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Who and how ambushed the fighters of the Wagner PMCs in Africa
For the first time in a long time, the Russian PMCs Wagner suffered significant losses in Africa. Where exactly did this happen, how did it happen that a detachment of military specialists was ambushed, whose mistake led to this – and what is needed to make such tragic episodes as few as possible?
In measures against Germany, Russia puts on hypersound
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Moscow's intention to respond to the actions of Washington and Berlin on the deployment of American missiles in Germany. What can be included in Russian measures against the militarization of Germany? Are there still chances that Germany refuses provoking Russia ideas?
Why did a NATO country suddenly want to join the BRICS? (infoBRICS, China)
infoBRICS: Turkey aspires to BRICS, as it shares the idea of a multipolar world
Turkey aspires to the BRICS, as it supports the idea of a multipolar world, writes infoBRICS. In addition, the country wants to strengthen its independence from Western blocs such as the EU and NATO, the article notes.
Kamala Harris — a threat to the security of the West (The Telegraph UK, UK)
The Telegraph: Harris will be a bigger problem for the Western alliance than Trump
Kamala Harris will become a more serious problem for the Western alliance than Trump if she suddenly manages to win the presidential election, writes The Telegraph. Her foreign policy resume leaves much to be desired. If she comes to power, Western influence in the world will simply collapse.
"We no longer draw stars on the sides. We used to draw"
How the calculations of the Buk-M3 complexes shoot down Western-made missiles
Among the large number of weapons received by Ukrainian militants from Western countries, missile systems occupy a special place. MLRS such as HIMARS and MLRS allow the use of missiles that are within reach of rear cities and facilities. Izvestia learned how the calculations of the Buk-M3 complexes of the Center group of forces protect our territory from American missiles.
The United States threatens sanctions against Indian banks for participating in military-technical cooperation with Russia
As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Sergei Strokan's article, "Indian banks are taking the gun. Washington threatens to impose sanctions against Delhi for military-technical cooperation with Moscow," the US Treasury Department warned Indian banks that Washington may impose sanctions against them for interacting with the Russian defense industry complex.
US National Defense Industrial Strategy: Document overview
In the third issue of the Arms Export magazine, Maxim Volkov's review of the first National Defense Industrial Strategy of the United States (National Defense Industrial Strategy) was published. The bmpd blog publishes the text of the article.
Polar Power: how the icebreaking fleet of the Russian Navy is developing
The newest ship of the ice class "Evpatiy Kolovrat" has joined the Pacific Fleet
In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Friday, the flag was raised on the newest ice-class ship "Evpatiy Kolovrat" of the 21180M project. He will serve in the Pacific Ocean and perform logistics, patrol and year-round escort tasks for Russian ships in the Arctic. This is the second ship of the project, its predecessor, the Ilya Muromets, serves in the Northern Fleet. Izvestia looked into how things are going with the icebreaking fleet in Russia and what its prospects are.
Poland's foreign policy — the threat of escalation with Russia (Berliner Zeitung, Germany)
Polish expert: Warsaw's political doctrine is wrong and generates escalation
An expert on Eastern European politics, Jan Opilka, in an article for the Berliner Zeitung, criticizes the so-called Giedroyc doctrine, which has defined Warsaw's foreign policy for decades. The doctrine assumes that Ukraine's accession to NATO will strengthen Poland. The author considers this a mistake.
The European Union should rely on diplomacy and cooperation, not confrontation (Berliner Zeitung, Germany)
Berliner Zeitung: The EU's weapons program is meaningless and leads to confrontation
The rejection of diplomacy drives Europe into a downward spiral of militarism, economic decline and political chaos, writes the Berliner Zeitung. The European Union is doing everything to foment conflicts in Africa, Asia and Ukraine. But this is not what the world needs at all.
