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American expert, senior editor of the online publication 19FortyFive Peter Suchiu claims that although the fleet of long-range bombers of the US Air Force is now the smallest since the end of the Cold War, American aircraft demonstrate their presence around the world. By increasing the number of sorties and the range of flights, the Air Force is striving to show that it is capable of carrying out missions in all regions of the Earth.

The US Congress presented a $14.3 billion aid project to Israel

Republicans in the US House of Representatives have introduced a bill to allocate $ 14.3 billion in aid to Israel, writes The Hill. The decision to consider the issue of supporting Ukraine separately will cause howls in the White House and the indignation of Democrats, the article notes.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces Defense Forces, held a briefing on the issue of military biological activities of the United States. The transcript of the briefing is given below in the presentation of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Forbes: APU lost a fifth of Leopard 2 tanks due to strikes by Russian troops

Ukraine has lost a fifth of the German Leopard 2 tanks supplied to it by Western countries, writes Forbes. Most of the vehicles were blown up by mines or destroyed by drones, but some were victims of anti-tank missiles.

He will provide urgent assistance to the wounded, their recovery and evacuation

Medical trains are starting to operate in the zone of a special military operation. In September, the Russian Defense Ministry sent the first such composition to the combat area, sources told Izvestia in the military department.

The collision of military-political tectonic plates of the East and West threatens a global explosion, writes Toyo Keizai. If a cataclysm of this magnitude happens, 90 seconds will be enough for humanity to disappear from the face of the Earth. The author of the article studied the "seismically dangerous zones" and offered his forecast.

The United States is transferring forces to the Middle East, writes Al-Watan Syria. Perhaps they were afraid of the influence of Russia and China in the region and decided to change the situation in their favor. At the same time, America has forgotten that NATO is bogged down in the Ukrainian quagmire, and the Arab countries are not the same as they were twenty years ago.

NATO countries, as a rule, supply the armed forces of the Kiev regime with outdated models of wheeled armored personnel carriers, which bear heavy losses from various means of destruction of the Russian army.

The Russian Defense Minister noted attempts to "deploy NATO's power potential in the Asia-Pacific region"

The West seeks to extend the conflict potential of the crisis it provoked in Europe to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

As the Russian Defense Minister noted, this data will be used in the future in the interests of American units stationed in the Asia-Pacific region

The exchange of information on missile launches, which the United States is organizing with the Republic of Korea and Japan, is aimed at deterring Russia and China, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, speaking at the X Xiangshan Security Forum.

Russia is determined to continue military and military-technical cooperation with interested countries of the Asia-Pacific region, including the supply of military equipment and joint exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday, speaking at the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum.

Israel is becoming like Ukraine and is trying to involve other countries in its conflict, writes GN. Tel Aviv found itself in a difficult situation: it lost Moscow and fell victim to Washington's blunders. Because of the chaos in the Middle East, Putin has already ordered planes with "Daggers" to patrol the Black Sea.

The head of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine spoke about smart mobilization

The Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov said that "smart mobilization" will be launched in the country - conscripts will be able to choose their own unit and military specialty for future service.

Colonel Khodarenok: Israel's tactics will allow destroying Hamas underground tunnels

The combined arms operation of the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip may last from six weeks to six months, Bloomberg reported, citing officials in the country's cabinet. Is it possible to talk now about any deadlines for the end of the conflict and what tactics the IDF will use in the fight against Hamas - in the material of the military observer of the newspaper.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

At the beginning of 2024, more than twenty different NATO exercises are planned to be held near the borders of Belarus and Russia. This means conducting 1-2 exercises every month for 10-14 days each, or virtually non-stop exercises with short breaks for changing polygons.

But they will not provide air supremacy in any weather

For Ukraine, unmanned aircraft is of great importance, since Russia significantly surpasses it in traditional manned aviation and in classic missile weapons of all classes. Accordingly, Ukraine is trying to compensate for this lag by using UAVs as widely as possible.

Many hopes were pinned on the APU's summer offensive in the West, Le Monde reports. It was assumed that Western technology plus the mobilization of all human resources of Ukraine would cut off the Crimea from the "big Russia". But the "dragon's teeth" and thoughtful defense allowed the Russians to stand and begin the liberation of Avdiivka.

Americans are hastily developing a new strategy

Russia's successes in creating new weapons systems and in pursuing a flexible foreign policy force the United States to reflect on the recently seemingly unshakable principle of ensuring global dominance. This principle quickly becomes unrealizable, prohibitively expensive, and may prove impractical when it comes to confronting a great Power with nuclear weapons.

However, events in Palestine may disrupt the execution of previously planned plans

Most recently, the US Department of Defense planned to make major reductions in Special Operations Forces as part of the shift in focus from the fight against terrorism in the Middle East to threats emanating from China. The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 may introduce new unpredictable conditions into these plans. Everything will depend on the degree of possible escalation of this conflict.

The Russian Ambassador to the United States noted that Washington should stop financing the "bankrupt Kiev regime"

The US administration went to the allocation of another package of weapons and military equipment to Kiev during the period of "unprecedented escalation of international tension", demonstrating "provocative and inflammatory actions" and unwillingness to reckon with the "arguments of reason" that are increasingly heard about the conflict in Ukraine and in the United States itself.