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Madrid provides assistance to Kiev, but in homeopathic doses

Spain is one of the largest European member states of NATO and the European Union. Accordingly, its Armed Forces are also among the largest in the region.

On September 21, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 325 million.

Ottawa also intends to provide instructors for training on the F-16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said

Canada will allocate $482 million over three years to support Kiev and provide instructors for training in the management of F-16 fighters. This was stated by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in parliament before addressing the parliamentarians of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

According to the Canadian Prime Minister, Ottawa will also help Kiev with the training of pilots on F-16 fighter jets

Canada will transfer 35 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ammunition, light equipment to Ukraine in a new package of military assistance and will assist in the maintenance of Leopard 2 tanks. This was stated by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

Daily Express: Britain supplied the APU with equipment that may contain asbestos

Thousands of units of British military equipment, including Challenger 2 tanks supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, may contain deadly asbestos materials, writes the Daily Express. This substance causes severe lung diseases, the article notes.

CBC News: Canada disposes of old armored personnel carriers despite offers to transfer them to Kiev

Canada is going to dispose of dozens of old armored personnel carriers, contrary to the proposal of Armatec to repair them and transfer them to Ukraine. This was reported by CBC News on Thursday, September 21.

As the Ukrainian conflict continues, the variety of military equipment available in the Armed Forces of Ukraine is growing. Sometimes there are extremely rare specimens. For example, a product of the Spanish defense industry BMR-600 VRAC ("machine for the exploration of polluted areas") was noticed, designed to work in disaster zones.

The Russian defense industry demonstrated a portable jamming device designed to be installed on mobile equipment in order to combat enemy drones.

Representatives of the Ministries of Defense of the Czech Republic, Denmark and the Netherlands on the sidelines of the meeting of the "Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine" (UDCG) at the German Ramstein airbase signed a letter of intent (LoI) on cooperation in the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

At the DSEI 2023 defense exhibition in London, the British army presented a new version of the Ajax armored vehicle, which has been developed for many years to replace the CVRT in service since 1970.

During the remote strikes on the positions of the Armenian troops in Karabakh, the Azerbaijani troops used the Pakistani-made KRL-122 MLRS and the Belarusian B-200 Polonaise.

The Israeli Defense Ministry has officially presented the new Merkava Barak MBT, which is positioned as a "fifth generation tank".

From the very beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the West has not prepared any strategy of retreat in case everything goes wrong, writes GN. Therefore, it was hastily decided to change the political and media rhetoric — to transform failure into success, and pessimism and criticism into optimism.

Information about the serial production of new T-80 family tanks was received with approval by many military and civilian experts.

The network has published footage showing Ukrainian-made BMP-1U "Shkval" armed with Russian units.

The tanker's Day was marked with hot news from the industry and from the special operation zone

In parallel with the production of the next generation T-14 "Armata" tanks, the Russian Defense Industrial Complex (MIC) is solving the tasks of increasing the production of the previous generation T-90M "Breakthrough" machine and resuming the assembly of T-80BVM gas turbine tanks. New information about these directions came on the eve and during the celebration of the Tanker's Day, celebrated in our country annually on September 10.

The armies of Australia and New Zealand are intended for external use

Geographically remote from all the major centers of civilization, Australia and New Zealand are full-fledged constituent parts of the Anglo-Saxon world.

The experience of a Special military operation has demonstrated that powerful guided missile weapons will not be superfluous for armored vehicles, which should transport motorized infantry, paratroopers and marines.

The Russian military again struck at the Kharkov armored plant. There, according to the Ministry of Defense, the enemy repaired tanks damaged during the fighting. What is the complexity of the destruction of this object and why is it so important to eliminate it?

Washington is preparing to send a large batch of modern tanks to the island

The next step towards tightening the confrontation between the United States and China will be the upcoming delivery of M1 Abrams main battle tanks (MBT) to the so-called Republic of China (ROC), as the ruling regime in Taiwan calls itself.