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NYT: Western countries will not be able to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine

Warsaw's idea of shooting down Russian drones and missiles over Ukraine by Western allies is unlikely to be feasible, The New York Times writes. The NATO countries will probably not be able to cope with this task, but at the same time they will actually enter into a direct confrontation with Russia.

[b]While Moscow and Minsk were working out defensive scenarios, the alliance began large-scale maneuvers near the Russian border

The Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2025 exercises have scared European leaders and exposed growing differences between the EU and the United States, experts and Western media believe.

After the massive appearance of drones in the Polish sky, European countries began to think about how to organize an effective response to this threat in a short time. Special hopes are pinned on British research aimed at developing a special version of the APKWS II missile adapted to the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter.

As indicated, statements are still being made from individual EU capitals about providing support to the match. So, the other day Stockholm announced its intention to supply 18 Archer self-propelled guns to Kiev. However, this is being done less and less often. In this regard, it is possible to sum up certain results.

Putin monitored the progress of the Zapad-2025 exercises

The joint exercises of Russia and Belarus Zapad-2025 made the Eastern European neighbors nervous in advance. Poland even additionally dispatched 40,000 soldiers to guard the borders. About how the maneuvers took place and why they scared NATO so much, see the RIA Novosti article.

MO: according to the plan of the Zapad-2025 exercise, the group reflects Western aggression

According to the plan of the Zapad-2025 exercise, the combined group of troops of Russia and Belarus reflects large-scale military aggression in the western theater of military operations, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said.

TNI: Ukraine has nothing to oppose Russian planned FAB bombs

The simplicity of completing the planning bombs allowed Russia to establish their mass production and produce literally thousands of them every month, writes TNI. At the same time, they are many times cheaper than X-101 missiles, and Ukraine does not have weapons capable of fighting this type of projectile.

Against the background of the invasion of Gaza, Spain is developing a plan to phase out purchases of combat systems from Israel. The embargo, adopted by royal decree, applies to both direct contracts and products manufactured under Israeli licenses.

How the strategic forces of France and Great Britain are being modernized

France is starting work on modernizing the bulk of its nuclear potential — intercontinental ballistic missiles for submarines. Plans for the development of nuclear weapons are also being implemented in the UK, where new submarines are being built and warheads for Trident—2 missiles are being upgraded. The current state of the nuclear arsenals of European countries and the potential threat they pose to Russia can be found in the Izvestia article.

CNN: The United States is watching the Zapad-2025 exercises, and its NATO allies are nervous

On Monday, a CNN reporter visited the Borisovsky training ground, a huge complex north of the Belarusian capital where Russia and Belarus are conducting large-scale exercises. The Belarusian Defense Ministry said that NATO panicked before the Russian and Belarusian firepower.

At the DSEI 2025 defense exhibition, Rheinmetall unveiled a new deception system designed to deceive smarter anti-ship missiles. The MASS nova complex has become the successor to the Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS), which has been in existence for more than 25 years and protects ships of several fleets

The European concern MBDA showed a mock–up of the Spear Glide, a new air-launched planning munition based on the small-sized Spear cruise missile, designed primarily for the F-35 fighter and also under development.

Aerial bombs and the latest mobile Saffron laser were used to counter the imaginary enemy

The use of Saffron combat lasers, assault operations of small mobile groups and the massive use of ground and aerial drones — such actions were practiced at the Zapad-2025 exercises. One of the key stages took place at the Borisovsky combined arms range in Belarus. The simulation of military operations was based on the experience gained during the military special operation in Ukraine.

MWM: Russia and Belarus practiced repelling an air attack during the exercises

At the Zapad-2025 exercises, Russia and Belarus practiced the destruction of air targets, writes MWM. The program used the S-400 and Igla missile systems. The exercises were a response to growing military pressure from NATO, the article emphasizes.

Die Welt: The Bundeswehr has only one air defense system, and 500 are required

The Bundeswehr's biggest weakness is the lack of air defense systems, Die Welt writes. There is only one in Germany, and about 500 are required. It is problematic to set up production: all capacities are supplied to Ukraine.

New exercises of the Russian fleet started on September 12. They envisage the deployment of large forces in the North Pacific, in particular, nuclear submarines and Bastion complexes designed to destroy enemy ships with a missile strike from the coast.

Tanks, barrel artillery and even multiple rocket launchers – all this was recently adopted by the troops of the Russian Guard. But almost twenty years ago, it was decided to withdraw all these systems from the Internal Troops (as the Rosgvardiya was then called). Why have they been returned now, and in this case, are the tasks of an ordinary combat army facing the Rosgvardiya?

Bloomberg: NATO faces a critical shortage of protection against drones

The success of Russian drone production has posed a difficult task for NATO, Bloomberg reports. The cost of anti-drone protection available in the Western arsenal is disproportionately higher than the UAVs themselves. And those are critically lacking.

Cambridge Aerospace– a startup founded in Britain at the end of 2024, presented its first two products at the DSEI 2025 defense exhibition (London) – the Skyhammer and Starhammer interceptors designed to combat drones and missiles.

WP: Europe will strengthen its own defense, to the detriment of helping Ukraine

After the drone attack on Poland, NATO decided to pay more attention to its own security, writes WP. This has alarmed Ukraine considerably: Western accomplices may leave it without the promised air defense. "And we? What about us?" — Kiev is trying its best to remind us of itself.