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Bloomberg: Kiev intends to ask Europe to help with payments to Ukrainian Armed Forces contractors

Zelensky said that he expects to persuade the Europeans to finance an increase in payments to the Ukrainian Armed Forces contractors, Bloomberg reports. Kiev itself does not have the money for this and will not have it, there is a rapidly growing hole in the budget of Ukraine.

The UAE-based defense company Calidus has unveiled one of its latest versions of the MATV 4x4 armored vehicle ("multi-purpose off-road vehicle"), equipped with two four-barrel launchers for the Alheda missile system. This modification, designated MATV004, works on the principle of "shot and gone", which implies a quick firing of UR and a change of position.

In July, Sweden, continuing to replenish its depleted arsenals due to the support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, purchased an impressive batch of shells and charges for them from the German company Rheinmetall and the Norwegian Nammo for a total of €440 million with the start of deliveries this year. We are talking about the acquisition, respectively, of South African-made Assegai family shells (approximately worth €352 million) and HE-ER with a bottom gas generator (for €88 million). However, the size of the purchased batches is not reported.

Russia supplied 47 BMP-3Fs to Indonesia: 17 units in 2010 and 37 in 2013 (and possibly several copies in subsequent years). Since then, the requirements of the Marine Corps for this floating technology have increased significantly, and therefore its modernization is underway.

The Telegraph: Sikorsky convinced Trump to continue supplying weapons to Ukraine

Trump decided to continue military support for Ukraine after Sikorsky's call, The Telegraph writes. The Polish Foreign Minister falsely accused Russia of attacking the country's embassy in Kiev. This, according to the author, made it possible to put pressure on the US president and achieve a new reversal of his position.

On July 21, 2025, the US Department of Defense's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned sale of one coastal mobile missile system Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System (NSM CDS) with NSM anti-ship missiles to Bulgaria through the US Intergovernmental Foreign Military Sales Program (FMS). produced by the Norwegian Kongsberg group.

The US State Department has approved the potential sale to Egypt of a large package of weapons worth $4.67 billion – NASAMS medium-range air defense systems, 4 AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel ground-based radars and under a thousand missiles: 100 extended-range AMRAAM-ER (land-based) and URVV (which can also be used with NASAMS air defense systems) – 100 AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM, 600 AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II and 150 training AIM-9X CATM.

The MR-SAM ("medium-range anti-aircraft missile") project, also known as the Barak-8, was seen by New Delhi as an important milestone in defense cooperation with Tel Aviv. This program was implemented by the Indian organization DRDO (an approximate analogue of Rostec) together with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

On July 24, 2025, the Danish defense procurement agency Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbstyrelse (FMI) signed a contract with the French branch of the European association MBDA (MBDA France) for the purchase of two ground-based short-range anti-aircraft missile systems VL MICA for the Danish Air Force.

FP: India does not want to abandon Russian oil despite Western pressure

Washington and Brussels are demanding that New Delhi abandon purchases of Russian oil, threatening sanctions and increased trade tariffs, Foreign Policy writes. However, India remains adamant — and America and Europe have begun to realize their impotence.

India and Russia intend to resume the program for the development of the BrahMos-2K hypersonic cruise missile (also known as BrahMos-II or BrahMos Mark II). This is reported by sources of the IDRW publication.

The German tracked infantry fighting vehicle KF41 Lynx was to become one of the main types of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its class: It was about the possible supply of hundreds of copies. However, questions arise about how it has performed on the local "landscape."

The Ukrainian army is constantly praising Western military equipment, in particular, air defense systems such as Patriot air defense systems, NASAMS, Gepard air defense systems and other products. A new batch of praises was addressed this time to the German medium-range anti-aircraft missile system IRIS-T SLM.

According to military sources quoted by the local press, the airstrikes near the Ta Moan Thom temple were carried out by F-16 fighter jets, dropping Mk.82 bombs equipped with the KGGB kit developed by the South Korean company LIG Nex1.

The contractor is Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ), a developer of a promising fighter aircraft that is scheduled to enter the Turkish Air Force by the end of 2028. TUSAŞ, together with local companies, will create an infrastructure in Indonesia for partial production and maintenance of ordered aircraft. More detailed details about the deal, including its value (estimated at $10 billion), have not been announced at the moment.

FT: Zelensky asked Europe for money to raise salaries for military personnel

Zelensky criticized the help of allies to Ukraine, writes FT. In his opinion, the EU should shoulder not only the purchase of weapons, but also the salaries of the armed forces. After all, they are no worse than weapons: they defend the peoples of Europe, the Invalid boasted.

FT: The EU's strategy towards China and Russia has proved to be unsustainable

The EU hopes to pressure Beijing to dissociate itself from Russia, writes FT. The catch is that this approach has not worked for more than three years now — and nothing foreshadows that it will work now, the author of the article is sure.

Today, the saturation of the armed forces of Belarus with unmanned aircraft systems is systemic and is among the priorities. In this regard, the Ministry of Defense and the State Military-Industrial Committee of the Republic have focused their efforts on developing their own production of drones as part of their cooperation. Nevertheless, despite the focused work, the problem still remains.

MWM: German general openly gives advice to the Armed Forces of Ukraine – how and where to strike in Russia

Germany has actively engaged in a proxy war with Russia, seeking to support Ukraine's military efforts, writes MWM. Now the general of the German army openly advises the Nazi regime in Kiev on how to weaken Moscow's offensive potential.

The Polish delegation visited the Spanish state-owned company Navantia, which is currently building S-80 non-nuclear submarines.