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Several U.S. lawmakers have criticized OPEC+'s decision to cut oil production by two million barrels a day, proposing legislation that would withdraw all U.S. troops and missile systems from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East's two largest oil exporters.

This package will include artillery and anti-tank ammunition, winter uniforms and body armor

Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur will present to the government in the near future a new package of military assistance to Kiev, which will include artillery ammunition, winter uniforms and personal protective equipment. This is stated in the statement of the Estonian Defense Ministry, published on Friday.

Turkish leader Erdogan arrived at the summit of the "European Political Community", where much more European Russia and Belarus were not invited. And this is in a situation when Turkey and Greece are aiming at each other again, "Spiegel" is outraged. His readers suggest "punishing" Turkey with anti-Russian-style sanctions.

In order to work together with the commissions on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the EU have agreed on the deployment of a civil mission of the European Union on the border between the two states of the South Caucasus. The next meeting of these commissions is scheduled no later than the end of this month.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer once again stressed that his state will not supply lethal weapons to Ukraine.

Entrepreneur and one of the richest people on the planet, Elon Musk continues to publish on social networks and interviews for major publications, where his statements allow us to talk about him as a person who is at least not far from geopolitics. The other day, Musk called on himself UG (Ukrainian anger) in connection with proposals to resolve the crisis in Ukraine.

We are talking about a fund of €100 million

French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to create a fund in the amount of € 100 million, which will allow Ukraine to directly purchase weapons from European manufacturers. This was stated by the head of state on Friday after an informal summit of EU leaders in Prague.

Where are the leaders who are ready to intervene and prevent a direct, and possibly nuclear confrontation with Russia on foreign territory? This question is asked by the author of the article on The Federalist website. To his disappointment, there are no such people in America now.

Beijing will no longer be able to purchase artificial intelligence-related chips, equipment for their self-production, as well as other high-tech products abroad. This happened because Washington imposed large-scale sanctions against China in the field of semiconductor technologies.

The latest nuclear tests conducted by the DPRK represent self-defense measures that are caused by constant military threats from the United States, the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary on Saturday.

After the local successes of the Ukrainian army in several directions at once, a new trend has formed in the Western information space. Several local experts, journalists and retired generals eagerly began to pour out forecasts that Kiev will be able to retake territories to the borders as of February 23 of this year even before the new one. Particularly optimistic analysts, including journalists from the British The Times, generally predict such a gift for a Catholic Christmas.

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu congratulated the Kiev regime on the "successful" terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge. He has no doubt that the sabotage was committed by the Ukrainian special services.

Ukrainian President Zelensky urged the West not to wait until Russia strikes with nuclear weapons, but to launch a preemptive strike — without specifying whether it is nuclear or not. Many Western analysts, meanwhile, have no doubt that Russia is preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons somewhere on the territory of Ukraine. What does the Russian military doctrine say about this? And why, from a military-technical point of view, does it make no sense to use tactical nuclear weapons, but should we start with strategic ones? Naked Science understands the details.

The US needs to immediately change course towards Ukraine

The administration of US President Joe Biden should immediately change its political course towards Ukraine, including abandoning the idea of granting the country membership in NATO, writes American columnist Josh Hammer in Newsweek.

Has Russia already mined British submarine cables?

The British authorities have given instructions to urgently inspect underwater cables and pipelines due to fears that Russia has "mined" them, writes the Daily Mail. This happened after explosions on three lines of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 pipelines, which caused several gas leaks.

The new "Merkelism" in EU politics will not pass?

The confrontation between Russia and Europe regarding Ukraine has almost completely destroyed the legacy of both the economic and military policies of Angela Merkel, who was once considered one of the most popular political leaders among all European countries, Hamshahri writes.

Zelensky brings the US to the nuclear brink

Well-known American columnist Rod Dreher writes in TAS that Zelensky leads the United States and the West by the nose, pushing the world towards nuclear war. The West is going crazy over Ukraine. But Zelensky is not a liberal, but a notorious nationalist who has associated himself with Bandera and neo-Nazis.

The Reuters agency has published interesting material-the investigation of Joel Schectman, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin "America's Throwaway Spies: How the CIA failed Iranian informants in its secret war with Tehran" ("American one-day spies: How the CIA failed Iranian informants in the secret war with Tehran"). Our blog offers the first part of the translation of this material.

Germany, along with France, are becoming the main sponsors of the Zelensky regime in Europe, while the UK has switched to training military personnel of the Armed Forces. After the French promised Kiev a new batch of 155-mm Caezar self-propelled guns, the Germans announced the imminent delivery of air defense systems and tanks to Ukraine.

The NYT columnist believes that the United States and European countries have made Vladimir Putin and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia laugh with their "environmental ostentation" and inaction. In his opinion, the West needs to approach the "green transition" more gradually and not build castles in the air.