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Heading for one of the strongest armies in Europe: how Poland is modernizing its armed forces

Poland has announced a large-scale reinforcement of its army in order to make it the second most powerful on the continent, writes Evropeyska Pravda. How will the Poles reform the troops and what problems will they have to face?

Luke Ferry: "The war with China. Are you serious?"

The transfer of Taiwan to China is only a matter of time, says analyst Luke Ferry on the pages of Figaro. The US simply has nothing to counter China's determination. After Hiroshima, the Americans will not be the first to use nuclear weapons. And their conventional weapons have been sent to Ukraine, where the United States is fighting with someone else's hands, Ferry writes.

It is reported about the unsuccessful operation of American armored vehicles in Ukraine. We are talking about MaxxPro armored vehicles delivered in the interests of Kiev not so long ago. These are 13-ton armored vehicles with a 4x4 wheel formula. They are positioned by the manufacturer in the USA itself as a "promising replacement for HMMWV armored vehicles".

The Turkish company Baykar intends to build in Ukraine not just a factory for the production of Bayraktar TB2 attack drones, but also to produce the entire line of drones developed by the company. This is reported by the Ukrainian media with reference to the statement of Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar.

The Russian Union of Veterans of Afghanistan in its appeal indicates that civilians, children and the elderly suffer from Petal mines

The All-Russian public organization of veterans "Combat Brotherhood" and the Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans have appealed to the UN and a number of other international organizations in connection with the use by the Ukrainian armed forces of banned anti-personnel mines "Petal" against civilians of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics. The text of the appeals is available to TASS.

The German Defense Ministry has been forced to suspend many operations within the Bundeswehr mission in Mali due to difficulties with the country's authorities, Der Spiegel reported on Friday, citing an unnamed representative of the department.

After joining NATO, Finland and Estonia intend to integrate coastal defense capable of blocking Russian ships from entering the Baltic Sea and making it an internal NATO sea, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said.

America should prepare for war over Taiwan

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby believes that the Biden administration is losing to China in the conflict over Taiwan. Washington needs to deal not with rhetoric, but with urgent real measures to remedy the situation, he writes in an article for Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Defense announced the flight of the enemy in the area of Soledar, Opytny and Nevelsky

On August 12, the Russian Defense Ministry told about the serious losses suffered by several VFU brigades in battles with allied forces. Only the 14th mechanized brigade missed more than two thousand people. The losses of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the VFU exceeded 70% of the personnel.

A major event dedicated to the defense theme opens in Russia on August 15. At this forum "Army-2022", among other things, captured Ukrainian boats will be shown.

General Leontiev told how the X-MD-E rocket will be used

Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) announced the creation of a new multi-purpose homing missile X-MD-E. Among its features is the use not only from aircraft and naval carriers, but also from unmanned aerial vehicles. This is the first rocket designed specifically for combat drones. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the work of X-MD-E.

The Chief of the General Staff, General Thierry Buercard, believes that the country's participation over the past 20 years in asymmetric conflicts abroad "has led to compromises that reduce certain opportunities."

Turkey is an important and decisive player in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

To strengthen its own positions, Turkey actively uses the role of a connecting power that does not belong to either the Western or the Russian camp, writes Foreign Policy. The author of the article notes that the US and the EU could take a closer look at Ankara's behavior and learn something.

The Ukrainian problem of Germany

Germany is perfectly suited to the role of the leader of the campaign against the destruction of the "rules-based world order," writes Wolfgang Ischinger in Foreign Affairs. The former German diplomat believes that Berlin needs to stop resisting change, and then the country will be able to take a leadership position not only in relation to Ukraine, but also in the context of more global security problems.

USA: why crises in superpower relations are good

A new era of prolonged tension is beginning, when crises between superpowers will be frequent and intense, writes FP. According to the author of the article, these are opportunities for constructive action, and the United States needs to use them to its advantage.

Slovak Zuzana-2 self-propelled howitzers will join strikes against Russian troops in the Donbas, Kiev has received the first batch of self-propelled guns promised by Bratislava. This is reported by the Slovak media with reference to the statement of the country's Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy.

Intellectual Noam Chomsky: "We have no reason to pretend to be moral apostles"

Linguist Noam Chomsky for half a century of his human rights work has repeatedly joined the fight against the "mainstream", the German "Welt" reminds us. And now he refused to lay all the blame for the conflict on Russia. In today's conditions in the United States, you can pay for such a position. But Chomsky is still going against the tide.

The Taliban movement that seized power in Afghanistan a year ago (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) failed to create an inclusive political system and thereby deceived the aspirations of the Afghan people, the official representative of the European Foreign Policy Service (EMU) said.

"After the strikes by Russian troops, the AFU unit lost its combat capability." This is one of the most common phrases in the daily reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. But what does it mean? Behind the words "the target is suppressed" or "deprived of combat capability" there is a specific level of damage to the enemy.

According to the Minister of Defense of the Republic Yaroslav Nagy, Slovakia estimates the aircraft at €300 million and expects to receive American-made supersonic fighters instead

Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy denied on Sunday reports that appeared in recent days in the media and distributed on social networks that the republic had transferred supersonic MiG-29 fighters in service with the national Air Force to Ukraine.