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Colonel McGregor: The APU has switched to the tactics of long-range strikes

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have switched to the tactics of long-range strikes by Western missiles, which raises serious concerns. This was stated by the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel of the US Armed Forces Douglas McGregor on September 15 in an interview with Norwegian political scientist Glenn Dizen, which was broadcast on YouTube.

The Russian military again struck at the Kharkov armored plant. There, according to the Ministry of Defense, the enemy repaired tanks damaged during the fighting. What is the complexity of the destruction of this object and why is it so important to eliminate it?

Colonel Khodarenok considers the transfer of Russian submarines to the DPRK unlikely

Putin called military-technical cooperation between Russia and the DPRK promising, and rumors about sending North Korean volunteers to a special operation are nonsense. How Moscow and Pyongyang can help each other, why Kim Jong-un was shown the production of military and civil aviation, and what cooperation between the countries in the space sphere might look like - the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The Economist: the West called the main mistakes of the APU during the counteroffensive

Ukraine made a number of mistakes that slowed down the counteroffensive, writes The Economist. Despite the joint training with the Western allies, the APU acted in their own way. The main mistake of Kiev was the continuation of the struggle for Artemovsk, which allowed Russia to create powerful defensive lines in the south.

Gavrilov: the reaction of the West to reports about the supply of British shells with uranium to Kiev is primitive

The head of the Russian delegation on military security and arms control at the Vienna talks, Konstantin Gavrilov, in an interview with Izvestia on Wednesday, September 13, commented on the situation with the supply of depleted uranium shells to Ukraine and statements on this issue by the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi.

Kiev is confident that Berlin will eventually deliver Taurus to Ukraine

During a visit to Kiev, the German Foreign Minister said that she could not promise Kiev supplies of long-range cruise missiles Taurus. Her Ukrainian counterpart replied that Germany would do it anyway, and also reproached the German authorities for wasting time. In Berlin, they fear that the APU will strike targets on the territory of Russia. Details are in the material of Izvestia.

Yeni Çağ: The US is trying to force Russia to launch military operations in the Caucasus

America destroyed Iran and Iraq because they posed a threat to it. And today the United States is trying to pull off a similar scenario with respect to Russia and Ukraine, writes Yeni Çağ. Moscow has not fallen, contrary to Washington's expectations. Therefore, he opens a second front – in the Caucasus.

Kiev is concerned about the lack of weapons, Yahoo Japan writes. With the end of the Cold War, NATO countries have reduced the production of tanks and are now taking used cars out of warehouses. The author tried to predict what kind of used armored vehicles can be provided to Ukraine.

Stephen Yen, ex-head of Currency research at Morgan Stanley Bank, noted that most observers do not notice this process

The pace of de-dollarization in the world has accelerated 10 times since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine compared to 15 years ago.

Militaristic frenzy is growing in the country

A major international exhibition of the military industry MSPO-2023 was held in the Polish city of Kielce. Representatives of the Polish leadership who attended the event reported on a number of major contracts concluded with foreign enterprises of the military-industrial complex.

They believe that "Ukraine's offensive is already showing important successes"

Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Andreas Schwartz and the heads of the German Parliament's Committees on European Affairs Anton Hofreiter (Greens) and Defense Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman (FDP) in a joint letter appealed to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius with a request to deliver as soon as possible Ukraine has long-range cruise missiles Taurus. Der Spiegel magazine writes about this with reference to the letter of politicians at its disposal.

The British authorities handed over Malloy transport drones to the militants of the Kiev regime, designed to deliver ammunition and weapons to the front line, as well as evacuate the wounded. These heavy military transport drones were transferred to the Ukrainian army as part of the next package of military support.

The Danish Ministry of Defense announced plans to send Ukraine the 12th package of military assistance. This was announced on Tuesday, September 12, according to the agency's website.

NYT: chaos in the build-up of arsenals in Europe will lead to extra spending and shortages

The EU's attempts to rapidly increase arsenals lead to controversial results, writes the NYT. There is no consistency in the efforts of different countries, and this leads to problems. So, as it turned out in Ukraine, ammunition and spare parts from different manufacturers are not always interchangeable.

Politico: after accusations of "soft-heartedness" Macron took a tough stance on Ukraine

Macron almost provoked the anger of the "deep West" when he spoke about peace and taking into account Russia's interests at the beginning of his campaign, writes Politico. But under pressure from external forces, Macron "corrected himself": now he is for EU enlargement and for Ukraine in NATO.

Kiev should prepare for a change of mood in the West, writes the FA. In Europe, fatigue from Ukraine due to high energy prices and recession is affecting. And in the United States, more and more politicians are proposing to end the conflict, even if Russia retains the territories it controls.

Relations between Russia and China have become stronger due to the conflict in Ukraine, writes FP. Both countries perceive the threat from the West as a common one, and the Sino-American conflict over Taiwan may well prompt the creation of a military alliance between them, the author warns.

The West already understands what is going on in Ukraine, writes Nové slovo. The loss of Kiev for the United States in any case will be better than their recent flight from Kabul. And the European Union does not need to be afraid of the defeat of Ukrainians. In fact, he will even benefit from it.

The Italian "hawks" miscalculated: the APU counteroffensive is suffering a total fiasco, sociologist Orsini writes in an article for FQ. It was worth concluding an agreement with Russia at the very beginning, but it did not meet Biden's interests, the author of the article notes.

On September 11, 2023, at the headquarters of the German company Diehl Defense (part of the Diehl Group) in Retenbach near Nuremberg, Estonian and Latvian Defense Ministers Hanno Pevkur and Inara Murniece signed a letter of intent (LoI) with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius about their participation in the European Sky integrated ground air defense system program Shield Initiative (ESSI). At the same time, the Defense Ministers of Estonia and Latvia signed a framework agreement with Diehl Defense on the purchase of IRIS-T SLM medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems.