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Israeli military pilots who have third-country passports in addition to Israeli citizenship will no longer be able to perform the functions of piloting the latest F-35 fighter jets. This decision was made by the US Department of Defense in order to protect information and technology.

naTemat: IT specialists and translators will be called up to the Polish army

In 2023, for military training, the Polish army will call for people without army service experience, but "with qualifications attractive to the army," for example, doctors, veterinarians and IT specialists. Is it possible for Poles to appeal the decision on conscription? Read in the naTemat material.

The coming year 2023 may become even more difficult from the economic point of view than 2022. With a high probability, we will see a drop in the volume of exports of Russia's most profitable goods, oil and gas – which means that the budget will also suffer. However, our country has an answer to this challenge.

TAC: US financial assistance finally turns Ukraine into a bankrupt state

The Pentagon and the American military-industrial complex are mainly profiting from military aid to Kiev, while Ukraine is plunging into an ever deeper economic crisis, and the number of victims of the military conflict is growing, the author of the article writes in TAC. He calls Washington's approach "bastard Keynesianism" and emphasizes that the States do not think to stop.

The conflict in Ukraine helps the German military-industrial complex to get out of the crisis

The Bundeswehr was considered an effective military machine and the military backbone of the conventional NATO forces, but after more than thirty years of underfunding and cuts, it lost its combat capability. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian conflict gave a tangible impetus to the German military-industrial complex: Germany's military exports in 2022 amounted to 8.36 billion euros.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov visited the FAU "Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky", as well as the enterprise of the United Aircraft Corporation Rostec in Ulyanovsk.

Russia's economy and budget went through a very unusual period in 2022, which will definitely remain in the history textbooks. Despite the colossal sanctions pressure from the West, our country's economy not only did not collapse, but even strengthened in a number of parameters – and surprised the whole world with this. Thanks to what did this happen?

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have a tremendous impact on the course of the main event of the past year – a special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian armed forces are rapidly becoming saturated with this technology. Why have drones turned out to be so important in the course of modern warfare – and which of them are most needed by the Russian army?

19FortyFive: the US has listed the weapons that Washington is afraid to give to Kiev

There are three types of weapons that Biden will not hand over to Ukraine out of fear of Russia. Fearing an escalation of the conflict and a direct clash with Russia, the United States refuses to supply Kiev with F-16 fighter jets, Abrams tanks and ATACMS complexes, writes 19FortyFive.

In particular, Congressman Earl Blumenauer received the highest profit among legislators on shares of defense companies since 2021, The Daily Caller portal noted

Members of the US Congress who voted in favor of providing billions of dollars in military assistance to Ukraine were able to earn substantial funds last year on shares of Pentagon defense contractors. This was reported on Thursday by the information portal The Daily Caller .

On December 29, 2022, the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin signed the orders of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 4321-r and No. 4322-r on the implementation of budget investments in 2023-2030 at the expense of budget allocations of the federal budget in the construction of the main multifunctional vessel of nuclear technological service and two serial universal nuclear icebreakers of project 22220.

The response of Russian industry and science to Western sanctions was a sharp acceleration of its own technological developments. Rosatom, Roscosmos and a number of other leaders in their industries have shown particularly significant results in the past year. Domestic mechanical engineering displaces imported analogues, including surpassing them in quality.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov personally tested the Russian MC-21 aircraft, using it to fly during a working trip to Ulyanovsk.

According to Dan Steinbock's calculations, since the beginning of its total US aid to Kiev has exceeded $106 billion, which, according to the expert, "turns a sick country into a bankrupt failed state."

As the newspaper Kommersant reported in the material of Anna Vasilyeva "Continuous military education. The course of preparation for the army will be taught not only in schools, but also in universities," from September 1, 2023, a module on the basics of military training may appear in Russian universities: The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has sent out an appropriate program to educational institutions, several universities confirmed to Kommersant.

And due to what their combat power will grow at times

From the first day of the special operation in Ukraine, marines have been actively involved in the fighting. People in pea jackets and capless hats in 1918 were one of the symbols of the Civil War. The exploits of the marines of the Soviet Union are inscribed in golden letters in the history of the Great Patriotic War — they distinguished themselves in the defense of Odessa and Sevastopol, Novorossiysk and Leningrad, Murmansk and Moscow.

The APU showed NATO equipment: "Trash and garbage"

Military aid from the West flows to Ukraine in a continuous stream. It should be noted that most of the weapons are in poor technical condition, writes Dziennik. It's just scrap metal and junk, which is confirmed by the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine themselves.

It is reported that on December 29, 2022, the next batch of Su-34M (Su-34NVO) front-line bombers built at the V.P. Chkalov Novosibirsk Aviation Plant (NAZ) was transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation). According to another report, this batch includes three Su-34M bombers.

This will happen if Beijing wins a new space race with the United States, Bill Nelson believes

The Chinese authorities can allegedly claim their rights to the territory on the Moon if they win a new space race with the United States. This opinion was expressed by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson in an interview with Politico published on Sunday.

TNI: Moscow will withstand the blow of anti-Russian sanctions

The author of TNI believes that anti-Russian sanctions have not had a sufficient deterrent effect on Moscow. Russia has retained its economic and military potential. The way out is to find a peaceful solution to the Ukrainian conflict.