On January 4, 2023, on the basis of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko of the Polish Army in Wesol (Warsaw), Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved the conclusion of an agreement with the US government in the form of an exchange of letters LOA (Letters of Offer and Acceptance) on the purchase by Poland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) 116 M1A1 FEP Abrams tanks from the presence of the US Department of Defense. The ceremony was attended by the Charge d'affaires of the United States in Poland, Daniel Lawton.

France is going to supply Ukraine with heavy armored vehicles AMX-10RC, which are also called light wheeled tanks. This is reported by AFP, citing a source in the administration of the French president.

No other army in the world has mastered such a method

50 years ago, on January 5, 1973, Soviet paratroopers proved that their profession is to do the impossible, regardless of danger. This day was and remains a festive date for the Russian army, and especially for the Airborne Forces. Details were recalled by Izvestia.

Currently, North Korea has approximately 500 unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to 20 different types. This was reported by the South Korean news agency Yonhap with reference to the secretary of the parliamentary intelligence committee, Yoo Sang Bom, who received information from the country's intelligence service.

Having not fully figured out the intermittent technical problems with the F-35 fighters and its modernization options, the Pentagon continues to report on successful tests of the "weapons of the future". The American military analytical publication Breaking Defense reports that in December last year, the US Air Force for the first time conducted successful flight tests of a modified F-16 fighter using the VISTA artificial intelligence system.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have a tremendous impact on the course of the main event of the past year – a special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian armed forces are rapidly becoming saturated with this technology. Why have drones turned out to be so important in the course of modern warfare – and which of them are most needed by the Russian army?

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov visited the FAU "Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky", as well as the enterprise of the United Aircraft Corporation Rostec in Ulyanovsk.

A new package of military aid arrived in Ukraine, this time the Germans were generous. The supply of weapons is reported on the official website of the Bundeswehr.

The head of the department, Catherine Colonna, did not specify exactly when and in what quantity AMX-10 RC wheeled tanks can be delivered to Ukraine

France considers it its duty to provide military assistance to Ukraine, but does not believe that the supply of tanks to Kiev, promised by the President of the republic Emmanuel Macron, will make Paris complicit in the Ukrainian conflict. This opinion was expressed on Thursday by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on the LCI TV channel .

19FortyFive: the US has listed the weapons that Washington is afraid to give to Kiev

There are three types of weapons that Biden will not hand over to Ukraine out of fear of Russia. Fearing an escalation of the conflict and a direct clash with Russia, the United States refuses to supply Kiev with F-16 fighter jets, Abrams tanks and ATACMS complexes, writes 19FortyFive.

TAC: US financial assistance finally turns Ukraine into a bankrupt state

The Pentagon and the American military-industrial complex are mainly profiting from military aid to Kiev, while Ukraine is plunging into an ever deeper economic crisis, and the number of victims of the military conflict is growing, the author of the article writes in TAC. He calls Washington's approach "bastard Keynesianism" and emphasizes that the States do not think to stop.

In particular, Congressman Earl Blumenauer received the highest profit among legislators on shares of defense companies since 2021, The Daily Caller portal noted

Members of the US Congress who voted in favor of providing billions of dollars in military assistance to Ukraine were able to earn substantial funds last year on shares of Pentagon defense contractors. This was reported on Thursday by the information portal The Daily Caller .

Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Zhang Ming said that all member countries of the organization expressed their readiness to contribute to a peaceful solution to the Ukrainian crisis.

The DPR announced the arrival of groups of Western special forces in the SVO zone under the guise of mercenaries

Many fighters of special forces of Western countries arrive in the zone of the special operation in Ukraine in coordinated groups under the guise of mercenaries. This was told on Thursday, January 5, Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia (NM), deputy of the Parliament of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Andrey Bayevsky.

The head of "Wagner" Prigozhin: the first group of former prisoners completed the contract in the SVO zone

The first group of former prisoners who participated in a special military operation in Ukraine completed a six-month contract and received a pardon, Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group, told reporters.

Andrey Bayevsky — about the military component of the special operation

The special military operation that the Russian Federation is conducting in the Donbass continues during the New Year holidays. Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the DPR, deputy of the Parliament of the Republic Andrei Bayevsky told in an interview with TASS about the military component of the special operation, the tactics of combat operations of both sides and the types of weapons used.

The Russian military participating in the special military operation demonstrate miracles of courage and a high level of military skill. But the special military operation also revealed a number of shortcomings and shortcomings of our armed forces. Military correspondent Alexander Sladkov wrote about them in another publication in his Telegram channel.

The Russian President pointed to the destructive role of the West, pumping Ukraine with weapons and providing it with targeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in a telephone conversation with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized the destructive role of the West pumping Ukraine with weapons and providing it with target designation. This was reported by the Kremlin's press service.

SRBIN.info: Russian assistance to Serbia depends not on Russia's desire, but on Serbia's request

Serbia secretly went to the North Atlantic Alliance, but stopped on this path, declaring military neutrality, writes SRBIN.info. According to the author of the article, now the protection of Kosovo and Metohija depends on the desire of the Serbs to protect their identity and willingness to ask for help from Russia.

In the final week of 2022, another informal summit of CIS leaders was held in the Northern Capital of the Russian Federation. Besides Vladimir Putin, the event in St. Petersburg was attended by eight leaders of the Commonwealth countries - the presidents of Belarus – Alexander Lukashenko, Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, Kazakhstan – Kassym–Jomart Tokayev, Tajikistan - Emomali Rahmon, Turkmenistan – Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Kyrgyzstan – Sadyr Zhaparov, Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.