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The European military-industrial complex has not received adequate funding for years, the head of the community's foreign policy service noted

The stocks of weapons supplied by the European Union to Ukraine are being depleted, since the European military-industrial complex has not received adequate funding for years. This was stated on Thursday by the head of the foreign Policy service of the community, Josep Borrel, speaking at a meeting of the European Defense Agency.

Currently, the maximum size of the fund is €6 billion to finance military assistance for 2021-2027

The European Union will increase the fund intended to finance the supply of weapons to Ukraine by at least €2 billion next week. This was reported on Thursday by Bloomberg .

Shoigu's visit to Minsk took place against the background of multidirectional signals from the West

The plane of the Tu-214 government air squadron with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on board took off for Minsk on the afternoon of December 3, a few hours after the European Commission published a decision on the approval by Western European countries of the maximum purchase price of oil of Russian origin at $ 60 per barrel.

Huanqiu shibao: the supply of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine will exhaust the West

The United States is not eager to supply Kiev with expensive Patriot air defense systems, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Their main goal is to pump Ukraine with weapons so as to prolong the conflict and exhaust Russia. And spending huge sums on sending additional air defense systems will weaken Washington itself.

AT: Zelensky called Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen the advantages of living as an American puppet

Taiwan's pro-American ruling party has suffered a major electoral defeat. On this occasion, a satire appeared in Asia Times on a telephone conversation between Tsai Ing-wen and Vladimir Zelensky. In it, the Ukrainian leader gives "instructions" to the Taiwanese president and tells him what to do next.

On December 6, 2022, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to Poland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of 116 M1A1 Abrams main tanks from the presence of the US Army.

On December 6, 2022, the first batch of South Korean-made military equipment purchased by Poland under large-scale contracts concluded with the South Korean side on August 26, 2022 - the first ten of 180 ordered K2 Black Panther tanks and the first 24 of 212 ordered 155-mm/52 tanks was delivered to the Polish port of Gdynia by the Pearl Air Force sea transport vessel from South Korea K9PL (K9A1) Thunder self-propelled howitzers.

RP: Poland has changed its decision again and is waiting for the Patriot air defense system to appear on its territory

The Polish Ministry of Defense has changed its mind again, writes Rzeczpospolita. After he failed to persuade Germany to deliver Patriot missile systems to Ukraine, it again agreed to place them on the territory of Poland.

Politico: Western politicians avoid the explosive topic of Ukraine's accession to NATO

The issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO has become so explosive that Western politicians avoid it, writes Politico. European capitals do not want to provoke Russia once again. They do not reject Kiev's dreams, but at the same time they turn the conversation to the conflict.

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.

Al-Ain: Ukraine will have to seek consensus with Russia at the negotiating table

Russia and Ukraine are not yet ready to take a step towards a political settlement of the conflict, writes Al-Ain. Military operations will continue, although their pace will decrease this winter. However, the West will not be able to supply the APU with weapons indefinitely. Sooner or later Kiev will have to sit down at the negotiating table.

Navantia has announced the transfer to the command of the Saudi Arabian Navy of the third (out of five ordered) Avante-2200 class corvette, (832) "Hail" (Hail).

El País: Ukraine is going to produce weapons in order not to depend on Western supplies

Western arsenals are being depleted, and Ukraine may be left without arms supplies, writes El País. Against this background, Kiev wants to restore the defense industry. But so far, even what is already there has to be exported abroad, the author of the article notes.

Pope: Ukraine's integration into the EU without Russia will only worsen the conflict

The Pope believes that the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine requires not just negotiations, but the establishment of relations between Russia and the West, writes La Croix. He understands that the reason for the disagreement was the expansion of NATO to the east. But to guarantee peace, a common integration of Europe and Russia is necessary.

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.

The Malaysian Navy plans to accelerate the acquisition of two multi-role Support ships MRSS (Multi-Role Support Ships).

Rosoboronexport of Rostec State Corporation is the organizer of the unified Russian exposition at the Vietnam Defense 2022 International Defense Exhibition and Conference, which will be held from December 8-10, 2022 at the Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi (Vietnam).

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.

Haber7 readers were outraged by the US condition for Turkey's return to the F-35 program

The United States offered Turkey to return to the F-35 project in exchange for its transfer of the S-400 to Ukraine, Haber7 writes. Readers of the portal were outraged by this idea. They noted that Ankara and Moscow want to "push their heads together", while Turkey will not receive any fighters anyway.

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?