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During training, ammunition is allocated in unlimited quantities

Hot air, grass scorched by the sun. The sand is heated so that it burns through the mold. There are a lot of shell casings around. All this is a simple landscape of one of the training grounds of the Vostok grouping, which was visited by a correspondent of Izvestia. Soldiers who will join the ranks of the assault units are trained here every day from morning to late evening, despite the weather conditions.

An unnamed representative of the State Department also stressed that "no one wants their facilities to be blown up and employees to be injured," writes the Defense One portal

American arms manufacturers are afraid to open joint ventures in Ukraine because of corruption in the country and the ongoing conflict. They also question the long-term economic feasibility of doing business in Ukraine, an unnamed U.S. State Department official told Defense One.

Andrey Yelchaninov, First Deputy Director General of Roscosmos, told Interfax in an interview about the financial policy of the state corporation, the prospects of the Vostochny cosmodrome, Russia's transition to mass satellite assembly and international cooperation.

Sources in the shipbuilding industry and those familiar with the situation told RBC that JSC Marine Instrument Engineering Corporation (KMP) will fully become part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC, managed by VTB Bank). According to the interlocutors of the publication, in July, the head of the USC, Andrei Puchkov, already held a meeting in St. Petersburg with the heads of KMP enterprises on the topic of integration.

Bloomberg: Ukraine's allies are alarmed by Yermak's excessive power

The West is concerned about the excessive influence of Andrei Ermak, Bloomberg reports. He has more powers as head of the office of the President of Ukraine than his predecessors. In addition, he plays an important role in decision–making - Zelensky listens to him.

Putin signed a decree on increasing payments to participants of the SVO to 400 thousand rubles

Putin signed a decree on doubling the one-time payment to the participants of the SVO, who will sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense from August 1 to December 31. It will amount to 400 thousand rubles. The authorities of several regions have already increased the amount of one-time payments to contractors: in the Rostov region they promise 1.2 million rubles, and in Moscow - 1.9 million rubles. The amount of payment in St. Petersburg has increased by hundreds of thousands. How much the military is paid for concluding a contract in the regions of Russia - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

Disciplinary arrest for gadgets is imposed for up to 10 days for one gross disciplinary offense

At the plenary session, the State Duma adopted a new version of the basic law, which establishes the specifics of the application and execution of disciplinary arrest against military personnel taking part in military operations. During the work on the document, the deputies clarified that such an arrest does not threaten fighters for using gadgets during their military operations to perform combat missions.

The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a law that allows the government to classify Russian defense industry enterprises with annual revenues of more than 10 billion rubles as economically significant organizations (EZO), and also allows "indirect" minority shareholders to directly receive dividends from EZO.

The Sukhoi Experimental Design Bureau (Sukhoi Design Bureau) is one of the leading Russian enterprises for the development of aviation equipment. It is part of the structure of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation).

The team of the Sukhoi Experimental Design Bureau (OKB) has developed more than 100 types of aircraft, including fighters, without missing a single generation of machines. The Su family aircraft cover the entire range of tasks in the special operation zone. And the most modern machines — the fifth-generation Su—57 fighter jets - are turning into intelligent complexes that remove some of the routine tasks from the pilot. On the 85th anniversary of the TASS bureau, he summarized the main developments of the design bureau and found out how aircraft are designed today, in the era of artificial intelligence and supercomputers.

In the third issue of the Arms Export magazine, Maxim Volkov's review of the first National Defense Industrial Strategy of the United States (National Defense Industrial Strategy) was published. The bmpd blog publishes the text of the article.

To do this, it is necessary to develop an ideological component in the mentoring system, according to Yulia Tsvetkova, Director of Personnel Management at Rostec State Corporation

Specialists working at enterprises of the military-industrial complex should have not only high qualifications, but also state thinking. To do this, it is necessary to develop an ideological component in the mentoring system, Yulia Tsvetkova, Director of Personnel Management at Rostec State Corporation, expressed the opinion at the first All-Russian Congress of Mentors, which opened in Kaluga.

Denis Dubrovin — on the program of the newly elected head of the European Commission and the benefits for the United States from the militarization of Europe

The appointment of Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Commission in 2025-2029 consolidated the course towards militarization and Ukrainization of the European Union.

The Rybinsk enterprise "ODK-Saturn" of the United Engine Corporation continues accepting applications for the educational and professional track "Wings of Rostec", as well as a new program for targeted training of IT specialists "Rostec Code" until July 25.

During the special military operation, many elements of the soldier's first aid kit have changed. They are changing to more effective ways of providing first aid for injuries. Medical training classes with military personnel of the Center group are conducted by volunteer instructors of the Archangel Tactical Training Center. Izvestia saw how the training takes place, where the fighters master modern tactical medicine.

CNN: NATO members decided to return conscription due to the "Russian threat"

Due to the fighting in Ukraine, NATO is reconsidering its approach to the formation of the armed forces in favor of compulsory conscription, CNN writes. Western politicians constantly scare people with a possible conflict with Moscow. The question arises: is the "threat" definitely coming from Russia?

One of the main problems that the US army will face in the event of a real military conflict with China, and Washington firmly believes in its inevitability, is to constantly maintain the combat capability of its group in the Asia-Pacific region (APR). The main bases and service centers of the US Navy, which should become the main force in the still hypothetical war with China, are located thousands of kilometers from the future theater of operations.

Military expert Gennady Alekhine — about what the Armed Forces of Ukraine are today and why Western tactics do not work on the battlefield

Since the 1990s, Ukraine has begun to rebuild its military-industrial complex to NATO standards. However, as practice has shown, the strategy developed by the United States does not work on the battlefield, since the experience of this country is based on wars with a notoriously weak enemy.

For the heavy aircraft carrier Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, the flight personnel of the regiments began to be formed, which will be ready to fly to the ship. During the seven years he spent in repairs, many pilots retired, and those who replaced them have no experience of landing on deck. In fact, now it is necessary to re-form the aircraft carrier's wing, experts say.

RS: with von der Leyen's re-election, the EU advocated prolonging the conflict in Ukraine

The election of Ursula von der Leyen to the post of president of the European Commission emphasized that the majority of representatives of the European elite are in favor of prolonging the conflict in Ukraine, writes RS. Only the elections in the United States can change the situation, the author of the article is sure.