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Turkey handed over 50 armored vehicles with enhanced mine protection to Ukraine - Mass media
Ankara has supplied Kiev with 50 Kirpi armored vehicles with enhanced mine protection, Defense news reports, citing a source in the Turkish government.
The Chilean Air Force has adopted two AWACS E-3D "Sentry" aircraft
On August 19, the official ceremony of the adoption of two AWACS E-3D "Sentry" AEW.Mk1 aircraft took place at the air base of the Chilean Air Force "Pudauel" (Santiago).
The multipolarity of the world is inevitable, and the United States will have to put up with it
Putin and the new balance
The formation of a multipolar world is evidenced by the "new quartet" represented by Russia and China on the one hand and Turkey and Iran on the other, writes Al-Quds Al-Arabi. The main question is how the international community will maintain a balance between the new poles.
The European Union has abandoned Russia. His death sentence was signed
The European Union risks disappearing in a year
The former Europe is no more, it was killed by the Washington regime with the help of numerous NATO agents, writes Agoravox. Discontent is growing within the EU, which could split the union.
ECA Group continues the modernization project of three Latvian Navy minesweepers
The French company ECA Group has completed factory tests of control and control systems, as well as mine detection and neutralization systems for three modernized minesweepers of the Latvian Navy.
The West has promised Georgia membership in the EU. The price of the issue is the conflict with Russia
Anti-Western Georgia: how official Tbilisi is going to conflict with the US and the EU
The Georgian Dream considers the argument that the country should earn membership in the EU at the cost of a conflict with Russia to be untenable, writes Evropeyska Pravda. The likelihood of a public break with the West is becoming clearer. And the ruling party is gradually preparing how to explain this step to society.
Adviser to the head of the OP of Ukraine called the number of MLRS HIMARS, which is required by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a "complete change in the course of the war"
The adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Mikhail Podolyak, estimated how many American HIMARS MLRS Kiev would need to "completely change the course of the war" in its favor.
Lavrov: Syria expressed Russia's support and understanding of the goals of the special operation in Ukraine
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Russia appreciated that in June of this year Damascus announced the recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics
Syria expressed Russia's support and understanding of the goals of the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine. This was stated on Tuesday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference following talks with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad.
The British Prime Minister called on the West to provide assistance to Ukraine until the Russian Federation withdraws its troops
Boris Johnson stressed that Western countries will never recognize the reunification of Crimea with Russia or the annexation to the Russian Federation of "any other territory of Ukraine"
Western countries should provide all-round assistance to Ukraine until Russian troops withdraw from its territory. This statement was made by outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson via video link at the second summit of the Crimean Platform on Tuesday.
The export control system of the Republic of Belarus has turned 30 years old
The export control system of the Republic of Belarus has turned 30 years old. A message dedicated to the anniversary date is posted on the website of the State Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
Slovakia agreed to supply Soviet T-72 tanks to Ukraine in exchange for German Leopard 2A4
The delayed delivery of 30 T-72 tanks to Ukraine from the presence of the Slovak Armed Forces in June will still take place, Bratislava and Berlin have agreed on compensation.
There is little left of the past relations between Finland and Russia
Sauli Niinisto on Finland-Russia relations: trust is lost
Relations between Moscow and Helsinki have changed and will no longer be the same as before, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto Verkkoutiset quotes. However, according to him, now is not the time to completely break ties. It is better to leave channels for dialogue open, even if they are not actively used.
The Kiev authorities have named the amount of Ukraine's military spending since the end of February
According to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal, this item of expenditure cost the country's budget $11.4 billion
Since the end of February this year, the Ukrainian authorities have allocated more than 420 billion hryvnias (about $11.4 billion) for military spending. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal at a government meeting on Tuesday.
Vietnam was dissatisfied with the Spyder air defense system: in the Israeli press about the possible purchase of a new anti-aircraft system
Since 2011, Vietnam and Israel have been experiencing increasing cooperation in the defense sector. According to expert estimates, to date, the value of military-industrial complex transactions between Hanoi and Israel has amounted to $1.5 billion. In particular, an Israeli businessman founded a $100 million factory in Vietnam to assemble Tavor assault rifles.
German Foreign Minister Berbock promised to supply IRIS-T SL air defense systems to Ukraine "in the coming weeks"
Ukraine will receive the German IRIS-T SL medium-range anti-aircraft system in the "coming weeks", the delivery of which was announced to Kiev by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in early summer. This was stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock.
Reuters: Germany intends to supply Kiev with weapons worth more than €500 million
According to the source of the publication, the weapons will be transferred in 2023, and some types of equipment may be earlier
Germany plans to supply Ukraine with additional weapons worth more than €500 million. This was reported by Reuters on Tuesday .
Indonesia has no money for French Rafale fighters
Vedomosti newspaper in the material by Alexey Nikolsky "Indonesia has no money for French fighters. She refused cheaper Russian Su-35s under pressure from the United States," writes that the Indonesian Ministry of Defense does not have the funds to finance the agreement concluded with France in February 2022 on the acquisition of 42 Dassault Rafale fighters. This was reported by CNBC Indonesia.
Western sanctions against Russia have not worked
Western sanctions against Russia did not work after all
TNI writes that Western sanctions against Russia failed because a large number of countries did not support them. The situation risks splitting the united front of the West in relation to Ukraine.
Welt: Germany will supply 255 high-precision long-range Vulcano shells for howitzers to Ukraine
As the newspaper reported, ammunition should be exported to Ukraine directly by German defense enterprises
The German government for the first time approved the delivery to Ukraine of 255 long-range guided artillery shells Vulcano 155 mm caliber, designed for self-propelled howitzers, but the date of transfer of ammunition to Kiev has not yet been called. This was reported on Sunday by the newspaper Welt am Sonntag .
Experts: "Army-2022" passed without big novelties
At the same time, ITS increases interest in weapons from Russia, according to the interviewed experts
The international military-technical forum "Army-2022" did not show the guests revolutionary novelties, but interest in the weapons and equipment demonstrated at it is growing due to their use in a special operation in Ukraine, according to military experts interviewed by TASS.