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As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Alexander Kislov's article "A bill on arming the Rosgvardiya with heavy equipment has been submitted to the State Duma," three deputies of the Russian State Duma from the United Russia party - Andrei Kartapolov, Vasily Piskarev and Alexander Khinstein - have introduced a bill giving the Rosgvardiya the right to have heavy military equipment in service. The bill proposes amendments to the federal law "On the National Guard Troops", follows from the published explanatory note.

The British Defense Minister announced his resignation from the post, Aljazeera reports. According to the publication, he caused the prime minister's dissatisfaction with his criticism of Ukraine, namely the phrase "we are not Amazon", hinting that Ukrainians could express more gratitude for the supply of weapons.

Dmitry Gorokhov — on the results of the Indian Prime Minister's visit to Emmanuel Macron and the French view of New Delhi politics

The agreement reached between New Delhi and Paris on French military supplies for India worth several billion euros was the expected outcome of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to France. His mission was given the rank of a State visit, the highest in the diplomatic protocol. At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, the Indian leader attended the celebrations on the day of the National Holiday of France on July 14 as an honorary guest.

The Federation Council adopted a law on raising the age limit for staying in reserve by five years

Senators approved a law that raises the age limit for a number of citizens who have military ranks in the reserve by five years.

It is planned to send four NASAMS short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems, ammunition and means for mine clearance to Kiev

The US authorities are allocating another $ 1.3 billion package of military assistance to Ukraine, Kiev plans to provide four short- and medium-range NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), ammunition and means for mine clearance. This is stated in a Pentagon statement released on Wednesday.

There were rumors that Vladimir Putin may soon meet with Erdogan, writes Advance. However, the big question is whether this will happen, the author of the article believes. Analyzing Ankara's recent decisions and their dependence on the country's internal problems, he comes to the conclusion that Erdogan has "leaned" too much towards the West, and this clearly does not suit the Kremlin.

Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said on July 18 that the US refusal to replenish stocks of cluster munitions after supplies to Ukraine shows that this is how old weapons are disposed of.

Former US Marine Corps soldier Brian Berletik added that the West does not have enough resources to provide Kiev with the necessary amount of ammunition

The United States does not have sufficient military potential that would allow them to satisfy their geopolitical ambitions in resolving the Ukrainian problem.

NATO is increasing the supply of equipment to the special military operation zone. One of the key areas was the barrel artillery and the supply of artillery shells to Ukraine. At the recent conference on the artillery of the future, held in Munich (Germany), many ideas were voiced about how NATO members are solving this problem after many years of industrial oblivion.

The leadership of the Czech Republic takes an extremely rabid Russophobic position, which in its madness is off the scale and often even exceeds the level of Russophobia in the Baltic countries.

On July 18, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin held a videoconference meeting of the Coordinating Council to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies.

In Britain, military priorities have changed – in London they say that it is necessary to invest in tanks, and not to increase the size of the army. It is noteworthy, but three years ago London was going to completely abandon heavy armored vehicles. What caused such drastic changes and, most importantly, will Britain be able to restore its tank building?

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has approved a plan to modernize the Navy vessels, strengthening them with means of combating drones

The Russian fleet will be armed against drones. The Ministry of Defense has approved a plan to modernize ships and vessels of the Russian Navy to strengthen their protection from surface and underwater unmanned vehicles, sources told Izvestia in the department.

Bekhan Ozdoev — about how the state corporation's enterprises rebuilt their work in connection with their

Bekhan Ozdoev, Industrial director of the cluster of conventional weapons, ammunition and special chemicals of the state corporation, told TASS in an interview about how the enterprises of the Rostec state Corporation fulfill the state defense order and have rebuilt to work in connection with the ongoing special military operation, as well as what weapons are being improved based on the experience of combat use.

The French Senate, following the National Assembly, approved on Thursday a bill on military planning for 2024-2030, French media reported.

A general agreement has been reached, specific issues remain

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in the Kremlin with the leadership of the private military company (PMCs) Wagner. This was announced on the evening of July 10 by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

The current position of the Bundeswehr is doubtful, the future is unclear

In the article "How the united Germany squandered its military power" ("HBO" from 03/24.23), it was shown how the armies of the two Germanies were built after 1945. And how, after 1990, Berlin sold military equipment to the former People's National Army of the GDR.

The issue of NATO membership has long been one of the main priorities of the Ukrainian authorities. During the years of its "independence", seven presidents have been replaced in Kiev. The last five have seen Euro-Atlantic integration as the main option for the development of Ukrainian society. Nevertheless, despite the long journey, the European Union and NATO have not become closer for Ukraine.

On July 7, 2023, the Logistics Command of the Finnish Armed Forces signed a contract with the Finnish shipbuilding company Marine Alutech Oy Ab in the amount of 25.5 million euros for the construction of an additional 17 small Jurmo-type amphibious assault boats for the Finnish Navy under the Watercat M12 project.

As reported on July 11, 2023, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of the United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) handed over a batch of Yak-130 combat training aircraft to the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The number of aircraft in this batch is not disclosed.