On August 18, 2022, the US Army announced the choice of a complex with the JUMP 20 unmanned aerial vehicle of the American company AeroVironment following the results of a tender within the first stage (Increment 1) of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) program for the purchase of a promising tactical reconnaissance UAV to replace the AAI RQ-7 Shadow unmanned complexes at the brigade level.

Indian state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has announced plans to open its office in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.

According to the newspaper "Take-Off", at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022", the holding "Russian Helicopters" for the first time presented a new version of the modernization of the Mi-28N army combat helicopter at Kubinka airfield. It provides for the refinement of previously released Mi-28N vehicles by equipping them with dual controls, a new optoelectronic station and an on-board defense complex, as well as expanding the range of guided missile weapons.

The governor of Sevastopol clarified that the drone was shot down over the Black Sea Fleet headquarters building

The headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet was attacked by a drone on Saturday, there were no casualties. The governor of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that now the approaches and entrances to the fleet headquarters are blocked by the police. Over the past two days, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have unsuccessfully tried to attack the areas of Yevpatoria, Kerch and Sevastopol.

Russia sent fighter jets with hypersonic missiles to the area of Denmark

The only purpose that the Russian maneuver to transfer the MiG-31 serves is to deter NATO, a Danish military expert said in an interview with TV2. In his opinion, this is not a cause for concern

General Popov explained why the Russian Armed Forces deployed MiG-31 with Dagger missiles near Kaliningrad

Three Russian MiG-31 interceptor fighters equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were deployed to the Kaliningrad region. They are capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 2 thousand km. at a speed that makes it impossible to intercept them with modern missile defense systems. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out for what purpose it was done.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels, called on Pristina and Belgrade to exercise restraint and avoid violence, specifying that the prevention of a new escalation should be resolved through direct negotiations between the parties to the conflict. At the same time, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance warned that in the event of an aggravation of the situation, NATO's International Security Forces (KFOR) will be ready to intervene in order to stabilize the situation.

NATO is in a hurry to stop the Russian threat where Europe has slack

Six months have passed since the start of hostilities in Ukraine, and the question has arisen why the strengthening of the Black Sea region has begun only now, Bloomberg reports. The authors of the article state that NATO has already significantly increased its presence at the eastern borders of the alliance.

Austria, the last bastion of European neutrality

While most countries of the world remain neutral towards the conflict in Ukraine, Europe has said goodbye to it, writes Advance. Only one country is still holding out. For how long?

Is European security under threat?

Europe is going through a number of serious and sometimes unprecedented crises for its modern history, writes the Lebanese newspaper Al Mayadeen. The author of the article emphasizes that four types of EU security were at risk at once.

The Polish authorities intend to increase the number of armed forces three times – up to 300 thousand people. However, the population of the country is in no hurry to replenish the military ranks, there are not enough sergeants and officers to man new units, and the available material base is not enough to equip the troops.

Europe is a continent of chaos! It is gripped by a political, economic, environmental crisis

Europe is going through the worst of times, writes Türkiye. The pandemic, the Ukrainian conflict, refugees, heat and drought, the energy crisis – it is surrounded by chaos on all sides. The author of the article makes gloomy predictions.

The further expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance to the east in the form of the admission of Sweden and Finland to its membership will not change Moscow's goals in Ukraine, according to the director of the Institute of Military Strategy of Poland, General Bohuslav Samol.

The Baltic states, along with the United States, Great Britain and Poland, are the most active supporters of Ukraine, helping the Zelensky regime even to their detriment. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have far surpassed other countries in their Russophobia, making it the basis of state policy.

On August 19, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a large-scale new package of military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 775 million. Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 now reaches $9.9 billion. The total amount of US military aid to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $ 12.6 billion.

Western journalists, retired military men, politicians and experts of all stripes are racing to analyze the situation in Ukraine, make forecasts and even give advice to Zelensky on how to conduct a military campaign. The British The Economist also did not stand aside, having published a program article in which it calls on the leadership of Ukraine not to rush with the attack on Kherson.

Ukraine has only three months left before the winter betrayal

In the coming winter, a massive surge of discontent may occur in the West, which will force leaders to reconsider their support for Ukraine, writes The Telegraph. The author of the article believes that the leaders of the countries will be tempted to accept Putin's peace proposal and refuse to support Zelensky.

"Accepting Ukraine into NATO is a provocation." Interview with philosopher Noam Chomsky

Thinker and linguist Noam Chomsky gave an interview to the Mexican El Universal. He criticized the US position on Russia and Ukraine, supported the idea of negotiations expressed by Kissinger and told how the current stereotype of the Wild West has developed.

Western unity regarding Ukraine is fragile, and Russia knows about it

Western support for Ukraine risks to come to naught due to the economic crisis, which sanctions against Moscow are to blame, writes TNI. Russia is demonstrating resilience, which cannot be said about the Europeans. They are horrified by the hardships they have had to face.

Washington is looking for a new place in the world, neglecting partners

The discussion of the foreign policy of the White House and its allies aimed at escalating the conflict in Ukraine continues on the pages of the Western media. Some experts say that the real purpose of aggravating this crisis is not the struggle for democracy and the creation of a just society, but the rigid desire of the United States to maintain a dominant position in the world, the desire to provoke a coup d'etat in Russia and take it outside the countries that determine the emerging world order.