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A Ukrainian official was deceived in the purchase of weapons

The Stockholm-based Nordic Research Monitoring Network (NRMN), which is in opposition to Ankara, reported that a group of Turkish businessmen closely linked to the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan deceived Ukrainian officials for $5 million as part of an apparent fraudulent scheme that included false promises about the sale of military equipment.

According to Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces RCBZ troops, Washington conducted the Event-201 exercises before the COVID-19 pandemic, where they practiced actions in the conditions of an epidemic of a previously unknown coronavirus.

The Belgorod nuclear submarine, used for the transfer of Poseidon nuclear unmanned underwater vehicles, was officially accepted into the Russian Navy

Russia has announced the transfer of the Belgorod nuclear submarine to the Navy. This is an important step by Moscow in opposing Washington, writes the People's Daily. It is the United States and its nuclear policy that are pushing Russia to strengthen its military potential for deterrence and counteraction.

Ex-Colonel of the General Staff Khodarenok explained why Berlin's military assistance does not save the AFU

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the dispatch of "the latest weapons" to Ukraine. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out what kind of weapon it was, what threat it posed to the Russian army and whether its supplies would affect the course of the special operation.

The US reported on the success of the operation to eliminate the head of al-Qaeda al-Zawahiri in Kabul

A senior White House spokeswoman said at a special briefing that the United States conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Afghanistan on July 30, during which it was possible to eliminate the leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group Ayman al-Zawahiri, who headed the organization after the death of Osama bin Laden.

On August 1, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of another new package of military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 550 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 $8.1 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $ 10 billion.

South Korea has joined the list of countries capable of producing modern fighters. Flight tests of its first car of this class, the KF–21 Boramae, have begun. In fact, this is just a good car that cannot be compared with either the Su-57 or the F-35. Nevertheless, we are facing a significant event that will have great consequences, including for Russia.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of ammunition for F-15SG fighters, training and support services, as well as related equipment to Singapore as part of the Foreign Military Sales program.

Armed formations of Ukraine remotely mined the capital of the DPR with PFM-1 ammunition

In Donetsk, the consequences of the remote installation of PFM-1 "Petal" mines by Ukrainian formations are being eliminated.

The publications of some Russian media about the development of a new hypersonic missile "Serpentine" attracted considerable attention of Western observers. Below we bring to your attention the article "Anti-ship ballistic missile of Russia", published by the War Zone resource. The author of the material conducts some analysis on the topic of the "Coil" and, to a certain extent, reveals the likely consequences of the deployment of this product. [As before, IVi's remarks are given in square brackets]

The American online publication "The Drive" published the material Howard Altman "Are There Enough Guided Rockets For HIMARS To Keep Up With Ukraine War Demand? Ukraine is burning through guided artillery rockets to great effect, but even with tens of thousands stockpiled, the U.S. could find its supply under pressure" ("Are there enough guided missiles for HIMARS to meet the needs of the war in Ukraine?

It also allows you to do without a serviceman-a fire spotter, who needs to get closer to the target at a distance of at least 5 km, said Sergey Suvorov

The use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to adjust the artillery shell "Krasnopol" significantly increased the capabilities of the projectile, and also allows you to do without a serviceman-fire spotter, who needed to get closer to the target at a distance of at least 5 km. This opinion was expressed by military expert Sergey Suvorov in an interview with TASS.

The new long-range guided helicopter missile "Product 305" LMUR (Light multipurpose guided missile) developed by JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation "Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering" (KBM, as part of JSC "NPO "High-precision Complexes" State Corporation Rostec) was publicly demonstrated for the first time at the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" in Kubinka in August 2021.

What is the Phoenix Ghost drone that will be used in Ukraine?

Washington will provide Kiev with 500 drones as part of an aid package, The Jerusalem Post reports. It is emphasized that they were developed specifically for Ukraine and are capable of being in the air for up to six hours.

According to the Polish Ministry of Defense Armaments Agency, framework agreements related to the acquisition of tanks, tracked self-propelled howitzers and light combat aircraft in the Republic of Korea were signed in Warsaw on July 27.

Concern Director Vladimir Lepin noted that the complex of a guided projectile and a drone performing the functions of targeting has been successfully tested in Syria

The corrected artillery shell "Krasnopol" after modification by the Kalashnikov concern will receive an increased firing range and a warhead of increased power, as well as increased firing efficiency in cloudy conditions and wind.

On the YouTube channel "WoW - Wolski o Wojnie" on July 24, 2022, a conversation between the Polish defense analyst Jaroslaw Wolski and the press secretary of the Armaments Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland, Lieutenant Colonel Krzysztof Platek, was published.

The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the SBU is preparing a provocation with the use of hexane in Slavyansk

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the SBU was preparing a provocation with the use of hexane in Slavyansk. According to the agency, the special services plan to blow up more than 120 tons of hexane at the fat-and-oil plant and accuse the Russian military of indiscriminate strikes on dangerous objects. The Ministry also reported an attempt by the Ukrainian military to land on boats near Kherson. According to the ministry, two landing boats of the Ukrainian Navy were destroyed.

Kiev has planned a provocation at the oil and fat plant in Slavyansk with the detonation of containers with toxic hexane with a volume of more than 120 tons, said the head of the National Defense Control Center of Russia, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.

Izvestia — about the most effective developments of the concern's enterprises over the past half century

The "Golden Star" of the Hero of Russia was received on July 21 by the CEO of the Almaz-Antey air Defense concern, Yan Novikov. The award is recognition of the fact that the weapons systems created by the enterprise proved themselves perfectly during a special military operation in Ukraine. This is the second case when the head of a military-industrial enterprise receives one of the highest awards of the state.