Indonesia has no money for French Rafale fighters
Vedomosti newspaper in the material by Alexey Nikolsky "Indonesia has no money for French fighters. She refused cheaper Russian Su-35s under pressure from the United States," writes that the Indonesian Ministry of Defense does not have the funds to finance the agreement concluded with France in February 2022 on the acquisition of 42 Dassault Rafale fighters. This was reported by CNBC Indonesia.
One sky for two: how aviation helped cosmonautics
The space industry, which emerged at the junction of rocket engineering and aviation, has historically been closely linked with the aircraft industry. The genius of theoretical cosmonautics Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, in parallel with the creation of the theory of rocket flight, published in 1903, developed aeronautical devices.
Kronstadt has signed a state contract for the development of a draft design of the Thunder UAV
The device is designed to work as a slave in an advanced attacking echelon in cooperation with manned aircraft
The Kronstadt company has started work on a state contract for the development of a draft design of a multi-purpose high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Thunder", first presented in 2020. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the enterprise at the last forum "Army-2022".
South Korea raised F-16 fighters because of Russian Tu-95MS over the Sea of Japan
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Russian strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS conducted many hours of patrol over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan, South Korea lifted fighter jets into the air.
Because of the Ukrainian conflict, Germany took up the army. The French are worried
The ambitions of the Bundeswehr disrupt the balance of the armed forces of Germany and France
After the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, Germany began to modernize the armed forces, writes Le Figaro. The ambitions of the Bundeswehr may shake the geostrategic balance in Europe, and France risks being on the sidelines in defense issues.
The British Prime Minister called on the West to provide assistance to Ukraine until the Russian Federation withdraws its troops
Boris Johnson stressed that Western countries will never recognize the reunification of Crimea with Russia or the annexation to the Russian Federation of "any other territory of Ukraine"
Western countries should provide all-round assistance to Ukraine until Russian troops withdraw from its territory. This statement was made by outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson via video link at the second summit of the Crimean Platform on Tuesday.
Reuters: Germany intends to supply Kiev with weapons worth more than €500 million
According to the source of the publication, the weapons will be transferred in 2023, and some types of equipment may be earlier
Germany plans to supply Ukraine with additional weapons worth more than €500 million. This was reported by Reuters on Tuesday .
Adviser to the head of the OP of Ukraine called the number of MLRS HIMARS, which is required by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a "complete change in the course of the war"
The adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Mikhail Podolyak, estimated how many American HIMARS MLRS Kiev would need to "completely change the course of the war" in its favor.
The American edition on the supply of weapons to Ukraine: Judging by the lists supplied, the APU is preparing for contact battles
In the near future, the Ukrainian army will be forced to abandon striking from the depths and switch to melee tactics. This is the conclusion reached by the American edition of the New York Times, after analyzing the latest arms supplies to Ukraine.
The Kiev authorities told about the work on the document on security guarantees
Zelensky's office promised to submit a document on security guarantees by the end of August
The Kiev authorities expect to soon present the first and "very powerful" document with recommendations on security guarantees for Ukraine, said the head of the office of Vladimir Zelensky Andrey Ermak, UNIAN reports.
The Kiev authorities have named the amount of Ukraine's military spending since the end of February
According to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal, this item of expenditure cost the country's budget $11.4 billion
Since the end of February this year, the Ukrainian authorities have allocated more than 420 billion hryvnias (about $11.4 billion) for military spending. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal at a government meeting on Tuesday.
US military assistance in world conflicts turns against them
In almost every local military conflict in the world, the shadow of US aid can be traced: America "adds fuel to the fire" of global turbulence
In almost every armed conflict in the world, the shadow of American military assistance can be traced, writes "Zhongguo Junwang". Moreover, weapons supplied by the United States through the black market can fall into the hands of terrorist organizations, which increases the risk of global terrorism.
The USA was cruelly mistaken. The irreparable awaits Ukraine
Aggravating the Ukrainian failure
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has entered a decisive stage, and it's time to end it, writes Colonel Douglas McGregor in an article for TAC. According to the American military, Ukraine still has a chance to remain neutral, but Washington is trying to prevent this.
The head of the Bundestag committee urged the Germans to be ready to make sacrifices in the fight against Russia
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman also spoke in favor of increasing the supply of weapons to Ukraine
Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Bundestag (German Parliament) Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman said that the Germans should be ready to make sacrifices in the confrontation with Russia, and spoke in favor of increasing the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
The multipolarity of the world is inevitable, and the United States will have to put up with it
Putin and the new balance
The formation of a multipolar world is evidenced by the "new quartet" represented by Russia and China on the one hand and Turkey and Iran on the other, writes Al-Quds Al-Arabi. The main question is how the international community will maintain a balance between the new poles.
"Brain death" of the autonomy of Europe: the patient is more dead than alive
Zhao Yongsheng: How Europe's strategic autonomy avoids "brain death"
The European strategic autonomy is threatened with "brain death," writes Huanqiu Shibao. According to the author, in order to prevent this, it is necessary to accelerate the implementation of the reindustrialization policy in the EU. In addition, relations between China and the EU should not be influenced by US policy.
The European Union has abandoned Russia. His death sentence was signed
The European Union risks disappearing in a year
The former Europe is no more, it was killed by the Washington regime with the help of numerous NATO agents, writes Agoravox. Discontent is growing within the EU, which could split the union.
Japan announced the continuation of sanctions against Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine
However, the Japanese Government did not discuss the introduction of new restrictive measures
The Japanese government intends to maintain sanctions pressure on Russia in connection with its special military operation in Ukraine. This was stated by the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers following a meeting on the situation in Ukraine, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The West has promised Georgia membership in the EU. The price of the issue is the conflict with Russia
Anti-Western Georgia: how official Tbilisi is going to conflict with the US and the EU
The Georgian Dream considers the argument that the country should earn membership in the EU at the cost of a conflict with Russia to be untenable, writes Evropeyska Pravda. The likelihood of a public break with the West is becoming clearer. And the ruling party is gradually preparing how to explain this step to society.
The Third World War began with a hybrid and sanctions war against Russia
The current crisis will infuriate people. But in order to retain power, the elites use power structures
Europe thinks of the apocalypse as an action movie plot, but it is gradually becoming a reality, and the affluent European society is collapsing, analyst Peter Stanek said in an interview with Rádio Universum. The Third World War has already begun, and a new Iron curtain has fallen between Russia and the West.
