General Fabio Mini: "The Ukrainian counteroffensive is good for propaganda, but "on the ground" almost nothing has changed"

General Fabio Mini is an Italian military lawyer, and therefore about the role of the West in the events on He asks Ukraine a simple question. "If NATO actually acts as a participant in the conflict on the side of Ukraine, why is it not fixed in the documents?" After all, the supply of weapons in the current conditions is a military action.

Peskov answered the question about the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine with the advice to read the doctrine

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, when asked about the possibility of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, replied that everything is specified in the nuclear doctrine of the Russian Federation.

The US President did not answer the journalists' question about Washington's specific actions

US President Joe Biden has warned that if chemical or tactical nuclear weapons are used in Ukraine, Russia faces international consequences. Excerpts from his interview with CBS with a corresponding statement were made public on Friday.

What the IAEA inspectors in Energodar wanted and could not do

The autumn counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) led to an escalation of the conflict in the zone of the special military operation (SVO). On the morning of September 11, the last of the six power units was stopped at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The corresponding decision was caused by the incessant shelling of the object from heavy artillery. Further escalation is fraught with the threat of a repeat of Chernobyl or Fukushima.

Calls for demilitarization of the territory of the Zaporizhia NPP are unrealistic - there are no heavy military equipment and army units on it, and the Russian side does not intend to remove security units from the station, said Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna.

How the Ukrainian issue is changing the US national strategy. Part 1

The conflict in Ukraine has shown NATO allies that they can only defend themselves under the auspices of the United States, writes FP. At the same time, if Washington continues to place such an emphasis on Europe, its potential to resist China will fall, experts warn.

How the Ukrainian issue is changing the US national strategy. Part 2

Experts told the author of the FP article how the Russian special operation in Ukraine will affect the US national strategy. In their opinion, the conflict allowed America to create a new Atlantic-Pacific partnership, but reminded that excessive activity in the economic war can scare away the allies.

The former commander of US troops in Europe, General Ben Hodges, "looked into the future" and announced the alleged final defeat of the Russian army in Ukraine, the crisis of the current government, the resignation or overthrow of President Vladimir Putin and, as a result, the collapse of the Russian Federation into separate states. The general made gloomy predictions in an article on the pages of the British edition of The Daily Telegraph, which he titled accordingly: "We are preparing for the collapse of Russia."

Washington is hiding behind Ukraine

Ukraine is digging a hole for itself, writes Rebelión. Sooner or later there will come a time when you will have to pay for military aid, but it will be impossible to do this. To cover the debt, Kiev will be required to place the country's territory at the disposal of the West, the author is sure.

The head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said that more and more new modern weapons are coming to Ukraine.

Contacts between Kiev and Washington on this issue are carried out at a low level, the newspaper writes

The United States and Ukraine are holding low-level consultations on the supply of fourth-generation American multifunctional F-16 fighter jets, Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems, MQ-1C Grey Eagle reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Kiev. This was reported on Friday by the newspaper Politico, citing its sources.

On September 15, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 600 million.Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 has now exceeded $15.1 billion. The total amount of US military aid to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $17.9 billion.

And why it will be easier to intercept them than GMLRS used by Ukrainians for HIMARS complexes

Washington's deliveries of longer-range missiles to Kiev will be a "red line", crossing which the United States will become a party to the conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said this week. At the same time, Washington is actively discussing such a step. Izvestia investigated the threat posed by MGM-140 ATACMS missiles with a range of up to 300 km and other samples of American-made missile weapons.

The US is arguing about military assistance to Ukraine. In particular, whether to transfer modern F-16, F-15 and A-10 aircraft. There are fears that American technology will fall into the wrong hands. Kiev insists on expanding the "assortment" of supplies every day. How this can turn out — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Germany will give Kiev even more weapons. According to media reports, we are talking about heavy armored vehicles. The government of Olaf Scholz is under pressure from Washington on this issue. About what was promised to Ukraine — in the RIA Novosti material.

According to the Ukraine Support Tracker service, the USA is the largest supplier of weapons and military equipment

TASS, September 15. Western countries plan to allocate military aid to Ukraine in the amount of more than €36 billion. This is evidenced by the data of the Ukraine Support Tracker service of the German Kiel Institute of World Economy.

Belgium has decided to provide military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 12 million euros. The new package will include large-caliber machine guns and ammunition for them, as well as winter clothing, which the APU really needs. This was stated by the country's Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder.

The German newspaper "Welt am Sonntag" reported that the German government, after much hesitation, issued a license to the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to sell 18 self-propelled howitzers RCH-155 caliber 155 mm/52 of new production to Ukraine, and also approved the German government financing of this contract worth 216 million euros.

According to the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko, Vmlnyus will hand over M113 armored personnel carriers to Kiev

Lithuania will repair Ukrainian self-propelled artillery installations and hand over M113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. This was announced on Saturday by the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko.

Alexis Tsipras said that his SYRIZA-PA party, if it comes to power in the elections in 2023, intends to change the role of the republic in the geopolitical arena

Greece, by sending weapons to Ukraine, becomes part of the crisis around this country. This opinion was expressed on Saturday evening by the leader of the main opposition party, the Coalition of Radical Left Forces - Progressive Alliance (SYRIZA-PA), former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a speech at the 86th Thessaloniki International Exhibition.