The British government has approved the initiative of Altitude Angel to create an air corridor "Skyway" for testing UAVs of any type. It will be the longest highway of its kind in the world with a length of 265 km, which will connect the cities of Reading, Oxford, Cambridge and Milton Keynes. Access to conventional aircraft will be closed here, but drone manufacturers will be able to use the Skyway without hindrance.

Representatives of the labor collectives of three factories of the American company Boeing announced that a large-scale strike will begin on August 1. We are talking about factories located in the states of Illinois and Missouri. The information is noteworthy due to the fact that these enterprises are actively producing military products – aircraft and drones of various modifications for both the US Air Force and "partner countries".

With reference to Chinese media, Western sources announced the first flight of a "mysterious Chinese helicopter of innovative design" intended for military use. A self-funded project for its development was launched in March 2019 by Changhe Aircraft Industry Group and the China Helicopter Research and Development Institute (China Helicopter Research and Development Institute). Both structures are members of the China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC).

In recent years, the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) has become more dangerous and aggressive. This was stated by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milli. The military commander noted that over the past five years it has been necessary to repeatedly intercept Chinese aircraft and warships in the Pacific region.

The Latvian public is shocked – the country has suddenly announced plans to revive compulsory conscription. The authorities attribute this, of course, to the need to prepare for "Russian aggression." It is believed that this idea was imposed on Riga by senior NATO partners, where, as is known, there is no mandatory conscription. And this is not the only reason why Latvian society perceives such plans without much joy.

While the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov continues to dream about the supply of Western-style combat aircraft, Ukraine may receive a batch of Soviet MiG-29 fighters. As reported by the British TV channel Sky News. Slovakia still decided to betray its fighters to Kiev.

NATO countries are preparing to once again raise the stakes in the confrontation with Russia. The chief of staff of the US Air Force, General Charles Brown, said that the West could transfer modern combat aircraft to Kiev. So far, however, it is not clear what exactly we are talking about and how quickly Ukrainian pilots will master this technique. About the sensational initiative — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Who benefits from Ukraine's problems?

While billions of dollars and euros are regularly flowing into the Ukrainian treasury, Kiev does not have the slightest incentive to negotiate a cessation of hostilities, writes American Thinker. Ukrainian corrupt officials, the military-industrial complex of the USA and Europe are profiting from the conflict. They do not care about the suffering and death of people.

Security Architecture and the Collapse of Europe

The current political elites of Europe are already the last century, and they are leaving, writes Pravda. A new security architecture is being formed in the world. The uprising against the unipolar world can no longer be stopped. And the West will have to pay off centuries-old debts that will not be limited only to Russian ambitions.

The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the SBU is preparing a provocation with the use of hexane in Slavyansk

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the SBU was preparing a provocation with the use of hexane in Slavyansk. According to the agency, the special services plan to blow up more than 120 tons of hexane at the fat-and-oil plant and accuse the Russian military of indiscriminate strikes on dangerous objects. The Ministry also reported an attempt by the Ukrainian military to land on boats near Kherson. According to the ministry, two landing boats of the Ukrainian Navy were destroyed.

Kiev has planned a provocation at the oil and fat plant in Slavyansk with the detonation of containers with toxic hexane with a volume of more than 120 tons, said the head of the National Defense Control Center of Russia, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.

Today, about 22% of the territory of Ukraine is under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the issue of the number of Ukrainian losses during the Russian military special operation launched on February 24 remains debatable.

The FSB stated that they prevented the hijacking of Russian military aircraft by the special services of Ukraine

The Federal Security Service of Russia stated that they had stopped the operation of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to hijack Russian Air Force combat aircraft - Su-24M, Su-34 and Tu-22M3. According to the agency, the actions of Ukrainians were supervised by NATO special services.

The Federal Security Service announced the disruption of the operation of the military intelligence of Ukraine to hijack the aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. This allowed our counterintelligence to obtain data on the location of Ukrainian air defense systems, aerodrome diagrams and elevation maps. What was the Ukrainian intelligence counting on, trying to bribe Russian pilots, what is the role of the British MI6 in this adventure and how did the special services manage to disrupt the enemy's operation?

Over the weekend, the Russian military launched powerful missile strikes on the military infrastructure of Ukraine

The armed forces of the Russian Federation last weekend inflicted several powerful blows on the military infrastructure of Ukraine. In the seaport of Odessa, a Ukrainian warship and a warehouse of American anti-ship missiles "Harpoon" were hit. Also, as a result of the strike, an enterprise for the repair and modernization of Ukrainian Navy ships was destroyed. Military aviation equipment was destroyed by high-precision weapons at the Kanatovo airfield. In addition, several headquarters of Ukrainian armed formations were liquidated over the weekend. Experts believe that these strikes are part of the preparation for a new stage of a special military operation.

Turkey's leader remains a headache for Biden, despite his help in the deal with Ukraine

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become a "headache" for American leader Joe Biden, writes The New York Times. This is due to the fact that Ankara often pursues a policy that is at odds with the agenda of Western countries and "drives the administration of the American leader crazy."

The championship of workers and engineering professions "Time of the first" has started in the capital. For the first time, the competitions united both active masters of their craft and the younger generation on one site, becoming the largest in the history of Rostec corporate championships. More than 700 employees of the State Corporation and more than 1,000 schoolchildren of the capital take part in the event.

The Kronshtadt silent submarine will cover strategic missile submarines

The underwater "black hole" — that's what the navy calls this submarine — will replenish the Northern Fleet in the fall. The Ministry of Defense has approved a plan to transfer the Kronstadt submarine of Project 677 Lada to the Navy.

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in the article by Polina Smertina and Dmitry Kozlov, "Icebreakers say goodbye to LNG. Norilsk Nickel and Rosatom will build them diesel," Norilsk Nickel and Rosatom decided to build a diesel-electric icebreaker, abandoning the use of a fuel system on liquefied natural gas (LNG). They want to install only Russian equipment on the icebreaker, including Transmashholding diesel engines and conventional shaft lines instead of imported propeller columns. The refusal to use the LNG fuel system was expected due to sanctions, analysts say.

There are five possible answers to the question "why does Russia not jam GPS in Ukraine more strongly?", writes Dana Howard, president of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation (RNTF), in the American edition of Defense News.