Specialists, in particular, will check the operation of all units, systems and nodes, navigation and radio equipment

The newest multifunctional large hydrographic boat "Anatoly Knyazev", built for the needs of the Baltic Fleet, is undergoing factory sea trials in the Baltic, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.

The Canadian Coast Guard has announced the acceptance of the third medium icebreaker, which has been repaired and refitted at the Chantier Davie enterprise in Levi (prov. Quebec) as part of the third component of the National Shipbuilding Strategy.

Belarus will accept up to 170 tanks and about a hundred guns from Russia to the regional grouping

About 170 tanks, up to 200 armored combat vehicles and up to 100 guns and mortars with a caliber of more than 100 mm will arrive in Belarus within the framework of the Belarusian-Russian group of troops being deployed from the Russian Federation, said Valery Revenko, head of the Department of International Military Cooperation – Assistant to the Minister of Defense of Belarus for International Military Cooperation.

The Deputy Acting Governor of the Kherson region reported that the AFU also lost 320 tanks

Over the past month and a half, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lost about 9.8 thousand military personnel, including mercenaries, and about 1,590 pieces of equipment, including 320 tanks, in the Kherson direction alone. This was announced on Monday by the deputy acting Governor of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov on the air of Channel One .

The greatest losses in manpower were recorded in the Kupyansk and Krasnolimansk directions, follows from TASS calculations based on data from daily briefings by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.

Russian Defense Ministry: The Armed Forces continued to strike military targets in Ukraine, the goals were achieved

The Russian armed forces continue to strike at the facilities of the military administration and the energy system of Ukraine, all tasks have been completed. This was announced on Monday, October 17, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

The Russian Armed Forces and Rosgvardiya reported the destruction of dozens of Ukrainian drones in the area of the NPP

Fighters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Regardie destroy dozens of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of the Zaporozhye NPP, using anti-drone guns and firearms, the commander of one of the units of the Regardie told RIA Novosti.

An article was published in the American edition of the Washington Post, in which, among other things, the opinions of Professor Nicholas Gvozdev of the US Naval War College are cited. The professor comments on the situation that is developing in the Western world.

Japanese MP Suzuki: Ukraine must stop fighting

Statements about the "weakening" of Russia, replicated in the Western media, raise doubts, writes Muneo Suzuki in an article by Yahoo News Japan. If you can't fight on your own, lay down your arms and end the conflict, he tells Ukrainians. The readers of the portal agree with the politician.

Russia and China cannot be called allies in the usual sense of the term, but their coordinated actions can significantly shake the global influence of the United States, writes the author of the Bloomberg article. The Pentagon will not have enough funds to cope with unforeseen circumstances in several theaters of military operations.

TNI: Biden should bring Zelensky to the negotiating table with Russia

By supporting Zelensky, Joe Biden continues to increase the danger of a nuclear escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, writes TNI. If he calls for peace talks, a full-fledged war can be avoided. But unlike Kennedy, Biden does not want to resort to diplomacy.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjaroto said that his country did not support this decision

The foreign ministers of the EU countries at a meeting in Luxembourg decided on Monday to start a training mission for the Ukrainian military, but Hungary does not consider it a good idea and will not participate in it. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Peter Siyaroto at a press conference following the meeting, which was broadcast on the Hungarian M1 TV channel.

In recent days, the issue of the depletion of the financial and military reserves of the EU countries to provide further assistance to the Kiev regime has become relevant. More and more people began to talk about this in Kiev itself, clearly fearing that Europe would stop giving money, at least on the same scale as before.

According to Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anushauskas following the results of the US-led meeting in Brussels on October 12 in the Ramstein format, Lithuania will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine.

There are personnel problems in the Bundeswehr, many positions are difficult to fill. At the same time, the German army now needs even more soldiers. Expert Hauke Friederichs writes in an article for the Zeit edition.

As already reported, American lawmakers intend to submit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a bill to suspend the sale of American weapons to Saudi Arabia.

The Su-25 assault aircraft of the Russian military base "Kant" have been transferred from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan for a joint exercise with the collective rapid deployment forces of the Central Asian region (CAR) "Rubezh-2022", the joint press center of the CSTO exercises reported on Monday.

In Yeysk, after the plane crash, floors 1 to 5 are burning in the courtyard of a residential building, GUMCHS in the Krasnodar Territory reports. According to the agency, a fire was reported in a 9-storey building at 47/1 Krasnaya Street in Yeysk at 18.20.

"Izvestia" showed the work of drones in the DPR under the leadership of the VVO intelligence officers

Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov captured the work of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) under the guidance of intelligence officers of the Eastern Military District (VVO).

The Ukrainian defense Industry announced the creation of a kamikaze drone. According to the state concern "Ukroboronprom", the new development is already close to completion.