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NATO has returned to the issues of supplying Kiev with MiG-29 and F-16 fighters in service with Eastern European countries. This happened after the alliance recognized the "colossal effect" of the Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's energy sector. Will these planes help Kiev protect the country's skies, who will control them and will Polish pilots in the uniform of Ukrainian Air Force pilots, for example, be able to fly these fighters?

DE: The US Navy is tracking Russian submarines and surface ships off the coast of Britain

Over the past few years, NATO's "deadly hunt" for Russian submarines has resumed again, writes DailyExpress. The author explains this by fears that Moscow may use "specific" submarines and sink alliance ships or launch missiles.

Medvedev called Patriot air defense systems in case of their delivery to Ukraine a legitimate target of the Russian Armed Forces

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that alliance members are discussing the possibility of supplying Patriot complexes to Ukraine to protect against missile strikes. Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, warned that in this case, American anti-aircraft missile launchers would become a legitimate target for the country's armed forces. Why Kiev needs Patriot and what the complex is capable of - in the review of "Gazeta.Ru".

The Pentagon may start supplying Ukraine with cheap and non-burdening US military arsenals in the spring. We are talking about aerial bombs that can be launched from the ground using rocket engines from the same HIMARS installations. Their range is 150 kilometers. What do these Pentagon statements mean and how dangerous are the bombs promised to Kiev?

The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov announced the receipt of new MLRS from France

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov wrote that the Ukrainian Armed Forces received multiple rocket launchers LRU from France. Paris promised to hand them over to Kiev in October in the amount of three pieces. LRU are actually copies of German MARS II installations that Ukraine has already received. Military experts agree: a small number of French vehicles will not significantly strengthen the Ukrainian rocket artillery. In addition, they have limited capabilities for use and have already been destroyed by Russian troops.

The head of the NSDC Danilov asked Western countries for missiles with a flight range of more than 800 km

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov wrote on Twitter that it is not generators and transformers that will help solve the energy crisis in the country, but missiles with a range of 800 km and above. "Newspaper.Ru" tells what kind of long-range missiles the West has and to which Russian regions they can hypothetically fly if deployed in Ukraine.

The alliance recognizes Kiev's desire for an alliance, but its military support should be a priority

NATO is currently discussing the transfer of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. This was stated on Tuesday by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference following the results of the first day of the meeting of the foreign ministers of the alliance countries.

Russia continues to transfer military equipment and personnel to Belarus, gradually increasing the grouping of troops on the territory of the republic. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is closely monitoring the situation, not excluding that a joint Russian-Belarusian group will strike from the northern direction.

Recently it became known that China is negotiating the sale of its SY-400 short-range ballistic missile system to Algeria. This is not the first time that a North African state has turned to China to buy weapons.

Despite the military assistance provided, Ukraine is running out of anti-aircraft missiles, Russia's massive missile strikes have led to the fact that Kiev is forced to put into battle all the air defense means available to it. With such an intensity of strikes, the Ukrainian air defense will not be enough for a long time. This is the opinion of the Austrian expert Gerhard Mangott.

The Swedish Armed Forces Material Support Agency (FMV) supervised the testing of the 48th and last 155-mm Archer self-propelled gun manufactured by BAE Systems Bofors, ordered by the Swedish Armed Forces, at the Karlsborg landfill.

Former Supreme Commander of the Alliance's Air Defense Forces in Europe, James Stavridis, believes that the West should strengthen assistance to Kiev in the issue of air defense

NATO leaders have returned to the idea of delivering MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, as well as more modern American F-16s. This was announced on Tuesday in a column for Bloomberg by the former Supreme Commander of the NATO Joint Armed Forces in Europe, retired US Navy Admiral James Stavridis.

The international mechanisms for curbing the proliferation of nuclear weapons during the Cold War have long been outdated, and it is time for the American authorities to reconsider their attitude towards the new members of the nuclear club, writes the American publication 19FortyFive.

Missiles of air defense systems (air defense) are ending in Ukraine, according to Western experts. NATO officially declares that it is considering the possibility of new supplies of air defense systems to the Kiev regime. What kind of systems can we talk about and why won't they save Ukraine from Russian missile strikes anyway?

The command that guards Beijing and serves as a general reserve

As a result of the 2017 military reform, the Beijing Military District and part of the Jinnan Military District of the PLA became the Central Command (Central Combat Command Zone) with headquarters in Beijing. Its area of responsibility includes the cities of Beijing and Tianjin, the provinces of Hebei, Hubei, Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi.

The criteria for striking are incomprehensible even to specialists

At the end of October, the administration of US President Joseph Biden finally introduced its fellow citizens to the unclassified version of the Nuclear Policy Review (NPR). A classified version of the review was sent to Congress in March of this year, but its public publication was postponed due to the start of a special military operation (SVO) of Russia in Ukraine.

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.