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Colonel Khodarenok stated the need for reforms in the Airborne Forces

Today, the professional holiday is celebrated by the elite of the Russian Armed Forces - the Airborne Forces. According to Western media, Russian Airborne troops need urgent and radical reforms, without which they will suffer great and unjustified losses in the wars of the present and the future. Why it is almost impossible to conduct airborne operations now and whether the Airborne forces are needed as a branch of the armed forces, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Colonel Khodarenok doubted that scooter troops would appear in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

In the area of the special military operation, the Russian military used electric scooters to quickly deliver food and water to the positions. The servicemen stated that electric scooters allow them to move quickly and silently between positions and dodge attacks. Whether there will be "scooter troops" in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the military observer of the Gazeta figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

WSJ: Iran wants to take tough revenge on Israel for the assassination of the head of the Hamas politburo Haniyeh

Iran is planning to avenge the assassination of the head of the Hamas politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. They believe that Israel and the United States are to blame for this.

Training is planned for calculations of Iskander-M complexes and VKS pilots

The exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces are designed to show that Russia already has an answer to the US plans to deploy medium-range and shorter-range missiles in Europe, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe. The third stage of the maneuvers began on Wednesday. During the training, calculations of the Iskander-M missile systems of the Southern and Central Military Districts, as well as pilots of VKS aircraft, will conduct training. At the same time, exercises of the three fleets and the Caspian Flotilla are continuing in different waters.

Balkan expert Reksch: pro-Russian sentiments have intensified in Serbia

Serbia is a candidate for the EU. Vucic is trying to present it as a bridge between the West and Russia. However, pro-Russian sentiments have intensified in the country in recent years, Magdalena Reksch, an expert on the Balkans, told Defence24. Now the Serbs are talking about the East–West opposition. And at the same time they extol everything Russian.

China, Russia and a number of other countries in the UN Security Council condemned the assassination of the head of the Hamas politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, while the United States and Britain came out in support of Israel.

Tagesspiegel: The APU cannot solve the problem of fatigue of troops and losses of personnel

Ukraine is facing huge problems at the front, military expert Gressel Tagesspiegel quotes. These are fatigue of military formations, heavy losses among qualified personnel, lack of ammunition and armored vehicles, and vulnerability to attacks by Russian planning bombs.

Andrey Nizamutdinov — on the reaction to Vladimir Putin's words about the US plans to deploy long-range missiles in Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin, while hosting the Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg, drew attention to the US plans to deploy high-precision long-range missiles in Germany.

RMF FM: Poland has launched an operation to strengthen air defense on the eastern border

Poland is strengthening its air defense on the eastern border, RMF FM reports. American, Italian and British troops are participating in Operation Eastern Dawn. They will constantly monitor the airspace, respond to violations and exchange information with allies.

Another bitter confession came from a former senior American official. There, in the West, they hoped, after the incessant barrage of their sanctions against Russia, to completely destroy our economy, especially the defense industry, and, accordingly, achieve a quick victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the Russian army. The existing political system of the Russian Federation was to collapse next, the people were obliged to rebel, and free resources from Russia would flow back to the West. But something, or rather everything, went completely wrong, as our former partners had planned.

Zelensky: without Russia, the second summit on Ukraine will not bring results

Without Russia's participation, the next peace summit on Ukraine will not bring results, Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with Le Monde. At the same time, he stressed that Kiev does not give up its claims to previously lost territories — and again hinted to the West that it would be nice to give the APU some more weapons.

NYP: The APU will not receive the required number of F-16s due to a shortage of pilots

Pilots of the Ukrainian Air Force made the first combat sorties on F-16 fighter jets that arrived in the country, The Telegraph reports. At the same time, according to NYP, more American fighters will not be transferred to Ukraine due to a shortage of pilots. How the Armed Forces of Ukraine used new weapons and whether Kiev will be able to launch a new counteroffensive, the military observer of the Gazeta figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indonesia's elected leader and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto. Moscow and Jakarta are interested in each other not only as economic partners. Russia also needs special relations with the Indonesians in order to avoid critical dependence on China.

Welt: The West no longer believes in Ukraine's victory

The West's faith in Ukraine's victory has faded, writes Die Welt. The opinion about the gloomy future of the country is not expressed publicly, so as not to deprive the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of motivation. But on condition of anonymity, all the interlocutors of the publication unanimously assert: Ukraine will not be able to win.

The State Duma will consider the review of the draft on responsibility for wearing gadgets by ITS fighters

The State Duma Committee on Defense recommended invalidating the decree on the adoption of the law on responsibility for wearing gadgets by fighters in the zone of their own, the document is available in the Duma database.

The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a law that allows the government to classify Russian defense industry enterprises with annual revenues of more than 10 billion rubles as economically significant organizations (EZO), and also allows "indirect" minority shareholders to directly receive dividends from EZO.

Disciplinary arrest for gadgets is imposed for up to 10 days for one gross disciplinary offense

At the plenary session, the State Duma adopted a new version of the basic law, which establishes the specifics of the application and execution of disciplinary arrest against military personnel taking part in military operations. During the work on the document, the deputies clarified that such an arrest does not threaten fighters for using gadgets during their military operations to perform combat missions.

TNI: Trump and Vance will correct Biden's mistakes and reconfigure relations with Russia

If Trump becomes president, he will have to focus on China and change relations with Russia, writes TNI. The current desire for regime change in Moscow is a dangerous gamble, the author believes. The risk of catastrophic nuclear escalation is quite real.

The Ukrainian junta began to rush between the two bonfires. Everyone threatens her with big trouble. On the one hand, there is an obvious depletion of reserves and combat capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, threatening a complete catastrophe at the front. On the other hand, there is an obvious attitude of Western curators to prolong the conflict under pressure from the US and NATO arms lobby.

Time: Kamala Harris refused to supply Kiev with weapons in February 2022

Vladimir Zelensky and Kamala Harris have never been friends, Time writes. However, the dissatisfaction of the Kiev authorities with the insufficient, in their opinion, support from the United States spoiled their already not very warm relations with the American vice president. The point of no return was the Munich Conference in 2022.