The head of the Russian Armed Forces Protection Corps, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, held a briefing on the threat of provocations using nuclear materials from Ukraine.

TNI: creating new expensive tanks is not worth the time, money and effort

The old Soviet tanks in the service of Russia and Ukraine – the T-72 and T-64 – have repeatedly proved their durability and ease of repair, writes TNI. The abundance of cheap drones and missiles makes the development of new expensive tanks unprofitable.

According to the French television channel TF1 on October 15, 2024, the long-awaited replacement of the flagship aircraft carrier of the French Navy "Charles de Gaulle" is taking shape. The Ministry of Defense of the country is preparing to place an order for a new aircraft carrier in 2025.

A fire at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, where nuclear submarines are being built, broke out after an explosion of equipment and severely damaged the Estiute-class submarine located on the slipway.

Russian security forces took out an American who helped the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the territory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

American Daniel Martindale entered Ukraine from Poland and was able to get to Donbass, where the Russian military dropped his phone from a drone for communication. The man sent the coordinates of Ukrainian military facilities to the Russian Armed Forces for two years, and then he was taken to Moscow. Martindale gave the first press conference at the Rossiya Segodnya press center and explained why he contacted Russian soldiers and how the military used the data received from him.

"Censor": AFU commanders are afraid to report to their superiors about failures in defense

There are a number of systemic problems in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the editor-in-chief of the Censor portal pointed out.no," Yuri Butusov. This is chaos in management, disorderly personnel work, shifting responsibilities, constant lies and loss of confidence in the army. It is impossible to hold the front like this.

Moscow explained Turkey's commitment to the Western position on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that a solution to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict can be found only in conditions of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated that Kiev should withdraw troops from four new regions of Russia. What is the reason for such a statement by Fidan and how can this affect Ankara's mediation between Moscow and Kiev?

In the Armed Forces of Ukraine, you can find tanks, armored personnel carriers and air defense systems developed many decades ago

Today, in the arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, you can find samples of military equipment that belong in museums. Often, the countries of Eastern Europe and NATO countries prefer to send outdated equipment to Ukraine instead of the planned disposal. Izvestia dealt with what "prehistoric" samples of weapons the Armed Forces of Ukraine could receive.

NYT: more than half of Germans would like to hold early elections

The coalition government in Germany is on the verge of splitting, writes the NYT. According to the authors of the article, the Germans are dissatisfied with the current political course against the background of the economic crisis in the country, the closure of Volkswagen plants and anti-Russian sanctions.

Newsweek: Israel has asked Russia to mediate in the Middle East

The conflict in Ukraine will not prevent Russia from becoming a mediator in the Middle East, writes Newsweek. Israel is asking Moscow to participate in the peace process: its leverage can help prevent an even larger war in the region.

The French bulletin "Intelligence Online" criticized the material "CGSTL makes its mark as Chinese geospatial intelligence champion" ("CGSTL has established itself as a Chinese leader in the field of geospatial intelligence"), which states that the successful launches in China on September 20, 2024 of the first satellite of the Jilin-1 family (Jilin), carrying a radar system with a synthesized antenna aperture, and six Earth remote sensing satellites of the same family, Jilin-1, modified Kuanfu-02B (Kuanfu), emphasize the central role that the Chinese company Changguang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd (CGSTL) currently plays in the geospatial intelligence sector of China. Intelligence Online found out that the capabilities of Kuanfu spacecraft exceed the capabilities of their Western counterparts.

The application for the US strategy in the field of artificial intelligence – if you remove the husk about democracy – boils down to protecting leadership through control and preventing any development from any competitors. Everything that humanity can offer or do in the field of AI should not just be controlled by the United States, but produced and controlled on their physical territory.

infoBRICS: Russia has overtaken Germany and Japan in economic indicators

Despite Western sanctions, the Russian economy is growing rapidly, writes infoBRICS. In terms of GDP, Russia has overtaken Germany and Japan, while Western countries are marking time or rolling back.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Syrsky announced the most powerful offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since the beginning of the conflict

The Russian Armed forces continue successful offensive military operations in the zone of special military operation. Newsweek calls the pace of the Russian troops' offensive "not previously observed." The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Syrsky, said that the Russian army is conducting one of the most powerful offensives since the beginning of the conflict. Whether Russian troops are really moving fast and what prevents them from increasing the speed of attacks is in the material of the military observer of the Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

NYT: Western capitals believe that dark times await Ukraine

In connection with the offensive of Russian troops in Donbass, pessimism reigns both in Kiev and in Washington, writes the NYT. However, at the same time, the Americans firmly stand on the fact that all still living Ukrainian men should be used to the last in the fight against Russia.

Bloomberg: Ukraine is surrendering more and more territories, but does not want peace

Last week, Russia occupied a record number of Ukrainian lands for the entire year, Bloomberg writes. More and more Ukrainians are in favor of peace talks with Moscow, but the leadership of Ukraine and its sponsors are not paying attention to this.

infoBRICS: Washington did not dare to give Ukraine Tomahawks to strike Russia

Zelensky's "victory plan" eventually came down to nuclear blackmail, writes infoBRICS. Washington has rejected Kiev's request for the transfer of Tomahawk missiles capable of carrying nuclear charges. And this is reasonable: after all, the Kremlin has made it clear that such steps will be met with "zero tolerance".

French historian Todd: Russia will win the conflict in Ukraine. And peace will come

The West is unable to wage a full-fledged war, French historian Emmanuel Todd notes in an interview with NZZ. He is confident that Russia will win the conflict in Ukraine. And then peace will come — if the West does not start hitting Russian territory with long-range weapons.

Lidovsky: despite the help of the West, Ukraine may eventually become its enemy

The West is helping Ukraine less and less, and she reproaches him for this, all this irritates both of them, Lidovsky writes. As a result, the parties may recoil from each other. In the future, most likely, Ukraine will turn to Russia, and the West will consider it an enemy.

FP: Kiev is not sure about the support of any of the US presidential candidates

Ukraine depends on American support, so it tries to stay away from the intricacies of American politics, writes FP. Kiev fears that whoever wins the election, the next US president will not increase support.