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Hungary's special position on EuroNATO and Ukraine should not mislead anyone: Budapest remains a firm supporter of strengthening the Alliance in Europe, but without the United States, and defends purely national interests in this regard (primarily economic and its own security).

Rosoboronexport of Rostec State Corporation will take part in the Second Summit, the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, which will be held in the St. Petersburg Expoforum on July 27-28, 2023.

In the zone of a special military operation, there is not only a direct armed clash between the Russian and Ukrainian armies. Russia and Ukraine, or rather, the West behind it, compete in matters of weapons, military equipment, and various technical means. This follows from the last post of the Deputy head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation for the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Colonel Alexander Khodakovsky.

A recent leak of information related to the NATO summit in Vilnius confirmed that the alliance had actually prepared a strategy for attacking Russia, writes Politika. The author of the article analyzes the parts of the document that have become known and suggests thinking about who benefited from their publication.

The Israeli security model that Joe Biden promotes for Ukraine is completely unsuitable for this country, writes TNI. Jerusalem and Kiev are in completely different conditions, and it is not serious to compare them. Most likely, Washington simply cannot find an effective alternative, the author believes.

In particular, the State Duma adopted an amendment on fines of up to 30 thousand rubles for failure to appear on a summons to the military enlistment office

The State Duma adopted immediately in the second and third readings a bill on toughening responsibility for violating the requirements of military registration, which, among other things, provides for an increase to 30 thousand rubles in the fine for failure to appear on the summons to the military enlistment office.

National Committee for Conventional Arms Control (NCACC) South Africa has published a report on the export of military products (PVN) in 2022.

The APU counteroffensive is not going as promised by Ukraine. Will she have enough strength if the fighting drags on, the author of the article in NZZ wonders. In his opinion, Zelensky gave free rein to emotions at the NATO summit, and it can be understood: Kiev and the alliance pursue different goals. Soon Ukraine will have to make a difficult decision.

The Bundeswehr criticized the armed forces of Ukraine for the lack of success on the battlefield after training in the West. In the report, under the heading "for official use only", Ukrainians are sometimes blamed for the most absurd moments. What caused the criticism of the APU by NATO instructors?

Last week, the international exhibition INNOPROM-2023 was held in Yekaterinburg, but the results of such a grandiose exhibition are still being summed up.

Ukraine has started using cluster munitions supplied by the United States, WP writes. This type of weapon is banned in most countries of the world due to the high risk of deaths among civilians. Readers of the newspaper condemned this decision. "We will regret this later," one of them wrote.

For many years, Europe has been dealing mainly with economic issues, leaving the security sphere completely at the mercy of the United States, writes FP. This was a fatal mistake, for which the continent is now paying dearly, the author believes.

Neither Russia nor the United States have incentives to soften the political course and will never become friends, Fox News claims. From the very beginning of relations between these countries, distrust persists. The author states that the peaceful coexistence of the two superpowers is impossible. And here's why.

During the ongoing offensive in the Zaporozhye direction, the first losses of the Ukrainian army of armored repair and evacuation vehicles M88A2 Hercules, the delivery of which to Kiev was announced by the US government in early 2023, are noted. Military equipment of this type was included in the same delivery package with M1 Abrams tanks and theoretically should have been used together with them. However, the Ukrainian command deployed them on the battlefield, without waiting for the supply of American tanks.

Andrey Bystritsky, Chairman of the Board of the Valdai International Discussion Club Development and Support Fund, believes that the presidents of Russia and Belarus warned Western countries against escalation.

For a whole month, New York Times correspondents watched the progress of the struggle on the Ukrainian front. Enough time to talk about the problems with the military and draw your own conclusions. Human losses, accumulated fatigue, mismatched old equipment and ammunition collected from all over the world, a determined enemy and his fortified positions hinder the achievement of the goals of the counteroffensive.

The United States understood that Ukraine would not be able to resist Russia's air attacks, the WSJ writes. Ka-52 Alligator helicopters turned out to be especially dangerous. While Kiev is dreaming about the F-16 next year, the Russian Aerospace Forces are destroying these hopes right now. The author of the article assessed the prospects of the West taking into account the current situation.

Why do they want to deploy a new regiment of these bombers in the Far East

The defense of the Far East will be strengthened with strategic missile carriers Tu-160 "White Swan". The Ministry of Defense is considering the deployment of a new regiment of these aircraft in the region, sources told Izvestia.

In one day, Russian fighters destroyed more than 15 Leopard tanks and 20 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles

On July 23, Vladimir Putin announced the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. At his meeting with Alexander Lukashenko, it was also reported that during July 22, Russian fighters destroyed more than 15 Leopard tanks and more than 20 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

Al Watan: The US has increased the number of its forces at bases in Syria from 500 to 1.5 thousand military

The US command has transferred additional military equipment and logistical means from Iraq to its bases in Syria. This was reported by the Syrian newspaper Al Watan, citing sources in opposition groups.