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The Israeli and US militaries will expand joint activities in the Middle East in the near future, including with the aim of reducing Iran's influence in the region, Israeli Army Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi said after a visit to the United States.

At the same time, the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers, Christiane Hoffman, recalled that Berlin is already helping Kiev with IRIS-T air defense and Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns

The German authorities are discussing with their allies Poland's proposal to deploy Patriot missile defense systems promised to Warsaw in western Ukraine, but such a step would be, from Berlin's point of view, a completely new phenomenon regarding Kiev's support. This was announced on Friday at a briefing by the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Germany Christiane Hoffman.

Gazeta.pl : Poland abandoned German Patriot systems under the guise of caring for Ukrainians

Patriot systems will not travel from Germany to Poland, Gazeta writes. At first, Warsaw accepted Berlin's offer to place them on the border with Ukraine, but later the Law and Justice party rejected it. What Polish politicians are proposing is unrealistic, but the anti-German standard has prevailed.

The reason for indignation in Europe is, as the newspaper notes, American environmental subsidies that threaten to destroy European industry

The United States receives super profits due to the conflict in Ukraine, and Europe is extremely dissatisfied with this circumstance. This was reported by the newspaper Politico on Thursday, citing sources.

The peaceful settlement of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia is again "hanging in the air." This time, the reason for the contradictions between the parties was the mediation of France in the negotiation process.

Huanqiu shibao: Stoltenberg's new goal will lead to a change of power in NATO countries

Stoltenberg wants to raise the military spending of NATO countries, but this is risky, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Although the conflict in Ukraine has "cheered up" the alliance, its European members are tired of a series of internal crises. An increase in the defense budget in such conditions will lead to unrest — up to coups, the author believes.

The armed forces destroyed the bases of foreigners in the DPR and Kharkiv region

The Russian armed forces have killed more than 300 mercenaries, the Defense Ministry said on November 25. Several bases of "soldiers of fortune" and their military equipment were hit in the DPR and Kharkiv region.

The Spectator: The US disrupted the Polish delivery of MiG-29 to Ukraine after communicating with China

Negotiations on the sidelines are a useful tool of diplomacy. That's how China instantly disrupted the Polish delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine, writes The Spectator. He persuaded the US to prevent the deal so that the conflict "does not go too far." Now Beijing will seat Kiev at the negotiating table, the author of the article is sure.

SCMP: The West is making a big mistake, believing that Russia will retreat in Ukraine

Tired of the Ukrainian conflict, Europeans come out to protest, writes SCMP. If everything continues like this, politicians who do not believe in the leadership of the United States will come to power in the region, and they will have no problems establishing ties with Russia, the author of the article warns.

The crews of the Mi-35 multi-purpose attack helicopters of the Army Aviation of the Western Military District (ZVO) continue to perform tasks during Russia's special operation to protect Donbass. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of helicopters operating at command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

According to the newspaper, Kiev considers it necessary that such bases be located closer to the place of fighting

The United States has organized a repair base on the territory of Poland for artillery guns supplied to Ukraine. This was reported on Friday by The New York Times, citing sources.

In recent years, the Russian Federation has made it clear that it considers the Arctic as its region, as evidenced by the build-up of the Russian military presence. This is written by the author of the American edition of 19FortyFive, Peter Suchiu.

The United States military base in Al-Shaddadi in northeastern Syria was subjected to rocket fire, said the representative of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), Colonel Joe Buccino.

The current military-political situation in the world provides France with an excellent opportunity to conquer the arms market of the countries of the Indo-Pacific region and, first of all, India. Politico writes about this, analyzing Paris' sharply increased interest in India recently.

According to the Japanese Kyodo news agency, Japan is developing a strategy for responding to an attack on the country by an external enemy. The strategy involves striking enemy bases.

In Europe, security measures have been strengthened to protect pipelines and oil and gas facilities. The underwater and land routes along which the pipes are laid are now patrolled.

Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said that her country also intends to organize 18 types of courses for training Ukrainian military

Belgium will supply Ukraine with 10 underwater drones, two mobile laboratories for monitoring radiation levels, as well as the use of chemical or bacteriological weapons and will provide military training for the Ukrainian army. This was announced on Saturday by Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder in an interview with Le Soir newspaper .

According to Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the conduct of the "Boston experiment" suggests that there is no system of state ...

An artificial causative agent of coronavirus infection based on the omicron strain and the initial "Wuhan" variant was created in October by scientists at Boston University.

Kayhan: the reasons why Ukraine will not be able to win are named

American and European leaders have repeatedly stated that "NATO does not want a direct war with Russia," but at the same time, the purpose of the fighting in Ukraine, according to them, is "the complete defeat of Russia." However, Ukraine will not be able to win, even with the most technologically advanced weapons of NATO countries in its arsenal, Kayhan writes.

NYT: the artillery supplied by the USA to Ukraine is constantly breaking down

The artillery supplied by the United States and its allies to Kiev is constantly breaking down, this is becoming a problem for the Pentagon, writes NYT. About a third of the 350 American and European guns and howitzers transferred to Kiev are inoperable, including due to active use.