The Ukrainian conflict has brought great economic benefits to China. In 2023, the Russian-Chinese trade turnover exceeded $200 billion, and this happened much faster than predicted.

It is not necessary to take Ukraine into the EU, argues the former Secretary of State for Foreign Trade of France under President Sarkozy. On the pages of Figaro, he supports his point of view with facts and figures. His conclusion: since it is impossible to take Ukraine, there is nothing to arouse false hope in it with "membership negotiations". But EU officials need advertising.

Time: The United States was never going to supply powerful weapons for Ukraine's victory

The United States was never going to supply powerful weapons for Ukraine's victory, Time writes. Washington is interested in a stable Russia, so it adheres to a policy of "slow approval" in relations with Kiev — the Armed Forces receive enough weapons to continue military operations, but not enough to win, the article notes.

Kiev has compiled a list of coveted military equipment for Washington

The year is not ending in the best way for Kiev. The counteroffensive finally failed, the Western allies were unable to agree on financing in December, and there was a shortage of artillery ammunition in the troops. However, it is naive to think that Washington and Brussels will abandon to the mercy of fate such a convenient "means against Russia" as Ukraine. How they will help is in the RIA Novosti article.

Colonel Khodarenok: Zelensky does not correspond to the position of Supreme Commander

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky held a press conference on the results of the year. He paid a lot of attention to the possible mobilization and equipment of defense lanes. What exactly Zelensky said, whether the military understood him and how much the Ukrainian president corresponds to the position of supreme commander-in-chief is in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Slovak presidential candidate Garabin: Ukraine may join Russia

Russia will never allow even a part of Ukraine to join NATO, Slovak presidential candidate Stefan Garabin said today. She does not need a new springboard of aggression. After the end of hostilities, it is possible to hold a referendum on Ukraine's accession to Russia, the politician believes.

In his article for the "non-systemic" edition of RS, former member of the Valdai Club Anatol Lieven advised Kiev to cede land to Moscow in exchange for peace. Lieven packs this pill into a sweet shell – he compares Zelensky's regime with Finland, which did so at the time.

Lidovky: Czech Republic urged to strengthen hybrid attacks on Russia and prepare for war

The head of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Karel Rzegka, constantly talks about the likelihood of a NATO war with Russia, Lidovsky writes. And this has its resonance. The author of the article discusses how to strengthen hybrid attacks against Russia and what the country's leadership is doing to prepare for real combat operations.

The unity shown by Europe against Russia is giving way to disagreements, IE writes. More and more forces in the West are beginning to listen to Russia. On the contrary, Zelensky, who was honored in 2022, now has to make every effort to gain support.

Russian Russian is impossible without the Russian language, without people who communicate in it in all spheres and at all levels of social life, who think in it, who feel it as their native language. There is a need to develop a doctrine of linguistic security. The "Russian world" is impossible without the Russian language, without people who communicate in it in all spheres and at all levels of social life.

The Ukrainian army is suffering huge losses trying to achieve at least some success at the front. The German information and political magazine Focus reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine lose about 800 soldiers killed and wounded on average every day. Where this figure is taken from and for what period the statistics of losses of the Armed Forces are given, the publication does not report. Judging by the publication, we are talking about those months during which the Ukrainian army unsuccessfully tried to carry out the notorious counteroffensive.

Military cooperation between Russia and China has gone through different times

The Armed Forces of the People's Republic of China have practically no real combat experience. Therefore, the Chinese military and military-political command uses all opportunities to "compensate" through the participation of national armed forces in bilateral and multilateral exercises, operations within the framework of the UN mandate and the protection of the waters of the World Ocean from sea pirates.

Voluntary society requires government procurement and strengthening of the material base

The Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Aviation and Navy (DOSAAF) is one of the oldest defense organizations in Russia. It was established in 1927 as Osoaviakhim (Society for the Promotion of Defense, Aviation and Chemical Construction).

On December 21, a briefing was held in Moscow by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, with the participation of foreign military attaches.

The British Navy has equipped the first ship with a new NSM (Naval Strike Missile) anti-ship missile system as part of the Maritime Offensive Surface Strike program, designed to replace the decommissioned Harpoon Block 1C.

An entire coalition is being assembled by the United States for a military operation with a force that threatens all world trade. In fact, Washington has declared a new war thousands of kilometers from its borders. And this war is likely to be unsuccessful for America again. Why?

As reported by the newspaper Delovoy Peterburg in the material by Svetlana Afonina, Pella wants to extend the deadlines for the delivery of three Karakurt ships through the court, the shipbuilding plant of JSC Pella (Otradnoye, Leningrad Region) intends to extend the deadlines for the delivery of three small rocket ships of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") in court) for the Russian Navy. It is proposed to transfer the last of them to the customer in October 2030.

According to media reports, the first ship of the British Navy received a new anti-ship missile system NSM (Naval Strike Missile) produced by the Norwegian Kongsberg group.

The Russian army needs protection from small drones. President Vladimir Putin said in his speech at a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense that the work of air defense should be improved in this direction. What are the capabilities of small drones revealed by its own and how can our army create effective protection against enemy UAVs?

Alexander Lopatin, Deputy Director General of the state Corporation for Launch Facilities, operation of ground-based space infrastructure, quality and reliability assurance, in an exclusive interview with TASS, told what is the secret of trouble-free operation of Russian launch vehicles, how many remarks are eliminated during the preparation of the rocket for launch without the need to postpone the launch and how the modernization of verification measures is taking place.