Russia has suspended permits for the repair of Russian helicopters at Bulgarian and Czech enterprises
Russia has decided to suspend permits for the repair of Russian helicopters at Bulgarian and Czech enterprises due to the supply of Western weapons to Kiev, as well as plans to repair Ukrainian military equipment.
The West faces isolation and collapse. Europe will be the first victim
"The Decline of Europe": chaos, humiliation and moral deformation in the context of geopolitics
After the summits of the "Big Seven" and BRICS, it became obvious that the West faces isolation from the world, writes Geopolitika.news. If there is no change in his global approach, he will begin to devour himself. In fact, this is already happening, the author of the article is sure.
The US postponed the lend-lease program for Ukraine indefinitely
Kiev's hopes for massive supplies of Western military equipment under the so-called lend-lease organized by the Americans are slowly melting away along with plans for a counteroffensive that was to take place after the AFU was saturated with American weapons. As it turned out, Washington still has not decided on the final powers of the US president under this program.
Which countries of the collective West armed Ukraine
After Euromaidan, Ukraine began to turn into a springboard for confrontation with Russia. NATO countries actively pumped up the independent with weapons, trained the Ukrainian military under the pretext of cooperation in the defense sphere, and prepared Kiev for a big war. Funds were allocated from their own budgets, sparing no money. The amounts grew from year to year.
The State Department called the amount for which the United States has supplied weapons to Ukraine since February 24
Assistant Secretary of the State Department for Military and Political Affairs Jessica Lewis said that since the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine (since February 24), the volume of military assistance to Kiev has exceeded $ 7.3 billion. The representative of the State Department announced this figure during a seminar held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"The enemy should not know": Kiev explained the secrecy of data on the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine explained the non-disclosure of information about the losses of the Ukrainian army
Kiev does not disclose information about the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, because it is "state secret during martial law," said Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Anna Malyar. She added that "the enemy should not know these figures." In early June, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops lose about a hundred people killed a day. Earlier, the United States tried to get information from Ukraine about the situation at the front - but Kiev hid this data even from an ally, The New York Times wrote.
Russian special forces are obliged to destroy HIMARS systems
Ukraine is carrying out terrorist attacks on settlements occupied by Russian troops. The main striking means for this are the American HIMARS rocket launchers recently delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. What are the features of this type of weapon, how is it most dangerous – and in what way is the Russian army able to destroy it?
The LPR showed military trophies obtained during the liberation of the republic
The press service of the LPR NM has released a video showing captured equipment and weapons obtained during the liberation of the republic. Among the samples there are the notorious American Javelin ATGM and Swedish-British NLAW, a lot of different ammunition, NATO equipment and even an absolutely undamaged Ukrainian armored car "Varta".
Izvestia showed the work of the Russian railway troops in the LPR
Russian servicemen of the railway troops of the Central Military District (CVO) in the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) have begun to assess the damage to the railway bridge destroyed by Ukrainian militants. As Alexander Morozov, a correspondent of Izvestia, told on July 14, military experts are finding out whether the bridge will be suitable for use in the future.
The Russian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region destroyed a platoon of American M777 howitzers
The armed forces of the Russian Federation in the Kharkiv region destroyed a platoon of American M777 howitzers. This was announced on Thursday, July 14, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.
Putin's next steps after Ukraine are predicted
If Putin wins in Ukraine, what will happen next?
After the victory in the Ukrainian conflict, the Russian leader has three ways, writes The Hill. According to the author of the article, Putin will either launch a new military campaign, or create an alternative to the UN, or begin to strengthen his legacy inside the country.
Putin allowed the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Rosgvardiya to neutralize ammunition
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing emergency rescue formations and units of the fire service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and engineering and sapper units of the troops of the Russian Guard to give powers to search and neutralize unexploded ordnance. The document is published on the official portal of legal information.
Russia and Turkey have learned to negotiate. In the USA, they are nervous
Putin wants to get out of the cage, Erdogan will try to help
Russia is trying to get out of isolation, Ilta-Sanomat writes. The correspondent of the publication gives his opinion on how and why Erdogan is helping Moscow in this, and also comments on the situation in the Middle East on the eve of the Russian president's visit to Iran.
Head of the BRICS Forum: Three more countries have expressed their intention to become members of the association
President of the BRICS International Forum Purnima Anand said that Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey intend to become members of the international organization. According to her, during the 14th summit of the BRICS leaders, which was held in Beijing in a virtual format from June 23 to 24, this issue was discussed by China, Russia and India. Earlier, Iran and Argentina have already submitted applications to join the BRICS.
According to the actual supplies of VIVT, the BRICS countries are present in 27 of the 29 categories of conventional weapons
Below are the ratings of the CAMTO of the positions of the BRICS countries on the actual supplies of VIVT for certain categories of weapons in 2013-2020. The BRICS countries are present in 27 of the 29 categories of ViVT.
Representatives of the defense departments of the CSTO countries discussed issues of improving personnel training
From July 12 to 13, an educational and methodological gathering was held in Moscow with the heads of basic educational and methodological organizations for the training of military personnel for the CSTO countries and basic research organizations of the CSTO in the field of research of problems of military cooperation.
Putin signed the law on ensuring the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during special operations abroad
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the provision of armed forces during counter-terrorism and other operations abroad.
The source reported on the possible extension of the construction of the APRKSN series of the Borey-A project and the Yasen-M project
The series of strategic nuclear submarines of the Borey-A project and multipurpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project can be continued, this option is currently being considered. This was reported by a source in the Russian defense industry.
Kamashev, Matviyevsky: electric car batteries will gain a "second life"
In May, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the revived Moskvich plant would produce electric cars in the future. Plans to launch domestic production of electric cars were announced by KAMAZ, Kaliningrad Avtotor, and Lipetsk Motorinvest.
Germany and Slovenia agreed to speed up the dispatch of the M-80A BMP to Ukraine
Germany and Slovenia have agreed to speed up the round-trip exchange procedure, as a result of which Slovak BVP M-80 infantry fighting vehicles will be sent to Ukraine. This was announced at a joint press conference of the heads of state.