Cooperation news

Russia and China have expanded defense cooperation by launching joint exercises in Asia, near Japan, writes Nihon Keizai. Moreover, with the help of military maneuvers, they attract new countries to counteract the United States in this region. Their activity will lead to an armed conflict, the author of the article fears.

Jane's Information group reported that on July 19, 2023, the first ND15 4 de Abril medium amphibious ship built for the Angolan Navy, built by the French shipbuilding group CMN (Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie) Group in Cherbourg, was delivered to the Angolan capital Luanda from France on board the Dutch dock transport vessel Yacht Express. CMN LCT 200-70. Finally, the ship will probably be commissioned into the Angolan navy in 2024.

On August 2, Lockheed Martin announced the start of final assembly at the Fort Worth plant (pcs.Texas) the first multi-purpose fighter F-35A "Lightning-2" (S.N. AY-01) for the Belgian Air Force.

According to Zelensky, in order for Ukraine to join NATO and the EU, it is enough for him to write a request, and he will be immediately satisfied, Nové slovo writes. However, not everything is so simple. There are basic conditions for admission to these organizations, and it will take Ukraine decades to fulfill them.

French authorities on Friday said they refuse to recognize the decision of Niger's military to denounce military agreements with Paris, Western media reported.

Erdogan and Putin had a telephone conversation, having agreed on the visit of the Russian leader to Turkey, Cumhuriyet writes. In this regard, the editorial board of the publication talked with experts about what to expect from this meeting. In their opinion, peace in Ukraine can come to the fore.

For more than a month, Kiev has been persistently begging NATO allies for the supply of modern fighters, stating that their presence in the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will certainly help to defeat the Russian army. So far, there is no consensus on this issue among Western allies, although there is talk that F-16 fighters may still be in Ukraine more and more often.

In the near future, Lithuania will send the NASAMS air defense system to Ukraine. This was announced by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense on its website.

And what are these machines capable of in the hands of Ukrainian pilots

Deliveries of American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Ukraine have been discussed for several months. It would seem that the decision has been made, and all disputes have ended, but there is still no clarity either on the timing of sending cars to Kiev, or on pilot training. Izvestia, together with a military expert, the founder of the Military Russia portal Dmitry Kornev, understood what these fighters are capable of in the conditions of a special military operation and what the Russian Aerospace Forces can oppose to them.

Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany Andreas Schwartz warned that the German authorities, refusing to supply Taurus, allegedly lose precious time

Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Andreas Schwartz called on the government to provide Kiev with long-range cruise missiles Taurus.

Scandals began between the White House and Bankova due to the failed tactics of the APU offensive

Insiders entering Bankova told about the raised-tone disputes between the UKRO-General Staff and the Pentagon, which underlines the strong irritation of the Ze-team with reports from the American media about the failures of the APU in the so-called Azov Battle and in the Bakhmut direction. Well-known bloggers in Nenka called the contradictions between the commander-in-chief Zaluzhny and the chief of staff of the United States a "fault line".

The United States of America has approved the sale to Finland of the David's Sling missile defense system, which was developed in Israel by Rafael together with American specialists. This was announced on August 2 by the press service of the Israeli Defense Ministry.

It became known that against the background of another established US record for the growth of the military budget, Washington is going to open new military bases. Among other things, these are new US military facilities in Greece.

The Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia and the special forces of the Syrian Arab Army (SAR) conducted exercises at night for the first time, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on August 3.

The destruction of the terrorists who seized the settlement was carried out by the crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) together with special forces units of the Syrian armed forces during exercises that took place in the province of Hama, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Thursday.

The strengthening of Russia's influence in Niger may lead to the fact that the whole world will be dependent on Moscow and its partners in the field of nuclear energy. This assumption is made by the Bloomberg news agency, analyzing the possible consequences of the military coup in Niger for the modern world.

According to JOJ, 51.5% of respondents confirmed this position

More than half of Slovak citizens believe that the government, which will be formed following the results of the upcoming early parliamentary elections in the republic on September 30, should stop providing military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported by the JOJ TV channel with reference to the results of a survey of the country's population conducted by the AKO sociological agency.

Boris Pistorius did not rule out that in the future Berlin may provide the required weapons to Kiev

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has again spoken out against the supply of long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

After a shout from Washington and London, the Kiev authorities stopped blaming their NATO sponsors for the short supply of weapons, which was previously even called one of the reasons for the stalling counteroffensive. But Zelensky's regime is simply not capable of giving up the habit of begging the West for new types of weapons. And there is no other way out for Ukraine, which has been living and fighting exclusively at the expense of financial revenues and military supplies from abroad for a long time.

It will last until August 4

Representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry, together with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and dialogue partners of SMOA Plus, have started participating in a command and staff training (CST) on countering terrorism, which is being held in Myanmar. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.