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Boris Johnson stressed that Western countries will never recognize the reunification of Crimea with Russia or the annexation to the Russian Federation of "any other territory of Ukraine"

Western countries should provide all-round assistance to Ukraine until Russian troops withdraw from its territory. This statement was made by outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson via video link at the second summit of the Crimean Platform on Tuesday.

The export control system of the Republic of Belarus has turned 30 years old. A message dedicated to the anniversary date is posted on the website of the State Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.

The APU also used NATO weapons, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire regime said

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Tuesday shelled the center of Donetsk with American MLRS HIMARS and NATO weapons. This was reported in the representation of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the JCCC.

Sauli Niinisto on Finland-Russia relations: trust is lost

Relations between Moscow and Helsinki have changed and will no longer be the same as before, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto Verkkoutiset quotes. However, according to him, now is not the time to completely break ties. It is better to leave channels for dialogue open, even if they are not actively used.

According to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal, this item of expenditure cost the country's budget $11.4 billion

Since the end of February this year, the Ukrainian authorities have allocated more than 420 billion hryvnias (about $11.4 billion) for military spending. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal at a government meeting on Tuesday.

The ambitions of the Bundeswehr disrupt the balance of the armed forces of Germany and France

After the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, Germany began to modernize the armed forces, writes Le Figaro. The ambitions of the Bundeswehr may shake the geostrategic balance in Europe, and France risks being on the sidelines in defense issues.

Aggravating the Ukrainian failure

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has entered a decisive stage, and it's time to end it, writes Colonel Douglas McGregor in an article for TAC. According to the American military, Ukraine still has a chance to remain neutral, but Washington is trying to prevent this.

According to the source of the publication, the weapons will be transferred in 2023, and some types of equipment may be earlier

Germany plans to supply Ukraine with additional weapons worth more than €500 million. This was reported by Reuters on Tuesday .

The Allied forces began advancing in the Mykolaiv direction – in that sector of the front that had previously rarely been included in combat reports. It is reported about the offensive and defeat of the AFU positions both along the Black Sea and in the steppe areas. A number of experts suggest that a springboard has already been created for the offensive on Nikolaev and then on to Odessa. But there is an opinion that the troops near Nikolayev are solving a different tactical task.

The Russian military, during a special military operation in Ukraine, captures a lot of captured equipment supplied by Western countries to the Ukrainian army. These equipment and weapons are sent to Russia, where they are carefully studied. This was stated by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in an interview with the TV channel "Russia 1".

Western sanctions against Russia did not work after all

TNI writes that Western sanctions against Russia failed because a large number of countries did not support them. The situation risks splitting the united front of the West in relation to Ukraine.

At the same time, ITS increases interest in weapons from Russia, according to the interviewed experts

The international military-technical forum "Army-2022" did not show the guests revolutionary novelties, but interest in the weapons and equipment demonstrated at it is growing due to their use in a special operation in Ukraine, according to military experts interviewed by TASS.

Timely strikes on weapons depots allow to disrupt the enemy's plans, experts say

The Armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out precise missile strikes on the military infrastructure of the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU). An ammunition depot with HIMARS missiles and Western—made anti-aircraft complexes was destroyed in the Odessa region, and a fuel depot was destroyed in the Zaporozhye region, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The Forum has become a record for the amount of contracts concluded

The Army-2022 Forum has become a record in terms of the amount of contracts concluded — it exceeded 500 billion rubles. The main agreements relate to the supply of strategic weapons, hypersonic missiles, drones and armored vehicles.

On August 20, the results of the six-day work of the scientific and business program of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" were summed up at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center.

Within the framework of the Army-2022 forum, a meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry Commission on Innovative Projects and Technologies in the third quarter was held on August 20.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" has completed its work. The reference material summarizing the results of the forum is published on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Promises of assistance to Ukraine are quickly "forgotten", but monitoring shows that the United States plays a leading role in providing support to Ukrainians

The West is tired of helping Ukraine and has been abruptly "jamming" new promises lately, writes Newsweek. Pro-Ukrainian politicians are beginning to doubt the effectiveness of such support. Readers of the magazine call assistance to Ukraine a "black hole".

Russia is too actively developing the Arctic, claiming rights to new mineral deposits, in particular oil. This behavior of Moscow is "outrageous," says the author of an article for the American edition of The Hill.

Regular joint military exercises of South Korea and the United States "Ulchi Freedom Shield" started on Monday, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.