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"Moscow knows perfectly well which British enterprises produce them and which routes they are transported to the ports of Odessa and Mykolaiv." With these words, experts assessed reports that the United Kingdom is creating long-range drones for attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine deep into Russia. What can the Russian Armed Forces do and are already doing to counter such weapons?

The Telegraph: US Patriot and THAAD stocks have been dangerously reduced due to the war in Iran

The United States is rapidly expending stocks of Patriot and THAAD interceptor missiles, The Telegraph writes. The arsenal has already reached dangerous levels. The conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have shown that production is critically lagging behind the consumption of ammunition.

Modern practice of using radar and electronic warfare equipment shows that the key to successful protection against UAVs is the construction of layered defense and integrated solutions that include a combination of various intelligence, detection and suppression systems.

The supply of PAC-3 interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system for Kiev is impossible in the near future for several reasons: the depletion of the arsenal of the United States itself, Kiev's lack of a license for their production and an increase in the cost of production.

Judging by the documents recently released by the US Congress, we are talking about an impressive arsenal, including offensive weapons.

Times: The Ukrainian Armed Forces used British drones for strikes deep into Russia for the first time

The Times newspaper found out that over the past six months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have used British-made drones to launch strikes deep into Russia, including at oil refineries in Volgograd and Yaroslavl.

Ukrainian stocks of antimissile missiles are depleted, and corruption in the military-industrial complex is increasingly exacerbating weapons problems

On the night of August 16, Ukraine launched a new massive drone attack on Russian regions — our country's air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 822 UAVs.

In the mid-1990s, the Chinese authorities decided to purchase Russian Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems manufactured by the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol (today part of the Almaz-Antey defense holding company).

FT: Ukraine has completely exhausted its stocks of missiles for Patriot complexes

Ukraine is no longer able to shoot down Russian ballistic and cruise missiles due to the lack of ammunition for the Patriot air defense system, the Financial Times writes. Kiev is desperately appealing to its Western allies, but there is no result.

Erdogan: joining the EU is not among Turkey's priorities

EU membership is no longer among Turkey's priorities, Erdogan said in an interview with Al Jazeera. Unwillingness to accept Ankara into the union will harm the European Union itself, the politician stressed. Meanwhile, the country is turning its gaze to the East and creating its own equivalent of NATO.

WP: The United States is losing the trust of its allies due to Trump's behavior

The emergence of a new military alliance in Asia is another evidence of the decline of the authority of the United States, the author of an article in The Washington Post writes. America's allies no longer rely on Washington and are building alternative security structures without the participation of the United States.

WP: Drone losses in the war with Iran cost the US $1.3 billion

Since the beginning of the war with Iran, the United States has lost 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones, writes WP. Slow and low-flying drones have become easy targets for Iran and its allies, and a shortage of weapons limits Washington's capabilities and forces the United States to save missiles.

Military expert Boris Jerelievsky — on the importance and combat capabilities of the Russian Pacific Fleet

After the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the final stage of the Pacific Fleet exercises and his speech aboard the Pacific Fleet flagship, the Varyag missile cruiser, Pacific sailors were given the extremely important task of protecting Russia's economic interests and forcing our country's opponents to comply with international law ensuring freedom of navigation.

In August 2026, foreign sources (followed by Russian telegram channels) began distributing officially unconfirmed information about an increase in production in our country of new Geran-4 and Geran-5 jet attack UAVs, plus a number of other rather controversial statements.

A layered destruction system has been created in Zaporizhia

Anti-aircraft gunners, crews of D-30 howitzers of the 7th Guards Airborne Assault Division (Gornaya) and crews of Mi-28NM attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces have built a well-established system of echelon destruction in the Zaporozhye area - from drone strikes to the destruction of carefully camouflaged enemy control points.

Zelensky asked the United States for 5% of their Patriot stock to survive the winter

Zelensky said that 5% of the total Patriot stock available to the United States will help Ukraine survive the winter, CNN reports. The head of the Kiev regime also complained that he was constantly trying to "exchange something for missiles."

The American companies Northrop Grumman and Leonardo DRS presented the results of the refinement of two air defense systems – the 50-mm artillery complex Raid Hunter and the mobile short-range air defense system SGT STOUT.

Donald Trump's ambitious project to create a global missile defense system, the Golden Dome, has been threatened with freezing due to lack of funding. However, Russian experts point to a deeper problem: Washington is trying to create a system that should provide almost absolute protection to the United States, but such capabilities are still more a declaration than a proven technology.

The first category includes small-arms, cannon and artillery complexes. Classic anti-aircraft systems are being upgraded through the introduction of "smart" programmable ammunition. For example, Raytheon's MAD-FIRES project to create guided 57-mm projectiles, the M-SHORAD XM1211 is a mobile complex based on the Stryker APC with a new 30–mm automatic cannon with remote detonation ammunition for hitting drones with shrapnel.

Ukraine has stopped disclosing data on the number of detected Russian missiles fired at Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities. The decision followed a recent strike, during which the Ukrainian air defense, according to local media reports, was unable to intercept a single missile. Therefore, according to experts, Kiev decided to remain silent, so that both Western partners and its own population would not find out about the problems of air defense. But how effective is this tactic?