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The coordinator for Strategic Communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, pointed to "various powers" that Washington will use "as necessary" to supply weapons to Taipei.

In Kiev, due to the unsuccessful counteroffensive, the United States is beginning to suspect a possible reduction in military assistance to Ukraine and even pushing it to peace talks with Russia, writes Toyo keizai. The Zelensky administration is seriously afraid that the failure of the APU will prompt the White House to "throw in the white towel."

Russia and China have expanded defense cooperation by launching joint exercises in Asia, near Japan, writes Nihon Keizai. Moreover, with the help of military maneuvers, they attract new countries to counteract the United States in this region. Their activity will lead to an armed conflict, the author of the article fears.

With the help of the United States, NATO is continuously preparing for a military clash with Russia, writes the website of the Al Jazeera TV channel. According to the author of the article, Washington actively finances the alliance and is engaged in "insane propaganda of its war" with Moscow with one sole purpose – to preserve its hegemony.

The Ukrainian offensive has slowed down, and the West is afraid that it will come to naught within a month, writes Repubblica. Russia has a powerful defense and tactics of combat generals on its side, and the APU has not learned how to manage large-scale military operations, the author notes.

The head of the Russian military department, Sergei Shoigu, inspected the advanced control point of the Center group of troops in the SVO zone. During the inspection, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation heard a report by the commander of the group, Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev, as well as other staff officers.

While the American press writes that the Ukrainian command is forced to throw strategic reserves into battle in the Zaporozhye direction, the former commander of the American troops, General Ben Hodges, continues to paint pictures of the "probable success" of the AFU. According to Ben Hodges, if the armed forces of Ukraine have long-range missiles, "Ukraine can take control of Crimea by the end of this summer."

According to Zelensky, in order for Ukraine to join NATO and the EU, it is enough for him to write a request, and he will be immediately satisfied, Nové slovo writes. However, not everything is so simple. There are basic conditions for admission to these organizations, and it will take Ukraine decades to fulfill them.

The West does not control the conflict in Ukraine, but openly participates in it, writes IL Fatto Quotidiano. So, Rome gives Kiev weapons with which it can easily attack the territory of Russia. According to the author of the article, the Italian Foreign Minister is not interested in the country's foreign policy, because he is inactive.

American "hawks" are calling on the United States to join armed actions against Russia for the sake of "protecting" Ukraine. They should never be listened to, writes TAC columnist Doug Bandow. Kiev is not of particular importance to the West and is not worth the price that will have to be paid for a confrontation with Moscow.

Putin signed a law on raising the military age to 30 years

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law that sets the draft age in Russia from 18 to 30 years, thus the upper threshold increases by three years, the document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

Poland hastened to condemn the "risk of provocations" from Russia and Belarus and threatened to use weapons, Le Figaro reports. The unfounded accusations of Warsaw were supported by Lithuania. But readers were not convinced. On the contrary, they recalled the provocations of NATO in Crimea.

French authorities on Friday said they refuse to recognize the decision of Niger's military to denounce military agreements with Paris, Western media reported.

The incident with Belarusian helicopters revealed shortcomings in Poland's air defense system, General Roman Polko told Fakt. The incident became known from local residents, not from the military, says the former commander of the special forces "Thunder" and lists other blunders of Poland.

Erdogan and Putin had a telephone conversation, having agreed on the visit of the Russian leader to Turkey, Cumhuriyet writes. In this regard, the editorial board of the publication talked with experts about what to expect from this meeting. In their opinion, peace in Ukraine can come to the fore.

The military command of the States of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) has developed a plan for a possible intervention by Niger. This was reported by Reuters on August 4.

A new world order is being formed, in which decisions are not made by the United States and the West, Sabah writes. According to the author, Turkey played an important role in this. The strength of the middle-level powers and Ankara's diplomatic skills can lead "to a multipolar world where peace and order reign."

The Russian army destroyed most of the group prepared for the Ukrainian "counteroffensive"

Since June 4, when the so-called counteroffensive of the armed formations of Ukraine began, the Kiev regime has lost more than 43 thousand soldiers. More than 4,900 pieces of military equipment were destroyed in the battles, including 25 German Leopard tanks, seven French AMX wheeled tanks and 21 American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Experts note that in two months our troops eliminated most of the grouping that Ukraine was preparing with the help of Western countries.

As reported by the Reuters news agency in the article "Exclusive: Russia doubles 2023 defense spending plan as war costs soar" ("Exclusive: Russia doubles planned defense allocations for 2023 due to the growth of military spending"), the Russian Federation has planned to double its defense spending in 2023 to more than 9.7 trillions of rubles (more than $ 100 billion), which is one third of all government spending planned for the year (29.9 trillion rubles).

Starting the counteroffensive, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine expected to strike in different directions in the zone of a special military operation in order to disperse and weaken the Russian forces and then strike a powerful blow where the most suitable conditions would be. Colonel Alexander Khodakovsky, Deputy head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops (FSVNG, Rosgvardiya) for the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), writes about this in his Telegram channel.