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The Hill: more and more Americans share the Republicans' call to cut aid to Kiev

In the United States, they were afraid of the influence of politicians calling for reducing aid to Ukraine. This position is meeting with increasing support among Americans. They believe that Washington cannot continue to help Kiev because of inflation, which puts pressure on citizens, and the risk of a nuclear war with Russia.

Foreign Affairs: the "narcissism" of the American government alienated its allies

Washington is losing allies, writes the FA. His primitive understanding of the world, based on the confrontation of the parties, and a complete lack of interest in partners have already alienated the Middle Eastern powers. The United States expects everyone to work only for them — and in the fateful hour it will come out sideways for them.

Makarov's pistol, which has been in the "service" for more than 70 years, has become such a familiar attribute of a Soviet, and then a Russian officer, policeman, policeman, that it seems that no one will come up with anything better. In any case, for mass, serial production. Since the 1980s, they have been saying that Makarov is morally obsolete, but he is still in service.

New York Post: Washington urged to keep France and Germany in check regarding Ukraine

The United States should keep France and Germany in check regarding Ukraine, the author of the article for the New York Post writes. In his opinion, without strict supervision from Washington, they will establish relations with Russia contrary to the opinion of the countries of Eastern Europe and the interests of America.

The International Defense Exhibition and Conference Vietnam Defense 2022 is taking place on the territory of Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi (Vietnam) from December 8 to 10, 2022. The organizer of the unified Russian exposition is Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation). The bmpd blog presents a photo report from the event.

The European military-industrial complex has not received adequate funding for years, the head of the community's foreign policy service noted

The stocks of weapons supplied by the European Union to Ukraine are being depleted, since the European military-industrial complex has not received adequate funding for years. This was stated on Thursday by the head of the foreign Policy service of the community, Josep Borrel, speaking at a meeting of the European Defense Agency.

Military expert Leonkov: Western media have begun to soberly assess the situation in Ukraine

Articles are increasingly appearing in the Western media, where the situation in Ukraine is more soberly assessed. Military expert Alexey Leonkov told Izvestia about this on December 8.

According to the newspaper Stars and Stripes, affiliated with the Pentagon, Poles are being prepared for war with Russia with might and main. The publication notes that there are so many people who want to undergo military training in Poland that there are not enough places in training camps.

The Ukrainian Military Department announces the adoption of the latest digital command and control system "Kolokol-AS" by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported today, December 8, 2022, by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, currently graduates of the Academy confirm their highest level of training during a special operation in Ukraine

The Minister of Defense, Army General Sergei Shoigu, congratulated the oldest higher military educational institution in Russia, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, on the 190th anniversary of its foundation. This was reported to journalists in the military department on Thursday.

Taiwan must extend compulsory military service from four months to at least one year. This was stated to lawmakers on Wednesday by a senior official of the island's defense ministry. In his opinion, this is necessary in order to better prepare the country's citizens for a possible war with neighboring China.

Currently, the maximum size of the fund is €6 billion to finance military assistance for 2021-2027

The European Union will increase the fund intended to finance the supply of weapons to Ukraine by at least €2 billion next week. This was reported on Thursday by Bloomberg .

A little more than a year has passed since the change of power in the country

A year after the radical Islamist movement "Taliban" (banned in the Russian Federation) came to power, the situation in Afghanistan is becoming increasingly tense.

24,339 servicemen have been dismissed from the Turkish army in five years

The Turkish Defense Ministry has released updated data on the number of personnel dismissed from the country's Armed Forces since 2016.

Shoigu's visit to Minsk took place against the background of multidirectional signals from the West

The plane of the Tu-214 government air squadron with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on board took off for Minsk on the afternoon of December 3, a few hours after the European Commission published a decision on the approval by Western European countries of the maximum purchase price of oil of Russian origin at $ 60 per barrel.

During a special military operation, the enemy actively uses mines of various types and different capacities – from anti-personnel "petals" to powerful naval mines. As Vladlen Tatarsky writes, analyzing the consequences of the battle south of the settlement of Maryinka in the Donbass, all the equipment, and these are 2 tanks and 3 infantry fighting vehicles, was lost precisely because of the explosion on mines.

In their confrontation with such major powers as Russia and China, the United States is absolutely not shy. Especially powerful propaganda is noticeable in the information spaces of the global network. Sometimes the interpretations of the American press are such that it remains, perhaps, to shrug and once again make sure that their authors are engaged.

Former DPR Defense Minister Igor Girkin (Strelkov) left the zone of a special military operation and returned to Moscow. Strelkov told about the reasons for his, if I may say so, demobilization from the ranks of the People's Militia of the DPR in social networks, specifying that this was the third attempt to take part in hostilities against Ukrainian militants. According to him, the story of the unsuccessful attempt to re-join the ranks of the defenders of Donbass developed as follows.

AT: Zelensky called Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen the advantages of living as an American puppet

Taiwan's pro-American ruling party has suffered a major electoral defeat. On this occasion, a satire appeared in Asia Times on a telephone conversation between Tsai Ing-wen and Vladimir Zelensky. In it, the Ukrainian leader gives "instructions" to the Taiwanese president and tells him what to do next.

TAC: the US armed forces are losing the trust of Americans due to the "politicization" of the army

The American army remains one of the most respected institutions in the country, but in recent years the level of public confidence in the armed forces has fallen sharply, writes TAC. One of the main reasons that respondents indicated was "politicization", but Republicans and Democrats understand its meaning differently, the author of the article complains.