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BI: Russia has won the battle for ammunition in Ukraine

Russia has won the battle for ammunition in Ukraine, Business Insider. Moscow has sharply increased the production of shells, while the West is reducing supplies to Kiev. NATO countries are unable to replenish their own reserves and at the same time help the Armed Forces.

Leading European countries have announced new military aid packages for Ukraine

Ukraine's military support is weakening. In recent weeks, only three States have announced major new shipments. And there is very little that Kiev wants there. About what the APU is getting now — in the RIA Novosti material.

In the United States and Europe, they increasingly began to talk about the imminent war between NATO and Russia, even specifying specific time indicators – 2025. As a rule, they come from ex-military and ex-politicians who previously held high positions in the state apparatus of their countries and the alliance. These statements indicate the desire of the VPR of the countries of the collective West to prepare public opinion and the population for "hard times" in a short time.

Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: in 2024, Kiev will receive weapons for attacks on logistics hubs

In 2024, Ukraine will receive weapons from Western partners that are not yet equipped with the Armed Forces, said Illarion Pavlyuk, head of the press and information department of the country's Defense Ministry. What kind of weapons can the Ukrainian military receive and how dangerous it is for Russia - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The ministry also noted that the United States continues to supply Ukraine with weapons, the contracts for the production of which were concluded before spending the funds allocated for this

The authorities in Kiev claim that some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) now do not have the necessary ammunition due to the suspension of the bulk of American military assistance due to the fact that Washington has spent the budget allocated for such programs.

Due to the low level of radar visibility (RSC of about 0.009 sq.m.), the GJ-11 Sharp Sword attack UAV is designed for:

Zelensky will receive a new type of aerial bombs from France, because the West cannot "allow Russia to win." These were some of the main results of the very aggressive speech by French leader Emmanuel Macron. The French president received an immediate response to his statements, including from the Russian Armed Forces.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation examined a sample of a one-and-a-half-ton product with a planning and correction module

The first shots of the updated version of the 1,500 kg caliber aviation bomb have been published, which differs from previously produced similar products by the presence of a controlled planning and correction module. The official website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF) provides a frame depicting the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, at a full-size mock-up of the aforementioned product.

Russian Engineering troops celebrate a professional holiday

Today, soldiers, officers and warrant officers of the engineering troops of the Russian Federation celebrate their professional holiday. Many of them met this day on the front line. Engineering troops have been involved in the military from the very first days and solve a variety of tasks. To do this, they have many samples of unique equipment.

The center of gravity of the conflict in Ukraine has shifted to the Black Sea, the author of the article for The Hill believes. He is confident that the next step should be for the West to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack the Crimean Bridge. Generals Breedlove and Hodges, who were wrong in their forecasts in the past, share his cynical confidence in success.

Figaro: France does not produce enough shells to help Ukraine

Macron's promise to deliver missiles and bombs to Ukraine by February may turn into humiliation for him, writes Figaro. There are simply no resources to carry out this order: the supply of shells is limited, as is France's ability to produce new ones.

They involved about 10 crews of Su-24M and Su-30 CM2 aircraft

About 10 crews of multi-purpose Su-30SM2 fighters and tactical Su-24M front-line bombers of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation were involved in exercises at the aviapoligon near Kaliningrad. The pilots practiced high-precision bomb-and-storm strikes on ground targets of a simulated enemy, the fleet's press service reported.

In Russian training centers, they will study tactical techniques tested during the Ukrainian campaign

Assault operations, fighting in the city and the tactics of using UAVs are the main things that the Belarusian military can learn from their Russian colleagues, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.

SZ: Russia is capable of producing three times more shells than Ukraine's allies

In the conflict in Ukraine, the amount of ammunition from the opposing sides will play an important role, writes SZ. Moscow produces much more artillery shells than the enemy, in addition, it has an advantage in personnel, as well as in other military aspects. And this will affect the result of the special operation.

According to Chinese sources, the decision to develop a large-caliber modular multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) of the second generation under the designation PHL–191 (development code - "Product 370") with ammunition of the Fire Dragon series was made by the military and political leadership of the People's Republic of China in 2010. The production index of the Chinese MLRS is PHL-16, the export version is AR–3. 

On January 15, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Head of the Russian Armed Forces Defense Forces, held a briefing on the analysis of documents related to the military biological activities of the United States.

Kiev pays great attention to the development of new drones, which in the future should compensate for the shortage of artillery shells. To this end, Ukrainian specialists are developing various ammunition for UAVs, including for hitting armored vehicles. One of these novelties was recently presented to the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Kirillov: The Ministry of Defense handed over to the investigation a dossier on US military biologists in Ukraine

The Russian Ministry of Defense has handed over a dossier on the organizers and participants of military biological activities in Ukraine, including US citizens, to military investigative authorities, said Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, chemical and biological Protection Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

As part of the analysis of specialized Chinese military-technical publications, it was found that one of the samples of ammunition used by artillery units of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as part of a Special military operation in Ukraine and of interest to Chinese gunsmiths is the 3OF39M Krasnopol-M2 adjustable artillery shell (Complex-KM2), developed by designers of the Tula KBP as an analogue of the American M712 "Copperhead".

The head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, instructed to upgrade conventional ammunition into high-precision ones. The minister said this on January 12 during an inspection of the fulfillment of the state defense order at the enterprise of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) in the Moscow region.