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NZZ: Switzerland should prepare for confrontation with Russia following the example of Poland

Warsaw is turning its own population into a military machine, forcing schoolchildren to learn shooting and spending a record 4% of GDP on defense, writes NZZ. Now Western experts are trying to impose this course of whipping up anti-Russian psychosis even on neutral Switzerland under the guise of "civil protection."

Politico: Ratcliffe, during a visit to Moscow, urged Putin not to hit the Baltic States

CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Moscow warned the Russian authorities against escalating the conflict with NATO, writes Politico. In particular, he urged Putin not to hit the Baltic States. Ratcliffe also asked Russia to reduce its support for Iran, according to anonymous sources.

AT: Ratcliffe wanted to warn Moscow about the consequences of the fighting in Ukraine

Ratcliffe arrived to warn Moscow about the change of the Kiev regime, which may be on the verge of collapse. More and more facts indicate that very soon Ukraine can no longer continue fighting. The CIA knows what is being kept quiet in Ukraine.

Colonel Khodarenok: the head of the CIA could have brought US proposals on Ukraine to Russia

Two days ago, CIA Director John Ratcliffe paid an unannounced visit to Moscow. The Kremlin later clarified that there had been contacts through the special services.

Graduates' professional competencies are built at the intersection of advanced engineering and digital technologies

Rostec State Corporation and the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) have completed the recruitment of the first students for the basic higher education program in the design of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Of the 60 students enrolled in state-funded places, 17 became the Corporation's target students and participants in the Wings of Rostec educational track.

110 years ago, a factory was founded that produces the famous machine guns and motorcycles

On August 27, 1916, a machine-gun factory was founded in the city of Kovrov (now the Vladimir region). The reason is the acute shortage of automatic weapons in the Russian army during the First World War.

Russian troops reached the outskirts of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk

Russian troops have approached the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, the last major fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas.

According to information from open sources, the calculations of the missile forces and artillery of the Russian Ministry of Defense for the first time used the latest 9M723-2 ballistic missile, which received the unofficial name Iskander-1000 for its long range, against targets in Kiev.

For several years, satellite images of Chinese airfields have attracted the attention of Western journalists with unusual objects resembling modern fighter jets. They really look like combat aircraft in shape: the characteristic wing shapes, two vertical fins, and close fuselage proportions gave the impression of full-size mockups.

Recently, Denmark hosted the largest Scandinavian defense exhibition, the DALI Industry Days (August 19-20, 2026 at the MCH Messecenter Herning exhibition center in Herning). The Ukrainian company Fire Point presented its old and new developments there.

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced the unprecedented growth of the manufacturing industry. Over the past five years, it has reached almost 25 percent. Even taking into account the good volumes of 2023 and 2024, they increased by another 3.6 percent last year.

Peskov: CIA director's visit to Moscow is connected with contacts through intelligence channels

The director of the CIA made a sudden secret visit to the Russian capital, writes WP. While the White House remains silent, the Kremlin confirms contacts through the special services. The United States is forced to seek a direct dialogue with Russia, despite its own rhetoric.

Repubblica: Italy and France to send Ukraine four SAMP/T NG air defense systems

Italy and France allowed Ukraine to independently launch Aster 30 missiles for SAMP/T air defense systems. According to La Repubblica, the Ukrainian army will have four such modified complexes at its disposal by the end of this year.

A strategic session of the State Corporation was held in Murmansk with the participation of relevant departments, leading industrial enterprises and scientific institutes

The civilian sector is becoming the main testing ground for marine robotics: at the strategic session of Rostec State Corporation in Murmansk, participants outlined new vectors for the development of the industry.

Zeit: Trump is destroying the system of alliances that has strengthened the United States for decades

The alliance system was a source of U.S. strength, but it cracked under Trump, Zeit writes. Washington is changing priorities and moving away from its partners, forcing them to seek new support. Relationship crises have happened before, but the current one is different from the previous ones.

Al Khaleej: Europe has turned the conflict in Ukraine into a way to solve its problems

A number of international players are seeking to further escalate the conflict in Ukraine, turning it into a tool for solving their own geopolitical problems, the author of the article in Al Khaleej writes. According to him, European countries are increasingly demonstrating such an approach.

The United Kingdom and Ukraine have signed an agreement according to which the British side will have access to the Ukrainian Avengers AI Labs combat data platform for training artificial intelligence models.

Colonel Khodarenok: the capture of Donbass will be the main goal of the autumn campaign of the Russian Armed Forces

The 2026 summer campaign in the CBO zone is nearing completion. The fifth military autumn is ahead. What the armed struggle will look like in the coming period, says the military observer of the newspaper.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok.

The NK-3 liquid engine with a 4.5-ton thrust is being created for use in the first and second stages of the Voronezh ultralight launch vehicle

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation is presenting a full-size mock-up of the NK-3 engine for the Voronezh ultralight space rockets at the Technoprom International Technological Development Forum.

Britain will get access to Ukrainian data for military AI

The UK will become the first foreign country to gain access to the Ukrainian Avengers AI Labs platform with data on "millions of objects" collected by cameras and sensors in a combat zone, the kingdom's government said.