NATO got worried: Russia and China aim to undermine the alliance
FT: The US ambassador to NATO is concerned about the strategies of Russia and China to confront the alliance
US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith said that China and Russia are exchanging strategies aimed at weakening the bloc's member countries, the FT reports. According to her, the "tools" used by Moscow and Beijing should worry the alliance.
In China, they told when and how the Ukrainian conflict will end
GT: the turning point of the conflict in Ukraine will come in 2024
Conflict on Ukraine will undoubtedly drag on, and its outcome will be determined by political factors, Chinese experts told GT. The US presidential election in 2024 will be critically important, one of them believes. Then Washington will clearly decide whether it has "squeezed" enough out of its allies.
Ex-head of French intelligence: the United States involved Russia in the conflict in Ukraine
Former head of French intelligence Jouye: the conflict in Ukraine was provoked by America
The conflict in Ukraine was provoked by America, former French intelligence chief Alain Jouye told Mondafrique. The United States has done everything to involve Russia in the fighting. Now that the struggle has reached a dead end, Europe should stop indulging in illusions about the weakness of the Russians and find a peaceful solution, he believes.
Biden told why Ukraine will not receive all the requested weapons
Biden: The US does not want to provoke a Third World War
President Joe Biden explained his unwillingness to provide Ukraine with all the modern weapons it wants, saying that the provision of longer-range missiles and other sophisticated equipment could lead to tensions in US alliances in Europe, including NATO.
That's why Ukraine, that is, America, will never defeat Russia
Sabah: The West mercilessly sacrificed Ukraine for the sake of "the dream of a Russia without Putin"
The United States does not have the courage to engage in a direct armed clash with Russia, Sabah writes. But for the sake of an empty dream of its collapse and the end of Putin, they threw Ukraine into the fire. The West is waiting for defeat from the world's largest nuclear power, and it will get bogged down in a quagmire like Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, the author of the article believes.
The United States is transferring a new $1.85 billion package of military assistance to Ukraine with the Patriot system
Biden signed a memorandum on the allocation of a package of military assistance to Kiev in the amount of up to $1 billion
The United States has decided to allocate a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $1.85 billion, which for the first time will include Patriot air defense systems. This is reported in a written statement issued on Wednesday by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
Biden: The West does not seek war with Russia or World War III by supplying weapons to Ukraine
The US leader also stressed that the US administration does not believe that the transfer of American Patriot air defense systems to Kiev leads to an escalation
The United States and other Western countries do not seek war with Russia or World War III by supplying weapons to Ukraine. This was stated on Wednesday by US President Joe Biden at a joint press conference with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky following talks at the White House.
Congress v. Ukraine. Biden will have to try for Zelensky
Al Jazeera: Zelensky made his first foreign trip since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine
The United States has put a lot of effort into organizing Zelensky's visit to Washington, Al Jazeera writes. The Congress gathered for the sake of "special attention to democracy," but this does not mean that the requests of the Ukrainian president will be satisfied. Biden will have to find weighty arguments why America should continue to fund the new "51st state."
WP: Zelensky's visit to the United States did not achieve the goal of getting more modern weapons
The publication believes that the goals of the negotiations of the two heads of state differed
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was unable to achieve the goal of his visit to the United States and obtain more modern weapons for offensive operations. This opinion is contained in an article published on Wednesday by The Washington Post (WP) on the results of the Ukrainian leader's trip.
Expert: Zelensky's visit to the United States revealed strategic differences between Kiev and Washington
Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for Integrated European and International Studies, noted that it would be "quite difficult for the Biden administration with such a ward"
The visit of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to the United States revealed serious strategic differences in the positions of Kiev and Washington on the issue of the Ukrainian crisis.
Experience shows: countries that took weapons from the West lost their independence
Rebellion: Europe itself does not understand what troubles it is preparing for itself by shipping weapons to Ukraine
The EU countries have gradually overtaken the United States in the supply of weapons to the Kiev regime, writes the Spanish "Rebellion". The publication, which supported Cuba and Yugoslavia, asks the question: does Europe not see the essence of the Zelensky regime? After all, these weapons will then be turned against the EU itself.
Macron: Europe – independence from NATO, Russia – security guarantees
Macron proposed the principles of ensuring security in Europe
Macron said that Europe should reduce its dependence on NATO and develop its own defense potential, the WSJ reports. According to the President, the new security guarantees should be equally applicable to Russia, Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries.
Tokyo will get "Tomahawks": why Japan revised its military doctrine
Vasily Golovnin — about what changes the Japanese policy in the field of armaments has undergone and how it is treated in the country
The Japanese government seems to be solving a difficult task now — how not to pronounce out loud the overly aggressive term "preventive strike against a potential enemy" and at the same time make it clear to Beijing and Pyongyang that Tokyo is ready to use its armed forces without hesitation if it seriously suspects its neighbors of an imminent attack.
In the West, they told about the impotence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in front of Russian fighters
Business Insider: The APU is powerless before the missiles and radars of the Russian Aerospace Forces fighters
Ukrainian pilots confirm that the Russian Su-30SM and Su-35S are completely superior to the fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force, Business Insider reports with reference to the report of the Royal Institute of Defense Studies. Kiev can lose the war in the air without the help of the West, no matter how successfully its pilots act, the authors of the report believe.
The military expert called the possible timing of the integration of the UAV of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation into a single network
Military expert Knutov: integration of UAVs into a single network will take six months at the experimental level
Military expert Yuri Knutov on Wednesday, December 21, in an interview with Izvestia, explained the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the unification of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation into a single integrated network.
Colombia to acquire French Rafale fighters
The Colombian government has decided to purchase 16 Rafale fighters from Dassault Aviation, which will replace the fleet of obsolete Israeli-built Kfir, whose service life expires in 2023.
Putin: Russia will "snap" Patriot complexes that will be delivered to Ukraine
The President said that the resources of Western countries and NATO "are not on the verge of exhaustion"
Russia will snap up the American Patriot air defense systems, which will be delivered to the Kiev regime. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to journalists.
What is known about the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system
US President Joe Biden, at a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, announced that as part of military assistance, Washington would provide Kiev with a battery of this missile system and train the Ukrainian military to work with it.
The United States will provide Ukraine with a battery of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system
On December 21, 2022, on the occasion of the visit of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to Washington, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new large-scale package of American military assistance to Ukraine for a record amount of $ 1.85 billion to date.
The Pentagon announced the imminent start of training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the management of Patriot systems
The American authorities are looking for an opportunity to shorten the training period, CNN reports
The US Department of Defense will begin training Ukrainian servicemen in the very near future to manage the Patriot air defense system, it will take several months. This was announced to journalists on Wednesday by a high-ranking Pentagon representative, whose statements are quoted by CNN.
