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NATO countries retain a dominant position in the global arms market. And although Russia has secured the second place, located between the United States and France, Moscow's share in the market is steadily declining. What is the reason for such a reduction, how can Russia squeeze out competitors from NATO countries and why is it time for Moscow to think not only about arms exports, but also about imports?

Ukraine intends to fully provide the Soviet-style tank fleet remaining in the AFU with its own-made ammunition. According to the Ukrainian state concern Ukroboronprom, the production of 125 mm shells has already been launched.

The Russian army does not go on a large-scale offensive for one, but very important reason, established by British intelligence. According to representatives of the United Kingdom, the Russian forces simply do not have ammunition for this.

The US Department of Defense, within the framework of the draft budget for 2024, requested a record amount for the purchase of weapons. As RIA Novosti reports, this follows from the draft budget of the White House for the needs of the Ministry of Defense.

Alexander Shulgin noted that Russia intends to reject accusations of provocations using chemical weapons

The Syrian chemical dossier and the possibility of using chemical weapons in Ukraine will be the main topics of this week's session of the OPCW Executive Council. This was reported to TASS on Monday by the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the organization Alexander Shulgin.

The units of the Ukrainian army fighting in the area of Bakhmut (Artemovsk) have been armed with Bulgarian-made Bullspike grenade launchers. According to Ukrainian resources, Kiev distributed a new batch of weapons from Bulgaria, which included these grenade launchers.

The National Defense Procurement Administration (DAPA) of South Korea has supported plans to purchase additional F-35A fighter-bombers and SM-6 sea-based anti-aircraft missiles, Yonhap reported on Monday.

Sohu: Russia's new "miracle weapon" has challenged the entire Ukrainian air defense system

A new Russian drone has challenged the entire Ukrainian air defense system, writes user Sohu. This "miracle weapon" — the Geranium-2 barrage ammunition — eclipsed even the American Switchblade. The low price and ease of use will make this UAV a serious problem for any opponent of Moscow.

For several months now, Ukrainian drones have been actively attacking objects in the depths of Russia.  Increasingly, we find information in the media that Ukrainian drones have hit critical infrastructure facilities in the Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod and other regions of the Russian Federation bordering directly on the new regions where hostilities are currently underway.

Changes in the world arms markets in 2023

Despite the disruption of global supply chains and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, arms sales by companies from the SIPRI Top 100 rating are growing. The growth is observed for the seventh year in a row, in 2021 it amounted to 1.9% by 2020. In absolute terms, sales of military products by the largest companies in the industry amounted to $592 billion, according to a recent report by the Stockholm Institute.

Forbes: China is ahead of the US in the development of explosives

The USA invented a super-powerful explosive, but abandoned its production. How China "picked up" the technology and now threatens America with it, read the Forbes article.

According to Igor Kirillov, the head of the RCBZ troops, the main task of American biological programs is to establish global biological control

The main task of the US biological programs is to establish global biological control, in which the national health systems of the countries involved degrade.

We are talking about the company's activities related to the creation, transportation or use of modified pandemic pathogens, the department noted

The American company Ecohealth Alliance, according to the investigation of the Ministry of Health of the country, did not provide information to the supervisory authorities about its activities in the field of military biological projects.

Igor Kirillov, the head of the RCBZ troops, stressed that the Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly noted the potential risks of "dual-use programs" that are being implemented by the United States both on its territory and abroad.

The Ministry of Defense named the names of Ukrainian participants of the American military biological programs

Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities and private companies participated in the American military-biological programs, said Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Russian Armed Forces.

According to Igor Kirillov, the head of the RCBZ troops, it could have been caused by the careless treatment of pathogens by American military biologists who carried out work in the region

The outbreak of the Ebola virus in September 2022 in Uganda could have been caused by the careless handling of pathogens by American military biologists working in the region. This was stated by the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kirillov.

As the adviser to the acting head of the republic, Yan Gagin, stated, we can also talk about the use of multi-purpose MiG-29 fighters

The Armed Forces of Ukraine dropped a guided bomb of the American JDAM system in the Kurdyumovka area near Artemivsk (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut) in the Donetsk People's Republic to test the possibility of its use from a non-standard carrier - Soviet-style aircraft. This opinion was expressed on Friday by TASS military-political expert, adviser to the acting head of the DPR Yan Gagin.

The department announced that it had received evidence of the continuation of the bio-program of the American Agency to reduce the military threat in Ukraine, despite the opposite statements of the representative of the National Security Council of the White House, John Kirby.

Hypersonic weapons were used to destroy particularly important objects

The Russian armed forces launched a retaliatory missile strike in response to the terrorist attack in the Bryansk region. In Ukraine, key military and energy infrastructure facilities, enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) and drone bases were hit.

In the Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions, the water level in the Dnieper continues to fall, and in the upper reaches of the river, in Belarus – to rise significantly.