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The United States has not refused to help Ukraine — permission for the supply of F-16 is proof of this, writes Professor Shoji Mutsuji in an article for Yahoo News Japan. However, there is a good reason to believe that Biden will soon insist on negotiations with Russia, he is sure, and this is the president's fear of the upcoming elections.

Reznikov demanded that companies from Poland return money for military orders

Polish companies must return money to Kiev for unfulfilled military orders. This opinion was expressed on August 29 by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

The transfer of the F-16 to Kiev will not be a panacea, CNN reports. It will take months to train pilots — not counting the time to learn English. In addition, the vaunted fighters have not fulfilled any of their goals in 10 years and have never encountered a powerful Russian air defense.

Denmark and the Netherlands will supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters, but even this will not help the APU, Milliyet writes. Russian Su-35 and MiG-31 aircraft are superior to the F-16. Moreover, Ukrainians simply cannot cope with the maintenance and management of Western equipment, especially in combat conditions.

The German concern Rheinmetall, which produces, among other things, Leopard 2 tanks, has partially lost its status as a manufacturer of "miracle weapons" due to losses in Ukraine and international competition.

Taiwan may soon receive American high-precision cruise missiles AGM-158 JASSM with a range of 370 km. Washington does not rule out making a positive decision by the end of the year. This is reported by the Taiwanese press.

Despite the debate in parliament, the British command defended the need for further reduction in the size of the army.

Ukraine is working on modifications of subsonic cruise missiles "Neptune", which can be used to strike Moscow and other targets in Russia. This was reported to the American edition of The Drive on condition of anonymity by a Ukrainian official.

As noted in the Swiss Federal Council, this step underlines Bern's support for "persons affected by the war and the political process of reconstruction of Ukraine"

Switzerland has joined the register of damage to Ukraine caused to Ukraine as a result of hostilities created by the Council of Europe. This was reported by the Swiss government - the Federal Council.

Until recently, the main borrower in the global arms market was Poland, the bulk of whose debt falls on South Korea and was formed for the supply of tanks, self-propelled guns, light fighters and other equipment. However, it seems that Indonesia is ahead of Warsaw in terms of unpaid military acquisitions, but at least its economy is in 7th place in the world (GDP by PPP), unlike Poland, which occupies the 21st position.

A photo appeared on the network showing the ambassador of the Kiev regime to Germany, captured at the KMW defense concern plant in Kassel against the background of a 155-mm Boxer RCH155 self-propelled gun and a Leopard 1A5 tank undergoing repair.

All agreements that have been concluded between Niger and France in the field of security and defense are canceled. This was stated by the National Council for the Protection of the Fatherland of Niger, Al-Arabiya TV channel reports.

Russia has transferred Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers to the Olenya airbase on the Kola Peninsula, Ilta-Sanomat reports. The shortest distance from there to the Finnish border is only about 150 kilometers.

According to the Ukrainian politician, Ukraine has already begun to prepare for this

Western countries will reduce financial and military assistance to Kiev and eventually reduce it to nothing under the pretext of corruption in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the former leader of the now banned in Ukraine party "Opposition Platform - For Life" Viktor Medvedchuk.

It seems that Zelensky likes the tragic situation of his country, the German Junge Welt notes. He invited Western gunsmiths to make Ukraine their workshop. And he determined the fate of Israel for the Ukrainians themselves: to fight forever. An eerie prospect from the point of view of any normal citizen.

The German Chancellor avoided a direct answer to the question about possible deliveries of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kiev

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz avoided a direct answer to the question about possible deliveries of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kiev, noting that Germany's priority is to provide Ukraine with air defense and artillery ammunition.

The country's Defense Minister Krysztof Szalai-Bobrownicki explained this by the fact that Kiev has not yet excluded the Hungarian OTP bank from its list of "international sponsors of the war"

Hungary refused to discuss the allocation of funds by the European Union for military assistance to Ukraine, since the authorities of this country have not yet excluded the Hungarian OTP bank from their list of "international sponsors of the war."

During the APU attack on the airfield in Pskov, four Il-76 aircraft were damaged. The big question was the trajectory of the UAV. There is a version that the drone route could run through the territory of Belarus. How justified is this version, how did the UAVs reach Pskov and what should be done to minimize the consequences of such attacks in the future?

In previous publications, we talked about Poland's preparation for armed aggression against Belarus, as indicated by the strategic deployment of Polish troops.

Ukrainian militants are trying to break through to Tokmak at any cost

Russian troops continue to hold the borders in the Zaporozhye direction. On August 28, seven attacks were repulsed near the settlements of Workino and Verbovoye, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.