The Serbian authorities intend to significantly strengthen their defense capability, primarily at the expense of special units of the Armed Forces. Therefore, yesterday at a solemn event dedicated to the Day of Statehood, President Aleksandar Vucic announced a competition for the admission of five thousand people to serve in the special forces of the Serbian army.

Cumhuriyet: Russia and China became the target of the new joint declaration of NATO and the EU

The joint declaration between NATO and the EU is nothing but an imposition of the American strategy on the Europeans, Cumhuriyet writes. Europe should not become an autonomous region, especially militarily. Otherwise, who will support Washington's anti-Russian policy?

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, while in the United States, allowed himself a phenomenal audacity bordering on self-denial. Namely, he said that the use of nuclear weapons has no justification, but he had in mind a fictitious threat from Russia, although nuclear weapons were used only by the United States and just against Japan. But with the United States, Tokyo, on the contrary, is strengthening its defense in anticipation of a war with China. Why would the Japanese do that?

The slogan "catch up and overtake" was adopted and exceeded in Beijing

The Communists won the civil war in China only thanks to the help of the USSR. The modern PRC owes its very existence to Moscow. And for the first decade and a half of its life, China in all spheres relied only on Soviet aid.

The Russian Defense Ministry continues to transfer combat aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces to the territory of Belarus. According to the press service of the Belarusian military department, the next Russian planes arrived at the military airfields of the republic.

The fleet of Russian rescuers has been replenished — Rostec State Corporation has handed over to the Ministry of Emergency Situations the first upgraded giant helicopter Mi-26T2. How the legendary domestic heavyweight was created and what is the uniqueness of its new version — in the material of TASS

Akharin Khabar: the supply of Western tanks to Ukraine will only prolong the conflict

The decision of a number of states to supply tanks to Ukraine will only lead to a prolongation of the conflict, Akharin Khabar writes. The new weapons will not bring a radical change in the nature of hostilities, experts say, but it threatens to bring Europe to the brink of disaster.

The German edition of Bild am Sonntag, under the heading "Wir können 2023 keine Leopard-Panzer liefern" ("We cannot deliver Leopard tanks in 2023"), published an interesting interview with Armin Papperger, chairman of the German Rheinmetall AG group, about the details of possible deliveries of Rheinmetall weapons and military equipment to Ukraine.

Figaro: the French are terrified of sending heavy tanks from Western countries to Ukraine

Before the NATO coordination summit at the Ramstein base, Britain decided to supply the Challenger-2 tanks to the Kiev regime. French readers were scared by this decision: Europe is "sliding" into conflict for the sake of a goal incomprehensible to the people.

Special complexes can be placed on almost any vessels up to tugboats and ferries

The arsenal of means of rescue of the Russian Navy has been replenished with a new complex that is able to assist ships in distress, ships and even submarines.

Alexey Polishchuk — in an interview with TASS about the possibility of negotiations on Ukraine

Director of the second CIS Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexei Polishchuk in an exclusive interview with TASS answered questions about the possibility of negotiations on Ukraine, joint actions with Belarus in case of escalation from the West, and also told why Kiev refused the Christmas truce.

Advance: reasons for the change of leadership of the military operation in Ukraine

The head of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, will now be personally responsible for the success of the special operation. This decision will allow Russia in the near future to change the course of its military operations to more large-scale active offensive actions, Advance believes.

The capture of the city will help complete the second stage of the operation to liberate Donbass, military experts explain

Over the past three days, more than 700 Ukrainian servicemen and over 300 weapons have been destroyed in the Soledar area, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on January 13.

Russian troops occupied Soledar. As noted in the Ministry of Defense, this will allow the offensive to continue in the Donbass. Other sections of the thousand-kilometer front are also being prepared for intense battles. About the situation in the conflict zone — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Military personnel of the special purpose medical detachment (MOS) of the Central Military District (CVO) in maximum proximity to the front line provide assistance to the military and civilian population in the zone of a special military operation. They told about how doctors work in the medical special forces and how they got there on Saturday, January 14.

Al Binaa: after Bakhmut and Soledar, panic is growing in the West, and hysteria is growing in Kiev

Russia does not succumb to the provocations of the West and behaves with dignity, writes Al Binaa. While Western officials allow themselves to make arrogant statements about the "exhaustion" of the Russian army, Moscow adheres to the planned strategy that will bring it victory over Kiev. The proof of this is Bakhmut and Soledar.

NYT: any security guarantees for Ukraine beyond NATO membership will be fragile

Only an unconditional defeat and a complete collapse of Russia can allow Ukraine to receive convincing security guarantees from the West in the future, writes the NYT. However, the West is afraid of a direct confrontation with Moscow, and Kiev can easily drag its "guarantors" into an unnecessary war, the author of the article notes.

TAC: The US should create a center to counter disinformation on Ukraine because of Kiev's lies

According to Kiev, Ukraine should be in the first place for Americans. The dissenters are called Russian propagandists and are included in the list of the Center for Countering Disinformation, writes TAS. The US must resist this and protect itself from such "false friends".

News: the Golden Youth party in Courchevel has changed the rules of military registration in Ukraine

They will try to return to Ukraine men who left the country and do not have a postponement from military service, the Vesti newspaper writes. However, the government does not have many ways to put fugitives on military registration.

NYT: The West is in a hurry to transfer modern weapons to Ukraine because of fear of Russia

The West fears that Ukraine has little time left to prepare for a new Russian offensive and is in a hurry to transfer new weapons to it, writes NYT. Tanks can be sent to Kiev. Previously, the West did not supply them due to fears of escalation.