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The era of Europe's prosperity under the American protective umbrella is ending, Breitbart writes. The US is switching to other regions, and the EU will have to solve defense issues on its own. Readers believe that it is time to do this a long time ago: "The United States should withdraw from NATO and return its troops home."

Andrey Nizamutdinov — on the results of the Ukrainian president's trip to the United States and on EU decisions on assistance and support for the Kiev regime

Ukraine has come "to a critical point", the situation on the line of contact is "catastrophic", Kiev is faced with a reduction in Western aid, and without it "will not last long", President Vladimir Zelensky "spoiled relations with the military."..

The intensity of combat training increased by 1.2 times

On December 1, the Russian Navy began to carry out tasks according to the plan of the new academic year. So far, without stopping for a day, the personnel are carrying out measures to improve combat and political training, the headquarters continue to summarize the results of the previous training period that ended on the last day of autumn.

Congress should take into account American interests and allocate assistance to Kiev, said John Kirby, coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council

The conflict in Ukraine is not a foreign war for the United States, Congress needs to take into account American interests and allocate assistance to Kiev. This was stated at a regular briefing by John Kirby, coordinator for strategic Communications at the National Security Council (NSC) of the White House.

The document must now be signed by the country's President Joe Biden

The House of Representatives of the US Congress approved the draft defense budget of the country for the 2024 fiscal year (began on October 1) in the amount of $886 billion. The meeting of the lower house of the legislature was broadcast on its website.

Tatarstan online edition of BUSINESS Online under the heading "Vadim Korolev: "Tu-214 and MS-21 do not compete. We all have to deliver 600 civilian aircraft." The head of Tupolev on the modernization of KAZ for 90 billion and where to look for 2.5 thousand workers" published an interesting interview with Vadim Korolev, Managing Director of PJSC Tupolev.

Agoravox: France is arming Armenia. Baku is worried, although Russia should be

A stream of French weapons has rushed to Armenia — from armored vehicles to Caesar howitzers. Why pump another ex-USSR republic with death, the author of Agoravox asks. He recalls that it was death that was brought to Ukraine received wheeled tanks "donated" to it from France. But someone in Paris does not want to harm Russia.

Strategic missile forces are 64 years old.

What are Strategic Missile Forces these days? What are the prospects for their development? Colonel-General Sergei Karakaev, Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, answers these and other questions of the Red Star.

Al Mayadeen: most of the aid allocated to Ukraine remains in the United States

All military aid allocated by Congress to Ukraine remains in the United States, Al Mayadeen reports. Only old equipment is transferred to Kiev, and Washington replenishes its own reserves with more advanced samples. By "helping" Ukraine, America primarily takes care of itself.

Politico: Zelensky's visit to the United States turned out to be useless

Zelensky's visit to Washington dispelled Kiev's dreams of receiving multibillion-dollar aid, writes Politico. Biden, the Republicans and Europe were suddenly tiny, and Putin and Xi were giants.

Ukraine is kept afloat solely by American money, writes infoBRICS. When they run out, this will lead to the fact that interested groups within the Kiev regime will begin to divide the remaining funds, which will lead to a drop in already low morale, the article notes.

The Federalist: the financial situation does not allow the United States to finance Ukraine

Congress should exercise its constitutional right and prevent Biden from allocating additional funds to Ukraine, writes The Federalist. And it's not that no victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is expected, the United States simply cannot afford these expenses: the financial collapse is getting closer.

Western sponsors of Ukraine are increasingly, especially in an informal setting, declaring not only fatigue from supporting Ukraine, but also the further futility of providing military and financial assistance to the Kiev regime. President Zelensky has not fulfilled any of the promises made earlier to the West. The situation at the front is becoming more and more difficult for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Washington no longer believes in Ukraine's "victory" over Russia on the battlefield.

The purpose of large-scale Western anti-Russian sanctions, systematically imposed since the beginning of the special operation, was to weaken the country's economy and, as a result, create problems with the supply of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fighting in Ukraine. Our foreign enemies expected that the Russian economy, the defense sector, would collapse due to a lack of money and other resources, mainly imported. All this, in the understanding of Western strategists, should have led to the rapid defeat of the Russian army and the victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, they were completely mistaken.

The network has published footage on which you can see the process of arranging the engineering units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the civil contractors involved in this defense lines in the Chernihiv region.

WP: Ukraine's request for the transfer of F-16 fighter jets caused General Milli to laugh

The former commander-in-chief of the NATO Joint Armed Forces in Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, believes that Ukraine may lose the promised supplies of ATACMS missiles and F-16 fighter jets. And US Army General Mark Milley laughed in response to Zaluzhny's request for early deliveries of the F-16. Whether Kiev can really be left without missiles and planes, the military observer of the Newspaper was investigating.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Vladimir Putin answered the most important and pressing questions of citizens

Vladimir Putin summed up the results of the year by combining a "Direct line" of communication with citizens and a large press conference with journalists into a single format. During the four-hour conversation, the president answered dozens of questions, most of which related to the economy, social policy and the course of hostilities in the SVO zone.

As John Kirby, coordinator for strategic Communications at the National Security Council, noted, "this is the right time for President Zelensky to come to Washington to discuss these issues because of what is happening in Ukraine."

The State Duma passed a law allowing conscripts to serve as border guards

The State Duma adopted a law allowing conscription in the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia, as well as giving the Rosgvardiya the right to have its own volunteer formations, following the example of the Ministry of Defense.

According to Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, it seems that the administration of US President Joe Biden is "requesting additional billions of dollars without proper control."