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On August 16, the Latvian Defense Ministry reported that, in accordance with the decision of the extraordinary Cabinet meeting of July 28, Latvia supplied Ukraine with six 155-mm self-propelled howitzers M-109A5OE and the necessary ammunition.

Why the US military does not want to transfer the MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone to the APU

The APU wants to get medium-altitude General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle ("Gray Eagle") American-made UAVs to strengthen their strike and reconnaissance capabilities. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out why the Pentagon is still refusing Kiev.

Statement of the Turkish Defense Industry Department on the S-400: the information is not true

The reports that appeared in the media about the new purchase and production of the S-400 in Turkey do not correspond to reality, Haber7 reported. A discussion broke out among the readers of the site.

The first mainline narrow-body Tu-214 aircraft for Russian airlines will appear in 2023. This was announced by the General Director of the UAC Yuri Slyusar within the framework of the international military-technical forum "Army-2022".

The transfer of Mi-17V5 helicopters to Ukraine, previously delivered to Afghanistan, is a blatant example of illegal re-export, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation, told RIA Novosti on Monday during the Army-2022 forum.

The end of globalization brings new threats and challenges

According to the German business Handelsblatt, the era of globalization is coming to an end, new rules of the game are coming into force, but this does not bode well for both the West as a whole and Germany as an "export superpower".

On August 16, the Russian Defense Ministry spoke about the theme of the Army International Games-2022 ("ArMI-2022") in various geolocations.

Ukraine has replenished its helicopter fleet, Latvia has transferred a batch of rotorcraft to Kiev. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Artis Pabriks.

On the first day of the Army-2022 forum, important statements were made regarding the development of the military-technical cooperation system, plans for rearmament, export sales of VIVT, and the situation around Ukraine.

The effect of Ukraine and Taiwan: the Chinese economy was forced to suffer

The author of the French website Atlantico records the slowdown of the Chinese economy – and this is not surprising. Covid was followed by a brief boom associated with the restoration of production. New weekdays have come after the holiday. But the West sees everywhere the "defeat of the Stalinist model."

Shoigu: the appearance of nuclear submarines in Australia within the framework of AUKUS will open a "Pandora's box"

Washington's arguments about the need for nuclear submarines for Australia repeat the situation with the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty - the appearance of a nuclear fleet from Australia will open a "Pandora's box" in the region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday at the opening of the Moscow Conference on International Security within the framework of the Army-2022 forum.

Defense Minister of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that Riga provided Kiev with six American M109 howitzers, RIA Novosti reports.

Moscow and Ankara have signed a contract to supply Turkey with a second regimental set of S-400 air defense systems, TASS reports. As the agency notes, this was announced by the director of the FSVTS Dmitry Shugaev at the international forum "Army-2022".

The opening of the X Moscow Conference on International Security took place on the basis of the training and methodological center for military-patriotic education of youth "Avangard" within the framework of the Army-2022 MIFTF.

On August 16, the Head of the Main Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Osadchuk, summed up the results of the first day of the work of the Army-2022 MVTF at a briefing for journalists.

The shipbuilding company Austal Limited (Austal) announced the delivery by its Austal Australia division of the Australian Ministry of Defense of the second of eight patrol boats of the "Improved Cape" class ordered for the country's Navy.

The President of the Russian Federation noted in his address that the West needs conflicts to retain power

Western countries are trying to preserve the "hegemony that is slipping out of their hands," but the era of the unipolar world order is becoming a thing of the past. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in his address to the participants and guests of the X Moscow Conference on International Security.

Millions of dollars of American aid simply disappeared in Afghanistan. Will it be the same with Ukraine?

Ukraine is notorious for the level of corruption, writes Newsweek. So that the money that the United States is pouring into the country does not suffer the same fate as in Afghanistan, Washington should take care of creating control mechanisms, the article says.

The very first day of the Army-2022 exhibition clearly showed that human participation in wars is gradually decreasing, the main combat load falls on robots. The forum presented the M-81 robot for land combat, an unmanned army truck, an unmanned helicopter, and most importantly – the latest combined-type drone. But for some reason, experts call cheap UAVs from China the main rivals of the drone.

The total number of New Zealand officers engaged in the training programs of the AFU soldiers will exceed 150

The New Zealand authorities will send 120 military personnel to train soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on Monday by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.