Romanian TAB-71M armored personnel carriers were spotted in the special operation zone. According to Ukrainian sources, a batch of armored personnel carriers has entered service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The German magazine "Der Spiegel" in the material "Panzerhaubitzen wegen Ersatzteilmangels außer Gefecht" ("Self-propelled howitzers disabled due to lack of spare parts") reported that planning errors on the part of the German Ministry of Defense when ordering spare parts increasingly jeopardize the combat readiness of 155 mm/52 German self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000 transferred as military aid to Ukraine. After the delivery to Ukraine of a total of 14 PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers, the German Ministry of Defense was unable to order the necessary extensive spare parts packages in time for regular repair of their systems and, thus, maintaining them in working order.

The German publication Der Spiegel writes about the difficult situation with the operation of self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000, which were delivered in the interests of the Kiev regime. These howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are used in various directions, including using them for shelling residential areas of Donetsk and other cities of Donbass.

Ukrainian armed formations have started operating Italian two-axle Iveco ACM 90 all-terrain vehicles. According to "RG: Russian weapons", several cars of this model were seen near the line of contact.

The first patient, who had a part of the tibia restored, again went to the area of the special operation, the Russian Defense Ministry said

Military doctors of the Main Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of Russia named after N. N. Burdenko in Moscow for the first time in medical practice have developed and implemented a new method of 3D modeling of implants for the full restoration of the limbs of patients who received severe mine-explosive and gunshot wounds during a special military operation. This was reported to journalists on Saturday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

We talk about new developments of the domestic defense enterprise for medicine

To heal serious wounds in a few days, and not to spend long weeks in the hospital, to completely defeat or learn to restrain the development of oncological diseases — these desires seem either unattainable, or the prospect of long decades.

The transfer of citizens to the Russian mobile OS will cost half a trillion

The implementation of the mobile ecosystem on the Aurora operating system (OS) will require 480 billion rubles by 2030, Kommersant learned.

On November 16, 2022, the British Ministry of Defense announced that in a long-running competition under the Fleet Solid Support (FSS) program for the construction of promising integrated supply ships for the British fleet, it chose the proposal of the Team Resolute consortium, which includes the British companies VMT and Harland & Wolff and the British branch of the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia (Navantia UK). In fact, this means choosing the design of the FSS ship, presented by the British design company VMT.

In 2021, the submarines of the US Navy stood for a total of 1,100 days. Without functional changes, the combat readiness of the submarine fleet can be reduced to a minimum, according to the US Navy command. After all, the fleet now has twice as many submarines under maintenance than it should be. These boats require three times more unplanned work to bring them into a really combat-ready state.

The Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) positively perceives the results of the recent meeting of the "Moscow format" on Afghanistan, while speaking out for the participation of its representatives in such meetings in the future.

Shortly after a major terrorist attack on Istiklal Street in Istanbul, where a car was blown up in a crowded place, the Turkish army struck Kurdish bases in Iraq and Syria. Presumably, these two events are interrelated.

Kurdish representative Farhad Shami reported that the strikes were also carried out on targets in the province of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria

TASS, November 20. The Turkish army on Saturday evening launched air strikes on the Syrian city of Kobani in the north of Aleppo province. This was reported on Sunday by Agence France-Presse with reference to a representative of the Kurdish "Forces of Democratic Syria" (SDS).

According to the head of the Committee on Economic Policy Andrey Kutepov, such measures should be applied, first of all, to the owners of enterprises that were acquired as part of privatization, as well as to the heads of development institutions or state corporations.

How will this affect the situation in the area of its holding

All the missiles fired during the massive strike on November 15 hit exactly the designated targets. This was announced the next day by the Russian Defense Ministry. The purpose of the precision strikes was the military control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities.

SMH: Australia wanted a NATO conflict with Russia over the missile incident in Poland

The missile incident in Poland is unlikely to lead to an escalation of the conflict, writes SMH. And this upsets the author of the article. He stubbornly continues to blame Russia for the attack and ignores the statements of the United States and Europe that the missiles are "most likely" fired by Ukraine.

Deputy Foreign Minister Vershinin said that Moscow is discussing with the IAEA a security zone around the NPP

It is necessary to agree on the creation of a security zone around the Zaporozhye NPP as soon as possible, Moscow is in contact with the IAEA on this issue, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The chance for peace agreements during the G20 summit is lost

The hope for peace agreements or at least the formation of a "road map" on the way to them during the G20 summit in Bali finally collapsed after an online appeal to the audience by the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky. "There will be no Minsk-3 with Moscow," he said on November 15 and once again made obviously unacceptable demands to the Kremlin.

Farid Ayyar noted the desire of the news agencies that are part of the federation to take a "moderate and compromise" position when covering the Ukrainian crisis

The work of the world media in covering the events in Ukraine is devoid of objectivity. This opinion was expressed on Thursday in a comment by TASS Secretary General of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) Farid Ayyar.

TAC: the conflict in Ukraine was provoked by the "deep state" of the USA

Despite the propaganda and outright lies of corporate media and NGOs in America and Western Europe, the conflict in Ukraine was provoked, writes TAC. The author of the article believes that this is confirmed by "clear and indisputable" facts.

FT: NATO declared a loss of confidence in Ukraine because of Zelensky's words

Dissatisfaction with Zelensky's behavior is growing in NATO, writes FT. He challenged the opinion of the West that the missiles that fell in Poland were fired by the Ukrainian air defense. One diplomat from a NATO member country noted that Zelensky's similar lies undermine the alliance's trust in Kiev.