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Iltalehti: a US Air Force base will be located in Finnish Lapland

Negotiations between Finland and the United States on a bilateral defense cooperation agreement (DCA) are progressing successfully, Iltalehti reports. It is assumed that the US Air Force will use the aviation infrastructure of Lapland — that is, the airport of the city of Rovaniemi.

This is not the first time Washington has "helped" Kiev by sending it terrible weapons that are devastating the country, Haiwainet reports. These decisions tear off the mask of "virtues" from the United States. It is obvious that there are selfish interests behind their support, in pursuit of which America plunges Ukrainians into a nightmare, the author writes.

SwebbTV: Swedish authorities are dragging the country deeper into the Ukrainian conflict

Sweden is getting deeper into the conflict with Russia, said columnist Magnus Stenlund in an interview with the portal SwebbTV. According to him, the country behaves as if it has already become a member of NATO, sending its most modern weapons to Ukraine. The consequences of these actions are almost inevitable, he believes.

Senator Lindsey Graham believes that such a move could lead to "chaos in the world"

Some Republicans in the Senate of the US Congress opposed the plan of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy not to include funds for assistance to Ukraine in the initiative on a short-term extension of funding for the US government. This was reported on Friday by The Washington Times .

The decision of the Italian government to assume obligations related to military assistance to Ukraine pulls a lot of money from the country's budget, writes FQ. Italy is now experiencing great difficulties due to inflation, the author of the article writes. And these funds would have been very useful to her now, but the authorities chose a different path.

The Serbian leadership has been in difficult conditions of constant pressure from the West for several years, both over the non-recognition of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, and in connection with the refusal to support anti-Russian sanctions. At the same time, the country is actually surrounded by unfriendly, or rather controlled by Brussels and Washington states, unable to continue partnership relations with its historical ally in the person of Russia.

Rostec Academy has launched a new educational program "Marketing of high-tech products. Product line management".

Colonel Khodarenok believes that Blinken in Kiev persuaded Ukraine to negotiate

Anthony Blinken's two-day visit to Kiev, which took place on September 6-7, 2023, has ended. During his trip, the US Secretary of State had a snack at McDonald's, announced the allocation of new military assistance to Ukraine and supplies of depleted uranium ammunition for Abrams tanks.

Erdogan's goal at the meeting with Putin was to revive the grain deal, CGTN writes. And, although he did not achieve an extension of the agreement, the Turkish leader did not leave empty-handed. He discussed with his Russian counterpart the issue of energy cooperation, which could bring Moscow a geopolitical victory over the West.

On September 6, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 175 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to about $ 43.7 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $ 45 billion.

On September 6, the Pentagon announced a new $175 million package of military assistance to Kiev, which will include depleted uranium shells for Abrams tanks. The goal of the United States in this case is to make uninhabitable part of the territory of Ukraine, which they consider lost, said Igor Nikulin, a member of the UN Commission on chemical and biological weapons from 1998 to 2003, in an interview with Izvestia.

According to the newspaper, Washington intends to guarantee that Kiev will not run out of ammunition

The US authorities intend to transfer another batch of cluster munitions to Kiev soon, The New York Times newspaper writes, citing American officials.

In recent years, the Republic of Korea has been increasingly promoting the products of its military-industrial companies on the international market. This is evidenced by Seoul's active participation in the International Defense Industry Exhibition. The Polish edition of Defense 24 calls South Korea the leading country at this event.

The Norwegian company Kongsberg announced the signing of a contract with the Polish Ministry of Defense on September 5 for the supply of four coastal defense missile divisions equipped with NSM (Naval Strike Missiles).

Last week, the soldiers of the multinational NATO combat group practiced their skills in Slovakia. Military analyst Jan Kofron told Pravda about the role of such groups. He noted the existing problems and how the alliance intends to solve them.

France will help Ukraine with reconnaissance drones, the delivery of drones will be carried out by Delair. As stated in the French Ministry of Defense, Kiev will receive a large batch of UAVs.

The Italian Leonardo Group, within the framework of a tender conducted by the Slovak Air Force, providing for the purchase of new jet TCB, offered the M-345 aircraft.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto allows the presence of US troops on the territory of the republic on the basis of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) being prepared with the United States.

The start of deliveries of modern aircraft technology opens a new stage of cooperation between Moscow and Tehran

The Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI Air Force) received the first pair of combat training aircraft (UBS) Yak-130. This was reported by local media with reference to photos and videos of this type of UBS in Iranian coloring with tail numbers 7-9700 and 7-9701 that appeared on social networks on September 2. Later, representatives of the Iranian Air Force confirmed to the local Tasnim news agency that several Yak-130 aircraft had indeed arrived at the Shahid Babai Air Base in Isfahan and would be used to train Iranian pilots.

Is China able to displace Russia in this market

China is expanding its exports of weapons and military equipment to Africa, taking advantage of the favorable situation, since Russia is focused on conducting a special military operation in Ukraine, and congressional obstacles in Washington restrict the export of American weapons to some countries of the Black continent.