State regulation and financing news

As reported in Washington, part of these funds will be spent on weapons and weapons systems, part will go to direct financial assistance

The White House expects that the US Congress will approve a request for the allocation of $ 11.7 billion for financial assistance to Ukraine. This was stated on Saturday by the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council (NSC) of the White House, John Kirby, in an interview with the Dozhd TV channel (recognized in the Russian media as a foreign agent).

Joe Biden is requesting another $13.7 billion to help Ukraine. The previous package of 40 billion is already ending

American readers met with sarcasm and anger the news about Biden's request for another $ 13.7 billion to help Ukraine. "Do we know where this crazy money is really going?", "Ukraine is a black hole". The result was summed up by one reader: "It is not we who exhaust Russia, but it exhausts us!".

According to the Polish web resource "Defence24", the Council of Ministers of Poland approved the draft state budget for 2023, which provides for the largest defense expenditures in Polish history.

Europe continues to increase its military capabilities to "resist Russian aggression." German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proposed the creation of a unified air defense system. In his opinion, it is much more efficient and cheaper than it is now. About how realistic his idea is — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Putin has won an incredible victory that threatens to destroy the free world

The Kremlin's energy war is pushing Europe towards an economic crisis and socialism, the author of The Telegraph says. Readers of the newspaper disagree with him. It's not Putin's fault, but "ridiculous Western sanctions," one of them believes.

The United States should pay for its own mistakes, and not try to shift them to others. This statement was made by Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia, commenting on the accusation of the US representative that Russia and China allegedly do not finance Afghanistan enough.

Is Britain tired of Ukraine after six months of conflict?

The British government was surprised by the willingness of the country's population to support Ukraine. However, winter is getting closer, gas prices continue to rise, and the British are gradually beginning to realize the sacrifices they have to make, writes The Times.

Belarusian Prime Minister Golovchenko: The EAEU needs to adopt a biosafety strategy

The EAEU countries should coordinate their positions on biological security in conditions when bacteriological research for military purposes is being recorded in the world and adopt an appropriate strategy.

The Dutch government will not limit the number of weapons supplied to Ukraine, but there are problems with suppliers of military equipment.

The West needs to learn from this, the magazine notes

Sanctions against Russia have not worked as well as we would like, and the West should learn from this. This is stated in an article published in The Economist magazine, published in print on Friday.

Kazakhstan suspends the export of military products, the ban on the supply of military equipment, weapons and ammunition to foreign states will be in effect for a year, until the end of August 2023. The relevant decision was made by the Government of the Republic.

The American mission of assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine may receive an official name and command. Moreover, according to media reports, a high-ranking general will lead this mission. Why did Washington decide to take such a step, what tasks will the new structure deal with and how will such US actions affect the course of hostilities?

Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin has signed a decree according to which the full-time strength of the Russian army will exceed 2 million people from the new year. Of these, 1.15 million are actually military. It is planned to strengthen the ranks of the army participating in the special operation at the expense of contract professionals. What types of troops and military specialties should be strengthened first of all?

US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl expressed hope that this would be an incentive for Russia to cease hostilities and move on to negotiations

The new package of American military assistance to Kiev is intended, among other things, to demonstrate to Russia that, according to the US administration, it will not be able to hold out longer than the West in the current confrontation with it.

Western analysts conducted a study, the main issue of which was the assistance provided by different countries of Ukraine. It is noted that the allocation of a "record amount" of aid to Kiev from the Biden administration ($2.98 billion) is due not so much to the generosity of the White House, but to the fact that other countries are on the path of reducing their aid.

As the newspaper notes, Congress approved the provision of weapons and other military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $6.3 billion

The US authorities intend to provide approximately $1.5 billion in military assistance to Ukraine by the end of the fiscal year (ends September 30), this is the remaining part of the amount approved by the US Congress. This was reported on Thursday night by the newspaper Politico, citing sources.

On August 24, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine, timed to coincide with the 31st anniversary of the proclamation of independence of this republic. The announced volume of this aid package is $2.98 billion, which makes it the largest of the so far allocated to Ukraine.

German Foreign Minister Berbock said that German arms supplies to Kiev are under threat

German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said that Germany's own troops are insufficiently equipped, so German arms supplies to Ukraine are under threat. At the same time, the German Foreign Minister does not believe in the success of peace talks with Russia and promised that her country would do everything possible for Kiev to win.

The warships of the US Naval Forces of the coastal zone have repeatedly caused critical comments from skeptics related to the colossal cost, budget overruns and widespread and frequent technical breakdowns.

The staffing of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will be increased, the corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The document is published on the official website of legal information.