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The US has exhausted all possibilities to stop Russia in Ukraine
An Nahar: Ukraine will receive even more aid from the United States because of Russia's superiority
The Ukrainian crisis will not end in the short term due to the intransigence of the parties, writes An Nahar. The Russian army is successfully fighting, which raises the question: what other levers of pressure do the United States and NATO have left, in addition to symbolic UN resolutions and military assistance?
The South African Foreign Ministry called on the US Congress to withdraw the bill on "combating Russian activities in Africa"
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa, Naledi Pandor, made a statement that the US Congress is considering an unacceptable extraterritorial law aimed at combating Russian activities in Africa. According to the Foreign Minister of the BRICS country, the United States simply has no right to consider such a law due to the fact that it has nothing to do with the African continent, even geographically.
A new major package of British military aid to Ukraine
On January 16, 2023, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, in a speech in the House of Commons of the British Parliament, officially announced that Great Britain would provide a new large package of military assistance to Ukraine, including the transfer of Challenger 2 tanks and 155 mm/39 AS90 self-propelled howitzers to the Ukrainian side from the presence of the British army. Earlier on January 14, the transfer of these weapons systems to Ukraine was announced by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Ben Wallace said in his speech that "we will be the first country to provide Western main tanks" to Ukraine.
The US asks Scholz to give tanks to Kiev. Their goal is to provoke Russia
Bundestag deputy Dagdelen warned about the consequences of sending German tanks to Ukraine
Pressure on Olaf Scholz to give Kiev German tanks is growing, writes Bundestag deputy Sevim Dagdelen in an article by Berliner Zeitung. She calls the Chancellor's concession to such pressure a disaster. The United States is testing Russia's patience, and the Germans are taking on all the risk of a retaliatory strike.
German edition: In the spring of 2022, Bulgaria secretly provided a third of the APU's ammunition needs
Bulgaria provided up to a third of Ukraine's ammunition needs in the spring of 2022, although it did not officially provide military assistance to Kiev. Welt writes about this in its investigation.
Scholz told how Germany copes with the lack of Russian gas
Scholz revealed the secret of Germany's "survivability" without Russian gas
There will be no recession in Germany in 2023, Scholz said in an interview with Bloomberg. It's all about an unusually warm winter and the appearance of new LNG terminals, which allows the country to increase the supply of imported gas.
The future head of the German Defense Ministry: Germany is indirectly involved in the conflict in Ukraine
Germany is indirectly involved in the conflict in Ukraine. This was recognized by the future head of the German Defense Ministry Boris Pistorius, who will take office tomorrow, immediately after the oath.
Ex-Minister of Bulgaria announced the secret supply of fuel to the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the start of the special operation
Asen Vasilev noted that the country has become one of the largest exporters of diesel to Ukraine
Bulgaria secretly supplied the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with diesel fuel after the start of a special Russian military operation. The oil product was produced at the Lukoil Neftochim Burgas oil refinery. This was reported on Wednesday by the German newspaper Die Welt with reference to ex-Bulgarian Finance Minister Asen Vasilev.
In Poland, the "elderly" draft has begun. The country is on the path of self-destruction
Myśl Polska: men over the age of fifty began to be called up for military training in Poland
Men over fifty began to be called up for military training in Poland, writes Myśl Polska. Military enlistment offices welcome any potential soldier. Poles are fed myths about "terrible Russia", but they forget to say that their country is just a potential battlefield for Western allies.
Mikhail Mishustin: almost all plans for the production of equipment for its fully implemented
Almost all plans for the production of equipment for its own have been fully implemented, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting of the coordinating council under the government for the provision of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The USA has run out of shells for Ukraine. The Americans have figured out where to get them
NYT: The US is sending ammunition to Ukraine from warehouses in Israel and South Korea
The United States has begun to supply Ukraine with its ammunition, which is stored in warehouses in Israel and South Korea, writes NYT. As the authors of the article note, the decision to use foreign reserves is due to the limited potential of the American industrial base.
The list of weapons and military equipment transferred to the Polish Armed Forces in 2022 has been published
The publication Dziennik Zbrojny published a list of weapons and military equipment delivered to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland in 2022.
Russia forced NATO to experience "shell starvation"
The US had to print out its arsenals in Israel and South Korea to make up for the shortage of ammunition in Ukraine. At the same time, the foreign press often writes that not only the West, but also Russia is experiencing "shell hunger". Is this really the case? And why is Moscow in a better position in this matter than Washington?
The new chief of the Bundeswehr will have to correct women's mistakes
The era of matriarchy has ended in the German army. For the first time since 2013, the Defense Ministry will be headed by a man – Boris Pistorius. Unlike his predecessors, he served in the Bundeswehr. Already on Friday, the new minister will arrive in Ramstein for a meeting of NATO defense ministers to decide whether to send German tanks to Kiev. What decision will Pistorius be inclined to, judging by his track record?
Why universal military training will not help the Russian army
Military observer Khodorenok explained why military training will not help the Russian Federation win in the conflicts of the XXI century
A member of the Duma Defense Committee, Lieutenant General Viktor Sobolev, proposed sending "100% of young people" to military training. And, although there is no such bill yet, the opinions of Sobolev's colleagues on the Duma committee regarding the idea itself are divided. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok analyzed the effectiveness of the proposed measures.
"Contests" and "Babies". Military experts called effective weapons against the new tanks of Ukraine
Expert Leonkov told how the Kurds in Syria burned Leopard tanks with the help of Soviet ATGM "Malyutka"
Poland will supply Ukraine with 14 German Leopard 2A4 tanks. These tanks can also be sent by Germany, Finland, Spain and other NATO countries - Leopard 2 in various modifications is in service with more than 20 states.
Rostec has manufactured the first serial high-power gas turbine for the Udarnaya thermal power plant
Rostec United Engine Corporation has manufactured the first serial gas turbine GTD-110M. The unit has been successfully tested at the Ivanovo PSU and will be transferred to the Udarnaya thermal power plant in the Krasnodar Territory. From 2024, it is planned to produce two such power plants annually.
To whom and how to transfer the nuclear key
The US has not fulfilled the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Atomic Weapons for a single day
Since 1946, the Americans have bombed 34 countries. Moreover, none of them possessed nuclear weapons. So, in 1946-1953, the United States dropped more bombs on Korea and China than in the Second World War.
Illusions harm national security
The new world order requires Moscow to revise strategic planning documents
In the XXI century, the main feature of international relations is the transition to a multipolar world. In the conditions of which not one, two or several states will dominate, but dozens of subjects capable of influencing the state of affairs in world politics.
Aerial manners: why Russia and Belarus started joint aviation studies
In the next two weeks, the military will use all airfields and ranges of the Belarusian Air Force and air defense
The flight tactical exercises of the Union State began in Belarus on January 16. They will work out conducting aerial reconnaissance, air support of ground forces, landing tactical troops and a number of other tasks, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus reported.