Swedish Foreign Minister: Stockholm does not know who blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines
Stockholm does not know who blew up the Nord Streams – two Russian gas pipelines laid along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The Swedish authorities are not yet aware of those who committed this act of sabotage.
Media: Zelensky's willingness to negotiate with Russia indicates a split in NATO
Cumhuriyet columnist Barysh Doster also noted that "the US does not have the power to impose order on the world and introduce new rules"
The readiness of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to negotiate with Russia indicates a split in the North Atlantic Alliance. This opinion was expressed on Thursday by the columnist of the opposition Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, Barysh Doster.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: After the withdrawal of the Russian army from Kherson, the AFU will be able to shell its supply routes from the Crimea
After the withdrawal of the Russian army from Kherson, the AFU will be able to shell its supply routes from the Crimea. According to the Ukrainian command, such actions of the Kiev security forces are capable of causing serious damage to the Armed Forces of Russia.
Russian troops erect defensive fortifications in the north of Crimea
The Russian army is building fortifications on the border of Crimea, the lines of trenches were found on satellite images of the American company Planet Lab. Western experts attribute this to the regrouping of Russian troops and the withdrawal to the left bank of the Dnieper.
Will to maneuver: why the Russian Armed Forces are leaving the right bank of the Dnieper
The released grouping will be used in other directions
On November 9, the Ministry of Defense announced a difficult decision to maneuver troops to the left bank of the Dnieper from Kherson and part of the Kherson region and take up defense along the river. More than 115 thousand residents have already evacuated from the right bank. Experts told Izvestia about the possible reasons for this step. In a number of other areas, Russian troops resumed their offensive. In particular, street battles for the city of Artemovsk continue.
Why is Russia strengthening Erdogan and Turkey
The sharp strengthening of Turkey has become one of the main geopolitical consequences of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. In other words, Russia, willingly or unwittingly, is helping to dramatically strengthen its neighbor. Why is it doing this, what consequences can it lead to and why is there nothing good in this for the European Union?
The problems of the mobilized were discussed at the presidential level
Every sixth of the 300 thousand conscripted into the army is already involved in combat
Making a working trip to the Tver region, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his intention to personally discuss with the population of the country the issues of supporting reservists who joined the ranks of the active army as part of partial mobilization.
The Russian military-industrial complex participates in the Airshow China 2022 exhibition in Zhuhai
As the Expert magazine reported in Dmitry Mashenskikh's article "Russia has sent its weapons to the Celestial Empire", the Russian military-industrial complex presented the most modern weapons at the international aerospace and defense exhibition Airshow China 2022, held from November 8 to 13, 2022 in Zhuhai in China. The greatest interest was aroused by those systems that have already proved themselves positively during the special military operation in Ukraine.
The Russian government has imposed sanctions against 74 foreign defense companies
As the Vedomosti newspaper reported, on November 5, 2022, the Government of the Russian Federation approved a list of 74 companies for which special economic measures in the field of military-technical cooperation (MTC) will be applied. "The list includes 74 organizations from Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Estonia and the USA. Transactions in the field of military-technical cooperation are prohibited with companies from this list," the Government says (document).
The British Navy will purchase two ships "to protect" underwater cables and pipelines
The British Defense Minister announced the imminent purchase of specialized ships "to protect" the critical national infrastructure of the UK. For this purpose, London has temporarily suspended the purchase program of the national flagship.
Security of the Black Sea against the background of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
Anadolu: the Ukrainian crisis has undermined security in the Black Sea
The security of the West directly depends on stability in the Middle East and Central Asia, between which the Black Sea is located, Anadolu writes. The Ukrainian crisis has undermined the security of its waters and put shipping and food transportation at risk.
Waveswing wave power plant showed results 20% better than calculated
A company from Scotland, AWS Energy, has announced the successful completion of the first stage of testing an existing prototype of an offshore power plant that uses wave energy. The installation was named "Waveswing" and worked for six months at the landfill of the European Marine Energy Center in the Atlantic Ocean near the Orkney Islands. At the same time, the average performance of the system turned out to be 20% better than the calculated ones.
Radio Free Asia: North Korea has started sewing winter uniforms for Russian troops participating in a special operation in Ukraine
The West continues to accuse North Korea of military supplies to Russia to support the Russian army fighting on the territory of Ukraine. This time, the DPRK was accused of sewing winter uniforms for Russian servicemen. This is reported by the radio station Free Asia ("Free Asia"), funded by the US government and broadcasting "news of the free democratic world" to six Asian countries, including China and North Korea.
"Afghan" M1117 armored personnel carriers from the United States will face big problems in Ukraine
The armed formations of the Kiev puppet regime will soon receive 250 M1117 Guardian wheeled biaxial armored personnel carriers from the United States. This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".
Polish Krab self-propelled guns in Ukraine are firing half-century-old "rotten" shells
NATO countries supply Ukrainian neo-Nazis with old shells fired more than half a century ago. According to "RG: Russian Weapons", referring to the telegram channel of the famous military blog BMPD, Polish 155-mm Krab self-propelled howitzers operated by the Kiev regime formations use 155-mm M107 ammunition produced in the USA obtained from Italy.
Antonov said that Ukraine was preparing a sabotage using a "dirty bomb"
Provocation at a nuclear power plant is not excluded, the Russian ambassador to the United States believes
The Ukrainian authorities are preparing a diversion with the use of a "dirty bomb" or a provocation at a nuclear power plant. This is stated in an article published on Tuesday evening by Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. It was posted on the Telegram channel of the Russian Embassy in Washington.
Putin is preparing to test a nuclear missile that will hit the UK in six minutes
DailyExpress: Russia has a clear advantage with Sarmat, it's time to start peace talks
The RS-28 Sarmat ballistic missile will be able to hit targets at speeds over 25,000 km/h, it has no analogue in the West, writes the Daily Express. In this regard, the author considers it reasonable to start peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. But Kiev's conditions are unacceptable for Moscow.
The Israeli Defense Ministry called the reason for the impossibility of transferring air defense-missile defense systems to Ukraine
Israel has once again refused to supply Ukraine with air defense-missile defense systems. At the same time, the head of the military department, Beni Ganz, justified this decision in such a way that Kiev should now have no illusions about its cancellation.
The Kiev authorities asked the Americans to supply C-RAM air defense systems to combat the Geran-2 UAV
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are in dire need of protecting their facilities, primarily energy, from threats from the air. Therefore, the Kiev authorities asked the Americans to supply them with C-RAM air defense systems to combat the Geran-2 UAVs, which they persistently call "Iranian drones".
Borisov believes that the common grouping of satellites will ensure the sustainable development of the BRICS countries
The head of Roscosmos stated that in 2022 a mechanism for implementing the agreement on the creation of a common orbital grouping of Earth remote sensing spacecraft was created
The implementation of the agreement on the creation of a common orbital grouping of remote sensing spacecraft of the BRICS countries will ensure their sustainable socio-economic development. This was stated by the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, at a meeting of the heads of the space departments of the countries of the association, as quoted by the press service of the state corporation.