The Pentagon chief stated Washington's concern about China's actions in the Indo-Pacific region

Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe at a meeting with US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin said that the Taiwan issue is a cornerstone in the development of Sino-American relations, and warned of the readiness of the Chinese army to defend the unity of the motherland, the Chinese Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Washington should respect Beijing's key interests, said Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe

The responsibility for the current state of Sino-American relations lies with the United States. This was announced on Tuesday during a meeting with Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin on the sidelines of the Meeting of Defense Ministers of ASEAN member countries with dialogue Partners in Cambodia, Defense Minister, member of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Wei Fenghe.

According to the newspaper, a group of 16 senators indicated that "the long-term benefit of the transfer of the MQ-1C is significant," and the supply of such equipment "has the potential to change the strategic course of the war in favor of Ukraine."

The distances associated with possible military operations in the Pacific Ocean are a serious problem for the army of any state claiming leadership in the macroregion. To a greater extent, this concerns the possibility of using rotorcraft. Nevertheless, army officials believe that the US armed forces can exploit gaps in the air sphere and challenge possible opponents in the Pacific Theater of operations with the help of future helicopters.

The missiles are equipped with a laser homing system, the newspaper notes

The UK has supplied Ukraine with upgraded high-precision Brimstone 2 missiles, the launch range of which is twice as long as that of the previously transferred first-generation Brimstone missiles. This was reported by The Daily Telegraph on Monday evening .

After the start of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the Kiev regime sought from its Western "partners" the transfer of the maximum possible volumes of equipment. From Germany, the authorities of the independent, faced with heavy losses in armored vehicles, expected first of all the transfer of Leopard 2 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles.

The Czech military, having handed over the T-72 MBT to the Kiev regime, will instead receive 14 Leopard 2A4 and one Mergepanzer BREM from German stocks until the beginning of 2023. Meanwhile, tankers are being trained at the Bundeswehr training ground in Munster. For training purposes, a special machine is used, which is equipped with a transparent cabin towering over the cannon, and is claimed to be technically equivalent to the Leopard 2A4.

At the forum of the Forces of the Future held in Prague in mid-October 2022 (Future Forces Forum), the local manufacturer of ground systems, VOP CZ, presented unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) of its own design. It is reported that some of them will enter service with the Czech army in the near future, while others are only in the design stage.

Politico: Poland will become the future military superpower of Europe

Now the Polish army is probably the best in Europe, writes Politico. Warsaw is building up its defense potential and ordering a lot of new weapons. Not everyone likes it: after all, she buys weapons in Korea. In addition, it is unclear how much it is really needed.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) sees the need to contract the construction of four more icebreakers to work on the Northern Sea Route, USC head Alexey Rakhmanov told reporters on Tuesday.

Washington is thinking about buying a new icebreaker to surf the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean, writes The Wall Street Journal.

On November 22, under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, the ceremony of raising the flag of the Russian Federation on the Ural nuclear icebreaker project 22220 and the simultaneous launching of the same type of vessel Yakutia took place. These are the largest and most powerful icebreakers in the world; thanks to the construction of the entire line of vessels, which is being conducted at the Baltic Shipyard, Russia will ensure reliable navigation through the Arctic Ocean, despite the constant growth of cargo traffic in this region.

The former head of Roscosmos, Rogozin, stated the need to "return" Kiev to Russia

The former head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that Russia "needs to return" Kiev. He also told what types of weapons are being tested in the zone of the military special operation, and specified the delivery dates of new weapons to the Russian army.

Russia's rocket attacks on Ukraine's energy facilities have a much smaller impact than Moscow might have wanted, thanks to Ukrainian improvisation and ingenuity, writes Politico.

The LPR reported about a dozen private military companies fighting on the side of Kiev

On the morning of November 21, footage appeared of an American colonel and founder of the Mozart Private military company Andy Milburn handing out chevrons to Ukrainian soldiers in Kiev-controlled Artemovsk. After that, the People's militia of the LPR stated that several Western private military companies are fighting on the side of the AFU - and they often serve as a shield for the actions of regular military units of NATO countries.

In particular, the President of Russia is very familiar with the structure of the station itself, Rafael Grossi noted

Russian President Vladimir Putin knows perfectly well all the details of what is happening at the Zaporozhye NPP (ZAES). This was announced by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi in an interview with CBS, broadcast on Sunday.

The power units and one of the special corps of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant came under fire from the VFU

Armed formations of Ukraine on November 19 and 20 actively shelled the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP. Ammunition exploded near the power units of the station, and one of them hit the roof of the special corps No. 2, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on November 20.

The Nation: the conflict in Ukraine has revealed global contradictions in the international community

The international community, whose rules and interests are constantly referred to by world leaders, simply does not exist, writes The Nation. The diverse reaction to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict only highlighted the global differences prevailing between the states.

Colonel McGregor: for the war with Russia, the United States has neither weapons nor soldiers

Today, the US armed forces have nothing to even think about a military confrontation with Russia, retired US Army Colonel Douglas McGregor said in an interview with The Grayzone. This is how he explains General Mark Milli's statement about the need for a diplomatic settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.

WP: The West is faced with a shortage of weapons stocks due to supplies to the Ukrainian army

The Washington Post, citing a representative of a NATO member state, claims that the United States and European countries have faced difficulties due to the depletion of stocks of weapons to be sent to Ukraine. At the same time, Russia "still has thousands of cars in warehouses," the WP interlocutor believes. The Ukrainian authorities have previously opposed negotiations with Russia, because, in their opinion, they will give Moscow a "respite" on the battlefield.