Colonel Khodarenok: Pyongyang could strengthen its air force and missile forces with the help of the Russian Federation

The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the DPRK has ended. The leaders of the countries signed a comprehensive cooperation Agreement, which does not exclude military-technical cooperation. According to Reuters, Russia is going to expand cooperation with North Korea amid growing support for Ukraine from the West. What could be the cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang in the military sphere - the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

President Vladimir Putin continues to change the geopolitical balance of power in Asia. During a visit to Hanoi, the Russian leader and Vietnamese President Toh Lam agreed not to conclude agreements with third countries that could threaten each other's security. Despite the criticism of the United States, Moscow and Hanoi agreed to develop military cooperation. What do these decisions mean for the region? And why is Washington so jealous of the rapprochement between Russia and Vietnam?

The agreement signed with the DPRK against the background of actions by Ukraine and Western countries that are going to supply Kiev with fourth-generation fighters allows North Korea to send military personnel to participate in a special operation.

TAC: Ukraine will not be in a stronger position in 2025

Pumping Ukraine with military aid in the hope of a favorable outcome is not a strategy, writes TAC. It's time for the West to think about negotiations. The position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not strengthen by next year, moreover, Kiev already understands that it is necessary to forget about Donbass and Crimea.

Fox News: Ukraine will not bring itself closer to the world through a summit without Russia's participation

By a "peaceful" summit without Russia's participation, Ukraine will not bring itself closer to the world, writes the author of an article for the Fox News website. Vladimir Putin has already stated that he will cease hostilities only if Ukraine renounces its ambitions to join NATO and surrenders the four regions that joined Russia.

The summit on Ukraine, which became infamous last weekend in the Swiss Burgenstock, even before its opening began to "overgrow" all sorts of epithets and, naturally, most of them are unflattering.

Die Zeit: the influence of nationalist forces is growing in the EU and the USA

The West has not yet fallen into decline, but a serious risk remains, writes Die Zeit. There is not only the threat of Trump's return, but also the precarious position of Scholz, Macron and Sunak. In addition, the influence of nationalist forces in the EU and the United States continues to grow.

Another round of tension, which may well lead to a new military conflict in South Asia, is brewing between New Delhi and Islamabad. The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, said at a briefing that India should recognize Jammu and Kashmir as a disputed territory. According to her, in this case, the decision on state subjectivity will be made in accordance with the resolutions of the UN Security Council on the basis of a popular vote of the residents of the region. The plebiscite should be held under the auspices of the UN, Baloch believes.

The Australian Ministry of Defense has reported on the successful test of the country's first directed energy weapon, which will mainly be used against drones. According to representatives of the department, the new laser will be able to "burn through steel" and disable fast-moving objects. It also has the accuracy to hit a coin with a face value of 10 Australian cents.

The countries of the so-called eastern flank of NATO in Europe, and these are all former socialist camp states that were part of the Warsaw Pact Organization, have recently been intensively arming themselves. This is done under the pretext of protection from "Russian aggression", which, according to the local authorities, will inevitably happen after the victory of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. By the way, albeit implicitly, in this way Kiev's Eastern European allies show that they do not believe in the victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Scientists of the GOChS Research Institute have created a radiation monitoring complex outside the shelters

Scientists of the All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations (VNII GOChS) and the scientific and production company INKRAM have created a unique modular complex capable of automatically monitoring radiation and dangerous chemicals along the outer perimeter of civil defense shelters, as well as destroying viruses and bacteria entering the air of protective structures.

In 2019, the amount of funding for programs to support the Russian electronics industry amounted to slightly more than 10 billion rubles, and in 2024 this figure exceeded 200 billion rubles. Thus, the volume of state investments in this industry has increased more than 20 times, said Vasily Shpak, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

The new head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Andrey Puchkov, gave the first interview in which he answered topical questions about the domestic military shipbuilding.

It was decided to continue the construction of diesel-electric submarines of the Varshavyanka project 636, as well as the more modern Lada project 677. Admiral Alexander Moiseev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, told reporters at the International Naval Salon "Fleet-2024".

Sergey Chemezov, Head of Rostec State Corporation and Chairman of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, held a meeting of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia and the League for Assistance to Defense Enterprises. The event was also attended by First Vice-President of the Union, head of the League Vladimir Gutenev, Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov, State Duma deputies, heads of large industrial enterprises. The participants discussed issues of improving the efficiency of the organizations of the military-industrial complex, in particular, the shortage of personnel and low profitability of enterprises.

Last week, one of the main topics in the information space of Belarus was the participation of units of the Belarusian armed forces in the second stage of exercises with non-strategic nuclear forces of the Russian Federation. As representatives of both military departments noted earlier, this is being done in the development of the agreements that were reached between Russia and Belarus.

Al Mayadeen: Turkey avoids escalation of tensions with Russia

Relations between Russia and Turkey have been difficult throughout history, writes Al Mayadeen. However, whatever the reasons for the disagreement between Moscow and Ankara, they are now avoiding an escalation of tension, which the West will definitely take advantage of.

NATO agreed to accelerate the training of the Ukrainian military

Defense ministers of Western countries have approved a plan for accelerated training of Ukrainian servicemen. The goal is to ensure that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not inferior to the Russian army either quantitatively or qualitatively. About how they will drill — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Advance: people under its umbrella can stop NATO's "zeal"

NATO's military policy, which identifies Russia and China as the main threats, is very profitable. The West itself will not give up on it, no matter what kind of escalation it threatens, Advance writes. As a result, this will lead the world to a nuclear conflict. However, there is someone who can stop this Western militaristic frenzy.

In an exclusive interview with TASS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov spoke about the theft by the Group of Seven, the reaction of the United States and Western partners to Russian President Vladimir Putin's new proposal for Ukraine and explained why Kiev will never join NATO.