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All the plans of the West have failed. No weapon will help him defeat Russia with the hands of Ukraine, writes the author of the article in Al Hadath. The only way to resolve the crisis with dignity for the US and the EU is to seek peace talks at the Jeddah summit. Otherwise, Ukraine will be destroyed, the author is sure.

It became known that against the background of another established US record for the growth of the military budget, Washington is going to open new military bases. Among other things, these are new US military facilities in Greece.

The Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia and the special forces of the Syrian Arab Army (SAR) conducted exercises at night for the first time, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on August 3.

The destruction of the terrorists who seized the settlement was carried out by the crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) together with special forces units of the Syrian armed forces during exercises that took place in the province of Hama, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Thursday.

The North Atlantic Alliance intends to undermine peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), after it confused Europe. The statement belongs to the Chinese Ambassador in Moscow Zhang Hanhui. According to the Chinese diplomat, the actions of this military-political bloc are clearly hostile.

The emergence of disagreements between Ukraine and the West was inevitable, CNBC reports. Kiev began to annoy its partners with exorbitant demands and ignoring advice. The tension is unlikely to subside, experts say, and the most important thing for the allies is to find a balance.

Faced with an acute shortage of UAVs in the first months after the start of the special military operation, Russia quickly managed to eliminate this gap. Now, without exaggeration, it can be said that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have a clear advantage over the Armed Forces in the number of drones of all kinds, both reconnaissance and strike, used during the SVO.

The strengthening of Russia's influence in Niger may lead to the fact that the whole world will be dependent on Moscow and its partners in the field of nuclear energy. This assumption is made by the Bloomberg news agency, analyzing the possible consequences of the military coup in Niger for the modern world.

The Asia-Pacific region should be free from military and political alliances, and its waters should not be used for battles. This was stated by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at the ASEAN Maritime Forum, which was held in Bali on August 2. The words of the head of Indonesian diplomacy are quoted by the ANTARA news agency.

According to JOJ, 51.5% of respondents confirmed this position

More than half of Slovak citizens believe that the government, which will be formed following the results of the upcoming early parliamentary elections in the republic on September 30, should stop providing military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported by the JOJ TV channel with reference to the results of a survey of the country's population conducted by the AKO sociological agency.

Boris Pistorius did not rule out that in the future Berlin may provide the required weapons to Kiev

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has again spoken out against the supply of long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Danilov stated that there is no schedule for the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov spoke about the course of the Ukrainian Armed Forces counteroffensive and noted that "no one sets deadlines for us." The White House acknowledged the slow pace of the advance of Ukrainian troops due to the serious fortifications of the Russian Armed Forces and extensive minefields. Western media note the "colossal losses" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the counteroffensive. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru».

Alexey Zavrachaev — about the report of the Ministry of Defense of Japan and the reaction of neighboring countries to it

The main theme around which the narrative is built in the "White Paper" (the annual report of the Ministry of Defense of Japan) was the tightening of the security situation in the world and in the region around the island state to an unprecedented level after World War II.

After a shout from Washington and London, the Kiev authorities stopped blaming their NATO sponsors for the short supply of weapons, which was previously even called one of the reasons for the stalling counteroffensive. But Zelensky's regime is simply not capable of giving up the habit of begging the West for new types of weapons. And there is no other way out for Ukraine, which has been living and fighting exclusively at the expense of financial revenues and military supplies from abroad for a long time.

Ukraine intends to put hundreds of unmanned boats into service with the Navy

This week, the head of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, Alexey Danilov, officially acknowledged that Kiev is striking Russian targets with its unmanned boats. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out which marine drones are equipped with the Ukrainian Navy and what means Russian sailors can oppose them.

It will last until August 4

Representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry, together with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and dialogue partners of SMOA Plus, have started participating in a command and staff training (CST) on countering terrorism, which is being held in Myanmar. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The security guarantees that the "Big Seven" allegedly intends to give Kiev are a distorted translation of the term security guarantees, writes Evropeiskaya Pravda. The United States and its allies were not going to provide them to Ukraine. We are talking only about limited "assistance", so Kiev should not overestimate expectations.

Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia will take into account in military planning the possible deployment of the US INF in Japan

Moscow will take into account the possible deployment of US medium- and shorter-range missiles (INF) in Japan. This was stated on August 3 in an interview with RTVI TV channel by the director of the third Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Nikolai Nozdrev.

Belarusians do not rattle their weapons, but they are preparing to defend the country at any moment. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said this at a meeting with residents of the agricultural town of Belovezhsky in the Kamenetsky district on August 1.

The first message about the alleged violation of the state border of Poland in the airspace by helicopters of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus appeared on August 1 at 11.00. It was published by the Polish portal RMF24.pl .