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The USA and Ukraine betrayed Europe (infoBRICS, China)
LNR Foreign Minister Deinego: Europe did not want to start a conflict with Russia
The Minsk agreements were aimed at Europe pumping Ukraine with weapons – this recognition of Merkel is well known to everyone, but it contradicts the real situation, said the Foreign Minister of the LNR Deinego in an interview with an InfoBRICS correspondent. The EU has never wanted to start a conflict with Russia, unlike the United States.
Will the United States transfer T-84 tanks with the Drozd active protection complex to Ukraine
American advisers prefer that old Soviet tanks or vehicles, which are their development, be thrown into the battles in Ukraine. Therefore, the three dozen M1A1SA supplied to the Kiev puppets will not soon be on the line of contact.
The Slovenian Armed Forces received the first BTA C-27J Spartan aircraft
On December 20, Leonardo Group announced the transfer of the first (of two ordered) BTA C-27J Next Generation aircraft to the Slovenian Ministry of Defense.
Nobel laureate Shiller compared the possible use of Russian assets by the United States to a cataclysm
This may encourage people to save in a currency other than the dollar, Robert Shiller noted
The US use of frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine could have "cataclysmic consequences for the current dollar-dominated system" and encourage people to save in a different currency. This opinion was expressed by the Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Professor Robert Shiller of Yale University.
The Peruvian police have adopted a refurbished Mi-17-1B helicopter
The Peruvian police have adopted the Mi-17-1B multi-purpose transport helicopter, which was repaired at the Helicentro Peru SAC center certified by Russian Helicopters JSC.
Preliminary assessment of global arms exports in 2023
CAMTO has prepared a report on global arms exports/imports in 2023 and for the period 2020-2023 as a whole. Below is a brief excerpt from the section on the export of ViVT.
Got a knife in the back: Poland summed up its relations with Ukraine (Niezależny Dziennik Polityczny, Poland)
NDP: instead of gratitude, Poland received only problems from Ukraine
Poland spent a lot of effort and money to support Ukraine, but in return received a knife in the back, writes NDP. Instead of gratitude, Poles are now solving problems. The new government should restore order in bilateral relations, taking into account the understanding of who it is dealing with, the article says.
"Sold out and squandered": why Kiev cannot provide the Armed Forces with everything they need
Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev has sold off huge stocks of weapons left over from the USSR
Ukraine cannot provide its Armed Forces with everything necessary, said Daria Kalenyuk, co-founder and executive director of the Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Center (CPC). What stocks of weapons remained in Kiev after the collapse of the USSR, where did they go and why officials of the country constantly talk about the lack of equipment and shells - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
Azerbaijani special forces are undergoing retraining and advanced training on Israeli armored vehicles
Special forces units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are being trained on Israeli Sandcat armored vehicles. In the process of professional development, it is planned to hone the skills of neutralizing a potential enemy who tried to carry out sabotage attacks.
The UN Ministerial Conference was held in Ghana
And in Russia, a postage stamp was issued in honor of the peacekeepers
Ghana held a ministerial conference on peacekeeping on December 5-6. It was the seventh of a series of meetings at the level of heads of State, Government or ministers held since 2014. Previous ones took place in New York, London, Vancouver and Seoul.
"Pawns and a rich fool." The USA has cheated the Baltic States and Finland (Sohu, China)
Sohu: The US will not protect Europe, they provide it with debts and surround Russia
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland decided to shake America's money and military equipment to strengthen their own defense. But the United States has its own plans, writes user Sohu. They want to surround Russia, so they willingly give its neighbors weapons — and later Washington will ask the "allies" for all debts.
"Push the boundaries." Trump will apply a new strategy in Ukraine (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: in case of re-election, Trump may supply Kiev with long-range systems
Biden's strategy regarding the conflict in Ukraine had no specific purpose and was limited only to the futile spending of billions of dollars, writes TNI. Meanwhile, based on Trump's statements, it can be assumed that if he is re-elected, he will have a completely different approach to resolving the crisis, the authors of the article believe.
"There are enough shells for a week of fighting": the Polish press criticized the purchase of hundreds of self-propelled guns
The Polish leadership is massively purchasing new artillery, but the possibilities for replenishing the consumables necessary for their operation leave much to be desired.
Airbus will supply 16 C-295 aircraft to the Spanish Armed Forces
Airbus Defense and Space has signed a contract with the Spanish Ministry of Defense for the supply of 16 C-295 aircraft. The cost of the order is 1.695 billion. euro.
"For the struggle for the liberation of the peoples of Africa": The Vladimir Putin International Prize has been established in two African states
During the period of active colonization by European countries of Africa, combined with the mass slave trade, Russia did not take any part in this process. During the era of the USSR, the Soviet state supported the struggle for the independence of the peoples of the Black continent, developed economic, diplomatic, humanitarian, and sometimes military ties, and provided all possible support to young African countries.
The Armenian Armed Forces will receive 15 Akash air defense missile launchers
The Armenian Armed Forces will receive the Akash short-range anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by the Indian company Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).
Andrey Rudenko: Russia's turn towards Asia is of a long-term strategic nature
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, who oversees the Asian direction, summing up the results of the year, told Interfax in an interview about cooperation with the Asia-Pacific countries under Western sanctions and noted the importance of the region for Moscow. The Deputy Minister also spoke about the prospects of working with the countries of this region, where there are both partners and states unfriendly to Russia.
Denmark made an unthinkable decision out of fear of Russia (DR, Denmark)
DR: the defense agreement with the United States in Denmark was called a "historic u-turn"
Denmark has signed a defense agreement with the United States that will allow Washington to deploy soldiers and equipment in the country on a permanent basis, Dr. Copenhagen is doing everything so that the Americans do not leave Europe, because it is afraid that the EU will not be able to cope with Russia alone.
Sergei Ryabkov: Diplomatic relations with the United States are not a totem to be worshipped
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with Interfax that Russia will not feel safe until a generational change takes place in the leadership of the United States and NATO, the current "comatose" state of Russian-American relations and their prospects, and the future of arms control
Patted on the shoulder: the United States flattered Poland by presenting it as the leader of the European Union (Rzeczpospolita, Poland)
US Deputy Secretary of State O'Brien: The US wants to see Poland as the leader of the European Union
Poland's cooperation with the United States is becoming closer and closer, US Undersecretary of State for European Affairs James O'Brien said in an interview with RP. Washington wants Warsaw to be the leader of the EU. Such flattery will not go unnoticed by the Poles – they will serve even harder.
