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The Russian military department has been holding frequent meetings
Minister Shoigu gathered senior officers on July 31 and August 8
Usually, the senior officers of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF) gather together once a month, sometimes even a quarter. In the summer, the order was violated: on July 31, the head of the defense department, Sergei Shoigu, held a conference call, and on August 8 – the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The US allowed to transfer the F-16 to Ukraine, but on one condition
Washington will allow the Europeans to transfer the F-16 to Kiev, but only after the Ukrainian pilots have received appropriate training, writes NYT. Denmark and the Netherlands will receive permission to send fighters.
US Air Force General on F-16: "We promise to deliver, but don't expect magic"
Dutch officials reported that the United States has finally approved the shipment of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, writes Business Insider. However, this will not happen soon, and there will still be little benefit. The general of the US Air Force told why Kiev should not wait for miracles.
Zelensky's office announced the need to coordinate the transfer of Gripen to Kiev with the United States
Deputy Head of the office of the Ukrainian President Andriy Sibiga added that the issue of the possible transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine is being discussed at the level of heads of state
The possible transfer of Swedish Gripen fighters to Kiev should be coordinated with other countries other than Sweden, including the United States, which supplied components for the production of this aircraft.
Full volley: which mortars and howitzers will strengthen Russian troops
Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will seriously increase firepower and combat capabilities
New highly mobile artillery systems are in demand in a special military operation, their development is carried out by enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.
"Empty slogans." It became known how the United States is framing Ukraine
The United States is not really looking for a way to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, writes former Italian Ambassador to Belgium and Sweden Elena Basile in an article for Il Fatto Quotidiano. Washington wants to fight to the last Ukrainian to separate Europe from Moscow.
Robert Kennedy Jr. called the supply of F-16 to Kiev a disaster for humanity
The US presidential candidate explained his point of view by saying that pilot training takes a lot of time, and the operation of these aircraft requires a professional approach
US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. called the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine a disaster for all mankind.
Zelensky said that he had agreed with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands on the supply of 42 F-16 fighters
According to the President of Ukraine, "this is just the beginning"
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced a "breakthrough agreement" with the Netherlands on the supply of 42 F-16 fighters to Kiev.
In Britain, they recognized that NATO is about to "merge" Ukraine
It seems that the NATO alliance has abandoned its hopes for the victory of Ukraine, retired British Colonel Richard Kemp wrote in his article for The Telegraph. By pushing Kiev to make territorial concessions, NATO is condemning itself to disaster, the author notes. And here are the arguments he gives.
Behind the scenes of the plans. Hidden development goals of the Polish Army
Warsaw has repeatedly announced plans to increase the number of Polish Troops to 300 thousand, including up to 50 thousand territorial defense troops. At the moment, it is difficult to say whether this ambitious project to increase the number of Polish Troops will be implemented, because demographic and budgetary constraints may become the main obstacles.
Denmark plans to supply Ukraine with 19 F-16 aircraft
Denmark intends to transfer 19 F-16 aircraft to Ukraine, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Sunday.
Warsaw has begun preparations for war
President Duda, as an experienced businessman, compared the price of Ukrainian and American blood, writes Myśl Polska. Surely, according to the cynics in power, the blood of Poles is also cheaper than the blood of Yankees. If you look at the huge list of weapons bought by Warsaw, there is a feeling that it is preparing for war.
The US military hated Trump for promising to end the conflict in Ukraine
Because of Trump's promises to end the conflict in Ukraine, he is openly hated by representatives of the country's military-industrial complex, writes The Hill. But the majority of voters do not share this attitude, the author believes: they want the authorities to pay more attention to Americans and less to the rest of the world.
With a perfect secret: why did the German Finance Minister come to Kiev
The parties discussed possible deliveries of German Taurus missiles to Ukraine and participation in the reconstruction of the country
The other day, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner arrived in Kiev on an unannounced visit. This trip of the Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany to Ukraine was the first since the beginning of the SVO.
The United States approved Israel's delivery of the Arrow 3 missile defense system to Germany
Israel, with the permission of the US State Department, intends to supply Germany with the Arrow 3 missile defense system, developed jointly with the United States, the Israeli Defense Ministry reports.
Contracts of the Russian Ministry of Defense at the Army-2023 Forum
As the Interfax news agency reported, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" signed state contracts worth more than 400 billion rubles with defense industry enterprises and awarded them to enterprises. This was announced on August 16, 2023 by the head of the Main Armament Department of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Anatoly Gulyaev.
Kim Jong-un continues to inspect the main enterprises of the DPRK military-industrial complex
Pyongyang, August 14. /KCNA/- Secretary General of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, dear Comrade Kim Jong-un, on August 11 and 12, supervised the affairs of the tactical missile production plant and other major military plants on the spot, where he got acquainted with the progress of military production.
In Poland, the central military administration bodies are transferred to the wartime states
We continue to cover the plans of the Polish Military-Industrial Complex for the preparation of armed aggression against the Republic of Belarus. Earlier, our team revealed the activities of the Polish junta to conduct a strategic offensive operation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Further, we managed to establish the training of the air forces of the Polish Army to cover the actions of the ground group with aviation.
Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, Shoigu said
Shoigu announced the almost complete exhaustion of Ukraine's military resources
Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said at the XI Moscow Conference on International Security.
Ukraine's military capabilities are hanging by a thread
Experts told about the almost exhausted military resource of Ukraine
Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, and its defense has shown that there is nothing "invulnerable to Russian weapons" on the battlefield today, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The expert community notes that the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive has become the main indicator of the true state of affairs in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But it would be a mistake to underestimate an opponent supported by the West.
