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Myśl Polska: the granddaughter of Bandera's associate has reached the heights of power in Canada, but wants more

An anti-Bandera Polish journalist expresses concern about the career development of a Canadian Ukrainian, Christy Freeland. Now she is Deputy Prime Minister. The newspaper "Myshl Polska" recalls the approval of the Holocaust by her grandfather, a Bandera associate. But Mrs. Freeland not only did not disown him, but also supported him.

Al Jazeera: the CSTO will side with Russia in Ukraine

The escalation of the Ukrainian crisis continues, so Russia and Ukraine are looking for new levers of pressure on each other, writes Al Jazeera. For Moscow, such a trump card will be a counterweight to NATO — the CSTO, whose members can resort to joint defense in the event of an attack on one of the members of the organization.

And on the ground — in the Bryansk region — a group of Ukrainian saboteurs was liquidated

In the area of Kramatorsk, a repair and restoration point of the VFU armament was destroyed, which contained two HIMARS MLRS combat vehicles, two Gvozdika self-propelled guns, five D-30 howitzers and special vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on December 26.

Nikkan Gendai: there are concerns in Japan about the restoration of the draft system

In Japan, they began to worry about the possible introduction of a military conscription system in connection with the conflict on Ukraine, writes Nikkan Gendai. Although forced service is prohibited by law, many believe that Fumio Kishida can find a loophole and make a new "frightening" decision in addition to increasing defense spending.

Serbian sociologist: Serbs would regard the imposition of sanctions against Russia as pressure from the West

The Ukrainian conflict has intensified the negative attitude of Serbs towards NATO, says sociologist Maya Belosh in an interview with Danas. In Serbia, the North Atlantic Alliance is considered the main enemy, and the introduction of sanctions against Russia would be regarded by society as submission to Western pressure, the expert believes.

In the Kherson direction, together with the gunners, the only Arctic motorized rifle group in Russia performs combat tasks. She corrects the work of armored vehicles, said December 27 correspondent of "Izvestia" Mary Badunts.

Washington has approved another package of military assistance to Kiev in the amount of about $ 1.8 billion. Ukraine will receive a lot of weapons, including new models. However, Zelensky, as the media write, failed to get what he wanted.

The head of Russian diplomacy — about the crisis in relations with Europe, the situation in Ukraine and whether nuclear weapons can be used by anyone

In an exclusive interview with TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov assessed the situation in Ukraine and the development of events "on the ground", spoke about the crisis in relations with Europe, and also answered the question of whether nuclear weapons could be used by anyone.

Newsweek: the United States announced the rapid defeat of Ukraine in the absence of Western assistance

Only US support allowed Ukraine to avoid defeat in the first days of the Russian special operation, writes Newsweek. Without her, history would have taken a completely different turn: NATO would have plunged into chaos, Moscow's supporters would have become more active around the world, and Washington itself would have been under threat.

JMW: Western intelligence services have started a sabotage war in Russia

The campaign includes long-"mothballed" cells that the espionage service of a European country allied with the United States activated in order to prevent the Kremlin's special operation in Ukraine and initiate a shadow war in the Russian rear.

MWM: both the Russian and American bases of strategic bombers were vulnerable

On December 10, the only unit of the US Air Force stealth bombers failed, all the B-2s stationed at the base were inactive for 11 days.And on December 5 and 25, the airbase of Russian strategic bombers in Engels was attacked by Ukrainian drones.

The Hill: Europe's "new" security architecture should be built on the conditions of the West

The authors of the article in The Hill thought about a new security architecture in Europe, parallel to NATO, which Ukraine can join. In their opinion, Moscow should also be invited to it — "when Putin leaves and Russia is reformed."

Reserve Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok - about which troops in Russia should be strengthened

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu proposed to increase the number of the Russian Armed Forces to 1.5 million people and form (in some cases recreate) a number of new associations, connections and parts. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about which types of troops should be strengthened and what.

Yesterday the day was full of many interesting events. The most striking are Zelensky's visit to the United States and Warsaw's adoption of a law on removing responsibility from Poland for the participation of its citizens in the conflict in Ukraine. The logical continuation of these two events was the meeting in Ukraine of the Polish NGSH Raimund Andrzechak with the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.

Recently, the topic of Polish-Ukrainian relations has been quite actively discussed in both Polish and Ukrainian information spaces. In the mass media of the two countries, relevant specialists create a splint picture of friendship, assistance and almost kinship between the two Slavic peoples.

The Kiev regime, in order to please the Western elites, postponed the celebration of Christmas from January 7 to December 25. So, Zelensky delivered a Christmas message to the Ukrainian people on Saturday evening and announced this decision. In turn, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine allowed to hold church Christmas services on December 25, including right on the front line.

Russia's break with the West is becoming irreversible

The Ukrainian events formally became a kind of radical geopolitical watershed between "before" and "after". In fact, unfortunately, they became a natural development of relations between Russia and the West after the end of the previous cold War.

War requires unity, victory reveals contradictions

An analysis of the structure of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) a year after it came to power in Afghanistan makes it clear that its leadership is facing a large number of internal challenges that threaten its integrity.

Soulless cars are ramming, minesweeping, extinguishing fires, taking out the wounded

The practice of conducting a special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine has demonstrated that conducting military operations is unthinkable without the widespread use of military-purpose robotic complexes. We are witnessing a revolution in military affairs. At the same time, the West has become the main source of increasing the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), including through such innovative systems.

The number of basic weapons sent to the Russian army increased by 30%, ammunition for rocket and artillery weapons and aviation weapons - from 69 to 109%. As Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted the day before, the combat capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces have increased significantly in 2022. For more information about what weapons, including those involved in a special military operation, the army was replenished in the outgoing year, see the TASS material.