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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.
The missile strike on Poland reflects the growing split in the West
Global Times: the strike on Poland has exacerbated the differences between Washington and Kiev
The United States tried to convince its European NATO partners as soon as possible that Ukraine, not Russia, launched the missile. Zelensky denied everything to the last, writes Global Times. In Europe and America, fatigue is growing from the protracted conflict without hope for peace talks.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who arrived in Kiev, promised Zelensky to "strengthen the air defense"
The new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not change the course of his predecessor Boris Johnson and, following his example, also visited Kiev, where he talked with Zelensky. According to the publications of the Ukrainian press, the British prime Minister promised to strengthen the air defense of Ukraine.
Flight of the "Hawk": Ukraine will be handed over to the US-decommissioned anti-aircraft systems
Kiev will receive MIM-23 HAWK systems released back in the 1960s
Ukraine has already used the latest IRIS-T and NASAMS air defense systems received from NATO countries in the battles. But now Spain is also supplying Kiev with six outdated MIM-23 Hawk ("Hawk") medium-range complexes. And in the latest package of American military assistance at the moment, missiles are mentioned for them. Izvestia investigated what these Cold War veterans are capable of and whether they remain dangerous in modern conditions.
The Minister of the French Armed Forces admitted that he receives questions from fellow citizens about the reasonableness of supplies to Kiev
Sebastien Lecornu said that "France is one of the largest investors in the European Peace Fund," which is also currently engaged in co-financing the supply of weapons from the EU to the Ukrainian army.
Slow-fire fighting. Why the West does not supply Ukraine with tanks and planes
What is the goal of the collective West in the confrontation between Kiev and Moscow
The Armed Forces of Ukraine will not be able to dislodge Russian troops from Ukraine in the near future - this opinion was expressed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, on November 16 after a meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine, which is better known as the "Ramstein format". Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains why the American commander made such conclusions.
"Can create hell on Earth." Tests of the Sarmat rocket have been completed
Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Karakayev reported on the successful tests of the Sarmat complex
The Sarmat complex, an intercontinental ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear charge of 8 megatons for 18 thousand kilometers, has successfully passed flight tests. This means that he is actually ready to be sent to the troops and combat duty. "Newspaper.Ru" recalls the panic caused by the Western media against the background of the launches of the latest Russian missile.
