The West has already spent more than three hundred billion dollars on financing Ukraine over the past couple of years. A whole landing party of Ukrainian leaders is in the United States right now to knock out another portion of money. Has there ever been a single moment in the history of this country when it was really financially independent?

Reuters: Kiev has asked the United States for missile defense systems, Apache helicopters and Hornet fighters

Ukraine is asking the United States for fighter jets, helicopters and missile defense systems. This is reported by Reuters. The details of the next applications of the military-political leadership in Kiev were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

This is due to the situation in the American Congress, said John Kirby, coordinator for Strategic Communications at the White House National Security Council

The US administration is unable to promise further assistance to the Government of Ukraine due to the lack of consent from the US Congress to allocate such funding. John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, acknowledged this at a regular briefing for journalists.

The high-ranking representative of the alliance noted that it is premature to prepare detailed forecasts regarding further military support for Ukraine from the United States and the West as a whole.

Die Welt: Germany cannot fulfill its obligations to NATO

Boris Pistorius' impressive initiative to deploy an entire division in Lithuania seems to impress only with the scale of its insolvency, writes Die Welt. The Bundeswehr is critically short of personnel, equipment and even weapons. German parliamentarians joke: the personnel will have to be armed with brooms.

SwebbTV: The United States will have access to military bases in 17 settlements in Sweden

The United States will have access to military facilities in 17 settlements in Sweden, the website of the SwebbTV TV channel reports. The citizens of the country are shocked by the news and have already called what is happening an American invasion.

Attempts to diversify supplies cause practical difficulties

The political leadership of the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf (GCC) considers military-technical cooperation (MTC) as one of the most important components of improving the military potential of all countries belonging to this community.

Cornered Kabul may resort to escalating violence

Interim Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwar ul-Haq Kakar made a sharp criticism of the ruling regime of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan on November 8.

Military operations in the Middle East continued again after a short respite. This means that they will move to the southern part of the sector. But it was there that the population was sent from the northern part so that they would escape the bombing. What to expect now?

The USA wants to return to the moon, Russia remembers the legendary space drone

The American company SpaceX launched the second prototype of the reusable Starship transport system from the Boca Chica site in Texas.

After that, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter visited aerospace facilities

Since December 2, the General State Administration for Aerospace Engineering of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been exercising full control over the recently launched Mulligan-1 reconnaissance satellite.

The Russian research Institute "Vector" has agreed with partners from Egypt on the licensed production of anti-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) "Protection" complexes. The signing of the relevant agreement took place on the sidelines of the international arms exhibition Egypt Defense Expo (EDEX) 2023, which is currently taking place in Cairo. TASS talks about threats from drones and the developments of Russian engineers designed to counter UAV attacks.

Meanwhile, the production of shells and artillery systems is consolidating

Correctable Russian ammunition was the focus of attention at the IDEX 2023 International Weapons Show. They were especially interested in the Krasnopol projectile. Its Western counterpart, Excalibur, is much more expensive and more sensitive to storage and operating conditions.

The Italian company Iveco Defense Vehicles (part of the Iveco group controlled by CNH Industrial NV) announced that on November 30, 2023, at the NEDS-2023 defense industry exhibition in Rotterdam, it officially handed over to the Dutch armed forces the first new wheeled armored vehicle MTV (Medium Tactical Vehicle) Manticore (Dutch designation 12kN) under a 2019 contract.

On December 7, the XIII International Forum "The Arctic: Present and Future" began its work in St. Petersburg, which is attended by more than 2,000 delegates from Russia and foreign countries.

The ship is supposed to be the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which the Admiral Makarov guided missile frigate was awarded the honorary name "Guards" with the wording: "for mass heroism and bravery, fortitude and courage shown by the ship's personnel in combat operations to protect the Fatherland and state interests in armed conflicts."

The Russian Navy is preparing to accompany NATO forces on long-range approaches

The protection of the underwater communications of the EU countries is nothing more than an excuse to build up the naval forces of the West in the Baltic Sea, experts told Izvestia, commenting on the deployment of a squadron of six ships of the Joint Expeditionary Forces (JEF) to the region.

The President of Russia signed a decree on increasing the staffing of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This decision was made against the background of international instability and the emergence of new threats to Moscow. However, experts are confident that the execution of the document will not only secure the country, but also simultaneously solve a number of important tasks. What specific changes are we talking about and how will this affect Russia's economy and foreign policy?

A little more than a week has passed since the next CSTO summit in Minsk ended its work, and the exchange of views on its content and results continues in the expert environment.

Sokal's expert suggested that Ukraine is preparing to deliver a spectacular blow

Signals about the plight of Kiev may be only partially true, said Onet expert Witold Sokala. He claims that this is a psychological game orchestrated by Ukraine and NATO, and it has its own goals. However, the expert himself admits that he may be wishful thinking.