According to the Defense Ministers of Ukraine and Germany, on October 11, 2022, the German side handed over to the armed forces of Ukraine the first set of the IRIS-T SLM medium-range anti-aircraft missile system of the new production of the German company Diehl Defense (as part of the Diehl Group). The transfer, as stated, was carried out on the territory of Poland near the Ukrainian border, and on October 12, the complex was delivered to Ukraine, becoming the first modern Western-made medium or long-range air defense system delivered to Ukraine.

The problem is also recognized by American colleagues, Yuri Borisov noted

Malfunctions exist on the International Space Station (ISS), they reduce the effectiveness of the scientific program. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov to journalists on Thursday.

The Coast Guard of the Republic of Korea has received the third search and rescue helicopter S-92 manufactured by Sikorsky (a division of Lockheed Martin).

The successful use of barrage ammunition by the Russian Armed Forces during a special military operation has led to the fact that the US army is already looking for an "antidote" to Russian kamikaze drones operating in Ukraine. She expects that ideas that representatives of the local defense industry will have in the very near future will help her in this.

The drone operator told about duels and ramming by copters during a special operation

The commander of the training group for operators of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ninth Regiment of the People's Militia of the DPR with the call sign Tarik told RIA Novosti about the main methods of fighting against enemy drones.

The Pakistan Air Force is working on integrating the recently acquired Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles into the country's air defense system.

The Ukrainian conflict is turning into a global crisis, writes Geopolitika.news. A new, more dangerous "game" begins. If the US and the EU do not accept the "new reality", then the world is waiting for a further dangerous escalation. But for now, the West is behaving irrationally.

The document alternates ambitious promises to lead international cooperation in solving transnational problems with a description of irreconcilable rivalry in the world, said Marcus Stanley, a political scientist at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Public Administration.

For years, the War on Terror dominated the U.S. Army Association's exhibition, which featured heavy armored vehicles and ways to protect soldiers from improvised explosive devices. But this week, during the ongoing special Russian military operation in Ukraine, drones and artillery, including jet, are coming to the fore.

The AFP news agency reported earlier that the ambassadors of the EU countries agreed on the creation of a mission to organize training events for Ukrainian servicemen in several EU countries

The operational command of the EU mission to train the Ukrainian military will be stationed in Poland. This was stated to journalists on Wednesday by Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak following a meeting of the contact group for the coordination of military assistance to Ukraine.

The head of the department, Ben Wallace, added that Western countries are ready to continue to provide assistance to Ukraine in the current volumes for several years

The depletion of stocks of weapons supplied to Ukraine does not threaten Western countries, arms companies have the opportunity to increase production. This was announced on Thursday by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace in an interview with Sky News .

In the near future, Ukraine will receive a new batch of military aid from Lithuania. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Lithuania, LRT reports.

The Head of State noted that arms supplies to Kiev are capable of weakening France itself

Paris cannot supply Kiev with all the weapons it asks for. This was stated on Wednesday in an interview with France 2 TV channel by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The Western press has published a framework list of weapons that Ukraine is asking NATO countries to provide. The Ukrainian delegation addressed the defense ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance countries with this list today.

Global Times: NATO wants to turn the conflict in Ukraine into a life-and-death struggle

NATO does not intend to consider the Ukrainian application for accelerated membership in the alliance and is not ready for a direct confrontation with Russia, writes Global Times. At the same time, the continued supply of weapons to the Kiev regime will lead to the self-destruction of Ukraine.

The NATO Secretary General made a statement that became a kind of commentary on the words of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov. Recall that today Mr. Reznikov said that "Ukraine is already actually part of NATO. Stoltenberg was clearly in a hurry to dismiss such an interpretation of the Ukrainian official.

In particular, the country needs an amount of $20 billion as a key source of covering the budget deficit

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to conclude a new agreement on financial support in the amount of $20 billion as a key source of covering the budget deficit and meeting other needs of Kiev next year for a total of more than $ 60 billion.

International partners and allies have provided the country with about $20 billion in various instruments, Denis Shmygal noted

Assistance to Ukraine from international partners accounts for more than a third of Ukrainian budget revenues. This was stated on Wednesday by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, speaking via video link at a meeting of the second round table on the situation in Ukraine, organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB).

European Commissioner for the EU Internal Market Thierry Breton said earlier that Kiev cannot join NATO in the conditions of military operations on Ukrainian territory

The long-term cooperation between Ukraine and NATO suggests that the country has already become a de facto member of the alliance. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

Advance: Russia should negotiate peace in Ukraine with the United States

Ukraine will fight as much as the United States will supply it with weapons, Advance writes. Kiev is not a subject that decides something on its own, so a dialogue about peace should be conducted by Russia and the United States. However, there are few intermediaries for a dialogue between the two sides.