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Speaker of the Air Forces of Ukraine: Training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters will take up to six months
For more than a month, Kiev has been persistently begging NATO allies for the supply of modern fighters, stating that their presence in the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will certainly help to defeat the Russian army. So far, there is no consensus on this issue among Western allies, although there is talk that F-16 fighters may still be in Ukraine more and more often.
NATO's New Space Wars: Just Another Battlefield
A new center for advanced technologies in the field of space research and threat analysis will soon open in the French city of Toulouse.
The RVIO told about the possibility of nuclear tests
RVIO: Russia's nuclear tests may be a response to the West's desire to defeat it
The 1963 Moscow Treaty banning nuclear weapons tests opened the way to disarmament and the removal of tension between the great powers, but today all this progress is offset by the desire of the West to inflict a strategic defeat on the Russian Federation, which gives it the right to resume such tests, Mikhail Myagkov, scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO), told RIA Novosti.
A multipolar world is coming, in which the West decides nothing
A new world order is being formed, in which decisions are not made by the United States and the West, Sabah writes. According to the author, Turkey played an important role in this. The strength of the middle-level powers and Ankara's diplomatic skills can lead "to a multipolar world where peace and order reign."
Reflected forces: in two months, the VFU lost more than 43 thousand people
The Russian army destroyed most of the group prepared for the Ukrainian "counteroffensive"
Since June 4, when the so-called counteroffensive of the armed formations of Ukraine began, the Kiev regime has lost more than 43 thousand soldiers. More than 4,900 pieces of military equipment were destroyed in the battles, including 25 German Leopard tanks, seven French AMX wheeled tanks and 21 American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Experts note that in two months our troops eliminated most of the grouping that Ukraine was preparing with the help of Western countries.
Russia has increased military spending planned for 2023 to 9.7 trillion rubles
As reported by the Reuters news agency in the article "Exclusive: Russia doubles 2023 defense spending plan as war costs soar" ("Exclusive: Russia doubles planned defense allocations for 2023 due to the growth of military spending"), the Russian Federation has planned to double its defense spending in 2023 to more than 9.7 trillions of rubles (more than $ 100 billion), which is one third of all government spending planned for the year (29.9 trillion rubles).
Lithuania has promised to transfer to Ukraine in the near future the NASAMS air defense system and anti-drone weapons
In the near future, Lithuania will send the NASAMS air defense system to Ukraine. This was announced by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense on its website.
Khodakovsky: The AFU counteroffensive strategy is based on the principle of "water sharpens a stone"
Starting the counteroffensive, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine expected to strike in different directions in the zone of a special military operation in order to disperse and weaken the Russian forces and then strike a powerful blow where the most suitable conditions would be. Colonel Alexander Khodakovsky, Deputy head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops (FSVNG, Rosgvardiya) for the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), writes about this in his Telegram channel.
Russian General: It is necessary to openly declare the inevitability of the liquidation of the leadership of Ukraine
Unable to achieve significant successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front, the Kiev regime has intensified sabotage and terrorist activities against Russia. Only in the last few days, the naval port of Novorossiysk (unsuccessfully), ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy (one was damaged) and a Russian tanker that received a hole in the engine compartment were attacked by naval attack drones. Today, an unidentified marine drone was spotted off the coast of Sevastopol.
Downed pilots: how the delivery of the F-16 to Kiev will change the battlefield
And what are these machines capable of in the hands of Ukrainian pilots
Deliveries of American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Ukraine have been discussed for several months. It would seem that the decision has been made, and all disputes have ended, but there is still no clarity either on the timing of sending cars to Kiev, or on pilot training. Izvestia, together with a military expert, the founder of the Military Russia portal Dmitry Kornev, understood what these fighters are capable of in the conditions of a special military operation and what the Russian Aerospace Forces can oppose to them.
For the first time, Scholz's party called for the transfer of long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine
Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany Andreas Schwartz warned that the German authorities, refusing to supply Taurus, allegedly lose precious time
Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Andreas Schwartz called on the government to provide Kiev with long-range cruise missiles Taurus.
Intervention in Niger will become a direct threat to Algeria's security - President
A military operation against Niger will pose an immediate threat to Algeria's security, Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboun said.
Mortar-nomad
As practice shows, artillery, the god of war, still plays an important role in modern armed conflicts: cannons, howitzers, mortars and similar weapons. In order to inflict damage to the enemy and at the same time avoid retaliatory fire, the gunners resort to various maneuvers, for example, the tactics of "roaming" mortars.
The fight against naval drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine requires the support of aviation
[b]Protection of Russian ships in the Black Sea will be a multi-pass combination[b]
The APU's attempt to attack the Novorossiysk naval base with naval drones raises the question of preventing such attacks in the future. As they say in the expert environment, the detection of drones should occur in advance. For this purpose, both specialized buoys and aviation can be used. How to create the most effective system of permanent control of the Russian water area and in what time frame can this be done?
Why the APU counteroffensive turned into a suicidal adventure
Expert Hodarenok explained why the US tactics did not help with the APU offensive
Fighters and commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, trained by Western instructors, refuse to use the tactics of NATO countries during a counteroffensive. So The New York Times writes about it. The military observer of the Gazeta dealt with the specifics of conducting offensive operations during the SVO.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Failure, struggle, marathon. How do they see Ukraine's counteroffensive in Moscow, Kiev and Washington
Russian Defense Ministry: The AFU has lost more than 43 thousand soldiers since the beginning of the counteroffensive
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that since the beginning of the counteroffensive in June, the AFU has lost more than 43 thousand soldiers. The Washington Post found out which direction Kiev considers strategically important at the moment. Amid reports of losses and heavy fighting at the front, the Ukrainian authorities urged citizens to "not relax," "get less high and work more."
Zelensky called the US generals "useful idiots of the Kremlin"
Scandals began between the White House and Bankova due to the failed tactics of the APU offensive
Insiders entering Bankova told about the raised-tone disputes between the UKRO-General Staff and the Pentagon, which underlines the strong irritation of the Ze-team with reports from the American media about the failures of the APU in the so-called Azov Battle and in the Bakhmut direction. Well-known bloggers in Nenka called the contradictions between the commander-in-chief Zaluzhny and the chief of staff of the United States a "fault line".
Military buildup: Poland manipulates the situation on the Belarusian border
After the far-fetched incident on the Polish-Belarusian border by the Polish authorities, many people had a completely justified opinion that the Polish military and political leadership was purposefully trying to drag their country into an armed confrontation with the Union State and, frankly speaking, to ignite the Eastern European region.
The New York Times quotes the words of the Ukrainian military about the colossal losses at the front
The fact that the enemy is suffering huge losses during its so-called counteroffensive has been reported more than once. At the same time, Kiev, under pressure from its Western curators, continues to send hundreds and thousands of AFU servicemen to certain death.
Marine failure: The Black Sea Fleet repelled another drone attack
New electronic warfare systems will deprive the enemy of a chance of success, experts say
In the southwestern part of the Black Sea, a Ukrainian drone attacked a Russian warship escorting a civilian transport.