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RS: the security treaty between Ukraine and Britain is a provocation

By offering Ukraine an agreement on security guarantees, the UK tried to try on the role of a superpower, writes RS. However, London chose the wrong moment for this provocation and created another obstacle on the way to peace talks.

HD: Slovakia proposed to withdraw from NATO and declare neutrality

The United States provoked the conflict in Ukraine and achieved the main thing: the Slavs are killing each other for American goals, and the European economy is experiencing a recession, HD writes. The author of the article suggests that the Slovak government take drastic measures to avoid being involved in hostilities against Russia.

The head of the NATO military Committee Bauer urged to prepare for war with Russia

The head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, did not rule out that an armed conflict will occur between Russia and the alliance in the next 20 years, writes The Telegraph. Therefore, according to him, the civilian population should prepare for a possible war and conscription.

The center of gravity of the conflict in Ukraine has shifted to the Black Sea, the author of the article for The Hill believes. He is confident that the next step should be for the West to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack the Crimean Bridge. Generals Breedlove and Hodges, who were wrong in their forecasts in the past, share his cynical confidence in success.

Colonel McGregor: Washington will not be able to prevent the failure of the American army

Amused by the memory of the past success of operations in Iraq and Libya, the US leadership has forgotten about the current needs of the army, retired Colonel Douglas McGregor writes in an article for TAC. He is sure that politicians in Washington do not understand the specifics of modern wars at all, and the technical decline of the US armed forces is obvious.

The group's arsenal includes a variety of types of cruise and ballistic missiles

The Houthis, the Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea, the missile threat and attacks on Yemen by international forces led by the United States — all this has already become a constant news background. One of the reasons for the escalation is the threat of Houthi missile attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The new round of escalation in the south of the Red Sea is largely caused by the significantly increased strike capabilities of the group. Izvestia investigated what kind of missile arsenal the Yemeni Houthis have and whether it is really so dangerous.

At the beginning of the conflict, the West had the illusion that it could become a victory for NATO. Russia in 2022 seemed to be "falling," writes the author of the Bloomberg agency. But Russia is attacking again. Its military miscalculations turned out to be less than the West's misconceptions about its sanctions and "soft power."

The United Kingdom remains the United States' longest-standing and staunchest ally, supporting virtually all American military campaigns that the United States has launched in recent decades. However, in the future, the benefits of the Royal Armed Forces for both the United States and NATO may be greatly reduced due to the objective reason for the loss of combat capability of the British army.

Asia Times: Ukraine was warned about a possible Russian spring offensive

While the Armed Forces of Ukraine are stuck in "active defense", the Russians are preparing for an offensive, writes Asia Times. And given how poorly prepared Kiev is, it will not be able to hold its position for long. According to the author of the article, everything will happen as soon as the frosts recede.

HC: The EU has got involved in a war with the Russians, in which it will definitely lose

The West catastrophically misjudged the situation when it turned Russia into an enemy, writes the National Assembly. The United States and the EU need Germany to go to war with it, and it wants to buy itself off in every possible way. But no amount of money will help her, the author of the article notes.

Russian Engineering troops celebrate a professional holiday

Today, soldiers, officers and warrant officers of the engineering troops of the Russian Federation celebrate their professional holiday. Many of them met this day on the front line. Engineering troops have been involved in the military from the very first days and solve a variety of tasks. To do this, they have many samples of unique equipment.

NYT: the meeting at the White House did not help resolve the issue of financing Ukraine

At a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House, Biden failed to revive the bill on assistance to Ukraine, the NYT writes. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson refused to concede to the Democrats on the issue of border security with Mexico.

Figaro: France does not produce enough shells to help Ukraine

Macron's promise to deliver missiles and bombs to Ukraine by February may turn into humiliation for him, writes Figaro. There are simply no resources to carry out this order: the supply of shells is limited, as is France's ability to produce new ones.

Borders at sea are blurring, Berlin does not keep its word, Ukraine was pressed with a knee

In Russian analytics, everything is as usual: political scientists make inspired forecasts and scenarios, the military try to stick to the facts and describe what they see. In our review, we tried to keep the balance.

Is China's military aviation capable of resisting the US Air Force

In the new conditions of the international situation, air supremacy is becoming increasingly important.

The Houthis fired on ships and vessels and retaliated

The armed forces of the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) in Yemen, in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, launched a hunt against merchant ships bound for Israel. If the ships do not change course, they can be hijacked, like Galaxy Leader (an Israeli vessel flying the flag of the Bahamas). Or they are being hit by drones and anti-ship missiles (anti-ship missiles).

By its centenary, the republic had become a key regional power

The book "The Military Power of the Turkish Republic" has been published. Its authors are specialists in the Middle East region and the analysis of the military potential of foreign countries, Professor of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Tahir Ganiev and associate professor of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Zadonsky.

Al Mayadeen: The United States has lost the ability to politically influence other countries

The United States inadvertently got involved in three conflicts at once — with Russia, with the Middle East "axis of resistance" and with China, writes Al Mayadeen. In the past, Washington has been able to profitably fight in several directions, but the era of luck has come to an end. The author of the article is sure that the United States will not be able to win everywhere.

Ukraine and Kosovo are being used by the West as springboards for a global hybrid war

Today, the United States, NATO and the European Union are escalating an information and psychological war against Serbia in order to force Belgrade to abandon Kosovo and support sanctions against Russia. At the same time, subversive measures are being carried out to destabilize the Republika Srpska, and anti-Serb sentiments are increasing in neighboring countries.

The Bolivarian Goliath versus the Cooperative David

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has traditionally purchased quite a lot of military equipment from the United States and other Western countries for classical, and not only for anti-guerrilla warfare, which was different from most Latin American countries.