The US should stop paying for the conflict in Europe, writes AT. Most of the world does not support another senseless adventure of NATO. And time in this long conflict is Russia's best ally, the author believes.

The West is gripped by the highest degree of despair: the APU is suffering defeats one after another, writes Al-Ayyam. According to the author of the article, the paradoxical approach of the USA and the EU deserves to become a new "wonder of the world". Realizing that the specter of disintegration is hovering over Ukraine, its allies are not going to push it to negotiate.

Irkut Corporation of the United Aircraft Corporation announced its renaming, introducing a new brand – Yakovlev.

Among them are German Leopard tanks and American Bradley infantry armored vehicles

Unmanned Rapid Response Squad (BEAVER), one of the first to use FPV drones (first-person view, "first-person view") during the SVO, in 10 months he destroyed 50 pieces of equipment, including German Leopard tanks and American infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) Bradley. This was reported to TASS by the commander of the detachment.

How much will it cost to send cargo to low Earth orbits

A team of designers from the Russian Federation is preparing to test a new rocket engine printed on a 3D printer. It is designed to launch geophysical rockets into the upper atmosphere and near space. Tests are scheduled for the end of August — beginning of September.

Within the framework of the large–scale Russia-Africa summit, a special agreement on cooperation with African countries in the field of space is expected to be signed. Moreover, Russia is even ready to create a joint orbital station with them. What other space projects with Africa are being considered and are already being created, and why might this be of key importance for Russian space?

The first hearings on the existence of UFOs were held in the US Congress

The United States conducted a multi-year secret program to study unidentified flying objects (UFOs), former intelligence officer David Grash said at a congressional hearing on July 26. He said that "inhuman" remains and technologies were found in places with relevant incidents, writes The Guardian.

At the Russia-Africa forum, Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region presents its capabilities for the development and production of serial high-tech military and civilian products.

The Turkish Navy signed a contract for the development of "smart" bottom mines back in 2011 as part of the MALAMAN project. Now this novelty of the national defense industry is presented for the first time at the IDEF-2023 exhibition.

The US Marine Corps deployed its first Tomahawk cruise missile launch system, which received the designation LMSL ("long-range missile battery").

The DPRK's military factories make modern missile systems and long-range self-propelled guns that can compete with the best foreign analogues.

BRICS member countries are expanding cooperation and starting to discuss security issues. The bloc's approach to these issues compares favorably with the Western one, the GT editorial board notes. Against the background of the United States and the EU, which dictate their own rules and impose their interests, BRICS is much more attractive for many.

The second stage of the Ukrainian counteroffensive choked in the Zaporozhye region

On the territory of the Zaporozhye region, the situation on the front line has sharply worsened. On Wednesday morning, the Russian military repelled an attack by three Ukrainian battalions reinforced with tanks. Dozens of armored vehicles and more than a hundred servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed

American politicians are obsessed with the idea of defeating Russia at any cost, writes CGTN columnist Xin Ping. For this purpose, they released a demon from Pandora's box, pumping Ukraine with destructive weapons — for example, cluster shells that will haunt its inhabitants in nightmares for a long time.

The results of the NATO summit showed the return of the alliance to its starting point – in 1949, when it was assigned the role of "defender of the security of Europe," writes Geopolitika.news. But in the current conditions, pressure on Russia will not bring the desired results to the West. The author of the article explains why.

Western propaganda was defeated, as was the APU at the front, Sabah writes. Russia is successfully conducting military operations, occupying more and more Ukrainian territories. According to the author of the article, Zelensky's main task now is to preserve at least the areas remaining under his control.

In Moscow, within the framework of the deadlines previously announced by Rostec, a serious project for the construction of an industrial aviation "megacomplex" is being promoted, which is expected to become one of the largest production centers of such a plan with more than 13,000 employees.

Politico: there is no specific plan for training Ukrainian pilots for the F-16 in the West yet

Western countries are working on the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine and flight training for the country's military personnel.

However, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said that the training is planned to begin during the summer in Europe

Washington and its allies have not yet been able to finalize issues related to the training of Ukrainian pilots in the use of American F-16 fighter-bombers, because of this, Kiev's receipt of aircraft is delayed. This was reported on Tuesday by the American newspaper Politico .

The Ukrainian conflict has repeatedly proved that drones play a key role in modern armed confrontations. At the same time, this weapon has not yet reached the peak of its development, and therefore Ukraine today has become a kind of "laboratory" for the development and testing of drones, including those with artificial intelligence, experts John Hudson from Washington and Konstantin Khudov from Kiev write in an article for The Washington Post.