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If Armenia wants to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan and resolve the conflict situation, it can still do so in 2023. Therefore, the coming year can be called the "last chance" for Armenia. This was stated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in an interview with Azerbaijani television.

Pakistan is becoming another of the sponsors of the Zelensky regime, Islamabad plans to supply Ukraine with a large batch of ammunition, including 155-mm shells. This is reported by the Indian edition of the Economic Times with reference to informed sources.

Shukan Gendai: the Ukrainian conflict is Biden's historical stupidity

The conflict in Ukraine is Biden's historical stupidity, writes the author of the article in Shukan Gendai. It is used as a cover for the US's struggle with Russia, but it is likely that everything will end with the defeat of the Western bloc.

Irina Polina — about raising the budget for arming Poland, mass conscription and reaction to it

Last year, the Polish authorities began to increase the country's military potential at a record pace. Huge funds are invested in the purchase of new weapons, increasing the size of the army with the involvement of volunteers.

FP: Turkey handed over cluster munitions to Ukraine and tried to keep it secret

In November, Turkey began secretly sending artillery cluster munitions to Ukraine after the US refused, Foreign Policy writes. Ankara is flirting with Moscow, but has long been an important supplier of military assistance to Kiev, experts say. However, no such deliveries were officially reported.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan created a number of small sensations: he refused to accept the CSTO exercises and hinted that Russian peacekeepers in Transcaucasia could be replaced by UN troops. Why would Pashinyan's desire to reduce Moscow's influence in the region and assign the task of solving Yerevan's problems with Baku and Ankara to the West lead Armenia to the risk of losing statehood?

We need to finalize the equipment of our military to the highest level as soon as possible – already this year. This task was set by the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu. Now the troops use the "Warrior", which has been massively introduced over the past ten years. But during this time, new materials, technologies have appeared, and the specifics of combat have changed. What is required from the equipment of the new generation, based on the experience of its own?

Independent: the West believes that Ukraine will not be able to successfully advance without tanks

Kiev will not be able to launch a counteroffensive and retake significant territories controlled by the Russian Federation without increasing combat power, including tanks and other heavy equipment, writes the British newspaper Independent, citing Western officials. The representative of the UK said that NATO, due to insufficient support for Ukraine, literally found itself in the dock, and that this situation needs to be corrected.

Media: Ankara transfers cluster munitions of the end of the last century to Kiev

Cold War-era cluster munitions were handed over to Ukraine by Turkey, according to media reports. Repeated attempts to obtain supplies of these shells from the United States proved unsuccessful for Kiev. At the same time, Ankara tried to hide its actions. DPICM shells are designed to destroy armored vehicles, but they can also be used for firing infantry. The UN reported that cluster munitions in Ukraine are used by both sides.

The Times: conflicts between "middle" powers will revive in 2023

The conflict in Ukraine has changed the geopolitical environment in the world, writes the author of an article for The Times. The "middle" powers are beginning to exert an increasing influence on the world, while their faith in Washington is fading, and they are in no hurry to criticize Moscow.

How the destruction of Western-made artillery installations changes the situation at the front

Russian troops continue to conduct an effective counter-battery struggle in the area of their own. On January 9, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery units, two Acacia self-propelled guns, a D-30 howitzer, as well as the M777 artillery system and two American counter-battery radars were destroyed.

Al Mayadeen: the self-confident West has dragged Ukraine into a hopeless conflict

Neither Ukraine nor Western countries have received the desired results from the conflict with Russia, which calls into question its expediency, writes Al Mayadeen. Confrontation with Moscow is hopeless: the Russian army will not be defeated. Therefore, the US and the EU will have to accept their failure, the author of the article believes.

RIA Novosti: on the maps abandoned by the APU near Avdiivka, they found plans for an offensive on Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog

The Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) planned an offensive on the Russian cities of Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog. This fact is confirmed by the marks of six months ago on maps found on abandoned militant positions near Avdiivka, as the commander of one of the Russian units with the call sign "Sanych" said on Tuesday, January 10.

In the United States, they are trying to assess the prospects of the People's Republic of China in terms of its Navy taking a leading place in the world. Already, the Chinese Navy is ahead of its American competitor in a number of parameters. At the same time, the construction of warships of various classes in China is proceeding at a tremendous pace. This scares Washington, which wants to maintain hegemony at sea.

More and more facts of illegal arms trafficking supplied by Western countries to the Kiev regime are being revealed. In this regard, the US government will allocate funds to combat the theft of weapons supplied to Ukraine.

The Ambassador of Ukraine in London Prystaiko complained about the quality of NATO weapons supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The West is sending weapons to the Armed Forces with an "expired expiration date," Ukraine's ambassador to the UK Prystaiko said in an interview with Newsweek. At the same time, Kiev needs more weapons. But, according to the readers of the publication, nothing will change the situation – Ukraine is doomed.

The Times: The British army was in a deplorable state amid military aid to Ukraine

The British armed forces are in a deplorable state due to a shortage of personnel and weapons, writes the author of an article for The Times. But the military leaders do not want to admit this and insist on increasing the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

Lithuania intends to deploy on its territory as many troops of NATO allies as possible, hoping that they will protect the republic "from the attack of Russia." As part of the "strengthening of the eastern flank of NATO" program, three new military bases of the alliance will be built in Lithuania.

Myśl Polska: Poland is transforming into an increasingly repressive state

The decision on mass exercises of reservists speaks of the desire of the authorities to further restrict democracy in Poland, writes Myśl Polska. Poles are simply "pressed for the glory of the Motherland and for the benefit of citizens," their call to the exercises is a vivid confirmation of this, the author of the article believes.

On January 10, the first thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.