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Zelensky's reaction to the missile incident will cost him dearly
TV2: after unfounded accusations against Russia, Zelensky may lose the trust of the West
After the incident with the fall of a rocket on the territory of Poland, Zelensky did not hesitate and immediately accused Russia of escalation, writes the website of the Danish TV channel TV2. According to the military expert, such a sharp reaction in the context of the conflict is "understandable", but unfounded accusations against Moscow can undermine confidence in Kiev.
Explosive nature: what will the missile strikes on the defense plants of Ukraine lead to
The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the workshops of enterprises in Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk region
In Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region, missile strikes with precision weapons destroyed the workshops of a military enterprise, in Zaporozhye — the workshops of the Iskra plant, the Russian Defense Ministry said on November 17. According to experts, the Pavlograd plant produced thousands of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, which are now dotted with Donbass. And in Zaporozhye, they were engaged in the repair of radar for anti-aircraft complexes. The Russian Armed Forces continued to conduct defensive actions in the area of the SVO, and to move forward in the south Donetsk direction.
Poland is going to purchase an additional 200 HIMARS installations due to the conflict in Ukraine
The Polish authorities are negotiating the acquisition of an additional 200 M142 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems for 20 launchers ordered by Warsaw back in 2019. This was reported in the American corporation Lockheed Martin. The company predicts that the demand for weapons will remain at a high level for at least 10 years ahead. This is due to the current difficult military-political situation in the world.
The North Korean missile overcame about 1 thousand km at a speed of Mach 22
The missile launched by the DPRK on Friday flew about 1 thousand km, reaching a maximum altitude of 6.1 thousand km, the rocket's flight speed reached 22 Mach, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean military.
The Ministry of Defense showed footage of the operation of a large-caliber self-propelled mortar gun "Tulip" in the special operation zone
In recent weeks, the top news feeds and social networks covering events in the SVO zone have mainly reported strikes by high-precision missiles and drones of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on military and energy infrastructure facilities of Ukraine. At the same time, on the line of combat contact, the work of short- and medium-range barrel and rocket artillery, which is conducted on both sides around the clock, does not cease.
"Chief Conductor on the battlefield": how Russian artillery is used in the special operation zone
We talk about modern samples of Russian artillery
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use all types of artillery and rocket equipment from the Ground Forces — self-propelled and towed howitzers and mortars, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of all calibers, as well as operational-tactical missile systems (OTRCS) with ballistic and cruise missiles in the course of a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine rockets. This follows from the analysis of the messages of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The EU is dissatisfied with its air defense and is going to strengthen it after the fall of Ukrainian missiles in Poland
The EU countries plan to strengthen their air defense after the incident in Poland. Le Figaro writes about this. Germany, for example, has already made a proposal to create a single missile shield on the territory of 14 European states. Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg tried to get out of a difficult situation and said that the fall of missiles on the territory of Poland says nothing about the ability of the alliance countries to defend themselves.
The German Defense Ministry has increased the supply of weapons to Ukraine
On November 15, the German Defense Ministry announced new supplies of equipment, weapons systems and non-lethal assistance from the German Armed Forces and from German defense companies funded by the federal government.
Ukrainian media: Russia attacked Kiev with a missile with an element "imitating a nuclear warhead"
The Ukrainian media disseminated information that the Russian Armed Forces attacked Kiev with a missile with a "dummy" imitating a nuclear warhead.
Arms supplies to Ukraine have emptied the arsenals of the West. There is nothing to replenish them with
FP: NATO sounded the alarm due to the growing "weapons appetites" of Ukraine
The United States and Europe are no longer able to supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition, as their own arsenals are empty, writes FP. Western defense companies can replenish them – but only on the terms of long-term contracts. And they are not.
The British Finance Minister pointed out the impossibility of bringing the military budget to 3 percent of GDP by the end of this decade
The Chancellor of the Treasury of the United Kingdom, Jeremy Hunt, in an interview with parliamentarians, admitted that an increase in defense spending is extremely necessary, but at the moment there is active work on revising the concept of national security of the country, presented by the former head of the British government Boris Johnson in 2021. In this regard, the bill has not yet been submitted to the British Parliament for final approval.
The Lithuanian Foreign Minister called on Kiev to provide "all the weapons at its disposal"
Gabrielius Landsbergis expressed confidence that a compromise will be found "soon" among Lithuania's allies on the issue of increasing supplies of air defense systems to Kiev
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis believes that the allies should not be afraid of providing Kiev with certain types of weapons. He stated this in an interview published on Friday with the German newspaper Handelsblatt .
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation puts on duty near Orenburg a new regiment with a strategic complex "Avangard"
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that another regiment of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) The Orenburg Region is being equipped with a new Avangard complex.
The Polish edition published the flight plan of the Ukrainian S-300 SAM missile in the direction of Poland
The Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza presented a diagram that demonstrates the flight path of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile that fell on the territory of Poland. As a result of the fall of the rocket, we recall, two people were killed - according to official Polish data.
Shortage of spare parts for 155 mm self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000 transferred by Germany to Ukraine
The German magazine "Der Spiegel" in the material "Panzerhaubitzen wegen Ersatzteilmangels außer Gefecht" ("Self-propelled howitzers disabled due to lack of spare parts") reported that planning errors on the part of the German Ministry of Defense when ordering spare parts increasingly jeopardize the combat readiness of 155 mm/52 German self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000 transferred as military aid to Ukraine. After the delivery to Ukraine of a total of 14 PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers, the German Ministry of Defense was unable to order the necessary extensive spare parts packages in time for regular repair of their systems and, thus, maintaining them in working order.
German press: More than half of the self-propelled guns PzH 2000 transferred to Ukraine have failed and cannot be operated
The German publication Der Spiegel writes about the difficult situation with the operation of self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000, which were delivered in the interests of the Kiev regime. These howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are used in various directions, including using them for shelling residential areas of Donetsk and other cities of Donbass.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine received Hawk air defense systems
The Ukrainian military is already using foreign NASAMS and Iris-T air defense systems in combat operations. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received Hawk air defense systems from abroad.
The Russian ambassador to the United States announced Kiev's attempts to provoke a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO
According to Anatoly Antonov, Moscow would not have initiated a special military operation if Washington and its allies had not turned Ukraine against the Russian Federation for decades
The Ukrainian authorities are trying to provoke a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. This was stated by the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov in a comment published on Friday to the magazine Nesweek .
The incident with the rocket that fell in Poland was a rehearsal. He showed a lot
The rocket that fell in Poland is a wake—up call, writes The Hill. The author of the article believes that this incident was a rehearsal and a test of how the world — and, in particular, the United States — would react if the Ukrainian conflict spilled out of the country and spread to Europe.
A new test of the North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile "Hwasong-17"
The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of South Korea reported that on the morning of November 18, 2022, an intercontinental ballistic missile was test-launched in the direction of the Sea of Japan in the DPRK.
