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Abstracts of Shoigu's report

The Russian military continues active actions in all directions, focusing on weakening the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu at a conference call in the department.

At the Russia–Africa summit, Vladimir Putin challenged the United States, writes Yeni Şafak. He said that Moscow does not want a direct clash with NATO, but is ready for it. Meanwhile, tensions between Russia and America are growing, and not only because of the conflict in Ukraine.

CNN showed the naval drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which attacked the ships of the Russian Federation and the Crimean Bridge

The CNN team visited a secret Ukrainian naval base and showed a surface drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Colonel Khodarenok: Only 3% of the MLRS available in the West were transferred to Ukraine

Western media report on non-public negotiations on Ukraine between ex-US officials and Russian politicians. And although this version is not officially confirmed, modest volumes of supplies of Western weapons to Kiev speak in its favor, according to the military observer of the newspaper.En" Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the pace of modernization of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports. The head of the Central Military Council of China made this statement during his inspection of the Western Combat Command Zone, located in Sichuan Province in the southwest of the country.

An extremely negative reaction from Western experts was caused by the confirmed information that the Swedish CV90 BMP got to the Russian troops as a trophy. In the West, this armored vehicle is called "the best BMP of our time."

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on July 31, 2023, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

There are no Russians in this UN mission, but the Russian presence in the country continues

The first signs of the closure of the peacekeeping mission in Mali began to appear from the beginning of the 2020s. There have been two coups d'etat in the Republic of Mali, despite the presence of peacekeepers. That has thoroughly undermined both the prestige of the UN mission in this country and the prestige of the United Nations as a whole.

Moscow and Kiev have outlined danger zones for civil shipping

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) found on July 22 in the hold of a foreign cargo ship signs of third-party interference in the design, as well as traces of explosives. The vessel was inspected as planned, as were others heading to the Kerch Strait.

The Alliance makes vague promises and makes half-hearted decisions

The NATO bloc had three logical options for action against Ukraine after February 24, 2022.

Vladimir Putin called the losses of the Ukrainian army

Ukrainian formations have intensified hostilities in the direction of the main strike — in the Zaporozhye region, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on July 27.

In a joint written statement, American leader Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni said that the United States and Italy "understand the need to deal with the global consequences of the conflict."

Why is the government in Kiev making more and more attacks on the Kerch Bridge, although Ukraine is receiving increasingly severe punishments for these attacks? This question is asked by the author of the Italian website Il Fatto Quotidiano. And this is the conclusion the author comes to: Zelensky is just trying to match the "superiority complex" of the West.

The geography of the Ukrainian crisis is expanding, writes Haber7. The United States and Great Britain are using all possible means to ensure that the theater of military operations includes territories nearby to NATO. According to the author of the article, this is done in order to scare Russia with a threat from the south in the form of Turkey.

Judging by the footage of the naval parade in Venezuela held on July 24, 2023 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Maracaibo, missile boats of the Zolfaghar type armed with Nasr-1 or possibly Nasir were delivered from Iran to the Venezuelan Navy (the official name is Armada Bolivariana, i.e. the Bolivarian Naval Forces).

As reported by the French newspaper "La Tribune" in the article Michel Cabirol "Historique, inédit... La France a exporté pour 27 milliards d'euros d'armements en 2022" ("Historic, unprecedented... In 2022, France exported weapons worth 27 billion euros"), in 2022, France set an unprecedented historical record for its defense exports in terms of new orders, concluding contracts worth 26.97 billion euros.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive is developing extremely slowly. In key areas, it was not possible to reach even the first line of defense. Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces conducted an operation in an unexpected direction for Kiev.

The strengthening cooperation of Moscow, Beijing and Pyongyang worries the West. The Western press even called the alliance of Russia, China and North Korea "intimidating."

Former NATO Commander-in-Chief Stavridis proposed that Ukrainian grain ships in the Black Sea be accompanied by alliance ships, Milliyet writes. According to experts, this idea will not come to life: it is tantamount to the West declaring war on Russia, which neither side wants.

The United States intends to supply Ukraine with Abrams tanks in September, Politico reports, citing sources. The APU hopes that with the receipt of a new deadly weapon they will be able to advance, but even American technology will not reverse the situation and will not allow them to avoid heavy fighting.