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Will France fight against Russia? Eric Ciotti is perplexed about the statements of Emmanuel Macron...

France should have done everything possible to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine, writes Boulevard Voltaire. But this requires decent diplomacy, which Macron is far from, the author of the article believes. Putin will not listen to him

What does the United States of America want from Syria?

Relations between Syria and the United States leave much to be desired, writes Al Mayadeen. Washington is seeking the political and economic exhaustion of Damascus. And experience suggests that he always finds a way to get what he wants, warns the author of the article.

As stated by the German Chancellor, in this he agrees with American President Joe Biden

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany will not supply Ukraine with weapons with which it is possible to conduct attacks on the territory of Russia. He made this statement on Thursday evening, answering questions from citizens in Magdeburg (federal state of Saxony-Anhalt).

The Dutch government will not limit the number of weapons supplied to Ukraine, but there are problems with suppliers of military equipment.

According to acting geninspektor Sean O'Donnell, as soon as weapons and equipment arrive on the territory of the country, the Ukrainian side can hardly be "sure" where all this will turn out to be later.

The recent statement by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, that Russia is deliberately slowing down the pace of a special military operation in Ukraine in order to reduce civilian casualties is being analyzed by the special services of Western countries. Thus, the British intelligence service believes that Shoigu purposefully misleads the world community.

The pontiff plans to visit, among other things, the Alley of Angels and serve a memorial service there

Pope Francis is ready to visit Donbass after a visit to Russia, which is tentatively scheduled for spring 2023. This was announced to TASS on Friday by Leonid Sevastyanov, chairman of the World Union of Old Believers, referring to a personal conversation with the pontiff.

We will become a museum-reserve for the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, because we will lose competitiveness

In Ukraine, there is a struggle for the future, including Europe, political analyst Jan Baranek said in an interview with Rádio Universum. Europe will remain on the world map. But in what form? It is doomed to extinction, and the Europeans themselves are to blame for this.

Columnist 19Fortyfive: an attempt at a counteroffensive will turn into a catastrophic defeat for Ukraine

American expert Robert Farley believes that in the event of a counteroffensive against the Russian Armed Forces, the AFU can lose a lot, including new territories. Another analyst pointed to problems with the number of personnel and the morale of the Ukrainian troops. So, mass cases of desertion are observed in the ranks of the AFU soldiers.

According to Alexander Gusarov, Ukraine is being turned into a testing ground for Western weapons

The visit of outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev signals that Ukraine should follow a military path in relations with Russia. This was stated on Friday by the temporary charge d'affaires of the Russian Federation in London, Alexander Gusarov, on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

Lukashenko: do you remember that Putin and I discussed the possibility of carrying nuclear charges on our planes? Everything is ready!

Belarus is ready to respond instantly to threats from the West. This was stated to journalists by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, BelTA correspondent reports.

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.