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Entrepreneur and one of the richest people on the planet, Elon Musk continues to publish on social networks and interviews for major publications, where his statements allow us to talk about him as a person who is at least not far from geopolitics. The other day, Musk called on himself UG (Ukrainian anger) in connection with proposals to resolve the crisis in Ukraine.

We are talking about a fund of €100 million

French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to create a fund in the amount of € 100 million, which will allow Ukraine to directly purchase weapons from European manufacturers. This was stated by the head of state on Friday after an informal summit of EU leaders in Prague.

Where are the leaders who are ready to intervene and prevent a direct, and possibly nuclear confrontation with Russia on foreign territory? This question is asked by the author of the article on The Federalist website. To his disappointment, there are no such people in America now.

The latest nuclear tests conducted by the DPRK represent self-defense measures that are caused by constant military threats from the United States, the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary on Saturday.

After the local successes of the Ukrainian army in several directions at once, a new trend has formed in the Western information space. Several local experts, journalists and retired generals eagerly began to pour out forecasts that Kiev will be able to retake territories to the borders as of February 23 of this year even before the new one. Particularly optimistic analysts, including journalists from the British The Times, generally predict such a gift for a Catholic Christmas.

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu congratulated the Kiev regime on the "successful" terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge. He has no doubt that the sabotage was committed by the Ukrainian special services.

Ukrainian President Zelensky urged the West not to wait until Russia strikes with nuclear weapons, but to launch a preemptive strike — without specifying whether it is nuclear or not. Many Western analysts, meanwhile, have no doubt that Russia is preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons somewhere on the territory of Ukraine. What does the Russian military doctrine say about this? And why, from a military-technical point of view, does it make no sense to use tactical nuclear weapons, but should we start with strategic ones? Naked Science understands the details.

The US needs to immediately change course towards Ukraine

The administration of US President Joe Biden should immediately change its political course towards Ukraine, including abandoning the idea of granting the country membership in NATO, writes American columnist Josh Hammer in Newsweek.

Has Russia already mined British submarine cables?

The British authorities have given instructions to urgently inspect underwater cables and pipelines due to fears that Russia has "mined" them, writes the Daily Mail. This happened after explosions on three lines of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 pipelines, which caused several gas leaks.

The new "Merkelism" in EU politics will not pass?

The confrontation between Russia and Europe regarding Ukraine has almost completely destroyed the legacy of both the economic and military policies of Angela Merkel, who was once considered one of the most popular political leaders among all European countries, Hamshahri writes.

Zelensky brings the US to the nuclear brink

Well-known American columnist Rod Dreher writes in TAS that Zelensky leads the United States and the West by the nose, pushing the world towards nuclear war. The West is going crazy over Ukraine. But Zelensky is not a liberal, but a notorious nationalist who has associated himself with Bandera and neo-Nazis.

The Reuters agency has published interesting material-the investigation of Joel Schectman, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin "America's Throwaway Spies: How the CIA failed Iranian informants in its secret war with Tehran" ("American one-day spies: How the CIA failed Iranian informants in the secret war with Tehran"). Our blog offers the first part of the translation of this material.

The NYT columnist believes that the United States and European countries have made Vladimir Putin and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia laugh with their "environmental ostentation" and inaction. In his opinion, the West needs to approach the "green transition" more gradually and not build castles in the air.

An American military base was shelled in Syria. The missile strike hit a base in the Rumeylan district of Al-Hasakeh province in northeastern Syria. This is reported by the Central Command of the Pentagon.

Alexey Polishchuk, Director of the second CIS Department of the department, on Washington's "proxy war" against Moscow, the situation in Transnistria and difficulties in relations with Moldova

Alexey Polishchuk, director of the second CIS department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS in an interview about whether a conversation with Kiev is possible, about the "indirect war" of the United States against Russia, and also explained what status the new regions have within the framework of the Union State. The diplomat shared his assessments of the situation in Transnistria and the difficulties that have arisen in relations with Moldova.

According to the magazine, deliveries will be made "as soon as possible"

The Cabinet of Ministers of Germany is going to send Ukraine a new package of assistance in the amount of € 11 million on the eve of the cold season. This was reported on Sunday by Der Spiegel magazine .

Today it became known that Commander-in-Chief Sergei Surovikin became the commander of the troops in the SVO zone. He participated in the second Chechen campaign, twice led a Russian military group in Syria, during a special operation he led the encirclement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Gorsky and Zolotoye in the LPR.

According to the newspaper, the mission's mandate is for two years

Plans to create an EU training mission for the Armed Forces of Ukraine imply the training of approximately 15 thousand people. This was reported on Sunday by the newspaper Welt am Sonntag, citing its own sources in the EU.

The machine tool division of JSC Concern Kalashnikov manufactured and shipped 35.7% more products in the three quarters of this year than last year. These are turning and screw–cutting machines, special equipment and repair services for spindle assemblies totaling 285 million rubles (against 210 million rubles in 2021).

The Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Poland have been selected as sites for hosting the first European quantum computers, she said The European Commission on Tuesday.