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"The Kiev regime will begin to crumble within 18 months." Vladislav Shurygin, a military publicist, a permanent member of the Izborsky Club, shared the current results of the SVO and forecasts of what the future course of events in Ukraine will look like with the newspaper VZGLYAD.

The American mission of assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine may receive an official name and command. Moreover, according to media reports, a high-ranking general will lead this mission. Why did Washington decide to take such a step, what tasks will the new structure deal with and how will such US actions affect the course of hostilities?

Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin has signed a decree according to which the full-time strength of the Russian army will exceed 2 million people from the new year. Of these, 1.15 million are actually military. It is planned to strengthen the ranks of the army participating in the special operation at the expense of contract professionals. What types of troops and military specialties should be strengthened first of all?

The Pentagon confessed to impotence in front of Soviet X-22 missiles

The Defense News portal, citing a Pentagon source, reported that the US army "will not be able to effectively resist the X-22 missiles." "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what scared the Americans.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that since the beginning of August, according to international agreements, 36 vessels have left Ukrainian ports, which have exported over 746 thousand tons of agricultural products.

According to the minister, the supply of Western weapons will not prevent the fulfillment of all tasks

The military special operation in Ukraine is proceeding according to the planned plan, all tasks will be completed, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The advance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was deliberately slowed down to minimize damage to the civilian population — unlike the VFU, which use the "scorched earth" tactics.

Ukraine continues to put pressure on the Vatican, but the pope goes against the flow

Pope Francis rejects the Western narrative about the Ukrainian conflict, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano. The author of the article notes that, despite Kiev's pressure, the pontiff refuses to consider Ukraine an innocent victim, and Putin a devil in the flesh, as required in the EU and NATO.

Send the French to defend Ukraine? What kind of fly bit General Yakovleff?

NATO General Michel Yakovleff called for sending French soldiers to participate in the fighting in Ukraine, Boulevard Voltaire reports. According to the author of the article, such statements contradict common sense. Readers agree with him.

The world is changing. So why is US foreign policy not changing?

Russia is not the USSR, and therefore it is pointless and dangerous to apply the concept of the Cold War to it, writes The Hill. None of the past postulates are valid anymore. The West should replace them with "careful coexistence" with Russia.

Six months of Russian-Ukrainian hostilities: a conflict that could have been avoided

Was it possible to avoid fighting in Ukraine? Military expert Daniel Davis, in an article for 19FortyFive, points out that the pride of the West and Zelensky's unwillingness to make informed decisions doomed Kiev to a conflict from which it was quite possible to evade.

US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl expressed hope that this would be an incentive for Russia to cease hostilities and move on to negotiations

The new package of American military assistance to Kiev is intended, among other things, to demonstrate to Russia that, according to the US administration, it will not be able to hold out longer than the West in the current confrontation with it.

Zbigniew Rau: Russian aggression in Ukraine has become a moment of awakening for Europe

A program article about Russian imperialism, written by Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, was published by Rzeczpospolita.

Western analysts conducted a study, the main issue of which was the assistance provided by different countries of Ukraine. It is noted that the allocation of a "record amount" of aid to Kiev from the Biden administration ($2.98 billion) is due not so much to the generosity of the White House, but to the fact that other countries are on the path of reducing their aid.

After the US army shelled the territory of Syria in this country, attacks were carried out on American military bases. The information is confirmed by the US Central Military Command.

The German armed forces are faced with a total shortage of weapons stocks. This was stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock, the ZDF TV channel reports.

As the newspaper notes, Congress approved the provision of weapons and other military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $6.3 billion

The US authorities intend to provide approximately $1.5 billion in military assistance to Ukraine by the end of the fiscal year (ends September 30), this is the remaining part of the amount approved by the US Congress. This was reported on Thursday night by the newspaper Politico, citing sources.

On August 24, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine, timed to coincide with the 31st anniversary of the proclamation of independence of this republic. The announced volume of this aid package is $2.98 billion, which makes it the largest of the so far allocated to Ukraine.

The United States does not rule out the possibility of supplying fighters to Kiev, but a final decision on this issue has not yet been made. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated on August 24 by the deputy head of the Pentagon for political Affairs, Colin Kohl.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Kiev announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 54 million pounds (63.5 million dollars).

The US Air Force strikes on targets in Syria, which are allegedly linked to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), are not related to negotiations to restore the agreement on the Iranian atom, US Deputy Defense Minister Colin Kohl said.