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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.

Erdogan is playing a risky double game

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is playing a dangerous double game, establishing relations with Russia while his Western partners are doing exactly the opposite. The authors of the article in the Financial Times believe that the Turkish leader should behave carefully when playing this political poker.

Berlin began transferring such self-propelled artillery installations to Ukraine from the end of July

On August 10, the People's Militia of the DPR announced the complete liberation of the village of Gladosovo, located south of Artemovsk. The offensive continues in the area of Sand and Avdiivka. And the Russian Defense Ministry announced the first destruction of the Cheetah anti-aircraft complex, delivered from Germany, and the defeat of three Ukrainian aircraft in air battles during the day. On this day, the head of the Defense Department, Sergei Shoigu, presented Russia's highest awards to four officers who distinguished themselves during the special operation in Moscow.

For six and a half months of a special military operation in the Donbass, many Western trophies were captured. Grenade launchers, ATGMs, armored personnel carriers, small arms, air defense, automotive equipment, barrel and rocket artillery — all this is now being tested by combat. About how foreign "gifts" are evaluated in the DPR, — in the RIA Novosti material.

In the account of the American company Planet.Labs, which is engaged in satellite sensing of the Earth's surface (often in the interests of the American military department), photographs have appeared that allegedly depict the airfield in Novofedorovka.

On August 10, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin, informed foreign military attaches at a briefing about the holding of the X Moscow Conference on International Security.

Why has Turkey not joined Western sanctions and will it help Russia circumvent them

Why has Ankara not joined the Western sanctions regime against Russia? The author of "European Truth" names a number of reasons. Many in Turkey are convinced that the blame for the conflict in Ukraine is not Russia, but the United States and NATO.

Why will the tightening of economic sanctions against Russia not lead to the end of the special operation, and what actions should Japan take?

In some Western countries, the burden of economic sanctions and support for Kiev is causing increasing concern, writes Diamond. Restrictions harm not only Russia, but also the whole world, and the end of the special operation is not approaching, the author of the article warns.

Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Press of the department Ivan Nechaev noted that the United States also provides Ukraine with intelligence information

Kiev's uncontrolled pumping of weapons by the West has already led to a large-scale increase in their smuggling, their appearance on the black market and in the shadow segment of the Internet. This was stated on Thursday at a briefing by Ivan Nechaev, Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.