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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?

Another loud confession was made in the Ukrainian leadership: it turns out that all Kiev's statements about the preparation of a "counteroffensive to the south" turned out to be bluff and disinformation. Perhaps the military and political leadership of the Kiev regime considers such tactics a successful technique in the information war. Why does it work quite differently in reality?

The UEC-UMPO enterprise of the United Engine Corporation has started implementing a new program to improve the reliability of AL-31ST gas turbine drives with a capacity of 16 MW intended for Gazprom facilities.

Kalashnikov is one of the few large private companies operating in the Russian defense industry, the requirements for which have increased sharply against the background of the ongoing military operation in Ukraine. Alan Lushnikov, the main owner and president of Kalashnikov Group, told Kommersant about how sanctions affected the group's activities, the production of drones and precision weapons, as well as the launch of new business lines.

The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle launched yesterday delivered a number of satellites to the calculated orbit, including CUBESX-HSE-2 vehicles, as well as SXC3-214 MIET-AIS, which received engines based on the plasma of the new VERA development and created in Russia by MEPhI engineers.

Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries called on Russia to give the Zaporozhye NPP to Ukraine

The head of the Ukrainian Energoatom warned Rosatom that if the company wants to connect the Zaporozhye NPP to the Russian power grids, the APU will strike at the power transmission lines of the station.

Washington is recklessly striving for a new Cold War, but this is a bad idea

The desire of the ruling elites in Washington to resist Russia and China at the same time does not meet the interests of American citizens, writes the Washington Post. According to the author of the article, the United States will decline, but not through the fault of external forces.