Ukrainian armed formations have started operating Italian two-axle Iveco ACM 90 all-terrain vehicles. According to "RG: Russian weapons", several cars of this model were seen near the line of contact.

The German publication Der Spiegel writes about the difficult situation with the operation of self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000, which were delivered in the interests of the Kiev regime. These howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are used in various directions, including using them for shelling residential areas of Donetsk and other cities of Donbass.

The German magazine "Der Spiegel" in the material "Panzerhaubitzen wegen Ersatzteilmangels außer Gefecht" ("Self-propelled howitzers disabled due to lack of spare parts") reported that planning errors on the part of the German Ministry of Defense when ordering spare parts increasingly jeopardize the combat readiness of 155 mm/52 German self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000 transferred as military aid to Ukraine. After the delivery to Ukraine of a total of 14 PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers, the German Ministry of Defense was unable to order the necessary extensive spare parts packages in time for regular repair of their systems and, thus, maintaining them in working order.

Romanian TAB-71M armored personnel carriers were spotted in the special operation zone. According to Ukrainian sources, a batch of armored personnel carriers has entered service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

We talk about modern samples of Russian artillery

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use all types of artillery and rocket equipment from the Ground Forces — self-propelled and towed howitzers and mortars, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of all calibers, as well as operational-tactical missile systems (OTRCS) with ballistic and cruise missiles in the course of a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine rockets. This follows from the analysis of the messages of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

When about a month ago representatives of the Russian authorities at various levels, including at the UN, began to raise the topic that Kiev was going to stage a provocation with radioactive contamination (using a "dirty bomb"), at first these warnings were met with hostility in the West. But thanks to Moscow's political insistence and by direct order from Washington, the IAEA sent a group of inspectors to Ukraine, who spent several days checking at three nuclear facilities.

The heads of the CIA and SVR have not found a better place to meet than Turkey

Sergei Naryshkin, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and William Burns, head of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), spoke face-to-face. To do this, they urgently needed the help of aviation – both flew on their planes to hospitable Ankara. The conversation of the scouts was not announced in advance, all confirmations and comments were received after its completion.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that another regiment of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) The Orenburg Region is being equipped with a new Avangard complex.

Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Karakayev reported on the successful tests of the Sarmat complex

The Sarmat complex, an intercontinental ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear charge of 8 megatons for 18 thousand kilometers, has successfully passed flight tests. This means that he is actually ready to be sent to the troops and combat duty. "Newspaper.Ru" recalls the panic caused by the Western media against the background of the launches of the latest Russian missile.

The missile launched by the DPRK on Friday flew about 1 thousand km, reaching a maximum altitude of 6.1 thousand km, the rocket's flight speed reached 22 Mach, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean military.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of South Korea reported that on the morning of November 18, 2022, an intercontinental ballistic missile was test-launched in the direction of the Sea of Japan in the DPRK.

The Ukrainian media disseminated information that the Russian Armed Forces attacked Kiev with a missile with a "dummy" imitating a nuclear warhead.

The Polish authorities are negotiating the acquisition of an additional 200 M142 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems for 20 launchers ordered by Warsaw back in 2019. This was reported in the American corporation Lockheed Martin. The company predicts that the demand for weapons will remain at a high level for at least 10 years ahead. This is due to the current difficult military-political situation in the world.

The EU countries plan to strengthen their air defense after the incident in Poland. Le Figaro writes about this. Germany, for example, has already made a proposal to create a single missile shield on the territory of 14 European states. Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg tried to get out of a difficult situation and said that the fall of missiles on the territory of Poland says nothing about the ability of the alliance countries to defend themselves.

The Ukrainian military is already using foreign NASAMS and Iris-T air defense systems in combat operations. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received Hawk air defense systems from abroad.

Kiev will receive MIM-23 HAWK systems released back in the 1960s

Ukraine has already used the latest IRIS-T and NASAMS air defense systems received from NATO countries in the battles. But now Spain is also supplying Kiev with six outdated MIM-23 Hawk ("Hawk") medium-range complexes. And in the latest package of American military assistance at the moment, missiles are mentioned for them. Izvestia investigated what these Cold War veterans are capable of and whether they remain dangerous in modern conditions.

Mikhail Kotov — about spaceplane projects in the USA, China and the USSR, as well as what functions such devices can perform

For the sixth time, one of the most classified spacecraft, the American Boeing X—37B spaceplane, has been in space and returned to Earth. His first flight lasted a little more than 200 days, but all the others were much longer — from 400 to 900 days in orbit. At the same time, there is very little specific information about what he was doing there in the public domain.

Losing hegemony on Earth, the United States is making plans to gain leadership in near-Earth outer space, primarily in lunar orbit and on the satellite itself.

The reconnaissance and attack UAV of the CR500A helicopter type "Golden Eagle" ("Golden Eagle") with a coaxial arrangement of screws was developed by employees of the Research Department of Technologies for the Practical Application of Computer Technology of the Information Institute of the NORINKO Corporation (Beijing).

Information has appeared on the web about the readiness of a prototype of the new Bayraktar Kizilelma drone for flight tests. This is a new UAV from the Turkish manufacturer Baykar, being developed as a deck-mounted supersonic unobtrusive heavy UAV.