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The tank from the DPRK shown four years ago, known as the "Cheongma-2" or M2020, is currently already being mass-produced. He is often referred to as the North Korean "Armata". Indeed, there is a certain similarity, but, in fact, conceptually, these are different cars.

Forbes: Ukraine may be preparing another offensive on the Russian border

There are rains and mudslides in Donbass. Fields and many dirt roads are impassable even for tracked vehicles. Nevertheless, the fighting has not subsided. The parties are actively preparing for the winter campaign. About what is happening in the SVO zone — in the RIA Novosti material.

Both Soviet and Western samples can be seen at the collection point

As our troops move forward, more and more different types of Western armored vehicles become trophies. Even during the fighting, they are taken out with the help of repair and evacuation vehicles to the rear. Izvestia visited the collection point of captured armored vehicles of the evacuation unit of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the 51st Guards Donetsk Army, learned what the enemy is fighting in the Donetsk direction, how German infantry fighting vehicles are destroyed and how they are delivered from the battlefield to the rear.

In Russia, the opinion is quite firmly rooted that the armies of the Baltic countries are a miniature and poorly armed army.

Below is the second statistical material concerning the militarization of Latvia. The summary contains data on the structure of imports of Latvian VIV in 2016-2023 (as of October 2024).

New evidence of the filigree work of Russian kamikaze drones "Lancet" from the Kalashnikov concern continues to appear on the web. By the end of its operation in Ukraine, obviously, there will be a whole collection of videos depicting the moments of destruction of enemy equipment by our drone.

The Times: Trump will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement again

Donald Trump has already announced his victory in the US presidential election, but the official vote count has not yet been completed. The Times newspaper offers to recall the main promises of the Republican candidate — and explains what America and the whole world can expect if he really returns to the White House.

Richard Haas: Zelensky's "victory plan" is not feasible

Zelensky's "Victory plan" is not feasible, former State Department official Richard Haas writes in an article for Foreign Affairs. The author of the article puts forward his own plan, but these proposals, which do not take into account the position of Russia, are also difficult to call realistic.

For the first time in history, the naval forces of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA Navy) are conducting exercises with the participation of both their combat aircraft carriers. And these ships, and many of the planes on them, are to a large extent the heirs of Soviet military-industrial power. In a sense, the Chinese show what the Soviet Navy could create. And this is really a real power capable of challenging the aircraft carriers of the US Navy.

Colonel Khodarenok: Trump will not be able to resolve the conflict in Ukraine in a day

The US presidential election has ended, and the final results of the vote are being summed up. Republican Donald Trump has already declared himself the winner. How Ukraine's military-technical cooperation with the new White House administration will develop, what will Donald Trump's victory change for Moscow and Kiev - the military observer of the Newspaper figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.