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Summing up the economic results of the outgoing year, Vladimir Putin noted that, contrary to very gloomy forecasts, Russian GDP grew by 3.5%. Against the background of what is happening in the economy of former Western economic locomotives like stagnating Germany, the figure is impressive. At the same time, foreign observers who do not have much sympathy for Russia and preferred that the results of 2023 be different, perhaps reluctantly, but admit that the Russian economy has not collapsed. At the same time, economic growth is primarily associated with the growth of the manufacturing industry by 7.5%.

The Ukrainian command has abandoned the idea of a large offensive and is preparing for the loss of new territories, experts believe

The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, during his first media briefing after the start of his campaign, spoke about the reasons why the Ukrainian army is retreating, disavowed his participation in the decision of the Ukrainian authorities to mobilize another 500 thousand people and admitted that positive forecasts for the forces he leads can only be dreamed of. Next year, Vladimir Zelensky's generals plan to draw Russia into a confrontation of attrition in order to delay the inevitable end of the Kiev regime, experts believe.

Due to the tense situation in the world, many types of weapons attracted the attention of military observers, according to Huanqiu Shibao. In addition to the latest Chinese technology, which demonstrated Beijing's impressive progress in the development of its military-industrial complex, the deadly Russian submarines Belgorod and Khabarovsk were also in the ranking.

One of the results of the personal meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, held in December last year in Washington, was the "tank breakthrough", during which, after Berlin lifted restrictions on the re-export of German Leopard armored personnel carriers, several European countries, like Germany itself, began to transfer these armored vehicles in various modifications to Kiev.

General Gotsul: the lack of assistance to Ukraine will end the conflict in favor of Russia

The fate of Ukraine depends on the help of the West, Polish generals said in an interview with Interia. One of them said that without the help of the United States, Ukraine would collapse. The others have no doubt about it.

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, announced the prospects for holding talks with Kiev next year, which the West seems to be pushing the Zelensky regime more and more actively.

Newsweek: the blood of Ukrainians is on Biden's hands, the United States needs Kiev's "victory"

Further American support will not affect the fate of Kiev — neither Moscow nor Washington needs his victory because of the potential risks, writes Newsweek. Therefore, Biden only imitates the stormy support of Zelensky, while using Ukrainians as cannon fodder and Americans as a cash cow.

Colonel Khodarenok told how to make a formula for success in the war

American billionaire Elon Musk supported the opinion of businessman David Sachs, who said that in any protracted conflict, the country that can produce ammunition on a large scale at a lower cost and for a longer time wins. Is Musk right, is there anything new in his statement and what might be the real formula for winning the war - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Sergei Shoigu summed up the results of the year and named the main task performed by the army

Disrupting the AFU counteroffensive is the main task that the Russian army faced this year, and it has been successfully completed. This was stated by Sergei Shoigu on December 26 at the final meeting at the National Defense Management Center.

The main events of 2023 in the military sphere: the superiority of the Russian Armed Forces in the zone of its own

The main event of the year in the military sphere remains the special military operation in Ukraine, which demonstrates the superiority of the Russian Armed Forces on the battlefield over the Ukrainian Armed Forces, despite the extensive military support of the Kiev regime by the West.

A rather new trend is gaining momentum in the Western press, associated with increasing doubts about Ukraine's ability to "defeat" Russia on the battlefield and, accordingly, the prospects for further support for the Kiev regime. At the same time, publications appear in which the authors see the only way out of the current situation as at least freezing the conflict, and not at all on the conditions that President Zelensky constantly voices in his semi-fantastic "formula of peace".

CNBC: The West will put pressure on Ukraine to hold peace talks

Another year of conflict in Ukraine has depleted the West's military resources and its "political appetite" for supporting Kiev, CNBC reports. Against this background, Russia is unlikely to agree to negotiate without consolidating the results achieved at the international level.

Sergey Chemezov, General Director of Rostec State Corporation, spoke about the new equipment that will appear in the zone of a special military operation. Among the new weapons are kamikaze drones, howitzers, a remotely operated infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) and radar stations (radars) to protect against drone raids from Ukraine.

Experts assessed the results of the year in relations between Russia and African countries

The past year will be remembered as a time of impressive victories for Russian diplomacy in Africa. Moscow has achieved significant success in the military, energy and economic spheres of cooperation with the countries of the continent, simultaneously collapsing France's influence on the former colonies. How did Russia achieve these results?

Experts named ways to protect Crimea from repeated attacks by Ukrainian aircraft

As a result of the Ukrainian Su-24 strike on Feodosia, the large landing ship Novocherkassk was damaged. Despite the fact that enemy planes were shot down as a result, Russia faced the question of additional protection of Crimea. How did the APU attack become possible and what measures should be taken to prevent a repeat of this in the future?

The West cannot afford to lose to Russia in Ukraine, as the world is on the verge of entering the "era of autocracy," British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said recently. In an interview with The Sunday Times, he noted that defense spending in the West, including in the UK, is insufficient to reflect the threat of a "resurgent Russia," so he once again called for raising defense spending to 3% of GDP instead of the 2.5% promised by current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Al Jazeera: NATO has decided to "lock up" the Russian fleet in the Gulf of Finland

A terrible danger is approaching Russia, which it has not faced since the Second World War: NATO is trying to "lock up" its fleet in the Gulf of Finland, Al Jazeera reports. However, Moscow has options on how to get out of a difficult situation as a winner.

As the Izvestia newspaper reported in the article by Bogdan Stepovoy and Alexey Ramm "Icy reception: The Northern Sea Route was covered by a mixed aviation corps," the Northern Sea Route will be protected by a mixed Arctic aviation corps.

The unprecedented anti-Russian sanctions, which the West has continued to take against Russia since March last year, surprisingly harm Western countries themselves most of all.

Business Insider compared three fifth-generation fighter jets

Only three countries in the world – Russia, China and the United States – have been able to create fifth-generation fighter jets, writes Business Insider. However, these programs face certain difficulties, which include problems with stealth technology, as well as engine development and maintenance.