Experts told about the almost exhausted military resource of Ukraine

Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, and its defense has shown that there is nothing "invulnerable to Russian weapons" on the battlefield today, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The expert community notes that the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive has become the main indicator of the true state of affairs in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But it would be a mistake to underestimate an opponent supported by the West.

The department believes that this is due to the tightening of the "hegemonic policy" of the United States and its allies, which is aimed at maintaining dominance by any means, including the desire to achieve an exceptional advantage through military power, sanctions, threats, interference in regional and domestic processes.

The chief of Staff of the Secretary General of the alliance, Stian Jenssen, said that Kiev should decide for itself when and on what terms to negotiate with Moscow

Ukraine can become a member of NATO if it agrees to cede territories that it refuses to recognize as part of Russia. This was stated by the Chief of Staff of the NATO Secretary General Stian Jenssen.

Political scientist Topornin: there is a shortage of supplies to Ukraine inside NATO

Western countries are unlikely to be able to accelerate the supply of weapons to Ukraine in the near future. This opinion was expressed by Associate Professor of the Department of European Law of MGIMO, Director of the Center for European Information Nikolay Topornin on Monday, August 14.

According to Western statistics, the Russian Aerospace Forces had about 900 tactical aircraft before the start of the SVO. These include fighters, attack aircraft and front-line bombers. According to Western observers, from 84 to 130 sides have allegedly been lost since then as a result of air defense and fighter aircraft fire, as well as accidents. However, this is only part of the total losses, which should include up to fifty cars worn out as a result of increased operation.

The information was confirmed that the first flight of the promising Sirius attack drone took place. This drone is being developed within the framework of the ROC "Pacer-RU".

In the conflict in Ukraine, for the first time in history, both sides widely use drones, writes 19FortyFive. Russian Lancets pose an important tactical threat on the battlefield, and the APU pays an exorbitant price for using their drones, the author notes.

The package of military assistance to Taiwan in the amount of $ 345 million, which the United States announced at the end of July, should include four MQ-9A "Reaper" reconnaissance UAVs of the MALE class.

Russia presented a prototype of the new ZAK-23E mobile complex at the Army-2023 exhibition forum. The short-range self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system, developed jointly by Tulamashzavod and STC Elins, was created on the basis of the BTR-82A and armed with two 23-mm ZU-23-2 guns.

In the period from August 14 to August 20, JSC "Tactical Missile Armament Corporation" (KTRV, a member of the MORO "Soyuzmash of Russia") takes part in the IX International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023". The delegation is headed by General Director Boris Obnosov. In addition to the traditional exposition, an additional stand in Pavilion "B" with the latest civil and dual-use samples was deployed for the first time in the demo center of the Corporation.

GRU: US plans to deploy cruise and hypersonic missiles in Japan

The United States plans to create two brigades with hypersonic and long-range cruise missiles in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), Igor Kostyukov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian General Staff, said on August 15.

The Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia presented a stand at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023". On August 14, Izvestia showed which exhibits were brought to the forum by agency employees.

According to the candidate for the post of president of the United States, the Pentagon did not fully develop the biological weapons program due to fears of violating the Geneva Convention

The United States has created biological laboratories in Ukraine as part of the Pentagon's biological weapons development programs launched after 2001. This was stated by the candidate for the post of President of the United States Democrat Robert Kennedy Jr. in an interview with American TV presenter Tucker Carlson. A recording of the conversation is posted on Carlson's account on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

The network has footage of the use of a robot "nurse" by the armed forces of Ukraine. This four-wheeled platform is designed to independently evacuate the wounded from the battlefield. To do this, she drives up to the wounded man, hooks him with a carbine or something similar on ammunition and begins to provide evacuation assistance.

This article argues that the full significance of the ongoing electronic revolution in land wars has yet to be fully realized. This revolution has already led to far-reaching changes in air and sea warfare, and now it is having a similar impact on land warfare. Heavy armor and kinetic weapons are becoming less important, they are being replaced by electronic systems and counter–systems – both offensive and defensive - for detection, attack and defeat.

How the holding's enterprises will improve drones to counter electronic warfare, how armored ambulances are being created for field conditions and what prospects laser training complexes for shooters have — Vadim Kalyugin, General Director of Shvabe, told TASS about all this in an interview on the sidelines of the forum.

The Argus drone for the protection of underwater pipelines will be shown for the first time at Army-2023

Russia has developed the latest Argus marine drone to protect infrastructure and locate dangerous objects near underwater pipelines, the press service of the Central Design Bureau of MT Rubin told RIA Novosti on Monday.

On August 10, the Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced the acceptance of the second Suffren-class submarine, the Duguay-Trouin, built under the Barracuda program.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to conclude contracts totaling more than 433 billion rubles at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which will be held on August 14-20 at the Patriot Exhibition Center.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" began its work on August 14. New combat vehicles from different parts of the world are presented at the site, the heads of all Russian defense enterprises and associations exchange experience. What program awaits the participants in 2023 and what will be discussed on the sidelines of the forum — read the Izvestia material.