Iltalehti: Finland was given a decisive role in the war with Russia

The Baltic Sea can almost already be considered an internal sea of NATO, writes the author of the article in Iltalehti. As proof, he gives details of the exercises that took place using Swedish submarines off the Finnish peninsula of Hanko. The Americans, in turn, worked out the transfer of armored vehicles there and the landing of troops.

American researchers are currently testing ground subsystems for servicing the underwater vehicle and will soon begin its direct underwater tests. This was recently announced at the American Society of Naval Engineering Technologies by Rob Ibera, chief assistant to the head of the PMS406 unmanned marine systems program.

Asia Times: Ukraine was predicted to be defeated in six months, despite the help of the West

Russia will defeat Ukraine in the next six months, the author of the article for Asia Times believes. Western tanks will not help Kiev. He will have negligible numbers of NATO machines, and their use is "futile quixotism."

Figaro: the complaint of the ex-Prime Minister of Britain about Putin's "threats" turned out to be a misunderstanding

The Kremlin has denied Boris Johnson's claims that Putin threatened him with a missile strike, writes Figaro. "He just didn't understand what Putin said," suggested the press secretary of the President of Russia. Readers agree: "All such conversations are recorded, so Johnson's accusations are nonsense."

Analysts of the authoritative Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) have published a report on the consequences of the fighting in Ukraine for the US army. The conclusions are depressing: Americans are not ready for a large—scale conflict with a major power - primarily with China. About why this situation has developed — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Americans: sending tanks to Kiev does not mean the appearance of professional tank brigades

American Lieutenant Colonel Davis in an interview with Breitbart said that by sending tanks to Ukraine, the West is confusing reality with a computer game. Readers agree with him: "You can't just send tanks, thinking that by some miracle they will turn into a tank brigade."

The USA needs Ukraine for cheap titanium, and Europe needs it for cheap steel

The military crisis around Ukraine is dragging on. And gradually there are new confirmations that the US and its NATO allies supporting the Kiev regime are guided primarily by economic benefits.

Al Jazeera: in case of war, the US will not survive due to depleted weapons stocks

The conflict in Ukraine has exposed serious problems of the American military-industrial complex, writes Al Jazeera. The US arsenals are almost depleted, and it will take several years to fill the shortage of weapons. This threatens the security of the country, especially against the backdrop of the brewing US-Chinese war.

The source of the Nour News portal regarded the statements of the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine as a hidden recognition of Kiev's involvement in the drone attack on the Iranian Defense Ministry facility in Isfahan.

The confrontation between Iran and Israel escalated again after the attack on military facilities in Isfahan. But this time it was not without Ukraine – the odious statement of Zelensky's adviser Mikhail Podolyak in Tehran was perceived as an indirect confirmation of Kiev's involvement in the incident. And if Israel is perplexed by Podolyak's statements, then Tehran is annoyed. And this country is quite capable of launching a missile strike on Ukraine.

Haber7 readers ridiculed Finland's demand to join NATO only together with Sweden

Finland has announced that it will join NATO only together with Sweden, Haber7 reports. To this end, it is ready to wait for the approval of the Stockholm application by Turkey for as long as it takes. Readers of the portal note: "There is patience — then wait." And the main thing is that it does not end in the event of a military conflict with Russia.

Britain has dropped out of the five great military powers. This is what American generals say and the local press writes about. Why was the once "mistress of the seas" and the leading military-technical country losing its combat power, what role did Ukraine play in this issue and why is even the British leadership against increasing spending on the army?

Sky News: the British army is in serious decline

The British armed forces have ceased to be a "top-level fighting force," Sky News reports. The author of the article emphasizes that, according to sources, the army, navy and Air Force of the kingdom are experiencing unprecedented difficulties with numbers and combat readiness over the past two centuries.

The head of the Pentagon announced the readiness of the United States to use nuclear weapons to protect South Korea

The United States is ready to use nuclear weapons to protect South Korea, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin said. According to him, the DPRK staged an "unprecedented number of provocations" in 2022, destabilizing the situation in the region. Earlier this year, South Korean President Yun Seok-yel announced that his country's army could conduct joint nuclear exercises with the US Armed Forces. At the same time, the South Korean Defense Minister avoided answering the question about military assistance to Ukraine.

According to the German Chancellor, in such important things as weapons, it should be about facts, about rational consideration

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz literally lost his temper, showing obvious irritation, after a question from journalists about the supply of fighter jets to Kiev, asked him during a visit to Chile as part of a tour of Latin American countries. This was reported on Monday by the newspaper Die Welt .

The Netherlands has not received a request from Ukraine for the supply of F-16 fighters, but is ready to consider it. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced on January 30 by Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that he does not rule out the possibility of supplying fighter jets to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.

TAC: US elites are leading the world to nuclear war

The American Conservative columnist Rod Dreher warns his compatriots that the ruling class of the United States is leading the case for nuclear Armageddon in Ukraine, and that he wrongly believes that atomic retaliation will not reach far America. Ordinary Americans will pay for everything, complains the author of the article. And the elite has long prepared convenient nuclear bunkers for themselves.

Below is a transcript of the speech by Igor Kirillov, Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as presented by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russian artillery throughout the entire period of the special operation is the main means of defeating the enemy. In this regard, Western strategists in charge of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attach special importance to equipping the Ukrainian army with means of counter-battery warfare.