North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited North Korean strategic missile bases on the eve of an inspection. KCNA informs about this. According to the publication, on this trip he was accompanied by the first deputy head of the department of the Central Committee of the CPC, Kim Jong Sik, and the deputy head of the department of the Central Committee of the CPC, Kim Ye Jong, who is also his sister.

The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense announced a meeting of the State Defense Council on October 22.

SMH: Global public debt will reach a record high by the end of this year

The BRICS+ summit and the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are taking place this week, SMH reports. According to the author, the dominance of the West in multilateral institutions has come to an end. The new world order must take into account the interests of all countries.

CNN and the BBC have revealed how Ukrainian drones bypass Russian air defenses

Long—range missiles are not being given to Kiev yet - instead, they recommend using drones. The Ukrainian leadership, obsessed with the idea of "transferring the war to the territory of Russia," is doing just that. Now, thanks to the Western media, it has become known how these weapons are arranged and what is in the mind of their operators.

Zelensky called on NATO to deploy "non-nuclear deterrence forces" in Ukraine

Zelensky's "Victory plan" surprised many. In fact, this is NATO's proposal to enter the war directly, which the West is still afraid of. However, the third point of the program announced by the head of the Kiev regime unexpectedly aroused interest there. What is it about — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Two samples of laser weapons have been tested recently by the British military. What kind of systems are we talking about, what are their advantages and disadvantages, what kind of objects are they designed to destroy – and why do we have direct evidence of how carefully the lessons of the Russian special operation are being studied in the West?

Irina Alshayeva — on the state of the Ukrainian artillery

Ukraine is "losing the war of attrition," writes Forbes. Starting in 2022, the West has already supplied Ukraine, and also ordered for it about 1 thousand units of various artillery systems — barrel guns and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), as specified in a July study by the analytical portal Army Technology.

In recent days, there has been renewed interest in self-propelled artillery in service with the North Korean army on social networks. In addition to the relatively new self-propelled guns with calibers 122-mm, 130-mm, 152-mm and 170-mm, the approximate capabilities of the new combat vehicle, known as the "Juche-107", are being discussed.

dikGAZETE: Azerbaijan will not be led by the United States and will pursue an independent course

The United States often interferes in the politics of other countries, according to dikGAZETE. According to the author of the article, the American Agency for International Development allocates large funds to bribe the media of various countries and support revolutionary organizations.

It will reduce the risk in the work of military engineers

Russian sappers began using the method of aerial mine clearance in the combat zone. First, the territory is scanned from a reconnaissance drone, and then the detected mines are dropped from another drone. This is especially true when working with mines that react to the approach of a minesweeper. Experts consider the approach promising. At the same time, they note that the new method has certain limitations.

The First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia appreciated the modernization of the Kazan Aircraft Factory and the Kazan Helicopter Plant, and also got acquainted with the work on the Tu-214 airliner and the import-substituted Ansat

First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Denis Manturov visited aircraft manufacturing enterprises of Rostec State Corporation in Kazan as part of a working visit.

The cooperation agreement was signed by Sergey Chemezov, Director General of the State Corporation, and Viktor Sadovnichy, Rector of Moscow State University

Rostec State Corporation and Lomonosov Moscow State University have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of science and education. The document provides for the implementation of joint initiatives and projects aimed at the innovative development of the Corporation's organizations, ensuring national security, import independence and technological sovereignty of the Russian Federation.

Colonel Khodarenok: Zelensky wants to turn the eastern border into the Maginot line

French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecorny, commenting on the so-called "victory plan" of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, suggested that it was time for the West to think about providing Kiev with non-nuclear deterrence. What they can represent and whether Kiev's allies are really ready to spend their strength and money on this project, the military observer of the Newspaper was looking into.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Experts: If Georgia opened a "second front", the Russian army would take Tbilisi

The West suggested that Georgia start a short war with Russia, and then switch to guerrilla resistance. But then Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili refused to open a "second front." At the same time, the Georgian army is striving to meet NATO standards and is gradually increasing defense spending. How serious could Georgia's entry into the war be against the background of its own and what would be Russia's response?

The American aerospace corporation Boeing is making titanic efforts for its survival. We are talking about multibillion-dollar loans, a sharp increase in staff salaries, and new contracts. Among the latter are contracts for the supply of weapons systems for Ukraine. This means that the Boeing crisis is related, among other things, to what is happening on the battlefield in the special operation zone.

Experts spoke about the changing perception of BRICS in Western countries

Kazan is welcoming the most important event – the beginning of the BRICS summit. And although the leaders of the member countries of the association will make the main decisions only on October 23 and 24, the start of the summit has already caused an unprecedented stir in the Western media. Why did Washington and Brussels stop perceiving the organization as a "decoration" of a multipolar world? And what event served as a rubicon for the West, after which its leaders had to consider BRICS as a serious force?

Geopolitical changes are taking place in the world, and this applies to everyone. Thus, previously neutral Switzerland joined the European air defense system "Sky Shield" (ESSI). ESSI is a project to create an integrated European land–based air defense system, which includes missile defense systems.

Le Figaro: the BRICS summit in Kazan undermined the plans of the West

After the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the West, led by the United States, began to implement a special strategy, writes Le Figaro. But their plans failed, and the BRICS summit in Kazan is proof of that. It did not work out to isolate Russia, on the contrary — more and more countries are interested in cooperation with Moscow within the framework of this association.

TNI: Ukraine's neutrality after the end of the conflict is unacceptable for the West

In Europe, they will panic because of the Russian threat in the event that Aliyev hints at a willingness to settle on obviously unfavorable terms, writes TNI. Therefore, at the end of the conflict, Ukraine, capable of deterring Moscow, would become a guarantee against Russian expansion, the author believes.

Georgia was offered to fight with Russia for three or four days, and then run away to the forests and wage a guerrilla war, former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said in an interview with Imedi TV channel. In his opinion, Georgia should be vigilant and treat the West with caution.