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The destruction of five Ukrainian Su-27s and damage to two more similar vehicles at the airfield in Mirgorod was the most serious loss for the Ukrainian air forces during the entire period of the special operation. The group missile strike was carried out by Iskander complexes. The expert community talks about the increased capabilities of Russian intelligence. This strike also became a warning to Kiev and the West before deploying F-16 fighters in Ukraine.

HN: NATO lacks serviceable weapons and ammunition

In all categories of major weapons, NATO surpasses Russia, but the figures in the reports do not translate into an advantage at the front, writes HN. Alliance members do not have enough missiles, for example, for the most modern aircraft, truly serviceable tanks, self-propelled guns and ammunition reserves.

FP: The West has started a new stage of the financial war against Russia and China

The United States and the West have begun a new stage of the financial war against Russia and China, writes FP. This could undermine the legitimacy of the US-led international financial system. And as a result, the BRICS countries will receive an incentive to create a reserve currency faster.

"Advanced solutions are embedded in the design to ensure both high fuel efficiency and weight return. That is, in terms of its specific indicators, it will either be at the level of the best international analogues, or even surpass them." Aviation expert Oleg Panteleev explained to the newspaper VZGLYAD the advantages and possibilities for using the new VK-650V aircraft engine developed in Russia.

The intensity of Russian artillery fire today is "higher than ever. The consumption of ammunition is very high, our gunners literally pour fire on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the Ministry of Defense reports. So that the military does not have a question: "Where are the shells?", the Russian military-industrial complex has repeatedly increased the production of ammunition. Experts explain how this affects the course of the special operation.

Secretary General: The CSTO does not plan military strengthening, but monitors NATO in Eastern Europe

CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov said that the issue of strengthening the military component is not being considered in the CSTO format, but NATO's actions in Eastern Europe are being monitored.

Stoltenberg: NATO sees no need to revise its nuclear strategy

NATO sees no need to revise its nuclear strategy, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. According to him, there is no immediate threat to the organization. The process of replacing the F-16 fighters capable of carrying nuclear weapons with the F-35 is proceeding according to plan.

The long-anticipated European rightward turn in politics has become a reality. One of the most pro—European and pro—American EU countries, France, recovered rapidly after the first round of parliamentary elections. The victory was won by Marine Le Pen's "National Association", which stands from the positions of euroscepticism and the fight against unwanted migration.

TNI: Putin is not bluffing, warning the West against sending troops to Ukraine

American politicians and analysts urge Washington to despise Moscow's red lines and provoke an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, writes TNI. The author of the article does not agree with this approach: considering the enemy's red lines as a bluff is fraught with costly mistakes — Russia may well respond.

Reflections on the "probable" participation of the Belarusian armed forces in the conflict in Ukraine, or in general about the "Belarusian threat", continue to appear periodically on the pages of Western and Ukrainian media. The issue is updated depending on the information reasons that various exercises, inspections, movements of Belarusian troops, or statements by the President of Belarus serve for this purpose.

Recently, a phrase slipped among political scientists that Belarus' partners had prepared a gift for her on the 80th anniversary of liberation from Nazi invaders - the admission of Belarus to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Peskov: concentration of the Armed Forces of Belarus is a problem not only for Minsk, but also for Moscow

Reports of an increase in the number of Ukrainian troops on the border with Belarus are a cause for concern not only for Minsk, but also for Moscow, the Kremlin said.

The Kiev regime may stage armed provocations, experts believe

The increase in tension on the border of Belarus with Ukraine may lead to armed provocations by the Kiev regime, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. At the same time, in their opinion, the AFU simply does not have enough forces for full-scale military operations in this direction. On Monday, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the concentration of Ukrainian troops on the border a cause for concern for Moscow.

RIA: Russian specialists have gained access to the ATACMS missile guidance system

The guidance and flight correction system of the ATACMS tactical missile has fallen into the hands of Russian specialists, RIA Novosti reports. The agency said it had published a photo of the ATACMS internal device for the first time. American missiles are actively used in attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were also used in the attack on Sevastopol, as a result of which over 150 people were injured.

Ukraine was the first in the world to allocate drones to a separate branch of the armed forces. This will supposedly allow the APU to be saturated with modern robotic platforms. However, according to experts, from a managerial point of view, such a decision is erroneous. And to make sure of this, the West had to use Ukraine as an experimental site.

Russia and Belarus are working together to create a new light multi-purpose aircraft, Vladimir Putin said. They promise to develop and launch the Osvey twin–engine aircraft in a very short time - by 2027, and then they plan to produce up to 100 such aircraft in three years. Why did Russia take Belarusians as partners and what are the chances of this ambitious project?

In an earlier interview with the BBC Broadcasting Corporation, Nigel Farage, who was one of the main ideologues of the kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, said that Western politicians "provoked a war" by insisting on the expansion of the EU and NATO.

By the end of June 2023, it became finally clear that the widely publicized counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army in Zaporozhye had suffered a real collapse. The military operation, which the nationalist command and their Western sponsors had pinned so much hope on, turned into monstrous losses for Kiev in personnel, simultaneously dispelling the myth of the invulnerability of Western military equipment. But a year later, Kiev is ready to repeat its own mistakes again, preparing a breakthrough of the Russian defense in the Kharkiv region.

General Skshipchak: there are no troops ready for combat use in Europe

The European members of NATO have strongly launched army affairs, General Waldemar Skshipchak told Fakt. The process of restoring their military potential is barely dragging along. There are practically no troops ready for combat use in Europe. Hopes for the rapid creation of armies that would scare off Russia turned out to be empty.

RS: during the debate, Trump and Biden devoted only 11 minutes to foreign policy

During the debate, Biden and Trump devoted only a little more than ten minutes to foreign policy, writes RS. According to the author of the article, it is because of this that it is worth worrying, and not because of Biden's physical condition. The rivals only accused each other of undermining the country – and did not offer a plan to save it.