This year, Winston Churchill's book "World War II" celebrates its 70th anniversary. In one of the chapters of her first volume ("The Coming Storm") the British politician gave a very accurate description of the Polish state, in relation to all its hypostases in which it has been throughout its existence.

Experts: PMCs "Wagner" will maintain its position in Africa

Vladimir Putin assured that the investigation of the accident with the plane of the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, would be brought to an end. The President called Prigozhin a talented man with a difficult fate and noted the contribution of the Wagnerians to the fight against neo-Nazism. The expert community believes that the PMCs themselves should decide on their future in the next couple of months. What options do the Wagnerians have?

In recent days, the Ukrainian command was forced to make some adjustments to the counteroffensive strategy. The Wall Street Journal writes about this, citing informed sources. This decision was made by the military-political leadership of Ukraine after several weeks of disputes with the US military.

Russia has rationalized its actions and achieved military successes, which cannot be said about Ukraine. Carried away by fantasies of victory, she spends resources on unrealistic goals, which leads the APU to failures and puts the alliance with Washington at risk. To avoid a tragedy, she needs to moderate her ambitions, writes UnHerd.

Pro-Ukrainian optimism in the West is crumbling, writes Nové slovo. The fog of propaganda that does not take into account reality is dissipated, and a lot of surprises are revealed. And there they are already surprised to hear that, it turns out, Ukraine is not winning. The tone of the leading media writing about the conflict is changing.

From a military point of view, Ukraine's victory is unthinkable, General Marco Bertolini said in an interview with Libero. Kiev's goals are unattainable, and the West is becoming increasingly skeptical about the potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is necessary to accept the current state of affairs and sit down at the negotiating table, the military believes.

Ukraine should forget about membership in NATO and the EU, writes Resalat. The West will not risk the appearance in its environment of a country torn apart by internal contradictions and in a state of conflict with a powerful superpower, the author believes.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved a bill simplifying the import of military equipment from the member states of the European Union (EU) and NATO. This was announced by the head of the Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament on Finance Daniil Getmantsev on Wednesday, August 23.

Vilnius is handing over to Kiev NASAMS anti-aircraft missile launchers, charges for Carl Gustaf anti-tank systems, sets of marine radars, 5.56 mm cartridges, equipment for neutralizing unmanned aerial vehicles.

Berlin also sent Kiev 10 drone sensors and 16 Zetros trucks

Germany last week supplied Ukraine with a missile for the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) and 40 RQ-35 Heidrun reconnaissance drones. This follows from the updated list of military assistance that the German government has provided to Kiev or plans to provide in the future.

The Polish leadership is trying to convince everyone that the country's army is one of the strongest in Europe, writes Myśl Polska. But if this is the case, it is strange that it fears a relatively small group of military personnel from the Wagner PMCs, which is stationed in the central regions of Belarus.

Poland will increase the budget for military spending by more than 15% next year, it follows from the data announced on Thursday by the country's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki following a meeting of the Polish government at which the draft budget law for 2024 was adopted.

The US State Department on Wednesday approved the possible sale of equipment for F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan in the amount of $ 500 million.

Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, China announced its intention to invest $1.4 trillion in the modernization of the PLA in the period from 2024 to 2028.

PLA military presence in Djibouti: geopolitical and regional aspects

The leadership of the People's Republic of China has begun the practical implementation of plans to form a system of forward basing and logistical support of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) in foreign territories.

The Aerospace Forces will replace people in several key positions

After the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Sergei Surovikin, as it became known on August 23, the main command is waiting for serious personnel changes, sources in the Russian Defense Ministry told Izvestia.

Russia has developed a special multi-shot grenade launcher for use from a drone. The patent for the product is published on the official website of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (part of Rospatent).

The Ukrainian president said earlier that a similar decision was made by the Greek authorities

Portugal is ready to take part in the training program for Ukrainian pilots on American F-16 fighters. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky at a press conference in Kiev with his Portuguese counterpart Marcel Rebelo di Souza.

Footage of the Su-27 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force has appeared on the Internet. An American-made JDAM-ER guided aerial bomb is attached to the aircraft. In the frame, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is also captured, who puts anti-Russian inscriptions on the bomb itself.

Kiev is saddened by the terms of the provision of American aircraft

Less than a couple of days after the agreement given by Washington to several European countries that own F–16 fighters to transfer a certain number of aircraft of this type to Ukraine, the Pentagon set Kiev a number of additional conditions regarding the use of American aircraft.