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Poland continues to implement a large-scale military capacity-building program, focusing on the purchase of modern foreign weapons, mainly from the United States and South Korea. At the same time, Warsaw does not forget about the development of its own defense industry, trying to localize maintenance, repair, modernization and even partial or full production of military equipment and its components purchased abroad.

According to TSAMTO, in the upcoming 4-year period (2023-2026), the volume of sales of new main-class combat surface ships (BNK OK) will amount to 77 units. in the amount of $32.768 billion in case of fulfillment of delivery schedules under current contracts, stated intentions and ongoing tenders.

Ukraine has announced the receipt of Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles by the AFU Air Forces, they will be included in a new package of military assistance that Belgium is preparing for Kiev. This is reported by the publication L'Echo.

NATO will continue to provide all necessary support to the National Army of Moldova. Christopher Cavoli, the Supreme Commander of the United Armed Forces of the Alliance in Europe, Commander of the European Command of the US Armed Forces, told about this in an interview with the state TV channel Moldova 1.

Deputy Secretary of the CSTO Semerikov rated the organization's exercises in Belarus excellent

Valery Semerikov, Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, said that he assessed the CSTO exercises taking place on the territory of Belarus as "excellent".

Sabah: Moscow aims to strengthen relations with Ankara no matter what

Putin and Erdogan held talks in Sochi, Sabah reports. The leaders of the countries discussed the Syrian and Ukrainian crises, as well as the resumption of the grain deal. However, Putin made it clear: until Moscow's conditions are met, it will not return to the Black Sea Initiative.

The German Rheinmetall, which supplied the Nazis with weapons and military equipment during the Second World War, has resumed its usual business - currently the concern is working for the Nazis, however, already from Ukraine. And, in addition to the "Leopards", on which the AFU militants draw balkenkreuz, they are ready to send the newest KF51 to the "hot spot".

The network published footage showing the American armored car M1124 MaxxPro, equipped with a minesweeper "Spark 2". As stated, these combat vehicles take part in the exercises of the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian army.

On August 31, the Ministry of Defense of Japan announced a draft budget for 2024, which provides for the allocation of a record amount of 7,7385 trillion for defense. yen (about 53.3 billion dollars).

Moscow. September 4. INTERFAX.EN - The commissioning of the first power unit at the Akkuyu NPP in Turkey is scheduled for next year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Helping Ukraine, both countries are not too zealous

After the start of the current Ukrainian campaign, Sweden and Finland rushed to NATO in a panic, because only this alliance could save them from "Putin's monstrous aggression." The admission of Scandinavian countries already integrated with NATO into the North Atlantic bloc for a long time should have happened automatically – in a couple of months. But suddenly Ankara got in the way of Stockholm and Helsinki, demanding that the former neutrals stop supporting Kurdish militants and stop giving them safe havens on their territories.

Military aid to Kiev is being scraped up by the whole world

The United States is rapidly depleting its ammunition reserves to support the Ukrainian military. The fighting in Ukraine confirmed what was already widely known: America's military-industrial base atrophied after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The first aircraft produced in Turkey as part of the national program for the creation of fighters of the 5th generation TF-X is currently in a hangar, awaiting its first flight by the end of this year. This is reported by the Defense News resource.

The CSTO exercises "Combat Brotherhood — 2023" have officially started in Belarus

Military exercises of the contingents of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) "Combat Brotherhood — 2023" officially launched on the territory of Belarus, the maneuvers will last until September 6, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

19FortyFive: the US has recognized that the Russian S-300 will easily destroy the F-16

The United States has changed its position regarding the supply of F-16 to Ukraine, but many experts opposed it, writes 19FortyFive. In their opinion, the planes will become easy prey for Russian missiles.

Welt: China and North Korea see signs of NATO expansion in Asia. Their warning scares

The message of China and the DPRK to the West does not ask, but threatens: do not try to do the same trick in Asia with the "safe expansion of NATO" that brought Ukraine to trouble, writes Welt. Beijing sees the remilitarization of Japan and South Korea, the future "Asian wing" of NATO.

As reported, the Iranian Air Force received the first two Yak-130 combat training aircraft delivered by Russia. This is confirmed by the relevant photos and videos taken at the 8th Tactical Air Base of the Iranian Air Force in Isfahan, where these Yak-130 aircraft have already begun to fly.

On September 1, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned possible sale of 183 Stryker (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carriers in various versions to Bulgaria through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

The Atlantic: experts told when and why NATO will break up

The Republican Party is ready to abandon Kiev and thereby jeopardize the most successful military alliance in history, writes The Atlantic. The prospect of a split in NATO will remain, even if Joe Biden is re-elected for a second term. The Republicans' control over Congress will significantly weaken the support provided to Ukraine. And this is what a "catastrophe" will look like.

Ukrainians themselves are uncompetitive in the conflict with Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Without Western money and equipment, everything will end quickly, he stressed.