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"The US provided the APU with missiles for planes without the planes themselves"
General Popov told why Kiev will not be able to effectively use the HARM missile
The United States has begun supplying Ukraine with the AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile. This type of missile poses a danger to the radars of air defense systems. Their effectiveness is highest with the use of aircraft platforms, which the APU does not have. The rocket can also be launched from the ground, but at the same time it significantly loses in range. "Newspaper.Ru" dealt with military experts in the specifics of HARM's work.
The special operation is reinforced by a "heavy caliber sniper"
Russia continues to improve one of the main novelties of the Ukrainian special operation – high-precision weapons of destruction. Among them, the Krasnopol artillery shell stands out in particular. What is interesting about this ammunition and what makes it a fundamentally new tool on the battlefield?
The West deprives Ukraine of the mask of an innocent victim
Political hysteria continues in Kiev following the results of the report of the human rights organization Amnesty International. Even the smoothed-down report, devoid of many details, made public for the West the facts that have long been known in Russia: the armed forces of Ukraine are hiding behind civilians and committing war crimes. But Kiev was afraid of more than that.
The German economy may lose €260 billion from the events in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia
The results of a study conducted by the German Employment Institute indicate that the labor market will feel the negative consequences
The German economy, against the background of the current events in Ukraine and the sanctions subsequently imposed on Russia, as well as in the context of the energy crisis, will lose €260 billion by 2030 and will be forced to cut thousands of jobs. This is evidenced by the results of a study published on Tuesday by the German Employment Institute (IAB).
A member of the US Congress called most of the supplies of military aid to Ukraine a fraud
According to the Republican from the House of Representatives Marjorie Taylor Green, the aid "has never been connected with the Ukrainian people"
A member of the US House of Representatives, Lauren Boibert (Republican from Colorado), criticized the provision of military assistance to Ukraine. On her Twitter, she commented on a CBS documentary, which said that most of the military aid that Western countries send to Ukrainian forces does not reach their final destinations in the country.
Amnesty International regrets Kiev's reaction to the report on violations of the laws of war by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
At the same time, the organization did not abandon its conclusions
The human rights organization Amnesty International apologized for the "painful" report on violations of the laws of warfare by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but did not abandon its conclusions.
The Czech Republic believes that arms supplies to Kiev and sanctions against Russia do not lead to a settlement
According to the ex-President of the Republic Vaclav Klaus, the West is taking a unilateral approach to the situation in Ukraine
The continuation by Western countries of arms supplies to the Kiev authorities and the tightening of anti-Russian sanctions will not lead to a settlement of the situation in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the ex-President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus in the comment "Unilateral propaganda around Ukraine is the way to unfreedom", published on Sunday in the newspaper Mladá fronta DNES.
The West must find Putin's pain threshold
Putin sets pain threshold
In any international conflict, opponents try to answer the key question: what is the pain threshold of the opposite side. After six months of the Russian operation in Ukraine, Western countries would do well to think about the answer to this question, writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
Russia is focusing its Maritime Doctrine on protecting the Russian Arctic from NATO
Looking North
In his speech last week, Putin finally clearly outlined the main threat that the Russian Navy is called to fight, writes Junge Welt. This threat is the desire of NATO countries to dominate off the coast of Russia, and in the entire world ocean, too. Measures are proposed to match the danger, and they will primarily affect the Arctic.
The West is going to plunder post-war Ukraine
The West is going to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization and deregulation are coming, and workers will lose protection
The United States and Europe are not only throwing tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons at Ukraine, have turned it into an anti-Russian puppet and are adding fuel to the fire of a bloody conflict ravaging the country, but also aimed at its further plundering and are already making concrete plans.
Why won't the Abrams and Leopards-2 be handed over to the Ukrainian army
The Ukrainian army is currently entirely dependent on foreign supplies. This applies, among other things, to ammunition, artillery weapons, armored vehicles.
Conscription sector: Ukraine is experiencing problems with recruiting troops
Untreated and untrained soldiers began to be sent to the front
Due to the high losses, the Kiev regime sends wounded from hospitals to the front line without waiting for their rehabilitation to be completed, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on August 7.
Lack of weapons forces the AFU to switch to homemade MLRS
Despite the military assistance coming from Western countries, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are faced with a shortage of weapons, which, in turn, forces the Ukrainian military to actively use various homemade handicrafts.
China again conducts exercises off the coast of Taiwan
The Eastern zone of the combat command of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) announced on Monday about the next military exercises at sea and in the airspace around the island of Taiwan, the Western press reports.
Ukrainian tank brigades exist only on paper
It is difficult for Ukraine to form tank brigades
APU have a habit of registering understaffed parts on paper, writes journalist David Ex in an article for Forbes. And if the existence of four Ukrainian tank brigades can still be proved, then the other two may be fiction.
Roger Waters put CNN Journalist in his place for speaking about Russia
Roger Waters put a CNN journalist in his place for speaking about Russia
Roger Waters, one of the founders of Pink Floyd, in an interview with CNN, accused the United States of fomenting the conflict in Ukraine. The rock musician also called the role of the USSR in the victory over Nazism decisive, and NATO's policy towards Russia false.
The United States has two years left to defeat Russia. Europe has already lost
The US has two years to defeat Russia and China. Later, their lot is subordination
The world is on the verge of events that will change it beyond recognition in a couple of years, analyst Peter Stanek said in an interview with Radio universum. We are talking about the geopolitical division of the planet. The US has two years left to try to defeat Russia and China.
The Spanish Defense Ministry transfers 20 M-113 armored vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Spanish Defense Ministry has started implementing the procedure for the delivery of 20 tracked armored vehicles M-113 (TOA Transporte Oruga Acorazados) to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the armored personnel carrier version.
Russian Ambassador: the donor conference organized by Denmark postpones the onset of peace in Ukraine
Vladimir Barbin recalled that "Western weapons are actively used by Kiev against civilians"
Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin said on Monday that Denmark's holding of a donor conference "Copenhagen - Ukraine - 2022" (#CopenhagenUkraine2022) on new supplies of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine delays the onset of peace.
Israeli Army: More Gazans died due to short-range Islamist rockets than from IDF strikes
The unsuccessful rocket launches of the Islamic Jihad group in Israel are the cause of the death of people in the territory of the Palestinian Authority, among whom there are children. More Gazans died because of the short-range rockets of the Islamists than from the IDF strikes.