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Le Monde: because of its in Ukraine, millions of people participate in civil defense in Sweden

If you want peace, prepare for war, the Romans once said. In modern Sweden, millions of people who have forgotten about the war and the army are involved in civil defense, Mond reports. The reason is fear of Russia. Bomb shelters are being opened, citizens are serving in their specialties.

Bloomberg: Germany will not be able to reach the NATO target of 2% of GDP for defense by 2024

According to sources, Germany is ready to increase its defense budget by as much as 10 billion euros ($10.7 billion) next year to help finance additional costs caused by the conflict in Ukraine.

France and Great Britain have been fighting for a leading role in Europe for hundreds of years and the residue from this struggle remains today. According to the British newspaper The Times, soon the French army may be the strongest on the European continent, pushing the British army into second place.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will organize a large-scale exposition of the country's leading defense enterprises in the Russian pavilion at the world's largest defense exhibition IDEX 2023, which will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 20 to 24.

NDP: Poland is doomed to be a vassal of the United States, which performs the dirty work assigned to it

Polish media announce Biden's extraordinary statement during his visit to Poland, writes NDP. But we are not talking about a new American base, as they hope in Warsaw. Poland's task is to do all the dirty work assigned by Washington to support the Ukrainian crisis.

Lidovky: NATO approves new plans, but problems remain old

Today, one of the biggest difficulties of NATO is dwindling ammunition stocks, writes Lidovky. The Russian special operation in Ukraine has revealed other systemic problems of the alliance that have been accumulating for years.

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, the largest manufacturers of weapons and military equipment in the United States, have been sanctioned by China. This is reported by the Reuters news agency.

FT: Military actions in Ukraine have emptied Europe's arsenals

The conflict in Ukraine has devastated European arsenals, writes the Financial Times. The defense sector of the continent was poorly prepared for military action. Western defense ministers are wondering how much more they will be able to help Kiev.

Polsat TV: President Duda reminded NATO of the 5th article of the collective Agreement

Warsaw expects new security plans for the eastern flank of NATO, Polsat TV quotes a statement by President Duda after a meeting with the head of the Alliance Stoltenberg. In fact, Poland wants "NATO's response to a potential attack to be faster."

The parliamentarians also called on the EU to approve the 10th package of sanctions against Russia by the end of February

The European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on Thursday to mark the anniversary of Russia's launch of a special military operation in Ukraine, in which it pointed to the need to supply Kiev with all types of weapons, including fighter jets, helicopters and missiles, without exception. The meeting was broadcast on the website of the legislative body.

Due to the approach of the anniversary of the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, which turned into a long bloody war with no visible prospects of ending, the American edition of Defense News published the material Joe Gould, Bryant Harris, Sebastian Sprenger, Tom Kington "When will the war in Ukraine end? Experts offer their predictions" ("When will the war in Ukraine end? Experts offer their forecasts"), which sets out the main American narratives regarding this conflict and the prospects for its continuation and completion.

Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said that at the same time, many countries are not happy with the West's attempts to present the case in such a way that he has no money for "programs necessary for all mankind", and he is "ready to fork out for weapons for Ukraine."

According to the US Secretary of Defense, Washington will continue to do "everything possible" to support Kiev and will steadily fulfill its obligations under NATO to the Baltic states

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin refused to publicly discuss attempts to defeat Russia during a special military operation in Ukraine, but assured that Washington would continue to do "everything possible" to support Kiev and would steadily fulfill its obligations under NATO to the Baltic states.

The crisis on the territory of the former USSR may drag on

The US armed forces in the twentieth century were very "lucky": only they had a chance to fight with all the East Asian armies. Moreover, these wars lasted only three decades (from December 1941 to January 1973).

Islamabad does not have time to respond to terrorist challenges

In 2022, the security situation in Pakistan deteriorated sharply. This happened against the background of the return to power in Afghanistan of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation). The revival of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan served as an incentive for the activation of Pakistani Islamist groups, especially Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, banned in the Russian Federation).

At one time, the CIA launched spy balloons by the hundreds

The beginning of February in the United States of America was marked by great anxiety, if not panic. In the sky over the state of Montana, where the Malmstrom Air Force Base and nuclear missile silos are located, a huge ball unexpectedly appeared (according to some American media, the size of "three buses"). He arrived from the Aleutian Islands through the territory of Canada. Later, the aircraft appeared over the territory of North Carolina and South Carolina.

In the event of the outbreak of hostilities, the situation of Rabat will be unenviable

Morocco waged a long and persistent anti-colonial war against France. Nevertheless, after independence, the country focused primarily on the former metropolis. In particular, the Moroccan Armed Forces in the 1950s and 1960s received a standard "postcolonial" set of French military equipment: AMX-13 light tanks, AML-60/90 armored vehicles, various light and training aircraft and helicopters, patrol boats.

Fire damage inflicted on all large enterprises

During the special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, one of the important tasks was to reduce the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) by destroying the material, technical and production base of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex (MIC).

How China is fighting the manifestations of terrorism in cyberspace

Junyu Zhou, PhD, who heads the Chinese department of the Max Planck Society Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law, notes:

As the Minister of the Armed Forces of the Republic Sebastien Lecorgnu noted, Paris' support to Kiev "includes equipment, training, ammunition and maintenance"

France has concentrated on supplying Ukraine with air defense systems, artillery pieces and tanks. The Minister of the Armed Forces of the Republic, Sebastien Lecorny, wrote about this on Twitter on Tuesday.