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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hosted North Korean army officers who helped liberate the Kursk region from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These soldiers are the commanders of the leading units that participated in military operations outside their country.

Der Spiegel: Merz supports sending German soldiers to Ukraine

"Irresponsibly," as Friedrich Merz once said about the possible deployment of Bundeswehr soldiers to Ukraine. Now he himself is igniting a discussion that promises to be heated, writes Der Spiegel. The chancellor, who claims to be a leader in Europe, is not at all opposed to sending German soldiers to East.

Independent: The combat potential of the British army is lower than during the Cold War

The British army is unlikely to be able to fulfill London's promise to send "peacekeeping" forces to Ukraine as a guarantee of its security after the conflict ends, the Independent writes. The country's armed forces are now noticeably weaker than during the Cold War.

Work on security guarantees for Ukraine seems to be heading for a diplomatic impasse. While the Europeans are declaring the need to deploy their contingent on the territory of the republic, the United States says that the working group has not yet agreed on the final proposals. Experts point out that this is a deliberate delaying of the discussion by the EU. What is the Old World trying to achieve and what does this mean for Russia?

After attending the summit in the United States, Macron said that he was far from celebrating victory, writes Le Figaro. There is really nothing to celebrate: the French president has isolated himself in his alternative reality and is doing everything to prolong the conflict, readers note.

The Allies are working on countering nuclear threats, taking into account the experience of modern conflicts

The situation on the Korean peninsula remains tense, despite the softening of the position of the new leadership of South Korea. Against the background of the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the United States and its Asian allies are once again focusing on military compatibility. The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, which began on August 18, show that Seoul remains one of Washington's key partners in the strategic confrontation with China. The DPRK, for its part, condemned the maneuvers and is ready to give a decisive response. More than 18,000 South Korean soldiers are involved in the exercises.

The DPRK defense industry is mass-producing a number of military equipment models that have no analogues in the world. These are, for example, the 170-mm self-propelled artillery units "Juche-po" of the 1983 model, also known as the M1989 or "Koksan".

According to publications of Chinese specialized publications, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipped with American-made M2A2 infantry fighting vehicles (Bradley infantry fighting vehicles), in the ODS-SA modification (according to the results of Operation Desert Storm), lost 113 units out of 186 (according to other sources, 189) delivered vehicles in the period from June 2023 to May 2024. armored vehicles of this model, of which: 

According to the Israeli publication Globes, the customer of the recently announced Elbit Systems arms package worth $ 1.635 billion (1.4 billion euro) is Serbia.

MPO – Gidropribor Concern, a leading developer and manufacturer of weapons for the Navy, is actively developing civilian products. Vladimir PATRUSHEV, CEO of the concern, talks about the latest developments of the company, ensuring the safety of maritime borders.

Leading South Korean defense companies reported record profits in the first half of 2025, driven by increased arms exports to Europe and the Middle East.

MWM: The Ukrainian Armed Forces have reached a critical point of exhaustion, having exhausted all weapons arsenals

The arsenals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are almost exhausted, and Western aid is not able to compensate for losses, writes MWM. Ukraine, once the most armed country in Europe, is now completely dependent on NATO supplies. However, Kiev is faced with a problem: imported equipment is incredibly expensive and is quickly destroyed by the Russian army.

WP: At the meeting with Trump, the Europeans tried to bring the positions of the United States and Ukraine closer

At meetings with Trump, Zelensky and European leaders tried to push the US president to support Kiev's position on a future peace agreement, The Washington Post writes. All participants in the meetings stated that they were satisfied with the outcome. But there were no concrete results from these meetings.

Thus, Ukraine hides the liquidation of the military-industrial complex, according to a senior researcher at the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The alleged first Ukrainian ballistic missile of its own production, the Flamingo, presented by Kiev the other day, is actually developed by the Emirati-British company Milanion Group, which indicates an attempt by the political leadership of Ukraine to conceal the actual liquidation of its military-industrial complex. Alexander Stepanov, a military expert at the RANEPA Institute of Law and National Security and a senior researcher at the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, shared this opinion with TASS.

Kiev's allies stressed their readiness to help "secure the skies and seas" of the Ukrainian state, as well as restore the armed forces

. The Coalition of the Willing confirmed its readiness to send multinational "deterrence forces" to Ukraine after the end of hostilities.

Ukraine has demonstrated a new long-range missile, allegedly developed by Ukrainian specialists for strikes deep into Russia. Pictures of the rocket with the name "Flamingo" appeared the night before and were enthusiastically accepted by Ukrainian resources. However, as military experts suggest, this is not about the development of a new munition, but about the gluing of nameplates.

The International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" will be held from August 22 to 31 on Red Square for the 17th time. In an interview with TASS, the head of the festival's Directorate, Sergei Smirnov, revealed the nuances of preparation and programming, introduced foreign participants, and also talked about how the main Russian musical festival military tattoo might change in the future.

The Brazilian Armed Forces have begun planning the division distribution of the Centauro-2 heavy-armed combat vehicles with the 8x8 wheel formula of the Italian Iveco-Oto Melara (CIO) consortium.

AP photographer posted a picture of the Ukrainian cruise missile "Flamingo"

Associated Press (AP) photographer Yefrem Lukatsky posted a picture of the new Ukrainian cruise missile "Flamingo" on Facebook (a social network banned in Russia; owned by Meta Corporation, which is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). The claimed flight range of the product is 3,000 kilometers.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of ammunition, precision-guided bombs and missiles, as well as related equipment to Nigeria as part of the Foreign Military Sales program.