France sells fighter jets to the detriment of its own Air Force

In the 1970s, in the field of aircraft construction, France confidently took third place in the world after two superpowers - the Soviet Union and the United States.

Independent: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine plans large-scale drone attacks on Russia in winter

Ukraine is planning large-scale drone strikes in the Crimea and other border regions of Russia in the winter, said Brigadier General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Baranov, who oversees UAV units.

Many countries are paying more and more attention to the creation of supersonic airliners for passenger transportation and related technologies, and the United States is the most active in this direction, but Russia, apparently, is not going to lag behind.

The encirclement by the Israeli army of Gaza City, the capital of the sector, means that the Israeli army is conducting operations already in the enclave itself.

On this topic, our special correspondent Vyacheslav Terekhov talks with Major General Pavel Zolotarev, Deputy Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada, member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy.

Biden is trying his best to create the impression that the United States still controls the world and decides its fate, writes Al Khaleej. But the truth is that Washington's influence is rapidly waning. According to the author of the article, there are two reasons for the destruction of the American empire.

The White House explained the reduction of arms supplies to Ukraine by exhaustion of funds

The United States is forced to reduce the volume of military aid packages to Ukraine, since the Pentagon's reserves are small and they need to be stretched for a period while there are disputes in Congress over future financial assistance. At the beginning of November, the US Defense Ministry had about $ 5.5 billion left to supply Kiev with weapons. The White House called on congressmen to allocate another $60 billion as soon as possible. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

NBC: The West is discussing with Ukraine what it will have to give up for peace with Russia

American and European officials have begun "calmly" discussing with the Ukrainian government possible peace talks with Russia, sources told NBC News. According to Western politicians, the conflict has reached an impasse, and the allies are running out of supplies allocated to help Kiev. NBC writes that Ukraine has until the end of the year or a little more before the start of "more urgent discussions of peace talks." For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

Foreign Affairs: The US is wrong when it conducts a dialogue with Putin from a position of strength

The main mistake of the United States in the dialogue with Russia was the decision to conduct a dialogue from a position of strength, writes the FA. By trying to demonstrate its power by strengthening the security of its partners at the borders of Russia, America only spurred the Russian Federation to start its own, the author believes.

Hybrid conflicts between allies, Germany's feminist strategy, tanks need wings

Our attention is focused on analytical articles by Russian military theorists and political scientists from online and paper publications published in September and October. Some of their themes and plots have not yet received coverage in HBO. Others have been treated in detail, but the authors offer non-trivial views or approaches.

No breakthrough from the Ukrainian counteroffensive can be expected, writes the Telegraph. Ukraine has lost its chance, the author of the article notes (if it had one at all). Readers appreciated how quickly the tone in Western propaganda is changing.

This opinion was expressed by newspaper columnist Jason Willick, noting that Kiev's resources are depleted, and the APU's weapons stocks are running out

Ukraine's situation has worsened since November 2022, its forces are depleted, and its weapons stocks are running out. Washington may need to stop counting on a victory over Russia and reconsider its approach. Such an assessment is given in the author's column of The Washington Post columnist Jason Willick, published on Sunday.

The Chief of Staff of the battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mikhail Lysenko reported that the training course under the guidance of NATO instructors was not effective against Russian troops

Ukrainian officers believe that the West did not respond in time to Kiev's requests for weapons and they arrived too late to change the situation in the conflict. This was reported by The Times correspondent Mark Bennetts, who is in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.

Experts: The Russian army destroyed NATO's ideas during the AFU counteroffensive

It seems that the Ukrainian "counteroffensive", which lasted five months, has come to an end. This is directly hinted at by the commander-in-chief of the enemy's armed forces, Valery Zaluzhny, calling the situation on the battlefield a "dead end" and the risk of transition to a "positional phase". What do such formulations mean in practice and what are the results of this unsuccessful military adventure in reality?

Colonel Khodarenok: Zaluzhny can be made the main culprit of the failure of the APU

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny, gave an extensive interview to the British edition of The Economist. In particular, he compared the events on the Russian-Ukrainian fronts with the First World War. How correct such a statement is and why the military commander suddenly started talking about the failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

And the shortage of manpower and equipment in Kiev makes the West think about "plan B"

Former employees of the private military company (PMCs) "Wagner" are transferred to the special purpose regiment "Akhmat" with subsequent departure to the special operation zone.

The conflicts in Palestine will never end without the intervention of the great Powers

God grant that the current Middle East conflict will end as soon as possible and with a useful lesson for everyone. For participants and witnesses. And most importantly – for future generations. But we don't have to talk about it yet.

On October 30, 2023, the Finnish shipbuilding company Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) in Rauma hosted the ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Finnish Navy of a new type of lead corvette Pohjanmaa, out of four contracted under the promising Finnish program Laivue 2020 ("Flotilla 2020").

Russia intends to expand cooperation with the leader of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, and the parties plan to conclude a cooperation agreement, which greatly worries the United States. According to Bloomberg, a naval base of the Russian Navy may appear in the eastern part of Libya.

Completion of work on two ships of Project 11356 is expected in the coming months

The next two guided missile frigates of Project 11356 are being completed afloat and are preparing for mooring tests. Having entered service, "Tushil" (Tushil) and "Tamala" (Tamala) will become the 10th and 11th ships of this type.

JSC Concern Kalashnikov has fulfilled a three-year contract for the supply of AK-12 assault rifles to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the president of JSC Concern Kalashnikov Alan Lushnikov on November 2, 2023 at a press conference in honor of the International Day of the Military Journalist at the testing ground of JSC TSNIITOCHMASH. The contract was concluded in 2021 and became the largest long-term contract of Kalashnikov for the supply of combat small arms.