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WSJ claims that the US deliberately reduced the firing range of Ukrainian HIMARS

According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States has finalized the M142 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems transferred to Ukraine so that the Ukrainian side could not use them to hit targets deep in Russia. How plausible the information of the American edition is, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

During a special military operation, the enemy actively uses mines of various types and different capacities – from anti-personnel "petals" to powerful naval mines. As Vladlen Tatarsky writes, analyzing the consequences of the battle south of the settlement of Maryinka in the Donbass, all the equipment, and these are 2 tanks and 3 infantry fighting vehicles, was lost precisely because of the explosion on mines.

The US Army announced that on December 3, 2022, it took delivery of the first experimental battery of the new American ground-based mobile missile system Mid-Range Capability (MRC, official name Typhon) manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation. The transferred battery will be used for training and experimental purposes and does not yet have missiles proper.

WSJ: The US secretly lowered the range of HIMARS before sending them to Ukraine

The United States has limited the firing range of HIMARS systems supplied to Ukraine in order to avoid strikes against Russia and increase tensions, the WSJ reports. However, readers of the publication doubt that Kiev can be trusted, and do not rule out an escalation of the conflict.

Germany has announced its intention to become a guarantor of security in Europe, but at the same time admitted that it is not even able to fulfill the NATO directive – to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP. Experts believe that in general, the EU economy is bursting at the seams against the backdrop of multibillion-dollar aid to Ukraine. What role did anti-Russian sanctions play in this and what financial benefits does Washington derive from the situation?

Vyacheslav Filippov — about why Germany is dissatisfied with the purchase of military aircraft in the United States

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on February 27 that the country's authorities would create a special fund totaling €100 billion, which would be used for investments and projects in the field of weapons, including purchases for the Bundeswehr. Funds from this fund will be used, for example, to purchase 35 multifunctional F-35 fighter-bombers manufactured by the American company Lockheed Martin.

The countries of Eastern Europe are experiencing a boom in the military industry, producing "Soviet" samples of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The United States also intends to join this process. How quickly can NATO countries deploy mass production of the Soviet-style ammunition they need and what can Russia oppose to this?

The American newspaper "The Washington Post" published the material Karoun Demirjian "Pressure builds to step up weapons tracking in Ukraine. Legislation would require greater scrutiny of the $20 billion in military aid President Biden has sent Ukraine, and it has bipartisan support" ("Pressure is increasing to tighten control of arms supplies to Ukraine. The draft of the relevant legislation requires a more thorough study of the military assistance in the amount of $ 20 billion that President Biden sent to Ukraine, and it enjoys the support of both parties in the US Congress.")

Dr. Scott Savitz, a senior engineer at the RAND Corporation, which serves as a strategic research center working on orders from the US government, their armed forces and related organizations, spoke about the dangers of drifting mines and the difficulties of dealing with them in his article on the RAND website.

Al Binaa: The West hides the true purpose of arms supplies to the Kiev regime

The media machine of the West continues to spread fakes about the special operation and the supply of weapons to the Kiev regime, writes Al Binaa. But this technique has already proved its inefficiency in Afghanistan. So the superiority on the battlefield will remain with Russia, and the hegemony of the United States will soon come to an end, the author of the article believes.

Although the American space intelligence gives Russia serious trouble

The fighting in Ukraine highlights the trends in the development of modern combat systems, which appeared even before it began. But now these hostilities significantly affect these trends.

19fortyfive: in case of the Ukrainian Armed Forces invading Crimea, Putin may use low-power nuclear weapons

The Ukrainian armed forces do not have sufficient capabilities to attack Crimea, but they could still make such an attempt, the author of the article in 19fortyfive believes. In his opinion, in this case, Vladimir Putin could do the "unthinkable" and use low-power nuclear weapons.

The head of the NSDC Danilov asked Western countries for missiles with a flight range of more than 800 km

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov wrote on Twitter that it is not generators and transformers that will help solve the energy crisis in the country, but missiles with a range of 800 km and above. "Newspaper.Ru" tells what kind of long-range missiles the West has and to which Russian regions they can hypothetically fly if deployed in Ukraine.

The Pentagon may start supplying Ukraine with cheap and non-burdening US military arsenals in the spring. We are talking about aerial bombs that can be launched from the ground using rocket engines from the same HIMARS installations. Their range is 150 kilometers. What do these Pentagon statements mean and how dangerous are the bombs promised to Kiev?

The Swedish Armed Forces Material Support Agency (FMV) supervised the testing of the 48th and last 155-mm Archer self-propelled gun manufactured by BAE Systems Bofors, ordered by the Swedish Armed Forces, at the Karlsborg landfill.

Al Mayadeen: after major losses, the West is actively looking for a way to stop the conflict in Ukraine

In Ukraine, Russia has clearly gained superiority, while the Western alliance is bursting at the seams, writes Al Mayadeen. Economic sanctions, as it turned out, hit Europe more, which is already tired of supporting the Kiev regime. So it is naive to believe that Moscow will decide to surrender, having all the trumps in its hands.

The Reuters news agency, in Mike Stone's article "Exclusive: U.S. weighs sending 100-mile strike weapon to Ukraine" ("The United States is considering the possibility of supplying Ukraine with strike weapons with a range of 100 miles"), reports that the US Department of Defense is considering a proposal from Boeing Corporation to supply Ukraine with a developed for several years together with a Swedish group Saab AB of the new Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) missile system, which is a missile fired from combat vehicles of the M142 HIMARS and M270A1 MLRS ground missile systems, equipped as a warhead with a small-sized GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) of 250 pounds caliber with a planning and correction module. The GLSDB firing range reaches 150 km.

Reuters: Boeing has offered to supply Kiev with ammunition for strikes against Russia

Boeing has offered the United States to supply Ukraine with high-precision ammunition for GLSDB ground-based missile systems, which will allow Kiev to strike "far behind Russia's lines," Reuters writes.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed documents on the activities of the company "Black and Hiv" in the territory controlled by Kiev

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has provided new evidence of joint military-biological activities of the United States and Ukraine. Experts note that such biological weapons are still at the development stage capable of causing an epidemic on a global scale. During the next prisoner exchange, nine servicemen returned home on November 26. Over the weekend, the Russian Armed Forces repulsed several enemy attacks in important strategic areas.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom assured that Kiev will receive support "for as long as it takes"

The UK may increase the volume of military assistance provided to Ukraine in 2023. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, will make such a statement on Monday, excerpts from his speech were distributed by his office on Sunday.