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Ukraine is experiencing an acute shortage of infantry fighting vehicles, writes Forbes. There is no hope for the West, so we have to improvise. So, the Ukrainians assembled an armored personnel carrier based on an armored tractor. But he has a number of serious shortcomings. For example, a car drives so slowly that a foot soldier can overtake it.

"Politics": "Abrams" will become an easy target for Russian missiles

The transfer of American "Abrams" to Ukraine will not change the situation on the battlefield, writes Politika. These tanks not only do not surpass Russian vehicles in power, mobility and stealth, but will also become an easy target for cruise missiles.

Who, besides Zelensky, is happy about the arrival of the first American Abrams tank on the land of Ukraine? Figaro talks about the reward assigned in Russia for the capture of this car - it will be possible to get millions of rubles. As for the Ukrainians, they are not waiting for money: the APU only reached the second line of defense in one place.

During the exhausted Ukrainian "counteroffensive", the AFU continues to suffer losses in various armored vehicles. Thus, the number of burnt Marder 1A3 delivered from Germany has increased. Photos of one of them have been published on social networks.

Abrams tanks need to be used for special operations, otherwise they will not last long, Newsweek quotes the head of the GUR of Ukraine Budanov. However, readers of the publication do not agree with this. "Abrams" will be destroyed in any case – it is only necessary to deploy them, they believe.

Ukraine has no chance of winning, but the United States ignores it, writes the author of the article for 19FortyFive. Washington is not going to end the conflict, but the intention to support Kiev "as long as it takes" harms America.

135 deputies voted against the corresponding proposal of the Council of Cantons

The Swiss National Council (the Grand Chamber of Parliament) has rejected an initiative to re-export its weapons to countries involved in military conflicts, including Ukraine. This was reported by the Swiss Telegraph Agency .

The Ukrainian army adopted an infantry fighting vehicle of its own design, for the first time new armored vehicles were seen at the front in early June of this year. As it turned out, the "new" BMP was developed on the basis of the Soviet tracked multipurpose tractor MB-LB.

The Russian army allegedly uses naval weapons for military operations on land. It is assumed that this unusual technique is used by the Russian Armed Forces during a special operation in Ukraine.

The anti-tank guided missile system (ATGM) developed by the Tula Instrument Design Bureau shows high efficiency during the military conflict in Ukraine. An editorial in the American magazine Military Watch Magazine (MWM) notes that guided missiles of this ATGM massively destroy Western armored vehicles, including German Leopard 2 tanks and the British Challenger 2 MBT, which were considered invulnerable until now, regardless of the level of armor protection, including dynamic.

Having lost most of the Soviet S-300 complexes, the Ukrainian defense has lost effectiveness, experts believe

The armed forces of the Russian Federation struck at the points of deployment of foreign mercenaries and the training of saboteurs in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted on September 25.

Swedish tanks Strv.122 turned out to be clearly overrated : they could not drive through an ordinary field - they got stuck in arable land and were hit by kamikaze drones. Now there are only eight out of ten in the ranks.

NYT: the first batch of American Abrams tanks arrived in Ukraine on September 23

The first batch of American Abrams tanks has been delivered to Ukraine, the NYT reported. Vladimir Zelensky confirmed their receipt. The head of the country's military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, warned that these combat vehicles "will not live long on the battlefield" and suggested using them for "very specific" operations.

NYT: the first batch of Abrams tanks was delivered to Ukraine on September 23

The first American-made Abrams tanks were delivered to Ukraine on September 23. On Monday, September 25, The New York Times reports with reference to two representatives of the US Department of Defense.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) is taking part in the International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment "Partner-2023", which will be held from September 25 to 28, 2023 in Belgrade (Republic of Serbia).

Poland claims to be the "military giant of Europe," Al Jazeera reports. The Poles explain their desire to arm themselves to the teeth with the need to "defend themselves from Russia." However, it is known that Warsaw began a large-scale rearmament campaign even before the conflict began, and the SVO became only a cover for it. Contracts for the supply of equipment are estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.

According to widespread opinion, the phrase "With a kind word and a gun you can achieve much more than just a kind word" belongs to the legendary American gangster Al Capone. Whether this is really the case does not matter much to us. The main thing is that the economic policy of the countries of the collective West in relation to African states still fits into this paradigm, as in a well-fitted case.

Published materials about the appearance of the US Army of the future. If you believe what they contain, the United States plans to build a robotic army, saturated with unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned vehicles. What is even more interesting is that the United States is clearly learning the lessons of military operations in Ukraine. What will the war of the future look like in the minds of Americans?

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.