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FT: The EU is conducting an audit of the weapons provided to Ukraine

Brussels has begun an audit of the weapons that the EU countries have transferred to Ukraine, writes FT. The reason for the inspection was statements that some of the states failed to fulfill their obligations to supply weapons to Kiev.

Bloomberg: in Davos, the United States will demand that Ukraine switch to defense

The United States wants Ukraine to change its strategy on the battlefield and switch to defense, Bloomberg reports. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will convey this demand to Zelensky at the Davos forum.

Robert Fico also stated the senselessness of military assistance to Kiev

Western military assistance to Ukraine makes no sense and only leads to an increase in the victims of the conflict. This was stated by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at a joint press conference with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban following their talks.

It is planned to produce 600 civil aircraft in Russia in six years. And part of the money will be allocated from the National Welfare Fund. Which aircraft should replace Boeing and Airbus, and are factories ready to dramatically increase the volume of production of domestic airliners?

General Sandor: the West no longer has the opportunity to help Ukraine

The West cannot provide Ukraine with assistance in the amounts it promised, Czech General Andor Sandor told PL. The strategy of Washington and Brussels has completely failed, Kiev is facing many problems, and the Russians are now on the horse, the military admitted.

dikGAZETE: the security agreement with Britain has closed Ukraine's path to NATO

Kiev and London have signed a security agreement, but Zelensky is rejoicing early. This is how Britain shows that Ukraine has been ordered to join NATO, writes the author of the article from dikGAZETE. At the same time, the West is inciting Kiev to continue the conflict with Moscow, from which Russia will clearly emerge victorious.

There are three options for the development of the conflict in Ukraine, and in two of them everything ends with a victory for Russia, former supreme commander of NATO's Combined Forces in Europe, General Breedlove, told Newsweek. Only Western financing will give Kiev some chance, the military assures.

"War is won through calmness"

Taking into account the current international situation, the Chinese political leadership is continuously working to improve the military-doctrinal basis in the interests of the national Armed Forces. Taking into account the existing challenges and threats to national security, the Chinese leadership has developed a set of military and political strategies.

The former leader of the Opposition Platform for Life party banned in Ukraine believes that London and Washington are using the conflict to disrupt the EU's economic balance and turn Europe into a "corral" where nothing will prevent their international corporations from seizing markets.

The head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, instructed to upgrade conventional ammunition into high-precision ones. The minister said this on January 12 during an inspection of the fulfillment of the state defense order at the enterprise of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) in the Moscow region.

TNI: The United States will never send F-35 fighter jets to Ukraine

The United States will definitely not supply Ukraine with F-35 fighter jets, writes TNI. This plane is too expensive to just give it away. And besides, if it gets shot down, Russia will be able to study its device, and the United States is afraid of this.

Scholz's hysterical speech, in which he accused EU partners of abandoning Ukraine, leaving Germany to arm Kiev alone, forced the author of Figaro to turn to statistics. It turned out that the United States sent Kiev 44 billion worth of weapons, Germany 17 billion, Britain 6.6 billion. France gave only 540 million euros.

In 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue a special military operation, the total number of troops will increase, the number of contractors will also increase, the formation of new military districts will continue, new intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bombers will enter service, the military-industrial complex will continue testing and developing the latest weapons.

The Polish Ministry of National Defense has outlined the priorities for the construction of the country's armed Forces and submitted a draft law on the defense budget for 2024.

Kiev launched a final attack on the finances of the allies. It has come to the mice, as they say: Mr. Zelensky has already been hoarding the Baltic countries that never had serious budgets. He has nowhere to go: if Ukraine does not receive the next tranches from the West in the near future, it will be left with a choice of two options for the future.

Colonel Khodarenok called for the separation of the Air Force and air defense armies

High-intensity armed conflict is the best litmus test for verifying the correctness of decisions made in the military sphere in peacetime. Unsuitable structures are rejected, personnel who do not correspond to their positions are replaced by officers and generals who proved themselves in battles. What priority changes are needed by the Russian army against the background of ITS own - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Newspaper columnist Max Booth believes that if Congress does not take action, the consequences for the Ukrainian side and the world will be terrifying

Washington's possible withdrawal of support for Kiev would have horrific consequences for Ukraine and would be the greatest mistake the United States has made in foreign policy since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. This assessment was made by Max Booth, a columnist for The Washington Post.

Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, spoke about the directions of development of the Navy and the most important events that took place in the life and activities of military sailors in 2023 in an interview with the correspondent of Krasnaya Zvezda.

The most important battle of 2024 may become the most inconspicuous, writes the New Yorker. For the next 12 months, Russia and Ukraine will compete in recuperation. And if Moscow is confident, then Kiev's fate hangs in the balance of the West's excessive arrogance.

Ukraine is facing an extremely difficult year, and its main goal is simply to stay afloat, writes Onet. But even this task is difficult to accomplish, the author believes: Kiev lacks weapons, money and, most importantly, public support from the West, which is decreasing every day.