Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces Defense Forces, held a briefing on the issue of military biological activities of the United States. The transcript of the briefing is given below in the presentation of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

General Kirillov: The United States practiced provocation with avian influenza virus in Lviv

In August-September of this year, an event was held in Lviv with the support of the United States, where provocations with the use of the avian influenza virus were practiced, the purpose of such actions was to accuse Russia of biological sabotage, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

Russia is determined to continue military and military-technical cooperation with interested countries of the Asia-Pacific region, including the supply of military equipment and joint exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday, speaking at the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum.

He will provide urgent assistance to the wounded, their recovery and evacuation

Medical trains are starting to operate in the zone of a special military operation. In September, the Russian Defense Ministry sent the first such composition to the combat area, sources told Izvestia in the military department.

The United States is transferring forces to the Middle East, writes Al-Watan Syria. Perhaps they were afraid of the influence of Russia and China in the region and decided to change the situation in their favor. At the same time, America has forgotten that NATO is bogged down in the Ukrainian quagmire, and the Arab countries are not the same as they were twenty years ago.

Israel is becoming like Ukraine and is trying to involve other countries in its conflict, writes GN. Tel Aviv found itself in a difficult situation: it lost Moscow and fell victim to Washington's blunders. Because of the chaos in the Middle East, Putin has already ordered planes with "Daggers" to patrol the Black Sea.

As the Russian Defense Minister noted, this data will be used in the future in the interests of American units stationed in the Asia-Pacific region

The exchange of information on missile launches, which the United States is organizing with the Republic of Korea and Japan, is aimed at deterring Russia and China, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, speaking at the X Xiangshan Security Forum.

The Russian Defense Minister noted attempts to "deploy NATO's power potential in the Asia-Pacific region"

The West seeks to extend the conflict potential of the crisis it provoked in Europe to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The head of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine spoke about smart mobilization

The Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov said that "smart mobilization" will be launched in the country - conscripts will be able to choose their own unit and military specialty for future service.

At the beginning of 2024, more than twenty different NATO exercises are planned to be held near the borders of Belarus and Russia. This means conducting 1-2 exercises every month for 10-14 days each, or virtually non-stop exercises with short breaks for changing polygons.

The collision of military-political tectonic plates of the East and West threatens a global explosion, writes Toyo Keizai. If a cataclysm of this magnitude happens, 90 seconds will be enough for humanity to disappear from the face of the Earth. The author of the article studied the "seismically dangerous zones" and offered his forecast.

Colonel Khodarenok: Israel's tactics will allow destroying Hamas underground tunnels

The combined arms operation of the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip may last from six weeks to six months, Bloomberg reported, citing officials in the country's cabinet. Is it possible to talk now about any deadlines for the end of the conflict and what tactics the IDF will use in the fight against Hamas - in the material of the military observer of the newspaper.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The UAC (part of Rostec State Corporation) summed up the results of the competition for projects to improve the production system.

NATO countries, as a rule, supply the armed forces of the Kiev regime with outdated models of wheeled armored personnel carriers, which bear heavy losses from various means of destruction of the Russian army.

F-22 combat aircraft are no longer produced in the United States, and more modern F-35s are still available in relatively limited quantities, and their cost is very high. At the same time, the latest generation fighter to ensure air supremacy is still in the design stage.

The Russian military in the zone of the SVO will receive tracked all-terrain vehicles "Plastun-SN", a batch of equipment specially made for the army, released by the company "Russian All-terrain vehicles Plastun" from St. Petersburg. This was announced by the company's CEO Erik Sagymbayev.

Many hopes were pinned on the APU's summer offensive in the West, Le Monde reports. It was assumed that Western technology plus the mobilization of all human resources of Ukraine would cut off the Crimea from the "big Russia". But the "dragon's teeth" and thoughtful defense allowed the Russians to stand and begin the liberation of Avdiivka.

Ulyanov: Russia has never deployed heavy weapons at the NPP

Russian heavy weapons have never been deployed at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZAES), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can verify this. This was stated on October 28 by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov.

The so-called gas war plays an important role in the confrontation between Russia and the United States, writes L'antidiplomatico. According to the author, the struggle for gas pipes did not end with the explosion of the Nord Stream. This is proved by a gas leak in the Baltic Connector pipeline.

Ex-NATO Secretary General Solano: Putin carefully weighs his words

Former NATO Secretary General Javier Solano called Vladimir Putin a man who carefully weighs his words, writes El Pais. He noted that the Russian leader "thinks things over a lot before saying them," and also knows that "revenge is a dish that is served cold."