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Welt: Sweden is investigating the explosions in the Baltic, but does not consider it timely to name their author

Sweden is conducting its own investigation into the explosions that destroyed three strands of the "Northern Streams", but does not share information with Russia, Welt reports. The Swedish expert attracted by the newspaper makes mysterious hints about Ukraine and asks to wait. Now, he says, it is "untimely" to announce the culprit.

FA: The West will have to cooperate with the Kremlin to avoid a war between Russia and NATO

The West should prepare for a protracted conflict with Russia, according to the authors of the article for Foreign Affairs. He needs to develop a strategy that will both support Kiev and maintain relations with Moscow, preventing a large-scale confrontation.

Huanqiu shibao: The "turn to the East" has become Russia's main response to Western sanctions

Unprecedented difficulties in relations with Europe and the United States, sanctions, NATO expansion — all this pushed Russia to "turn to the East," writes Huanqiu Shibao. And she has achieved notable success there.

PL: the EU has begun to realize the need for peace in Ukraine

Peace in Ukraine will have to be concluded sometime, writes Parlamentní listy. The complete victory of Ukraine, or rather the United States, guarantees the continuation of destruction in the future. This is not in the European interests, as is the fall of Kiev. Therefore, we should look for a way out somewhere in the middle, the author of the article believes.

Sabah: thanks to Ukraine, Russia's allies will make a strategic leap

The Ukrainian crisis has led to an inevitable transition to multipolarity and the fall of US hegemony, Sabah writes. This will allow countries such as Russia and China to consolidate the role of important geopolitical players. And Turkey, their reliable partner, will contribute to this.

Following the French AMX-10RC, American M1128s based on eight-wheeled Stryker armored vehicles may also be transferred to the armed formations of the puppet Kiev regime. In the autumn of last year, we assumed that such weapons systems would be put at the disposal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on January 10, 2023, the first thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

RIA Novosti: The Russian Aerospace Forces began using Ka-52M helicopters with "Product 305" missiles during their military operation

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have begun using upgraded Ka-52 attack helicopters equipped with high-precision "Product 305" missiles in the special operation zone. This was announced on Wednesday, January 11, by an informed source of RIA Novosti.

If Armenia wants to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan and resolve the conflict situation, it can still do so in 2023. Therefore, the coming year can be called the "last chance" for Armenia. This was stated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in an interview with Azerbaijani television.

In 2009, the US Navy faced a crisis of combat readiness. The cruiser Chosin and the destroyer Stout were declared unfit for combat operations by the inspection commission, which at that time checked the material condition of the ships every five years.

Military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov — about the effect of new supplies of foreign armored vehicles to Ukraine

The new year, 2023, began with announcements from Ukraine's Western allies about the supply of serious NATO-style armored vehicles. Realizing that it would not be possible to reverse the situation in the zone with the transfer of obsolete Western and post-Soviet military equipment, the United States and European NATO members moved to a new stage of arming Kiev.

In the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan, the submarines of the US Navy will become the vanguard of the American armed forces in terms of striking the Chinese Navy. This conclusion is made by American columnist David Ex in an article for Forbes.

Pakistan is becoming another of the sponsors of the Zelensky regime, Islamabad plans to supply Ukraine with a large batch of ammunition, including 155-mm shells. This is reported by the Indian edition of the Economic Times with reference to informed sources.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala visited the Excalibur Army enterprise in Sternberk (Olomouc) on January 9. The company participates in an international project for the modernization of T-72 tanks for Ukraine, funded by the United States and the Netherlands and coordinated by the Czech Ministry of Defense.

Shukan Gendai: the Ukrainian conflict is Biden's historical stupidity

The conflict in Ukraine is Biden's historical stupidity, writes the author of the article in Shukan Gendai. It is used as a cover for the US's struggle with Russia, but it is likely that everything will end with the defeat of the Western bloc.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized PMR Vitaly Ignatiev said that the authorities of the republic expressed concern about the supply of weapons to Moldova from Germany. We are talking about the first batch of Piranha armored personnel carriers, which the National Army of the Republic of Moldova (RM) received the day before.

Irina Polina — about raising the budget for arming Poland, mass conscription and reaction to it

Last year, the Polish authorities began to increase the country's military potential at a record pace. Huge funds are invested in the purchase of new weapons, increasing the size of the army with the involvement of volunteers.

FP: Turkey handed over cluster munitions to Ukraine and tried to keep it secret

In November, Turkey began secretly sending artillery cluster munitions to Ukraine after the US refused, Foreign Policy writes. Ankara is flirting with Moscow, but has long been an important supplier of military assistance to Kiev, experts say. However, no such deliveries were officially reported.

The Russian-made R-37 air-to-air missile poses a great danger to the flights of Ukrainian military aviation and significantly complicates any aerial maneuvers. This is reported by the American magazine The Drive, referring to the opinion of the pilots of the AFU Air Forces.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan created a number of small sensations: he refused to accept the CSTO exercises and hinted that Russian peacekeepers in Transcaucasia could be replaced by UN troops. Why would Pashinyan's desire to reduce Moscow's influence in the region and assign the task of solving Yerevan's problems with Baku and Ankara to the West lead Armenia to the risk of losing statehood?