Kiev does not need American A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft, better known as Warthog ("Warthog"), the Ukrainian Defense Ministry would like to get F-16 fighters. This statement was made by the adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuriy Sak.

The Ukrainian conflict and US decisions

The final decision on what kind of assistance the United States will provide to Ukraine should be made in Washington, not in Kiev, Dmitry Simes writes. He lists the miscalculations of the American authorities in relations with Russia and insists on resolving the conflict through negotiations.

The American magazine The National Interest published an article by publicist Dmitry Simes. In it, he identifies and criticizes the mistakes of the United States made during the Ukrainian conflict. Symes recalls that recently US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made a speech in which he praised the Ukrainian military achievements. However, Symes believes that Moscow's early miscalculations are a poor criterion for assessing the prospects of the conflict. After all, the experience of numerous wars waged by the Russian (and Soviet) state proves the opposite.

Europe's solidarity is fake, and Putin knows about it

The EU countries dodged, made up tall tales, imitated compromises, but still they managed to agree on gas savings, Bloomberg writes. The author considers this story very revealing and draws a hard conclusion: Europe is not able to defend itself from "enemies". He also calls them.

Politico: Zelensky demanded the return of lost territories in a few weeks

The Politico edition reports that the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, demanded the return of the lost territories in a few weeks, since with the onset of winter it will become significantly more difficult to conduct hostilities. Meanwhile, a petition has been created in Ukraine demanding that the authorities return to the negotiating table.

Control over this area opens the way to the final liberation of the territory of Donbass

The People's Militia of the Luhansk Republic took control of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant in Svetlodarsk, the command of the 2nd corps of the LPR NM reported on July 26.

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Foreign companies against the background of the military operation to protect Donbass began to announce the termination of work or suspension of sales of their products in Russia.

China sends soldiers and tanks to Russia for large-scale exercises involving 37 countries

Five months after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, China is sending troops and tanks to Russia for large-scale exercises, writes the Daily Express. For the readers of the newspaper, the information about the ARMI-2022 was unexpected. "37 countries? And I was told that Russia is isolated," writes one of them.

"Soyuz-2.1b will provide almost the same output mass at the new inclination as Soyuz-2.1a at the previous inclination of the ISS at 51.6 degrees

A serious reduction in the mass of the Soyuz spacecraft due to the transition to a new inclination, which will be used by the Russian orbital service station (ROSS), will not be required.

The topic of military-technical cooperation will be discussed at the meeting of the Presidents of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which will be held on August 5 in Sochi, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on reports about Russia's interest in cooperation with the manufacturer Bayraktar.

The Russian Defense Ministry has called for a change in the order of passage along the Northern Sea Route for foreign warships. The military department proposes to oblige them to request permission to travel through Russian waters.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, speaking at a meeting of Vladimir Putin with members of the government, said that Russia plans to increase neon production to 180 thousand cubic meters next year. m and provide almost a quarter of the world's needs. He also said that Bauman Moscow State Technical University has already launched a full-scale production of high-purity neon, necessary for the production of microchips.

Designers from North Korea in the late 70s managed to create a long-range self-propelled artillery installation, which received the Western designation M-1978 or "Koksan". In honor of the town where she was first spotted by American intelligence.

In accordance with the contract concluded with Seoul, Warsaw will launch its own production of Korean K2 "Black Panther" tanks. The first copies of these combat vehicles should be handed over to the Polish army in 2026, according to the Polish Defense Ministry.

The Keldysh Center, located in the Moscow Likhobors, has been engaged in space engines since its foundation. Now work is underway here on one of the most promising projects of Russian cosmonautics – a nuclear tug for interplanetary flights "Zeus".

The AFU received an additional supply of heavy weapons from Berlin. Germany handed over to the Ukrainian army the previously promised MARS-II MLRS, as well as three Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery units, with which Kiev is already familiar.

Russian troops are increasingly using light multipurpose guided missiles (LMUR) during a special military operation in Ukraine. In particular, we are talking about such weapons, which are designated by the code name "Product 305" ("Product 305E"). "Military Review" earlier in one of the videos published footage that was captured using the camera of the missile itself by one of the means of Russian combat aviation. Then the LMUR hit the hangar in which the enemy's military equipment was located.

The main military rivals of the West - Russia and China are increasingly improving in the creation of a new type of weapon - hypersonic missiles. These missiles can reach speeds many times faster than the speed of sound, which makes it problematic to track and eliminate them. This is how the British media provide information.

Russian S-300 and S-400 air defense systems will not be able to shoot down American F22 and F35 fighters?

Stealth is the most important advantage of stealth fighters, which causes a lot of trouble in the fight against them. American F-22 and F-35 fighters are no exception. According to the Sina user, even such air defense systems as the Russian S-300 and S-400 cannot cope with them.

An anti-aircraft gunner from the "O" group reported that the air defense forces are shooting down HIMARS in the Donbass from the Buk air defense system

The missiles of the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, which have been used by Ukrainian nationalists in the Donbass since the end of June, are now being neutralized with the help of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), an officer of the anti-aircraft troops from the O (Brave) group said on Tuesday, July 26.