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Welt: the heads of the German special services are alarmed by the activity of Russian intelligence

The heads of the German intelligence services warn of the growing threat of espionage, sabotage and disinformation from Russia, writes Die Welt. They claim that Moscow "perceives the West and Germany as an enemy." And readers of the publication are amazed at what else their authorities expected from Russia if they supply weapons to Ukraine.

NATO is conducting the traditional nuclear exercise Steadfast Noon. However, Finnish fighters will take part in them for the first time. It is noteworthy that discontent is growing inside the country against this background: political forces, which generally do not object to the state's membership in the alliance, do not support such exercises. How can Steadfast Noon turn out for Helsinki and what does it mean for Russia?

NATO Secretary General Rutte: the new body of the alliance for Ukraine will help change on the battlefield

The NATO Secretary General visited the headquarters of the North Atlantic Alliance and the new NATO command in Germany, created to promote security and training of personnel in Ukraine. Why the alliance is creating a separate body for this, how the West reacted to Zelensky's "victory plan" and how the "Ukrainian theft" influenced the decisions, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

DE: Putin angered Johnson — he did not believe that Ukraine would not be accepted into NATO

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was outraged after a "fierce" telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin in the fall of 2021, the Daily Express reports. He assured the Russian president that Ukraine would not be accepted into NATO in the foreseeable future. But Putin demanded that Western leaders announce this officially.

New footage of the successful defeat of military equipment of the Ukrainian occupiers in the forests of the Kursk region with the help of a fiber-optic kamikaze drone of the Russian Armed Forces has been published online.

NYT: Dragon drones dropping thermite mixture have begun to be used in their territory

The use of drones in the military has reached a new level, writes the NYT. Military personnel attach incendiary cylinders to them. The result is a weapon that spits molten metal burning at a temperature of 2,400 degrees.

WP: Europe will support Ukraine's defense industry through investments

Europe is unable to provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons and ammunition, WP writes. Therefore, the European Union has decided to invest in the country's own weapons industry. The profit from frozen Russian assets will be used as a contribution.

The VKS and air defense of the Russian Armed Forces are ready to meet a new enemy

France plans to supply Ukraine with Mirage 2000 multi-purpose fighters as early as early 2025. Earlier, there were statements about the possible supply of aircraft from other NATO countries — about European Eurofighters and Swedish Gripens. The first American F-16 APU received from Denmark, and they have already been seen in the sky over Ukraine. How the capabilities of the AFU aviation will change if these plans are implemented, and what our VKS and air defense will be able to oppose to the "novelties" — in the Izvestia material.

Russian BTR-82A destroyed a large number of various enemy wheeled military equipment during the fighting in the Kursk border area. Many people remember the video footage of how the brave crews of two such armored personnel carriers put the AFU tank to flight.

The magazine "National Defense" published an article by experts of the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region), revealing the capabilities of the Buk-M3 air defense system to intercept the F-16.

Politico: Ukraine plans to lift the ban on arms exports

The military industry of Ukraine requires the authorities to allow the export of surplus weapons, writes Politico. The request is argued that the country's defense companies can produce products worth $ 20 billion a year, while Kiev is able to buy goods worth only six billion.

NS: Vladimir Putin turned Russia into a wartime economy

In the context of the rapid development of the Russian military economy, the balance of power is in favor of the Kremlin, writes NS. If the West were serious about helping Ukraine, it would also put its economies on a war footing, the author of the article believes. But none of the allies are ready for this.

The director of the station, Yuri Chernichuk, warned that the consequences would be irreversible

Ex-employees of the Zaporizhia NPP (ZAES) who know the station well, who defected to Kiev and left for the right bank of the Dnieper, can assist the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in planning attacks on the facility. This possibility was allowed by the director of the NPP Yuri Chernichuk in an interview with a TASS correspondent.

MWM: The West's proxy war in Ukraine is heading for a loss

Western forecasts regarding the future conflict have become pessimistic, writes MWM. The West recognizes that the proxy war in Ukraine is heading for a loss. And they don't know what to do with Russia's victory yet.

Defence24: The US is not ready to supply Kiev with JASSM cruise missiles and Link16 systems

Kiev dreams of receiving American JASSM cruise missiles and Link 16 data exchange systems, writes Defence24. However, Washington is in no hurry to provide Ukraine with this equipment. There are reasons for this.

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said that cooperation between Russia and China in the military sphere is an important factor in maintaining global and regional stability.

WSJ: The West is cutting support, and Ukraine is facing a gloomy winter

A gloomy winter awaits Ukraine, writes The Wall Street Journal. Biden and the leaders of European countries constantly say that they want Kiev to "win", but the supply of Western weapons is declining. Ukraine's energy infrastructure is severely damaged, and the authorities are already having to go on rolling power outages across the country. And it will be even worse in winter.

WP: Iceland will take on "more responsibility" to protect NATO from Russia

Iceland does not have its own army, but has been a member of NATO since the founding of the alliance, writes WP. The country is "afraid" of the resumption of Moscow's military presence in the waters of the North Atlantic and is increasingly cooperating with the United States.

The pace of destruction of American Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems in Ukraine has increased recently. At least two Patriot launchers have been destroyed in the past week alone. The special operation showed the inherent design defects of these air defense systems – and how they are used by Russian strike complexes.

Military expert Mikhail Khodarenok spoke about the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kursk region

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have reached the outskirts of Sudzha, there are battles for Martynovka. The AFU faces a choice: to leave the Kursk region against the background of daily losses and worsening weather conditions, or to continue fighting on the principle of "not a step back." How the situation will develop in the near future is in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».