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The United States and Europe understand relations with Russia differently, which means that their approaches to it in the framework of the Ukrainian conflict differ, writes Huanqiu Shibao. The former want to suppress Moscow, and the latter want to avoid aggravation. And if at the beginning the friction was unnoticeable, now the EU has questioned the need to dance to the American tune.

The United States failed to create a trilateral military alliance with Japan and South Korea, directed against China, writes Cumhuriyet. Washington is struggling to contain Beijing, but due to the weakening hegemony, it cannot get the desired results, the author of the article notes.

On August 18, 2023, the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to Australia through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Australian government of an additional number of HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) ground missile systems and a significant number of missiles to them are manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation. This delivery is approved by the U.S. Department of State. The total cost of the proposed delivery will be US$ 975 million, including missiles, and training and technical support packages.

On August 21, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to Poland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Polish government 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian combat helicopters. This delivery is approved by the U.S. Department of State. The total cost of the proposed delivery is estimated at $12 billion, including weapons, equipment, and training and technical support packages.

According to the magazine, by combining the capabilities of the F-16 and JASSM, the Ukrainian army will be able to double its forces

Ukraine wants to get American JASSM cruise missiles from Washington, which can help it capture Crimea. This was reported by Forbes magazine .

Washington and London have been increasingly involving Tokyo in their geopolitical games in recent years. Under the influence of the Americans, Japan took a confident course towards militarization.

The Bulgarian authorities have admitted the possibility of transferring about 100 units of Soviet-made armored vehicles to Ukraine. This was stated by Bulgarian Defense Minister Todor Tagarev, who recently visited Odessa on an official visit.

Croatia intends to implement large arms purchases. This is stated in the report of Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banojic to the country's parliament.

Within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", the hydroacoustic station "Mayak-2014" was presented, designed to detect small underwater targets. The system has undergone a deep modernization, as a result of which the dimensions of the station have been reduced and the accuracy of detecting underwater objects has been increased.

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.