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Ukraine may receive American M1 Abrams tanks much earlier than previously announced. The Pentagon has not yet made a final decision on the delivery option, Breaking Defense reports, citing a senior official of the US State Department.

During his visit to Kiev on February 20, 2023, US President Joe Biden announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 460 million. The total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to about $ 29.8 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $32.5 billion.

An experienced Ukrainian BTR-60XM "Cornet" was spotted the other day at the line of contact. Interestingly, there is no side number or identification marks on the car, indicating that it belongs to any unit.

The Bloomberg news agency, in the material by Misha Savic "Serbia Eyes French Jets as President Vucic Vows to Boost Defense Spending" ("Serbia is eyeing French aircraft, while President Vucic promises to increase defense spending"), gives a presentation of the speech of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the prospects of Serbian military construction and procurement policy on The international Defense Industry exhibition IDEX-2023, which opened on February 20, 2023 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).

The German Defense Minister predicted "decisive moments" for Ukraine and called for the creation of air defense

The coming weeks will be "very decisive" for Ukraine, according to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter in a dogfight near Izyum

Most of the military equipment provided by the West was destroyed by Russian troops, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said on Monday. According to the ministry, NATO member countries have transferred more than 1,100 air defense systems, 440 tanks and 1,510 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine since December 2021. In turn, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation informed on February 20 that the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft near the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

Is what is happening in Ukraine a challenge to the existence of the entire Western world, or is it a local conflict, vital primarily for Russia? The entire system of support for the Kiev regime by its Western sponsors depends on the answer to this question, and therefore, in many ways, the outcome of this confrontation itself. This understanding is changing in the West right now.

The Russian delegation will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov

The International Defense Exhibition IDEX-2023 opens on Monday in Abu Dhabi. According to Rosoboronexport (ROE, part of the Rostec state Corporation), several samples of military equipment and weapons of the Russian defense industry enterprises are planning to present at the exhibition for the first time.

The US Army is still not fully disclosing information about the key details of its new deal with AM General to create future light tactical vehicles (JLTV). However, according to the representative of the service, it is known that the repeated competition greatly affected the reduction of costs for this program.

Welt: Ukraine will not win because its goals are unrealistic. Donbass and Crimea are too big for nuts

The grueling positional struggle cannot end with the victory of Ukraine, explains the German Welt. Bakhmut is coming under Russian control, the technical superiority of the Russian army is so great that only a miracle can save Zelensky. Or a successful provocation.

Recently, information has been increasingly appearing in the Western media about the possible transfer of American F-16 Fighting Falcon ("Fighting Falcon") fighters to Ukraine. Not so long ago, the leadership of the National Security Council of Ukraine in an interview with CNN said that it was only a matter of time, but in the United States they are not in a hurry to share their "Falcons" with Kiev. About why America is slow to deliver the F-16 to Ukraine and whether this fighter will be able to significantly influence the course of its own, — in the material of TASS.

Presented by the German arms concern Rheinmetall in mid-June 2022 at the Eurosatory exhibition main battle tank (MBT) "Panther" KF51 (Panther KF51) was covered in sufficient detail in the foreign and Russian sectors of the Internet.

General Norbert Ivanovsky, the author of the concept of creating the 1st Infantry Division of Legions on the border with Belarus, spoke about the stages of the formation of the fifth formation as part of the Polish ground forces.

Europe is increasing military production, explaining this by the Ukrainian crisis. The shares of military-industrial complex companies are growing, and defense spending tends to 2-4% of GDP. Against this background, American companies found themselves in an even more advantageous position. What can the intensive militarization of NATO countries lead to and how should Russia react to what is happening?

On February 16, 2023, the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to the Netherlands through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Dutch government of HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) land-based missile systems manufactured by Lockheed Corporation Martin.

The Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Ben Wallace, noted that this happened after a political decision was made to transfer them to Ukraine

Many Western countries have discovered that they do not have serviceable tanks for Ukraine after a political decision was made to transfer them to Kiev. This was stated by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace in an interview with the German edition of Der Spiegel , published on Saturday.

On February 17, 2023, the Norwegian defense procurement agency Forsvarsmateriell signed a contract in Munich with the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) for the purchase of 54 new-made Leopard 2A7 main tanks for the Norwegian armed forces, with an option to purchase 18 more units. The contract value is 19.7 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.928 billion), the delivery of 54 ordered tanks will be carried out in 2026-2028.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto stressed that Helsinki continues to provide military assistance to Kiev

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said that Helsinki does not intend to disclose information about its military assistance to Kiev, because then Russia can find out which weapons his country has and which no longer.

French industrial enterprises have accelerated the production of weapons in order to ensure the speedy delivery of additional batches of Caesar self-propelled artillery systems to the Ukrainian army. This was stated by French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna during the Munich Security Conference. The column also called on other EU countries to adapt their national economies to ensure accelerated production of weapons.

The Polish president added that the Ukrainian military are being trained in Sventoszow

Kiev can receive Leopard 2 and PT-91 tanks from Poland within one to two months. This was stated by Polish President Andrzej Duda in an interview with Ukrinform published on Saturday.