How were the battles for Soledar going and how difficult was it to liberate it

During a two-week operation, the fighters of the Wagner PMCs liberated the city of Soledar in the Donetsk People's Republic. Its streets are already calm, an extensive network of salt mines is being cleaned up, and active fighting has moved beyond the city limits — the work of artillery and heavy machine guns can be heard.

Figaro: "World War III has already begun" between the US and Russia with China

In a long-term confrontation with the West, Russia will win, according to the famous French anthropologist, to whom Figaro gives his pages. Emmanuel Todd once predicted the collapse of the USSR for 15 years, and he explains his current point of view not only with the economy and weapons, but also with the moral factor.

Annual fees will be held for storekeepers, the start time has not yet been determined

In 2023, military training camps for reserve servicemen will be held in Russia. The start dates of the fees will be determined later, while the exact date is unknown. Izvestia sorted out who is usually called up for military training, how they are held, how they are paid and how the fees differ from mobilization.

A record trade turnover was recorded between Russia and China in 2022. Quite a bit failed to reach the goal of $ 200 billion, which was set only for 2024. This year it will definitely be completed ahead of schedule. And another just historical change will happen this year. The EU as the main trading partner will become a thing of the past. China will take its place for the first time.

Deliveries of Russian Su-35 fighter jets to Iran are expected to begin in three months, Shahriyar Heydari, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament, told the Iranian Tasnim news agency.

The international military-technical company Thales at the Surface Fleet Association conference in Arlington, Virginia, demonstrated a video in which towed CAPTAS sensors for detecting underwater objects are installed on a civilian vessel. The company's representative claims that the sensors can be mounted on any vessel within 48 hours, which will allow even commercial ships to detect submarines.

Currently, the US Navy has 7 large and medium-sized prototypes of the USV – an unmanned surface ship of medium size, which have already demonstrated their capabilities well. However, small unmanned ships operating as part of Task Force 59 are already performing their tasks, and very successfully.

French submarines compete strongly with Russian submarines on the international market

Russia occupies a significant share of the global market for diesel-electric submarines (diesel-electric submarines), but is experiencing difficulties with its retention due to increasing competition from leading Western European manufacturers.

What opportunities will the most powerful Navy ship acquire after a long modernization

The Ministry of Defense agreed on the schedule of work and the preparatory stage of testing for Admiral Nakhimov. The project 11442M cruiser is one of the largest warships in the world. Built in the late 1980s, it served in the Northern Fleet.

Growing tensions between the US and China have provoked a new push in Washington aimed at reducing US dependence on East Asia — the global epicenter of semiconductor production — for vital microelectronics needed to create both conventional weapons and artificial intelligence algorithms.

On January 12, 2023, a ceremony was held in Chisinau for the transfer of the first three Piranha IIIH (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carriers to the armed forces of Moldova, transferred by Germany as military assistance to the European Union on the basis of a bilateral agreement signed in October 2021. The armored personnel carriers themselves come from the presence of the Danish ground forces and are undergoing major repairs and training for transfer in Germany. A total of 19 former Danish Piranha IIIH armored personnel carriers are to be transferred to Moldova by the end of 2023 under this agreement.

The machines that the United States plans to supply to the APU have weaknesses, noted Candidate of Military Sciences Sergey Suvorov

Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), which the United States plans to supply to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), have weak points and lack cross-country capability for the terrain on which the fighting is unfolding today. This opinion was expressed by the colonel of the reserve, an expert in the field of armored vehicles, candidate of military Sciences Sergey Suvorov.

We are talking about new supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine

The Administration of the United States of America (USA) intends to supply Ukraine with American infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) "Bradley" (Bradley), and Germany — BMP "Marder" (Marder). This is stated in a joint written statement issued by the two countries following telephone conversations between US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

MWM: German and British tanks are unlikely to fight in the Donbass because of their characteristics

The West has agreed to supply Kiev with tanks – German Leopard 2 and British Challenger 2, writes MWM. But it is hardly worth expecting their appearance in the Donbass. Ukraine does not have the ability to service them, in addition, the effectiveness of the machines in combat is questionable.

Gazeta readers: Ukraine will not last long, "Leopards" will not help it

The wave of general declarations on the supply of NATO heavy equipment to Ukraine is still only an element of the political game, Gazeta writes. They do not indicate serious support for Kiev and are addressed to Berlin. Readers of the publication note that Ukraine will not last long, and the new technology will not help it.

The US Department of Defense considered it unnecessary to transfer high-precision long-range bombs of small diameter (SDB) to Ukraine, since such a task would require too much time to assemble ammunition. This is reported by the American edition of Foreign Policy, citing sources in the US military.

WSJ: The US may face a shortage of ammunition due to assistance to Ukraine in the summer

Ukraine spends artillery shells supplied by the West about twice as fast as the United States and its allies produce them, the WSJ writes. Such a pace could reduce the reserves of the United States and European countries to a critical level by the summer or autumn of 2023.

On January 14, 2023, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak officially announced the decision to transfer 14 Challenger 2 main tanks and "about 30" 155-mm/39 AS90 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine from the presence of the British armed forces. It is stated that a squadron (company) of 14 Challenger 2 tanks will be sent to Ukraine "in the coming weeks", and that already "in the coming days, the UK will begin training the armed forces of Ukraine in the use of tanks and artillery guns."

As the diplomatic mission stressed, this will not help the AFU to reverse the situation on the battlefield, but will only lead to a tightening of hostilities

Sending British Challenger 2 tanks to Kiev will not help the AFU to reverse the situation on the battlefield and will only lead to a tightening of the conflict in Ukraine and new victims. This is stated in the comments of the Russian Embassy in London transmitted to TASS on Saturday.

France promised to supply Ukraine with AMX 10-RC tanks within two months

French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecorny promised his Ukrainian counterpart Alexei Reznikov that Paris would supply Kiev with AMX 10-RC tanks within two months. The other day, Poland and the United Kingdom also announced their intention to transfer their armored vehicles to Ukraine. What the Western tanks that Ukraine will receive are capable of - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».