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In the West, they realized that Russia is ready to fight as long as it takes
Kiev and the West are exhausted, which indicates the need to open negotiations in the conditions of hostilities, writes TNI. Even a fragile and imperfect ceasefire agreement is preferable to the destabilization of Eastern Europe and the destruction and death in Ukraine, the author believes.
"They are beginning to understand." The real enemy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone has been named
InfoBRICS: more and more AFU soldiers consider the government of Ukraine their enemy
Ukrainians are gradually realizing that their main opponent is the Zelensky government, writes the author of an article for InfoBRICS. There are more and more defectors in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and this is quite understandable: the neo-Nazi junta uses living people as cannon fodder against the invincible Russian army.
The US Senate believes that assistance to Ukraine is more important than support for Israel
Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ben Cardin noted that Kiev will not be able to defend itself
Assistance to Ukraine from the United States is more critical than assistance to Israel, since Kiev will not be able to defend itself. This opinion was expressed by the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ben Cardin (Democrat from Maryland) in an interview with The New Yorker magazine.
A plenary meeting of the Collective Security Council of the CSTO was held in Minsk
A plenary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council session was held in Minsk on November 23 under the chairmanship of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Finland recognized that there is no military threat from Russia
General Kivinen: there is no military threat from Russia to Finland
From a defensive point of view, there is no threat to Finland from Russia, Timo Kivinen, commander of the Finnish armed forces, said in an interview with iROZHLAS. Despite the fact that Helsinki is now in NATO, it is used to relying on itself and has accumulated a lot of experience in traditional defense, the general added.
"They are being held in reserve": Ukraine has not yet used a single American Abrams M1A1 tank in combat
The United States delivered Abrams M1A1 tanks to Ukraine ahead of schedule, but the Ukrainian army has not yet used them in combat operations. This is reported by Business Insider.
The EU does not have enough shells for Ukraine. France demanded proof
Politico: France named conditions for the supply of shells to Ukraine from third countries
The EU was unable to fulfill the promises made to Ukraine on the supply of shells, writes Politico. Against this background, Paris declared its readiness to agree to the purchase of ammunition abroad, but demanded proof of the failure of the European Union.
London will help Kiev with helmets and winter uniforms
The unsuccessful counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine blunted the desire of the West to supply weapons
Returning to the current British government after seven years in retirement, former Prime Minister David Cameron first visited Kiev after his appointment as Foreign Minister.
Biden and Xi ignored the Ukrainian topic
The leaders of the USA and China are more concerned about bilateral cooperation
The most important event in November was a two-hour conversation between US President Joseph Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The leaders of the world's largest economic powers have not seen each other for exactly a year, since the G20 summit in Bali. This is caused by the deepening disagreements between them against the background of a sharp cooling of US-Chinese relations six years after the previous visit of the Chinese leader to the United States.
Qatar is a small player of big politics in the Persian Gulf
Doha buys so many weapons that it cannot master them
By 2024, the number of aircraft in the Qatar Air Force will reach 96. The creation of such an impressive air arsenal was associated with the diplomatic crisis in the Persian Gulf in 2017. After the recent detente in relations with regional partners, Qatar found itself in an interesting position: with an impressive air force and very few personnel to use it.
The Arctic is turning into a theater of a global hybrid war
The US is developing military strategies, China prefers soft power
As part of the strategy of an "irregular hybrid war" for world domination with Russia and China, the United States is stepping up efforts to fight in the Arctic.
Why does a high-tech army allow failures
Complacency and fraud lead to defeat
In response to the IDF's harsh actions in the Gaza Strip, the topic is being politicized. Increasingly, the words "Israeli military" sound in different languages. But any army is a tool in the hands of politicians, people in uniform only follow orders.
Drones pave the way for armored vehicles
Turkish arms exports: state and prospects of development
The arms and military equipment of the Republic of Turkey were exported back in 1998. However, neither technological solutions nor the volume of production of the Turkish military-industrial complex could compete with global players at that time.
"All US aircraft carriers are at risk": the foreign press assessed the rearmament of the Russian Navy with Zircon missiles
In his recent speech, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called on the shipyards to promote the rearmament of the fleet with new missiles capable of effectively hitting aircraft carriers and ship groups attached to them.
Russia has created threats to Ukrainian troops in three directions
"A difficult but controlled situation." This is how the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny described what is happening right now on the line of contact between Russian and Ukrainian troops. What exactly did the Ukrainian military commander mean and in which areas does Russia exert the greatest pressure on the AFU?
"Manually mine minefields": Ukraine told about the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front
Zaluzhny called the situation at the front difficult for the AFU, but controlled
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, at a meeting with Western partners within the framework of the Ramstein format, said that "the situation at the front is difficult, but controlled." At the same time, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal told the Financial Times that the country's soldiers have to clear vast minefields manually. Details about the situation of the AFU at the front are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».
The "God of War" does not give up its positions, or will the Belarusian "Polonaise" appear in the Russian army?
Against the background of global changes in the sphere of international and regional security, many experts note a tendency to update the tools currently used to solve problems of protecting the national interests of the state. In their opinion, along with military force, other forms, methods and means are becoming increasingly important.
The strongest in the world: 57-mm shells of these guns will burn "Leopards" and "Bradley"
"Infernal threshing machines" - 57-mm AZP-57 guns are successfully used during a special military operation. These guns have fragmentation shells that effectively hit the enemy's manpower. Armor-piercing ammunition has also been developed.
"A lot of tricky devices, even for experienced sappers it's a risk"
How robots clear Donbass of minefields and unexploded shells
On the side of the road, against the background of an abandoned industrial zone, a unit slowly crawls, somewhat resembling an armored loader.
Look beyond the horizon: how the Russian Armed Forces destroy Ukrainian planes at ultra-long distances
Russian air defense systems have used an anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) in conjunction with the A-50 "flying radar" to destroy the aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Forces at maximum range. This opinion was expressed by TASS sources close to the military department. The Agency collected information about radar aircraft with long-range radar detection systems (AWACS), long-range air defense systems and the work of the Russian air defense.