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Sky News: the British army is in serious decline

The British armed forces have ceased to be a "top-level fighting force," Sky News reports. The author of the article emphasizes that, according to sources, the army, navy and Air Force of the kingdom are experiencing unprecedented difficulties with numbers and combat readiness over the past two centuries.

TAC: US elites are leading the world to nuclear war

The American Conservative columnist Rod Dreher warns his compatriots that the ruling class of the United States is leading the case for nuclear Armageddon in Ukraine, and that he wrongly believes that atomic retaliation will not reach far America. Ordinary Americans will pay for everything, complains the author of the article. And the elite has long prepared convenient nuclear bunkers for themselves.

As reported by the US Army Transport Command (United States Transportation Command - USTRANSCOM) on January 25, 2023, in the port of North Charleston (South Carolina), the first batch of "more than 60" M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles was loaded onto an American transport vessel, the ARC Integrity, and sent to Europe on it. Ukraine. On the night of January 26, the ARC Integrity vessel moved from North Charleston to the American port of Dundock (Maryland), from where it left for Europe on the evening of January 27.

The source of the Nour News portal regarded the statements of the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine as a hidden recognition of Kiev's involvement in the drone attack on the Iranian Defense Ministry facility in Isfahan.

Americans: sending tanks to Kiev does not mean the appearance of professional tank brigades

American Lieutenant Colonel Davis in an interview with Breitbart said that by sending tanks to Ukraine, the West is confusing reality with a computer game. Readers agree with him: "You can't just send tanks, thinking that by some miracle they will turn into a tank brigade."

Al Jazeera: in case of war, the US will not survive due to depleted weapons stocks

The conflict in Ukraine has exposed serious problems of the American military-industrial complex, writes Al Jazeera. The US arsenals are almost depleted, and it will take several years to fill the shortage of weapons. This threatens the security of the country, especially against the backdrop of the brewing US-Chinese war.

There are reports that a variant of the promising Russian BMP "Manul" with an automatic gun of 57 mm caliber has appeared. We are talking about such a variant of the weapon, which is installed on an uninhabited module created by the Central Research Institute "Burevestnik". In addition to the 57-mm cannon with 80 rounds of ammunition, the module is equipped with a machine gun (7.62 mm caliber) and an anti-tank missile system.

Analysts of the authoritative Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) have published a report on the consequences of the fighting in Ukraine for the US army. The conclusions are depressing: Americans are not ready for a large—scale conflict with a major power - primarily with China. About why this situation has developed — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Figaro: the complaint of the ex-Prime Minister of Britain about Putin's "threats" turned out to be a misunderstanding

The Kremlin has denied Boris Johnson's claims that Putin threatened him with a missile strike, writes Figaro. "He just didn't understand what Putin said," suggested the press secretary of the President of Russia. Readers agree: "All such conversations are recorded, so Johnson's accusations are nonsense."

According to the interpretations of Western sources, strategic bombers are designed for deep penetration into enemy airspace in order to destroy particularly important targets and, as a result, significantly weaken the combat potential and will of the enemy. Although the term "strategic bomber" is often used as a synonym for a bomber with nuclear weapons, aircraft with conventional weapons are equally capable of striking strategically important targets deep in enemy territory.

The Netherlands has not received a request from Ukraine for the supply of F-16 fighters, but is ready to consider it. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced on January 30 by Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said during a joint briefing with Vladimir Zelensky following a visit to Nikolaev and Odessa that 19 new artillery systems will be transferred to Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that he does not rule out the possibility of supplying fighter jets to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.

The Ministry of Defense of Spain has decided which Leopard tanks from the Spanish Armed Forces will be delivered as aid to Ukraine. As a result, the choice fell on the Leopard-2A4 MBT, which have been in storage for 10 years by logistics support group No. 41, located in the Zaragoza area.

Asia Times: Ukraine was predicted to be defeated in six months, despite the help of the West

Russia will defeat Ukraine in the next six months, the author of the article for Asia Times believes. Western tanks will not help Kiev. He will have negligible numbers of NATO machines, and their use is "futile quixotism."

Haber7 readers ridiculed Finland's demand to join NATO only together with Sweden

Finland has announced that it will join NATO only together with Sweden, Haber7 reports. To this end, it is ready to wait for the approval of the Stockholm application by Turkey for as long as it takes. Readers of the portal note: "There is patience — then wait." And the main thing is that it does not end in the event of a military conflict with Russia.

Also, the French Ministry of Defense intends to train up to 2 thousand Ukrainian military by the summer

France intends to transfer to Kiev an additional 12 self-propelled artillery units (ACS) Caesar, as well as train up to 2 thousand Ukrainian military before the beginning of this summer. This was stated by the Minister of the Armed Forces of France Sebastien Lecorny at a joint press conference with the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

As stated by the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, this coalition has 12 states

Kiev expects to receive up to 140 tanks of Western models during the first deliveries from the participating countries of the "tank coalition", numbering 12 states. This was announced on Tuesday by the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.

Russian artillery throughout the entire period of the special operation is the main means of defeating the enemy. In this regard, Western strategists in charge of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attach special importance to equipping the Ukrainian army with means of counter-battery warfare.

Dmitry Medvedev, in exchange for Western sanctions, offered to use intellectual products from unfriendly countries, including films and industrial software, without licenses. However, the IT industry sees disadvantages in this initiative - they believe that the idea of free use of Western software has not only obvious advantages, but also hidden risks. Which ones exactly?