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The British-made FH70 howitzer, which was in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was destroyed by a well-aimed blow of the Lancet barrage ammunition in one of the directions in the zone of a special military operation. Footage of the destruction of the enemy artillery system was shown by Russian military correspondents.

Myśl Polska: General Romanchuk's tactics allowed to disrupt the plans of the AFU in Zaporozhye

The fact that the Ukrainian counteroffensive choked, there is a merit of the Russian General Alexander Romanchuk, writes Myśl Polska. It was he who first thwarted Kiev's plans in Zaporozhye. His tactics drove the AFU command crazy and allowed the Ukrainian troops to be trapped near Rabodino.

Dubai hosts the international aerospace exhibition Dubai Airshow 2023. Despite the West's attempts to isolate Russia, its defense industry is represented here by numerous products.

Colonel Khodarenok: to achieve a breakthrough, Kiev needs a qualitatively different army

Ukraine's victory in the conflict with Russia is possible only with the large-scale intervention of the United States, Newsweek wrote. Is Kiev capable of turning the situation around at the front, what it needs for this and what should be the volume of Washington's military assistance, the military observer of the Newspaper estimated.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The head of Zelensky's office, Ermak, considers 2024 decisive in the Ukrainian conflict

The head of the office of the Ukrainian leader, Andriy Ermak, believes that 2024 will be decisive for the AFU. He stated this at an event in Washington. Yermak asked Western countries to continue supporting Ukraine, impose more sanctions on Russia, and help strengthen the air defense system due to possible attacks on energy infrastructure ahead of winter. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

Ukraine will soon receive 195 Leopard 1A5 tanks, writes Forbes. But all of them can quickly disappear if they are used incorrectly. They have very thin armor, and they can't just be driven head-on into minefields. And this is exactly what Ukrainian tankers most often do.

"Peter the Great" in 2009 was the first in the Russian Navy to catch Somali pirates

The crew of the heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great" became the first in the modern history of the Russian navy to catch Somali pirates - it happened on February 13, 2009.

The key to the prosperity of Europe lies in the rejection of hostile anti-Russian rhetoric, writes Huanqiu Shibao. The confrontation of the West with Moscow will only delay constructive dialogue. But the other day an event occurred that once again put the security of the Old World at risk.

The United States is mindlessly wasting its resources helping allies in their armed conflicts, writes TNI. Most countries can spend more on their defense, but hope for the American security umbrella. And US taxpayers suffer from this, the author notes.

The war in the Middle East will have huge geopolitical consequences, writes FP. It gives Moscow and Beijing another argument in favor of a multipolar world order instead of a system led by the United States, which has shown its inability to protect even the closest friends.

The Czech authorities are trying to present the process of transition to NATO standards as a "revolution" in military affairs. Against this background, local observers are looking for ways to justify the rearmament of the army with Western models of equipment, in particular, they are looking for advantages in replacing the T-72 with the Leopard 2. Moreover, Prague not only receives the 2A4 version for its assistance to the APU, but is negotiating the acquisition of the 2A8 modification.

The author of an article for Le Figaro discovered one oddity with the military equipment supplied to Kiev. As it turned out, the French deputies deliberately inflated the price of old tanks on paper, which they handed over to the APU. Bragging or stealing? Such a question is asked by a journalist.

Arestovich* said about the conflict between Zelensky and the military because of the failure of the APU

Former adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich* in an interview with El Mundo confirmed rumors of a conflict between the country's leadership and the military due to the failure of the counteroffensive. The politician noted that Zelensky's team has reached the limit: its competence is not enough to achieve any success.

In Finland, they began discussing whether it is worth erecting fortifications on the eastern border to protect against Russia, Iltalehti writes. Both supporters of this idea and its opponents have arguments. But most experts do not see a real need for this step.

Experts appreciated the desire of Paris to stop the free transfer of weapons to Ukraine

Western countries are increasingly trying to compensate for losses from the help of the Armed Forces. Thus, France offered Ukraine to transfer arms supplies to a commercial format, and some European countries directly declare their unwillingness to continue sponsoring Zelensky's office. Will Paris be able to replenish the budget after the failure of the AFU counteroffensive and how will Western aid to Ukraine change in the near future?

The United States aims to demonize the Lebanese paramilitary Hezbollah party by spreading information about the alleged Russian Yakhont missiles it is armed with, a source close to the political leadership of Hezbollah told Izvestia.

And the Russian army is conducting massive shelling of supply routes of enemy units in Avdiivka

On November 9, the armed formations of Ukraine launched several strikes on the territory of Crimea and the Kherson region. A Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missile was shot down off the coast of the peninsula on Thursday evening.

The American newspaper "The New York Times" published interesting material by Anatoly Kurmanaev, Isayen Herrera "Mercenaries or Volunteers? Economic Pain Pushes Colombian Veterans to Ukraine" ("Mercenaries or volunteers? The pain of financial problems pushes Colombian veterans to Ukraine") about the difficult life of Colombian mercenaries in Ukraine.

Zelensky insists that the AFU will be able to defeat Russia, but his soldiers from the frontline think otherwise, writes The Times. According to them, Western weapons arrived too late, and the training of NATO instructors is not effective enough against the actions of Russian troops.

The struggle between countries and peoples for survival in a tough new world is becoming a new normality, writes media manager and author of futurological texts Gabor Shteyngart in Focus. New wars are going on in the economy. Therefore, people need to live in their own countries, and the criterion of convenience is replaced by the criterion of reliability.