Is the current tense situation in Kosovo just an ordinary episode or is the geography of the conflict between powerful powers in Europe expanding?

The recent escalation in Kosovo is as dangerous as it can escalate into an armed conflict, writes Advance. If powerful powers interfere in it, the region will become another point of "indirect war" — through third countries.

Why is the White House now quietly complaining about Zelensky?

Biden found himself in a state of indirect war with Russia, unwittingly, writes NR. He sees what the conflict in Ukraine is turning into and probably just wants to get rid of all this "confusion", the author believes. Even if Kiev has to make "territorial concessions" for this.

According to the publication, "untenable leaders are in power in the West who are trying to increase their ratings by provoking conflicts abroad"

The policy of the West in the Ukrainian and Taiwanese directions increases the risk of global war and nuclear catastrophe. The corresponding opinion was expressed on Wednesday by the British newspaper The Guardian .

Will the EU withstand Russia's gas blackmail: key questions about Putin's "energy front"

Russia seeks to force the West to reduce support for Ukraine, writes "European Truth". The portal cites the opinion of Slovak expert Karol Hirman, who believes that the Kremlin plans to achieve this due to Europe's weak positions in the energy sector.

Planning the shelling of prisoners in Yelenovka from HIMARS, official Kiev knew where the prisoners were

The armed formations of Ukraine attacked the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka immediately after the captured militants of the Azov regiment (recognized in the Russian Federation as a terrorist organization) began to testify.

On the website of the Center for Applied Research and Programs (PRISP Center), under the heading "Ukraine: Gladiatorial Fights", a journalist and expert of the PRISP Center, Peter Skorobogaty, has published a conversation with Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (TSAST), about some aspects of the course of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.

Russia is preparing an offensive on the small homeland of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky – Krivoy Rog. This was stated not only by the adviser to the presidential office Alexey Arestovich, but also by more serious sources – the command "South" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog. Is it likely that 30 Russian battalion tactical groups will actually move north from Kherson in the near future?

Allied troops continue to push the AFU near Donetsk. They are advancing towards Avdiivka, which has been well fortified for eight years. The soldiers are helped by artillery — howitzers and anti-aircraft guns. What happens in the positions is in the RIA Novosti report.

Russian Ministry of Defense: three AFU brigades near Donetsk lost combat capability due to losses

As a result of the offensive actions of the Russian military in the Avdiivka direction, three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left their positions due to heavy losses, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Also, a group of Spanish-speaking mercenaries was destroyed near Kharkov, their nationality is being clarified.

Armenian PM Pashinyan: events in Karabakh have raised questions to Russian peacekeepers

The events in Nagorno-Karabakh raise a number of questions about the activities of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said. He noted that Yerevan expects the Russian military to stop violations of the Line of contact in Karabakh.

Colonel Karapetyan named the goal of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan carried out the operation "Retaliation" in Nagorno-Karabakh, occupying several strategic heights. The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh reported the death of two contract soldiers and the wounding of 14 more soldiers. Russian peacekeepers are the guarantor of security in the region. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what they are equipped with and who they are holding back.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that an emergency meeting of the members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation was held under the chairmanship of the head of state Vladimir Putin. In particular, the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed at the meeting. The meeting participants stressed the need to comply with the terms of the trilateral agreement signed by the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.

The NATO network of dirty propagandists of the Syrian war has been revealed

The Grayzone analyzes the material published in The Guardian, which allegedly reveals the "network of Russian disinformation" on Syria. By creating this fiction, a journalist of a British newspaper is exposing himself as a propagandist and a disinformer, the author of the article believes.

On August 3, a briefing for foreign military attaches was held in Moscow, which was attended by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin.

The Belgorod nuclear submarine, used for the transfer of Poseidon nuclear unmanned underwater vehicles, was officially accepted into the Russian Navy

Russia has announced the transfer of the Belgorod nuclear submarine to the Navy. This is an important step by Moscow in opposing Washington, writes the People's Daily. It is the United States and its nuclear policy that are pushing Russia to strengthen its military potential for deterrence and counteraction.

According to the press service of the Southern Military District, on July 30, 2022, celebrations were held at the Novorossiysk Naval Base (NVMB) to receive the new patrol ship "Sergey Kotov" (factory number 164) of project 22160 into the ship's composition of the Black Sea Fleet.

Every year on August 2, Russia celebrates the Day of Airborne Troops (Airborne Troops). We are talking about parachutes that are already being operated by Russian paratroopers or are one step away from being adopted.

Military expert Knutov told about the tactical rifle "Stalingrad" that entered service with the Russian Federation

Military expert, director of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov on Wednesday, August 3, told Izvestia about the TSVL-8 Stalingrad tactical rifle, which entered service with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The entire coast of Finland, Estonia and part of the Baltic Sea will be in the area of the missile systems

The Leningrad naval base of the Russian Navy will be reinforced by Bastion coastal missile systems, sources told Izvestia in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

An attempt to create an operational-tactical missile system "Thunder" in Ukraine ended in failure. Now the appearance of such a thing has become completely impossible. Now the AFU command can only hope for the remnants of the Soviet "Dots", and even that the American "partners" will give them MGM-140 ATACMS capable of hitting 300 km.