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Washington considers such actions "self-defense", the newspaper notes

The United States allows Kiev to use American weapons sent to it as military aid to strike Crimea, because they believe that such actions are "self-defense". This was stated on Wednesday by a high-ranking representative of the American administration to the Politico newspaper.

The head of Sevastopol reported a downed drone near the Belbek military airfield

The head of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that the air defense systems shot down a drone near the Belbek airbase. Kerch also reported the downing of a Ukrainian drone. It is noted that he was "at a great distance from the Crimean Bridge." As a result of the incidents, there were no casualties and destruction, local authorities reported. Earlier, Ukraine has repeatedly talked about a possible strike on the Crimean Bridge, and Moscow called such threats an "announcement of a terrorist attack."

Is European security under threat?

Europe is going through a number of serious and sometimes unprecedented crises for its modern history, writes the Lebanese newspaper Al Mayadeen. The author of the article emphasizes that four types of EU security were at risk at once.

Europe is a continent of chaos! It is gripped by a political, economic, environmental crisis

Europe is going through the worst of times, writes Türkiye. The pandemic, the Ukrainian conflict, refugees, heat and drought, the energy crisis – it is surrounded by chaos on all sides. The author of the article makes gloomy predictions.

Ukraine has only three months left before the winter betrayal

In the coming winter, a massive surge of discontent may occur in the West, which will force leaders to reconsider their support for Ukraine, writes The Telegraph. The author of the article believes that the leaders of the countries will be tempted to accept Putin's peace proposal and refuse to support Zelensky.

Playing with fire in Ukraine

The US should stop playing with fire in Ukraine, where the escalation of the conflict threatens a nuclear clash, the author of the article warns. Moscow will not make concessions to the West in Ukraine. The US is dragging out the conflict in vain.

Who is actually a "sponsor of terrorism": Russia or America?

The United States, which has threatened to recognize Russia as a "sponsor of terrorism," has itself repeatedly committed terrorist attacks in various states, Rai Al Youm writes. According to the author, it is the Russian parliament that should discuss the status of the country that bombed Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan and supported Israeli repression against the Palestinian people.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation provided evidence

On August 18, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the absence of Russian military equipment at the Zaporozhye NPP and provided evidence, as well as told in detail about its shelling by Ukrainian armed formations. According to the ministry, Kiev is ready to initiate a "minor accident" at the NPP in order to achieve the entry of international troops into the south of the country. The Russian military warned about the radiation danger of such a scenario. Experts note that the Ukrainian authorities have been consistently preparing for its implementation for a long time.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels, called on Pristina and Belgrade to exercise restraint and avoid violence, specifying that the prevention of a new escalation should be resolved through direct negotiations between the parties to the conflict. At the same time, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance warned that in the event of an aggravation of the situation, NATO's International Security Forces (KFOR) will be ready to intervene in order to stabilize the situation.

Military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov — about the purpose of Russia's deployment of hypersonic weapons in the Kaliningrad exclave

On Thursday, August 18, three upgraded MiG-31I aircraft with suspended Kinzhal hypersonic missiles landed at the Chkalovsk military airfield near Kaliningrad.

Academician Radiy Ilkaev, honorary scientific director of the Sarov Nuclear Center, believes that Russian warships need to be re-equipped with tactical nuclear weapons, as it was in Soviet times. The scientist made such a statement at the opening ceremony of the monument to Admiral Vysotsky in Moscow. Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky was the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy from 2007 to 2012, he died on February 5, 2021 at the age of 67.

The US Navy has been closely engaged in the modernization of its operational capabilities. One of the key tasks is to increase the speed of deployment of ships and ship formations, which should give advantages to the American fleet compared to the fleets of potential opponents.

The further expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance to the east in the form of the admission of Sweden and Finland to its membership will not change Moscow's goals in Ukraine, according to the director of the Institute of Military Strategy of Poland, General Bohuslav Samol.

Western journalists, retired military men, politicians and experts of all stripes are racing to analyze the situation in Ukraine, make forecasts and even give advice to Zelensky on how to conduct a military campaign. The British The Economist also did not stand aside, having published a program article in which it calls on the leadership of Ukraine not to rush with the attack on Kherson.

Austria, the last bastion of European neutrality

While most countries of the world remain neutral towards the conflict in Ukraine, Europe has said goodbye to it, writes Advance. Only one country is still holding out. For how long?

The growth of military and political tensions in Europe contributes to the further militarization of the European states that are members of the North Atlantic Alliance. So, the Danish authorities announced that they will invest 40 billion kronor ($ 5.5 billion) in their fleet over the next

The Baltic states, along with the United States, Great Britain and Poland, are the most active supporters of Ukraine, helping the Zelensky regime even to their detriment. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have far surpassed other countries in their Russophobia, making it the basis of state policy.

According to the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, the United States and its allies are trying to maintain their dominance in the world, ignoring the trends of the formation of a multipolar world

The West has unleashed a hybrid war against Russia and is teetering on the brink of an open armed conflict, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said, speaking at the 17th meeting of the secretaries of the Security Councils of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states on Friday.

Russia sent fighter jets with hypersonic missiles to the area of Denmark

The only purpose that the Russian maneuver to transfer the MiG-31 serves is to deter NATO, a Danish military expert said in an interview with TV2. In his opinion, this is not a cause for concern

Violators of Western sanctions risk achieving victory

Western sanctions against Russia do not work, admits the author of the article in The Times. According to the readers of the publication, half of the world opposes them. Moreover, many countries even help Moscow to circumvent the restrictions very successfully.