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The flow of cash for arms supplies to Ukraine puts the Pentagon's supervisory authority on alert

Billions of dollars spent on arming Ukraine have caused concern to Pentagon Inspector General Sean O'Donnell, Bloomberg reports. He did not rule out the leakage of systems and ammunition supplied to Kiev to the black market.

Exercises of special forces of the Armed Forces of the People's Republic of China are being held on the territory of Inner Mongolia province. During the maneuvers, Chinese special forces are training to storm the palace-a replica of the President of Taiwan.

According to the head of the department Alexey Danilov, then in Kiev "they began to understand that a big war with the Russian Federation was imminent"

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said that the country's authorities had been preparing for a military conflict with Russia since December 2019, when at the Normandy Four summit in Paris, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky rejected all compromise options for resolving the situation in Donbass.

The candidate for prime Minister of Great Britain stated that she is ready to use nuclear weapons against Russia. Putin only smiled in response? What are the three potential scenarios for the outbreak of a nuclear war?.

The warehouses of special equipment of the Syrian Research Center were damaged, said Oleg Egorov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the republic.

According to the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Moscow's policy is aimed at avoiding a new world war

The Russian operation in Ukraine is taking place in the "most sparing" version, although with a tougher campaign could be completed much faster, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.

Kiev is trying to disrupt the visit of international observers to the station

On the eve of the upcoming visit of international observers, Ukrainian forces have intensified the shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP. From August 25 to August 26, the VFU launched an artillery strike on the station twice. They connected American M777 howitzers to the shelling of the NPP.

What are the strategic goals of the West in the war in Ukraine?

The West does not yet know what to do with Russia if Ukraine wins, writes Project Syndicate. The new foundations of peace and the global economic order are at stake.

The West needs to learn from this, the magazine notes

Sanctions against Russia have not worked as well as we would like, and the West should learn from this. This is stated in an article published in The Economist magazine, published in print on Friday.

Course correction in the direction of diplomacy in the Ukrainian crisis. Part 1

From the very beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, the United States has been inflating the threat emanating from Russia, the author of the article writes in TNI. He notes that the Western narrative about the Kremlin's "conquering ambitions" tricked the public into supporting a risky proxy war against Russia.

Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters is included in the execution list of the Ukrainian government-sponsored "Peacemaker"

Grayzone writes about the criminal nature of the Ukrainian site "Peacemaker". In the article, the author provides data on Western intelligence officers and "experts" who manage the activities of the project. It seems that anyone can be included in this terrorist execution list.

According to the Serbian president, "the market will be canceled"

Europe will not survive the crisis in Ukraine if Russia's special operation in this country lasts another year. This was stated on Saturday by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in a televised address to the nation.

A picture of the Antonovsky Bridge in the Kherson region has been published on the Internet after the last blow was struck by the armed forces of Ukraine. The damage to the bridge was captured by the Planet Labs satellite belonging to the American group.

This should be taken into account in the future military construction of the EU

The failures of international forces in Afghanistan and the Sahel had a sobering effect for those who participated in "stabilization interventions" abroad, EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrel wrote in his blog.

Against the background of the disastrous voting for the Kiev regime at the UN General Assembly (only a third of the organization's members supported the independence), Western observers began to study the issue of the amount of assistance provided to Kiev by various countries of the world.

Colonel Khodarenok explained why the APU will not be able to effectively use the Black Hornet UAV

The UK will provide Ukraine with an additional package of military assistance. The list of transferred weapons and military equipment includes microdrones-designators. This was stated by the outgoing Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson during his visit to Kiev. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok was looking into whether these drones would help the APU.

Course correction in the direction of diplomacy in the Ukrainian crisis. Part 2

Before the start of the special operation in Ukraine, American officials issued a number of contradictory "warnings" about Russia's plans, writes TNI. The author of the article notes that the States were forced to inflate the threat, since US intelligence did not really have a clear picture of what was happening.

The crews of the Su-25 assault aircraft carried out missile air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the units of the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU). The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Sunday, August 28, showed footage of the successful performance of combat missions by Russian servicemen.

Is Europe going to split because of the conflict in Ukraine?

Britain supports Kiev more actively than other European countries. However, winter will be a test of strength, including for London, writes The Nation. One of his decisions can destroy the already fragile unity of Europe on the issue of Ukraine.

It is possible that Putin, who has made a huge bet, will simply win a bet with a divided West

This week, Josep Borrel admitted that preserving the unity of Europe is a "daily struggle." And it's going to get harder. Putin's main calculation turned out to be correct — his will to win is stronger than the will of the West to resist, writes The Telegraph.