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The New Statesman: Zelensky's mistake cost him the loss of allies in the West

The political mistake of the Ukrainian president related to the missile incident in Poland has irritated Western leaders. They are showing signs of war fatigue, writes the New Statesman.

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.

On November 23, it became known about the use of Russian unmanned aerial vehicles "Mosquito" in a special military operation in Ukraine, designed to conduct aerial electronic and optoelectronic reconnaissance. Earlier in the reports of the Ministry of Defense, it was said about the successful work of the Lancet kamikaze drones in the area of their defense, which destroyed the Ukrainian Buk anti-aircraft missile system and two American howitzers. Read more about the Russian UAVs involved in the SVO — in the material of TASS.

The United States offers Greece to abandon the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems and the Tor-M1 air defense systems in favor of Ukraine, and replace them with Western air defense systems, according to Igor Korotchenko, head of the Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade.

Romania is becoming a new NATO springboard for confrontation with Russia, radars will be placed on the territory of the country to control the central and western parts of the Black Sea, as well as the eastern part of Ukraine.

The Directorate General of Armaments of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces (DGA) announced the acceptance of the eighth FREMM frigate, Loraine, which is also the second ship of the series, made in the air defense version.

And when active actions on the contact line can resume

On November 23, Russian troops continued to advance in the Donetsk direction, and in other sectors of the front they continued to repel attacks by Ukrainian formations. On this day, the Ministry of Defense told about the release from captivity of 35 servicemen who were in danger.

Athens has already accepted the proposal, launching a process of radical changes in the structure of air defense, the Greek portal reported Pentapostagma.gr

The United States offered Greece to send the S-300 and Tor-M1 air defense systems to Ukraine in exchange for similar NATO systems, Athens is positive about this idea. This was reported on Wednesday by the Greek portal Pentapostagma.gr .

According to the head of the Law and Justice party, this would make it possible to shoot down enemy missiles more effectively than using the S-300

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party, suggested that Germany deploy Patriot missile defense systems in western Ukraine. He stated this in an interview with the Polish Press Agency distributed on Wednesday, commenting on Germany's proposal to transfer Patriot systems to Poland.

We talk about the main achievements, difficulties and victories of the Rostec state Corporation, whose products can be found today in a variety of fields: from public transport to medicine and defense.

The government reported on the production of products for the army and told about new social measures for the mobilized

Many private enterprises are ready to help provide the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with uniforms, protective equipment and other necessary products, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on November 22. He stressed that today the situation with the release of some types of weapons and army equipment has improved.

TAC: Kiev will not give up the support of the West, no matter what Zelensky does

After the incident with the Ukrainian missile and Zelensky's attempts to ignite World War III, Western countries did not even think to reconsider their unlimited assistance to Kiev, writes TAC. Ukraine has an unconditional right to money and weapons, and the West will forgive its leader absolutely everything except independent attempts to negotiate with Moscow, the author complains.

Sebastien Lecornu said that "France is one of the largest investors in the European Peace Fund," which is also currently engaged in co-financing the supply of weapons from the EU to the Ukrainian army.

The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the workshops of enterprises in Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk region

In Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region, missile strikes with precision weapons destroyed the workshops of a military enterprise, in Zaporozhye — the workshops of the Iskra plant, the Russian Defense Ministry said on November 17. According to experts, the Pavlograd plant produced thousands of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, which are now dotted with Donbass. And in Zaporozhye, they were engaged in the repair of radar for anti-aircraft complexes. The Russian Armed Forces continued to conduct defensive actions in the area of the SVO, and to move forward in the south Donetsk direction.

Kiev will receive MIM-23 HAWK systems released back in the 1960s

Ukraine has already used the latest IRIS-T and NASAMS air defense systems received from NATO countries in the battles. But now Spain is also supplying Kiev with six outdated MIM-23 Hawk ("Hawk") medium-range complexes. And in the latest package of American military assistance at the moment, missiles are mentioned for them. Izvestia investigated what these Cold War veterans are capable of and whether they remain dangerous in modern conditions.

The Polish authorities are negotiating the acquisition of an additional 200 M142 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems for 20 launchers ordered by Warsaw back in 2019. This was reported in the American corporation Lockheed Martin. The company predicts that the demand for weapons will remain at a high level for at least 10 years ahead. This is due to the current difficult military-political situation in the world.

The new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not change the course of his predecessor Boris Johnson and, following his example, also visited Kiev, where he talked with Zelensky. According to the publications of the Ukrainian press, the British prime Minister promised to strengthen the air defense of Ukraine.

The EU countries plan to strengthen their air defense after the incident in Poland. Le Figaro writes about this. Germany, for example, has already made a proposal to create a single missile shield on the territory of 14 European states. Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg tried to get out of a difficult situation and said that the fall of missiles on the territory of Poland says nothing about the ability of the alliance countries to defend themselves.

Gabrielius Landsbergis expressed confidence that a compromise will be found "soon" among Lithuania's allies on the issue of increasing supplies of air defense systems to Kiev

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis believes that the allies should not be afraid of providing Kiev with certain types of weapons. He stated this in an interview published on Friday with the German newspaper Handelsblatt .