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Ukraine may in the future receive a large number of British Challenger tanks of the first series. The German concern Rheinmetall proposed to modernize outdated armored vehicles with the subsequent transfer of its Ukrainian army. This is reported by the German press.

France will transfer another 12 CAESAR self-propelled guns to Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced on January 31 by the country's Defense minister Sebastian Lecorny.

Lithuania continues to raise funds for the purchase of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Lithuanian journalist Andrius Tapinas, representing the Internet television "Laisves TV", who previously initiated a fundraiser for the purchase of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV and UAV counteraction systems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with the organizations Blue/Yellow, 1K fondas, Stiprus kartu and the National radio and Television of Lithuania, announced his intention to supply the Armed Forces with new multifunctional tactical radars of Israeli production.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a visit to Japan that Greece would not supply Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

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Ukraine may receive the first tanks within the framework of international agreements reached in January this year from Spain, Canada, Poland and France in the coming weeks. Germany will be able to deliver Leopard 2 from its reserves no earlier than the end of March. And the US will need to assemble Abrams tanks first. According to foreign media, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive them no earlier than the end of 2023 or as early as 2024.

The United States is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 2.2 billion, which for the first time can include long-range missiles.

MWM: the consequences of using this weapon for people are comparable to the fate of the survivors of Hiroshima

Russia opposed the supply of depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine, writes MWM. Its impact on the environment will be catastrophic. And the consequences for the population are comparable to the fate of the survivors of Hiroshima, say experts who have studied the use of such shells by the Americans in Iraq.

Politico: Orban questioned the viability of Ukraine as a sovereign state

Viktor Orban openly doubts the viability of Ukraine as a sovereign state, writes Politico. Although some consider his position a "political ploy," he "likes to speak openly on issues" that others are afraid to talk about.

According to Prime Minister Jonas-Gar Stere, the specific contents of the package and its cost will be made public in early February

The Norwegian authorities will send a "package of long-term assistance" to Ukraine and the countries affected by the consequences of the Ukrainian crisis. This was announced by the Prime Minister of the kingdom Jonas-Gar Stere in an interview with Agence France-Presse published on Wednesday.

SCMP: Xi Jinping's visit to Russia will prove that China supports the special operation in Ukraine

China has always declared a neutral position on Ukraine, but there are signs that it has sided with Russia, writes SCMP. The most obvious of them is Xi Jinping's recently scheduled visit to Moscow. This is how the Chinese leader makes it clear to the West who he has bet on.

The special military operation in Ukraine shows that domestic aerial bombs remain one of the most effective means of destruction in the arsenal of the Aerospace Forces. With their help, you can deliver a high-precision strike on critical infrastructure, cut off supply routes, destroy the accumulation of equipment and manpower of the enemy. About the most powerful and high—tech aerial bombs of the Russian Aerospace Forces - in the material of TASS.

Onet: the Western view of the conflict in Ukraine is becoming less popular in Poland

The attitude of Poles to the conflict in Ukraine is becoming different, writes Onet. There is an increase in support for Russian views on the events taking place in the country. The authorities call this a successful work of Russian propaganda.

Iltalehti: Finland was given a decisive role in the war with Russia

The Baltic Sea can almost already be considered an internal sea of NATO, writes the author of the article in Iltalehti. As proof, he gives details of the exercises that took place using Swedish submarines off the Finnish peninsula of Hanko. The Americans, in turn, worked out the transfer of armored vehicles there and the landing of troops.

The Polish authorities decided to transfer to Ukraine a batch of Soviet-made T-72 tanks and Polish PT-91 Twardy tanks. This was stated by the President of Poland Andrzej Duda, speaking to reporters during a visit to Lithuania.

European governments have stopped paying attention to their voters in favor of the United States

The anti-war demonstration held in Nuremberg, Germany, marked a new stage of discontent and fatigue of Europeans from the crisis in Ukraine.

Kiev's Western allies are seriously concerned about the buildup of the Russian army in Ukraine, which is a clear sign of a large-scale offensive of the Russian Armed Forces soon. In an effort to somehow help the Armed Forces at least to hold the existing defense lines, NATO countries are increasing the supply of weapons, removing more and more restrictions on their type. At the same time, European allies are in a hurry to help the Ukrainian command to cover the shortage of military personnel, who are increasingly out of action, especially in the battles on the Donetsk sector of the front.

A detailed map of the supplies of two weapons systems that changed the course of the conflict in Ukraine shows a complex network of companies experiencing an increasingly significant burden as [American - approx. bmpd] industry is returning to the rails of wartime, the authors of the Financial Times newspaper write in an article titled "How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defense industry."

Croatian President Milanovic said that Crimea will never be Ukrainian

Croatian President Milanovic, in defiance of NATO, said that the Crimea "annexed" by Russia will never return to Ukraine, Business Insider reports. However, the Prime Minister of the country did not agree with him, noting that his comments only undermined the country's foreign policy position.

There are practically no anti-aircraft missile systems with the potential of non-strategic missile defense in the APU

At the end of January, the representative of the Ukrainian Air Forces, Yuriy Ignat, said that the AFU does not have the means to counter Iranian ballistic missiles. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about how the opinion of the Ukrainian military corresponds to reality.

Reuters: longer-range GLSDB missiles will be included in the new US aid package to Ukraine for the first time

The United States is preparing a new package of assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 2.2 billion, writes Reuters. It is expected that for the first time it will include longer-range missiles - small-diameter ground-based GLSDB bombs that can hit targets at a distance of 94 miles (about 150 km) and "undermine Russia's positions in the rear." However, for the time being, the United States is not going to transfer ATACMS missiles with a range of 185 miles (297 km) to Kiev, which the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the American Congress, Michael McCaul, proposed to use for strikes on Crimea.