Politico: lessons from the Caribbean crisis are holding back the US

The United States is investing more and more funds in maintaining the conflict in Ukraine, writes Politico. Against this background, tensions in relations between Washington and Moscow are increasing. However, the threat of a nuclear confrontation with Russia deters the White House from rash steps.

The United States has been preparing the ground for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict since 2014, the author of an article on the Al Jazeera website writes. All in order to overthrow Putin and put a more "convenient" president, as it was in Ukraine. After all, America cannot allow its hegemony to end.

In an interview with CNN, US President Joe Biden called Vladimir Putin a "rational" person who "miscalculated" with the start of the special operation in Ukraine. In addition, the American leader promised Saudi Arabia some "consequences" for the decision to reduce oil production within OPEC+.

143 countries voted in support of the resolution

The UN General Assembly adopted on Wednesday an anti-Russian resolution on referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, as well as on the situation in Ukraine. This is reported by a TASS correspondent.

According to the agency interlocutor, there is no full understanding that the Starlink satellite communication system in Ukraine has stopped working yet

There is no complete understanding that the Starlink satellite communication system in Ukraine has stopped working, but it can be influenced, for example, by silencing the control channel by introducing interference into the signal band. This was reported to TASS on Thursday by a source working in the relevant field.

Modern short-range reconnaissance stations "Fara" and radar stations "Sobolyatnik" first entered service with the special forces of the Southern Military District in January of this year, although their serial production was established by the same NGO "Strela" in early 2021.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday, October 13, published footage of the combat work of calculations of self-propelled anti-tank missile systems "Sturm-S" of the Southern Military District (SE) in the zone of a special military operation.

The Ministry of Defense has released footage of the work of the intelligence unit of the second Army Corps of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic during a special military operation (SVO).

At the same time, convicted persons may be released from punishment

Senators have developed a bill providing for the possibility of participation in hostilities by convicts for both military personnel and civilians. At the same time, they can be released from punishment if they "show courage and heroism in military service"; the text of the document is available to TASS.

The Kremlin recognized the shortcomings in the system of conscription of reservists and promised to put it in order

There is no second wave of partial mobilization in Russia, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on October 12. Experts explained to Izvestia that there really are no waves of mobilization, but the process itself is stretched out in time for objective reasons.

As the RIA Novosti news agency reported on October 8, 2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed that "by the decision of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Surovikin was appointed commander of the joint grouping of troops (forces) in the area of a special military operation."

The third in the series and the second serial non-nuclear submarine of the new generation type Taigei project 29SS launched in Japan. The ceremony was held today, October 12, at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard in Kobe.

On October 11, a visiting meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security on the topic "The current state, prospects for the development of the forces and means of defense of the Kaliningrad Special Region in a changing geopolitical situation" was held at the Yantar PSZ (part of the USC).

Rostec State Corporation has presented a vacuum electron beam 3D printer with an all-angle robot manipulator. The device allows you to "grow" heavy-duty parts of complex construction made of titanium and steel for aerospace engineering. A prototype of the product can be seen in Moscow at the international exhibition Weldex-2022.

The numerous and rather tough sanctions against Russian manufacturers currently in force force domestic businesses to quickly look for alternative solutions in many industries in general and in the field of semiconductors in particular.

The Czech Military Department announced the signing ceremony on October 11 by the Ministries of Defense of the Czech Republic and Germany of four documents related to the supply of Leopard 2A4 tanks.

With the participation of Norway and Denmark, Berlin is purchasing Slovak Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery units for Ukraine. The number of guns intended for delivery will be 16 units.

The German authorities previously reported that in the first three quarters of 2022 they issued permits for the supply of military products to Ukraine in the amount of €775 million

In the coming weeks, Germany will hand over to the Ukrainian side the next Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers and Mars-2 multiple launch rocket systems. This was announced on Wednesday on Twitter by the German Defense Ministry.

Nazi armed formations of the Kiev regime continue to suffer significant losses in the main battle tanks. Supplies of equipment from NATO member Eastern European states - Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia - do not correct the situation either.

Despite the "advanced age", the SU-100 is used in some armies of the world in about the same condition as they were almost 80 years ago when they left the factory, writes Wirtualna Polska. These machines participated in the battles for Berlin, where their powerful guns proved to be very effective.