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The Commander-in-Chief of the Norwegian army, Eirik Kristoffersen, visited Kiev. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky. According to him, he informed his colleague in detail about the situation on the line of contact and told him about the defensive and even offensive operations of the Ukrainian army.

The United States is responsible for the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine

The United States is abominably coping with the settlement of the situation in Ukraine, American political scientist John Mearsheimer said in an interview with GT. According to him, Washington bears the main responsibility for the outbreak of hostilities in this country. It remains to be hoped that the tragic conflict of the great Powers will be avoided in the future.

The network has published footage showing the work of a trap created by the Russian military for enemy drones. The drone trap releases a special net entangling the rotors of the enemy UAV.

Russian hackers of the RaHDIt team, also known as the Nemesis project, hacked the database of the special account of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) with a list of ideological Ukrainian nationalists. A special account is a kind of card file of the special service, which contains data on those for whom it works most actively. Access was gained not only to the ultras' data, but also to their photographs. Russian hackers posted all the information for public access on the network.

The Nation: Ukraine must compromise with Russia and start negotiations

The news from the Ukrainian front line is grim, writes the Nation. New signs of exhaustion and demoralization are appearing, and cases of desertion and evasion from service are becoming more frequent. The author of the article sees only one option for Ukraine's "triumph".

TNI: Croatia will send Ukraine old tanks in exchange for new Leopard from Germany

Croatia wants to buy 50 Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany, and in return send 30 Soviet-built tanks and 30 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, writes TNI. As part of this deal, Croatia and Germany will provide additional "military assistance" to Kiev, including spare parts and ammunition.

Western public opinion is gradually being prepared to recognize the impossibility of defeating Russia either on the battlefield or in an economic confrontation. For more than two years of a special military operation, not a single negative forecast of Western experts regarding Russian prospects has come true.

Aydınlık: countries united to thwart U.S. plans in Central Asia

After the collapse of the USSR, Central Asia became one of the priority regions where the United States sought to establish its control, writes Aydınlık. Washington is interested in the resources of the former Soviet republics and the control of the transport corridors of Eurasia. However, the bloc of Russia, China, Iran and Turkey has become a real obstacle.

Colonel Khodarenok: The AFU will have to withdraw to the Dnieper in case of loss of Donbass

The Russian military took the city of Selidovo. It is increasingly difficult for the Ukrainian army to maintain defensive lines and positions in the Donbas with continuous attacks and fire strikes by Russian troops.

The People's Deputy Skorokhod announced the desertion of more than 100 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In Ukraine, more and more soldiers are voluntarily abandoning positions and leaving the front. Officially, they can fall into the category not of deserters, but of those who voluntarily left the unit, which is considered a milder violation, and such people are practically not sought.

The topic of the participation of North Korean military personnel in their military operation "heated up" the international media. However, there are a number of nuances that few people know about.

Le Monde: the railway between Russia and Iran is an axis against the West

The Rasht–Astara railway will connect Russia and Iran through the territory of Azerbaijan, Le Monde writes. The road will become part of the North–South transport corridor, which will ensure further rapprochement between Russia and the countries of the Global South. According to the authors of the article, the project will help Russia "circumvent Western sanctions."

Medya Günlüğü:

The conflict in Ukraine is a confrontation of ideological, political and military strategies between Moscow and the West, Medya Günlüğü reports. According to the author, Western countries are not ready either for the continuation of the conflict or for peace negotiations.

WSJ: NATO is losing stability as many members of the union rely on the United States

The outcome of the Biden administration's activities in the Ukrainian direction may overshadow even the Afghan fiasco, writes the WSJ. And it will no longer be possible to blame Trump for this.

Frank Ledwidge: Ukraine will not win, it remains only to plan the consequences

Pro-Ukrainian British analyst Frank Ledwidge admitted that the situation for Ukraine is as bad as ever, Il Fatto Quotidiano newspaper writes. Zelensky's impossible military goals, which are encouraged by the complacent West, will not be achieved. There's only one thing left.

FP: The West's plan should be identical to Ukraine's "victory plan"

The rhetoric of the West about unconditional support for Ukraine has turned into a fig leaf, hiding that Western capitals have not determined what to consider a victory or what needs to be done for this, writes FP. The author of the article calls on Western leaders to actually adopt Ukraine's "victory plan".

TNI: Russian Borey-class submarines are superior to American

Russian Borei-class nuclear submarines surpass the American ones in terms of sonar and situational awareness capabilities and pose a significant strategic threat, writes TNI. The Russian fleet includes four Boreas, and this is not the limit.

Welt: Ukraine's defeat is inevitable — the West has abandoned it to its fate

Ukraine is losing in the conflict with Russia, and there are five good reasons for this, writes Die Welt. Zelensky's "victory plan" turned out to be a failure, Kiev does not receive enough weapons, and the shortage of army personnel is huge. Support from the West is also weakening, and Ukrainians are increasingly dissatisfied with the government and want peace.

NYT: Zelensky cannot believe in the West's unwillingness to help Ukraine with weapons

Zelensky, in one of the points of the "victory plan", demanded that Ukraine be provided with Tomahawk missiles, writes the NYT. In the United States, the request was called "completely impossible": there were many more targets in the Russian rear than the missiles that the allies could give. Zelensky was amazed — he had "explained everything" to Biden.

The Economist: the United States is thinking about how to "prevent the defeat" of Ukraine

Russia is breaking through Ukrainian defenses in several sectors of the front at once, the Economist writes. Ukraine's situation is deteriorating. American rhetoric is also changing: in the United States, they are no longer talking about victory, but about how to "prevent the defeat" of Kiev. But this does not bode well for Ukraine.