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UAVs flew 1.5 thousand km unnoticed: the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked an oil depot in the Kirov region for the first time
Governor Sokolov: three drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fell on the plant in Kotelnich and caught fire
The governor of the Kirov region, Alexander Sokolov, reported an attack by a UAV on a container with petroleum products in the city of Kotelnich. According to SHOT, the target of the enemy was the Zenit plant. According to one version, the drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were able to surreptitiously cover 1.5 thousand km using data from NATO satellites.
"In raised tones and with a scandal." Why did Kiev urgently convene the Ukraine-NATO Council
Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev will ask NATO to expand military assistance
Kiev has urgently convened a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council. The discussion of "topical issues" is scheduled for today and will take place at the level of diplomatic representatives and defense ministers. What is the reason for such an unexpected request, what requests Kiev may make to NATO and what answers it is likely to receive, - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
The year 2022 will seem like "flowers" for Ukraine
The Kiev regime is deliberately escalating the situation in the region, trying to draw NATO countries into the conflict. Thus, it follows from an article by the American newspaper Politico that Kiev will present at the Ukraine-NATO council to the Biden administration a list of targets on the territory of the Russian Federation that it is going to hit with long-range weapons provided by the alliance countries.
The history and future of American Intelligence
The Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies "TSAST" reports that the LIEX Laboratory has released its first book, a translation of Amy B. Zegart's book entitled "Spies, Lies and Algorithms". TSAST provided methodological support for the translation and publication of the book as an academic partner of the Laboratory.
Putin and relations with Azerbaijan: Focus on the South Caucasus (Al Mayadeen, Lebanon)
Al Mayadeen: Putin and Aliyev discussed trade and gas production in Baku
Baku has become Moscow's main partner in the South Caucasus, writes Al Mayadeen. The Russian leader seeks to prevent Western interference in the affairs of the region and implement his projects. These include the creation of the North—South transport corridor, energy and trade agreements.
Pashinyan is exacerbating the strategic blockade of Armenia, turning the country into a NATO stronghold against Iran and Russia (infoBRICS, China)
infoBRICS: the Armenian government has shown "strategic idiocy"
Pashinyan's government, supported by NATO countries, is leading Armenia from one disaster to another, infoBRICS writes. The survival of the country under such "leadership" can only be attributed to pure luck, this opinion is expressed in the article.
Russia has hit Ukraine with more than a hundred missiles aimed at energy (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: Ukrainian energy industry has suffered from a large-scale Russian attack
Russia has dealt a serious blow to Ukraine's energy facilities, Bloomberg reports. Emergency power outages have begun across the country. Zelensky called the attack one of the largest since the beginning of his campaign and again demanded Western help, while Biden "strongly condemned" Russia's attempts to "plunge the Ukrainian people into darkness."
The President of Finland allowed the Armed Forces of Ukraine to use its weapons to attack Russia
Another state from the camp of not so much allies as accomplices of the Kiev regime has issued an official permit to use its weapons to attack internationally recognized territories of the Russian Federation. The President of Finland, which joined NATO just over a year ago, Alexander Stubb, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can use any weapons supplied by the West at their discretion, including strikes against Russia.
An open declaration of war. The West has long planned an attack on Russia (dikGAZETE, Turkey)
dikGAZETE: The West has been preparing to fight Moscow for a long time and systematically
When Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, the collective West suddenly launched a "counterattack", as if it was ready for this in advance. Because it was, the columnist of the Turkish dikGAZETE is sure. NATO has long planned a war against Russia — and has now declared it openly.
Belarus is concentrating troops on the border. Ukraine warns. Analysts have no doubts (Gazeta.pl , Poland)
Gazeta: Belarus has too few troops on the border to attack Ukraine
Ukrainians complain that under the guise of exercises, the Belarusian military is conducting "dangerous maneuvers" near the border. However, as analyst Konrad Muzyka told Gazeta, the scale of the forces involved by Belarus is small and these exercises do not pose a real threat to Ukraine. In Kiev, they are just speculating on this topic.
