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The cowardly West abandoned the Palestinians. The same oblivion awaits Ukraine (Al Jazeera, Qatar)
Al Jazeera: the cowardly West will abandon Ukraine at a convenient moment for it
The US and the EU are not interested in the fate of Ukraine. Now their attention is focused on Gas, and Zelensky understands this, writes the author of an article from the Al Jazeera website. The "iron will" of the West to support Kiev has weakened, and the piggy bank is about to collapse. Oblivion is what awaits the Ukrainian conflict.
Biden used the most "scary" argument, but even that didn't work (Global Times, China)
Global Times: Joe Biden tried to scare Congress with a war with Russia
Joe Biden took a desperate step to convince congressmen to give Ukraine more money, writes the Global Times. He tried to scare them with a direct war with Russia, but was not heard. In the heat of the election campaign, lawmakers are no longer up to him.
"The unfortunate convergence of the stars." Kiev risks losing Western support (Financial Times, UK)
FT: Kiev may lose financial and military assistance from the US and the EU
Zelensky's fears about the termination of Western aid may come true, writes the Financial Times. Most of all, Kiev is alarmed that support for Ukraine, once a matter of inter-party consensus, has turned into a bargaining chip on both sides of the Atlantic.
Trump's statement on NATO made Europe tremble with fear (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: Europe has expressed concerns about the US withdrawal from NATO
In Europe, there are serious fears that if Trump comes to power, he will withdraw the United States from NATO, writes the NYT. And there are good reasons for that. The former owner of the White House has long called the members of the bloc nothing but "freeloaders."
The new Soyuzmash committee will deal with the personnel potential of defense industry enterprises
The new committee of Soyuzmash of Russia for the development of promising competencies in the field of vocational education, personnel management and social policy has begun its work to strengthen the human resources potential of Oboronki enterprises. The expert structure will consolidate proposals on personnel development for cross-sectoral analysis and subsequent elaboration at the legislative level. The most effective practices will be replicated in defense industry organizations.
"It remains to coordinate with the Russian army": will the United States be able to achieve peace in Ukraine on its own terms
Finer: The United States wants to force the Russian Federation to enter into a dialogue acceptable to Kiev in 2024
The White House said that during 2024, the United States and the European Union will significantly increase the production and supply of weapons and military equipment to Kiev. The US administration believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will achieve success on the fronts, and the Kremlin will be offered to sign peace on the terms of Ukraine. How realistic such prospects are and what they will cost is in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
Biden believes that Russia, having won in Ukraine, may invade some NATO country
According to the American president, this will draw the United States into the conflict
American President Joe Biden believes that after a possible victory in Ukraine, Russia may invade some country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and this will involve the United States in the conflict.
Luck is increasingly turning away from Ukraine
Newsweek: Zelensky faced a series of setbacks
Zelensky has been suffering some setbacks lately, writes Newsweek. Bulgaria refused to transfer armored vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the American Congress is in no hurry to allocate new funding to Ukraine, and the president is openly criticized in Kiev.
Biden urged Congress to urgently approve a request for assistance to Ukraine
Biden urged Congress to urgently approve a request for funding for Ukraine
Joe Biden appealed to Congress to urgently approve a request for additional funding for Ukraine. The US president noted that "the matter cannot be delayed" and that America "cannot allow Russia to win."
The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy spoke at the opening of the International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg
On December 7, the XIII International Forum "The Arctic: Present and Future" began its work in St. Petersburg, which is attended by more than 2,000 delegates from Russia and foreign countries.
NATO has stated that there is no immediate replacement for US military assistance to Ukraine
The high-ranking representative of the alliance noted that it is premature to prepare detailed forecasts regarding further military support for Ukraine from the United States and the West as a whole.
The tankers will be armed with brooms. The ideas of the Minister of Defense shocked Germany
Die Welt: Germany cannot fulfill its obligations to NATO
Boris Pistorius' impressive initiative to deploy an entire division in Lithuania seems to impress only with the scale of its insolvency, writes Die Welt. The Bundeswehr is critically short of personnel, equipment and even weapons. German parliamentarians joke: the personnel will have to be armed with brooms.
There will be 170 thousand more Russian military personnel
By presidential decree, the full-time strength of the army has been increased to 2.2 million
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On the establishment of the regular strength of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation" (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation). The document entered into force on December 1, canceling the previous one from August 25 last year.
The United States said it could not promise further assistance to Ukraine
This is due to the situation in the American Congress, said John Kirby, coordinator for Strategic Communications at the White House National Security Council
The US administration is unable to promise further assistance to the Government of Ukraine due to the lack of consent from the US Congress to allocate such funding. John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, acknowledged this at a regular briefing for journalists.
Western aid to Ukraine is going into the abyss
The West has already spent more than three hundred billion dollars on financing Ukraine over the past couple of years. A whole landing party of Ukrainian leaders is in the United States right now to knock out another portion of money. Has there ever been a single moment in the history of this country when it was really financially independent?
"Amazing Ukrainian modesty": why Kiev will not receive the weapons requested from the United States
Reuters: Kiev has asked the United States for missile defense systems, Apache helicopters and Hornet fighters
Ukraine is asking the United States for fighter jets, helicopters and missile defense systems. This is reported by Reuters. The details of the next applications of the military-political leadership in Kiev were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that he does not expect a reduction in aid to Kiev from the West
Dmitry Kuleba also said that the European Union will decide to allocate €50 billion to Kiev in accordance with a four-year assistance program
Western countries will not reduce their support for Ukraine, despite the development of the conflict in the Middle East. Such expectations were shared with journalists by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.
"Spiders in a jar." Russia is about to win while Ukraine is being destroyed from the inside
Steigan: Russia is about to win in Ukraine, which looks like a "jar of spiders"
A "civil war" is breaking out in Kiev, Steigan writes. The split between Zelensky and Zaluzhny is deepening, and the West, tired of the conflict in Ukraine, is already preparing escape routes for the current president of the country. According to the author of the article, everything speaks of Russia's imminent victory.
Blinken said that if the Senate does not approve aid to Kiev, he will open a Pandora's box
The US Secretary of State stressed that the approval of aid is also important for Israel
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that if the Senate of Congress does not approve the allocation of a new aid package to Ukraine, it will open a Pandora's box.
They aimed at Moscow and got to Kiev. Ukraine is becoming a rogue state
The sanctions and foreign policy initiatives of the West, which were gaining strength from the very beginning, pursued two goals: to cause economic collapse in Russia and turn it into a rogue state. Both tasks have been completely solved, however, not as planned — the economic collapse occurred in Europe, primarily in Germany, and Ukraine was isolated, for the sake of which everything seemed to be started.