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Millions of dollars of American aid simply disappeared in Afghanistan. Will it be the same with Ukraine?

Ukraine is notorious for the level of corruption, writes Newsweek. So that the money that the United States is pouring into the country does not suffer the same fate as in Afghanistan, Washington should take care of creating control mechanisms, the article says.

Kissinger believes that the US is on the verge of war with Russia and China

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warned of the risk of war with Russia and China. This happened because of the issues that Washington partially created, "having no idea how this will end or what it may lead to."

The NATO partners of the Kiev regime are currently literally "sweeping across the ground", trying to compensate for losses on the battlefield, in particular in tanks.

And why this point was strategically important for Ukrainian militants

Over the weekend, Allied forces completely liberated the village of Peski in the DPR and the village of Udy in the Kharkiv region. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Experts note that a fortified area was built in the Sands, which was considered by the command of the VFU as a springboard for an offensive on Donetsk. From here, the Ukrainian artillery shelled the capital of the DPR and other cities of the republic for eight years. Now the grouping of allied forces in Peski threatens the Ukrainian formations in Avdiivka. At the same time, due to the regular shelling of the Kakhovskaya HPP by units of the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU), three of the six turbines of the hydroelectric power plant were stopped.

There may be a desire behind this not to lose relations with Russia completely, Andrei Melnik noted

Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk, who will remain in his post until the end of September and will return to Kiev in October, once again expressed dissatisfaction with the volume of military assistance provided by Germany to Kiev, criticizing the German government for indecision in the issue of arms supplies to his country. He expressed this opinion in an interview published on Monday with the editorial association Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND).

The total number of New Zealand officers engaged in the training programs of the AFU soldiers will exceed 150

The New Zealand authorities will send 120 military personnel to train soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on Monday by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

A new report on the war in Ukraine by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI[/i]), prepared by Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds, states that Russia's ground-based electronic warfare (EW) systems are capable of blocking control frequencies, forcing Ukrainian UAVs land or help to conduct artillery and rocket fire at ground control stations. As a result, the service life of Ukrainian drones is "about seven days", although it depends on the system.

When will Russia and Ukraine stop fighting? Moscow calls on Ukraine to surrender, and G7 agitates Kiev to continue

With the emergence of new disagreements between Russia and NATO, the possibility of a truce in Ukraine is rapidly melting, writes user Sina. The West is not stopping the conflict, on the contrary, it wants to expand the combat zone. He has many reasons for this.

The looming threat of Russia's claims in the Black Sea

Ukraine will receive a catastrophic blow if it loses access to the Black Sea as a result of a Russian special operation, writes TNI. According to the author of the article, NATO should strengthen its presence in the region and at the same time strengthen the security of Moldova.

NATO countries are seeking to replace classic armored personnel carriers with MRAP-type armored vehicles in their troops, which have increased mine protection. In many ways, this rearmament was a response to the military actions of the alliance's allies in the Middle East. In the countries of this region, NATO was faced mainly with guerrilla wars, in which the main tactics of the rebels were reduced to mining the enemy's equipment routes and blasting in places where alliance forces were concentrated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening ceremony of the Army-2022 forum

At the opening ceremony of the Army-2022 forum in the Patriot Park near Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted the importance of the event for the development of international cooperation in the military sphere and the prospects for Russian weapons.

The FSVTS revoked the licenses of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic due to cooperation with Ukraine

Russia has revoked licenses for the repair of Mi-type helicopters from Czech and Bulgarian enterprises due to their cooperation with Ukraine, said Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation. Russia has also suspended the supply of spare parts and components for Russian and Soviet-made equipment in unfriendly countries. It also became known about the death of the "best pilot of Ukraine". For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru».

Marine drones are mastering a new field

Marine unmanned systems are "in the shadow" of similar flying systems, that is, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Nevertheless, they are also developing very actively within the general trend of creating "deserted" combat systems.

Su-35 with weapons manufactured in the Russian Federation will provide an air blockade of Taiwan

The Russian Aerospace Forces successfully use multi-purpose Su-35S and MiG-31BM fighters to ensure air supremacy in the zone of special military operation in Ukraine. According to the information heard at the daily briefings of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and contained in the submissions for awarding Russian servicemen, the crews of these vehicles hit at least several Ukrainian Air Force aircraft with long- and medium-range missiles.

Americans are wondering which drones Iran will deliver to Russia

According to US intelligence, Iran is preparing to send strike unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine. The White House says that Iran could begin training Russian military personnel to use its UAVs as early as July 2022.

Features of the friendship of the special services of Israel and European partners

Israel's MOSSAD intelligence agency has launched a special program to train European intelligence officers how to use the huge potential of open source investigative tools to enhance their recruitment and intelligence gathering capabilities. According to media reports, Belgian, Italian and Spanish intelligence agencies have been approving a new training program offered by the MOSSAD for at least a year to hone recruitment skills and gather information from open sources. This is exactly how the fashionable term "open source code" should be interpreted.

Armored trains of three centuries did not hide on the sidings

The use of the Yenisei armored train built in Siberia in Donbass is a clear proof that military equipment, once considered obsolete, may be quite in demand in new conditions.

In addition, the commander of the Air Force, Sergei Dronov, noted that strategic bombers Tu-160 and Tu-95MS are in service with long-range aviation

The regiment with the Dagger aviation missile system on MiG-31I aircraft, which became part of the long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in 2021, is successfully used during a special military operation in Ukraine.

According to military experts, its suppression is a prerequisite for a successful offensive

On August 11, the Russian Defense Ministry told about the serious losses suffered by two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in battles with allied forces.

Great Britain, along with the United States, remain the main sponsors of the Zelensky regime, supplying Kiev with weapons and money. As stated in London, the British government does not intend to stop the supply of weapons to Ukraine.