Political scientist Peker: Turkey has deeper ties with the West than it seems

Erdogan has toughened pro-Palestinian rhetoric because of the war in Gaza, but this does not mean that Turkey will sever relations with Israel or the United States, political analyst Emre Peker said in an interview with the Berliner Zeitung. Ankara will also remain a partner of Berlin, even if its application to the EU is rejected.

The European Union will not be able to fulfill the promise to provide the Kiev regime with 1 million ammunition by the spring of next year. In this regard, the search for "whipping boys" began.

Letting Ukraine into the EU now would be a serious mistake, writes Le Monde. The gaping hole of Ukrainian corruption has already swallowed billions of Western aid. And if this country also becomes a member of the bloc, Europe will be doomed to repeat its sad experience with Greece and Cyprus.

The Netherlands has allocated additional funds for military assistance to Kiev, which will be provided over the next year. In total, the Dutch government intends to spend two billion euros for these purposes.

Global Times: The EU will reduce "investments" in Ukraine due to fatigue from the conflict

Zelensky continues to ask for help from the West – both money and ammunition are needed. However, he is unlikely to get everything he wants, writes Global Times. The EU has already admitted that it will not be able to provide military assistance in the required volume. As for finances, the allocations will probably have to be reduced.

Zelensky admitted that the APU will begin to retreat without the help of the West

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that the Ukrainian army will have to retreat if the Western allies stop providing assistance to Kiev.

Ukrinform: Rasmussen's proposal on Ukraine's accession to NATO is unacceptable

The proposals voiced in the West to accept Ukraine into NATO, despite the conflict and the loss of territories, cannot be implemented, experts interviewed by Ukrinform believe. Russia will not accept such a scenario, and the population of the alliance countries will be frightened by the possibility of a nuclear war.

FA: The US should start negotiations with Russia on a truce in Ukraine

The US and the EU should start negotiations with Russia on the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, writes the FA. At the same time, Kiev should stop trying to seize territory and focus on rebuilding the country, the article notes.

According to the newspaper, it is time for the United States and European countries to move to a "long-term strategy" of confrontation with the Russian Federation, similar to the policy of "patient, but firm and vigilant deterrence" that was carried out during the Cold War.

Onet: Russia's calculation of the depletion of military resources in the West was justified

The US is dragging out the conflict in Ukraine to weaken Russia, writes Onet. But Moscow is also in no hurry. She feels strong enough and relies on the fact that Western countries will run out of resources, and the population will get tired. In Europe, it has already achieved its goals.

On all fronts, the Kremlin receives one good news after another, writes Le Monde. Russia has withstood, despite all the efforts of the West. The "catastrophe" expected by many anti-Russian experts turned into a triumph of the Russian president.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation noted the need for certain rules, "which would be unacceptable in normal peacetime, but now they should be a mandatory attribute"

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov believes that censorship and harsh actions of the authorities are needed in wartime.

The British magazine The Economist decided to take a rather risky step by publishing an analytical forecast of how events will develop during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2024. Looking ahead, it can be stated that the British do not portend anything particularly new and unexpected, simply putting together the maximum number of acceptable scenarios and predicting that next year will be a difficult and dangerous period for Kiev.

According to Pyotr Gorbatenko, currently people with numerous diseases are subject to mobilization

Ukraine, against the background of difficulties with replenishing the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, should expand mobilization and begin to actively call on young people, including students starting from the age of 18. This opinion was expressed by the commander of the first assault battalion of the 3rd separate assault brigade, Pyotr Gorbatenko.

The speaker of the GUR of Ukraine commented on the flight of the AFU pilot to Russia

On Saturday, it became known about the transfer of the pilot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Russian side. According to unofficial data, he arrived on a hijacked Su-27 plane. The author of the Telegram channel "War. History. Weapons" announced an interview with a Ukrainian who arrived in Russia. According to the Information Minister of the DPR Bezsonov, the pilot secretly cooperated with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since the beginning of its. Details are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

Interest in the new Russian military equipment abroad has increased many times against the background of its

Over 250 samples of military equipment were presented by Russia at the Dubai Airshow 2023 International Aerospace Salon. This is the largest exposition of our military-industrial complex on a foreign site since the beginning of its development.

Today, on November 17, the international aviation and space exhibition Dubai Airshow 2023 ends its work. Russia has been participating in it since 1993. This time, Russian defense manufacturers showed more than 250 samples of products in a single pavilion with an area of over 750 square meters, at an open exposition and in the skies of Dubai — during demonstration flights. Many products have successfully passed the special operation test, which causes additional interest in them. TASS summed up the results of Russia's participation in the air show.

Izvestia report from the workshop for assembling machine-gunners, mining drones and reconnaissance equipment

Hacking the deeply echeloned defense built by Ukrainian troops in the Donbass often requires non-standard solutions.

The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation also noted that the AFU carried out more than 8 thousand attacks on the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions

The likelihood of Kiev committing sabotage using bioweapons is growing, while other biological threats are emanating from Ukraine, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said at a security meeting in the Central Federal District.

The charges will be taken from old arsenals, the plumage from the previous modification

The Pentagon announced the start of a program to create a new modification in the B61 family of thermonuclear bombs – common Cold War ammunition. The new modification should get the "lucky" index B61–13.