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How America disarmed Europe

Europe's armories have been emptied, writes Politika. Ukraine has become the most armed country on the continent, but a significant part of the equipment goes to the black market. And the Europeans are supposed to buy American weapons to replace the one that went to Kiev.

Correct understanding of Turkey's policy towards Russia

It is not profitable for Europe to turn Turkey's relations with Russia into a problem during the Ukrainian conflict, Sabah writes. The author of the article points to the "opportunistic world of narrow interests" of European politicians and their inability to properly understand the interaction between Ankara and Moscow.

The authorities of the Zaporozhye region allowed the conservation of the NPP due to the constant shelling of the APU

Residents of a part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not want to fight on the side of Kiev, the pro-Russian administration of the region said. According to Vladimir Rogov, there have already been cases of clashes between detachments and fighters of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling the Zaporozhye NPP, using guided Western shells. This may lead to the conservation of the station - in order to avoid a catastrophe. For more information about the situation around the NPP, see the material "Gazeta.Ru».

Finland and Estonia can combine their missile defense systems, says the new Estonian Defense Minister: "The Baltic Sea will become the internal sea of NATO"

The integration of the missile defense of Estonia and Finland will allow the Gulf of Finland to be closed to Russian warships, writes Keskisuomalainen.

Heading for one of the strongest armies in Europe: how Poland is modernizing its armed forces

Poland has announced a large-scale reinforcement of its army in order to make it the second most powerful on the continent, writes Evropeyska Pravda. How will the Poles reform the troops and what problems will they have to face?

Luke Ferry: "The war with China. Are you serious?"

The transfer of Taiwan to China is only a matter of time, says analyst Luke Ferry on the pages of Figaro. The US simply has nothing to counter China's determination. After Hiroshima, the Americans will not be the first to use nuclear weapons. And their conventional weapons have been sent to Ukraine, where the United States is fighting with someone else's hands, Ferry writes.

The German Defense Ministry has been forced to suspend many operations within the Bundeswehr mission in Mali due to difficulties with the country's authorities, Der Spiegel reported on Friday, citing an unnamed representative of the department.

After joining NATO, Finland and Estonia intend to integrate coastal defense capable of blocking Russian ships from entering the Baltic Sea and making it an internal NATO sea, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said.

America should prepare for war over Taiwan

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby believes that the Biden administration is losing to China in the conflict over Taiwan. Washington needs to deal not with rhetoric, but with urgent real measures to remedy the situation, he writes in an article for Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Defense announced the flight of the enemy in the area of Soledar, Opytny and Nevelsky

On August 12, the Russian Defense Ministry told about the serious losses suffered by several VFU brigades in battles with allied forces. Only the 14th mechanized brigade missed more than two thousand people. The losses of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the VFU exceeded 70% of the personnel.

A major event dedicated to the defense theme opens in Russia on August 15. At this forum "Army-2022", among other things, captured Ukrainian boats will be shown.

The Chief of the General Staff, General Thierry Buercard, believes that the country's participation over the past 20 years in asymmetric conflicts abroad "has led to compromises that reduce certain opportunities."

Turkey is an important and decisive player in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

To strengthen its own positions, Turkey actively uses the role of a connecting power that does not belong to either the Western or the Russian camp, writes Foreign Policy. The author of the article notes that the US and the EU could take a closer look at Ankara's behavior and learn something.

The Ukrainian problem of Germany

Germany is perfectly suited to the role of the leader of the campaign against the destruction of the "rules-based world order," writes Wolfgang Ischinger in Foreign Affairs. The former German diplomat believes that Berlin needs to stop resisting change, and then the country will be able to take a leadership position not only in relation to Ukraine, but also in the context of more global security problems.

USA: why crises in superpower relations are good

A new era of prolonged tension is beginning, when crises between superpowers will be frequent and intense, writes FP. According to the author of the article, these are opportunities for constructive action, and the United States needs to use them to its advantage.

Intellectual Noam Chomsky: "We have no reason to pretend to be moral apostles"

Linguist Noam Chomsky for half a century of his human rights work has repeatedly joined the fight against the "mainstream", the German "Welt" reminds us. And now he refused to lay all the blame for the conflict on Russia. In today's conditions in the United States, you can pay for such a position. But Chomsky is still going against the tide.

The Taliban movement that seized power in Afghanistan a year ago (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) failed to create an inclusive political system and thereby deceived the aspirations of the Afghan people, the official representative of the European Foreign Policy Service (EMU) said.

"After the strikes by Russian troops, the AFU unit lost its combat capability." This is one of the most common phrases in the daily reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. But what does it mean? Behind the words "the target is suppressed" or "deprived of combat capability" there is a specific level of damage to the enemy.

At the exhibition, it will be possible to see unmanned armored vehicles, the latest ammunition and trophies of the special operation in Ukraine

Kubinka, near Moscow, will host Russia's main international exhibition in the military-technical sphere, the Army—2022 forum, from August 15 to 21. According to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu, this year it is planned to participate about one and a half thousand enterprises and organizations from Russia and abroad.

The Russian Air Force is 110 years old.

The Commander of the Air Force, Deputy Commander-in–Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Sergey DRONOV, tells the Red Star about the results with which the Air Force personnel approached the next anniversary.