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Sabah: the Ukrainian crisis will end with Russia's victory, unless the United States works a miracle

Now there are two possible scenarios for the development of events in Ukraine: either Moscow will be defeated, or Kiev will lose, Sabah writes. The first option is the "fantasies of dupes" from the USA, the author of the article believes. The only possible outcome of Ukraine's military conflict with a nuclear power is Russia's victory.

Also, the enterprises organized a multi-shift mode of operation, which required the search for new people, Boris Obnosov noted

The management of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) is searching for new directions of development at its enterprises, including import substitution due to Western sanctions and conditions for conducting a special military operation (SVO). This was announced by the general director of KTRV Boris Obnosov.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta published Sergey Ptichkin's article "Fighting among the Walls: military expert Ruslan Pukhov told about the specifics of the assault on Soledar" with comments from the director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (TSAST), member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Ruslan Pukhov about the significance of the capture of Soledar by Russian forces during the fighting in Ukraine and how what is the war in the city today?

Al Mayadeen: Russia is creating a society that will withstand all the conflicts imposed by the West

The crisis in Ukraine is moving towards escalation, writes Al Mayadeen. This is evidenced by Putin's decisions to increase the number of troops, new appointments in the leadership of the SVO and Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe. However, these measures will allow Moscow to withstand any conflict imposed by the West.

Junge Welt: justifications for sending tanks to the conflict zone by the principles of "morality" are a clear deception

The sudden "collective desire" of Western countries to send tanks to help Zelensky has nothing to do with goodwill and democracy, the author of the publication "Junge Welt" believes. It's just that the bosses in the United States "thawed" to the idea of sending offensive weapons and declared disputes with it "immoral".

On January 19, 2023, at a meeting in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, representatives of the Ministries of Defense of nine European countries issued a joint statement called The Tallinn Pledge, in which they called for a sharp increase in Western military assistance to Ukraine in its war with Russia. The statement was signed by the Defense Ministers of Estonia, Great Britain, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania; and representatives of the Defense Ministries of Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovakia.

Kayhan: Ukraine's membership in NATO and the European Union is unlikely due to high risks

The West views Kiev as a tool, not as a full-fledged member of European politics, Kayhan writes. Ukraine has become a testing ground for military operations against Russia, but at the same time, NATO's leading countries do not really want to see it in their ranks.

Hypersonic cruise missiles (GCR) are likely to fly at altitudes from 20 to 30 km, which are partly determined by the need to maintain the appropriate pressure for fuel combustion in the power plant.

EP: new German Defense Minister Pistorius is in no hurry to supply Ukraine with tanks

Boris Pistorius became the new German Defense Minister. Ukraine has high hopes for him. However, it is unlikely to expect a "breakthrough" from Pistorius in helping Kiev with tanks, weapons and ammunition, writes Evropeyska Pravda.

TAC: The US should minimize the threat of nuclear war with Russia

American politicians should moderate their ambitions and not drive Russia into a corner, writes TAC. Otherwise, Moscow will have to choose: either humiliating defeat, which is impossible, or nuclear escalation. Ukraine is not worth it, the author of the article notes.

Huanqiu shibao: The EU does not agree with the need to confront China with the help of NATO

The United States sees China as a "security threat" and encourages NATO to expand towards the Asia-Pacific region, writes Huanqiu shibao. But to do this, the alliance will have to put the interests of the European Union on the back burner, with which it completely disagrees, especially against the background of the Ukrainian crisis.

Mikhail Kotov — about why the topic of unidentified flying objects has become popular again overseas

The office of the Director of National Intelligence of the United States during congressional hearings presented to the public an unclassified part of the Report on unidentified aerial phenomena in 2022, which refers to more than 500 contacts with UFOs. It was also noted that the number of recorded cases of "meetings with the unknown" has increased significantly over the past year. Can we assume that the time of interest in aliens is undergoing a rebirth?

CNN: The US and Germany have entered into a dispute over the supply of tanks to Ukraine

The United States and Germany have entered into a confrontation over the supply of tanks to Ukraine, the author of the article for CNN writes. Berlin refuses to send Leopard unless Washington provides M1 Abrams. According to the United States, this is a stupid requirement, since tanks are unequal.

Colonel McGregor: a shameful defeat awaits the United States in Ukraine

American intervention in the conflict in Ukraine will bring closer the likelihood of a direct military clash with Russia, former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense Douglas McGregor said in an interview with the host of the Judging Freedom YouTube channel. The result of this confrontation will be disappointing for Washington – a shameful defeat.

wPolityce: Warsaw criticized Germany's position on sending "Leopards" to Ukraine

Berlin is looking for any excuse not to supply weapons needed by Kiev, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk was quoted as saying by wPolityce. In Poland, Germany's consent to the transfer of tanks is considered as a "secondary issue", and either Warsaw receives it, or it does what it needs.

According to Vasily Kashin, director of the HSE Center for Integrated European and International Studies, anyone who decides to transfer Russian weapons understands that his relations with Russia will be spoiled for years to come.

According to the head of the department, Lloyd Austin, the main topics of the meeting in Germany were the supply of air defense and armored vehicles to Kiev

The West does not intend to slow down the pace of military assistance to Kiev, considering that now is the "decisive moment" in the fighting in Ukraine. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday at a press conference following the results of the next meeting of the contact group on support for Ukraine created by Washington and its allies, which was held at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

On January 19, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new large-scale package of American military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $ 2.5 billion. The total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $27.4 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $ 29.5 billion.

At the same time, the chairman of the KNSH of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milli, evaded the question of whether there is any ban on the use of weapons supplied by Washington to Kiev for strikes on the Crimea by the United States.

The leaders of Germany and France published a joint article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, against the background of the current events in Ukraine, stressed the need to strengthen Europe, noting that the European Union (EU) is "an anchor of stability on the European continent, not least for the countries of the Western Balkans. This is stated in an article by the leaders of the two countries published on Friday in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Elysee Treaty and the Franco-German ministerial meeting to be held in Paris on Sunday.