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The Northern vector: what paths the victory in Soledar opens for the Russian Armed Forces
The capture of the city will help complete the second stage of the operation to liberate Donbass, military experts explain
Over the past three days, more than 700 Ukrainian servicemen and over 300 weapons have been destroyed in the Soledar area, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on January 13.
The Pentagon does not want to supply Kiev with long-range bombs. The reasons are named
FP: The Pentagon does not want to deliver long-range bombs to Ukraine for fear of being late
The US Department of Defense does not want to supply small-sized precision guided bombs to Ukraine, writes Foreign Policy. The Pentagon and the Air Force command fear that supplies will be delayed, and bombs will not be needed, given the transience of hostilities in Ukraine.
"They're biding their time." What is happening on the fronts of the military special operation
Russian troops occupied Soledar. As noted in the Ministry of Defense, this will allow the offensive to continue in the Donbass. Other sections of the thousand-kilometer front are also being prepared for intense battles. About the situation in the conflict zone — in the material of RIA Novosti.
Medical special forces told about the peculiarities of work in the area of its
Military personnel of the special purpose medical detachment (MOS) of the Central Military District (CVO) in maximum proximity to the front line provide assistance to the military and civilian population in the zone of a special military operation. They told about how doctors work in the medical special forces and how they got there on Saturday, January 14.
Nuclear weapons can no longer be abandoned. This is a trump card
Hill: The US should be careful with the Russian nuclear arsenal
Some may ask why the Ukrainian conflict has lasted so long? There are only two words in the answer: nuclear weapons, writes The Hill. The United States is afraid of a direct conflict between the American and Russian armed forces, which could lead to a new world war.
The American analytical center modeled a hypothetical PLA invasion of Taiwan
The American Analytical Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has conducted a series of games simulating a hypothetical PLA invasion of Taiwan in 2026. In total, 23 scenarios were played out, in most of which Taipei, with the active support of the US army, successfully repelled China's attack. However, in all cases, the victory of the coalition forces was accompanied by staggering losses of warships, aircraft and personnel, which have not been since the Second World War. Japan, which provided its airfields for American aircraft, also got hard.
The American army does not have enough weapons because of Ukraine
Breitbart: in the USA they started talking about possible difficulties in supplying weapons to Ukraine
The US Navy Secretary says that Washington cannot arm itself and Ukraine at the same time, the US army lacks weapons, Breitbart writes. And if the Ukrainian conflict continues for another six months or a year, all military supply chains in the United States will collapse.
The Russian Embassy commented on Britain's intention to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine
As the diplomatic mission stressed, this will not help the AFU to reverse the situation on the battlefield, but will only lead to a tightening of hostilities
Sending British Challenger 2 tanks to Kiev will not help the AFU to reverse the situation on the battlefield and will only lead to a tightening of the conflict in Ukraine and new victims. This is stated in the comments of the Russian Embassy in London transmitted to TASS on Saturday.
Biden is trying to restrain China's efforts to create weapons with artificial intelligence with new bans in the field of microchips
Growing tensions between the US and China have provoked a new push in Washington aimed at reducing US dependence on East Asia — the global epicenter of semiconductor production — for vital microelectronics needed to create both conventional weapons and artificial intelligence algorithms.
The Western Union could not withstand these four blows
Sabah: the Western union will collapse, but not because of external crises, but internal problems
The clash of interests and the intersection of red lines radically transform the Atlantic, or rather, create cracks in the union, Sabah writes. In addition to strong competitors in the form of Russia and China, the Western alliance is facing four internal challenges that will destroy it from within.
The DPR said that Kiev's receipt of Sea Sparrow missiles would lead to strikes on its buildings
The problems of this type of weapon were underestimated initially, the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic clarified
The Sea Sparrow missiles included in the new package of American military assistance to Kiev are designed for naval anti-aircraft systems, the effectiveness of their use by a ground-based air defense system is questionable, and the chances of another hits on residential buildings are high. This was reported to TASS in the People's Militia (NM) of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
The reason for Gerasimov's appointment as commander-in-chief of the Russian forces is named
Advance: reasons for the change of leadership of the military operation in Ukraine
The head of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, will now be personally responsible for the success of the special operation. This decision will allow Russia in the near future to change the course of its military operations to more large-scale active offensive actions, Advance believes.
For the first time, Iran officially recognized the purchase of Russian multi-purpose Su-35 fighters
Iran will receive Russian multifunctional Su-35 fighters, the previously announced information was officially confirmed in Tehran. This is the first confirmation of the deal from Iranian officials.
The UK will transfer Challenger 2 tanks and AS90 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine
On January 14, 2023, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak officially announced the decision to transfer 14 Challenger 2 main tanks and "about 30" 155-mm/39 AS90 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine from the presence of the British armed forces. It is stated that a squadron (company) of 14 Challenger 2 tanks will be sent to Ukraine "in the coming weeks", and that already "in the coming days, the UK will begin training the armed forces of Ukraine in the use of tanks and artillery guns."
Ukraine will reduce US and European ammunition reserves to a critical level
WSJ: The US may face a shortage of ammunition due to assistance to Ukraine in the summer
Ukraine spends artillery shells supplied by the West about twice as fast as the United States and its allies produce them, the WSJ writes. Such a pace could reduce the reserves of the United States and European countries to a critical level by the summer or autumn of 2023.
NATO will send AWACS aircraft to monitor Russia. They will be placed in Romania by January 17
NATO reported that it will send AWACS aircraft to Romania to conduct reconnaissance against the Russian Armed Forces
By January 17, NATO will transfer AWACS aircraft to Romania to monitor "Russian military activity," the North Atlantic Alliance reported on Friday. Previously, they were based at the Gelsenkirchen air base in western Germany, and now they will be deployed in Otopeni near Bucharest, which will allow them to start conducting reconnaissance of Ukrainian airspace and the western part of the Black Sea almost immediately after takeoff. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".
Which tanks will the West supply to Ukraine
France promised to supply Ukraine with AMX 10-RC tanks within two months
French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecorny promised his Ukrainian counterpart Alexei Reznikov that Paris would supply Kiev with AMX 10-RC tanks within two months. The other day, Poland and the United Kingdom also announced their intention to transfer their armored vehicles to Ukraine. What the Western tanks that Ukraine will receive are capable of - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».
Lithuania has announced its intention to supply Ukraine with air defense systems
During a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Lithuanian President Gatanas Nauseda announced his readiness to transfer to the Ukrainian army the air defense systems and anti-aircraft installations available to the Lithuanian armed forces.
The Bundestag announced the need to start training APU soldiers to control Leopard 2
According to the chairman of the defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, thus "if necessary, you will not have to waste extra time"
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, Chairman of the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany) Defense Committee, called for the start of training of Ukrainian servicemen in the management of Leopard 2 tanks of German production. She made a corresponding statement to Der Spiegel on Wednesday .
Welt: Poland's decision to transfer Leopard tanks to Kiev is an attack on Scholz
The newspaper recalled that "until now, the Chancellor categorically refused to consent to the export of Leopard to Ukraine"
The statement by Polish President Andrzej Duda about Warsaw's intention to transfer a company of Leopard tanks to Ukraine is an unprecedented attack on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and increases the already powerful pressure on Berlin on the issue of supplying Kiev with these combat systems. This point of view is contained in an article published on Wednesday in the German newspaper Die Welt.
