WSJ: Zelensky allowed the abandonment of part of the territories for the sake of negotiations with Moscow

There has been a dramatic shift in Zelensky's position, the WSJ writes. He also demands NATO membership and security guarantees, but has already started talking about possible territorial concessions to Russia. NATO is trying to calm him down: this is supposedly "not forever."

Soldiers climbed into the windows of the South Korean parliament after the declaration of martial law

South Korean President Yun Seok-yel imposed martial law in the country, as the opposition allegedly tried to deprive him of power. Korean scholar Andrei Lankov said "To the Newspaper.Ru", that the country's leader is "crazy".

TNI: the Russian Su-57 is a strong competitor for American fighters

Will the Russian Su-57 ever compare to the F-22 or F-35 Lightning II? He doesn't need to, writes TNI. He's good enough to compete with the Americans. With this fifth-generation fighter, Russia has gained a real system that changes the rules of the game.

The correspondent of Izvestia found out which targets require the largest number of kamikaze drones

In autumn, the Russian army liberated more than 80 settlements in the DPR and LPR, Zaporizhia, Kursk and Kharkiv regions. Combat drone operators played a significant role in these offensive operations.

Turkey has significantly expanded the area of its geopolitical interests, which currently cover not only the Middle East and the Caucasus, but also Central Asia and various parts of Africa. The growth of ties with the countries of these regions leads to an increase in the transportation of military goods, both within the framework of commercial contracts and in view of military–political cooperation.

This year, 1,022 companies from 47 countries of the world took part in the forum in Zhuhai, China. Of course, the Russian Federation also presented its exposition, which once again became a participant in this large-scale international event in the arms world.

The Philippine Air Force Command received elements of the third battery of the SPYDER-MR medium-range air defense system (Surface-to-Air Python and DERby) manufactured by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

The F-16C Viper fighter of the US Air Force carried out the first launch of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) missile, developed by Northrop Grumman, as part of the throwing tests. At the same time, the first combat carrier of this weapon should be the F-35A. During the launch, SiAW was not equipped with either a rocket engine or electronics.

In the history of Soviet tank building, there were many prototypes that were ahead of their contemporaries. At the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed an experimental model of the T-95 supertank. It could surpass all modern NATO tanks, writes TNI.

Ukrainian fantasies about a simplified and cheaper "mobilization" tank appeared on social networks. The author of the drawings concluded that since combat vehicles receive massive braziers, which complicate the rotation of the towers, it may be worth abandoning them altogether.

After 12 years of development and military testing, the US Army has signed a multi-year contract with Pratt & Miller Defense (a division of Oshkosh Corporation) to produce a new small arms training complex Trackless Moving Targets (TMT).

The military of the NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea coast have unleashed a fierce battle against the main dream of the European Union in recent years – "green" energy and independence from Russian energy resources. As stated, offshore wind turbines, which should ensure the country's energy independence, prevent the military from preparing for "repelling Russian aggression." What is the problem?

Lidovsky: Britain predicted the beginning of the third World war because of the Arctic

The Third World War will not begin now and not in Ukraine, Lidovsky writes. Everything will happen because of the dispute over Svalbard - this idea was expressed in his book by former head of the British armed forces David Richards and historian Julian Lindley-French.

As explained in the Italian companies Drass and Leonardo, in the context of the movement of marine threats from deep-sea areas to coastal and shallow waters, they decided to join forces to create a small-sized attack submarine.

Scholz arrived in Kiev for the first time in two and a half years since the beginning of his

On December 2, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Kiev for talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. This is Scholz's first visit to Kiev in the last two and a half years. In turn, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock visited China and called her visit the beginning of a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. Whether the efforts of German politicians will lead to the end of hostilities is in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The interview of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, to the British Sky News channel was interpreted by the world community as agreement with the loss of territories under Russian control. In exchange, Ukraine will receive NATO security guarantees and, eventually, will be accepted into the alliance, but will seek to regain territories through "diplomatic means" rather than military action.

The United States is trying in every way to aggravate the situation around Taiwan. This work is carried out both through the diplomatic line and through large-scale military assistance to Taipei from the US administration.

The Republic of India has the second largest Armed Forces (AF) and is one of the four most powerful states in the world in terms of total military potential.

Private military developments in Russia, nicknamed the national defense industry, continue to appear and develop. Yesterday's "garage workers" complicate production and turn into serious technology companies. Andrey Bezrukov, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies, told TASS how their organization brought together 200 military startups and solves their problems, bringing them to the world level

The British company Helsing, engaged in the development of artificial intelligence, has revealed details of the creation of its new product HX-2 – a combat drone capable of working in a flock, resistant to signal suppression by electronic warfare due to the introduction of AI while maintaining full control by the operator.