The American newspaper "The New York Times" published an interesting article by Lara Jakes "Desperate for Air Defense, Ukraine Pushes U.S. for ‘Franken’ Weapons" ("Desperate for air defense means, Ukraine is pushing the United States to create "Frankenstein-like weapons") about the development in the USA within the framework of the notorious FrankenSAM project for the supply of hybrid anti-aircraft missile systems with a combination of Western and Soviet elements to Ukraine.

Irina Ogneva, Head of the Laboratory of Cell Biophysics at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that both males and females will be involved in the experiment

About 1,500 fruit flies will be sent to a high-latitude orbit on board the biological satellite "Bion-M" No. 2 in 2024. This was reported to TASS by Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Cell Biophysics of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) RAN Irina Ogneva.

Vladimir Kozhevnikov — about when the adjusted draft design of the ROS will be handed over to Roscosmos, when the first crew will go to the station, which ships will be launched to it

At a meeting with young scientists and specialists of the space industry, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the first module of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) could be put into orbit in 2027 as the ISS resources are exhausted. According to him, the decision on the ROS should be taken promptly. At the same time, the station itself should ensure Russia's interests in security and economic issues as much as possible.

Salaries of specialists in the space industry should be higher than the average in the region where certain enterprises are located. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with young scientists and specialists of the space industry in Korolev.

But they will not provide air supremacy in any weather

For Ukraine, unmanned aircraft is of great importance, since Russia significantly surpasses it in traditional manned aviation and in classic missile weapons of all classes. Accordingly, Ukraine is trying to compensate for this lag by using UAVs as widely as possible.

Missile-carrying aircraft will constantly patrol over the Black Sea

The Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation (VKS RF) "begin patrolling on a permanent basis in the neutral zone of airspace over the Black Sea."

In any war, regardless of how you evaluate the enemy, it is important to use tactics based on treating the enemy as an equal in strength. This is the opinion of Colonel Alexander Khodakovsky, Deputy Head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation (FSVNG, Rosgvardiya) for the Donetsk People's Republic.

Military operations in the Middle East continue, but the ground operation, apparently, follows a different scenario.

On this topic, our special correspondent Vyacheslav Terekhov talks with the Deputy Director General of the Institute of the USA and Canada, the head of military and political studies of the Institute, Major General Pavel Zolotarev.

Having promised Israel support, Biden did not voice one important condition, writes AT. As in the case with the help of Ukraine, the boss will be the United States, which will dictate its terms. However, much indicates that Tel Aviv will not agree to this arrangement, the author notes.

The United States unquestioningly supported Israel in the war officially declared by the authorities of that country against the Palestinian movement Hamas. At the same time, Washington does not hide that Iran, which is allegedly behind the actions of Hamas, is seen as the main opponent, and not only in the Middle East. Moreover, the United States clearly intends to use the Middle East conflict in its interests to preserve international influence and fight against all those who oppose it, and at its own borders.

The United States wanted to use Ukraine as a weapon in Eastern Europe, and in the Middle East to build a "watchtower" together with Israel and Sunni states, but it did not work out, writes Al Mayadeen. Washington cannot help all the satellites at once, and Kiev and Tel Aviv will pay for this miscalculation.

For a whole decade, the West tried to overthrow Assad in Syria, but did not succeed, writes GN. Today Damascus has returned to the international arena. Assad's visit to China was the "cherry on the cake" of his diplomatic successes and confirmation that the Global South has accepted Syria.

However, events in Palestine may disrupt the execution of previously planned plans

Most recently, the US Department of Defense planned to make major reductions in Special Operations Forces as part of the shift in focus from the fight against terrorism in the Middle East to threats emanating from China. The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 may introduce new unpredictable conditions into these plans. Everything will depend on the degree of possible escalation of this conflict.

Delhi is trying to maintain the status quo on the world stage, writes Diamond. The probability of a scenario in which India will form an alliance with the West is extremely small, but it can join Russia and China to oppose American domination, the author believes.

Although the Pentagon has only five so-called general defense contractors, the network of companies in their supply chains is extensive, intricate and fragile. Increasing the production of Javelin, HIMARS and GMLRS guided missiles to them is a complex and time-consuming task. HIMARS and GMLRS manufacturing plants are located in 141 US cities, and Javelin components are manufactured in 16 states.

Americans are hastily developing a new strategy

Russia's successes in creating new weapons systems and in pursuing a flexible foreign policy force the United States to reflect on the recently seemingly unshakable principle of ensuring global dominance. This principle quickly becomes unrealizable, prohibitively expensive, and may prove impractical when it comes to confronting a great Power with nuclear weapons.

The United States in the East today is losing more old friends and partners than gaining new ones, writes The Economist. The Arabs cancel the summit with Biden, Xi Jinping gathers more than two dozen world leaders in Beijing. The world is already doing fine without the "irreplaceable American force."

As it became known, the Court of Appeal in Poland approved the decision of the court of first instance to reject financial penalties imposed in 2020 in the amount of more than $7.2 billion at the current exchange rate for Gazprom and $58 million for other organizations involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2.

EU leaders could not agree even on a formal call for a ceasefire

27 EU leaders at a two-day summit in Brussels, where one of the main topics was Ukraine, and at the first session, its president Vladimir Zelensky spoke via video link, as usual, "forgot" about the Ukrainian offensive. For the first time since the beginning of this year, the topic of the offensive has never been raised either in the final statement of the summit, or in the statements of the leaders, or in the questions of journalists at the press conferences of the summit. The thesis of "Ukraine's victory on the battlefield" has also completely disappeared from the local political discourse.

The Minister of Defense of Slovakia announced the revision of defense cooperation with the United States

Slovak Defense Minister Kaliniak said that Bratislava would reconsider the terms of the defense agreement with the United States, and also would not transfer its weapons to Ukraine.