WT: the support of the West may decrease due to its inflated expectations from the APU

The West's determination to help Kiev is weakening due to the lack of success on the battlefield, writes WT. It is noted that the cracks in support are caused by unrealistic expectations that the Ukrainian counteroffensive will lead to lightning results.

Supporters of the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict through negotiations now hope for the election of the US president

The hope of supporters of a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict to reach some fundamental agreements between its main participants during the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations (78 UNGA) turned out to be untenable. The election campaign starts in the United States in a month, and now good wishes are associated with it.

An open, diverse, representative, secure, fair and equal world is the world that Russia aspires to, President Vladimir Putin said.

Military Dandykin declared the advantage of Russian equipment in the zone of its own in winter

Military expert, captain of the first rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin said that Russian equipment is better adapted to the autumn-winter season than Western equipment, since it is more unpretentious.

It became known that even before the troops entered and took control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan had been buying weapons from Israel for several years. This is reported by the international news agency "Associated Press" (Associated Press, AP News) with reference to Armenian sources.

DM: British intelligence reported the death of 55 crew members of a Chinese nuclear submarine

A Chinese nuclear submarine has fallen into a trap for Western submarines set by the Chinese military in the Yellow Sea, British intelligence said.

The ship's upper superstructure will be changed and the composition of the armament will be revised

The large landing ship "Minsk" of project 775, damaged in Sevastopol, will be restored according to the updated project. Its upper superstructure will change, and the composition of weapons and avionics equipment will also be revised. For their reliability and unpretentiousness, the ships of this project have long earned the fame of "workhorses" among the sailors, experts say. "Minsk" will serve in the fleet for a long time after the restoration, they are sure.

Journalists of The New York Times newspaper — based on satellite photos — suggested that Moscow plans to test the Burevestnik rocket with a nuclear engine. The Western edition emphasized that this is a "mini-Chernobyl" — an object with a dangerous "atomic exhaust". However, the actual technical appearance of this weapon is completely different. However, his strategic goals are not as obvious as it may seem.

It is planned to deploy more than a dozen specialized ground-based space controls of a new generation on the territory of Russia by 2025, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

As the French newspaper La Tribune reported on October 2, an agreement was signed with the Ukrainian State Enterprise Antonov on the organization of production in Ukraine of the newly developed Aarok UAV.

Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for Integrated European and International Studies, added that this is "extremely bad news" for Ukraine

The removal of Republican Kevin McCarthy (from California) from the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress will paralyze the legislative and budgetary systems of Washington until 2025, support for Ukraine at this time will be extremely difficult and weakened.

The head of the NATO military committee Bauer said about the depletion of arsenals in the West

The West is running out of ammunition that can be transferred to Kiev, CNN reports with reference to the head of the NATO Military Committee Rob Bauer. The official urged the alliance members to increase the capacity of their military-industrial complex. The situation in the United States calls into question further arms supplies to Ukraine, the article notes.

RS: Slovakia may join Poland and Hungary in Ukraine policy

An alliance of countries rejecting military assistance to Kiev is being formed in NATO, writes RS. If Robert Fico becomes Prime Minister, Slovakia may join Poland and Hungary in Ukraine policy.

London has realized the obvious defeat of Kiev in the fight against Moscow, writes Advance. Unwillingness to accept this pushed the UK to a desperate step: the country's Defense Minister Grant Shapps proposed sending British troops to Ukraine, despite the risk of escalating the conflict.

Arrogance has brought the US dangerously close to fighting on two fronts, writes the SCMP columnist. The Americans want to simultaneously confront Russia and wage a cold war with China. But they will not succeed, the columnist of the publication Alex Lo is sure. Having lost resources in Ukraine, they will give an advantage to the Celestial Empire.

Al Binaa: The US and the EU could not compete with Russia in the military sphere

The West is making one mistake after another, writes Al Binaa. Due to obvious miscalculations, the United States not only failed to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia in Ukraine, but also turned the world against itself. According to the author of the article, Moscow has imposed its own rules of the game on Washington, under which it is unlikely to win.

WSJ: the ability to help Ukraine without the US has raised doubts in Europe

European countries doubted that they would be able to support Ukraine if the United States retreated, the WSJ writes. The weakness of the defense industry will be a serious obstacle. The diplomatic and political side of the issue will also turn into a problem.

Al Khaleej: Britain urged the West not to stop supporting Ukraine

The EU is tired of supporting Ukraine – it's time for it to take care of its own security, writes Al Khaleej. Such a position of Europe cannot but affect the course of hostilities in favor of Russia. London, an ardent supporter of Kiev, was afraid of this prospect and began to act.

The "sanctioned" cheese turned out to be in a mousetrap, but not for Moscow, but for European capitals, writes Focus. According to the latest statistics, Russia has overtaken Germany in economic growth. It's just that oil is exported not to the West, but to the East, and the "price ceiling" did not work.

Colonel Khodarenok: 1,500 M1 Abrams tanks are needed for a new counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

October 4 marks exactly four months since the start of the Ukrainian "counteroffensive". The fact that the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ended with almost nothing is already a well-known fact. The reasons for the failures of the counteroffensive were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.