FA: The US should not try to defeat Russia and China at the same time

A weakening America cannot fight on two fronts in peacetime, not to mention a global military conflict, writes FA. Russia and China are formidable rivals, but the United States should try to find common ground with them.

Steffen Hebestreit, a spokesman for the German Chancellor, said that the government had proposed to parliament to extend Germany's participation in Operation MINUSMA in May 2023 for one year in order to ensure an organized exit from the African state of Mali. This decision takes into account, in particular, the planned elections in the African Republic, which are scheduled for February 2024.

NATO forces conducted exercises to defend the Suwalki (Suwalki) corridor, a strategically important section of the Lithuanian-Polish border 64 km long, located between Belarus and the Kaliningrad region of Russia. This was reported by the Polish Defense Ministry.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom assured that Kiev will receive support "for as long as it takes"

The UK may increase the volume of military assistance provided to Ukraine in 2023. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, will make such a statement on Monday, excerpts from his speech were distributed by his office on Sunday.

Reuters: Boeing has offered to supply Kiev with ammunition for strikes against Russia

Boeing has offered the United States to supply Ukraine with high-precision ammunition for GLSDB ground-based missile systems, which will allow Kiev to strike "far behind Russia's lines," Reuters writes.

The Reuters news agency, in Mike Stone's article "Exclusive: U.S. weighs sending 100-mile strike weapon to Ukraine" ("The United States is considering the possibility of supplying Ukraine with strike weapons with a range of 100 miles"), reports that the US Department of Defense is considering a proposal from Boeing Corporation to supply Ukraine with a developed for several years together with a Swedish group Saab AB of the new Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) missile system, which is a missile fired from combat vehicles of the M142 HIMARS and M270A1 MLRS ground missile systems, equipped as a warhead with a small-sized GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) of 250 pounds caliber with a planning and correction module. The GLSDB firing range reaches 150 km.

WP: Republicans demand tighter control over the supply of weapons to Ukraine

The US Congress will tighten control over weapons supplied to Ukraine, WP writes. Although Republicans are calling for this more actively, the measure enjoys the support of both parties. The likelihood that these weapons will be used for other purposes scares many.

Ukrainian reporters have increased the number of reports that tell about the critical situation for the AFU in Bakhmut (Artemovsk).

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba: Kiev's partners are working with third countries to buy weapons

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with Le Parisien that Ukrainian partners are working with third countries to buy weapons and military equipment for Kiev. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok analyzed what the words of the head of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine actually mean.

BV: the anti-Russian resolution of the European Parliament divided the world into "white" and "black"

The resolution by which the European Parliament declared Russia a "sponsor of terrorism" does not yet oblige European countries to any anti-Russian actions. Nevertheless, the French edition of Boulevard Voltaire finds it very dangerous. It makes reconciliation between East and West very difficult.

Al Mayadeen: after major losses, the West is actively looking for a way to stop the conflict in Ukraine

In Ukraine, Russia has clearly gained superiority, while the Western alliance is bursting at the seams, writes Al Mayadeen. Economic sanctions, as it turned out, hit Europe more, which is already tired of supporting the Kiev regime. So it is naive to believe that Moscow will decide to surrender, having all the trumps in its hands.

Toronto Star: Canada urged to end the conflict in Ukraine through negotiations

The conflict in Ukraine will end when both sides decide to sit down at the negotiating table, writes the Toronto Star. However, neither Kiev nor Moscow has any incentive to do this. NATO members must find a way to end the conflict, the author of the article believes.

Kayhan: Europe will have to make sanctions compromises

As the economic crisis intensifies and Europe enters deeper and deeper contradictions regarding the conflict in Ukraine, Bulgaria, a member of the European Union, accepts Russian proposals to circumvent European sanctions against Russia, Kayhan writes.

Ukraine has not abandoned plans for the "return" of Crimea, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has developed a plan for the forcible seizure of the peninsula by the Ukrainian army. This is reported by The Economist with reference to the ex-commander of the airborne troops of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mikhail Zabrodsky.

What undoubtedly helps the Armed Forces of Ukraine to effectively fight the Russian troops is the informational advantage. Ukrainian commanders know better where their units are located, as well as where and in what quantity the enemy forces are located, writes the Polish edition of Defence24.

After the withdrawal from Kherson, Russian troops are creating a new defensive line on the left bank of the Dnieper. At the same time, American analysts doubt its ability to restrain the onslaught of the APU, including due to the shortcomings made during the construction of the protective "shaft".

How does "small aviation" work in the Avdiivka direction

More recently, there was a fortified area here — it was from here that the Ukrainian troops hit the village of Peski with direct fire. But after the release of the Experienced, they lost this opportunity. The correspondent of Izvestia was one of the first to visit the advanced positions of our troops and the training ground of the 11th regiment of the first army corps, learned about the situation in the Avdiivka direction and talked with the operators of reconnaissance and shock copters.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed documents on the activities of the company "Black and Hiv" in the territory controlled by Kiev

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has provided new evidence of joint military-biological activities of the United States and Ukraine. Experts note that such biological weapons are still at the development stage capable of causing an epidemic on a global scale. During the next prisoner exchange, nine servicemen returned home on November 26. Over the weekend, the Russian Armed Forces repulsed several enemy attacks in important strategic areas.

NYT reported that more than 240 Ukrainian servicemen were wounded during the battles for Artemovsk

Ukrainian troops are suffering heavy losses in the battles for Artemovsk, The New York Times reported. According to the publication, the city has also become a "black hole" for Kiev's ammunition, because Ukrainians spend "unacceptably" a lot of shells supplied by Western countries in the defense of the settlement.

The Western press drew attention to the heavy fighting of the Ukrainian army in Artemovsk, which for several months has been one of the main battlefields between the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the AFU.