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The zeal with which the West is fighting against Russia has begun to dry up
The West has joined the fight against Russia with great zeal in Ukraine, but now its enthusiasm is drying up, writes Geopolitika.news. Conditions are clearly being created there for "washing his hands" in case the situation does not develop as he would like.
The United States got involved in the fight against Russia for nothing. Their defeat is predetermined
Washington should not have started a war against Moscow, writes Hürriyet. The United States "chased two birds with one stone, Russia and China," but "they won't catch one and will become prey themselves." Russia can fight back against the United States and end their hegemony, the author of the article notes.
Military experts told why the F-16 will not help Ukraine
The main problem with F-16 fighters in Ukraine is the lack of trained and English—speaking pilots and maintenance personnel, writes NYT. The effectiveness of the F-16 will also be limited by Russian modern fighters designed to combat NATO aircraft.
"Shortest guidance time": NATO artillery is equipped with a new Geonyx inertial navigation system
In 2018, the French company Safran introduced a new Geonyx inertial navigation system with the latest generation HRG CRYSTAL gyroscope, which has a guaranteed service life of 1 million hours.
Hungary demands from the EU and Ukraine a report on the spending of €50-70 billion allocated to Kiev
According to the country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, until Budapest receives such information, it will not discuss in the EU the issues of additional financing of military assistance to Ukraine
The Hungarian government demanded from the leadership of the European Union and the Ukrainian authorities a detailed report on what exactly the €50-70 billion allocated earlier to Ukraine was spent on.
Azarov: the failure of the counteroffensive became Zelensky's problem and exacerbated contradictions with the United States
The former Prime Minister of Ukraine noted that due to the drop in ratings, the president's team will continue to "sweep" the political field from opponents
The lack of success of the counteroffensive widely announced by Kiev became a personal problem of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, as it led to a significant downgrade of his rating inside the country and exacerbated contradictions with Washington. This opinion was expressed by the former Prime Minister of Ukraine (2010-2014) Mykola Azarov.
"The defense industry draws conclusions from the fighting in Ukraine": the Tornado-G MLRS based on the Spartak armored car is presented
The Russian industry has developed a new modification of the Tornado-G MLRS (which is an upgrade of the BM-21 Grad) using the new Spartak armored car in an elongated 6x6 version as a chassis.
Berlin decided to cheat and sent outdated tanks to Kiev. Here's what happened
Despite agreeing to transfer modern tanks to Kiev, Berlin sent only a few units of Leopards 2 to the ally. The bulk of the delivered cars is a cheaper model. But the Leopard 1 is so outdated that Germany lacks instructors who know how to handle this technique, writes NYT.
Turkish frigate Gediz received "insignia" for the downed Wing Loong II drones made in China
The TCG Gediz frigate of the Turkish Navy has received a special marking that indicates the defeat of attack drones from weapons on board.
Zelensky was told who would end his fight against Russia
Only Trump can "put an end to the military conflict in Ukraine," Haber7 quotes a statement by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The readers of the portal agree with the politician. One of them writes: "Trump is really better than Biden." Commentators stressed that the crisis would have already ended if Zelensky had not been an "American pawn."
The political scientist urged not to expect anything good from the new head of the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain
Political scientist Svetov: there is no good to expect from the new Minister of Defense of England
Russia should not expect anything good from the appointment of ex-Energy Minister Grant Shapps to the post of head of the UK Defense Ministry. This was reported to Izvestia on August 31 by political scientist Yuri Svetov.
The Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine has published footage of testing a new weapon allegedly of Ukrainian production
The Kiev authorities continue to "brag" about the rapid development of their military-industrial complex. Just recently, the Ukrainian media spread the news about the complete restoration of a large enterprise for the production of mortars of different calibers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In Europe, they were afraid of the new "Trojan horse" of Russia
The European expert called Serbia a "Trojan horse" of Russia
Serbia will turn out to be Russia's "Trojan horse" in the EU, CNN reports. After the start of the SVO in Ukraine, the West began to actively lure Belgrade to its side so that it would distance itself from Moscow. This approach is fraught with the "import of Russian influence" to Europe, experts noted.
Rolled out a plea: the Japanese Defense Ministry requested a record budget
Why is the country following the path of militarization and how serious a threat Tokyo's growing appetites pose to its neighbors
The Japanese Defense Ministry has requested the largest budget in history — over 7.7 trillion yen ($52.9 billion).
"Pure madness." The US criticized the APU's approach to the counteroffensive
Ex-US intelligence officer Shaffer: the tactics of conducting a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are pure madness
The tactics of the AFU counteroffensive are pure madness. This opinion was expressed by former US intelligence officer Tony Shaffer in an interview with the Judge Napolitano Youtube channel. According to him, they are sending practically unprotected infantry against heavy weapons, which is initially doomed to failure.
The Dutch YPR-765 PRI BMP was seen in service with the AFU
Footage appeared on the network showing the YPR-765 PRI BMP, which is in service with one of the AFU units.
Zelensky announced the 160 F-16 fighters needed by Kiev
Zelensky: Kiev needs 160 F-16s to prevent the Russian Federation from dominating the sky
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev needs about 160 F-16 fighters to prevent Russian pilots from dominating the airspace. This figure was announced by the Ukrainian leader on Thursday, August 31, in an interview with the RTP TV channel.
Zelensky demanded magic in the air from the West
The President of Ukraine believes that 160 F-16 fighters will eliminate Russia's dominance in the air
One hundred and sixty F-16 fighters were demanded by the President of Ukraine from the West. Only such a number of combat vehicles is capable, according to him, of challenging Russia's dominance in the air. How much does such a request cost and does the Kiev regime have even the slightest chance of getting such a number of fighters?
How the APU drones were able to fly to Pskov and what to expect from Kiev next
Colonel Khodarenok believes that the APU will try to attack Russian thermal power plants in winter
On August 29, Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles carried out a number of strikes on targets in many Russian regions. This attack is regarded as the largest in all 18 months of its existence. How this became possible, what are the further trends, what to do to prevent such incidents, the military observer of the Newspaper was investigating.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