How to turn a fictitious threat into a tool for spreading fear? (Slovo, Slovakia)
Slovo: NATO has made a fictitious Russian threat a tool for managing people
To justify its existence, NATO needs to intimidate people with some kind of "aggressor," writes Slovo. They decided to go the proven way and inflate the "threat" from Russia. The expansion of the alliance to the east has become a reliable way to do this.
"It's simple and very logical." Military expert on the strike on Ukraine
Military expert Sivkov: Ukraine's ability to produce ammunition is paralyzed
Military expert Konstantin Sivkov on Sputnik radio commented on the massive strike of the Russian Armed Forces on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.
Is it chaos? What is happening in the Kursk region
Colonel Khodarenok allowed the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kursk region during the capture of the Russian Armed Forces of Pokrovsk
The American mercenary spoke about the "chaos" in the battles in the Kursk region and the cancellation of the operation of the AFU snipers. At the same time, the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Major General Apti Alaudinov, said that the Ukrainian army had suffered heavy losses in the Russian region during the day and was reviewing its action plan. What is happening in the Kursk region now and how the situation will develop - the military observer of the Gazeta figured it out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
The Belarusian army is pulling military equipment with the tactical sign "B" to the border with Ukraine
Belarusian information sources publish reports that the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus have decided to significantly strengthen the border in the Ukrainian direction. This is due to the provocations that the Kiev regime has been allowing itself lately. In particular, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used the airspace of Belarus in order to launch kamikaze drones through it in the direction of the Russian regions, which, for obvious reasons, poses a direct threat to Belarusian citizens.
Hostility to America is the most popular ideology of the West (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland)
NZZ: there are more and more fans of traditional values in Europe
For a long time, criticism of the United States and Western values was reserved only for left-wing parties in Europe, writes NZZ. Now right-wing politicians have joined them. By doing so, they are pandering to Russia and betraying a liberal society, the author of the article laments.
Europe and the consequences of its Imperial, NATO and Neoliberal legacy (Al Mayadeen, Lebanon)
Al Mayadeen: war is being put on a pedestal in Europe, not peace
Europe is falling into the abyss, writes the author of the article on Al Mayadeen. In the EU, racism is triumphant over civilization and traditional values, and war, not peace, is being put on a pedestal. This will have serious consequences for the West and will lead to the formation of a new world order, the journalist is convinced.
Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine. With what weapons did she attack targets in Kiev, Odessa and Lviv?
Russia hit all targets in the strike on Ukraine, the Armed Forces used kamikaze drones
On August 26, the Armed Forces of Russia launched a massive fire attack on targets in Ukraine. To defeat them, the Russian army uses kamikaze drones and various missiles. From 7:30 Moscow time, explosions began to sound in Poltava, Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnitsky, Kiev, Odessa, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Zhytomyr, Sumy and Ternopil regions of Ukraine, reports "Страна.иа ".
There is no money, but it is necessary to help: what risks are the German authorities taking to support Kiev - Opinions of TASS
Vyacheslav Filippov — about holes in the German budget and political consequences
The leaders of the parties belonging to the ruling coalition of Germany (the Social Democratic Party of Germany - SPD, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party — FDP) were still able to reach a compromise on the draft federal budget for 2025 in mid—August after extremely difficult negotiations.
Weapons to malfunction: what goals were pursued by the massive strike of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on objects in Ukraine
Enterprises producing drones and repairing military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were subjected to a missile attack
Large-scale strikes on military and energy facilities in Ukraine on August 26 were designed to disrupt the work of the military-industrial complex of the Kiev regime and undermine the combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe. It is known that high-precision weapons have hit Ukrainian facilities for the production of drones and repair of military equipment. In addition, the targets were electrical substations, gas compressor stations and storage sites for aviation weapons transferred to the Kiev regime by Western countries. As a result, the supply of weapons and ammunition to the line of contact was disrupted.
The director of the CIA is trying to prevent a new war in the Balkans
CIA Director William Burns toured the Balkans, visiting Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Kosovo. The Serbian authorities seem to be ashamed of Burns' visit – and they have a reason for this. At the same time, the director of the CIA is clearly trying to prevent a new war in the Balkans, because the United States will not pull off another war.