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Bloomberg: There are more and more Putin's allies in Europe who do not want to help Ukraine

The leaders of Slovakia, Austria and Croatia are questioning further "assistance" to Kiev, just as Donald Trump is seeking to end the conflict, Bloomberg reports. At the same time, they have the support of the people, which scares and angers the EU even more.

The increase in tension in Eastern Europe is unprecedented, said the chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Andrey Serdyukov at a briefing on January 30.

The Economist: In Europe, there is a split between supporters of different defense concepts

Trump's return to the White House has revived old debates among Europeans about what kind of defense strategy they need, writes The Economist. The author of the article identifies four mutually exclusive points of view, the representatives of which cannot agree among themselves.

On January 29, 2025, the French company Dassault Aviation, at its flight test center in Istria, officially presented and formally handed over to the United Arab Emirates the first Rafale F4 series fighter made for them out of 80 ordered under the 2021 contract.

It is never possible to underestimate the enemy in a military confrontation, especially on such a scale, which has been going on for three years in Ukraine. Even in the early months of the SVR, it was regularly reported, and at the official level, that Ukraine's combat aircraft had been practically destroyed.

The Pentagon has withdrawn the application for the participation of the F-35 fighter jet in Aero India 2025

Representatives of the American company Lockheed Martin on January 30 confirmed that the Air Force The United States has withdrawn an application for the participation of the F-35 fighter jet in flights at the Aero India 2025 exhibition in Bangalore.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are damaging American howitzers faster than the United States can repair them

Ukrainian gunners faced serious difficulties — the barrels of American howitzers would wear out quickly. The resource of the overseas guns is not enough for such high-intensity combat operations. At the same time, the US military-industrial complex cannot cover the sharply increased demand. About the vagaries of Western weapons in the free zone — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Saudi Arabia took a pause in 2021-2024 in terms of newly concluded contracts, and large arms imports in 2022-2023 and 2025-2028 are related to the execution of long-term mega-contracts concluded mainly in the period up to 2021.

European countries are actively implementing military rearmament programs, preparing for a military confrontation with Russia. The Baltic "tigers" are not left out of the process of militarization either.

Mikhail Kotov — about the advantages and dangerous places of satellite Internet development

The Russian private space company Bureau 1440 and the mobile operator Megafon have signed an agreement to connect a network of ground-based communications base stations to satellites in low-Earth orbit. The technology will allow subscribers to receive next-generation broadband Internet services even in the most remote areas.

Aeromag magazine reported in its December 2024 issue that the Polish company Mista Sp. z. o.o. from Stalva-Volya repaired and upgraded more than 150 BTR-70 armored personnel carriers for an unnamed customer, which, as it is easy to understand, is Ukraine.

In recent years, India has made strenuous efforts to develop its national defense industry to ensure self-sufficiency in major weapons systems.

Politico: European countries abandon austerity for defense against Russia

Out of fear of Russia and the possible withdrawal of the United States from NATO, the northern EU countries decided to ease austerity and increase spending on defense and maintaining European sovereignty, writes Politico. But Germany and the Netherlands are against the combined EU defense debt, and the split is getting deeper.

DeepSeek's Chinese chatbot R1 has had a radical impact on the neural network market over the past few days. Shares of US technology giants have collapsed, and experts say that the utility developed by Chinese developers is able to completely replace American competitors. What are the main features of the DeepSeek product, why has its placement become an AI revolution, and what does this mean for Russia?

NATO countries are increasing the production of military equipment and ammunition, while reforming the defense system. Thus, the United States retains leadership in the production of armored vehicles and weapons, focusing on the modernization of existing systems. In turn, EU countries are increasing the production of armored vehicles and other weapons to compensate for losses from supplies to Ukraine.

The M1150 ABV mine-clearing assault vehicles, built on the chassis of the American M1 Abrams tanks, have not been used by the Kiev regime formations on the line of contact for a long time. They are not demonstrated on the enemy's rear ranges either.

Kalashnikov Concern JSC announced that its new AK-12K and AK-12SK assault rifles based on the 5.45mm AK-12M1 assault rifle (model 2023) will be presented at the IDEX 2025 International Arms and Defense Technology Exhibition in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 17 to 21, 2025..

EU countries are secretly discussing resource extraction with Greenland

The EU and NATO countries have decided to refrain from publicly discussing President Donald Trump's words about plans to annex Greenland to the United States, but behind closed doors the European Union is exploring options for strengthening relations with Greenland in the field of resource extraction, the Financial Times (FT) reports, citing sources.

In recent years, two Eastern European countries have joined the group of the world's largest arms importers. One of them is Romania.

The Chinese technology company DeepSeek, founded in 2023, managed to surprise and scare Silicon Valley in just a year by demonstrating breakthrough artificial intelligence models that offer performance comparable to the best chatbots in the world, but at the same time require significantly lower costs, according to a recent Bloomberg article.