The foreign ministers also paid attention to the development of relations with African countries

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries (G7 - Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA, France and Japan) concluded on Friday a two-day meeting that took place in the small town of Munster (federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia) in the west of Germany. The main topics were initially stated to be the situation in Ukraine and Iran, as well as relations with Russia.

On November 4, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 400 million.Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 now amounts to more than $18.2 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $21 billion.

Asia Times: Biden accused Putin of raising prices in the US, but Americans did not believe him

The key issue for Americans on the eve of the midterm elections was the economy, not Ukraine, writes Asia Times. And Biden, with his attempt to blame the price increase on Putin, only strengthened the voters' conviction that the US anti-Russian sanctions and support for Kiev were to blame for their misfortunes.

The new package of US military assistance to Ukraine includes tanks, armored boats and attack drones

The Pentagon and the Dutch Defense Ministry announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine - for $ 400 million and € 120 million. It will include 250 M1117 armored personnel carriers, 40 armored boats, more than a thousand Phoenix Ghost drones, as well as 90 T-72 tanks. Some of the weapons will arrive in Ukraine by the end of December, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said. What weapons will be received by the armed forces of Ukraine - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

Since February of this year, the grouping of the bloc in Eastern Europe has increased 2.5 times

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the joint military board of Russia and Belarus on November 2 announced an unprecedented increase in NATO forces at the borders of the Union State and their threat to the Union State.

The country's diplomatic mission stated that Bahrain is ready to "play any role in the field of mediation between the two sides" without delay

The King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, expressed the kingdom's readiness to mediate between Russia and Ukraine. This was reported to TASS on Friday at the Embassy of Bahrain in Moscow.

As Cardinal Pietro Parolin recalled, "Pope Francis, about a month ago, in a Sunday sermon, called on the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, to be more open to a series of peace proposals, because otherwise there is no way out of the current situation."

The Japanese-born American philosopher Francis Fukuyama predicted another end to history. This time he sees it in the victory of the United States over Russia and China. However, it is not the first time that Fukuyama's story ends, the publication "Boulevard Voltaire" ironically says. This time, Fukuyama's theory came to an end.

Foreign Policy: The EU is concerned about the vulnerability of its underwater infrastructure in the Northern seas

Europe is concerned about the vulnerability of its "soft underbelly" — the underwater infrastructure in the northern seas of the continent. The author of an article in Foreign Policy magazine reports that the NATO bloc had to increase its military presence in the Baltic and North Seas, although sabotage occurred on those parts of the pipelines that belong to Russia.

Currently, the Russian armed forces are occupying defensive positions to the northwest of Kherson. Additional reinforcements continue to gather there. This is written by the Ukrainian edition "Country", referring to the opinion of American analysts from the Institute for the Study of the US War.

A new video is being distributed online, which shows a melee of two tanks - Russian and Ukrainian. Where the video was shot is not reported, it is also unknown when the fight took place.

The Wagner Center, a free office and production site for companies and startups whose work is aimed at strengthening Russia's defense and scientific power, has started operating in the Northern capital. NEVSKY NOVOSTI visited the "PMK Wagner Center" and learned how to become its resident.

As reported, in October 2022, factory sea trials of two new small rocket ships of the project 22800 (code "Karakurt"), completed construction for the Russian Navy, were started at once. On October 15, the small rocket ship "Burya" (factory number 257), built by JSC Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant "Pella", made its first test run on the Baltic Sea. A little earlier, tests of the Askold MRC (factory number 802), built in Kerch at the B.E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant JSC (the management company for the Gulf Shipbuilding Plant LLC), were started on the Black Sea.

Money.pl : the Poles "snapped the French on the nose." Paris will not build their nuclear power plant

Warsaw rejected the third proposal made by France for the construction of a nuclear power plant, writes Money.pl . South Korean or American companies will build nuclear power plants in Poland. For Paris, this is an image failure, for the EU – a political one. But Warsaw will also feel the losses.

The Russian T-14 tank based on the Armata universal tracked platform is better protected than the American Abrams X. This comparison was made by the columnist of the American edition of 19FortyFive Brent Eastwood.

Kiev will remain without shells for German Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns, Switzerland has not allowed the re-export of ammunition from Germany to Ukraine, as requested by German Defense Minister Kristina Lambrecht. This is reported by Reuters.

According to China's deputy permanent representative to the UN Geng Shuang, it is impossible to block Russia's resolution

China considers Russia's questions about the activities of US biological laboratories in Ukraine legitimate. This was stated on Wednesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the World Organization Geng Shuang.

North Korea on Thursday, November 3, fired several ballistic missiles, including an ICBM that probably failed right in flight, which caused alarm among residents of some areas of central and northern Japan, Reuters writes, citing official sources.

Al Jazeera: The US has increased the military budget to a historical record

In order to contain the "threat" in the form of Russia and China, the United States has increased the military budget to a historical record, Al Jazeera reports. This will inevitably provoke an arms race between the nuclear powers, because selfish America sees nothing beyond its nose, the author of the article believes.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has completed an inspection of three nuclear facilities in Ukraine, conducted against the background of information about the ongoing work on the creation of a "dirty" nuclear bomb. The agency announced this on its official website.