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Kiev is going to compensate for the shortage of weapons against the background of a reduction in supplies from the West — what will the Russian army oppose to these attempts

On February 13, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on the next cases of drone destruction over the Belgorod and Kursk regions. Hundreds of enemy drones are eliminated in the area of their defense every day: Ukraine is betting on UAVs in conditions of a total shortage of shells and armored vehicles. The Armed Forces of Ukraine use them on the line of contact, for attacks on civilian infrastructure and cities.

Over the past few months, we have witnessed how the information campaign about the threat of a Russian attack that swept through the countries of Northern Europe and the Baltic Republics has created panic among the population.

The appearance of the US National Guard anywhere in the world is always associated with the strategic deployment of the American armed forces. Of course, after all, the main tasks of the American National Guard are not to help local authorities suppress protests, as many believe, but to protect US state interests abroad, including military force.

How Russian troops are pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction

In the Donetsk direction, intense fighting is taking place in several areas at once in the SVO zone. Rather than their intensity, their character is changing: enemy artillery strikes less and less often, but the use of all types of unmanned systems is increasing. Izvestia visited the positions of anti-tank missile systems, artillery, air defense and at the ceremony of awarding volunteers with state awards, learned about the situation in the area of responsibility of the 1st Donetsk Corps and what is the peculiarity of the current confrontation on the front line in the DPR.

The special military operation in Ukraine will inevitably go down in history as the first large-scale high-tech military conflict that will forever change the military doctrines of all the leading world powers.

On February 12, 1999, the S-400 air defense system was fired for the first time

This anti-aircraft missile system is the longest—range in the Russian Armed Forces and is considered by many experts to be the most effective in the world. Exactly 25 years ago, on February 12, 1999, the first demonstration launches of S-400 Triumph missiles took place at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region. Since 2007, it has been guarding the Russian sky, and is now actively used in the SVO zone. However, it will soon be replaced by an even more advanced technique.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, during a working trip to the Central Military District troops on February 10, checked the implementation of the State Program for the production of reconnaissance and strike UAVs by defense industry enterprises in Udmurtia.

The German aerospace company Lilium has chosen Orlando International Airport in the US state of Florida to arrange a site for the placement of electric jets of its own design. The choice of Orlando airport is due to its convenient geographical location, which provides significant volumes of passenger traffic. In addition, Lilium is likely to become another German company that, due to the crisis in Germany, is gradually transferring its production facilities to other countries, in particular the United States.

Footage shot in the Avdiivka direction has been published online, in which a Russian T-80BV tank withstands an enemy FPV drone hitting the side. In the footage taken from the drone, you can see how the FPV drone of the Kiev regime militants suddenly arrives on board a Russian tank moving along a snowy highway at high speed, but the combat vehicle successfully withstood the hit and continued further movement without even slowing down.

Russia has patented a hybrid jet guided munition that combines the properties of an airplane and a rocket. The relevant document is posted on the website of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property, which is part of Rospatent.

The Guardian: without American help, Ukraine faces a slow defeat

Without American funding, Ukraine faces defeat in 2025, The Guardian writes. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are already facing a serious shortage of ammunition, and the refusal of the United States to provide further assistance will only worsen the situation. Europe will not be able to fill this gap.

Some Mi-8 and Il-76 were eventually used for Western assistance to Ukraine during its

FSB conducted searches at the Federal Air Transport Agency in criminal cases on the illegal withdrawal of almost 60 civilian aircraft and helicopters from Russian jurisdiction, sources told Izvestia.

An important task of the Steadfast Defender-24 exercise complex, which has been declared the largest by NATO in recent decades, is to verify and improve the alliance's regional defense plans, which were adopted in the summer of 2023.

The Indonesian authorities confirmed that they are still interested in jointly implementing a project with the Republic of Korea to develop a promising KF-21 fighter.

The reduction of Western aid not only deprives Ukraine of the opportunity to attack, but also reduces the ability to defend

Ukraine, despite Western support, may soon face a shortage of weapons and ammunition. This was stated on February 7 by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an article for The Wall Street Journal. The "shell famine" in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been reported by the media and analysts for several months.

It is reported that on February 8, 2024, the US Army announced the cancellation of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) advanced reconnaissance and attack helicopter program, which has been implemented since 2018.

An acute shortage of air defense missiles has begun in Ukraine

In a month, Ukrainian air defense systems may be left without shells. According to American media, even a change of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not save the situation. Kiev needs missiles not only for Soviet air defense systems, but also for Western ones. Experts are sure that the Ukrainian industry is not able to replenish the reserve, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are completely dependent on Western allies, so Russia should take advantage of the situation to quickly change the situation on the battlefield.

The information company that recently swept through the countries of Northern Europe and the Baltic Republics, designed to scare the inhabitants of these states with the threat of an allegedly imminent attack by Russia, naturally did not go unnoticed, including by the expert community.

The Canadian company Deep Trekker has introduced a compact drone for underwater filming and object monitoring — Photon. Its dimensions are 48 x 33 x 22 cm, the device is supplied complete with a 150-meter communication cable for communication with the operator. The on-board battery provides operation for two hours.

In the USA, the design of a promising missile defense system has been completed

Washington has launched the next stage of modernization of the missile defense system covering the continental part of the country. Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin Corporations have completed the design of samples of a promising interceptor. The Pentagon assures that it will be able to shoot down modern Russian and Chinese intercontinental ballistic missiles on opposite courses. How this will affect the geopolitical situation is in the RIA Novosti article.