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Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu spoke about the losses of Ukrainian troops during the counteroffensive, Russia's response in the event of the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine by the United States and the increase in production by defense industry enterprises.

In addition, according to the Ukrainian president, the Netherlands plans to start training pilots in August

Australia has promised to provide Ukraine with a package of military assistance, including the supply of Bushmaster armored vehicles, and the Netherlands promises to start training pilots in August. This was announced by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky following meetings with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius.

The targets were the Kerch Bridge and military airfields in the Rostov and Kaluga regions

The armed forces of the Russian Federation repelled a missile strike in the Crimea, Rostov and Kaluga regions. Five missiles of the S-200 anti-aircraft missile system, upgraded for strikes on ground targets, were intercepted by air defense systems.

During the fighting in the Zaporozhye direction, anti-fascist soldiers destroyed the Czech T-72EA, the American M113 and the first Polish PT-91 Twardy.

The company also delivered the first batch of BMP-2 with modernization for the Berezhok module

Kurganmashzavod (KMZ, part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) has prematurely shipped new BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to the Russian Defense Ministry, as well as those that have undergone major repairs. This was reported to journalists in the holding on Tuesday.

The head of the German arms concern Rheinmetall announced the conclusion of an agreement, according to which it is planned to create an enterprise for the production of military equipment on the territory of Ukraine within three months.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday, while working in the Central Military District, checked the fulfillment of the state defense order at enterprises located in the Republic of Tatarstan, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The T-62M tank of the Russian Army during the combat mission showed that its mine protection is highly reliable.

Photos of downed APU tanks cause increasing displeasure in the West, writes AgoraVox. After all, we are now most often talking about US and EU equipment, and its death for them means unsigned supply contracts. And this is a huge loss of money and the collapse of prestige. But the "victory" of the APU threatens trouble.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — about whether the new supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine will affect the course of its

On July 7, US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl announced that the new package of military assistance to Ukraine would include the Bradley BMP, the Stryker BBM, ammunition for HIMARS and Patriot systems, cluster and conventional artillery ammunition. Most likely, we are talking about shells for 105- and 155-millimeter artillery systems.

Russian military engineers have jeopardized the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Traffic News writes. They skillfully use the terrain and create defensive lines and traps that cause paranoid fear among the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and lead to tragic consequences for Kiev.

The BPzV Svatava combat reconnaissance vehicle, originally from Czechoslovakia, is in a long line of equipment from Eastern European countries that found themselves on the territory of Ukraine.

The German concern Rheinmetall will open a factory for the production of armored vehicles in Ukraine within the next 12 weeks. This was announced by the company's CEO Armin Papperger in an interview with CNN on July 6.

Recently, a Czech-Polish armored personnel carrier OT-64 SKOT was seen in service with one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the deliveries of this equipment to the Nezalezhnaya were not officially reflected.

After the clashes on the disputed borders in the Himalayas, tensions remain between India and China, which can develop into a full-fledged military confrontation. Against this background, both countries continue to strengthen their troops and infrastructure in the border highlands.

Why have armed formations changed tactics and how long can attacks last without the use of armored vehicles

The armed formations of Ukraine continue to conduct attacks, regardless of losses. On July 7 alone, they lost over 700 people and 38 pieces of military equipment, including the AF-90 and Krab self-propelled guns of Western production.

On July 6, 2023, the Turkish company FNSS Savunma Sistemleri presented to the public a video showing the characteristics and amphibious capabilities of the ZAHA armored amphibious vehicle.

Ukrainian soldiers or "volunteers" converted the MT-LBu armored personnel carrier into an infantry fighting vehicle thanks to the installation of the BM-7 "Parus" combat module on its roof.

On July 7, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 800 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $ 41.3 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $44.1 billion.

After the modernization, Leclerc has changed seriously, but it is not entirely clear whether it is for the worse.

Western and Russian tank-building schools have been developing almost in isolation from each other for decades. Western tanks did not fight with trained units equipped with modern Soviet/Russian-made tanks, so it was impossible to clearly understand whose tank school was better able to cope with the requirements of the battlefield.