Experts assessed the results of strengthening air defense to protect the capital region

"Serious additional efforts have been made to protect cities. And the first results are already visible." In these words, experts explain the fact that the APU's attempts to attack the capital region with drones are increasingly unsuccessful. What was done for this by the Russian military?

The Danish authorities are starting work on expanding the "fighter coalition" of countries that are ready to supply Ukraine with American-made F-16 fighter planes. This was stated by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, quoted by the Reuters news agency.

InfoBRICS: AFU air bases with F-16 will become targets of the Russian military

Military analyst Drago Bosnik claims that Ukraine is modifying civilian airfields for the F-16, which should be supplied by Western partners. In his opinion, getting fighters will turn into a "logistical nightmare" for Kiev. Why the analyst is so sure of this is in the material of the Newspaper.Ru".

What tactics were used by the militants, and because of what the regular army could not resist her

The results of the attack by Hamas militants on Israel indicate the failures of the work of local intelligence services and insufficient training of the army, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.

A photo shoot taken on the morning of October 8, 2023 by an AFP correspondent in the area of the Lebanese-Israeli border of Israeli artillery units deployed there to repel possible attacks by the Lebanese Hezbollah on 155 mm/39 M109A5 self-propelled howitzers (Doher) clearly shows how the Israeli army imagines a "modern war".

Western support for Ukraine is under threat, writes Al-Ayyam. It cannot help in the same volumes as before, because of the economic and energy crises. In addition, for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, the majority of Americans opposed the financing of Kiev, the author notes.

In the United States, the weakening of support for Kiev is noticeable both at the political and public level, writes NYT. Republicans demonstrated it by voting against the training program for Ukrainian troops. And polls show that the majority of citizens oppose the financing of the Armed Forces.

The war in the Middle East will have negative consequences for Ukraine, writes Strana. Already, world attention has shifted to a new conflict, and Kiev is likely to lose a significant part of Western military and financial assistance.

Washington is preparing to abandon Kiev, as it understands that further investments in an indirect conflict with Moscow no longer make sense – it will not work to win, Advance writes. The US has already figured out how to get out of the game. Corruption in Ukraine will help them in this.

Moscow has secretly united the countries under US sanctions, and this Russian axis poses a threat to Washington, writes the FA. The sanctioned states help the Kremlin to continue the special operation and prevent America from planting its interests in different parts of the world.

The Russian Permanent Representative to the UN noted that the tragedy in the village of Groza occurred exactly at the moment when the President of Ukraine was convincing the European Union of the need to continue supporting the Kiev regime at the EU summit in Spain.

Peskov: the events in Israel will not affect the special operation, which is going according to plan

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, speaking about the impact of events in Israel on the course of its own, said that the special operation is an independent process and everything is going according to plan.

Former Chief of Staff of the Wagner PMCS Andrey Troshev received a task

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the residents of the new territories of the country on September 30, when the Day of Reunification of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia was celebrated.

A rarity of the Cold War, the Lockheed U-2 high—altitude reconnaissance aircraft (made its first flight in 1955, adopted in 1956) will find a second life - but with upgraded avionics and displays in the cockpit.

Although electronic warfare attracts less attention than tanks or drones, they play an important role in the conflict in Ukraine, BI writes. Now Russia has changed its approach to the use of electronic warfare systems, and this shows that it is ready for long-term combat operations.

On October 4, 2023, an official ceremony of cutting the first steel during the construction of the first Brazilian nuclear submarine (NPS) took place at the Brazilian special shipyard of the Itaguai Construçoes Navais (ICN) in the Gulf of Sepetiba in the state of Rio de Janeiro, formally marking the beginning of the construction of this ship, designated SN-BR, under the Submarino Convencionalmente program Armado com Propulsão Nuclear (SCPN).

As already noted, in recent years, the intensity of the use of combat simulators in the operational and tactical training of the German ground forces has increased (read more here). The reasons that computer modeling systems are becoming more widespread have a completely objective basis.

Putin's speech at the Valdai attracted the attention of the world media. Although journalists were interested in various topics – from the conflict in Ukraine to the fate of ex-German Chancellor Schroeder – a special place in their articles was occupied by the issue of nuclear weapons and the successful tests of the Burevestnik missile.

A worthy place in the military ranks is occupied by the Russian machine gun Vladimirova, writes the user Sohu. This weapon, developed back in Soviet times, still supports Moscow today, especially in tank battles or against UAVs, and boasts outstanding firepower, reliability and rate of fire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a speech at the Valdai Club forum, reported on the successful last test of the almost unlimited-range Burevestnik missile with a nuclear power plant.