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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 .

Ukraine is looking forward to consultations with the United States on security guarantees, considering them a step towards further victory in the conflict. Her hopes are unlikely to be justified, writes GT. According to experts, these consultations are nothing more than a political gesture designed to calm Kiev after the failure at the NATO summit.

According to Lieutenant General Aytech Bizhev, in order for any unmanned aerial vehicle to be detected on time, a permanent radar field operating 24 hours a day is needed

No country in the world, including NATO countries, currently has guaranteed protection against drone overflight, former Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force for Air Defense, Lieutenant General Aytech Bizhev, told TASS.

The Slovak company KONŠTRUKTA-Defence (part of the Slovak state association DMD Group) on August 1, 2023, at its head office in Dubnica nad Vagom, as the head contractor, handed over to the armed forces of Ukraine the first two self-propelled howitzers Zuzana 2 caliber 155 mm/52 on a wheeled chassis, manufactured under the contract of November 2022 a year for the production and supply of 16 such systems to Ukraine.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Planning and Capability Mara Carlin announced Australia's investment in the industrial base of the United States, producing submarines

Russia's special military operation in Ukraine showed that the American military-industrial complex was unable to function at the required level.

The United States is provoking an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, which is actually a proxy war between NATO and Russia, writes Al Mayadeen. According to the author of the article, this destructive confrontation, which involves more and more countries, can be ended under several conditions.

The military conflict in Ukraine has shown that the United States is facing an acute shortage not only in the availability, but also in the production capabilities of almost all types of ammunition. Why, the United States, all NATO countries were unable to meet even the current needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in shells, and even more so to create their stocks in their own arsenals.

For the upcoming International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", CAMTO publishes statistics on Russia's positioning among the world's leading exporters in 29 categories of conventional weapons.

According to a study for Newsweek magazine, 34% of respondents opposed such a move

A third of Americans are in favor of sending the US military contingent to Ukraine, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Redfield & Wilton Strategies research center for Newsweek magazine.