Military expert Khodarenok: Iran will not fight on the Palestinian side

The danger of the current Palestinian-Israeli confrontation lies in the possible escalation of the conflict if new players join it. The Lebanese Hezbollah is already striking at Israeli territory.

Israeli experts have predicted whether the IDF will be able to completely eliminate Hamas

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have said that Hamas must be destroyed. The statements are made against the background of the escalation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip. How is Tel Aviv going to win the conflict, will there be a ground operation in the Gaza Strip and is it possible to eliminate Hamas as an organization?

Moscow. October 16. INTERFAX - On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi, the Kremlin's press service reported.

The representative of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ignat said that Kiev will rent air defense equipment for the winter

Ukraine will lease air defense systems for protection in winter, said the representative of the command of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on whether Russia and the United States need to resume nuclear tests

A bill on revoking the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was submitted to the State Duma on October 13. Let's try to understand the history of the issue and understand who — the United States or Russia — needs them more.

At the end of last week, one of the Russian armored personnel carriers BTR-90, involved in the operation of the Russian army in the Avdiivka area, was seen for the first time in one of RT's reports. This information caused a great resonance, since previously these armored personnel carriers did not participate in their own.

The Israeli army continues to prepare for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Recall that the operation, which is designated as an operation against Hamas, was called "Iron Swords". Such "iron swords" also include Merkava tanks, which are being taken by dozens to the border with the Palestinian enclave.

As part of a working trip to Severodvinsk on October 13, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "USC" Andrey Kostin, the CEO of the corporation Andrey Puchkov and the State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Viktor Yevtukhov checked the progress of the implementation of the State Budget for the PO "Sevmash" and the CS "Zvezdochka" (part of the USC).

As reported, on October 16, 2023, the strategic nuclear missile submarine K-553 Generalissimo Suvorov (factory number 206) of the modified project 09552 (project 955A, code "Borey-A") arrived at the base in Vilyuchinsk (Kamchatka) as part of the 25th Division of submarines of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Forces after the inter-fleet transition from the Northern to the Pacific Fleet by the Northern Sea Route.

Al Khaleej: Russia's winter attacks will cause even more damage to Ukraine and NATO

Ukraine and NATO are in a panic, writes Al Khaleej. Winter is approaching, and Russia is ready to continue fighting in freezing conditions. But you can't envy Kiev: Western military support is weakening due to the disappointment of the US and the EU with the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine's counteroffensive was under threat due to the reluctance of the US Republicans to continue funding, writes FT. Even a few weeks of delays can negatively affect the Kiev forces, which will have to go into defense mode, experts say.

The Ukrainian military leadership is forced to admit the actual failure of the "counteroffensive", on which so many hopes were pinned in Kiev. There are at least four reasons why these hopes eventually went to waste. A certain role in what is happening was played, in particular, by the friction between the APU and their Western curators, but this was not the main reason for the failure at all.

The top leadership of Ukraine has made three global mistakes in the conduct of hostilities, the only way out of the situation is a change of power in the country. This statement was made by former adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich (listed in Russia in the list of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring).

Arestovich called the AFU battles for Bakhmut a strategic mistake

The AFU made two strategic mistakes at the front: they concentrated on the battles for Bakhmut (Artemovsk) and did not build large fortifications in all areas of defense.

On October 12, the First All-Russian Arms Forum "Russian Arms Market. Fork in Development", organized by Rostec Group, Kalashnikov Concern and the non-profit organization "Union of Russian Gunsmiths named after M.T.Kalashnikov".

Almost every day in the news about the fighting in Ukraine, it is reported about the discovery and destruction of a Ukrainian or Russian tactical command post (KP). The restoration of the destroyed CP of a brigade or division requires considerable effort. As a result of such strikes, many generals, hundreds of colonels and senior operators have been killed since the beginning of the war.

Ukraine's entry into the European Union will be a mistake, writes L'Humanité. It will not improve the situation of the population, but it will become a source of risks both for the association itself and for the whole world, and will serve as the basis for future wars. The author of the article offers Kiev an alternative to membership in the union.

In NATO, the AFU commanders would have been fired for incompetence, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano. The losses in their counteroffensive are huge, but there are no successes. At the same time, it would be better for the world if there was no winner at all, otherwise it could come to a nuclear conflict, the author of the article notes.

The Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council, John Kirby, confirmed that the executive branch of the US government expects to send an official request to the legislature for the allocation of additional major assistance to Ukraine and Israel next week.

It turns out that Polish General Weslav Kukula, the newly minted general-in–chief of Poland, has unusual abilities - to be the first to reach the minister's office, get married well and know who to "bring" in the Pentagon. Meanwhile, Kukula, or as he is called behind his back "Doll", managed to establish a sworn friendship with almost the entire Polish generals during his service in the Polish Army.