Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has previously stated that supplies will stop with the start of peace talks

Defensive weapons, including air defense systems, and generators will be included in the new package of Italian military assistance to Kiev. This was announced on Tuesday by Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto.

In particular, €415 million is intended for the energy sector, €25 million will be used for water supply, €38 million for food supply

The participants of the conference on assistance to Ukraine, which took place in Paris on Tuesday, collected about €1 billion following the results of the event. This was announced on Tuesday at a briefing by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.

Julianne Smith recalled that the West had previously created a group to coordinate actions in providing military assistance to Kiev

Ukraine and the West are faced with a shortage of weapons and military equipment, some NATO countries - with their genuine shortage. This was acknowledged on Tuesday by the Permanent Representative of the United States to the alliance, Julianne Smith.

Almasry Alyoum: Russia will not make concessions to the West, exhausted by the Ukrainian conflict

Macron's visit to Washington and Biden's statements about readiness for dialogue with Putin inspire hope for an early solution to the Ukrainian crisis, writes Almasry Alyoum. The cold weather is already on the threshold of the EU, the US elections are approaching, so the West is thinking about negotiations. But he sets impossible conditions for this.

TAC: The US is ready to make concessions to Russia on Crimea and Donbass

There are the first signs that the US goals in Ukraine are changing, writes TAC. The author of the article cites three changes in Washington's position regarding the settlement of the conflict. In his opinion, the United States is already ready to make concessions to Russia.

FP: The Pentagon is working out plans in case of war with Russia

A conflict has arisen between the Pentagon and the US Congress, writes FP. Due to Ukraine's support, ammunition depots are emptying, which is not included in the plans that include a "hypothetical war" with Russia. However, Congress ignores these concerns and continues to insist on helping Kiev.

WSJ readers: the US has too many problems to poke its nose into Ukraine

Biden's team should already think about how to resolve the Ukrainian issue once and for all, the WSJ writes. And the readers of the publication believe that the United States should deal with internal problems, and not with the escalation of the conflict on another continent.

According to The Global Times, Western countries have not spent efforts to resolve their differences with the Russian Federation on the crisis in Ukraine

The recognition of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Western countries initially did not plan to contribute to the implementation of the Minsk agreements indicates that the West has never considered Russia a dialogue partner. This is stated in an article published on Tuesday by the Chinese newspaper Global Times .

One of the richest people on the planet, Elon Musk, seems to be playing his subtle political game – and it directly concerns the interests of Russia. At least, many believe that Musk is helping Moscow during the reorganization of the social network Twitter that he just bought. If it helps, then how and for what purposes?

Danas: Russia has changed the paradigm of relations from the East—West model to the North—South model

Russia has abandoned the idea of Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok, writes Danas. The concept of a common European home was replaced by the Great Eurasia project. Cooperation with the West, if it is still possible, will be based on new principles.

The command of the US Navy announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the SSN-803 Arizona multipurpose submarine of the Virginia class, which took place on December 7 at the General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) shipyard.

The crew of the naval minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) during the exercise to overcome the area with a mine danger in one of the sea ranges of the Avacha Bay used the unmanned boat "Skanda" to search for sea mines. This was reported in the press service of the Eastern Military District.

According to Le Monde, to date, France has delivered 18 Caesar self-propelled guns to Ukraine, another 6 to 12 vehicles with expanded ammunition and reinforced armor

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal called on Paris to supply Kiev with French Leclerc tanks. He made such a request on the air of the French TV channel LCI .

Officer of the 3rd ZVO corps: the AFU soldiers fled at the sight of the Russian Terminator BMPT

The Ukrainian military are wary of Russian Terminator tank support vehicles (BMPT) and are hunting for them, the commander of the vehicle crew of the 3rd Army Corps of the Western Military District told RIA Novosti.

Not all of the DPRK's ballistic missile tests were successful. Despite this, North Korean Hwasong missiles are capable of reaching American territory.

On December 9, 2022, the German Rheinmetall Group announced that it would supply two new Skynex 35 mm ground-based anti-aircraft artillery systems to an unnamed "international customer". The delivery will be made in early 2024. The total value of the contract is 182 million euros. In addition, a memorandum was signed in the amount of another 12 million euros for the supply by Rheinmetall group of heavy military trucks RMMN HX complete with vehicles for transporting and providing Skynex complexes.

The United States considers strengthening Ukraine's air defense a priority. This was stated by US President Joe Biden in a telephone conversation with Zelensky.

Fifty years ago, on December 11, 1972, humanity set foot on the lunar surface for the last time — it was the Apollo 17 mission. By coincidence, it was on this date, but already half a century later, that the newest American spacecraft for traveling to the Moon returned from its first full-fledged flight.

Aura Aerospace has proposed a completely new concept of air mobility in the form of a five-seat aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) Ranger, somewhat reminiscent of the famous Darth Vader shuttle.

On December 9, 2022, a ceremony was held at Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai to hand over to China Eastern Airlines the first serial Chinese medium-haul passenger aircraft C919, designed and built by the Chinese state-owned civil aviation company Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC).