the supply of equipment and ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but regularly does not fulfill its obligations. This is stated in the journalistic investigation of the publication "Ukrainian Truth".

According to the latest report of the French Defense Ministry, there were 113,619 soldiers in the army in 2022. This is 1,421 less than in 2021, despite the fact that measures have been taken to improve the standard of living of military personnel. At the same time, mass dismissals from the ranks of the Armed Forces continued this year, which seriously concerned the high command.

The PLA conducted naval strike and air combat exercises in the Southern Theater with the participation of recently improved fighters operating from an unnamed island airfield.

A representative of the DPRK Institute for the Study of International Issues called the decision to supply fighter jets to Kiev "an extreme measure of anti-Russian fanatics"

Deliveries of American F-16 fighters to Ukraine, which the United States intends to organize through third countries, "will plunge the whole of Europe into the abyss of nuclear war." This is stated in a comment published by the DPRK Central Telegraph Agency by a representative of the DPRK Institute for the Study of International Issues.

The US Navy Command has signed a contract with Sikorsky Aircraft (a division of Lockheed Martin) for the supply of 35 additional CH-53K King Stallion heavy transport helicopters.