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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 But now Spain is also supplying Kiev with six outdated MIM-23 Hawk ("Hawk") medium-range complexes.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.

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.

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.

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.

How will this affect the situation in the area of its holding

All the missiles fired during the massive strike on November 15 hit exactly the designated targets. This was announced the next day by the Russian Defense Ministry. The purpose of the precision strikes was the military control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities.

The United States and NATO countries are trying to strengthen the air defense forces of the Kiev puppet regime. As noted by "RG: Russian weapons", the old anti-aircraft systems inherited by Ukraine from the Soviet Army have long since exhausted their resource and often miss and hit various civilian ground objects during use.

Another topic was cooperation between defense enterprises to meet the needs for weapons and equipment of Ukraine

The Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikos Panagiotopoulos and the head of the US Military Department Lloyd Austin discussed during a videoconference the issues of training the Ukrainian military and supplying Ukraine with military equipment. This was reported on Wednesday evening by the Greek TV channel EPT1 .

The South Korean Ministry of Defense announced another missile test conducted by the DPRK troops. It is stated that the North Korean military launched an "unidentified ballistic missile".

CNN: a special operation could easily escalate into a large-scale conflict with NATO

The threat of escalation of the Ukrainian conflict was from the very beginning, but the fall of missiles in Poland showed how quickly this can happen, writes the author of the article for CNN. He is sure that similar incidents will happen again in the future.

Expert Pekarski: Polish air defense could not prevent the missile from falling in Przevodow

The Polish air defense has great opportunities to monitor what arrives in the country's airspace, defense expert Michal Pekarski told GW. The situation is worse with the defeat of targets. Warsaw will receive modern Patriot and CAMM anti-aircraft systems only within ten years.

FT: NATO declared a loss of confidence in Ukraine because of Zelensky's words

Dissatisfaction with Zelensky's behavior is growing in NATO, writes FT. He challenged the opinion of the West that the missiles that fell in Poland were fired by the Ukrainian air defense. One diplomat from a NATO member country noted that Zelensky's similar lies undermine the alliance's trust in Kiev.

While the Kiev authorities are recording the next destruction of military and energy facilities as a result of Russian rocket attacks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba reported to his American counterpart on the effective use of NASAMS air defense systems. Kuleba said that during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, he told him that now it was definitely "time" for Patriot complexes.

Today in Amsterdam, after more than two years of hearings, the court delivers its verdict in the case of the Boeing shot down in the sky over Donbass in 2014.

Lithuania is ready to reconsider its position regarding the transfer of self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine from the presence of the Lithuanian army. In Vilnius, it was decided that by handing over howitzers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lithuania would not weaken its defense in any way. This was stated by Lithuanian President Ginatas Nauseda.

Will overseas aviation PMCs appear in the sky over Ukraine

The collective West's supply of weapons to Ukraine does not yet apply to aviation. One of the reasons is that modern aviation technology is simply too expensive. Another reason is that it will be difficult and long for Ukrainian pilots to retrain for Western aircraft. Moreover, the Ukrainian Air Force is already experiencing a clear shortage of flight personnel.