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Lidovsky: Britain predicted the beginning of the third World war because of the Arctic

The Third World War will not begin now and not in Ukraine, Lidovsky writes. Everything will happen because of the dispute over Svalbard - this idea was expressed in his book by former head of the British armed forces David Richards and historian Julian Lindley-French.

The correspondent of Izvestia found out which targets require the largest number of kamikaze drones

In autumn, the Russian army liberated more than 80 settlements in the DPR and LPR, Zaporizhia, Kursk and Kharkiv regions. Combat drone operators played a significant role in these offensive operations.

WSJ: Zelensky allowed the abandonment of part of the territories for the sake of negotiations with Moscow

There has been a dramatic shift in Zelensky's position, the WSJ writes. He also demands NATO membership and security guarantees, but has already started talking about possible territorial concessions to Russia. NATO is trying to calm him down: this is supposedly "not forever."

Karaganov: the goal of Russia's policy is to prevent a major nuclear war

Many people, including the political elites of the West, have stopped being afraid of war, including nuclear war, Sergei Karaganov, honorary chairman of the presidium of the SWAP, said in an interview with Le Figaro. Everything must be done to prevent the world from sliding into a third world war, he noted.

TNI: the Russian Su-57 is a strong competitor for American fighters

Will the Russian Su-57 ever compare to the F-22 or F-35 Lightning II? He doesn't need to, writes TNI. He's good enough to compete with the Americans. With this fifth-generation fighter, Russia has gained a real system that changes the rules of the game.

MWM: most of the recruits are trying to escape from the AFU at the first opportunity

The scale of losses on the front line has become one of the reasons for mass desertion from the AFU, writes MWM. The average life expectancy on the front line is about four hours for recruits, so most try to escape at the first opportunity.

Soldiers climbed into the windows of the South Korean parliament after the declaration of martial law

South Korean President Yun Seok-yel imposed martial law in the country, as the opposition allegedly tried to deprive him of power. Korean scholar Andrei Lankov said "To the Newspaper.Ru", that the country's leader is "crazy".

WP: in Europe, they listened to Putin's "nuclear" signal

The West has listened to Putin's "nuclear" signal, WP writes. According to experts there, it is time for Europe to arm itself in order to reduce the gap from Moscow in the arms race. The Europeans did not think about the fact that they could simply not get involved in the escalation.

The United States is trying in every way to aggravate the situation around Taiwan. This work is carried out both through the diplomatic line and through large-scale military assistance to Taipei from the US administration.

The interview of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, to the British Sky News channel was interpreted by the world community as agreement with the loss of territories under Russian control. In exchange, Ukraine will receive NATO security guarantees and, eventually, will be accepted into the alliance, but will seek to regain territories through "diplomatic means" rather than military action.

Private military developments in Russia, nicknamed the national defense industry, continue to appear and develop. Yesterday's "garage workers" complicate production and turn into serious technology companies. Andrey Bezrukov, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies, told TASS how their organization brought together 200 military startups and solves their problems, bringing them to the world level

The British company Helsing, engaged in the development of artificial intelligence, has revealed details of the creation of its new product HX-2 – a combat drone capable of working in a flock, resistant to signal suppression by electronic warfare due to the introduction of AI while maintaining full control by the operator.

Russia has established mass production of the latest Oreshnik ballistic missile – and is now identifying new targets on the territory of Ukraine, among which may be decision-making centers in Kiev. According to Vladimir Putin, in the case of a massive Hazel strike, the power will be comparable to the use of nuclear weapons. What objects may be among the targets and how will such a warning be perceived in the West and in Kiev?

Scholz arrived in Kiev for the first time in two and a half years since the beginning of his

On December 2, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Kiev for talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. This is Scholz's first visit to Kiev in the last two and a half years. In turn, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock visited China and called her visit the beginning of a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. Whether the efforts of German politicians will lead to the end of hostilities is in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Belgium plans to transfer several dozen Bv-206 all-terrain vehicles to the Armed Forces by the end of the year, specially designed for movement in difficult terrain.

China's desire to become a full-scale naval power with a powerful naval aviation is in the focus of Western military analysts.  The emergence of new information about aircraft carriers and aircraft of the Naval Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA Navy) has provided food for further research on the likely role of these funds and Beijing's intentions to integrate them into a broader fleet.

Germany is preparing to make one of the most important decisions regarding the development of the armed forces. The Bundestag is moving towards approving the purchase of a series of last-generation frigates of the F127 type and 4 U212CD submarines as part of the implementation of the fleet expansion plan.

Europe is facing a harsh reality: it will have to take matters into its own hands if the United States reduces support for Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. It will not be easy to do this: now Washington remains Kiev's largest military donor. Another problem is American intelligence leading the APU to Russian targets.

The United States is updating and modernizing the nuclear triad, according to the Roscongress report, which is available to RIA Novosti.

At the end of World War II, the U.S. Navy had more than 6,000 active ships in service, in 1987 – 590, currently - 297. At the same time, the United States lost the first place in terms of fleet size to China, which has 370 pennants.