Serbian sociologist: Serbs would regard the imposition of sanctions against Russia as pressure from the West

The Ukrainian conflict has intensified the negative attitude of Serbs towards NATO, says sociologist Maya Belosh in an interview with Danas. In Serbia, the North Atlantic Alliance is considered the main enemy, and the introduction of sanctions against Russia would be regarded by society as submission to Western pressure, the expert believes.

Washington has approved another package of military assistance to Kiev in the amount of about $ 1.8 billion. Ukraine will receive a lot of weapons, including new models. However, Zelensky, as the media write, failed to get what he wanted.

The Kiev regime, in order to please the Western elites, postponed the celebration of Christmas from January 7 to December 25. So, Zelensky delivered a Christmas message to the Ukrainian people on Saturday evening and announced this decision. In turn, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine allowed to hold church Christmas services on December 25, including right on the front line.

Newsweek: the United States announced the rapid defeat of Ukraine in the absence of Western assistance

Only US support allowed Ukraine to avoid defeat in the first days of the Russian special operation, writes Newsweek. Without her, history would have taken a completely different turn: NATO would have plunged into chaos, Moscow's supporters would have become more active around the world, and Washington itself would have been under threat.

Recently, the topic of Polish-Ukrainian relations has been quite actively discussed in both Polish and Ukrainian information spaces. In the mass media of the two countries, relevant specialists create a splint picture of friendship, assistance and almost kinship between the two Slavic peoples.

Yesterday the day was full of many interesting events. The most striking are Zelensky's visit to the United States and Warsaw's adoption of a law on removing responsibility from Poland for the participation of its citizens in the conflict in Ukraine. The logical continuation of these two events was the meeting in Ukraine of the Polish NGSH Raimund Andrzechak with the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.

The Hill: Europe's "new" security architecture should be built on the conditions of the West

The authors of the article in The Hill thought about a new security architecture in Europe, parallel to NATO, which Ukraine can join. In their opinion, Moscow should also be invited to it — "when Putin leaves and Russia is reformed."

JMW: Western intelligence services have started a sabotage war in Russia

The campaign includes long-"mothballed" cells that the espionage service of a European country allied with the United States activated in order to prevent the Kremlin's special operation in Ukraine and initiate a shadow war in the Russian rear.

The head of Russian diplomacy — about the crisis in relations with Europe, the situation in Ukraine and whether nuclear weapons can be used by anyone

In an exclusive interview with TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov assessed the situation in Ukraine and the development of events "on the ground", spoke about the crisis in relations with Europe, and also answered the question of whether nuclear weapons could be used by anyone.

In the Kherson direction, together with the gunners, the only Arctic motorized rifle group in Russia performs combat tasks. She corrects the work of armored vehicles, said December 27 correspondent of "Izvestia" Mary Badunts.

And on the ground — in the Bryansk region — a group of Ukrainian saboteurs was liquidated

In the area of Kramatorsk, a repair and restoration point of the VFU armament was destroyed, which contained two HIMARS MLRS combat vehicles, two Gvozdika self-propelled guns, five D-30 howitzers and special vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on December 26.

Al Jazeera: the CSTO will side with Russia in Ukraine

The escalation of the Ukrainian crisis continues, so Russia and Ukraine are looking for new levers of pressure on each other, writes Al Jazeera. For Moscow, such a trump card will be a counterweight to NATO — the CSTO, whose members can resort to joint defense in the event of an attack on one of the members of the organization.

According to the CAMTO, the rating of arms importing countries on the actual import of military equipment by the end of 2022 is headed by India with the volume of imports of military equipment in the amount of $ 13.397 billion.

Reserve Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok - about which troops in Russia should be strengthened

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu proposed to increase the number of the Russian Armed Forces to 1.5 million people and form (in some cases recreate) a number of new associations, connections and parts. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about which types of troops should be strengthened and what.

Russia's break with the West is becoming irreversible

The Ukrainian events formally became a kind of radical geopolitical watershed between "before" and "after". In fact, unfortunately, they became a natural development of relations between Russia and the West after the end of the previous cold War.

From 2023, the introduction of special mixed reality glasses will begin in the American army. Initially, these glasses were supposed to appear in the equipment kit of the US Army soldiers in 2021-2022, however, for a number of reasons, the process was postponed. The glasses themselves were tested in several detachments of special purpose units.

Prizes and cups were presented to subordinates by Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov

Traditionally for the Russian Navy, the countdown of the new academic year begins in December. The results of the past period were discussed at a meeting of the Military Council of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Sevastopol. The commanders of the distinguished ships and formations received prizes and commemorative badges from the hands of the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov.

The basis of the modern Russian Navy is still made up of ships built during the Soviet era. Many of them should be decommissioned in the coming years – however, a program for updating these platforms is being discussed right now. What exactly should this modernization be and why is it critically important for the Russian Navy?

Soulless cars are ramming, minesweeping, extinguishing fires, taking out the wounded

The practice of conducting a special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine has demonstrated that conducting military operations is unthinkable without the widespread use of military-purpose robotic complexes. We are witnessing a revolution in military affairs. At the same time, the West has become the main source of increasing the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), including through such innovative systems.

On December 16, 2022, the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) signed a framework agreement with the Swedish branch of BAE Systems Corporation (BAE Systems AB / Land Systems Hägglunds AB) for the purchase of 436 two-link articulated tracked armored BvS10 transporters within the framework of the three countries' Collaborative AllTerrain Vehicle (CATV) program for the supply of them to the Swedish armed forces (236 cars), Germany (140 cars) and the UK (60 cars).