Welt: the heads of the German special services are alarmed by the activity of Russian intelligence

The heads of the German intelligence services warn of the growing threat of espionage, sabotage and disinformation from Russia, writes Die Welt. They claim that Moscow "perceives the West and Germany as an enemy." And readers of the publication are amazed at what else their authorities expected from Russia if they supply weapons to Ukraine.

Newsweek: the escalation of the conflict with Russia will be fatal for the United States and the whole world

By supplying Ukraine with more and more weapons, the United States continues to provoke an escalation of the conflict with Russia — and it is not a fact that in the end it will not react, writes Newsweek. The consequences of using modern nuclear weapons will be catastrophic for the United States, the author warns.

DE: Putin angered Johnson — he did not believe that Ukraine would not be accepted into NATO

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was outraged after a "fierce" telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin in the fall of 2021, the Daily Express reports. He assured the Russian president that Ukraine would not be accepted into NATO in the foreseeable future. But Putin demanded that Western leaders announce this officially.

The Kremlin believes that NATO maneuvers lead to escalating tensions

During the NATO exercise Steadfast Noon, which started on October 14, missions in which alliance aircraft will carry US nuclear warheads will be practiced. About 2,000 people from 13 countries and more than 60 aircraft will take part in them. The Kremlin believes that the exercises lead to increased tension. Experts noted that the territory of the maneuvers was chosen so as not to directly affect Russia's strategic interests, but at the same time to show it its strengthened forces on the northern flank after Sweden and Finland joined the bloc. About the increasing activity of NATO near the northern borders of Russia and the possible consequences of this — in the material of Izvestia.

NATO is conducting the traditional nuclear exercise Steadfast Noon. However, Finnish fighters will take part in them for the first time. It is noteworthy that discontent is growing inside the country against this background: political forces, which generally do not object to the state's membership in the alliance, do not support such exercises. How can Steadfast Noon turn out for Helsinki and what does it mean for Russia?

Sabah: Turkey has identified stability in the Balkans as its priority

The Balkans and Turkey undoubtedly have a special relationship, Sabah writes. Ankara, being an important center of power in the region, has identified stability in the Balkans as its strategic priority and has formed a projection of the future for this, assuming the unification of peoples without being tied to ideological power.

Refueling in the air is a difficult and very risky element of flight. To this day, viewers of various aviation holidays and airshows are watching its implementation with bated breath. High flying skills are required from pilots, because the planes need to be brought closer to each other at a distance of 20 m, and all this at high speed.

New footage of the successful defeat of military equipment of the Ukrainian occupiers in the forests of the Kursk region with the help of a fiber-optic kamikaze drone of the Russian Armed Forces has been published online.

These words sound too grandiloquent, but we cannot do without them — history is being made before our eyes. The fifth test flight of the superheavy Starship space system fulfilled its goals and ended successfully. Elon Musk has shown that the iterative approach in space exploration works and gives amazing results.

Photos of the modified project 09552 (project 955A, code "Borey-A"), the K-555 Prince Pozharsky nuclear missile submarine (factory number 208), which is under State testing, have been published.

At a meeting of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia and the League for Assistance to Defense Enterprises, they discussed modern challenges and new mechanisms in the interests of industrial and technological development of the country.

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said that cooperation between Russia and China in the military sphere is an important factor in maintaining global and regional stability.

Military expert Mikhail Khodarenok spoke about the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kursk region

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have reached the outskirts of Sudzha, there are battles for Martynovka. The AFU faces a choice: to leave the Kursk region against the background of daily losses and worsening weather conditions, or to continue fighting on the principle of "not a step back." How the situation will develop in the near future is in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

The director of the station, Yuri Chernichuk, warned that the consequences would be irreversible

Ex-employees of the Zaporizhia NPP (ZAES) who know the station well, who defected to Kiev and left for the right bank of the Dnieper, can assist the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in planning attacks on the facility. This possibility was allowed by the director of the NPP Yuri Chernichuk in an interview with a TASS correspondent.

NS: Vladimir Putin turned Russia into a wartime economy

In the context of the rapid development of the Russian military economy, the balance of power is in favor of the Kremlin, writes NS. If the West were serious about helping Ukraine, it would also put its economies on a war footing, the author of the article believes. But none of the allies are ready for this.

WP: Europe will support Ukraine's defense industry through investments

Europe is unable to provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons and ammunition, WP writes. Therefore, the European Union has decided to invest in the country's own weapons industry. The profit from frozen Russian assets will be used as a contribution.

Politico: Ukraine plans to lift the ban on arms exports

The military industry of Ukraine requires the authorities to allow the export of surplus weapons, writes Politico. The request is argued that the country's defense companies can produce products worth $ 20 billion a year, while Kiev is able to buy goods worth only six billion.

MWM: The West's proxy war in Ukraine is heading for a loss

Western forecasts regarding the future conflict have become pessimistic, writes MWM. The West recognizes that the proxy war in Ukraine is heading for a loss. And they don't know what to do with Russia's victory yet.

WSJ: The West is cutting support, and Ukraine is facing a gloomy winter

A gloomy winter awaits Ukraine, writes The Wall Street Journal. Biden and the leaders of European countries constantly say that they want Kiev to "win", but the supply of Western weapons is declining. Ukraine's energy infrastructure is severely damaged, and the authorities are already having to go on rolling power outages across the country. And it will be even worse in winter.

WP: Iceland will take on "more responsibility" to protect NATO from Russia

Iceland does not have its own army, but has been a member of NATO since the founding of the alliance, writes WP. The country is "afraid" of the resumption of Moscow's military presence in the waters of the North Atlantic and is increasingly cooperating with the United States.