How many weapons has Germany already provided to Ukraine

Russia admits that Germany will cross the "red line" and decide to send long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine. This was reported to Izvestia by the Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev.

According to the publication, both the Federal Chancellor's office and the Ministry of Defense denied information that a decision on supplies has already been made or is expected soon

The German authorities, contrary to some media reports, are not yet ready to hand over long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Kiev. This was reported by the Bild newspaper with reference to its own sources.

Fierce competition causes accelerated technology development

Missiles of various ranges, both ballistic and cruise, become not only an "addition" to aviation, but also its replacement (as a rule, of course, partial). Sometimes a country needs such a replacement because of the weakness of its aviation.

The technologies that made it possible to develop hypersonic weapons have launched a new round of rivalry between the world's largest powers, such as China, Russia and the United States. At the same time, Beijing and Moscow, unlike Washington, have achieved tangible results in this area today.

On the eve of the exhibition, the interim Director General of the Institute Anton Semenyako gave an interview to RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev.

The company clarified that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation had previously proposed to expand the use of machines of this family, including making them carriers of various additional weapons

JSC Remdiesel, after visiting the production facility in Naberezhnye Chelny by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu, at the suggestion of the military department, developed two new versions of the MT-LB multipurpose light armored tractors: sanitary and equipped with an anti-aircraft installation. Both modifications will be presented at the upcoming Army-2023 forum, the company told TASS.

Uralvagonzavod clarified that this variant of the tank support combat vehicle still has no analogues in domestic and foreign tank construction in terms of a combination of firepower and security

Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, part of Rostec) will present a variant of the Terminator tank support combat vehicle (BMPT), which makes it possible to modernize the decommissioned T-72 tanks at the Army-2023 forum, the press service of the concern told TASS.

The Ukrainian puppet regime associates a lot of hopes with the imminent delivery of American M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks.

The Western defense industry has been trying for years to create robotic vehicles designed to transport goods. So, in 2014, during the RIMPAC exercises, the US Marine Corps tested a product from Boston Dynamics on four "paws" when transferring a match over rough terrain.

The Research Institute of Steel has tested one of its products designed to protect the personnel of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian developers have tested the Aegis anti-splinter blanket.

On August 9, 2023, the official laying ceremony for the Spanish Navy of the lead frigate F 111 Bonifaz in a series of five ships of the new project F-110 took place at the enterprise of the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia in El Ferrol. The ceremony of the first steel cutting for the ship took place on April 6, 2022.

The military intelligence of the Kiev regime has published on its official portal footage captured by cameras mounted on marine drones that attacked Russian vessels in the Black Sea.

After the start of the special operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to actively use marine drones to carry out attacks on Russian ships and infrastructure. As noted in the publication Covert Shores, after a number of experiments, shock BPA began to be created on a standard base, which is represented by jet skis of the Kawasaki STX family.

The portfolio of unmanned boats (BEC) of Turkey is continuously expanding. New systems are being developed to meet the various needs of the Navy. The country has a balanced roadmap of unmanned naval programs focused on various scenarios of war at sea.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on August 9, 2023, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, held a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at the National Defense Management Center.

The international military-technical forum "Army-2023" will be held in Kubinka near Moscow from August 14 to 20. Traditionally, most of the exposition will be occupied by the stands of the holdings and enterprises belonging to the Rostec State Corporation. They will present about a thousand samples of weapons and equipment.

An emergency happened at the warehouse of a fireworks manufacturer who was declared bankrupt and disrupted supplies for the Ministry of Defense

It is not the first time that the company that rented a warehouse at the factory where the explosion occurred on August 9 has come to the attention of law enforcement agencies.

Britain has adopted the largest recent package of sanctions against a number of individuals and legal entities for their "work for the needs of the Russian army."

In a year and a half, the VFU received $160 billion worth of weapons, the Minister of Defense estimated

The countries of the collective West, investing significant resources in Ukraine, create serious risks of further escalation of the conflict, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on August 9.

The Ukrainian offensive has been going on for more than two months. Despite local successes, the defense was not broken through. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing on another sector of the front. About the situation on the contact line — in the material of RIA Novosti.