On October 14, 2022, a ceremony was held in Bremerhaven (Germany) to hand over to the Egyptian Navy the lead frigate Al-Aziz (tail number "904") of the MEKO 200EN project, built by the German shipbuilding association thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), in a series of four ordered ships.

The lead ship, a Zumwalt-class destroyer, recently left Japan, where she was on her long voyage across the Pacific Ocean. Prior to that, the ship visited the US naval base on Guam on September 19. The current cruise is the longest voyage of the destroyer from the home port in San Diego, since the ship was commissioned in 2016.

As the RIA Novosti news agency reported on October 8, 2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed that "by the decision of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Surovikin was appointed commander of the joint grouping of troops (forces) in the area of a special military operation."

The Kremlin recognized the shortcomings in the system of conscription of reservists and promised to put it in order

There is no second wave of partial mobilization in Russia, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on October 12. Experts explained to Izvestia that there really are no waves of mobilization, but the process itself is stretched out in time for objective reasons.

At the same time, convicted persons may be released from punishment

Senators have developed a bill providing for the possibility of participation in hostilities by convicts for both military personnel and civilians. At the same time, they can be released from punishment if they "show courage and heroism in military service"; the text of the document is available to TASS.

The Ministry of Defense has released footage of the work of the intelligence unit of the second Army Corps of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic during a special military operation (SVO).

The Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday, October 13, published footage of the combat work of calculations of self-propelled anti-tank missile systems "Sturm-S" of the Southern Military District (SE) in the zone of a special military operation.

Modern short-range reconnaissance stations "Fara" and radar stations "Sobolyatnik" first entered service with the special forces of the Southern Military District in January of this year, although their serial production was established by the same NGO "Strela" in early 2021.

According to the agency interlocutor, there is no full understanding that the Starlink satellite communication system in Ukraine has stopped working yet

There is no complete understanding that the Starlink satellite communication system in Ukraine has stopped working, but it can be influenced, for example, by silencing the control channel by introducing interference into the signal band. This was reported to TASS on Thursday by a source working in the relevant field.

143 countries voted in support of the resolution

The UN General Assembly adopted on Wednesday an anti-Russian resolution on referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, as well as on the situation in Ukraine. This is reported by a TASS correspondent.

In an interview with CNN, US President Joe Biden called Vladimir Putin a "rational" person who "miscalculated" with the start of the special operation in Ukraine. In addition, the American leader promised Saudi Arabia some "consequences" for the decision to reduce oil production within OPEC+.

The United States has been preparing the ground for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict since 2014, the author of an article on the Al Jazeera website writes. All in order to overthrow Putin and put a more "convenient" president, as it was in Ukraine. After all, America cannot allow its hegemony to end.

Politico: lessons from the Caribbean crisis are holding back the US

The United States is investing more and more funds in maintaining the conflict in Ukraine, writes Politico. Against this background, tensions in relations between Washington and Moscow are increasing. However, the threat of a nuclear confrontation with Russia deters the White House from rash steps.

Advance: Russia should negotiate peace in Ukraine with the United States

Ukraine will fight as much as the United States will supply it with weapons, Advance writes. Kiev is not a subject that decides something on its own, so a dialogue about peace should be conducted by Russia and the United States. However, there are few intermediaries for a dialogue between the two sides.

European Commissioner for the EU Internal Market Thierry Breton said earlier that Kiev cannot join NATO in the conditions of military operations on Ukrainian territory

The long-term cooperation between Ukraine and NATO suggests that the country has already become a de facto member of the alliance. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

International partners and allies have provided the country with about $20 billion in various instruments, Denis Shmygal noted

Assistance to Ukraine from international partners accounts for more than a third of Ukrainian budget revenues. This was stated on Wednesday by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, speaking via video link at a meeting of the second round table on the situation in Ukraine, organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB).

In particular, the country needs an amount of $20 billion as a key source of covering the budget deficit

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to conclude a new agreement on financial support in the amount of $20 billion as a key source of covering the budget deficit and meeting other needs of Kiev next year for a total of more than $ 60 billion.

The NATO Secretary General made a statement that became a kind of commentary on the words of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov. Recall that today Mr. Reznikov said that "Ukraine is already actually part of NATO. Stoltenberg was clearly in a hurry to dismiss such an interpretation of the Ukrainian official.

Global Times: NATO wants to turn the conflict in Ukraine into a life-and-death struggle

NATO does not intend to consider the Ukrainian application for accelerated membership in the alliance and is not ready for a direct confrontation with Russia, writes Global Times. At the same time, the continued supply of weapons to the Kiev regime will lead to the self-destruction of Ukraine.

The Western press has published a framework list of weapons that Ukraine is asking NATO countries to provide. The Ukrainian delegation addressed the defense ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance countries with this list today.