According to the Russian military, the flight is planned, not directed against third countries

Russian and Chinese strategic aircraft conducted many hours of patrol over the Japanese and East China Seas, they will return to their bases, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Russian and Chinese strategic aircraft conducted hours-long patrols over the Japanese and East China Seas, they will return to their bases, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

FA: The US intends to draw France into a confrontation with China

The meeting between Biden and Macron promises to be difficult, writes the FA. The former needs the support of the latter in the imminent struggle with China, and at the same time with Russia — through him he wants to create a united front.

WSJ: Macron and other European leaders see the US as the cause of the EU's economic problems

European leaders are dissatisfied with the growing dependence on America and blame the United States for the aggravation of the continent's economic problems, writes the WSJ. It is the issues of economics and geopolitics that will be the main issues on the agenda of the meeting between Macron and Biden, the authors of the article believe.

Polish Deputy Defense Minister Ochepa: the risk of escalation of the conflict between Russia and NATO is very high

The risk of an escalation of the conflict between NATO and Russia is very high, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Marcin Ochepa is quoted as saying by Interia. Warsaw may also be involved in it. In fact, this confrontation can already be seen in the information, cybernetic, economic and diplomatic space, the politician said.

American Thinker: Ukraine should cut costs, not demand money from the United States

Zelensky demanded another $ 55 billion from the United States in addition to the 90 that Congress has already allocated to Kiev, writes AT. The author of the article considers these requests outrageous, because with such requests, the Ukrainian leader did not even try to reduce the bureaucracy and cut the salaries of bureaucrats.

Robert Farley, an expert of the military analytical publication 19FortyFive, decided to sum up the preliminary results and draw some conclusions from the Ukrainian military campaign. The author began a series of publications consisting of three parts, in which, as he said in the preamble, "he will try to draw some lessons from the conduct of the Russian-Ukrainian war at the moment." The first part analyzes the actions of the ground forces.

Parlamentní listy: The United States, through the NATO Secretary General, called on Europe to ease its dependence on China

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Europe about the danger coming from China, which, according to the new American doctrine, is the strongest rival of the United States, writes Parlamentní listy. He called on the EU to get out of dependence on Beijing. This will put an end to the entire European industry, the author of the article believes.

It is necessary to avoid any military clash between nuclear powers, the Russian Foreign Minister said

The West is literally pushing Ukraine to continue the war it is waging against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday at a meeting with participants of the scientific and educational program "Dialogue for the Future", the text of the speech is provided on the website of the diplomatic department.

Foreign Policy: the US leadership has cornered itself with a hysterical position on Ukraine

The American establishment has cornered itself with hysterics over Ukraine, it's time for it to come to its senses in its dead-end policy on it, the author of the article in Foreign Policy writes. According to the political scientist, Washington is pumping itself up with fantasies about the imaginary victory of Ukraine, and there are no guarantees of victory.

Andrey Shitov — about why in Europe the actions of the United States cause panic

"It is obvious to everyone who benefits from it. Who benefits, he did, of course," Russian President Vladimir Putin said after the September explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. "The Anglo-Saxons are no longer satisfied with sanctions, they have switched to diversions" to destroy the European energy infrastructure, the Russian leader explained.

"Russia must be defeated in Ukraine." These words have been repeated by various Western politicians in different ways for many months. Why are they so much afraid of Russia's victory, what threatens the West with such a victory and how will it affect the personal destinies of Western leaders and the entire Western civilization?

The commander of the NATO mission in Iraq announced the strategic rapprochement of Russia and Iran

Italian La Repubblica publishes an interview with General Giovanni Iannucci, who has been leading a small NATO contingent in Iraq for six months. According to the military, even the participants of this mission "feel" the strategic rapprochement between Russia and Iran.

Haqqin: Russia has decided to increase the volume and improve the quality of weapons

The West has assembled an anti-Russian coalition and is churning out weapons and military equipment for Ukraine at a pace unprecedented even for the Cold War period, writes Haqqin. However, Moscow has found an effective solution.

Izvestia visited the repair base of heavy armored vehicles of the 1st Army Corps

Active battles in the zone of a special military operation place special requirements on the restoration of combat vehicles — it must be done quickly, efficiently, focusing on a variety of tank models — both their own and captured. Correspondents of Izvestia visited the repair base of heavy armored vehicles organized in the 1st Slavic Brigade of the 1st Army Corps. Which tanks showed themselves best during their own, how damaged equipment is repaired and why captured combat vehicles are tuned — in our report.

On November 30, a meeting of the Board of the Russian Defense Ministry was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military Department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The US Navy Command is closely monitoring the expansion of a key contract for the study and development of new equipment and technologies for its future fleet of unmanned surface vehicles. They have been trying to implement this task for more than a year. This project is useful not only for the US Navy, but also gives the industry the opportunity to get direct access to research and development work done, let's say, in the bowels of the department itself.

According to the information distributed by the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA), the first two ships of the project "075", named Hainan ("Hainan") and Guangxi ("Guangxi"), have passed a full course of tests close to combat.

The Royal Canadian Navy will soon acquire the fourth patrol ship of the Arctic zone, at the Irving Shipbuilding shipyard in Halifax, a solemn ceremony was held for the launching of the Harry DeWolf-class icebreaker HMCS William Hall (433), built in the interests of the country's Navy.

According to exclusive information received by Navy Recognition, Belgium will send to Ukraine remotely Operated underwater Vehicles (ROV) R7 manufactured by ECA Robotics Belgium.