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Aamulehti: Finland's entry into NATO is being slowed down, and the Defense Minister is going on vacation

Finnish authorities welcome the decision of Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen to take paternity leave for two months, Aamulehti reports. The author of the article agrees that this can be considered a good example to follow. However, there is one problem.

SRBIN.info: the Serbs firmly believe that it is not necessary to impose sanctions against Russia

According to numerous polls, the Serbs are unanimous that it is not necessary to impose sanctions against Russia, writes SRBIN.info. They consider Moscow a friend and know firsthand what sanctions are, manipulation through the media and the dehumanization of an entire nation and its culture.

Donetsk has been subjected to the most powerful shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the last eight years. As a result of the attack, residential buildings were destroyed, a kindergarten, a polyclinic, and an Orthodox cathedral were damaged. There are victims. In the DPR, the incident was called a terrorist attack. How is the civilian population experiencing another attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and what can Russia do to prevent Ukrainian strikes on Donetsk?

As reported by the American TV company CNN in the Barbara Starr article "Exclusive: US finalizing plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine" ("Exclusive: the United States is finalizing plans to supply Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine"), with reference to the words of two US officials and a senior representative of the US government, the administration of US President Joe Biden is completing preparations There are plans to supply Ukraine with American Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems, which may be announced as early as this week.

On December 13, at the Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard in Kiel (Germany), the launching ceremony of the second and third Impecable and Illustrious Type-218SG (Invincible) class submarines intended for the Singapore Navy took place.

The Republic of Korea became the eighth largest arms exporter in the world by value in the period 2017-2021. It accounted for almost 3% of global defense exports.

The Philippine Navy will receive one or two more Pohang-class corvettes from the Republic of Korea Navy in addition to the two corvettes approved for transfer earlier.

The escalation between the United States and China in the field of high technology continues to grow. Washington is acting in the usual manner of sanctions restrictions, thereby trying to at least slow down the development of Chinese technology companies competing with American ones. Bloomberg, citing its own sources, reports that this week Washington intends to impose sanctions on more than thirty Chinese enterprises in this industry. The list also includes the state-owned Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC), which is the country's largest manufacturer of semiconductor integrated devices and flash memory chips.

A branch of JSC "AEM-technologies" Izhora (part of the engineering division of Rosatom — Atomenergomash) completed the shipment of hydraulic capacities of the passive core bay system (SPZAZ) for the second power unit of the Akkuyu NPP (Turkey).

The United States this week may announce the dispatch of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. Joe Biden will make the final decision on supplies, but the tone of publications in the Western media hints that this issue looks resolved. How will such actions by Washington affect the course of its military operations and what can the Russian Aerospace Forces oppose to the American air defense systems?

Yeni Şafak: The US controls military aid to Kiev to contain the geography of the conflict

The United States is afraid of the spread of the Ukrainian conflict throughout Europe, writes Yeni Şafak. Therefore, they plan to reduce the military assistance provided to Kiev, and even change the characteristics of the supplied weapons. For example, Washington decided to limit the range of the supplied HIMARS.

European countries are vying to complain about the depletion of arsenals due to supplies to Ukraine, but at the same time, for some types of weapons provided to Kiev, they bypass even the main ally of the United States. While the Pentagon cannot decide in response to the pleas of the Kiev authorities to send Patriot air defense systems to protect against Russian missiles and drones, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said yesterday that Paris has already supplied Ukraine with part of the air defense systems, another batch will be delivered in the near future.

Beijing banned the export of Loongson processors to Russia

As Kommersant has learned, the Chinese government has banned the supply of Loongson processors to the Russian Federation on its own LoongArch architecture. The decision is due to the fact that the technology is recognized as strategically important and is used in the military-industrial complex of China.

The first batch of FV103 "Spartan" armored vehicles purchased in the UK by the Petro Poroshenko Foundation has arrived in Ukraine. According to reports, it included six armored cars command and staff FV105 "Sultan" and armored personnel carriers FV103 "Spartan". Eight more British armored vehicles of the CVR(T) Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family are awaiting shipment.

The Senate Committee on National Defense was engaged in the execution of the budget of the Ministry of National Defense for 2022. Detailed information at the meeting on Tuesday was presented by the director of the Budget Department of the Ministry of National Defense Pavel Barchak. He recalled that the budget of the Ministry of Defense was planned to be 2.2% of the country's GDP. This year it amounted to 57.8 billion zlotys ($12.8 billion).

MWM: Iranian Air Force pilots are trained on Su-35

According to US officials, the pilots of the Iranian Air Force have begun training on Russian Su-35 fighters, writes MWM. With reference to US officials, the author of the article reports that a "full-fledged defense partnership" is emerging between Moscow and Tehran.

On December 9, 2022, the Finnish Ministry of Defense announced the purchase of large batches of Spike-SR, Spike-LR2 and Spike-ER2 anti-tank guided missiles for the Finnish armed forces from the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for a total of 223.6 million euros (excluding VAT). The purchase will be carried out through the NATO procurement agency NSPA (NATO Support and Procurement Agency) and the NATO Land Combat Missiles partnership program.

On December 12, 2022, Slovakia and Sweden signed an intergovernmental agreement on the acquisition of 152 CV90 Mk IV infantry fighting vehicles (CV9035 Mk IV) manufactured by the Swedish branch of BAE Systems Corporation (BAE Systems AB / Land Systems Hägglunds AB) for the Slovak Armed Forces. The contract value is 1.3 billion euros, and the total cost of the purchase as a whole, including estimated infrastructure costs, is estimated at about 1.688 billion euros, including VAT.

According to the official statement of the German Federal Government dated December 7, 2022, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) is allowed to sell 18 RCH 155 wheeled howitzers to Ukraine. As a result, Ukraine will become the first customer of this newly developed weapon system.

France handed over to Ukraine a batch of 155-mm self-propelled guns TRF1, removed from service with the French army. This is reported by the French press with reference to a statement by French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecorny.