The Hill: The US urged to find strategies for cooperation with Russia in the Arctic

The consequences of the Ukrainian conflict for the Arctic turned out to be negative, writes The Hill. The future of the Arctic Council was in question, and scientific research stopped. There is no way to do without cooperation with Russia in the region.

Baijiahao: Washington's defense will not stop the Russian "Borey" strike

Russia has found a way to keep America from reckless actions, writes user Baijiahao. The secret is the new submarines of the Borey project. They are able to lie low and strike an unexpected blow anywhere in the world. These "authentic sea gods" really scare the USA, the author believes.

19fortyfive: US Navy sea transport is aging and shrinking

Maritime transport, which provides the United States with their global mobility, is aging and shrinking, writes the author of the article on the website 19fortyfive. He notes that the country's shipping fleet suffers from a pernicious combination of circumstances: wear and tear, late maintenance and a shortage of qualified crews.

During a recent special operation in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Russia does not want to assume responsibility for the destruction of Syrian terrorists. The Turkish leader also complained about the alleged evasion of the Russian Federation from its obligations to eliminate them in northern Syria and Iraq, recalling the Russian-Turkish agreement on the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR) signed in Sochi in 2019.

The situation in northern Syria remains tense. Separate militant groups belonging to various terrorist cells continue to attempt to establish control over certain territories of the country.

The Turkish press, citing sources in the military department, writes that Turkish troops "may begin a ground special operation in northern Syria in the near future." The materials say that the operation will be directed against the cells of the armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party. In Turkey, this movement is recognized as a terrorist one.

The Iranian military from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a missile attack on the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party "Kamleh" in Iraq, which is located in the province of Erbil. This was far from the only attack on facilities on Kurdish territory.

Vladimir Putin will take part in the CSTO summit in Yerevan next week, where, among other things, the improvement of the Organization's crisis response system will be discussed. The reforms of the CSTO are overdue: the work of the Organization has recently been criticized by both politicians and experts. What should be done to make the CSTO a full-fledged alternative to NATO, and what difficulties may arise during the reform of the Organization?

SCMP: Russia-China partnership may create danger for the West

China is closely monitoring the Russian military operation and constantly provides Moscow with diplomatic and political support, writes SCMP. The author of the article believes that relations between Moscow and Beijing have several paths, and the results of the military operation in Ukraine will determine where the "Dragon Bear" will go.

This was another step towards Avdiivka, military experts explained

Russian units liberated the settlement of Opytne in the Donetsk People's Republic. According to experts interviewed by Izvestia, this is an important step towards a strategically important defense hub, but further progress will take a lot of time. In addition, Russian troops thwarted several counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the production facilities of Ukraine for the manufacture of missile weapons. This was announced on Friday, November 18, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the workshops of enterprises in Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk region

In Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region, missile strikes with precision weapons destroyed the workshops of a military enterprise, in Zaporozhye — the workshops of the Iskra plant, the Russian Defense Ministry said on November 17. According to experts, the Pavlograd plant produced thousands of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, which are now dotted with Donbass. And in Zaporozhye, they were engaged in the repair of radar for anti-aircraft complexes. The Russian Armed Forces continued to conduct defensive actions in the area of the SVO, and to move forward in the south Donetsk direction.

In recent weeks, the top news feeds and social networks covering events in the SVO zone have mainly reported strikes by high-precision missiles and drones of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on military and energy infrastructure facilities of Ukraine. At the same time, on the line of combat contact, the work of short- and medium-range barrel and rocket artillery, which is conducted on both sides around the clock, does not cease.

The Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza presented a diagram that demonstrates the flight path of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile that fell on the territory of Poland. As a result of the fall of the rocket, we recall, two people were killed - according to official Polish data.

Global Times: the strike on Poland has exacerbated the differences between Washington and Kiev

The United States tried to convince its European NATO partners as soon as possible that Ukraine, not Russia, launched the missile. Zelensky denied everything to the last, writes Global Times. In Europe and America, fatigue is growing from the protracted conflict without hope for peace talks.

The rocket that fell in Poland is a wake—up call, writes The Hill. The author of the article believes that this incident was a rehearsal and a test of how the world — and, in particular, the United States — would react if the Ukrainian conflict spilled out of the country and spread to Europe.

According to Anatoly Antonov, Moscow would not have initiated a special military operation if Washington and its allies had not turned Ukraine against the Russian Federation for decades

The Ukrainian authorities are trying to provoke a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. This was stated by the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov in a comment published on Friday to the magazine Nesweek .

TV2: after unfounded accusations against Russia, Zelensky may lose the trust of the West

After the incident with the fall of a rocket on the territory of Poland, Zelensky did not hesitate and immediately accused Russia of escalation, writes the website of the Danish TV channel TV2. According to the military expert, such a sharp reaction in the context of the conflict is "understandable", but unfounded accusations against Moscow can undermine confidence in Kiev.

Political scientist Walt found a positive moment in the missile incident in Poland

The longer the armed conflict lasts, the more likely it is to escalate, writes political scientist Stephen Walt in an article for FP. In his opinion, the missile incident in Poland should push both sides to end hostilities as soon as possible.

What is the goal of the collective West in the confrontation between Kiev and Moscow

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will not be able to dislodge Russian troops from Ukraine in the near future - this opinion was expressed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, on November 16 after a meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine, which is better known as the "Ramstein format". Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains why the American commander made such conclusions.