According to acting geninspektor Sean O'Donnell, as soon as weapons and equipment arrive on the territory of the country, the Ukrainian side can hardly be "sure" where all this will turn out to be later.

Against the background of the disastrous voting for the Kiev regime at the UN General Assembly (only a third of the organization's members supported the independence), Western observers began to study the issue of the amount of assistance provided to Kiev by various countries of the world.

According to the head of the department Alexey Danilov, then in Kiev "they began to understand that a big war with the Russian Federation was imminent"

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said that the country's authorities had been preparing for a military conflict with Russia since December 2019, when at the Normandy Four summit in Paris, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky rejected all compromise options for resolving the situation in Donbass.

What are the strategic goals of the West in the war in Ukraine?

The West does not yet know what to do with Russia if Ukraine wins, writes Project Syndicate. The new foundations of peace and the global economic order are at stake.

Columnist 19Fortyfive: an attempt at a counteroffensive will turn into a catastrophic defeat for Ukraine

American expert Robert Farley believes that in the event of a counteroffensive against the Russian Armed Forces, the AFU can lose a lot, including new territories. Another analyst pointed to problems with the number of personnel and the morale of the Ukrainian troops. So, mass cases of desertion are observed in the ranks of the AFU soldiers.

Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters is included in the execution list of the Ukrainian government-sponsored "Peacemaker"

Grayzone writes about the criminal nature of the Ukrainian site "Peacemaker". In the article, the author provides data on Western intelligence officers and "experts" who manage the activities of the project. It seems that anyone can be included in this terrorist execution list.

According to the Serbian president, "the market will be canceled"

Europe will not survive the crisis in Ukraine if Russia's special operation in this country lasts another year. This was stated on Saturday by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in a televised address to the nation.

The candidate for prime Minister of Great Britain stated that she is ready to use nuclear weapons against Russia. Putin only smiled in response? What are the three potential scenarios for the outbreak of a nuclear war?.

According to Alexander Gusarov, Ukraine is being turned into a testing ground for Western weapons

The visit of outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev signals that Ukraine should follow a military path in relations with Russia. This was stated on Friday by the temporary charge d'affaires of the Russian Federation in London, Alexander Gusarov, on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

Is Europe going to split because of the conflict in Ukraine?

Britain supports Kiev more actively than other European countries. However, winter will be a test of strength, including for London, writes The Nation. One of his decisions can destroy the already fragile unity of Europe on the issue of Ukraine.

We will become a museum-reserve for the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, because we will lose competitiveness

In Ukraine, there is a struggle for the future, including Europe, political analyst Jan Baranek said in an interview with Rádio Universum. Europe will remain on the world map. But in what form? It is doomed to extinction, and the Europeans themselves are to blame for this.

It is possible that Putin, who has made a huge bet, will simply win a bet with a divided West

This week, Josep Borrel admitted that preserving the unity of Europe is a "daily struggle." And it's going to get harder. Putin's main calculation turned out to be correct — his will to win is stronger than the will of the West to resist, writes The Telegraph.

Course correction in the direction of diplomacy in the Ukrainian crisis. Part 2

Before the start of the special operation in Ukraine, American officials issued a number of contradictory "warnings" about Russia's plans, writes TNI. The author of the article notes that the States were forced to inflate the threat, since US intelligence did not really have a clear picture of what was happening.

Course correction in the direction of diplomacy in the Ukrainian crisis. Part 1

From the very beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, the United States has been inflating the threat emanating from Russia, the author of the article writes in TNI. He notes that the Western narrative about the Kremlin's "conquering ambitions" tricked the public into supporting a risky proxy war against Russia.

The West needs to learn from this, the magazine notes

Sanctions against Russia have not worked as well as we would like, and the West should learn from this. This is stated in an article published in The Economist magazine, published in print on Friday.

Kiev is trying to disrupt the visit of international observers to the station

On the eve of the upcoming visit of international observers, Ukrainian forces have intensified the shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP. From August 25 to August 26, the VFU launched an artillery strike on the station twice. They connected American M777 howitzers to the shelling of the NPP.

A picture of the Antonovsky Bridge in the Kherson region has been published on the Internet after the last blow was struck by the armed forces of Ukraine. The damage to the bridge was captured by the Planet Labs satellite belonging to the American group.

The pontiff plans to visit, among other things, the Alley of Angels and serve a memorial service there

Pope Francis is ready to visit Donbass after a visit to Russia, which is tentatively scheduled for spring 2023. This was announced to TASS on Friday by Leonid Sevastyanov, chairman of the World Union of Old Believers, referring to a personal conversation with the pontiff.

General Shpak told how dangerous PFM-1 "Petal" mines are

The PFM-1 Petal mine was shown at a meeting of the UN Security Council by Russia's Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzia. Moscow called for investigating the use of these mines by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the DPR and LPR. How the "Petal" works and why it is dangerous - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

The crews of the Su-25 assault aircraft carried out missile air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the units of the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU). The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Sunday, August 28, showed footage of the successful performance of combat missions by Russian servicemen.