The West and Ukraine are facing a harsh reality. It is not necessary to count on the future success of the AFU counteroffensive, Defense News writes. The American intelligence community strongly doubts that Ukraine will break through the Russian defense and hold positions.

Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that NATO's strategy in Ukraine did not lead to the desired result, writes Breitbart. He noted that the opposite effect is observed, contrary to Western expectations: Russia does not capitulate, and sanctions have not led to tangible consequences for its economy.

The United States has not refused to help Ukraine — permission for the supply of F-16 is proof of this, writes Professor Shoji Mutsuji in an article for Yahoo News Japan. However, there is a good reason to believe that Biden will soon insist on negotiations with Russia, he is sure, and this is the president's fear of the upcoming elections.

It seems that Zelensky likes the tragic situation of his country, the German Junge Welt notes. He invited Western gunsmiths to make Ukraine their workshop. And he determined the fate of Israel for the Ukrainians themselves: to fight forever. An eerie prospect from the point of view of any normal citizen.

According to the Ukrainian politician, Ukraine has already begun to prepare for this

Western countries will reduce financial and military assistance to Kiev and eventually reduce it to nothing under the pretext of corruption in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the former leader of the now banned in Ukraine party "Opposition Platform - For Life" Viktor Medvedchuk.

On August 29, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 250 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to about $ 43.5 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $ 45 billion.

Reznikov demanded that companies from Poland return money for military orders

Polish companies must return money to Kiev for unfulfilled military orders. This opinion was expressed on August 29 by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

As noted in the Swiss Federal Council, this step underlines Bern's support for "persons affected by the war and the political process of reconstruction of Ukraine"

Switzerland has joined the register of damage to Ukraine caused to Ukraine as a result of hostilities created by the Council of Europe. This was reported by the Swiss government - the Federal Council.

The country's Defense Minister Krysztof Szalai-Bobrownicki explained this by the fact that Kiev has not yet excluded the Hungarian OTP bank from its list of "international sponsors of the war"

Hungary refused to discuss the allocation of funds by the European Union for military assistance to Ukraine, since the authorities of this country have not yet excluded the Hungarian OTP bank from their list of "international sponsors of the war."

In previous publications, we talked about Poland's preparation for armed aggression against Belarus, as indicated by the strategic deployment of Polish troops.

Despite the debate in parliament, the British command defended the need for further reduction in the size of the army.

Until recently, the main borrower in the global arms market was Poland, the bulk of whose debt falls on South Korea and was formed for the supply of tanks, self-propelled guns, light fighters and other equipment. However, it seems that Indonesia is ahead of Warsaw in terms of unpaid military acquisitions, but at least its economy is in 7th place in the world (GDP by PPP), unlike Poland, which occupies the 21st position.

All agreements that have been concluded between Niger and France in the field of security and defense are canceled. This was stated by the National Council for the Protection of the Fatherland of Niger, Al-Arabiya TV channel reports.

As reported by JSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), on August 29, 2023, the first prototype of the "import-substituted" Russian short-haul aircraft SJ-100 (SSJ-NEW), manufactured by the Production Center of PJSC Yakovlev (part of the Rostec State Corporation UAC) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, made its first flight there. During the tests, the stable operation of all domestic systems, controllability and stability of the aircraft in the air were confirmed.

On the eve of the HeliRussia-2023 exhibition, UEC-Klimov JSC held a regular conference of the General Designer of the enterprise Vsevolod Eliseev. The purpose of the annual event is to communicate with the operators of aircraft on which Klimov engines are installed.

On August 29, the Polish company PZL Mielec demonstrated the first part of the fuselage of the F-16 fighter released by it – one of the elements of the rear part of the aircraft body.

Russia has transferred Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers to the Olenya airbase on the Kola Peninsula, Ilta-Sanomat reports. The shortest distance from there to the Finnish border is only about 150 kilometers.

The transfer of the F-16 to Kiev will not be a panacea, CNN reports. It will take months to train pilots — not counting the time to learn English. In addition, the vaunted fighters have not fulfilled any of their goals in 10 years and have never encountered a powerful Russian air defense.

Denmark and the Netherlands will supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters, but even this will not help the APU, Milliyet writes. Russian Su-35 and MiG-31 aircraft are superior to the F-16. Moreover, Ukrainians simply cannot cope with the maintenance and management of Western equipment, especially in combat conditions.

The German Chancellor avoided a direct answer to the question about possible deliveries of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kiev

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz avoided a direct answer to the question about possible deliveries of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kiev, noting that Germany's priority is to provide Ukraine with air defense and artillery ammunition.