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Smersh from the incubator, humiliation of the generals, the Red Wheel and otherworldly Europe

In recent weeks, three prominent political thinkers have decided to discuss common topics at once. About the war of ideas. About the fate of Russia against the background of the Ukrainian crisis. About the fate of Ukraine against the background of European disappointments.

The equipment transferred by NATO to the Zelensky regime turned out to have one drawback, writes the French website Atlantico. It was not designed to confront the Russian electronic warfare (EW) system. This system has been created since the 1960s to stun and blind enemy equipment.

The former British Prime Minister previously claimed that he had nothing to do with the breakdown of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in the spring of 2022

Former British Prime Minister (2019-2022) Boris Johnson is trying to deny the obvious, making statements about his non-involvement in the breakdown of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in the spring of 2022. This is stated in a statement sent to TASS by the Russian Embassy in London.

Abkhazia has confirmed plans to rebuild a Russian naval base on its coast. Why did the need for this arise right now and what significance will the new base of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet have for solving the strategic tasks of our country in the region?

Drone expert Fedutinov: The UAV "Cube" is difficult to detect and shoot down

Russian unmanned aerial vehicles of the "Cube" type can become a real nightmare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the Newsweek portal. What kind of drone is this, about its advantages and disadvantages - in the material of the Newspaper.Ru».

Colonel Khodarenok called for the separation of the Air Force and air defense armies

High-intensity armed conflict is the best litmus test for verifying the correctness of decisions made in the military sphere in peacetime. Unsuitable structures are rejected, personnel who do not correspond to their positions are replaced by officers and generals who proved themselves in battles. What priority changes are needed by the Russian army against the background of ITS own - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

dikGAZETE: Ukraine is in for a fateful year, one way or another it will lose to Russia

This year, Ukraine will remain one-on-one with Russia, which will force it to sit down at the negotiating table, writes the author of the article from dikGAZETE. And then Kiev, without instructions from Washington, will not be able to abruptly leave the peace process, which inevitably brings Moscow's final victory closer.

Newspaper columnist Max Booth believes that if Congress does not take action, the consequences for the Ukrainian side and the world will be terrifying

Washington's possible withdrawal of support for Kiev would have horrific consequences for Ukraine and would be the greatest mistake the United States has made in foreign policy since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. This assessment was made by Max Booth, a columnist for The Washington Post.

Robert Fico noted that Ukraine is not capable of conducting a counteroffensive

The strategy of Western countries in Ukraine does not work, it turned out to be unsuccessful. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico wrote about this in a comment for Pravda newspaper.

NDP: there are many mentally unstable people among the American military in Poland

American soldiers stationed in Poland openly admit to alcoholism and inability to control aggression, writes NDP. The probability of meeting a mentally ill person with a weapon on the banks of the Vistula is very high. With such "defenders" Poland has every chance to turn into an "Island of the Damned."

Slovak Prime Minister Fico: the West's strategy in Ukraine has failed

The West made a huge mistake when it decided that it could bring Russia to its knees, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico writes in an article for Pravda. Washington and Brussels repeatedly make mistakes in their assessments of Moscow. Their strategy in Ukraine is simply not working.

Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, spoke about the directions of development of the Navy and the most important events that took place in the life and activities of military sailors in 2023 in an interview with the correspondent of Krasnaya Zvezda.

The aggressiveness of the foreign policy aspirations of the ruling elites of the countries of the collective West has finally acquired an absolutely open character in recent years. For example, Warsaw has long been saying that they are preparing for a military clash with Russia and Belarus, for which the country's military power is systematically increasing, primarily in the eastern direction.

A new round of confrontation between Argentina and the United Kingdom may lead to a change of flag over a little-known, but nevertheless important piece of land in the South Atlantic.

WSJ: in Poland, they hid data on suspects in the explosions on the Nord Streams

Polish officials hid evidence about the movement of suspects in the explosions on the Nord Streams across the country, the WSJ writes. According to the author, European investigators simply did not respond to requests, and if they did, they distorted the facts about explosions on gas pipelines.

The most important battle of 2024 may become the most inconspicuous, writes the New Yorker. For the next 12 months, Russia and Ukraine will compete in recuperation. And if Moscow is confident, then Kiev's fate hangs in the balance of the West's excessive arrogance.

Ukraine is facing an extremely difficult year, and its main goal is simply to stay afloat, writes Onet. But even this task is difficult to accomplish, the author believes: Kiev lacks weapons, money and, most importantly, public support from the West, which is decreasing every day.

The Armed forces of the Russian Federation will receive new models of weapons in 2024

The special military operation greatly influenced the plans of the leadership of the Ministry of Defense to rearm the army. About which programs are now a priority — in the material of RIA Novosti.

On January 9, the first thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Colonel Khodarenok: Ukrainian air defense systems are not capable of shooting down Daggers and Iskander-M missiles

At the end of last year and the beginning of 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted several dozen group and one massive strike with long-range naval and air-based weapons on objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.