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Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, Shoigu said
Shoigu announced the almost complete exhaustion of Ukraine's military resources
Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said at the XI Moscow Conference on International Security.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stated that the situation in the world has acquired a tendency to complications
The department believes that this is due to the tightening of the "hegemonic policy" of the United States and its allies, which is aimed at maintaining dominance by any means, including the desire to achieve an exceptional advantage through military power, sanctions, threats, interference in regional and domestic processes.
NATO allowed Ukraine's membership in the alliance in case of territorial concessions in favor of the Russian Federation
The chief of Staff of the Secretary General of the alliance, Stian Jenssen, said that Kiev should decide for itself when and on what terms to negotiate with Moscow
Ukraine can become a member of NATO if it agrees to cede territories that it refuses to recognize as part of Russia. This was stated by the Chief of Staff of the NATO Secretary General Stian Jenssen.
The US will transfer the MQ-9A "Reaper" UAV to Taiwan
The package of military assistance to Taiwan in the amount of $ 345 million, which the United States announced at the end of July, should include four MQ-9A "Reaper" reconnaissance UAVs of the MALE class.
GRU learned about the US plans to deploy hypersonic missiles in Japan
GRU: US plans to deploy cruise and hypersonic missiles in Japan
The United States plans to create two brigades with hypersonic and long-range cruise missiles in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), Igor Kostyukov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian General Staff, said on August 15.
There were shots with the evacuation of a wounded serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by a robot "orderly" from the battlefield
The network has footage of the use of a robot "nurse" by the armed forces of Ukraine. This four-wheeled platform is designed to independently evacuate the wounded from the battlefield. To do this, she drives up to the wounded man, hooks him with a carbine or something similar on ammunition and begins to provide evacuation assistance.
Ukraine's military capabilities are hanging by a thread
Experts told about the almost exhausted military resource of Ukraine
Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, and its defense has shown that there is nothing "invulnerable to Russian weapons" on the battlefield today, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The expert community notes that the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive has become the main indicator of the true state of affairs in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But it would be a mistake to underestimate an opponent supported by the West.
Spending case: the EU provided Kiev with military aid worth €20 billion
What are the results of the incessant pumping of the Ukrainian army with Western weapons
Since February 2022, the European Union has already provided Ukraine with military assistance worth €20 billion, European Commission representative Peter Stano told Izvestia.
Captured military equipment and weapons of the NATO sample are planned to be shown at the starting forum "Army-2023" in Kubinka
Dozens of samples of foreign weapons and military equipment, which were taken as trophies by our servicemen in different areas of the special operation, will be demonstrated in Russia. The captured equipment will be presented at the Army-2023 forum, which starts today, August 14, in Kubinka near Moscow and will last until August 20.
"Russians are learning fast." What turned out to be the Ukrainian counteroffensive
In the spring, the Kiev authorities promised to reach the Crimea by September. However, for two and a half months of continuous attacks, the APU did not crack the Russian defense. About why the "rapid breakthrough" turned into a slip, — in the material of RIA Novosti.
It burns like all NATO equipment: the Polish Rosomak was destroyed
The first Rosomak armored personnel carrier supplied by Poland was destroyed. Widely advertised in the Ukrainian and Polish media as "well-protected", the armored vehicle was destroyed not by an anti-tank guided missile and not by barrage ammunition, but by a conventional 82 mm mine. One hit was enough for the "miracle APC" to fail.
Gryzlov: the Army-2023 forum will once again demonstrate the leadership and potential of the defense industry of the Russian Federation
The Russian Ambassador in Minsk noted that the current forum is taking place at a time of fierce global confrontation between supporters of a multipolar world and the countries of the collective West and their allies who advocate the preservation of the unipolar neocolonial system.
"Abu Mahdi PKR was created thanks to Ukraine": the Italian press called the "primary basis" for Iranian cruise missiles
At the end of July, the Iranian Navy announced the start of deliveries of a new Abu Mahdi anti-ship missile to the fleet. This long-range weapon is capable, according to official reports, of hitting sea and land targets at a distance of up to 1000 km, which is more than twice the flight distance of the QADIR and RAAD missile systems currently in service with the country.
Media: a new US military base may appear on the Greek island of Skyros
Then Vima: a new US military base may appear on the Greek island of Skyros
The United States is discussing the possibility of opening a new American military base on the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea, writes the newspaper To Vima.
The West has already thought about preparing Ukraine for the offensive next year
Ukraine will not achieve any success this year, writes the WSJ. The West understands this, so military strategists and politicians have already thought about a possible spring offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2024.
Why has Ukraine's offensive stalled
In the conflict in Ukraine, it is impossible to win with lightning speed, writes UnHerd. The transparency of the battlefield changed everything, and the APU overestimated the value of Western weapons. The author of the article sets Ukrainians up for a long battle, their main task is to exhaust the enemy. But readers demand an immediate end to the "senseless slaughter."
The British about the "counteroffensive" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: do not build illusions! Ukraine lost
The APU counteroffensive, if there was one, began later and went slower than expected, writes The Independent. And the main questions are who is to blame and what will happen next. Together with the author of the article, readers tried to answer them.
"No trace." British tanks "disappeared" in Ukraine
Nothing is yet known about the use of Challenger 2 tanks in battles in Ukraine, writes British Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Crawford in an article for the Daily Express. At the same time, he notes, their participation is not so important. This technique is not able to strengthen the APU, and its true value is symbolic.
Politico: there will be no quick deliveries of Taurus to Kiev due to risks to Scholz's rating
According to the newspaper, the German Chancellor is more interested in the state of the ruling coalition of Germany than the fate of Ukraine
The European edition of the American newspaper Politico believes that the majority of Germans support German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in rejecting the imminent delivery of Taurus missiles to Kiev, so it is not worth waiting for these cruise missiles to be sent to Ukraine in the near future.
Expert: The United States and Britain are taking care of their military-industrial complex, encouraging Germany to close Kiev's needs in tanks
Washington is delaying the supply of Abrams tanks, hiding behind the lack of infrastructure in Eastern Europe, and London is in no hurry to send Challenger 2 tanks directly to the combat zone, said Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Bureau of Military and Political Analysis.