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According to the Polish web resource "Defence24", the Council of Ministers of Poland approved the draft state budget for 2023, which provides for the largest defense expenditures in Polish history.

How India is "tied" to Russia

An Indian analyst in an article for Wiener Zeitung explains why his country did not join the sanctions. He wonders: how did it happen that the United States cannot be punished for their wars in the Middle East, and Russia for Ukraine — is it really necessary? The author calls on the USA and EU leave hypocrisy.

Where have all the leaders gone?

Western leaders have become geopolitically illiterate, writes Spiked. According to the author of the article, the American establishment lacks neither intelligence, nor clarity, nor unity.

Europe continues to increase its military capabilities to "resist Russian aggression." German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proposed the creation of a unified air defense system. In his opinion, it is much more efficient and cheaper than it is now. About how realistic his idea is — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Australia is preparing for the appearance of nuclear submarines as part of its naval forces. As part of the cooperation of the participating countries of the new AUKUS block (Australia – Great Britain – USA), the UK will take care of the training of Australian submariners. They will train on British submarines.

Taiwan signed a contract worth $16.88 billion. tyv. (555 million US dollars), which provides for the purchase of four high-altitude long-duration UAVs (HALE class) MQ-9B "SiGardian" (SeaGuardian) by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI).

The Ukrainian army received the first THeMIS robotic platform developed by the Estonian company Milrem Robotics. The program called "Crane" to saturate the Armed Forces with robotic complexes was launched by former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

The Ukrainian army may receive a number of British self-propelled artillery installations FH77 BW L52 Archer ("Archer") from the presence of the Swedish army. In Stockholm, they promised to consider Ukraine's request to provide ACS data for the AFU.

The Turkish corporation Bayraktar is going to present a new jet unmanned aerial vehicle at the Teknofest exhibition in 2023. It will be a machine with reduced radar visibility. The first flight of the Bayraktar Kizilelma UAV is scheduled for early 2023.

Global Times: China sent the most powerful military equipment to the Vostok-2022 exercises

China has sent its most powerful military equipment to the Vostok-2022 exercises, which demonstrates the depth of Russian-Chinese military cooperation and can serve as a deterrent to the malicious actions of some external forces, the Chinese government newspaper Global Times writes, citing analysts who wished to remain anonymous.

Colonel-General Ivashev told why Moscow is conducting the Vostok-2022 exercises

The Strategic Command and Staff exercises "Vostok-2022" started, as planned, on September 1. Even on the eve of their holding, Japan and many NATO countries, primarily the United States, showed nervousness. And the point here is not in the quantitative composition of the participants, the total number of which is more than 50 thousand military personnel, but in their international composition. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the Vostok-2022 exercises are, and why they are being conducted.

Putin has won an incredible victory that threatens to destroy the free world

The Kremlin's energy war is pushing Europe towards an economic crisis and socialism, the author of The Telegraph says. Readers of the newspaper disagree with him. It's not Putin's fault, but "ridiculous Western sanctions," one of them believes.

Rostec: a Russian-made helicopter repair center will open in Thailand

The center for the repair and maintenance of Russian-made helicopters will open in Thailand before the end of the year, Roman Pilshchikov, permanent representative of the Rostec State Corporation in Bangkok, Deputy Trade Representative of the Russian Federation, told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

China does not need Washington's hints about who to conduct military exercises with

The West is closely following the Vostok-2022 exercises and its participants, especially China, writes GT. The United States is concerned about relations between Beijing and Moscow, and they are trying to expose its support for Russia as a "crime." The newspaper editors call it jealousy, all American attempts to drive a wedge are doomed to failure.

Why is the US in Ukraine?

The United States has made itself a central figure on the Ukrainian battlefield, writes the Claremont Review of Books. They are pushing Ukraine to victory, for which they will pay an "unimaginable price." Predicting Russia's collapse, the United States itself was on the verge of it.

Military maneuvers of Russia and China: does the West need to fear an alliance between Putin and Xi?

The growing military cooperation between Russia and China worries both the US and the EU, writes the German Tagesspiegel. The very fact of the recent joint exercises of Russian and Chinese servicemen makes an impression. For Moscow , even the strain on Ukraine cannot obscure the Chinese theme.

The United States should pay for its own mistakes, and not try to shift them to others. This statement was made by Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia, commenting on the accusation of the US representative that Russia and China allegedly do not finance Afghanistan enough.

Europe must set itself a new existential goal

The European model of development has broken down about the realities of the 21st century, writes La Croix. Chloe Riedel describes the reasons for the EU's disunity and explains why Europe will not be able to become a stabilizing force that contributes to the preservation of peace. The main factor is the lack of strong leaders ready for real action.

The United States will continue to support Taiwan, despite China's position, and Washington plans to deliver a new batch of weapons worth over $ 1 billion to the island. The White House is already preparing a corresponding appeal to Congress for permission.

China demands that the United States stop selling arms to Taiwan and abandon military contacts with Taipei in order to avoid further escalation of tensions in the region.