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Poland will create a combat unit in the Suwalki corridor located between Belarus and Russia, writes Fakt. Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak called on young people in the northeast of the country to join a new sapper battalion, which will begin recruiting this year.

La Repubblica: Ukraine's failures on the battlefield are caused by a lack of training and weapons

Ukraine launched a counteroffensive without proper preparation for breaking through the defense lines and without the necessary weapons for this. Military columnist Gianluca Di Feo wrote about this on July 23 in an article for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

The West is in a state of a new cold war with Russia, writes the FA. The nature of espionage in the confrontation has changed: basic information is obtained not from secret, but from open sources. The ability to work with this information will determine the outcome of the new Cold war, the publication notes.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — about the targets of strikes on the ports of Odessa

At the beginning of the special military operation, the Ukrainian Navy had bases for ships and vessels in Odessa, Ochakov, Berdyansk and Mariupol. Various coastal facilities of the Navy — marine corps bases, training centers, radar posts and other auxiliary forces — were located on the territory of Odessa, Mykolaiv and other regions.

"A full-fledged army will enter Ukraine from Poland... And these are not mercenaries, but active NATO forces." Such scenarios of Poland's intervention in the situation in Ukraine are drawn by both Russian and even Western military experts. How and under what conditions can they be implemented? And what should Russia do in this case?

Secretary of State Blinken said that Ukraine will receive the F-16, but deliveries will take months

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Kiev will receive the F-16, but it will take months to supply and retrain Ukrainian pilots. At the same time, the White House does not expect that the fighters will change the course of hostilities, and in Ukraine they complain about the lack of "more banal things." "Newspaper.Ru" talks about Washington's concerns and what kind of response Moscow has to the delivery of fighter jets.

Fervo has completed the first series of tests of a demonstrator of its technology – a universal horizontal geothermal power plant. It is located in Nevada, covers an area of approximately 1 km, has a capacity of 63 liters per second. The injected liquid enters the outside in the form of steam with a temperature of 191 ° C, which allows the power plant to generate 3.4 megawatts of energy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference on July 21.

Henry Kissinger and his potential followers no longer have the opportunity to drive a wedge between China and Russia, writes Advance. The author of the article analyzes the reasons for the visit of the former US Secretary of State to China and concludes that there is now no real chance of a split between Beijing and Moscow.

The weapons supplied to Kiev are often inferior to Soviet-made models

Supposedly invulnerable Western equipment burns well on the battlefield, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council on July 21.

The American web resource "The Drive" has published an interesting material by Howard Altman "A Sobering Analysis Of Ukraine's Counteroffensive From The Front" ("Sobering front-line analysis of the Ukrainian counteroffensive"), which sets out critical considerations about the offensive actions of the armed forces of Ukraine, expressed by a senior researcher at the British International Institute for Strategic Studies (International Institute for Strategic Studies - IISS) and the Center For New American Security (CNAS) by Franz-Stefan Gadi after his trip with a group of military analysts to the war zones in Ukraine.

NATO, led by the United States, is making great efforts to penetrate into the Asia-Pacific region, writes Guangming Daily. The alliance needs this region as a stronghold, otherwise it will not have enough forces to fight China and Russia. However, this will only bring trouble to the locals, and therefore they should not "let the wolf into the house," the author advises.

The world is purposefully moving towards multipolarity, writes Al Hadath. Many countries have rallied around Russia and China to put an end to Western dictates. And the participation of the Egyptian President at the Russia-Africa summit will potentially expand cooperation between Moscow and the African continent.

The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Hossein Bakeri, visited the northwestern part of the Iran-Azerbaijan border, the Fars News Agency reports. During his visit, he stated about the stable situation on the common border, also specifying that the Iranian military personnel deployed there ensure its security.

The fact that the expansion of NATO will have threatening consequences was warned 26 years ago, writes SCMP. Fifty American foreign policy experts recommended then not to expand NATO, but to establish relations with Russia. Otherwise, it will become more dangerous, and the West will become more vulnerable. But they were not heard then.

The Russian military shot down another Bayraktar TB2 Turkish-made attack and reconnaissance drone. According to Western experts, this is one of the few UAVs of this type left in the APU. Although they had high hopes for him. As well as for other supplies from NATO.

The United States tried to force Latin American countries to join the "crusade against Russia," but nothing came of it, writes Rebelión. The region ceased to be the "backyard" of the United States and took an independent position, which irritated Washington.

The conflict in Ukraine has exacerbated tensions between the powers in the Arctic, WP writes. Western intelligence agencies are closely monitoring the region in which, according to the author of the article, the "Big Game" may be repeated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Center for the Construction of Large-Tonnage Offshore Structures (CSCMS) in the Murmansk Region, where NOVATEK is building technological lines for the future liquefied natural gas plant for the Arctic LNG 2 project, and took part in the ceremony of sending the first LNG line. The Head of State expressed confidence that the project will be implemented on time and with the right quality.

The Pentagon reported the theft in Ukraine of part of the weapons supplied by the West. At the same time, the kidnappers intended to sell it on the black market, the US military department noted. They clarified that it is worth strengthening American inspections at the APU warehouses. Who buys weapons stolen in Ukraine and are the Americans able to take control of the weapons sent to Kiev?