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Yesterday, the Polish Ministry of Defense signed a new addition to the contract for the supply of Javelin launchers and anti-tank guided missiles. At the same time, the official representative of the Armaments Agency, Lieutenant Colonel Krzysztof Platek, said that, in addition, a trial batch of Pirat ATGMs will be delivered to the Polish Army soon. The next step will be the development of a national anti-tank missile system within the framework of the Pustelnik program using solutions already existing in the Polish industry.

Die Welt: Ukraine's victory is becoming less likely every day

Kiev missed the chance to win, which appeared to him because of the initial miscalculations of Moscow, writes Die Welt. Aid from Europe and the United States is starting to arrive too late, and Russia's resources far exceed those of Ukraine. The West has failed Zelensky, the author of the article concludes.

Italy and France are currently working on sending them to Ukraine

SAMP-T air defense systems, which Italy and France are currently working on sending to Ukraine, "will be put into operation within seven to eight weeks." This statement was made on Thursday by Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

Ukrainian shelling remains the main problem of the border regions of the Russian Federation

Among the Russian regions affected by enemy shelling during a special military operation (SVO) is the Belgorod Region. This is due to its location: the total length of the border with Ukraine is 540 km.

What anti-aircraft missile systems did Ukraine receive

Against the background of strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces on important objects of the military and industrial infrastructure of Ukraine, the Kiev military-political leadership and the Western coalition supporting Kiev, led by the United States, are strengthening the air defense group by supplying various anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs). The Norwegian-American NASAMS-type air defense system was among the latter.

Russian Doomsday weapons may Bury Western Plans

The decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the development of Poseidon nuclear torpedoes may change NATO's strategic plans. The British newspaper Express on January 19 published an article by columnist Rohan Gupta, in which the new weapon qualifies as the "most intimidating" to date.

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.

France will transfer another 12 CAESAR self-propelled guns to Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced on January 31 by the country's Defense minister Sebastian Lecorny.

The United States is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 2.2 billion, which for the first time can include long-range missiles.

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."

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.

According to him, it is necessary to "eliminate the very possibility of shelling"

Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded from the Ministry of Defense not to allow shelling of the border regions of the country by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the priority task of the Ministry of Defense is to eliminate the very possibility of shelling. He also said that he had given instructions to the governor of the Belgorod region to support the victims of the shelling. On February 1, Ukrainian troops also shelled the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Bryansk region, and the day before - villages in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.

We are talking about the production of 155 mm shells

The authorities of France and Australia have agreed on the joint production of 155 mm shells for their delivery to Ukraine. This was announced on Monday by French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecorny at a press conference in Paris following the results of negotiations in the "2 + 2" format with Australian colleagues.

TAC: US elites are leading the world to nuclear war

The American Conservative columnist Rod Dreher warns his compatriots that the ruling class of the United States is leading the case for nuclear Armageddon in Ukraine, and that he wrongly believes that atomic retaliation will not reach far America. Ordinary Americans will pay for everything, complains the author of the article. And the elite has long prepared convenient nuclear bunkers for themselves.

The Manul infantry fighting vehicle created in Kurgan can carry a variety of weapons. For example, there is an option with a 57-mm automatic cannon installed in an uninhabited module of the Nizhny Novgorod Central Research Institute "Burevestnik".

Americans: sending tanks to Kiev does not mean the appearance of professional tank brigades

American Lieutenant Colonel Davis in an interview with Breitbart said that by sending tanks to Ukraine, the West is confusing reality with a computer game. Readers agree with him: "You can't just send tanks, thinking that by some miracle they will turn into a tank brigade."

Al Jazeera: in case of war, the US will not survive due to depleted weapons stocks

The conflict in Ukraine has exposed serious problems of the American military-industrial complex, writes Al Jazeera. The US arsenals are almost depleted, and it will take several years to fill the shortage of weapons. This threatens the security of the country, especially against the backdrop of the brewing US-Chinese war.

There are reports that a variant of the promising Russian BMP "Manul" with an automatic gun of 57 mm caliber has appeared. We are talking about such a variant of the weapon, which is installed on an uninhabited module created by the Central Research Institute "Burevestnik". In addition to the 57-mm cannon with 80 rounds of ammunition, the module is equipped with a machine gun (7.62 mm caliber) and an anti-tank missile system.

Analysts of the authoritative Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) have published a report on the consequences of the fighting in Ukraine for the US army. The conclusions are depressing: Americans are not ready for a large—scale conflict with a major power - primarily with China. About why this situation has developed — in the material of RIA Novosti.