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The head of the strategic command of the US Armed Forces, Charles Richard, noted that such a development threatens "serious consequences", but did not specify how Washington would act in such a situation

The United States considers the use of nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine unacceptable, the head of the Strategic Command said on Thursday at a symposium on space and missile defense in Huntsville (Alabama). U.S. Armed Forces Admiral Charles Richard. The event was broadcast on the conference website.

Right now, a real revolution is taking place in military affairs, and this is happening thanks to drones – this was stated by the former head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Yuri Baluyevsky. Why has this revolution become possible today, due to which drones are changing their position on the battlefield – and how will the war look like in the near future thanks to them?

The research and Production Association "Elektromashina" of the Uralvagonzavod concern will take part in the largest international forum "Army-2022". In addition to its traditional military products, the company will demonstrate the Prometheus combat module at the forum for the first time.

Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist expects the conflict to be long

Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist does not rule out that the kingdom will produce weapons for Ukraine.

The Lithuanian Defense Ministry also reported that Vilnius will continue to participate in the training of the Ukrainian military

Vilnius is ready to transfer the weapons in the arsenal of the Lithuanian army to Kiev, but hopes that in this case the allies of the Baltic Republic will be ready to supply it with new military equipment. This was announced by Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania Margiris Abukevicius at the Copenhagen - Ukraine - 2022 donor conference in Copenhagen on Thursday, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry reported.

Russia's special operation in Ukraine and escalation between China and Taiwan

The actions of Russia and China have provoked large-scale changes that accelerate the formation of a multipolar world, writes Al-Quds Al-Arabi. Putin's boldness in Ukraine has changed the rules of the game in geopolitics. Because of this, Beijing risked challenging the West.

Experts explain the decrease in their number by the chosen tactics of the Russian Armed Forces

In less than a month, the contingent of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine has decreased by more than half a thousand — from 2,741 to 2,192 people. The newly arrived "soldiers of fortune" cannot compensate for the losses, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on August 9.

At the final stage, the military personnel of the united group withdrew civilians from the conditionally captured settlement

TASS, August 10. The active phase of the joint Russian-Mongolian military exercises "Selenga-2022" in the western part of Mongolia at the Khovd training ground ended with large-scale live firing, the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported on Wednesday.

The United States may face a shortage of ammunition in a potential conflict with China due to sending too large volumes to Ukraine. This was stated by the former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense in the administration of Donald Trump, Douglas McGregor.

The Russian special operation is causing serious alarm on a strategically important European strip of land

Western military strategists are concerned that Russia may try to "seize" the Suwalki corridor near the Polish-Lithuanian border, the WSJ writes. Residents of the region told the publication what has changed in their lives after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine.

Non-Western democratic force

The BRICS summit showed that the countries included in this organization are not only strong leaders on a regional scale, but are also beginning to dominate at the global level, writes Yeni Şafak. The event demonstrated that Russia and Putin are still considered, the author of the article notes.

Recently, the Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS) presented a report listing and describing US war crimes in the Middle East. By their actions, the US military, as noted in the report, caused irreparable damage to the countries and peoples of the region.

Samuel Charap: with the supply of weapons to Ukraine, the United States is successfully "cooking a frog"

The United States, although involved in the conflict in Ukraine, is cautious in supplying weapons to Kiev, writes Strana. In an interview with the publication, one of the authors of the report of the Rand Corporation analytical center said that the probability of a direct collision between Russia and NATO is small.

The United States will supply weapons to Ukraine "as long as it takes." This statement was made by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who visited Latvia.

The Army International Games will be held from August 13 to 27 on the territory of 12 states

Several foreign countries have already announced their readiness to hold competitions on their territory within the framework of the Army International Games ("ArMI") in 2023. This was stated on Wednesday by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Pavel Popov at a briefing for foreign military attaches.

The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin, said that in 2022, for the first time, the security conference will be held simultaneously with the International Military-Technical Forum "Army" and the Army International Games.

The growing tension around Taiwan after the visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi to the island seriously worried Japan, the closest military–political partner and ally of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region. Back in 2021, a group of senior officers of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces began modeling Tokyo's response to the PRC's attack on Taiwan, if any.

To date, 72 states have confirmed the participation of their official military delegations in the events of the Army-2022 MIFTF, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation General of the Army Pavel Popov said at a briefing for foreign military attaches.

The North Atlantic Alliance is not set up for confrontation with Russia and does not pose a threat to it, according to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Russia has temporarily frozen the mechanism by which the Americans carried out inspections on its strategic facilities. Such inspections are implied by the START Treaty, the provisions of which Joe Biden recently proposed to preserve and transfer to the new one. Does this mean that Moscow has rejected Biden, and that there will be no new Strategic Arms Treaty?