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The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin, said that in 2022, for the first time, the security conference will be held simultaneously with the International Military-Technical Forum "Army" and the Army International Games.

To date, 72 states have confirmed the participation of their official military delegations in the events of the Army-2022 MIFTF, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation General of the Army Pavel Popov said at a briefing for foreign military attaches.

Kalashnikov is one of the few large private companies operating in the Russian defense industry, the requirements for which have increased sharply against the background of the ongoing military operation in Ukraine. Alan Lushnikov, the main owner and president of Kalashnikov Group, told Kommersant about how sanctions affected the group's activities, the production of drones and precision weapons, as well as the launch of new business lines.

The new package, in particular, will include ammunition for HIMARS MLRS and NASAMS mobile air defense systems

The United States allocates a new $1 billion military aid package to Ukraine. This was announced on Monday by the Pentagon.

The ministry noted that deliveries will continue

The United States has established stable supplies to Ukraine of shells for multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) HIMARS, "many hundreds" of such ammunition have already been transferred, and in the future we should expect the continuation of these steps by Washington. This was announced on Monday at a briefing on Washington's provision of a new package of military assistance to Kiev, US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl.

It is expected that the new Antares 330 rocket will be completely American

The American corporation Northrop Grumman has signed an agreement with the American company Firefly Aerospace with the aim of upgrading the first stage of the Antares rocket and replacing Russian engines with American ones on it. This is stated in a message published on Monday by Northrop Grumman.

The United States supplies Ukraine with anti-radar missiles (PRLR), which can be used by Kiev's remaining aircraft against Russian radars.

The Ukrainian army has received a batch of Turkish-made BMC Kirpi 4x4 armored vehicles. The corresponding video, filmed in Ukraine, was posted on the TG-channel "Military Informant".

Peskov predicted demilitarization of the Bayraktar Turkish drone factory in Ukraine

If the production of Turkish drones appears in Ukraine, it will fall under demilitarization, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

At a press conference on August 8, 2022, the US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs, Colin Kahl, for the first time announced the transfer of aviation anti-radar missiles by the United States as military assistance to Ukraine. "In recent PDA packages, we have included a number of anti-radar missiles that can be launched from Ukrainian aircraft and can affect Russian radars and other objects," Kahl said.

According to the Head of the Department of Space Sciences of the D. V. Skobeltsyn Research Institute of Nuclear Physics (NIIYAF) The Moscow State University of Vladimir Kalegaev, the violation of scientific ties will lead to a slowdown in world development, from which everyone will suffer.

A plant for the production of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles can be built on Ukrainian territory in a few months. Ukraine has also decided on the timing of the launch of the production of Bayraktar drones.

General Popov told why Kiev will not be able to effectively use the HARM missile

The United States has begun supplying Ukraine with the AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile. This type of missile poses a danger to the radars of air defense systems. Their effectiveness is highest with the use of aircraft platforms, which the APU does not have. The rocket can also be launched from the ground, but at the same time it significantly loses in range. "Newspaper.Ru" dealt with military experts in the specifics of HARM's work.

The results of a study conducted by the German Employment Institute indicate that the labor market will feel the negative consequences

The German economy, against the background of the current events in Ukraine and the sanctions subsequently imposed on Russia, as well as in the context of the energy crisis, will lose €260 billion by 2030 and will be forced to cut thousands of jobs. This is evidenced by the results of a study published on Tuesday by the German Employment Institute (IAB).

According to the Republican from the House of Representatives Marjorie Taylor Green, the aid "has never been connected with the Ukrainian people"

A member of the US House of Representatives, Lauren Boibert (Republican from Colorado), criticized the provision of military assistance to Ukraine. On her Twitter, she commented on a CBS documentary, which said that most of the military aid that Western countries send to Ukrainian forces does not reach their final destinations in the country.

The Iranian Air Force had more dangerous fighters than any other army in the world

Even Soviet MiG aircraft were inferior to this fighter, writes MWM. But due to the high cost and complexity of its operation, many countries refused to buy it - all except Iran. As a result, his army had no equal in the number of the most dangerous fighters.

The Ukrainian army is currently entirely dependent on foreign supplies. This applies, among other things, to ammunition, artillery weapons, armored vehicles.

The Spanish Ground Forces have shown interest in purchasing 155 mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery units (CAmion Equipe d'un Systeme d'Artillerie) manufactured by NEXTER Systems.

In Ukraine, they started talking again about the construction of a factory for the production of Bayraktar TB2 attack drones. After all the advisers of the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, the head of the office himself and even the Minister of Defense spoke on this topic, the turn came to the Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey Vasily Bodnar.

The Spanish Defense Ministry has started implementing the procedure for the delivery of 20 tracked armored vehicles M-113 (TOA Transporte Oruga Acorazados) to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the armored personnel carrier version.