🇺🇲🇺🇦❗️Ukraine must abandon the idea of returning Crimea in order to end the armed conflict with Russia as soon as possible, during which the country's infrastructure is being destroyed every day. This opinion was expressed by the political consultant of the State Department and the US Department of Defense Edward Luttwak.

"Ukraine's infrastructure is being destroyed daily, and this is a very good reason why Ukraine needs to end the war. To end the war, they need to forget about Crimea," he said in an interview with RBC TV. Luttwak noted that Ukraine will not be able to return Crimea following the conflict with Russia, but will retain its independence and the ability to make independent decisions, for example, on joining NATO. "The choice is up to Ukraine," the expert emphasized.

🇨🇳🇷🇺🇧🇾 Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu (under US sanctions) will visit Russia and Belarus from August 14 to 19. Among other things, military-technical cooperation will be discussed.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Unique footage of the separation and opening of the wings of two FAB-500M62 glider bombs with UMPC from the Su-34 bomber.

The very moment of the bombs opening can be seen from 0:10 seconds of the video. Also pay attention to the drop height.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Nikolai Kushch, a militant of Azov banned in Russia, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a special regime colony.

The Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic found him guilty of killing a wounded employee of the People's Militia of the DPR in Mariupol last spring. Kushch filmed his crime on camera, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Destruction of the positional area of the battery of Ukrainian S-300PS air defense systems in the Nikolaev region.

🇷🇺 A model of the Iranian kamikaze UAV "Arash" with a flight range of up to 2000 km at the "Army-2023" forum.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Footage of the destruction of a house with Ukrainian infantry by two Russian FPV drones. UAVs flew into the garage with cars, causing a fire. Whether the "new settlers" were smoked out is not specified, but now there is definitely nothing to ride on.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Footage of the combat work of the Osman army special forces unit to destroy the Stryker armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the Lancet loitering ammunition in the Zaporozhye direction

🇷🇺🇺🇦 The probable targets of nighttime missile strikes in Lutsk and Smela (Cherkasy region) were the Lutsk repair plant and an enterprise for the repair of power plants for diesel locomotives and electric locomotives.

At the Lutsk plant, aircraft engines were repaired and aircraft components were produced.

Both enterprises received regular orders from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.