As Oksana Markarova stated, the obligation not to use Western weapons against Russian territory concerns only the HIMARS MLRS

The agreement between Ukraine and the United States on the prohibition of shelling of the territory of Russia does not apply to regions that have come under the control of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova on Thursday in an interview with the Ukrainian edition of "European Truth".

Of these, $4.5 billion is proposed to be allocated for economic support of Kiev

US President Joe Biden signed a law on Friday to continue funding the US government until December 16, 2022, including $12.4 billion in additional aid to Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the White House.

Ben Wallace discussed with his Ukrainian counterpart Alexey Reznikov assistance to Ukraine

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace visited Kiev this week and met with his Ukrainian counterpart Alexey Reznikov. According to a message posted by Wallace on his Twitter page, an increase in the volume of military assistance provided to Ukraine was discussed at the meeting.

The Secretary of State reiterated that Washington does not intend to recognize the results of referendums in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as the entry of these regions into the comp...

The United States does not object to the use by Kiev of Western weapons supplied to it as part of military assistance to the former parts of Ukraine that joined the Russian Federation. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this at a joint press conference with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly at the State Department on Friday.

Dimitar Stoyanov explained that there is a decision of the parliament on the provision of military-technical assistance, but not on the provision of weapons

Bulgaria will not supply Ukraine with heavy weapons, despite Kiev's request. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the Minister of Defense of the technical government of the country Dimitar Stoyanov.

The leaders of the Central and Eastern European states have stated that they will never recognize Russia's attempts to alienate any Ukrainian territory and support Kiev's bid to join NATO

The heads of Central and Eastern European countries have called for a significant increase in military assistance to Ukraine. The Presidents of the Baltic states, as well as Poland, Romania, Northern Macedonia, Slovakia, Montenegro and the Czech Republic made a corresponding statement on Sunday. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced this on his Twitter page.

The task of the center will be to "train and support" the Ukrainian military, the newspaper notes

The United States is preparing to create a command center in Germany that will coordinate the efforts of Western countries to provide military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported on Thursday by The New York Times, citing sources in the Pentagon and the US administration.

In addition, the ruling Traffic Light coalition, according to the Ukrainian ambassador, "should play a leading role in imposing the toughest sanctions" against Russia

Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk, who will remain in his post until October 14, called on the German government to "put everything on the military map" and equip Ukraine with all weapons systems, including Leopard battle tanks, as soon as possible. He made this statement in an interview published on Friday with the newspaper Die Welt .

In its declaration, Madrid expresses the opinion that the court has jurisdiction to try this case on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, the country's Foreign Ministry noted

Spain has submitted to the International Court of Justice of the United Nations an application to join the procedures initiated by Ukraine against the Russian Federation in a dispute over charges relating to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This is stated in a press release issued on Thursday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom.

According to the head of European diplomacy, after the end of the conflict over Ukraine, it will be "very difficult" to sit down at the negotiating table with the Russian authorities

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel expressed the opinion on Thursday that Russia should pay for the restoration of Ukraine.

Faced with obstacles in conducting intelligence operations in the West, Russia turned to the cyber environment and other sources of intelligence information, including foreigners in Russia, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Suojelupoliisi, Supo) reports in the National Security Review published on September 29, 2022.

Turkey will not ratify the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO until these countries fulfill the promises made to Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.

NATO expansion at the expense of Sweden and Finland will lead to a revision of Norway's defense policy. The focus remains on the question of how exactly this will change the alliance itself and the military planning of the northern states that are part of it.

Expert Losev: Britain's special services can prepare provocations at EU infrastructure facilities

British intelligence services can arrange provocations at critical facilities of the energy infrastructure of the European Union and blame Russia for this, says Alexander Losev, a member of the presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy.

The fate of the UN hangs in the balance

The West wants to exclude Russia from the UN Security Council, but then this organization will turn into an offshoot of NATO, writes Novi Standard. And its role will be taken over by other multinational organizations such as BRICS or SCO. However, this will deepen the fault lines in the world, the author of the article believes.

How a recalcitrant puppet can become a scarecrow for beating

Until the beginning of the XXI century, Pyongyang was considered to be a puppet of Beijing, completely dependent on it for the supply of food and weapons. China could manipulate it in solving the Taiwan problem and in order to oust the United States from Asia. In China, they also believed that they controlled the DPRK. However, in the noughties, relations between Beijing and Pyongyang began to deteriorate before the eyes of the whole world.

The ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) of Iran fired at Iraqi Kurdistan with artillery and rockets the night before, Tasnim reported on Sunday.

The first flight of the first-class MiG-31 fighter took place on September 16, 1975

The Soviet MiG-31 made its first flight in 1975, but is still in service with the Russian army. Excellent characteristics allowed the fighter to play an important role in the Ukrainian conflict, writes Yahoo News Japan.

Barrage ammunition attacks Ukrainian army facilities

The second half of September brought news from the zone of the special military operation (SVO): the Ukrainian military reported numerous cases of destruction of military equipment and infrastructure by enemy barrage ammunition of a previously unknown type.

In Russia, work continues on the creation of promising helicopters

In mid-September of this year, the 120th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Soviet aircraft designer Nikolai Ilyich Kamov was celebrated. His name is forever associated with the history of the Russian helicopter industry.