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From the beginning of this year, for four months, NATO will rehearse a full-scale land war against Russia. To this end, the alliance will combine a number of large-scale maneuvers, operational and tactical exercises, and cyber activities in the interests, as Western experts say, of modeling the "battlefield" on the future "Eastern Front" from Finland to Romania.

Bloomberg: Ukraine's allies held a secret meeting in Riyadh

The United States and other Western countries held a secret meeting in Riyadh to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. Russia was not invited to it, and China refused to attend it. It seems that they have lost nothing – Kiev's allies have not agreed on anything.

The Telegraph: Zelensky was asked to curb dissent in the country

In Ukraine, disagreements are growing among government officials who are trying to blame each other for military failures, writes The Telegraph. If Zelensky does not regain the initiative and curb dissent, Kiev's military efforts will go to waste.

Shoigu: the Russian military is methodically reducing the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

About the course of the special operation, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2023 and the unsuccessful attempts of the United Kingdom to send warships to the Black Sea — in the RIA Novosti material.

Completion of the rearmament of the RVSN mobile group to Yarsi and other significant events for this type of troops

In December 2023, the rearmament of a group of mobile missile systems from old Soviet Poplars to modern Yars was completed, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at the final board of the department. Among the significant events of the past year for the Strategic Missile Forces, it is also worth noting the raising of the flag of the Russian Navy on the third frigate of Project 22350 Admiral Golovko, the serial carrier of the newest hypersonic missile Zircon.

Expert Chekmasov: after the summer failures, Kiev will not gather forces for a new offensive

After losing the summer counteroffensive, Ukraine will not be able to gather forces in a short time for another offensive, which requires an advantage in the air. On January 8, Mikhail Chekmasov, Rear Admiral of the reserve, Candidate of Military Sciences, pointed out this in an interview with Izvestia, noting that Kiev does not and will not have an advantage in the air.

Western economists Joseph Stiglitz and Andrew Kosenko insist on the confiscation of Russian assets in favor of Ukraine. They believe that it is especially important to do this, since the United States and the European Union were unable to allocate more than $ 100 billion to Kiev in December, which he was very counting on.

Russia significantly surpasses Ukraine in the number and quality of electronic warfare equipment, writes FT. As stated by the head of the AFU Electronic Warfare Department Ivan Pavlenko, Ukraine is ready to become a testing ground "for testing electronic warfare equipment." However, the allies are in no hurry to share technology.

Kiev has absolutely no resources left, and Russia is confidently moving towards its goal, Yahoo News Japan writes. As the Japanese readers of the resource note, Ukraine needed to negotiate for a long time. Now Zelensky has only to "believe in miracles."

In Germany, the largest parties, led by liberals and greens, called for the supply of cruise missiles to Ukraine. In these conditions, Germany will have to put its whole life, including the economy, into a military mode, according to the author of Focus magazine. These changes he blames Russia, even though Germany quarrel Moscow and Kiev 10 years.

Spectator: Western countries are divided over aid to Ukraine

Numerous predictions about the collapse of the Russian Federation have not come true, writes Spectator. But there is an increasing opinion about the collapse of the West. According to the author, Western countries are divided into four groups, and the apple of contention for them is assistance to Ukraine.

A number of German politicians supported the demands of the Kiev regime for the supply of long-range Taurus missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Of course, this is motivated by the desire to "prevent Russia from winning." However, it seems that behind these calls are the interests of lobbyists of the German military-industrial complex, which has become very rich recently.

Colonel Khodarenok: in 2024, the Russian Armed Forces will try to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea

One of the most important operational and strategic results of the summer-autumn campaign of 2023 is the disruption of the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. How events on the fronts will develop in the first half of 2024, the military observer of Gazeta analyzed.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The other day, footage appeared on the network showing the defeat of two Lancet kamikaze drones of an object identified by a number of observers as a disguised German Iris-T SLM air defense system, transferred by Germany to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

No matter how Russia suffers, the absence of defeat means victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes The Spectator

The actual division of Ukraine along the line of contact remained the only solution for the West, which is not interested in a large-scale conflict with Russia. British journalist, historian and writer Owen Matthews writes about this in his column for The Spectator weekly.

Experts: 2024 will bring even more military crises

2023 has become a time of escalating conflicts in a number of regions of the planet. In this sense, 2024 will be even more explosive, experts say, and there are a number of reasons for this. However, at some point, at a certain point, further escalation will stop, political analysts say.

Russia has seized the initiative, and in 2024 Ukraine will switch to strategic defense. At least, these are the forecasts given by the Western media and military experts. One of the signs of exactly what the Ukrainian defense will look like is the convulsive attempts by the Kiev regime to recruit new manpower for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The White House announced Russia's use of North Korean ballistic missiles to bombard the territory of Ukraine. Moreover, according to the American press, Moscow is allegedly preparing to purchase additional ballistic missiles from Iran in the spring.

Denmark said that the transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine has been postponed for six months

The Danish Defense Ministry has decided to postpone the delivery of the first batch of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. According to the Danish authorities, Kiev is not yet ready to operate such equipment. They expect that all conditions for the transfer will be met in the second quarter of 2024. In Russia, it was suggested that the delay was due to Denmark's domestic political problems. Details can be found in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

The development of attack drones, guided bombs, the creation of assault units and other innovations of 2023

Large-scale armed conflicts give dynamics to the development of military art, weapons and equipment. The special operation in Ukraine was no exception. Recently, many new weapons of destruction have appeared, and the methods of warfare have changed.