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Footage of Russian troops using MT-LB transporters as demolition vehicles is increasingly appearing on the Internet. At the same time, the tactics of their application are being improved.

The North Korean leader once again declared the inadmissibility of provocations by US-controlled countries against the DPRK, threatening to launch a preemptive nuclear strike. This was reported by the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).

Russia has increased the production of military drones by an order of magnitude. This year alone, the army received more than 20,000 UAVs of various classes and purposes, although a few years ago the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation possessed only two thousand drones. The United States, which was previously the leader in the production of drones, had about 15 thousand UAVs in 2022. Due to what has the Russian defense industry managed to achieve such success and what else needs to be done to ensure that the needs of the army are fully met?

Colonel Khodarenok: Zelensky does not correspond to the position of Supreme Commander

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky held a press conference on the results of the year. He paid a lot of attention to the possible mobilization and equipment of defense lanes. What exactly Zelensky said, whether the military understood him and how much the Ukrainian president corresponds to the position of supreme commander-in-chief is in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

On December 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.

A group of American journalists claims to have uncovered supply chains for Western high-tech components to Russia, bypassing sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation after the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine.

The Russian Aerospace Forces are gradually increasing attacks with planning bombs on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There have already been cases of massive raids, as a result of which large strongholds of the Ukrainian army were destroyed. At the same time, the foreign press records not only the increasingly widespread use of planning bombs, but also their evolution.

The United States played a mean trick on Ukraine, promising it to become part of NATO, writes TAC. Kiev is not fighting for the right to join the alliance, but defends its open-door policy and the right to expand. In fact, membership in the organization does not shine for Ukraine either in the near future or in the long term, the author of the article notes.

Toyo Keizai: The United States does not need Putin's defeat, so they prevent Ukraine from winning

The United States specifically does not allow Ukraine to win the conflict with Russia, according to the author of the article from Toyo Keizai. Putin's defeat is completely unprofitable for them, so the Biden administration is pursuing a secret strategy. Probably for this reason, there was talk of a truce in the West.

The Ukrainian "counteroffensive" failed, and now Kiev is looking for the culprits, writes Página 12. Zelensky's popularity is falling, and it does not benefit his regime. Everything that is happening could lead to negotiations, but, according to the author of the article, Moscow does not need this now, because the West has repeatedly deceived it.

HN: The Estonian Defense Ministry has developed a plan that should help Ukraine win

The Estonian Ministry of Defense has developed a plan that is supposed to ensure the victory of Ukraine and the return of all lands to it, writes HN. Tallinn sent an offer to the allies. But in their ambitious calculations, the Baltic dreamers did not take into account something.

Politico: a tank brigade from Germany will not be able to defend Lithuania

Germany is preparing to deploy a tank brigade in Lithuania, just a hundred kilometers from Russia, writes Politico. This is how the Germans plan to defend the eastern flank of NATO. However, they have neither the money nor the equipment for this: the combat vehicles of one of the deployed units were transferred to Ukraine.

After the last extended board of the Ministry of Defense with the participation of the President of the Russian Federation, the world media vied to discuss "the escalation of military rhetoric", "the threat of an attack on NATO countries" and "large-scale saber rattling."

According to the famous German common sense, it's time to say a memorial prayer: the statements quoted by Bild by German Defense Minister Pistorius betray him as paranoid. He and his colleagues count the years before the appearance of Russian troops on the Oder. And they do not even hope to protect the entire eastern flank of NATO — from Finland to Romania.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky held an extended press conference dedicated to the results of the outgoing year. It is noteworthy that the head of the Kiev regime decided to talk to journalists a few days after the "Direct Line" and the press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Arms supplies to Russian troops have tripled compared to the previous year, purchases of equipment in high demand as part of a special military operation have increased 7 times, and the production of artillery ammunition has increased more than 17 times. Such statements were made by Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday during a speech at the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. What kind of equipment did the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation receive and how did the capacity of the domestic military-industrial complex increase — in the TASS material

The Pentagon intends to actively purchase and put into service an increasing number of innovative unmanned aerial vehicles of various classes. US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks believes that the US army will need thousands of UAVs in the next two years to confront China.

An entire coalition is being assembled by the United States for a military operation with a force that threatens all world trade. In fact, Washington has declared a new war thousands of kilometers from its borders. And this war is likely to be unsuccessful for America again. Why?

It became known that a night modification of the Russian kamikaze drone "Gastello" was successfully tested in one of the areas of the SVO.

TV2: in the West, they were afraid of undermining NATO after the defeat of Ukraine

If Western support for Ukraine weakens, it could be costly for both Kiev and the West itself, TV2 reports. Analysts at the Washington Institute for the Study of War urge not to allow Russia to win, as this would threaten to "undermine" NATO.