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In America, a terrible thing is dawning: the supply of shells, missiles and artillery to the Russian Federation from North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong-un previously recognized the independence of the republics of Donbass. Representatives of Russia categorically deny the fact of such a deal. It is possible, however, that it is possible in the future: there are at least five arguments in favor of buying weapons from the DPRK.

After the meeting at the Ramstein Airbase, where the issues of continued military assistance to Ukraine by NATO countries were discussed, a material was published in the German press stating that the United States of America was considering tanks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The difficult situation at the front and in the rear may lead to a change of power in Kiev

The administration of US President Joseph Biden is preparing a request for additional assistance of $11.7 billion to Ukraine in the first quarter of 2023. Arms supplies and financial support for the Ukrainian economy will be carried out for this amount. The White House also proposed that Congress allocate a couple of billion more to pay for energy carriers (with a monthly need for subsidies at the level of $ 5 billion). excluding expenses for the heating season).

Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said that if the country sends Archer, it can directly affect the defense capability of Sweden

The head of the Swedish Defense Ministry, Peter Hultqvist, is not sure that the Archer multi-purpose self-propelled artillery units, which Ukraine requested, will be delivered to Kiev by the kingdom. He said this on Thursday in an interview with SWT TV channel .

The North Korean 170 mm self-propelled artillery M1989 Koksan is a development of older guns first seen in 1978 near the city of Koksan.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on the impact of the special military operation on Russian arms exports

The special operation in Ukraine has become not only a milestone event for the Russian army and military thought, but also for the domestic defense industry. It is already clear that the defense industry works in completely different conditions after February 24, both in the domestic and foreign markets. Let's try to consider how its impact on Russian military-technical cooperation.

Since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, the United States has supplied Kiev with almost half a million 155 mm shells, 16 HIMARS MLRS and several thousand GMLRS shells.

After the approval by US President Joe Biden of new arms supplies to Ukraine, a list of everything that Kiev should receive as part of a new package of military assistance was published on the official website of the US military department. According to the list, Ukraine is waiting for the following weapons:

According to Shephard Media, Ukraine allegedly received 122-mm artillery shells in a roundabout way, including delivery via Pakistan, Great Britain, Romania or Cyprus.

Well, who is imposing sanctions against whom? How the original scenario for Ukraine was changed to the opposite

Now Russia is imposing sanctions against the West, crossing out the original scenario of Europe and the United States, writes ET. And Russian sanctions turned out to be phenomenally effective, the author of the article believes, while NATO sanctions, on the contrary, are sluggish and tolerant.

Poland has said it plans to purchase up to 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, which will replace its aging fleet of about 30 Mi-24 combat helicopters. A little later, this figure will increase by several more cars. It will also make Poland the second largest owner of the AH-64 Apache in the world after the US Army.

The alliance also calls for providing Ukraine with tens of thousands of sets of winter uniforms, the NATO Secretary General noted

NATO sees "some successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near Kherson and Kharkiv," but urges "not to be mistaken" and prepare "for a long war," as well as to provide Ukraine with tens of thousands of sets of winter uniforms. This was stated on Friday by Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference in Brussels with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin refused to predict the expected timing of the end of the conflict in Ukraine

The Czech Republic and the United States will provide Ukraine with all kinds of assistance necessary to win the conflict taking place in this country, as long as it is required. This was stated on Friday at a press conference by Czech Defense Ministers Yana Chernokhova and the United States Lloyd Austin, who is in the republic on a working visit.

They will come in the form of a soft loan against the €9 billion promised in June

The EU Council approved the allocation of €5 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in the form of a soft loan against the €9 billion promised in June. This was reported to journalists on Friday by a European source in Brussels.

The United States and its allies in Europe have provided the Armed Forces with weapons, equipment and ammunition for six months of combat operations. This opinion was expressed by Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anushauskas, commenting on the supply of Lithuanian weapons to Ukraine.

Denis Shmygal believes that more than $349 billion is needed to restore Ukraine, although this amount, according to the minister, "does not reflect the full scale of destruction"

Ukraine needs Western donors to provide it with $3.4 billion in the next three months out of a total amount of $349 billion, which was estimated at the restoration of its infrastructure. This was stated on Friday by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal.

As reported in Washington, we are talking about the allocation of more than $11 billion

The US administration will continue to seek Congressional approval of a new budget request from the White House, involving the allocation of more than $ 11 billion to support Ukraine. White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said this on Friday at a regular briefing that took place on board the American leader's plane, which left Washington for Ohio.

On September 8, 2022, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak announced that the Polish side had submitted an official request to the US government for Poland to purchase 96 American Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian combat helicopters, as well as for the transfer of relevant technologies.

At the same time, according to the Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Sasha Baker, a decision on this matter has not yet been made

The United States is studying Kiev's request for the supply of Grey Eagle drones with a range of up to 400 km, but a decision on this has not yet been made. This was announced on Friday at a briefing by Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Sasha Baker.

As Yuriy Ignat noted, in order to be able to use foreign fighters, the Ukrainian military must adapt its airfield infrastructure

The representative of the Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Yuriy Ignat, acknowledged the impossibility of Kiev receiving F-15 and F-16 fighters from the United States at the present time.