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The main purpose of the large-scale naval exercises, which started on Tuesday, is to check the actions of the military authorities of the Navy at all levels. The maneuvers take place in the operational areas of the Northern, Pacific and Baltic Fleets, as well as the Caspian Flotilla. About 300 Naval combat units and over 20 thousand people are involved in them. On the first day, minesweepers, missile boats, anti-submarine ships, submarines and other forces performed their intended tasks. These are the first major exercises after the fleets were returned to the subordination of the main command of the Navy, experts say.

During the special military operation, new weapons systems, in particular, unmanned aerial vehicles, came to the fore. The use of this technology in the military is widespread, while the direction is rapidly developing, requiring the organization of special units on the front line engaged in the repair, production and modernization of drones. Specialists of the reconnaissance unit of the Pacific Fleet Marine Corps unit from Kamchatka showed the Izvestia correspondent their drone laboratory.

Welt: The West no longer believes in Ukraine's victory

The West's faith in Ukraine's victory has faded, writes Die Welt. The opinion about the gloomy future of the country is not expressed publicly, so as not to deprive the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of motivation. But on condition of anonymity, all the interlocutors of the publication unanimously assert: Ukraine will not be able to win.

The State Duma will consider the review of the draft on responsibility for wearing gadgets by ITS fighters

The State Duma Committee on Defense recommended invalidating the decree on the adoption of the law on responsibility for wearing gadgets by fighters in the zone of their own, the document is available in the Duma database.

The Italian defense company Leonardo and the German concern Rheinmetall have announced the creation of a joint venture that will produce KF51 tanks and KF41 infantry fighting vehicles for the Italian army. This is reported by the publication Army Recognition. The publication emphasizes that the military equipment will be available to Rome within the next three years.

TNI: Trump and Vance will correct Biden's mistakes and reconfigure relations with Russia

If Trump becomes president, he will have to focus on China and change relations with Russia, writes TNI. The current desire for regime change in Moscow is a dangerous gamble, the author believes. The risk of catastrophic nuclear escalation is quite real.

The Ukrainian junta began to rush between the two bonfires. Everyone threatens her with big trouble. On the one hand, there is an obvious depletion of reserves and combat capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, threatening a complete catastrophe at the front. On the other hand, there is an obvious attitude of Western curators to prolong the conflict under pressure from the US and NATO arms lobby.

Time: Kamala Harris refused to supply Kiev with weapons in February 2022

Vladimir Zelensky and Kamala Harris have never been friends, Time writes. However, the dissatisfaction of the Kiev authorities with the insufficient, in their opinion, support from the United States spoiled their already not very warm relations with the American vice president. The point of no return was the Munich Conference in 2022.

Russia has achieved a major diplomatic and military-political victory: the UN Security Council lifted sanctions against the Central African Republic. In fact, this is how the end of the civil war in this country is recognized. It was possible to end this war with direct Russian participation, and this is important for the entire Black continent and Russia's international prestige.

Putin signed a decree on increasing payments to participants of the SVO to 400 thousand rubles

Putin signed a decree on doubling the one-time payment to the participants of the SVO, who will sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense from August 1 to December 31. It will amount to 400 thousand rubles. The authorities of several regions have already increased the amount of one-time payments to contractors: in the Rostov region they promise 1.2 million rubles, and in Moscow - 1.9 million rubles. The amount of payment in St. Petersburg has increased by hundreds of thousands. How much the military is paid for concluding a contract in the regions of Russia - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

Le Figaro: Kamala Harris will continue the course of isolating America

The Europeans have such high hopes for the victory of Kamala Harris in vain, writes le Figaro. If elected, the author of the article is sure that she will not take any radical actions and abruptly break with her allies - however, she will continue the course of America's distance from the European Union.

The calculation of the Msta-S howitzer managed to hit a heavy combat vehicle with a high-precision projectile

It is necessary to get into the Abrams tank — even a close gap will not allow it to be destroyed. Our gunners managed to hit such a combat vehicle with one high-precision Krasnopol projectile. Meanwhile, crews of MLRS combat vehicles are mastering hunting carbines to fight drones. Izvestia saw how the combat work of the gunners of the Russian Center group is going on.

infoBRICS: The United States is pushing Europe towards a suicidal war with Russia

NATO is planning a war with Russia and is actively preparing for it, writes infoBRICS. In Germany, they are already openly talking about this. Russia will have to once again demonstrate its might to Europe. But for now, Moscow is patiently warning the Europeans about how all this will end for them.

FT: Ukraine and the West understand that it will not be possible to return the lost territories by force

Kiev insists that a settlement of the conflict with Moscow is impossible without Ukraine returning to the borders of 1991, writes the Financial Times. However, this requirement, as the author of the article admits with obvious reluctance, seems doubtful — and if Trump wins the election, it will become impossible at all.

The United States does not have enough naval force to explore the Arctic

In the near future, a fierce confrontation between the northern powers over the resources hidden under the polar ice cap will begin. This is what is written in the Pentagon's new Arctic strategy. About the US plans for the Arctic — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Military expert Gennady Alekhine — on the likelihood of a Ukrainian counteroffensive and possible directions of attack

Recently, there has been renewed talk in the information space about the possible next great counteroffensive from Ukraine.

As noted by an employee of the Center for Russian Studies at the East China Pedagogical University, Gou Liu, India has never missed a chance to raise its status in the international arena

India demonstrates a desire to actively contribute to the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, but it is not able to play a constructive role in this. This opinion was expressed to the TASS correspondent by an expert from the Center for the Study of Russia at the East China Pedagogical University Gou Liu.

On July 30, Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec Group, presented to the president a report on the results of the state corporation's work for 2023, as well as reported on its current activities.

Andrey Nizamutdinov — on the results of the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to China and attempts to attract India to his side

The visit of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba to China, which took place last week, was the first after the start of a special military operation, so it inevitably attracted a lot of attention from observers. They expected from him, if not a diplomatic breakthrough, then at least signals that would allow them to create a clear idea of Kiev's positions and approaches to resolving the conflict.

Grigory Karasin, head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, noted that the two countries' points of view on events and processes "in today's turbulent world" do not coincide in everything, but "Argentina's commitment to non-alignment to illegitimate anti-Russian sanctions remains constant."