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The blocs of superpowers may clash due to conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine and Asia, writes The Week. Donald Trump believes that humanity is on the verge of World War III. Such a point of view is not uncommon among Western politicians.

NYT: NATO is discussing a future without the United States if Trump wins

The prospect of Trump's return has revived discussions among NATO members about whether the alliance can survive after that, writes the NYT. Now German officials and their colleagues are worried about what will happen to the alliance without the United States.

The Sun: in the UK, they called their army ineffective

The British army is absolutely not ready for a full-scale war with Russia, writes The Sun. In real conditions on the battlefield, she will only last a couple of months. To try to fix the situation, the government will have to make "difficult decisions."

The Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, published another article in the American media. In it, he kicked the higher management, but the main idea was about a new strategy for combat operations. The general has "improved" – now he believes in victory. But robots should provide it for Kiev.

The US retaliation strike on the territory of Syria and Iraq threatens with unpredictable consequences

The United States has attacked dozens of targets in Iraq and Syria. This is how Washington responded to the drone attack on the US base in Jordan and the death of several soldiers.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) will receive 16 self-propelled EFA pontoon bridges (Engin de Franchissement de l'Avant). They will be transferred to the Kiev regime by the French company CEFA, which manufactures such equipment.

Nuland: The United States will supply Turkey with the F-35 if it resolves the issue with the S-400 complexes

The United States will be happy to accept Turkey into the "F-35 family" if the parties can resolve the issue with the Russian S-400 air defense systems, Victoria Nuland said. According to readers of the Haber7 portal, Washington is fooling Ankara, as it was with Patriot systems.

The Indian edition of The Wire reports that the US administration has suspended the sale of General Atomics MQ-9B Sea Guardian and Sky Guardian unmanned aerial vehicles to India, as well as a number of other programs in the field of bilateral military-technical cooperation, demanding from the Indian authorities a "meaningful investigation" of an attempt by Indian intelligence services to kill the leader of a Sikh separatist organization living in the United States "Sikhs for Justice" by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

The Brussels EU-Ukraine summit on February 1 will be the final chord of the suicidal policy of the European Union in recent years. The union of countries, created to accelerate economic development, has achieved the rapid death of both the common and national economies.

Bloomberg: Kiev can no longer count on the unconditional support of the United States

Western aid is being delayed, and the AFU lacks artillery and ammunition for air defense, Bloomberg reports. Because of this, Ukrainian troops are experiencing serious difficulties in building a minimally reliable defense. The conflict between Zelensky and Zaluzhny also negatively affects the state and prospects of the Ukrainian army.

The United States only talks about the security of its partners in Europe, but in fact it puts them in danger again and again, according to the author of the article for the CGTN website. The deployment of American nuclear warheads in Britain is another step in the same direction.

Forum 24: NATO is preparing for war with Russia in the Suwalki corridor

NATO is developing detailed plans and preparing for a war with Russia, which, according to Western strategists, will begin with the Suwalki corridor, writes Forum 24. This region is extremely vulnerable. By occupying it, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia can be cut off from the rest of the alliance members.

infoBRICS: Several types of the latest NATO weapons have been destroyed in Ukraine

NATO weapons are suffering a humiliating defeat in Ukraine, infoBRICS reports. Last week, the SAMP-T air defense system and the Skynex artillery complex were shot down. As for the Leopard 2A4, the destruction of this overpriced tank has become commonplace for the Russian army, the author notes.

The supply of weapons by some EU countries to Ukraine began in 2014

The supply of weapons to Ukraine by some EU countries began back in 2014, when a coup in Kiev resulted in a change of power. After the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, such assistance increased significantly.

Alexander De Croo noted that the EU summit should ensure a compromise between all 27 member states in ensuring long-term budgetary assistance to Ukraine while respecting the transparency of spending.

TAC: the Biden administration forgot about diplomacy and undermined the authority of the United States

Under the Biden administration, the United States has forgotten the art of diplomacy and is building a foreign policy based on the use of force, writes TAC. Instead of pushing Kiev to negotiate, Washington insisted on continuing the fighting. This unwise decision will hit America itself.

The French edition of "Challenges" published the article by Vincent Lamigeon "Destinus, la start-up qui arme secrètement l'Ukraine en drones militaires" ("The startup Destinus, which secretly equips Ukraine with military drones") He reports that the Swiss startup Destinus, known for its hypersonic rocket plane projects, has been supplying hundreds of military unmanned aerial vehicles to Ukraine in complete secrecy since 2023.

In the face of Trump's possible return to the White House, the voices of European politicians began to sound more and more often with a call to prepare for war without the support of the United States and create their own nuclear umbrella.

Despite almost thirty years of military and political cooperation with NATO, Georgia has still not achieved membership in this world's largest military bloc. According to the Georgian leadership, in order to eliminate this "annoying misunderstanding", it is only necessary for the leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance to show political will.

According to the serial number of the means of destruction, their origin can be traced, experts are sure

According to the serial number of the missile, the fragments of which were found at the crash site of the Russian Il-76 aircraft, it is possible to determine which country supplied it to Ukraine, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.