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Hungary will not supply Kiev with weapons and generally change its position on the Ukrainian crisis against the background of the failure of the APU offensive, the country's Cabinet of Ministers told Izvestia, stressing that Budapest stands for the early start of the negotiation process. In the West, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is accused of broadcasting the Russian view of the existing problem, but experts are not inclined to believe that the Central European country has taken Moscow's side in the conflict. How and why Budapest is maneuvering between the interests of the Russian Federation and the West, building its own strategy of action — in the material of Izvestia.

According to the magazine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, through technical modifications of the Taurus, wants to exclude the possibility of Kiev striking Russia with long-range weapons.

According to the publication, both the Federal Chancellor's office and the Ministry of Defense denied information that a decision on supplies has already been made or is expected soon

The German authorities, contrary to some media reports, are not yet ready to hand over long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Kiev. This was reported by the Bild newspaper with reference to its own sources.

According to Reuters sources in government agencies and defense enterprises of India, in recent months, the country's authorities have banned national manufacturers of military UAVs from using components manufactured in China due to the potential presence of vulnerabilities in security systems.

The first group of Ukrainian pilots will complete training on the F-16 only by next summer, writes WP. Six military personnel will be trained, two more are in reserve.

Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV, a member of the MORO Soyuzmash of Russia) will take part in the IX International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023". The delegation will be headed by CEO Boris Obnosov.

Olaf Scholz noted that so far nothing has changed in this matter

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz commented on the discussions on the supply of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, noting that nothing has changed in this matter so far. He expressed his point of view in an interview with the newspaper Thueringer Allgemeine .

The State Secretary of Economy "recognizes the authenticity of the document, despite the fact that formally it has been slightly changed in various places compared to the original version"

The State Secretariat of Economy (SECO) of Switzerland initiated an investigation in connection with the leak to the press of its confidential document concerning the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine. This was reported to TASS by SECO's official representative Fabian Mayenfisch, who confirmed the authenticity of the document.

The parties, in particular, are discussing how to bring bilateral relations between Greece and Ukraine in line with the spirit of the declaration of the leaders of the Group of Seven, the newspaper Kathimerini writes

Greece, with the participation of the United States, is negotiating with Ukraine on the conclusion of a bilateral agreement on the provision of security guarantees. This was reported by the Greek newspaper Kathimerini .

Alexander Kovalev — about the prospects of the F-16 in the conflict in Ukraine

The American multifunctional fighter F-16 was first put into operation in 1978. A year before that, I graduated from the Armavir Higher Military Aviation School.

The Turkish company TUSAŞ, working in the aerospace industry, has achieved a new export success by supplying Chad with both HÜRKUŞ aircraft and ANKA attack drones.

As reported by the American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" in the article Jared Malsin, Summer Said "Egypt Resists U.S. Calls to Arm Ukraine" ("Egypt resists U.S. calls to arm Ukraine"), Egypt, under U.S. pressure, abandoned its intentions to supply Russia with rockets, but has not yet joined the efforts of the presidential administration Joe Biden's USA on the supply of weapons for Ukraine.

According to the French company Dassault Aviation, as part of the general contract signed by Indonesia in February 2022 for the acquisition of 42 Dassault Rafale multipurpose fighters, a firm contract for the second tranche of 18 Rafale aircraft entered into force on August 10, 2023, in addition to the six fighters ordered in the first tranche. Thus, Indonesia has so far contracted 24 Rafale aircraft out of 42 agreed.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to conclude contracts totaling more than 433 billion rubles at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which will be held on August 14-20 at the Patriot Exhibition Center.

Manufacturers of the two most massive Western fighters – the American F-35 and the French Rafale – faced logistical problems, writes MWM. This will prevent meeting both internal and external demand.

On August 7, 2023, the first multi-purpose marine heavy helicopter Leonardo Helicopters AW101 Merlin, built for the Polish Navy, arrived at the airfield of the Polish helicopter-building company PZL-Świdnik (owned by the Italian company Leonardo) in Svidnik, delivered under the 2019 contract for the purchase of four vehicles by Poland.

They will need from 70 to 100 copies of this weapon

Police in the Delhi region are planning to arm snipers with Dragunov rifles to ensure security at the upcoming G20 summit in September. This was reported by The Times of India .

Britain has adopted the largest recent package of sanctions against a number of individuals and legal entities for their "work for the needs of the Russian army."

The active use of Western weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine makes it possible to identify individual shortcomings in combat systems and make appropriate improvements to them. Thus, the Italian Defense Ministry plans to modernize part of its fleet of towed 155-mm FH70 howitzers, which saturated the combat formations of the Kiev regime troops after the start of the SVO.

The international military-technical forum "Army-2023" will be held in Kubinka near Moscow from August 14 to 20. Traditionally, most of the exposition will be occupied by the stands of the holdings and enterprises belonging to the Rostec State Corporation. They will present about a thousand samples of weapons and equipment.