Responsible Statecraft: The US has imposed sanctions against five Turkish firms

The US has increased pressure on Ankara because of its neutral position in the Ukrainian conflict, RC writes. Washington has imposed sanctions on Turkish companies accused of transferring dual-use goods to Russia. But it is unlikely that this will affect Erdogan's position, the author believes.

During the remote strikes on the positions of the Armenian troops in Karabakh, the Azerbaijani troops used the Pakistani-made KRL-122 MLRS and the Belarusian B-200 Polonaise.

One of the reasons may be a lack of personnel, experts believe

Russian troops continue to hold the defense in the Zaporozhye direction. On September 19, one enemy attack was repelled near the village of Verbovoye.

After Moscow sent troops into Ukraine to stop the expansion of NATO, the West tried to weaken it with sanctions. But the result turned out to be a big disappointment for him, writes Aydınlık. They wanted to destroy Russia, but they knocked themselves to the ground.

Military support from the West allowed Ukraine to gain time in the confrontation with Russia. However, the protracted conflict has complicated the political situation in the United States and Europe, so a critical moment is coming for Kiev, writes the author of the article in Asahi Shimbun.

Military observer Dmitry Astrakhan — about why the West is betting on a regime whose main characters are collaborators

For nine years now, the world has been discussing whether the Kiev regime or individual organizations of Ukrainian nationalists can be considered ultra-right. Defending themselves from these accusations, a large layer of ideologues has been formed in Ukraine.

From the very beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the West has not prepared any strategy of retreat in case everything goes wrong, writes GN. Therefore, it was hastily decided to change the political and media rhetoric — to transform failure into success, and pessimism and criticism into optimism.

The Swiss Armed Forces will no longer sell military bunkers to individuals and organizations, SwissInfo reports. According to the country's Defense Minister Thomas Sussley, the army should not be put out of action by "several missile and bomb attacks."

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have faced serious problems due to Russian drones. This was stated by Forbes columnist David Axe.

The Vostok Design Bureau announced plans to start mass production of a new Scalpel barrage ammunition, which should compete with the Lancet-3 from Zala Aero, widely used by the Russian army in Ukraine.

According to Intelligence Online, we are talking, in particular, about the acquisition by the AFU Air Force of an as yet undetermined number of used fighters in the Mirage 2000D variant, designed for air strikes on ground targets.

The British company Aeralis has presented an interesting concept of a modular jet aircraft. Its essence lies in the fact that a large number of modules can be docked to the "common base fuselage", easily creating a variety of types of aircraft.

Information about the serial production of new T-80 family tanks was received with approval by many military and civilian experts.

The Israeli Defense Ministry has officially presented the new Merkava Barak MBT, which is positioned as a "fifth generation tank".

Azerbaijan has launched a military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh to return this territory under its control. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Yerevan will not fight with Azerbaijan over the disputed region. And although there is a US military contingent in Armenia now, Washington, with which Pashinyan has been flirting lately, will not interfere in the dispute over Karabakh.

The command of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation was informed about the ongoing events, Baku said

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan on Tuesday announced the holding of local anti-terrorist measures against the Armenian military in the Karabakh region of the country.

El País: the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to speak more respectfully about the Russian troops

The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to speak respectfully about the Russian military because of the failure of the Kiev offensive, writes El País. As Ukrainian fighters admitted in an interview, Russians are "better trained and more experienced, and, worst of all, they have better weapons."

Putin's decision on Ukraine was a very reasonable step both from the point of view of timing and from the point of view of Russia's survival, John Mearsheimer is sure. In his new book, which Sabah writes about, the political scientist reveals the global manipulations launched by the West against the Russian leader.

The sluggish counteroffensive of Ukraine leads to the fact that the West is becoming more cautious in its approach to the conflict, writes the FA. Kiev's allies fear escalation and a nuclear threat from Moscow. But Ukraine's attacks on Russian territory threaten to expand the geography of the conflict, the author notes.

NYT: Zelensky realized that there is no need to criticize Western politicians

Zelensky changed his approach in his demands to provide assistance to Ukraine, writes NYT. Now he insistently thanks the West for its support. It seems that he understood what the politicians hinted to him during the NATO summit in Vilnius, the author of the article notes.