Yahoo News Japan: due to failures at the front, Zelensky loses power in Ukraine

Ukraine is in ruins, its infrastructure is virtually destroyed, it is not able to return the lost territories, much less win. Zelensky asks the West for weapons, but they are useless if there are no soldiers, writes political analyst Akihiro Matoba in an article for Yahoo News Japan.

Onet: Poland has transferred a lot of military equipment to Ukraine without an announcement through official channels

Warsaw actively supports Kiev in the conflict with Moscow, writes Onet. The editors of the portal made a selection of weapons that Poland sent to Ukraine. It is noteworthy that only a part of the transferred equipment was announced through official channels.

Le Figaro readers: Turkey destroys the illusion of "anti-Russian unity" in NATO

Turkey is slowing down the process of Sweden and Finland joining NATO, writes Le Figaro. Readers' opinions were divided. Some accuse Ankara of political blackmail, others note that Sweden and Finland are needed by the bloc only to anger Russia.

After joining the NATO military bloc, the Finnish authorities will not deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of the country. This was stated by Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto.

During the past day, 57 military aircraft and 4 warships of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) approached the island of Taiwan. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan.

The commander of the Third Expeditionary Corps of the US Marine Corps, Lieutenant General James Burman, said that the US and Japan are preparing for a possible confrontation with China in order to protect Taiwan. According to the military, the American and Japanese armed Forces are strengthening military cooperation by conducting more joint operations in order to be ready for a potential conflict with the PRC in the event of military action against Taiwan.

On the last day of last year, in the capital of North Korea, Pyongyang, three dozen 600-mm multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) were handed over to the army at once.

Ukraine has withdrawn from the agreement with Russia on the operation of the strategic missile complex "Satan". This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced on January 5 by the representative of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnichuk.

We are talking about a new project of young engineers of the Kovrov Electromechanical Plant

In the near future, it will no longer be people who will carry the wounded from the battlefield. The development of robot nurses has been a trend in recent years in Russia and many foreign countries.

Ukraine should receive them by the end of March 2023

Germany is experiencing difficulties with the preparation for the transfer to Ukraine of 40 infantry fighting vehicles (BMP) Marder, promised earlier by the German government. This assessment was given by the publication  Der Spiegel .

The TV channel reported that discussions have been going on for "several weeks"

For the first time since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the United Kingdom is considering the possibility of supplying Kiev with up to 10 British Challenger 2 main battle tanks, Sky News reported on Monday, citing a source.

On January 4, at the location of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade of the Polish Armed Forces, in the presence of Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, a contract signing ceremony was held for the purchase of 116 M1A1 "Abrams" MBT.

As stated on the foreign resource Defense Blog, the Ukrainian military allegedly got into the hands of the Spider laser radiation detector used by the Russian army ("Spider"). Along with the previously received information about the intention of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to acquire this novelty, this indicates the beginning of equipping the troops engaged in the SVO with personal means of detecting snipers and drones.

The coming year 2023 may become even more difficult from the economic point of view than 2022. With a high probability, we will see a drop in the volume of exports of Russia's most profitable goods, oil and gas – which means that the budget will also suffer. However, our country has an answer to this challenge.

And why sanctions have had a diverse effect on Russian exports

In 2022, the system of military-technical cooperation (MTC) of Russia experienced a shock that apparently had no precedent in the entire post-Soviet history of the country. The beginning of a special military operation and the sanctions imposed by Western countries have significantly complicated the work of both the defense industry enterprises and the special exporter, Rosoboronexport JSC. Izvestia was looking into the difficulties faced by both suppliers and recipients today, what is the size of the portfolio of orders for Russian weapons, and how the global arms market in Ukraine is affected by the SVO in general.

The Indo-Pacific region has been and remains a strategically important area for Moscow. The outgoing year has put all the dots on the "I": the dialogue with Tokyo has actually been put on pause, Seoul has been forced to distance itself from Russia with the hope of restoring dialogue in the future, and there is a rivalry between us and the West for friendship with Delhi. What are the prospects for Moscow in the region?

Evrensel: Syria and Turkey pursue opposite counter-terrorism policy

The meeting of the Turkish and Syrian administrations in Moscow is a victory for Moscow, writes Evrensel. The beginning of the settlement of the Syrian crisis has been laid. However, it is impossible to quickly resolve a conflict that lasts for years, especially when the parties have different ideas about terrorism, the author of the article believes.

FA: Moscow knows what it's doing

The Russian armed forces are achieving disproportionately high results using a relatively small number of weapons, writes Foreign Affairs columnist Barry Posen. The Russian army is disabling the power grid of Ukraine, thereby depriving the Armed Forces of the ability to use air defense systems, control and intelligence gathering.

Economist: Zaluzhny predicted a new Russian offensive

The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, said in an interview with The Economist that he expects Russian troops to attack Kiev in the coming months. In addition, the Ukrainian commander-in-chief spoke about the effectiveness of Russian mobilization and the possibility of Ukraine's offensive on Crimea.

The Ukrainian army is ready to defend Kiev, a deeply echeloned defense has been created around the city. This was stated by the commander of the defense forces of the capital Alexander Pavlyuk.