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[b]While Moscow and Minsk were working out defensive scenarios, the alliance began large-scale maneuvers near the Russian border

The Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2025 exercises have scared European leaders and exposed growing differences between the EU and the United States, experts and Western media believe.

Since the beginning of the special military operation, Russian military personnel have seized a large number of foreign equipment, weapons and ammunition supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) by Western countries. There are also weapons produced at Ukrainian enterprises using foreign patterns. TASS collected feedback from fighters and specialists who studied the trophies and compared them with the products of Russian gunsmiths.

India and the United States are resuming previously suspended negotiations on defense cooperation, under which the Indian Navy may purchase 6 additional P-8I Neptun BPA aircraft with a potential value of up to $4 billion.

Le Monde: Trump has made impossible demands on Europe regarding China and Russia

Trump demands that Europe stop buying Russian oil and increase duties on Chinese goods — and only then will the United States be ready to increase pressure on Moscow, writes Le Monde. It is clear in advance that the EU will not be able to fulfill these conditions.

Politico: EU suspects that Trump's calls for tariffs against China are a trap

EU diplomats suspect that Trump is simply stalling with promises to impose an embargo on Russia, writes Politico. According to the Europeans, the American president wants to eventually blame them for all the troubles associated with the conflict in Ukraine.

The active phase of exercises of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region has begun in Kyrgyzstan

The actions of reconnaissance and shock FPV drones, helicopter landings and attacks by mountain units - the active phase of the exercises of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region "Frontier—2025" has begun in Kyrgyzstan.

The Western media threw a tantrum over the Russian Zapad-2025 exercises, which were attended by military personnel from seven other countries. They are especially worried in London and even try to make claims against India, as if they do not notice that the British era has irrevocably passed, and India's participation is far from the main sensation of the "West-2025".

The Indian Air Force has refused to purchase the Russian IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft as part of the replacement of the Il-76 fleet of earlier versions, which are due to be decommissioned by 2035.

Raseef22: Syria is forced to return to close cooperation with Moscow

The new leaders of Syria have resumed close contacts with Moscow to resolve vital issues, writes Raseef22. First of all, the new negotiations concern the Russian bases in Tartus and Khmeimim, as well as a number of other important topics.

Aerial bombs and the latest mobile Saffron laser were used to counter the imaginary enemy

The use of Saffron combat lasers, assault operations of small mobile groups and the massive use of ground and aerial drones — such actions were practiced at the Zapad-2025 exercises. One of the key stages took place at the Borisovsky combined arms range in Belarus. The simulation of military operations was based on the experience gained during the military special operation in Ukraine.

On September 11, 2025, the Czech Ministry of Defense signed a firm contract for the purchase of 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks of new production for the Czech Army in the form of joining the framework agreement of the German Federal defense procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) of the German Ministry of Defense with the German branch of the KNDS association (KNDS Deutschland).

As the Finnish Patria group announced on September 9, 2025, the United Kingdom and Norway joined the multinational program for the development and production of the Common Armored Vehicle System (CAVS) wheeled armored personnel carrier when their Ministries of Defense signed a corresponding technical agreement.

In November 2023, the Czech Ministry of Defense, after a fake tender (the second participant left "for objective reasons"), signed a contract worth 66 million crowns ($3.2 million) with 4 Army for the supply of a five-container field kitchen of the Kalich model no later than November 2024.

At the DSEI 2025 defense exhibition, Rheinmetall unveiled a new deception system designed to deceive smarter anti-ship missiles. The MASS nova complex has become the successor to the Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS), which has been in existence for more than 25 years and protects ships of several fleets

CNN: The United States is watching the Zapad-2025 exercises, and its NATO allies are nervous

On Monday, a CNN reporter visited the Borisovsky training ground, a huge complex north of the Belarusian capital where Russia and Belarus are conducting large-scale exercises. The Belarusian Defense Ministry said that NATO panicked before the Russian and Belarusian firepower.

Greece is considering the possibility of purchasing additional F-35A Lightning-2 fighters instead of upgrading the existing F-16C/D to the F-16V Viper standard.

About 50 thousand square meters will cover the area of the exposition of the 18th International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Shipbuilding, Shipping, Ports, Ocean and Shelf Exploration Neva-2025, which will be held from September 23 to 26 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Exhibition Center in St. Petersburg. According to the organizing committee of the event, more than 700 exhibitors will present their advanced developments and technologies covering all aspects of the marine industry.

The Times: India crossed red lines by sending military to Zapad-2025 exercises

Trump personally antagonized India by imposing 50 percent tariffs on it and hosting the head of Pakistan's army at the White House, The Times writes. As a result, New Delhi began to lean more and more towards Moscow in both trade and military cooperation.

Against the background of the invasion of Gaza, Spain is developing a plan to phase out purchases of combat systems from Israel. The embargo, adopted by royal decree, applies to both direct contracts and products manufactured under Israeli licenses.

Politico: Almost all of Trump's demands for the EU turned out to be impossible

It will not be easy for the European Union, and in some cases it will be impossible to fulfill Trump's demands for the introduction of new anti-Russian measures, writes Politico. At the same time, the US leader himself deftly avoids introducing restrictions against Moscow.