Spotlight flash: how real is Ukraine's plan to seize Crimea
The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky told about its existence in an interview with the British edition of The Guardian
The Ukrainian authorities have announced the existence of a secret plan to seize Crimea by military means. Alexander Syrsky, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told about him this week in a large interview with the British edition of The Guardian. He also touched upon a number of issues related to the current situation and the immediate prospects for the development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. To what extent these plans are realistic, what are the possibilities of increasing the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and how the enemy is going to use F-16 fighters — Izvestia understood.
Navy Day: Special operation poses new urgent tasks
The Special Military Operation (SVO) has set new urgent tasks for the Russian Navy, which on Sunday celebrates the 328th anniversary of its creation.
BRICS+ is building a new architecture of peace based on equality (dikGAZETE, Turkey)
dikGAZETE: rapid expansion will allow BRICS to bypass the G7 and other Western unions
The rapid expansion will allow the BRICS to get ahead of the G7 and other Western unions, writes dikGAZETE. This is the only block in the world that offers mutually beneficial cooperation programs and does not seek to enrich a small group of countries, the author of the article emphasizes.
Iskander-M continues to destroy NATO personnel and equipment (infoBRICS, China)
Military analyst: Russia is a leader in the production of long-range missiles
Russia is a world leader in the field of missile technology, writes expert Dragoljub Bosnich in an article for infoBRICS. The legendary Iskander has become a thunderstorm for the military personnel and weapons of Ukraine and NATO in the area of its defense. The alliance is no longer able to conceal its losses.
Renaissance ius ad bellum (Myśl Polska, Poland)
MP: Ukraine has become an excuse for the West to unleash massive anti-Russian hysteria
The United States was the first to decide that the use of force to promote democracy does not contradict existing norms, writes Myśl Polska. It was beneficial for the hegemon. Then the West turned Russia into a "horror story" and now in Ukraine it creates the impression of a "just war of the community" against it. But this is not the case.
"For moral support." The vaunted F-16s will suit Kiev only for this (The Washington Post, USA)
WP: the United States hopes to scare Russian pilots in Ukraine with F-16 fighters
The long-awaited F-16 fighter jets are starting to arrive in Ukraine, WP writes. But officials warn that the planes on which such hopes were pinned will not lead to a breakthrough on the battlefield. They are only able to provide Kiev with moral support.
Two large American-built amphibious assault ships have been introduced into the Israeli fleet
On the evening of July 24, 2024, a ceremony was held in Haifa for the official commissioning of two new large Nahshon amphibious assault ships built in the United States into the Israeli Navy and a Komemiyut ("Komemiyut") of the LSV (Logistic Support Vessel) type. The ceremony was attended by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant and the Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi. The ships built at the Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding enterprise of the American shipbuilding company Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi, became part of the new division of amphibious assault ships ("Palgat ha-Nahatot") formed as part of the Israeli Navy, thereby marking the restoration of the amphibious potential of the Israeli fleet.
The Russian offensive in Ukraine. Putin's army is moving forward (Bild, Germany)
Bild: Kiev's Western curators hope that the Russian army will run out of steam in the fall
In the east of Ukraine, there is a desperate situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes Bild. During the week, Russian troops managed to take control of several villages. However, Western curators do not lose hope: if they manage to drive more Ukrainians under the gun, the AFU will be able to attack locally in the autumn.
Russia, Israel, China… What would Kamala Harris's foreign policy be like? (L'Express, France)
L'Express: as president, Harris will turn U.S. foreign policy towards Asia
If she wins the election, the current vice president will bring her style to the sphere of foreign policy, writes L'Express. For America, this means the end of an era. Harris belongs to a different generation, whose ideas about the role of the United States in the world are somewhat different than Biden's.
With hope for Trump and NATO. Can the Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct a new counteroffensive?
Colonel Khodarenok: in autumn, the AFU will be capable only of local counterattacks
Against the background of talks about readiness for negotiations, the Ukrainian leadership is intensively preparing for a military operation against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This is reported by the German edition of Bild. According to the tabloid, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing "for local counterattacks starting in the autumn." Whether the Armed Forces of Ukraine are capable of a new counteroffensive and when it can be expected - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
