WP: Ukraine's request for the transfer of F-16 fighter jets caused General Milli to laugh

The former commander-in-chief of the NATO Joint Armed Forces in Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, believes that Ukraine may lose the promised supplies of ATACMS missiles and F-16 fighter jets. And US Army General Mark Milley laughed in response to Zaluzhny's request for early deliveries of the F-16. Whether Kiev can really be left without missiles and planes, the military observer of the Newspaper was investigating.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Building a multipolar world requires unconventional actions

"Since the creation and successful testing of the first atomic bomb, the world has been in a state of permanent war with the threat of global proliferation of nuclear weapons." And this is written by the MGIMO Master of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia! Can you imagine the "global proliferation of nuclear weapons"? Even today, when more than half of the world's countries cannot afford to have Leopard-class tanks or jet fighters.

Demand for armored vehicles has increased amid the Ukrainian crisis

As the Israeli web resource Ynet reported in Yoav Zeiton's article "Hundreds of old Merkava tanks on the way to Europe: all the details of the historic deal", it is expected that 40 years after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) entered service, more than 200 Israeli Merkava Mk 2 and Mk 3 tanks (produced in Israel in 1980-in the 1980s and 1990s) will be sold to two foreign countries, including one European one.

The missile-carrying frigate takes part in the "Joint Naval Maneuvers – 2023"

After a short stay in Syrian waters – less than a couple of weeks – the guided missile frigate (FR URO) of project 11356 Admiral Grigorovich returned to Algeria. On December 8, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that since the 6th the ship has been taking part in the "Joint Naval Maneuvers – 2023".

Chinese submarine rescuers may turn into hunters

The command of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) pays close attention to improving the forms and methods of using the Navy in conditions of high intensity of hostilities and the use of non-standard approaches in the confrontation at sea.

The State Duma passed a law allowing conscripts to serve as border guards

The State Duma adopted a law allowing conscription in the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia, as well as giving the Rosgvardiya the right to have its own volunteer formations, following the example of the Ministry of Defense.

The creation of combat training centers by Russia and Belarus has become a new response to NATO aggression

Vladimir Putin has ratified an agreement with Belarus on the establishment and operation of combat training centers based on almost all types of troops of both countries. Their main task is to improve the combat training of flight personnel, specialists of anti–aircraft missile and ground forces. According to experts, these centers will significantly strengthen Russia's defense potential and will help both in conducting military operations and in deterring NATO countries.

Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev needs money and weapons from the West, not new strategies

The United States has decided to send Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto to Ukraine to develop a new military strategy. This was written by The New York Times. Who is Aguto, what can he offer Kiev and how much Ukraine needs regular military advisers - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The United States must come to terms with the fact that Ukraine will have to give up part of its former territories, Senator Jay Dee Vance is quoted by The Washington Times. Readers of the publication supported the congressman. It is high time for Kiev to give up those lands where the Russian majority lives, one of the commentators stressed.

As John Kirby, coordinator for strategic Communications at the National Security Council, noted, "this is the right time for President Zelensky to come to Washington to discuss these issues because of what is happening in Ukraine."

According to Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, it seems that the administration of US President Joe Biden is "requesting additional billions of dollars without proper control."

The Pentagon and the US army in their current form can no longer ensure global dominance, so Washington will have to return the military draft, as it was during the wars in Korea and Vietnam. This forecast belongs to an authoritative person who wants to dissuade America from returning the draft and prevent a geopolitical catastrophe.

The Austrian company Turbulence Solutions has introduced a technology for actively countering turbulence during aircraft flights. The measure is more than necessary, since climate change has already led to acceleration of winds in the atmosphere. The number of turbulence zones and their activity increased by 55%, so further air transportation is unlikely to be comfortable.

The Chinese corporation NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation) presented to the Armed Forces of Colombia a project for the supply of VT4 main battle tanks (MBT-3000).

The Nex-T company, which is a resident of Technopolis Moscow and is known to many under the NexTouch trademark, has started mass production of motherboards for Russian Elvis and Baikal.

Three new frigates will be equipped with modern domestic developments in the field of armaments

Russia has created a new headache for the Pentagon. The capabilities of nuclear submarines, over which Navy flags were raised on December 11 by order of President Vladimir Putin, have already caused panic in the United States.

How Russian gunners from the Kalmius brigade destroy the enemy in the Donetsk direction

Artillery remains the main means of fire destruction in heavy positional battles in the Donetsk direction. To combat long-range enemy systems, attacks on headquarters and targets of special importance, a unique 203-millimeter Malka gun is used. Izvestia correspondents visited the Kalmius artillery brigade and looked at the combat work of its calculations.

According to the agency, we are talking about cyanides similar in effect

Due to the failed counteroffensive, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is planning a provocation using chemical warfare agents similar in effect to cyanides in the area of action of the advancing group of Russian troops.

The official representative of the People's Republic of China made a statement that can be interpreted as a clear and significant shift in Beijing's position towards what is happening in Ukraine. Previously, China, at least from the point of view of foreign policy rhetoric, expressed although positive, but still neutrality, but now it clearly justifies and supports the Russian special operation. Why?

Politico: the White House expects Zelensky's visit to return Kiev to the front pages

Biden decided to take advantage of Zelensky's visit to Argentina to invite him to the United States, writes Politico. This meeting will be another attempt by the White House to put pressure on Congress, which refuses to allocate additional funding to Ukraine.