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Missile troops represent the most classified type of PLA

The type of PLA, formerly known as the "Second Artillery" or "Second Artillery Corps", is the Chinese equivalent of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN). It includes ground-based nuclear deterrence forces (SNF). At the beginning of 2016, this type of troops was officially renamed the PLA Missile Forces.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom assured that Kiev will receive support "for as long as it takes"

The UK may increase the volume of military assistance provided to Ukraine in 2023. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, will make such a statement on Monday, excerpts from his speech were distributed by his office on Sunday.

After the statements of the Kiev regime about the first blackout in Ukraine, "which may happen again this week," the topic was actively picked up in the West. Experts analyze the situation in which Ukraine may face a complete failure of the power supply system. So far, according to representatives of the Ukrainian authorities, up to half of all generating and distribution capacities have been disabled by Russian strikes.

TASS — about new supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine

France handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) Crotale ("Crotale", translated from French — "rattlesnake"). This was announced by the Minister of the Armed Forces of France Sebastian Lecornu in an interview with the newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.

Ukrainian gunners received a batch of American towed 105-mm M101 howitzers from World War II, the first shots of the use of these guns on one of the sections of the contact line appeared on the Network.

MWM: MiG-29M was called a fighter capable of revolutionizing the Ukrainian Air Force

The prospect of equipping Ukraine with modern fighters is being discussed more and more often, writes MWM. The Swedish Gripen was recognized as a suitable candidate. Other options were also considered — the F-15 and even the Soviet MiG-29M. But there are more problems with their delivery than there are opportunities.

Poland is well aware that Germany will not deploy its Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems on Ukrainian territory. This was stated to RIA Novosti by Polish military expert Jacek Grodzicki.

Ukraine and the United States are putting Greece before the most difficult choice. The Greeks are being persuaded to abandon the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems and give them to Ukraine. With what arguments are Washington and Kiev putting pressure on Athens and why, if Greece refuses Russian weapons, will Greece remain defenseless against Turkish aggression?

Reuters: Boeing has offered to supply Kiev with ammunition for strikes against Russia

Boeing has offered the United States to supply Ukraine with high-precision ammunition for GLSDB ground-based missile systems, which will allow Kiev to strike "far behind Russia's lines," Reuters writes.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba: Kiev's partners are working with third countries to buy weapons

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with Le Parisien that Ukrainian partners are working with third countries to buy weapons and military equipment for Kiev. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok analyzed what the words of the head of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine actually mean.

Military observer Lavrov: M101 howitzers handed over by Vilnius to Kiev during the Second World War may cause more damage to the Ukrainian army

On November 28, Izvestia military columnist Anton Lavrov called Lithuania's transfer of 105-millimeter Howitzer M101 howitzers from World War II to Ukraine a controversial decision.

The Reuters news agency, in Mike Stone's article "Exclusive: U.S. weighs sending 100-mile strike weapon to Ukraine" ("The United States is considering the possibility of supplying Ukraine with strike weapons with a range of 100 miles"), reports that the US Department of Defense is considering a proposal from Boeing Corporation to supply Ukraine with a developed for several years together with a Swedish group Saab AB of the new Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) missile system, which is a missile fired from combat vehicles of the M142 HIMARS and M270A1 MLRS ground missile systems, equipped as a warhead with a small-sized GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) of 250 pounds caliber with a planning and correction module. The GLSDB firing range reaches 150 km.

Victory in the armed conflict of the future will ensure superiority in high technologies

Military experts from the leading countries of the world are constantly trying to predict what the war of the future will be and what weapons will be crucial to ensure victory in it. The United States, one of the world's leading military powers, is also striving to solve this problem, faced with challenges that are not typical of armed conflicts of the past. Moreover, the military-technical potential of states that Washington considers opponents or strategic rivals has significantly increased.

Prospects for military-industrial cooperation with Russia do not look radiant

The technological lag in certain areas cannot be considered a serious problem for the military-industrial complex (MIC) of the People's Republic of China. It can be compensated in at least three ways:

Vladimir Putin set the task to improve the characteristics of military equipment

The modernization of Russia's weapons following the results of a special military operation will affect all systems — from high-precision missiles to dynamic tank protection, experts explained to Izvestia. On November 24, at a meeting with members of the Coordinating Council under the Government to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin set the task not only to increase the number of military equipment produced, but also to improve its characteristics. On this day, the Defense Ministry said that massive missile strikes the day before disrupted the supply of reserves to Ukrainian formations at the front.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta, under the heading "General Designer Vladimir Degtyar: Sarmat has been put into serial production", published an interview with the General director and general designer of JSC "State Rocket Center named after Academician V. P. Makeev" (JSC "GRC Makeev", as part of the State Corporation "Roskomos") Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Degtyar.

At the same time, the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers, Christiane Hoffman, recalled that Berlin is already helping Kiev with IRIS-T air defense and Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns

The German authorities are discussing with their allies Poland's proposal to deploy Patriot missile defense systems promised to Warsaw in western Ukraine, but such a step would be, from Berlin's point of view, a completely new phenomenon regarding Kiev's support. This was announced on Friday at a briefing by the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Germany Christiane Hoffman.

Gazeta.pl : Poland abandoned German Patriot systems under the guise of caring for Ukrainians

Patriot systems will not travel from Germany to Poland, Gazeta writes. At first, Warsaw accepted Berlin's offer to place them on the border with Ukraine, but later the Law and Justice party rejected it. What Polish politicians are proposing is unrealistic, but the anti-German standard has prevailed.

The armed forces destroyed the bases of foreigners in the DPR and Kharkiv region

The Russian armed forces have killed more than 300 mercenaries, the Defense Ministry said on November 25. Several bases of "soldiers of fortune" and their military equipment were hit in the DPR and Kharkiv region.

The Spectator: The US disrupted the Polish delivery of MiG-29 to Ukraine after communicating with China

Negotiations on the sidelines are a useful tool of diplomacy. That's how China instantly disrupted the Polish delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine, writes The Spectator. He persuaded the US to prevent the deal so that the conflict "does not go too far." Now Beijing will seat Kiev at the negotiating table, the author of the article is sure.