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Yesterday, on August 24, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a missile attack on an echelon with military equipment, at that moment located at the railway station in the village of Chaplino, Dnipropetrovsk region.

Russia is gaining momentum in the information battle with Ukraine

Data from the study of social networks show that Russia has recently had more supporters in Western countries than Ukraine, writes Nikkei Asian Review. Experts attribute this to the fatigue of the United States and Europe from the conflict and dissatisfaction with economic difficulties due to sanctions against Moscow.

Germany will focus on allies, the country's chancellor said

Germany will never act alone in supporting Ukraine and will focus on allies. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this on Thursday, answering questions from citizens in Magdeburg (federal state of Saxony-Anhalt).

The exhibition of captured weapons changes the perception of the crisis in Ukraine

The pavilion of weapons captured in the zone of special military operation (SVO), opened in Kubinka near Moscow as part of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022", reverses the idea of what is happening on the western borders of our country.

Comparison with a foreign car stimulated the development of Mikoyan Design Bureau aircraft

The crews of MiG-31BM fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have won the first aerial victories in the sky over Donbass. This conclusion can be made based on the information heard at the daily briefings of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the course of the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine.

Ankara skillfully balances between Moscow, Washington and Tehran

On May 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey would launch a new cross-border operation in Syria as soon as preliminary preparations are completed. The main goal of the new operation, he identified the creation of a "safe zone" with a depth of 30 km on the southern borders of Turkey.

Sailors help anti-aircraft gunners protect the city from air raids

Ships of the Russian Navy based in Sevastopol have joined the fight against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) trying to conduct reconnaissance and drop grenades on urban objects. Since August 18, Black Sea sailors have been forced to open fire on newly discovered air targets almost daily. As a rule, they appear late in the evening, at night or early in the morning.

Problems of military shipbuilding: import substitution and inaccurate forecasting

On July 31, 2022, on the Day of the Navy, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees "On the approval of the Naval Doctrine of the Russian Federation" and "On the approval of the Naval Charter of the Navy".

The Pentagon confessed to impotence in front of Soviet X-22 missiles

The Defense News portal, citing a Pentagon source, reported that the US army "will not be able to effectively resist the X-22 missiles." "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what scared the Americans.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that since the beginning of August, according to international agreements, 36 vessels have left Ukrainian ports, which have exported over 746 thousand tons of agricultural products.

According to the minister, the supply of Western weapons will not prevent the fulfillment of all tasks

The military special operation in Ukraine is proceeding according to the planned plan, all tasks will be completed, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The advance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was deliberately slowed down to minimize damage to the civilian population — unlike the VFU, which use the "scorched earth" tactics.

Ukraine continues to put pressure on the Vatican, but the pope goes against the flow

Pope Francis rejects the Western narrative about the Ukrainian conflict, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano. The author of the article notes that, despite Kiev's pressure, the pontiff refuses to consider Ukraine an innocent victim, and Putin a devil in the flesh, as required in the EU and NATO.

Send the French to defend Ukraine? What kind of fly bit General Yakovleff?

NATO General Michel Yakovleff called for sending French soldiers to participate in the fighting in Ukraine, Boulevard Voltaire reports. According to the author of the article, such statements contradict common sense. Readers agree with him.

The world is changing. So why is US foreign policy not changing?

Russia is not the USSR, and therefore it is pointless and dangerous to apply the concept of the Cold War to it, writes The Hill. None of the past postulates are valid anymore. The West should replace them with "careful coexistence" with Russia.

Six months of Russian-Ukrainian hostilities: a conflict that could have been avoided

Was it possible to avoid fighting in Ukraine? Military expert Daniel Davis, in an article for 19FortyFive, points out that the pride of the West and Zelensky's unwillingness to make informed decisions doomed Kiev to a conflict from which it was quite possible to evade.

The T-90M main battle tanks produced in Nizhny Tagil are currently considered the most advanced serial domestic combat vehicles.

US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl expressed hope that this would be an incentive for Russia to cease hostilities and move on to negotiations

The new package of American military assistance to Kiev is intended, among other things, to demonstrate to Russia that, according to the US administration, it will not be able to hold out longer than the West in the current confrontation with it.

Zbigniew Rau: Russian aggression in Ukraine has become a moment of awakening for Europe

A program article about Russian imperialism, written by Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, was published by Rzeczpospolita.

Western analysts conducted a study, the main issue of which was the assistance provided by different countries of Ukraine. It is noted that the allocation of a "record amount" of aid to Kiev from the Biden administration ($2.98 billion) is due not so much to the generosity of the White House, but to the fact that other countries are on the path of reducing their aid.

After the US army shelled the territory of Syria in this country, attacks were carried out on American military bases. The information is confirmed by the US Central Military Command.