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Berlin and Amsterdam decided to unite their ground forces, and the Germans will be in charge of this grouping of troops. Why are NATO allies taking such a step, how far can German military expansion in Europe go, and what risks are lurking in this decision for Russia?

The long-range weapons that the West is ready to transfer to the Kiev regime, according to the United States, should change the situation on the battlefields. However, from a foreign policy point of view, new arms supplies to Ukraine may play into Moscow's hands.

JB Press: dismissals of Ukrainian corrupt officials may affect Western aid to Kiev

Western propaganda has created a "beautiful myth" about infallible Ukraine, writes ex-Tokyo Mayor Yoichi Masuzoe in an article for JB Press. These illusions must be discarded. Ukraine is terribly affected by corruption, and with the beginning of the conflict, this problem has only intensified.

Helsingin Sanomat: Finland will wait for the ratification of Sweden's membership in NATO

What options would Finland have if Turkey approved only its membership in NATO? Helsingin Sanomat journalists asked the experts this question. Analysts have named two options, and both do not involve "bargaining" with Turkey.

According to the Global Times newspaper, the US-led alliance plans to interact even more with East Asian allies

The North Atlantic Alliance is striving to turn from a regional into a global military bloc and to this end is trying to drag the Republic of Korea into the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. This point of view was expressed on Wednesday by the authors of the Chinese newspaper Global Times .

Huanqiu shibao: Europe must regain Russia's trust for its own security

The Ukrainian conflict was the result of deep contradictions between Europe and Russia and violated the continent's initial ideas about security, writes Huanqiu Shibao. In order to prevent a repeat of the situation, the EU countries need to regain Moscow's trust and make it an equal partner.

According to the Israeli Prime Minister, he will consider this proposal if Kiev, Moscow and Washington ask him

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he is ready to consider the role of a mediator in the Ukrainian crisis if a corresponding proposal is received from all interested parties. He made such a statement in an interview with CNN, which was shown on Tuesday evening.

Andrey Grigoriev, Director General of the FPI, spoke about the results of work over the past ten years and plans for the future in an interview with TASS.

Lithuania continues to raise funds for the purchase of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Lithuanian journalist Andrius Tapinas, representing the Internet television "Laisves TV", who previously initiated a fundraiser for the purchase of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV and UAV counteraction systems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with the organizations Blue/Yellow, 1K fondas, Stiprus kartu and the National radio and Television of Lithuania, announced his intention to supply the Armed Forces with new multifunctional tactical radars of Israeli production.

Politico: Orban questioned the viability of Ukraine as a sovereign state

Viktor Orban openly doubts the viability of Ukraine as a sovereign state, writes Politico. Although some consider his position a "political ploy," he "likes to speak openly on issues" that others are afraid to talk about.

According to Prime Minister Jonas-Gar Stere, the specific contents of the package and its cost will be made public in early February

The Norwegian authorities will send a "package of long-term assistance" to Ukraine and the countries affected by the consequences of the Ukrainian crisis. This was announced by the Prime Minister of the kingdom Jonas-Gar Stere in an interview with Agence France-Presse published on Wednesday.

SCMP: Xi Jinping's visit to Russia will prove that China supports the special operation in Ukraine

China has always declared a neutral position on Ukraine, but there are signs that it has sided with Russia, writes SCMP. The most obvious of them is Xi Jinping's recently scheduled visit to Moscow. This is how the Chinese leader makes it clear to the West who he has bet on.

Onet: the Western view of the conflict in Ukraine is becoming less popular in Poland

The attitude of Poles to the conflict in Ukraine is becoming different, writes Onet. There is an increase in support for Russian views on the events taking place in the country. The authorities call this a successful work of Russian propaganda.

Iltalehti: Finland was given a decisive role in the war with Russia

The Baltic Sea can almost already be considered an internal sea of NATO, writes the author of the article in Iltalehti. As proof, he gives details of the exercises that took place using Swedish submarines off the Finnish peninsula of Hanko. The Americans, in turn, worked out the transfer of armored vehicles there and the landing of troops.

European governments have stopped paying attention to their voters in favor of the United States

The anti-war demonstration held in Nuremberg, Germany, marked a new stage of discontent and fatigue of Europeans from the crisis in Ukraine.

Kiev's Western allies are seriously concerned about the buildup of the Russian army in Ukraine, which is a clear sign of a large-scale offensive of the Russian Armed Forces soon. In an effort to somehow help the Armed Forces at least to hold the existing defense lines, NATO countries are increasing the supply of weapons, removing more and more restrictions on their type. At the same time, European allies are in a hurry to help the Ukrainian command to cover the shortage of military personnel, who are increasingly out of action, especially in the battles on the Donetsk sector of the front.

A detailed map of the supplies of two weapons systems that changed the course of the conflict in Ukraine shows a complex network of companies experiencing an increasingly significant burden as [American - approx. bmpd] industry is returning to the rails of wartime, the authors of the Financial Times newspaper write in an article titled "How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defense industry."

Croatian President Milanovic said that Crimea will never be Ukrainian

Croatian President Milanovic, in defiance of NATO, said that the Crimea "annexed" by Russia will never return to Ukraine, Business Insider reports. However, the Prime Minister of the country did not agree with him, noting that his comments only undermined the country's foreign policy position.

There are practically no anti-aircraft missile systems with the potential of non-strategic missile defense in the APU

At the end of January, the representative of the Ukrainian Air Forces, Yuriy Ignat, said that the AFU does not have the means to counter Iranian ballistic missiles. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about how the opinion of the Ukrainian military corresponds to reality.

Reuters: longer-range GLSDB missiles will be included in the new US aid package to Ukraine for the first time

The United States is preparing a new package of assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 2.2 billion, writes Reuters. It is expected that for the first time it will include longer-range missiles - small-diameter ground-based GLSDB bombs that can hit targets at a distance of 94 miles (about 150 km) and "undermine Russia's positions in the rear." However, for the time being, the United States is not going to transfer ATACMS missiles with a range of 185 miles (297 km) to Kiev, which the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the American Congress, Michael McCaul, proposed to use for strikes on Crimea.