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Foreign Minister of Ukraine: NASAMS air defense systems have confirmed their effectiveness, it's time for Patriot
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.
Court in the Netherlands: We found that in 2014, the Boeing was shot down from the Buk air defense system from the territory not controlled by Kiev
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 will reconsider the decision regarding the supply of self-propelled guns PzH 2000 to Ukraine from the presence of the Lithuanian army
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.
A private threat is hanging in the air
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.
Dutch MH17 crash trial discarded inconvenient evidence
On Thursday, a Dutch court issued a verdict in the case of the crash of flight MH17 near Donetsk in July 2014. According to the court's decision, the Malaysian Boeing was shot down by the DPR militia. The commander of one of the detachments Igor Girkin (Strelkov) and two of his subordinates were sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia. However, in Russia, the conclusions of the court in The Hague were called biased and politicized, pointing out all the inconsistencies in the case of the crash of the airliner.
Beijing keeps the best troops closer to Russia
The Northern Command of the PLA includes the strongest army group
As a result of the 2017 military reform, the Shenyang Military District and part of the Jinan Military District of the PLA turned into the Northern Command (Northern Combat Command Zone, SC) with headquarters in Shenyang. His area of responsibility includes the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the provinces of Shandong, Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.
Winged defeat: a massive blow was inflicted on the infrastructure of Ukraine
High-precision weapons attacked objects in most regions of the country
On November 15, the Armed forces of the Russian Federation launched a large-scale cruise missile attack on the infrastructure of Ukraine, which led to power outages throughout the country. The Russian Defense Ministry thus disables the AFU facilities, and at the same time demonstrates the readiness and availability of resources to continue such operations, experts say.
Polish President: missiles hitting the territory of the country will not happen again
Rzeczpospolita: The Polish president said that the missile hit was an isolated incident
The Polish president said that the rocket that fell on the Polish-Ukrainian border was Russian-made, but it is not yet possible to say unequivocally who launched it. He is quoted by Rzeczpospolita. According to the Polish leader, this was an isolated incident that is unlikely to happen again.
The Pentagon called the priority of providing Ukraine with anti-aircraft systems
Providing Ukraine with air defense means is a priority task of the US military, the US continues to focus on the supply of anti-aircraft systems to the Zelensky regime. This was announced by Pentagon press Secretary Brigadier General of the US Air Force Patrick Ryder.
Biden: it is unlikely that the rocket that fell in Poland was launched from Russia
Reuters: judging by the trajectory, the rocket that fell in Poland did not come from Russia
The US President said that, according to preliminary data, the rocket that led to the explosion in Poland was not launched from Russia. He announced this at an emergency meeting of world leaders in Bali, writes Reuters.
Kosachev: The West "through its teeth" recognizes the wreckage of the rocket that fell on Poland as Ukrainian
The Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council also called Zelensky's statement "the words of an irresponsible provocateur"
Westerners recognize that the wreckage of the missile that fell in eastern Poland is Ukrainian, but they will continue to declare Russia's danger to NATO and the need to further strengthen collective defense. This opinion was expressed on Wednesday by the Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.
Russian missile strikes have called into question the survival of Ukrainian cities
MWM: strikes on infrastructure facilities in Ukraine caused massive power outages
Russia's continued strikes on Ukraine's infrastructure will strengthen pressure on Kiev and its supporters in the West, writes MWM. Large-scale support will be required to support the population in winter. In addition, a massive outflow of refugees to Europe is very likely. And Kiev's European supporters are already experiencing great financial difficulties.
NATO will not go to war with Russia because of the missiles that fell in Poland
The Guardian: The missile incident will not lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO
The incident with missiles in Poland is unlikely to lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO, writes The Guardian columnist Julian Borger. However, the risk of a collision between them due to miscalculation is quite real, he warns.
The conflict in Ukraine has turned into manna from heaven for the American military-industrial complex
Geopolitika.news: the real winner in the conflict in Ukraine is the American military-industrial complex
The West has practically emptied its arsenals of weapons in Ukraine, writes Geopolitika.news. Now they need to be replenished, which is what the American military-industrial complex will do. This conflict has become manna from heaven for him, so the United States is trying to delay its hot phase, the author of the article believes.
The Ukrainian missile defense system failed to destroy the Russian cruise missile, and it continued its flight
On November 15, a massive raid of Russian missiles and drones was carried out on the enemy's rear, as a result of which heavy damage was inflicted on the energy infrastructure of the Nezalezhnaya and military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Against the background of de-energization of cities and districts in a number of Ukrainian regions, the Kiev regime is trying to calm the population with bravura speeches about the successful work of air defense, despite the dissonance with the statistics of hitting targets.
Kiev will not receive the Swedish Archer self-propelled guns, Stockholm has not included howitzers in the new package of military assistance for Ukraine
Ukraine will not receive the Swedish self-propelled howitzers Archer, for the supply of which Kiev hoped so much, artillery systems were not included in the new package of military assistance for the Ukrainian army. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced the allocation of funds to support Ukraine.
The incident in Poland will force NATO to take extreme measures
Bloomberg: the fall of missiles in Poland forced NATO to think about extreme measures
NATO will have to determine a further action plan regarding the missile incident in Poland, Bloomberg reports. If their launch was intentional, the alliance will have to think about extreme measures — for example, the application of the article of the NATO Charter on collective defense.
Polish analyst Volsky: the missiles were Russian, but they arrived by accident
Analyst Volsky: no one attacked Poland. It was an accident
The Polish authorities confirmed that the missiles that fell in Przevodow were Russian-made. Gazeta quotes the words of military analyst Yaroslav Volsky, who stated that they ended up on Polish territory by accident. "No one attacked us," he added.
"And so it was not very..." The military expert gave a version of the incident in Poland
Alexey Podberezkin, director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, Doctor of Historical Sciences, commented on the incident with the missiles falling on the territory of Poland on Sputnik radio.
"Went to self-destruct." Where did the rocket that killed two people in Poland come from
CNN: Ukraine has recognized the use of air defense near the site of the missile crash in Poland
Ukraine informed NATO allies about the deployment of an air defense system on November 15 near the border with Poland, where two people were killed when a rocket fell on the same day, CNN writes. The Polish president admitted that it was a Ukrainian air defense missile. Military observer of the Newspaper.Ru" tells where the projectile came from and why its fall led to human casualties.
