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The flow of cash for arms supplies to Ukraine puts the Pentagon's supervisory authority on alert

Billions of dollars spent on arming Ukraine have caused concern to Pentagon Inspector General Sean O'Donnell, Bloomberg reports. He did not rule out the leakage of systems and ammunition supplied to Kiev to the black market.

In total, the participants of the exercises worked out about 30 combat exercises, including two cruise missile firing, several torpedo firing, as well as anti-aircraft missile firing

The ships and submarines, as well as the aircraft of the Northern Fleet (SF), which were involved in the exercises of the strike group in the Barents Sea and on the coast of the Arctic islands, completed combat training tasks and returned to their bases. In total, about 30 combat exercises were worked out, including launches of cruise missiles, the press service of the fleet reported on Friday.

Exercises of special forces of the Armed Forces of the People's Republic of China are being held on the territory of Inner Mongolia province. During the maneuvers, Chinese special forces are training to storm the palace-a replica of the President of Taiwan.

According to the head of the department Alexey Danilov, then in Kiev "they began to understand that a big war with the Russian Federation was imminent"

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said that the country's authorities had been preparing for a military conflict with Russia since December 2019, when at the Normandy Four summit in Paris, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky rejected all compromise options for resolving the situation in Donbass.

Washington will hand over to Kiev six NASAMS air defense batteries capable of operating in a single network among themselves and with other means of air and missile defense. Earlier, the APU has already received two such batteries.

The candidate for prime Minister of Great Britain stated that she is ready to use nuclear weapons against Russia. Putin only smiled in response? What are the three potential scenarios for the outbreak of a nuclear war?.

Defense Minister of the Baltic Republic Arvydas Anushauskas announced that Lithuania will purchase kamikaze drones from Poland

Lithuania will purchase 37 Warmate kamikaze attack drones from Poland for their further transfer to Ukraine. This was announced on Friday by the Minister of Defense of the Baltic Republic Arvydas Anushauskas.

The warehouses of special equipment of the Syrian Research Center were damaged, said Oleg Egorov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the republic.

According to the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Moscow's policy is aimed at avoiding a new world war

The Russian operation in Ukraine is taking place in the "most sparing" version, although with a tougher campaign could be completed much faster, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.

Kiev is trying to disrupt the visit of international observers to the station

On the eve of the upcoming visit of international observers, Ukrainian forces have intensified the shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP. From August 25 to August 26, the VFU launched an artillery strike on the station twice. They connected American M777 howitzers to the shelling of the NPP.

A new Russian strike fighter has just entered service: how effective is the MiG-31I hypersonic missile carrier?

Russia has announced the entry into service of a new strike fighter, writes MWM. He is equipped with "Daggers" and has already managed to take part in the fighting. It is reported that three new aircraft have been deployed in the Kaliningrad region – at the very borders with NATO.

What are the strategic goals of the West in the war in Ukraine?

The West does not yet know what to do with Russia if Ukraine wins, writes Project Syndicate. The new foundations of peace and the global economic order are at stake.

The West needs to learn from this, the magazine notes

Sanctions against Russia have not worked as well as we would like, and the West should learn from this. This is stated in an article published in The Economist magazine, published in print on Friday.

Course correction in the direction of diplomacy in the Ukrainian crisis. Part 1

From the very beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, the United States has been inflating the threat emanating from Russia, the author of the article writes in TNI. He notes that the Western narrative about the Kremlin's "conquering ambitions" tricked the public into supporting a risky proxy war against Russia.

The American B-2 Spirit strategic bomber successfully launched the AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) for the first time, which was previously stated to be capable of "reaching" Siberia. This is with reference to the company Northrop Grumman reports the publication The Drive.

Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters is included in the execution list of the Ukrainian government-sponsored "Peacemaker"

Grayzone writes about the criminal nature of the Ukrainian site "Peacemaker". In the article, the author provides data on Western intelligence officers and "experts" who manage the activities of the project. It seems that anyone can be included in this terrorist execution list.

According to the Serbian president, "the market will be canceled"

Europe will not survive the crisis in Ukraine if Russia's special operation in this country lasts another year. This was stated on Saturday by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in a televised address to the nation.

Most likely, the Belarusian Su-30SM fighter has been converted into a nuclear weapon carrier, and not the Su-24 tactical front-line bomber. Thus, the American edition of The Drive commented on the statement of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the conversion of the Su-24 for nuclear weapons.

A picture of the Antonovsky Bridge in the Kherson region has been published on the Internet after the last blow was struck by the armed forces of Ukraine. The damage to the bridge was captured by the Planet Labs satellite belonging to the American group.

As part of the military assistance, Britain is sending underwater drones to Ukraine. It is not yet known which specific model the drones transferred to the APU belong to.