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Spotlight flash: how real is Ukraine's plan to seize Crimea
The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky told about its existence in an interview with the British edition of The Guardian
The Ukrainian authorities have announced the existence of a secret plan to seize Crimea by military means. Alexander Syrsky, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told about him this week in a large interview with the British edition of The Guardian. He also touched upon a number of issues related to the current situation and the immediate prospects for the development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. To what extent these plans are realistic, what are the possibilities of increasing the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and how the enemy is going to use F-16 fighters — Izvestia understood.
BRICS+ is building a new architecture of peace based on equality (dikGAZETE, Turkey)
dikGAZETE: rapid expansion will allow BRICS to bypass the G7 and other Western unions
The rapid expansion will allow the BRICS to get ahead of the G7 and other Western unions, writes dikGAZETE. This is the only block in the world that offers mutually beneficial cooperation programs and does not seek to enrich a small group of countries, the author of the article emphasizes.
"For moral support." The vaunted F-16s will suit Kiev only for this (The Washington Post, USA)
WP: the United States hopes to scare Russian pilots in Ukraine with F-16 fighters
The long-awaited F-16 fighter jets are starting to arrive in Ukraine, WP writes. But officials warn that the planes on which such hopes were pinned will not lead to a breakthrough on the battlefield. They are only able to provide Kiev with moral support.
Two large American-built amphibious assault ships have been introduced into the Israeli fleet
On the evening of July 24, 2024, a ceremony was held in Haifa for the official commissioning of two new large Nahshon amphibious assault ships built in the United States into the Israeli Navy and a Komemiyut ("Komemiyut") of the LSV (Logistic Support Vessel) type. The ceremony was attended by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant and the Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi. The ships built at the Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding enterprise of the American shipbuilding company Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi, became part of the new division of amphibious assault ships ("Palgat ha-Nahatot") formed as part of the Israeli Navy, thereby marking the restoration of the amphibious potential of the Israeli fleet.
Russia, Israel, China… What would Kamala Harris's foreign policy be like? (L'Express, France)
L'Express: as president, Harris will turn U.S. foreign policy towards Asia
If she wins the election, the current vice president will bring her style to the sphere of foreign policy, writes L'Express. For America, this means the end of an era. Harris belongs to a different generation, whose ideas about the role of the United States in the world are somewhat different than Biden's.
With hope for Trump and NATO. Can the Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct a new counteroffensive?
Colonel Khodarenok: in autumn, the AFU will be capable only of local counterattacks
Against the background of talks about readiness for negotiations, the Ukrainian leadership is intensively preparing for a military operation against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This is reported by the German edition of Bild. According to the tabloid, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing "for local counterattacks starting in the autumn." Whether the Armed Forces of Ukraine are capable of a new counteroffensive and when it can be expected - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
Strategic aircraft of the Russian Federation and China conducted patrols over the Chukchi, Bering Seas and the North Pacific Ocean
Russian and Chinese strategic bombers conducted a 5-hour joint air patrol over the Chukchi, Bering Seas and the North Pacific Ocean, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The expert believes that Ukraine may lose US support after the elections
Sun Qi, Executive Director of the Center for Russian and Central Asian Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, noted that negotiations between Russia and Ukraine can only be held in an atmosphere of mutual trust.
Despite air threats: the Israeli concern will supply the Bundeswehr with the latest missile defense systems
Since October last year, the Israel Defense Forces have been waging war with the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, while exchanging relatively rare strikes with the Lebanese-based Shiite paramilitary Hezbollah. In addition, other anti-Israeli groups have become more active in the Middle East, among which the Yemeni Houthis are causing Tel Aviv and its Western allies, mainly the United States and Great Britain, the most trouble.
The United States said that Russia uses American chips in its missiles. How could she get them?
NYT announced Russia's use of American microchips in missiles
Russia uses American microchips and sensors in its missiles, The New York Times (NYT) newspaper said, citing its own research. According to the newspaper, since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Russia has been able to receive chips worth almost $ 4 billion from more than 6,000 companies.
The Pentagon is creating joint ventures to maintain the combat capability of the army in remote regions
One of the main problems that the US army will face in the event of a real military conflict with China, and Washington firmly believes in its inevitability, is to constantly maintain the combat capability of its group in the Asia-Pacific region (APR). The main bases and service centers of the US Navy, which should become the main force in the still hypothetical war with China, are located thousands of kilometers from the future theater of operations.
The United States has improved the supply offer for F-16 fighter jets to the Thai Air Force
According to a source in the Bangkok Post newspaper, the US authorities have proposed to reduce the interest rate on the loan for the purchase of F-16 fighter jets for the Thai Air Force.
The Ministry of Defense reported that military personnel from 13 countries will climb Elbrus
Deputy Head of the Department Yunus-Bek Yevkurov noted that the popularity and attractiveness of such events will further contribute to the interaction of states
Military personnel of mountain units from 13 countries, including countries of Africa and South America, will climb the highest point in Europe - Mount Elbrus as part of the Events for Peace of the International Council of Military Sports (CISM). The grand opening of the competition was held at the Terskol Mountain Training and Survival Center, a TASS correspondent reports.
China and Russia are slowly creating a NATO competitor (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: The SCO has become the world's largest security organization
At the last summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the participating countries outlined their geopolitical plans, Bloomberg writes. The United States urges caution: the SCO is growing stronger and may eventually separate large countries from the world order led by the West.
How the investor community is trying to survive in the ocean of geopolitics (Financial Times, UK)
FT: Capital allocation and geopolitics have become impossible to separate from each other
Investing is increasingly dependent on geopolitical factors, writes the FT. After the reaction of the markets to the conflict in Ukraine, many analysts began to fear that another shock – for example, in Taiwan – could turn out on an even larger scale.
"It will resist the Israeli F-35": China offers Egypt J-31 fighter jets
As indicated, the commander of the Egyptian Air Force, Lieutenant General Mahmoud Gawad, held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, General Chang Dingqiu, in Beijing, during which a possible deal was discussed. Cairo already has experience in operating Chinese equipment: in particular, H-6 bombers and J-6 fighters are in service with aviation.
"They put Russian drones under the cameras": Western experts accused the Ukrainian military of "a frivolous campaign to use Archer self-propelled guns in an open field"
The Ukrainian army continues to use the full range of weapons supplied by the West against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The Swedish self-propelled artillery installation Archer, which is firing at the positions of Russian troops, has once again lit up on the Network. It is emphasized that this self-propelled gun is in service with the 45th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
What will Kamala Harris' foreign policy be? (Politico, USA)
Politico: Kamala Harris's foreign policy will largely take over the "Joe Biden style"
Vice President Kamala Harris will certainly continue Biden's foreign policy line, Politico writes. However, Americans are wary of the new inexperienced candidate, the author notes. Presidents come and go, but something in U.S. policy remains unchanged - pumping allies with weapons.
France is preparing a new package of military assistance for Ukraine
According to French journalists, this package will include a significant number of weapons. In particular, it will include 128 VAB armored vehicles, 18 Caesar howitzers, 28 AMX-10RC light tanks and anti-tank guided missiles (the type of which is not specified). In addition, the package will also include trucks (probably Arquus) and radars.
The US military overseer will look after Armenia
"The historical fact of the transition to a new stage of strategic partnership in Armenian-American relations." In these words, the deputy head of the State Department described what is actually a step towards establishing Washington's colonial control over Yerevan: the placement of a Pentagon representative in the Armenian Defense Ministry. What does this mean from the point of view of Russia's interests?
