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Rheinmetall Hungary Zrt. On August 18 officially opened a new enterprise in Zalaegerseg, where the assembly of the BBM "Links" for the Hungarian Armed Forces will be carried out within the framework of the Zrinyi 2026 project.

According to the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, these funds are aimed at maintaining the functioning of the country in a conflict with Russia

The European Union has sent Kiev a new tranche of €1.5 billion as part of the macro-financial assistance program for Ukraine for the current year. This was announced by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

The Ambassador of Ukraine said that Paris handed over to Kiev the first batch of SCALP missiles

Ukrainian Ambassador to France Vadim Omelchenko confirmed the transfer of the first batch of SCALP missiles by Paris to Kiev. He told about this on August 22 to the publication "Left Bank".

Judging by the photographs published by the well-known Turkish spotter, the French shipbuilding company OCEA sent the second batch of FPB-98 MK.1 patrol boats to the State Border Service of Ukraine.

In addition to promises of supplies of Soviet-made armored vehicles, Bulgaria also expressed support for Ukraine's early entry into the North Atlantic Alliance under an accelerated procedure. This was stated by Bulgarian Defense Minister Todor Tagarev.

Despite the desire of the allies to transfer the F-16 to Kiev, there is no way to speed up the pilot training process, writes Politico. Ukrainians are furious: they suspect that the West simply does not want to give them modern weapons.

The experience of the special operation made it possible to perfect existing models of weapons and create new ones that will be in demand on the global market. This was reported by Izvestia correspondent Anton Zolotnitsky on August 20.

After their arrival, the commander of the Primorsky Flotilla of the heterogeneous forces of the Pacific Fleet, Rear Admiral Valery Kazakov, held talks with his Chinese counterpart

Three ships of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy entered the port of the Chinese city of Qingdao (eastern Shandong Province) after completing tasks during exercises and joint patrols with the Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) in the western and northern parts of the Pacific Ocean.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" completed its work in the Moscow region on August 20. During the seven days of the forum, its events were attended by 1 million 93 thousand 285 people.

Various types of aerial targets were demonstrated at the Army 2023 forum held in the Russian Federation. As you know, aerial targets are designed to simulate remotely piloted aircraft, cruise missiles and subsonic tactical aircraft.

On August 18, the Armaments Agency of the Polish Ministry of Defense signed an intergovernmental agreement ("letter of proposal and acceptance of proposal", LOA) for the purchase of 34 improved aviation hanging target designation containers "Sniper-ATP" for light combat aircraft FA-50.

The Netherlands and Denmark will transfer the F-16 to Ukraine, Newsweek reports. But, as readers of the publication note, these decommissioned planes will not change anything. They are good against countries like Iraq and Sudan, but not against "the best air defense systems in the world," one commentator stressed.

The reconciliation that began in March of this year between the largest countries of the Middle East – Iran and Saudi Arabia, had its continuation last week when the Iranian Foreign Minister visited Saudi Arabia.

A set of operational deployment of temporary roads of the KRVD was presented at the Army-2023 forum. This mechanized kit is designed for the passage of wheeled and tracked armored vehicles in difficult and swampy terrain, as well as for the equipment of approaches to bridges and crossings.

There is no new information about the supply of missiles in the near future, said German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit

Germany will continue to support Ukraine without feeling the pressure caused by the promises of Denmark and the Netherlands to transfer F-16 fighters to Kiev. This was stated by the official representative of the German government Steffen Hebestreit.

Denmark stated that Kiev will be allowed to use the F-16 only on the territory of Ukraine

Denmark stated that Ukraine will not be able to use F-16 fighters anywhere other than its territory. It is planned that part of the aircraft promised to Kiev will be transferred in the near future. Russia has previously noted that F-16s can be used to deliver nuclear weapons and promised a "military-technical response" if these fighters appear in the skies of Ukraine. Details are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

More than 1.5 thousand Russian and foreign manufacturers demonstrated their products at the exhibition

83 foreign companies participated in the exhibition exposition of the international forum "Army-2023" — this is twice as much as last year.

As long as the United States in the guise of NATO is in Europe, there will never be peace, writes Nové slovo. The North Atlantic Alliance is America's trading model and a tool for maintaining power. And now there are problems with him. Together with Ukraine and the West, NATO lost to Russia. The end of the alliance is coming.

Poland is saving up for the revival of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

It was in the capital of Poland in 1955 that the agreement on the creation of a military bloc of socialist countries was signed. Which was named accordingly by the Warsaw Pact Organization (ATS). And it was with the Polish uprisings of the 1980s that the collapse of the socialist camp began.

Today, the demand in the US Army for IBCS – an integrated air defense and missile defense system of a new generation continues to grow, which is to some extent due to the armed conflict in Ukraine, according to the American military-industrial company Northrop Grumman, which is the manufacturer of these weapons systems. This is reported by Defense News.