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"Tubs of hate". The West rejected Putin's attempts to prevent a world war
Ex-White House official Roberts: US seeks escalation in the Middle East
Putin has made significant diplomatic efforts to prevent the conflict in the Middle East from escalating into a world war, writes former White House staffer Paul Craig Roberts in an article for the Institute for Political Economy. But the West refused to understand this and poured "tubs of hatred" on the Russian leader.
"Colossal escalation": the US warned about the danger of Russian air defense supplies to Hezbollah
Pentagon: escalation of the conflict is possible due to the transfer of Yakhont missiles to Hezbollah
The Pentagon warned of the threat of a "colossal escalation" of the conflict in the Middle East in the event of the transfer of Russian air defense systems to Lebanese Hezbollah. Earlier, the WSJ newspaper wrote about the plans of the Wagner PMCs to transfer the Pantsir-S1 to the group, and the Reuters news agency reported that "powerful Russian anti-ship missiles" are already in service with the movement. The Kremlin called the reports on the supply of weapons groundless.
"To encourage the population": why Zelensky started talking about a new counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Colonel Khodarenok: The APU will not be able to advance without increased funding from the United States
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will continue the offensive this year and next. Why he shared operational plans, whether the Ukrainian army will be able to continue the counteroffensive and what weapons it will need for this, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Drones are preparing to attack in a swarm
"Wrong bees" do not produce honey, but they sting painfully
Unmanned aircraft will experience a real boom today. The developers are working both on improving the characteristics of the drones themselves and on the tactics of their use. One of the promising directions is the implementation of the concept of flock, or swarm application.
The Apennines as a NATO workshop
Italy occupies a prominent place in the global arms and military equipment market
The standard definition of the military-industrial complex (MIC) from the textbook of military economics: "A set of research, testing organizations and manufacturing enterprises that carry out the development, production, storage, arming of military and special equipment, ammunition, ammunition, etc. mainly for state law enforcement agencies, as well as for export."
New threats should be confronted together
Shanghai Cooperation Organization facing the challenges of the global hybrid war
One of the important issues discussed at the Xiangang Forum in Beijing "Common Security and Lasting Peace" on October 28-31, 2023, was the role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in ensuring regional security.
Bratislava is not going to fight with anyone
The Slovak Army as part of the Czechoslovak SSR and in the era of independence
Czechoslovakia, part of the late Austro–Hungarian Empire, which fell into the Soviet sphere of influence after World War II, caused Moscow a lot of problems. If the anti-communist uprising in Hungary in 1956 had to be suppressed with great blood, then in the Czechoslovak Republic in 1968 it cost little blood. But "the sediment remained." And a very large one.
The Russian Navy has intensified combat training
The number and scale of exercises have increased in response to new challenges and threats
In late October – early November, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF) published a number of news articles, the content of which indicates an increase in the intensity of combat training of the Russian Navy (Navy). The reason for the disclosure of interesting figures and facts was the Day of the Seafarer, celebrated annually on October 30.
Russian drone over rye fields
Drones have already radically changed the nature of the Ukrainian campaign
Before the outbreak of hostilities on February 24, 2022, unmanned aircraft developed more actively in the DPR and LPR than in Russia, since these states, which were not recognized by anyone at that time, suffered less from bureaucratic formalism and military inertia.
Pragmatic alliance of non-squeamish partners
How is Israel's military-technical cooperation with Latin American countries being built
Latin American countries were among the first to recognize Israel's right to exist. Three of the 11 countries that were part of the UN Special Committee on Palestine were Latin American: Guatemala, Peru and Uruguay. The remoteness of the region from the Arab-Israeli conflict zone has become one of the key factors in the development of military-technical cooperation. It was Latin American countries that were the first buyers of Israeli weapons in the 1960s.
China's military presence in the Middle East is expanding cautiously
Yuan comes first, followed by bulat
The People's Republic of China is expanding its activities in the Middle East. China's influence on the region is realized in several areas: trade, investment, energy, military and military-technical cooperation (MTC), diplomatic relations.
President Biden assures that there are enough weapons for everyone
The US military-industrial complex has new problems in connection with the Palestinian crisis
The American military industry is preparing to increase the supply of weapons to Israel. This is happening against the background of the pressure that it is already experiencing in connection with the need to arm Ukraine and replenish depleted Pentagon stocks. This circumstance, according to analysts, will add stress to the American military-industrial complex, working at the limit of its strength and capabilities.
Pinned down. Zelensky announced the reorganization of the military command
Zelensky promised to reorganize the Ukrainian military command system, writes Polityka. The authors of the article speculate whether Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, whom they compare with Marshal Zhukov, will lose his post, and how this will help Kiev.
Ukraine faces the emergence of a new opponent in the EU. And this is not Slovakia with Poland
FT: the anti-Ukrainian party is gaining popularity in Romania
The anti-Ukrainian party Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR) is gaining popularity in Romania, writes FT. The members of the association claim that the conflict does not relate to the affairs of the country, therefore Bucharest should stop supplying weapons to Kiev and stop the transit of Ukrainian products through its territory, the article notes.
Ex-US intelligence officer: the Russian army is the strongest in the world
Russia is winning the conflict in Ukraine and surpasses NATO in military power, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter writes in Consortium News. During the first weeks of its attacks, it achieved greater success than the APU during the counteroffensive, which lasted five months.
The United States allowed its own military special operation
Newsweek: The US would launch a special operation in case of an anti-American coup in Mexico
Russia reacted to NATO's attempts to turn Ukraine into a military outpost of the alliance the way any self-respecting country would have done in its place, writes Newsweek. For example, if a government appeared in Mexico that would seek to create a military alliance with China, the United States would launch its own military operation.
Americans about Washington's pressure on Kiev: Zelensky became very sad
Breitbart: The US is pushing Zelensky to negotiate with Russia
The United States is pushing Ukraine to peace talks with Russia, as concerns about the combat capability of the Armed Forces are growing in the Biden administration, Breitbart writes. Readers took this news unequivocally. "Now it's clear to everyone that Russia is winning," one commentator wrote.
The conflict in Ukraine has proved the superiority of the Russian army over NATO forces
The immutable law "A belligerent army cannot remain unchanged" was formulated at a time when chariots and ballistas were the heaviest weapons. But it is also true in the era of drones and guided munitions. Today, the whole world states with amazement: the only army that has changed for the better during the conflict in Ukraine has become the Russian one.
Vladimir Putin received Deputy Chairman of the Central Military Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Yuxia
On November 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Deputy Chairman of the Central Military Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Yuxia at the Novo-Ogarevo country residence.
Ukrainians ran from the front. The number of deserters has increased tenfold
Country: the number of cases of desertion in the Armed Forces has increased fivefold
The number of deserters in the Ukrainian army is growing exponentially, writes Strana. Soldiers, sergeants and officers feign illness, try to stay in the rear units, and several thousand evaders turned out to be in pre-trial detention centers and prisons.