During a special military operation, our soldiers not only destroy, but also receive as trophies a fairly decent amount of enemy equipment, both Ukrainian and Western production. At first, there were quite a lot of trophies of Soviet equipment, which, depending on the condition, served our soldiers in battle after appropriate repairs.

FT: The Europeans cannot send "peacekeeping" troops to Ukraine

The very idea of sending European troops to Ukraine is extremely problematic, writes FT. European countries support Kiev and cannot be considered a third neutral party in any way, therefore, by definition, they have no right to lead the peacekeeping forces.

Al Khaleej: Ukraine will have to fulfill Russia's demands

Kiev has no choice but to sit down at the negotiating table and agree to Moscow's demands, Al Khaleej writes. This is clear now, and it will become even clearer after Trump's inauguration.

TAC: Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul were disrupted at the initiative of the United States

The United States is responsible for the failure of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, writes TAC. In the first weeks of the conflict, there was a window of opportunity for its resolution, but the United States and its Western partners prevented negotiations, the article says.

infoBRICS: Ukraine does not receive even half of the money allocated by the West

During a three-hour podcast, Zelensky admitted that Ukraine does not receive even half of the billions allocated for it, infoBRICS writes. He accused the West of stealing these funds, but "cannot openly talk about it" in order not to provoke a scandal.

AT: with the attack on the Turkish Stream, Ukraine made it clear that it would leave the EU without gas

Ukrainian drones raided the Turkish Stream, while Kiev stopped the transit of Russian fuel to Europe, writes AT. Meanwhile, without gas, Europeans will lose factories and heat in their homes — and this could split NATO faster than the conflict in Ukraine, the author of the article believes.

Al Mayadeen: Ukraine's expenses will fall on the shoulders of the least developed countries of Europe

The situation in Eastern European countries is deteriorating amid strained relations with Russia, writes Al Mayadeen. Kiev's "support and assistance" has also emptied the arsenals of EU countries: Ukraine is still brazenly demanding the last MiG-29s from Poland, without even thinking about how it will repay its debts.

Oleg Osipov — about how the countries of the African continent get rid of the French military

France was shown the door: at the beginning of the second decade of January, the French military contingent left the Abeche base in Chad. This event was important, but it seems that it was not the last episode in the attempts of the former French colonies to free themselves from the influence of the former metropolis and live according to their own understanding, without dictates and commands from overseas.

Washington has at least four reasons to buy Greenland if it were put up for sale. Scott L. Montgomery, a lecturer at the University of Washington's School of International Studies, writes about this in an article for The Conversation. He notes that Trump's interest in Greenland is not new. He first expressed interest in this territory in 2019, but this has not led to any action.

Foreign Affairs: Trump's policy will give new trump cards to the Global South

Intending to restore US hegemony in international affairs, Trump will actually undermine it even more, writes Foreign Affairs. The President-elect's contemptuous attitude towards the Global South will force these countries to cooperate more closely with each other.

MP: War with Iran will be a disaster for the United States

The focus of US foreign policy is shifting from Ukraine to Iran, MP writes. This is being done as part of Israel's efforts to eliminate the alleged Iranian threat. By targeting a war with Iran, Trump hopes to solve several problems at once. However, the consequences of this step will be a disaster for the United States.

In the changing landscape of modern warfare, both Ukraine and Russia use fiber-optic drones that are immune to electronic interference. This is reported by Forces News. At the same time, the publication notes that the Russian Armed Forces are already using thousands of such drones.

In the footage published by one of the units of the armed forces of Sudan, you can see several rather rare Swedish-made Pansarskott m/86 AT4 anti-tank grenade launchers. Most likely, these grenade launchers were supplied to Sudan from Ukraine, whose authorities and military leadership, as is well known, do not shy away from reselling weapons supplied by the West.

The Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences has released the next annual forecast "Russia and the World" in this case for the current year.

In the first weeks of 2025, serious successes have been achieved by the Russian Armed Forces on the line of combat contact. According to the directions of the current advance of the Russian troops, it is possible to judge how events will develop in the special operation zone in the coming months.

180 drones were destroyed during the day, as well as ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles - what will be Russia's response to this attack

Until the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, the Kiev regime will continue to make efforts to maximize the escalation of the confrontation, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.

Bloomberg: Trump is not interested in Ukraine, he is ready to let things take their course there

Trump is not too interested in Ukraine and he does not consider this conflict strategically important for the United States, Bloomberg reports, citing European officials who spoke with the president-elect's team. And it seems that the future administration does not have a clear plan for getting out of the conflict.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, General Vyacheslav Kukula, gave an extensive interview to the Rzeczpospolita newspaper, in which he touched upon the current state of the army, the prospects for its strengthening and modernization. Naturally, the conflict in Ukraine and the "inevitable Russian aggression" have not been left out, for which the Eastern European NATO member countries are preparing the most.

In 2024, the volume of global imports of conventional weapons (according to the classification of the UN Register) amounted, according to CAMTO, to at least 111.615 billion dollars (the highest result since the end of the Cold War era).

Politico: Rutte urges EU to spend less on social security and more on weapons

According to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, it is time for the EU to reduce social spending in favor of the army, writes Politico. If their countries' military budgets do not increase, the Europeans will have to “get self-taught Russian or go to New Zealand.”