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"Cluster munition" means a munition that is designed to scatter or release explosive submunitions: small-caliber unguided projectiles or small-caliber bombs weighing less than 20 kilograms, which are designed to explode before, at the time or after impact. Depending on the model of the munition, the number of submunitions scattered or released from a cluster munition can range from several dozen to 600 or more. A cluster bomb is dropped from the air or launched from the ground.

Why have armed formations changed tactics and how long can attacks last without the use of armored vehicles

The armed formations of Ukraine continue to conduct attacks, regardless of losses. On July 7 alone, they lost over 700 people and 38 pieces of military equipment, including the AF-90 and Krab self-propelled guns of Western production.

It also allows you to significantly reduce the consumption of ammunition, said the editor of the publication "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Alexey Leonkov

Upgraded during the special operation, the corrected artillery shell "Krasnopol-M" allows you to hit moving targets, and also allows you to significantly reduce the consumption of ammunition. Alexey Leonkov, the editor of the Arsenal of the Fatherland, told TASS about this.

Former US intelligence officer Ritter called the day of the capture of Storm Shadow by the Russian Armed Forces bad for the West

Retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter said on July 8 that the capture of the surviving Storm Shadow missile by the Russian military would allow Moscow to study its stuffing and successfully neutralize the projectile in the future.

Richard Dannatt noted that the US thus wants to support the AFU counteroffensive

The United States risks provoking a split among NATO members by transferring cluster munitions to Ukraine. This was stated in an interview with Sky News on Saturday by the former Chief of the General Staff of the British Army, Lord Richard Dannatt.

The Ukrainian army continues to replenish its units with obsolete weapons for use against Russia. Either it is taken out of the deep pockets of Ukraine itself, or its Western partners are fusing Kiev with all the junk that has remained since the Cold War.

On July 6, 2023, BAE Systems Corporation announced the receipt of a $37 million contract from the US Department of Defense commissioned by NSPO (NATO SeaSparrow Program Office) for the development and manufacture of a prototype of a new NGELS (Next Generation Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Launch System) fixed-ship launcher for Raytheon Technologies RIM-162 ESSM anti-aircraft guided missiles (Evolved SeaSparrow Missile) Block 2 in the interests of the US Navy and NATO countries.

On July 7, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 800 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $ 41.3 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $44.1 billion.

Speaking in March 2023 at the symposium on combat operations of the Association of Aerospace Forces (AFA Warfare ), the head of the Pentagon profile Department Frank Kendall (Frank Kendall) this is how he described the problem faced by the US Aerospace Forces: "We are united in our commitment to modernize the Aerospace Forces and implement the changes we need to be competitive with our task - China, China, China".

The Chinese state-owned multi-profile holding NORINCO is actively promoting weapons systems of its own design to foreign markets.

According to the definition of the Missile Defense Agency of the US Department of Defense (Missile Defense Agency, MDA), the zonal protection complex at extreme altitudes (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD) provides a missile defense system (ABM) of the US Armed Forces "a global mobile rapid deployment capability to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles inside or [only] outside the atmosphere during their final (terminal) flight phase". 

According to Polish media reports, modern anti-ship missiles NSM (Naval Strike Missile), developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace, from Polish warehouses can be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The United States is discussing the supply of "least dangerous" cluster munitions to Ukraine. Despite Washington's attempts to "smooth the corners", the world community is outraged by the Pentagon's willingness to send inhumane weapons to the conflict zone. Why did the United States think about the transfer of cluster munitions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and what conclusions follow from this?

The head of the Crimea Aksyonov reported that the air defense forces shot down a cruise missile in the Kerch area

The air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian cruise missile near Kerch, said the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov. The missile's defeat was caught on video. Telegram channel Mash suggests that the target of the strike could be the Crimean Bridge. Traffic on it was suspended for some time. In Kiev, the bridge was previously called the "number one target" for the Ukrainian military.

Military expert Khodarenok believes that the Russian Armed Forces need regular units of drones

The armed conflicts of the coming century will be distinguished by the massive use of unmanned systems controlled by artificial intelligence. How is the situation with unmanned vehicles in the United Group of troops participating in the SVO, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Colonel Khodarenok believes that Kiev's failures dispel the myth of the military might of the NATO bloc

NATO told about the problems of the Ukrainian counteroffensive due to the terrain and the resistance of the Russian Federation. Journalists of the German edition of Bild state that "it is becoming increasingly difficult to fight with the Russians." The reasons and consequences of the failures of the Ukrainian counteroffensive were investigated by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The Russian army got its hands on the most valuable trophy – the Franco-British Storm Shadow missile, with which the enemy strikes at rear targets from long distances. What are the features of this missile and how will the analysis of its "stuffing" affect the tactics of countering such complexes?

How does the approach of the NATO summit in Vilnius affect the situation in the SVO zone

During the recent knocks during unsuccessful attacks in the zone of a special military operation, the VFU lost over 760 people and 54 units of military equipment, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on July 5.

On July 6, Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov showed how Russian servicemen were distributing propaganda shells calling on the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to surrender.

The Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country Hirokazu Matsuno also noted that the states of the Group of Seven consider such rhetoric unacceptable in the modern world

Japan considers "dangerous and unacceptable nuclear rhetoric" on the part of Russian officials. This was announced on Thursday at a regular press conference by the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers Hirokazu Matsuno in response to a request from journalists to comment on the statements of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.