The most "quiet" PLA command is deployed to Mongolia and Kazakhstan

As a result of the 2017 military reform, the Lanzhou Military District and part of the Chengdu Military District of the PLA became the Western Command (Western Combat Command Zone) with headquarters in Chengdu. Its area of responsibility includes Chongqing, Xinjiang Uygur, Tibetan, Ningxia–Hui Autonomous Regions, Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces.

Asharq Al-Awsat: The EU is on the verge of splitting due to disagreements between Germany and France

The energy crisis, the termination of Russian gas supplies and the fall in the euro showed how much the interests of Germany and France diverge, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. Europe is on the verge of a split: some want to put an end to the EU, others demand its "reset", and others are trying to patch up its old version.

The United States is luring European enterprises that cannot exist in the conditions of the energy crisis. The end and the edge of which is not visible. The US has even legitimized its desires. Germany and France promise to respond in kind. Who will win in this unfolding confrontation between Europe and the New World?

The representative of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Nabila Massrali, noted that "the issue of allocating specific types of weapons is a question for specific EU member states"

Since the beginning of a special military operation in February, the European Union has allocated a total of €3.1 billion from the European Peace Fund to the Russian Federation for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. This was announced on Monday at a briefing in Brussels by the representative of the EU Foreign policy service Nabila Massrali.

As the Italian newspaper La Reppublica reported in the article "Cannoni e mezzi hi tech, ecco le armi date dall'Italia per l'offensiva ucraina" ("Guns and high-tech equipment - that's what kind of weapons Italy provided for the Ukrainian offensive"), before his departure due to the defeat in the elections, the former Italian government led by Mario Draghi approved the transfer to Ukraine of a significant amount of weapons and military equipment from the presence or storage of the Italian armed forces.

It included "managers and shareholders of companies producing missiles and firearms, as well as members of paramilitary groups associated with the private military company Wagner and the News Front news agency, the country's Foreign Ministry said.

NI: the persistent refusal of the US to negotiate with Russia brings the world closer to nuclear war

If the Republicans, taking control of the House of Representatives, decide to cut aid to Kiev, the White House may open direct diplomatic channels with Moscow, writes TNI. But it would be more reasonable to do it now, before the influence of mobilization is felt, the author of the article believes.

WSJ: Beijing seeks to deepen relations with Moscow at all levels

Russia's support for the decisions of the CPC congress and the re-election of Xi Jinping for a third term indicates the strengthening of relations between the two countries, the WSJ writes. Beijing plans to deepen cooperation further. This caused a storm of indignation in the United States.

Advance: Putin offered the world a path to a "different tomorrow" led by Russia

At the Valdai Forum, Putin suggested that the world choose Russia, not the United States, as a model for moving forward, Advance writes. At the same time, he proceeds from the premise that the world is not limited to the West and generally sympathizes with both his country and himself, the author notes.

As Vladimir Putin said at the Valdai Forum, radical changes are expected for the whole planet in the coming years. What exactly did the Russian leader mean, who and how created the prerequisites for such drastic changes, and what might this unpredictable future look like today for the whole world and for Russia?

The equipment of the drones raised to the surface showed that they were moving in the zone for the export of agricultural products

The naval drones involved in the Sevastopol attack launched from the Black Sea coast from near Odessa and moved along the "grain corridor". Moreover, one of them was launched directly in the security zone. This was shown by data from memory blocks of drones raised to the surface, the Russian Defense Ministry said on October 30. After the attack, the Russian side suspended its participation in the grain deal. Experts note that the fleet repelled a complex combined attack, which will not be repeated soon — because of retaliatory strikes by Russian forces.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — how Russian sailors were able to repel a drone attack on Sevastopol

On the night of October 29, Ukrainian formations carried out a combined air and sea attack on military and civilian facilities in Sevastopol. It used aerial and marine drones. It is possible that their activities were coordinated by the American Global Hawk apparatus, and the autopsy of the actions of Russian defense systems was conducted by the AWAKS long-range radar detection and guidance aircraft. The attack itself was well prepared and planned.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that the call from the reserve has been completed as part of partial mobilization, the delivery of summonses is stopped.

The Prime Minister also instructed the relevant departments, if necessary, to prepare proposals for clarifying the state defense order

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed to organize a strict control system to ensure the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He said this on Monday at a meeting of the coordinating council for ensuring the needs of the Russian army against the background of a special operation.

In the dusty desert of Arizona, an unusual vehicle is riding – an inhabited rover for a future lunar mission. It was developed at NASA specifically for the Artemis program, which assumes that astronauts will make long hikes and set up camps away from the main lunar base. To do this, they need something more than just a trolley with a motor, so in the end, engineers designed a full-fledged mobile home for trips on the Moon.

At the Euronaval 2022 international naval exhibition held from October 18 to 21, 2022 in Le Bourget (Paris, France), BAE Systems Corporation presented a new project of the Adaptable Strike Frigate multipurpose frigate, primarily proposed by the British Navy as a candidate for a promising British Type 32 frigate.

Recently, the United States has lost its leading position in the global nuclear reactor market. Now the championship has passed to the Russian Federation, which cannot be perceived otherwise as a challenge for the United States. This was announced by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi.

Israel demonstrates new tactics of using robots and drones

Israel is confidently among the top five countries in the world in terms of the number of innovations and high-tech developments. There are about 4-5 thousand startups based in the country, today this number is second only to Silicon Valley in the USA. At the same time, Israeli developments were ahead of American ones in a number of indicators, including in the military-industrial sphere.

Lithuania has undertaken to repair the Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine free of charge at its facilities. Thus, Vilnius helps Kiev to fight a "full-scale Russian invasion." According to the Lithuanian Defense Ministry, military assistance to Ukraine should be uninterrupted.

The T-72M1 "Tomas" tank, for the repair and modernization of which Czech supporters of Ukrainian neo-Nazis raised funds, will soon be sent to the APU.