Medvedev: Russia will do everything to prevent a third world and nuclear catastrophe
The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation stressed that new agreements on disarmament are currently unrealistic and unnecessary
The world will continue to teeter on the brink of World War III and nuclear escalation if Russia is not provided with security guarantees. But Moscow will do everything to prevent a catastrophe, said Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council.
The West deliberately concealed the truth about the reasons for the special operation in Ukraine
dikGAZETE: The West understands Russia's position on Ukraine
Western journalists understand Russia's position on Ukraine, writes dikGAZETE. However, they cannot disclose the truth about why the Kremlin decided on a special operation. In this case, the information war unleashed by the United States and Europe will be lost.
Kosachev: the prospect of a NATO military attack on Russia will be stopped by all means
The situation with Ukraine in the context of NATO expansion carries much greater threats than the planned accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Alliance, the senator believes.
Expert: Russia and the United States may be on the verge of a direct military clash in 2023
According to Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the HSE Center for Integrated European and International Studies, Washington may decide to supply the AFU with long-range missiles and drones that are capable of striking deep into Russian territory.
Russia has learned its lessons. Ukraine is suffering huge losses
FT: The West should think about a peace plan for Ukraine
The appointment of Surovikin as commander of Russian troops in Ukraine has changed the situation on the battlefield, writes the Financial Times. Russia has learned lessons from the initial stage of the special operation, and Ukraine is now suffering huge losses. The West should think about a peaceful solution to the conflict.
Closed skies: Ukrainian air forces lose aviation in Donbass
Russian pilots and anti-aircraft gunners shot down a Su-27 fighter and three helicopters
The armed forces of the Russian Federation on Sunday, December 25, caused significant damage to Ukrainian aviation. Russian Aerospace Forces fighters shot down a Su-27 plane, Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters, and air defense systems destroyed another Milevsky "eight".
"North Korea has delivered missiles to Russia." The US will complain to the UN about the Wagner PMCs
Prigozhin called the White House statement on the supply of weapons to the DPRK for the Wagner PMCs "speculation"
The number of PMCs "Wagner" allegedly reached 50 thousand people, and the cost of grouping is up to $ 100 million, the White House said. In addition, the United States believes that North Korea supplies its missiles to the Wagnerians, but the DPRK denies such statements. Nevertheless, the US Permanent Representative said that she would raise this issue at a meeting of the UN Security Council. Yevgeny Prigozhin called the information about the supply of weapons from North Korea "gossip" and "speculation".
The volume of illegal arms trade is growing
The markets of the Middle East and North Africa are becoming increasingly important for both exporters and importers
According to the latest report by SIPRI (an independent international institute engaged in research on conflicts, armaments, arms control and disarmament), in 2019, for the first time in history, a conglomerate of the arms industry from an Arab state (EDGE from the United Arab Emirates) entered the list of the 25 largest companies producing weapons and military equipment (IWT).
Military arsenal — 2022. What weapons did the Russian army receive in the outgoing year
The number of basic weapons sent to the Russian army increased by 30%, ammunition for rocket and artillery weapons and aviation weapons - from 69 to 109%. As Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted the day before, the combat capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces have increased significantly in 2022. For more information about what weapons, including those involved in a special military operation, the army was replenished in the outgoing year, see the TASS material.
To the armory places. Shoigu went to Izhevsk, Putin to Tula
Putin and Shoigu inspect arms manufacturing enterprises in Russia
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian President Vladimir Putin are checking the needs of the country's armed forces. The head of the defense Department arrived in Izhevsk, where he visited the enterprises of the Kalashnikov concern, which produce high-precision ammunition and small arms. The Head of State went to Tula, where he will visit the design bureau of instrument engineering named after Academician A.G. Shipunov, which also produces various weapons systems.
"In the required volume and the right quality." Putin expects the fulfillment of the state defense order
Putin called the rapid provision of combat units with the necessary weapons a key task of the defense industry
President Vladimir Putin visited the Shcheglovsky Val Tula plant, where he inspected one of the upgraded BMP-2 combat vehicles and other weapons. He also held a meeting with the heads of enterprises of the military-industrial complex and outlined the key task for them - providing all units with weapons, equipment, equipment and ammunition of the necessary quality and in a short time. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".
The newest Russian S-500 air defense system has become a strong "shield" of Moscow
Sohu: in China, the Russian S-500 air defense system was called the most powerful anti-aircraft missile system in the world
The Russian S-500 air defense system, or Prometheus, has become Moscow's response to Washington's space strategy, writes Sohu user. This world's most powerful air defense system surpasses the standards set for the latest generation of anti-aircraft missile systems. It will protect Russia from enemy shells.
Lack of armored vehicles in the Armed Forces forces the Ukrainian military to transfer to homemade "gantraks"
Heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in armored vehicles since the beginning of the Russian military special operation, force the Ukrainian military to look for other ways to maintain mobility and the ability to fire. Basically, all this translates into the creation of so-called gantraks.
The submarine "Velikiye Luki" of project 677 was launched
On December 23, 2022, the Admiralty Shipyards JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC JSC) in St. Petersburg hosted the launching ceremony of the large diesel-electric submarine B-587 Velikiye Luki (factory number 01572) under construction for the Russian Navy through the launching dock - the third submarine of Project 677 (code "Lada"), which is one of the "long-term projects" of the Russian military shipbuilding. The descent ceremony was attended by the General Director of USC Alexey Rakhmanov.
The first swallow does not catch mice
Trust kills, generals don't change, the figure breathes where it wants
The British weekly Economist published an interview with the commander–in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny - the only full general of the Independent (an analogue of the general of the army in the Russian military hierarchy).
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has recognized the performers of US biological programs in Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation named the main participants of US military-biological projects in Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has received information about the executors of the US military biological programs in Ukraine, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.
The United States declared the readiness for combat of the Russian missile nicknamed "Satan-2" in NATO
The newest Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) RS-28 "Sarmat", called by NATO experts "Satan-2", is almost ready for battle. This is reported by the American newspaper New York Post (NYP).
You "Sarmat": which missiles protect Russia and the whole world
The domestic nuclear triad is waiting for big changes
On December 21, President Vladimir Putin reminded the board of the Russian military department that the combat readiness of the nuclear triad is the main guarantee of preserving the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia and, in general, the balance of forces in the world.
NI: Israel will not want to supply Ukraine with Iron Dome air defense systems
One of the reasons is the fear of a harsh reaction from Russia, said the former head of the National Security Council of the country Yaakov Nagel
Israel will not want to supply Ukraine with its Iron Dome air defense systems, including due to fears of a harsh reaction from Russia. This opinion was expressed on Friday in a column for the American magazine The National Interest by the former head of the National Security Council of Israel, Yaakov Nagel.
"Ukraine was given, but a NATO member was not." Turks are outraged by Patriot supplies Kiev
Haber7 readers are outraged by the US supplies of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine
In light of Zelensky's visit to Washington, Blinken made a statement about the supply of weapons to Ukraine, Haber7 reports. Readers of the portal are outraged by the sending of Patriot air defense systems to Kiev: they refuse to provide them to Turkey, a NATO country, but they give them to Ukraine just like that.
