Dmitry Litovkin — about what is known and what can be assumed about the missile system being developed for the Russian Navy

The Russian military-industrial complex continues to surprise with new developments. As it became known to TASS sources, a new Serpentine missile system with a hypersonic striking element is being developed in the country.

The Russian Army will receive new complexes of automated fire control of military air defense (air defense) "Magister-SV" in 2023. The complex was developed by specialists of NPP "Rubin" (part of the holding "Roselectronics"). This was reported in the press service of the holding, reports TASS.

Canada has decided to join its allies with plans for space and create a special space unit that will be responsible for operations on earth and space. As stated in the Ministry of Defense, the military appreciated the importance of space troops for the security of the country.

According to the American resource "Breaking Defense" in the Teresa Hitchens material "Newest sats launched by DoD include jammer-evading, classified payloads" ("The latest satellites launched by the US Department of Defense include a secret payload to avoid interference"), on July 2, 2022, Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne air launch vehicle It has placed seven small experimental military satellites with promising secret payloads into low-Earth orbit as part of the US Department of Defense space testing program.

At the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region, the installation of all seventeen levels of the cable refueling tower for the Angara family launch vehicles has been completed. This was told by the press service of Roscosmos.

The US Air Force has lost the MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone. The American drone fell on the territory of Romania, the fall of the "Reaper" was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the country.

The Israeli company Air began full-fledged tests of its One flying machine in June, and to date they have all been successful. The tests will continue, but it is already clear that the designers' idea was completely successful — the technique turned out to be reliable and interesting. It is possible that Air One will become the first mass-scale personal flying vehicle by 2024.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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".

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 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.

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.

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.

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.