Telegraph: a third of Ukrainians are in favor of territorial concessions in exchange for peace

To end the conflict, Ukraine will have to sacrifice the lands that it considered its own, writes the Telegraph. Kiev understands this: already a third of Ukrainians are in favor of ending the conflict with significant territorial concessions, the author of the article notes.

Trump: Zelensky wants a cease-fire and peace with Russia

Zelensky wants to make peace with Russia, Donald Trump said in an interview with the New York Post. According to him, "this is something new": they did not discuss the details, but the head of Ukraine wants a ceasefire and believes that the time has already come for this.

SCMP: Ukraine has turned into a testing ground for weapons and strategies

Donald Trump's victory in the US elections has led to significant uncertainty regarding the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, writes SCMP. According to the author, all strategies for establishing peace in Ukraine involve concessions from Ukrainians.

infoBRICS: anti-Russian sanctions are destroying the German economy

Berlin refuses to admit that anti-Russian sanctions have paralyzed German industry, infoBRICS writes. Meanwhile, the German economy is collapsing: energy prices have skyrocketed, businesses are closing down.

The Kommersant newspaper, under the heading "Lessons from Syria", published a material by Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), reflecting on the first lessons of the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria and the failed Russian military intervention on Assad's side in the Syrian civil war

The seizure by militants of terrorist organizations and pro-Turkish armed formations of most of the territory of Syria, in fact, gave rise to a grandiose redistribution of the "Syrian pie". Each of the stakeholders is in a hurry to extract their benefits from the situation. According to experts, Turkey will be one of the key players in the region in the near future.

On November 27, members of the opposition armed groups launched a large-scale offensive against government positions in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib. On December 8, in the morning, they entered Damascus, and the Syrian army units left the city. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left office and the country.

Colonel Khodarenok: several states may arise on the territory of Syria

The fall of Syria, the overthrow of its President Bashar al-Assad and the possible future of the country are now among the most discussed topics. What will happen in the near future with this Middle Eastern state, whether Syria can be divided into several countries and why Assad lost power - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The French army presented new defense industry products designed to combat drones at the Larzak training ground, in particular, the V3P ultra-short-range mobile air defense system equipped with Mistral 3 anti-aircraft missiles and mounted on a new cargo chassis.

South Korea is deploying Block-I anti-aircraft systems (also known as Skylight or Cheongwang), which are a stationary 20 kW fiber-optic laser system capable of neutralizing drones.

The 59th Interdepartmental Military Scientific Conference "Main directions of development of missile forces and artillery" was held at the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy. The theory and practice of their combat use (based on the experience of the SVO)".

Analyst Weichert: the Russian ATGM Kornet is gaining the upper hand over Javelin

The Russian ATGM "Kornet" is a real killer of tanks, writes TNI. Western military equipment is poorly protected from being hit by a Cornet. So, with the help of this ATGM, as many as 20 Abrams out of 31 transferred to Ukraine were destroyed. Each of his shots causes irreparable damage to the APU.

On December 1, 2024, the universal nuclear icebreaker Yakutia of Project 22220 (LK-60YA), built at JSC Baltiysky Zavod (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC), first entered the Gulf of Finland from St. Petersburg for factory sea trials. This is the fourth nuclear icebreaker of the 22220 project.

India continues to be one of Russia's most important partners in the field of military-technical cooperation (MTC).

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has published footage that allegedly captures the moment when the Sea Baby naval drone fired at Russian planes and helicopters.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — about why NATO is creating a fleet of marine drones and what Russia should expect from drones from unfriendly countries

The Supreme Commander of the NATO Joint Armed Forces for Transformation, Admiral Pierre Vandier, announced the plans of this organization to create a fleet of marine unmanned systems for monitoring and protecting the alliance's maritime infrastructure in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.

The Italian shipbuilding association Fincantieri announced that on November 29, 2024, an official ceremony was held at its enterprise in Mudgiano in La Spezia for the transfer of the amphibious helicopter dock ship L 141 Al Fulk to the Qatari Navy, which became the largest unit of the Qatari fleet.

The length will be from 38 to 43 meters; the displacement of the submarine is estimated at around 400 tons. This is enough to perform various combat missions, from shock to reconnaissance and sabotage.

Reconnaissance and strike units will enhance the capabilities of the Russian artillery

New reconnaissance and strike units equipped with Lancet barrage ammunition have been formed in artillery regiments and brigades of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. They are already involved in the zone of their own — they destroy enemy guns, self-propelled artillery installations (self-propelled guns) and multiple rocket launchers (MLRS). Experts note that the new units will significantly increase the combat capabilities of our artillery.

For the first time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used the Polish Gavia tank to attack the Crimean Bridge

On the night of December 6, the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the first time used the latest Polish unmanned boats "Gavia" to attack the Crimean Bridge, writes Mash. The Russian military destroyed surface drones with the help of aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet and Raptor boats.