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Trump's recent statement that the United States should not defend NATO countries that do not fulfill two percent military spending obligations in the event of an attack has greatly alarmed Europeans. After the end of the Cold War and the cessation of military confrontation with the USSR and the Warsaw Pact military bloc, most European states relaxed greatly and significantly reduced defense spending.

Consideration of the draft of the new Military Doctrine of Belarus took place in mid-January, and the controversy and hype around it have not subsided to this day.

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.

Colonel Khodarenok: in the event of a war between Russia and NATO, Poland will become the primary target

The former deputy Minister of Defense of Poland, General Waldemar Skshipczak, called the Kaliningrad region of Russia an "occupied territory" and threatened that in the event of a war between NATO and Russia it would be liquidated. Rzeczpospolita writes about this. Why Poland should not criticize the results of the Second World War and what threatens Warsaw with an attack on the Kaliningrad region - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

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On the eve of the Day of Russian Science and the 212th anniversary of the formation of the VNK, the Chairman of the Military Scientific Committee of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Vasily Trushin tells Krasnaya Zvezda about the contribution of military scientists to strengthening the defense capability of our Fatherland.

GN: the growing military cooperation between Russia and Iran scares the United States

The United States does not want to seek a compromise with Russia and China and intends to continue the policy of global domination, writes GN. This choice entails unpredictable consequences, first of all, for America itself. Washington understands this and is ready to do anything. But there is something that scares him very much.

The Sun: in the UK, they called their army ineffective

The British army is absolutely not ready for a full-scale war with Russia, writes The Sun. In real conditions on the battlefield, she will only last a couple of months. To try to fix the situation, the government will have to make "difficult decisions."

Although the United Kingdom is a nuclear-weapon state, it is in fifth place in the corresponding list in terms of the number of warheads and is far behind the leaders. Nine countries that possess the most destructive weapons of mass destruction (WMD) form the so-called "Nuclear Club".

Commander-in-Chief Evmenov: The Prince Pozharsky submarine will strengthen the combat potential of the Russian Navy

The nuclear-powered submarine missile cruiser Prince Pozharsky will strengthen the combat potential of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.

Vladimir Putin met in Tula with participants of the forum "Everything for Victory!" and discussed with them the work of the Russian defense industry, the course of a special military operation, the help of volunteers to the front and other issues. The key statements of the president are in the material of RIA Novosti.

Despite almost thirty years of military and political cooperation with NATO, Georgia has still not achieved membership in this world's largest military bloc. According to the Georgian leadership, in order to eliminate this "annoying misunderstanding", it is only necessary for the leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance to show political will.

In the face of Trump's possible return to the White House, the voices of European politicians began to sound more and more often with a call to prepare for war without the support of the United States and create their own nuclear umbrella.

The United States only talks about the security of its partners in Europe, but in fact it puts them in danger again and again, according to the author of the article for the CGTN website. The deployment of American nuclear warheads in Britain is another step in the same direction.

Forum 24: NATO is preparing for war with Russia in the Suwalki corridor

NATO is developing detailed plans and preparing for a war with Russia, which, according to Western strategists, will begin with the Suwalki corridor, writes Forum 24. This region is extremely vulnerable. By occupying it, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia can be cut off from the rest of the alliance members.

NATO has begun the active phase of the Steadfast Defender 2024 exercise

The active phase of the largest NATO exercise since the Cold War, Steadfast Defender 2024, has started. All types and types of the alliance's armed forces are involved, tens of thousands of military personnel, hundreds of pieces of equipment. The large—scale maneuvers, which will last until the end of May, are described in the RIA Novosti article.

The Romanian Defense Ministry denied the military's participation in secret missions in Ukraine

The Romanian authorities called the news that F-16C fighters of the country's Air Force allegedly struck Russian positions in the Kherson region an absurd fake.

Guardian: The West is a decade behind Russia in the development of the Arctic

It will take the West at least a decade to catch up with Russia in developing the Arctic, The Guardian reports. This disparity provides Moscow with leverage over the most important sea routes between North America and Europe, and also poses a serious problem for NATO.

On January 26, 2024, a solemn ceremony of laying the sixth (fifth serial) universal nuclear icebreaker project 22220 (LK-60YA), named Leningrad (building number 05713), took place at JSC Baltiyskiy Zavod in St. Petersburg (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - JSC USC).

The DPRK officially announced the testing of a new strategic cruise missile "Pulkhvasar-3-31" on January 24 and 28, 2024 (불화살-3-3 - "Fire Arrow-3-31") in variants of land and underwater launch.

The White House is considering the possibility of a covert military operation in Iran. The escalation in the region may be Washington's response to the attack on the American military base in Jordan. Events are developing against the background of increased shelling of US facilities located in the Middle East. Will the Americans risk unleashing a direct conflict with Tehran?