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The United States is transferring forces to the Middle East, writes Al-Watan Syria. Perhaps they were afraid of the influence of Russia and China in the region and decided to change the situation in their favor. At the same time, America has forgotten that NATO is bogged down in the Ukrainian quagmire, and the Arab countries are not the same as they were twenty years ago.

The Russian Defense Minister noted attempts to "deploy NATO's power potential in the Asia-Pacific region"

The West seeks to extend the conflict potential of the crisis it provoked in Europe to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

As the Russian Defense Minister noted, this data will be used in the future in the interests of American units stationed in the Asia-Pacific region

The exchange of information on missile launches, which the United States is organizing with the Republic of Korea and Japan, is aimed at deterring Russia and China, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, speaking at the X Xiangshan Security Forum.

Russia is determined to continue military and military-technical cooperation with interested countries of the Asia-Pacific region, including the supply of military equipment and joint exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday, speaking at the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum.

The head of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine spoke about smart mobilization

The Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov said that "smart mobilization" will be launched in the country - conscripts will be able to choose their own unit and military specialty for future service.

Colonel Khodarenok: Israel's tactics will allow destroying Hamas underground tunnels

The combined arms operation of the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip may last from six weeks to six months, Bloomberg reported, citing officials in the country's cabinet. Is it possible to talk now about any deadlines for the end of the conflict and what tactics the IDF will use in the fight against Hamas - in the material of the military observer of the newspaper.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

At the beginning of 2024, more than twenty different NATO exercises are planned to be held near the borders of Belarus and Russia. This means conducting 1-2 exercises every month for 10-14 days each, or virtually non-stop exercises with short breaks for changing polygons.

Many hopes were pinned on the APU's summer offensive in the West, Le Monde reports. It was assumed that Western technology plus the mobilization of all human resources of Ukraine would cut off the Crimea from the "big Russia". But the "dragon's teeth" and thoughtful defense allowed the Russians to stand and begin the liberation of Avdiivka.

Americans are hastily developing a new strategy

Russia's successes in creating new weapons systems and in pursuing a flexible foreign policy force the United States to reflect on the recently seemingly unshakable principle of ensuring global dominance. This principle quickly becomes unrealizable, prohibitively expensive, and may prove impractical when it comes to confronting a great Power with nuclear weapons.

However, events in Palestine may disrupt the execution of previously planned plans

Most recently, the US Department of Defense planned to make major reductions in Special Operations Forces as part of the shift in focus from the fight against terrorism in the Middle East to threats emanating from China. The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 may introduce new unpredictable conditions into these plans. Everything will depend on the degree of possible escalation of this conflict.

The Russian Ambassador to the United States noted that Washington should stop financing the "bankrupt Kiev regime"

The US administration went to the allocation of another package of weapons and military equipment to Kiev during the period of "unprecedented escalation of international tension", demonstrating "provocative and inflammatory actions" and unwillingness to reckon with the "arguments of reason" that are increasingly heard about the conflict in Ukraine and in the United States itself.

Ex-NATO Secretary General Solano: Putin carefully weighs his words

Former NATO Secretary General Javier Solano called Vladimir Putin a man who carefully weighs his words, writes El Pais. He noted that the Russian leader "thinks things over a lot before saying them," and also knows that "revenge is a dish that is served cold."

Delhi is trying to maintain the status quo on the world stage, writes Diamond. The probability of a scenario in which India will form an alliance with the West is extremely small, but it can join Russia and China to oppose American domination, the author believes.

Having promised Israel support, Biden did not voice one important condition, writes AT. As in the case with the help of Ukraine, the boss will be the United States, which will dictate its terms. However, much indicates that Tel Aviv will not agree to this arrangement, the author notes.

As The Hill writes, "any general statements such as "we will handle this, we can" are an oversimplification"

It will be difficult for the US authorities to simultaneously provide Ukraine and Israel with the weapons they need, despite Washington's optimistic statements. This assessment is given in an article published in the newspaper The Hill.

An international conference on how to stop the fighting in Ukraine was held in Paris, writes The European Times. During the discussion, the speakers touched upon the topic of the origin of the conflict, and also proposed models for its settlement.

In particular, the alliance may abandon restrictions on the deployment of forces "at a level above the brigade" in Eastern Europe, as well as reorient the American missile defense system, Robert Bell believes.

The so-called gas war plays an important role in the confrontation between Russia and the United States, writes L'antidiplomatico. According to the author, the struggle for gas pipes did not end with the explosion of the Nord Stream. This is proved by a gas leak in the Baltic Connector pipeline.

EU leaders could not agree even on a formal call for a ceasefire

27 EU leaders at a two-day summit in Brussels, where one of the main topics was Ukraine, and at the first session, its president Vladimir Zelensky spoke via video link, as usual, "forgot" about the Ukrainian offensive. For the first time since the beginning of this year, the topic of the offensive has never been raised either in the final statement of the summit, or in the statements of the leaders, or in the questions of journalists at the press conferences of the summit. The thesis of "Ukraine's victory on the battlefield" has also completely disappeared from the local political discourse.

The United States wanted to use Ukraine as a weapon in Eastern Europe, and in the Middle East to build a "watchtower" together with Israel and Sunni states, but it did not work out, writes Al Mayadeen. Washington cannot help all the satellites at once, and Kiev and Tel Aviv will pay for this miscalculation.