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Al Mayadeen: after major losses, the West is actively looking for a way to stop the conflict in Ukraine

In Ukraine, Russia has clearly gained superiority, while the Western alliance is bursting at the seams, writes Al Mayadeen. Economic sanctions, as it turned out, hit Europe more, which is already tired of supporting the Kiev regime. So it is naive to believe that Moscow will decide to surrender, having all the trumps in its hands.

BV: the anti-Russian resolution of the European Parliament divided the world into "white" and "black"

The resolution by which the European Parliament declared Russia a "sponsor of terrorism" does not yet oblige European countries to any anti-Russian actions. Nevertheless, the French edition of Boulevard Voltaire finds it very dangerous. It makes reconciliation between East and West very difficult.

The Reuters news agency, in Mike Stone's article "Exclusive: U.S. weighs sending 100-mile strike weapon to Ukraine" ("The United States is considering the possibility of supplying Ukraine with strike weapons with a range of 100 miles"), reports that the US Department of Defense is considering a proposal from Boeing Corporation to supply Ukraine with a developed for several years together with a Swedish group Saab AB of the new Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) missile system, which is a missile fired from combat vehicles of the M142 HIMARS and M270A1 MLRS ground missile systems, equipped as a warhead with a small-sized GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) of 250 pounds caliber with a planning and correction module. The GLSDB firing range reaches 150 km.

The command that guards Beijing and serves as a general reserve

As a result of the 2017 military reform, the Beijing Military District and part of the Jinnan Military District of the PLA became the Central Command (Central Combat Command Zone) with headquarters in Beijing. Its area of responsibility includes the cities of Beijing and Tianjin, the provinces of Hebei, Hubei, Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi.

But Zelensky's team rests in the hope of new victories

The second half of November is characterized by the stabilization of the front line in Ukraine and the increasing attempts of an increasing number of countries to bring the warring parties to the negotiating table.

A special operation in Ukraine may lead to the destruction of bridges across the Dnieper

Russian troops left Kherson. According to the command, the defense of the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper became impossible after the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) disabled the Antonovsky Bridge, the bridge over the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam and damaged the pontoon bridge built 500 m from the Antonovsky Bridge.

Bashar al-Assad's best fighters are forced to stay on the defense of Syria

Speaking in the country's parliament on November 23, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the national armed forces had launched a counter-terrorist operation Claw-Sword on the territory of Syria and Iraq.

Victory in the armed conflict of the future will ensure superiority in high technologies

Military experts from the leading countries of the world are constantly trying to predict what the war of the future will be and what weapons will be crucial to ensure victory in it. The United States, one of the world's leading military powers, is also striving to solve this problem, faced with challenges that are not typical of armed conflicts of the past. Moreover, the military-technical potential of states that Washington considers opponents or strategic rivals has significantly increased.

One of the most bottlenecks in the equipment of the Russian armed forces is the low production volumes of high-precision weapons for aviation. There are many video frames demonstrating the use from a low altitude of not only Su-25 attack aircraft designed for dive attacks, but also Su-30SM, Su-35, Su-34 vehicles designed to operate at high echelons.

Vladimir Putin set the task to improve the characteristics of military equipment

The modernization of Russia's weapons following the results of a special military operation will affect all systems — from high-precision missiles to dynamic tank protection, experts explained to Izvestia. On November 24, at a meeting with members of the Coordinating Council under the Government to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin set the task not only to increase the number of military equipment produced, but also to improve its characteristics. On this day, the Defense Ministry said that massive missile strikes the day before disrupted the supply of reserves to Ukrainian formations at the front.

Japanese expert Osaka: the military conflict in Ukraine broke out on February 16, and Kiev started it

The military phase of the Ukrainian conflict was started not by Moscow, but by Kiev together with Washington, writes Japanese expert Osaka in an article for JB Press. It happened on February 16, when the shelling of Donbass by the Armed Forces of Ukraine sharply increased. The Russian special operation became an act of defense.

Haber7 readers supported the alliance of Russia and Turkey against terrorists in Syria and Iraq

Before the possible operation of the Turkish Armed Forces against terrorists in Syria, Russia withdrew its troops from Tel Tamr, Haber7 reports. Readers of the portal supported this decision of Moscow and note that "Russia will avenge the PKK for Ukraine." Only the United States and NATO "rely on terrorism."

Al-Ain: Russia will not cross the "red line" of its policy and will not attack NATO

Despite Russia's openness to negotiations and the desire to avoid a direct clash with NATO, the alliance is afraid of expanding the geography of hostilities in Ukraine, writes Al-Ain. But there is no common position among the members of the bloc on what exactly NATO's response should be in the event of this threat.

The American resource "War on the Rocks" has published interesting material by Stephen Biddle "Ukraine And The Future Of Offensive Maneuver" ("Ukraine and the future of offensive maneuver") on the prospects of maneuver warfare in the light of the lessons of the fighting in Ukraine.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta, under the heading "General Designer Vladimir Degtyar: Sarmat has been put into serial production", published an interview with the General director and general designer of JSC "State Rocket Center named after Academician V. P. Makeev" (JSC "GRC Makeev", as part of the State Corporation "Roskomos") Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Degtyar.

Newsweek: The US must negate the risk of direct war with Russia

The West should be wary of even the slightest possibility of a direct conflict between NATO and Russia, writes Newsweek. But the incident with the rocket that fell in Poland showed that many supporters of Kiev adhere to an aggressive approach.

Karel Rzechka, Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Czech Republic, said that the events of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict showed the importance of urgent modernization of the armed forces. At the same time, he identified five key priorities.

On November 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a videoconference meeting with members of the Coordinating Council under the Government to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies.

WP: Poland wants to get the support of the Allies on the issue of reparations from Germany

Poland has decided to send a note to all EU countries, NATO and the Council of Europe on war reparations, which it demands from Germany, writes Wirtualna Polska. Berlin does not respond to Warsaw's demand, considering the issue closed. The Poles want to open an international discussion on this topic.

Wu Qian, the official representative of the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China, said at a press conference that the so-called "starting lines" or any other establishment of the border by Taiwan unilaterally would be illegal.