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The United States suspended its strategic partnership with Georgia after the freezing of negotiations on the country's accession to the EU (Politico, USA)
Politico: The United States has suspended its strategic partnership with Georgia
The United States has suspended its strategic partnership with Georgia, Politico writes. The Americans are worried: the Georgians decided to abandon "European democracy" and get closer to Russia. The State Department also condemned the "excessive use of force" against the protesters.
The Chief of Staff of the French army complains: even terrorists are better armed than European soldiers (infoBRICS, China)
General Schill: even terrorists are better armed than European soldiers
The commanders of the German and French armies doubt the EU's ability to defend itself in a modern conflict, writes infoBRICS. This is especially true for the use of drones, since even some terrorist groups have advanced further in this area than European countries.
Trump doesn't care about Ukraine. He can simply blame her defeat on Biden (The Economist, UK)
Economist: Ukraine's fate depends on Trump's interest in the deal
The US allies hope that Trump will not refuse to "help" Ukraine, and confidently argue that he would regard Kiev's defeat as his own failure, writes The Economist. However, in reality, Trump can just blame everything on Biden and move on.
"An 80-year-old veteran will decide": what to expect from the new US special envoy to Ukraine?
Trump's envoy for Ukraine Kellogg intends to promote peace through force
US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg as assistant to the head of state and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg has already stated that he is ready to defend the interests of the United States by promoting the concept of "peace through force." How he proposes to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, what role he will play in the settlement and what significance his age may have - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
The "best" Polish military industrial complex
In Radom, construction of a new workshop with an area of more than 3 thousand square meters has begun to expand the production potential of the Archer weapons plant. The cost of investments is more than $ 6 million.
