Yeni Şafak: the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream was September 11 for Europe

The sabotage on the "Northern Streams" aggravated the already severe energy crisis and became a new September 11 for Europe, writes Yeni Şafak. Germany will suffer the most, but it has two ways out of this situation.

Chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov said that for the last three weeks the SBU has been collecting information about the capabilities of nuclear power plants in the event of uncontrolled water discharge at the cascade of hydroelectric power plants

Ukraine is collecting information about uncontrolled water discharges at the hydroelectric power station in order to arrange a provocation with the flooding of the Zaporozhye NPP. This was stated to TASS by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

Sergei Shoigu instructed the General Staff to explain exhaustively to the military commissars who are entitled to deferrals

To date, more than 200 thousand people have already arrived in the troops, called up as part of partial mobilization. They are undergoing training and combat coordination at 80 training grounds and six training centers, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on October 4.

Partial mobilization and annual conscription campaign were separated by terms

The autumn draft in 2022 starts a month later than usual — on November 1, but it should be completed by tradition by the New Year. The postponement of deadlines in the Kremlin was explained by the desire to unload the military enlistment offices, which are now occupied by the mobilized. Izvestia answers the most popular questions on the autumn draft-2022 and explains how conscription differs from partial mobilization.

After the pogrom organized by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to the Ukrainian fleet, he is trying to recover. In Turkey, the Hetman Mazepa corvette was launched for the Ukrainian Navy. What does the likely appearance of a new Ukrainian ship in the Black Sea mean?

In September, one year has passed since the signing of the defense agreement between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom (AUKUS). The latter is aimed at creating a nuclear submarine fleet for Australia, and is also allegedly designed to promote cooperation between the countries in other areas of defense, such as artificial intelligence and drones.

The commissioning on September 2, 2022 of the first Indian-built aircraft carrier R 11 Vikrant represents an important and long-awaited step in the development of India's aircraft carrier capabilities. At the same time, this event was a reminder of the limits of these opportunities and the problems of their further expansion, write the staff of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Nick Childs and Douglas Barrie.

On October 2, 2022, in Turkey, at the RMK Marine shipyard in Tuzla (the southern outskirts of the Asian part of Istanbul), the launch ceremony of the F 211 "Hetman Ivan Mazepa" Turkish Ada (MILGEM) corvette, which is under construction for the Ukrainian Navy, took place. This is the first of two ships out of two ordered by Ukraine under a contract dated December 2020. The launching ceremony was attended by Turkish Defense Minister Husi Askar and the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Department Ismail Demir, as well as the First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenskaya, who acted as the godmother of the ship.

Russian Defense Ministry: Russian and Chinese warships have completed patrolling in the Pacific Ocean

The second joint patrol of the Pacific Ocean by ships of the Russian Navy and the Naval Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA Navy) has ended. A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) returned to Vladivostok. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry on October 4.

Chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Arctic Council Nikolay Korchunov on NATO intervention in the Arctic region

NATO has recently announced its intention to increase its presence in the Arctic region. Nikolay Korchunov, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Arctic Council, spoke in an interview with TASS about the alliance's activity in the Arctic, the security of the Northern Sea Route and preparations for the international Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg.

On September 30, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense signed a contract with the Polish company WB Group for the purchase of WARMATE barrage ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As the German Ministry of Defense reported on October 2, 2022, the governments of Germany, Denmark and Norway reached an agreement on joint financing in equal shares of the production and purchase in Slovakia of 16 Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers of 155-mm/52 caliber on a wheeled chassis for subsequent delivery to Ukraine. The total cost of the program is 92 million euros. Deliveries of these systems to Ukraine should be started in 2023.

On October 1, 2022, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on France's plans to transfer to Ukraine from 6 to 12 self-propelled CAESAR howitzers of 155 mm/52 caliber on a Tatra T815 (8×8) wheeled chassis from among those ordered by Denmark.

North Korea has conducted another missile test, launching a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan. According to the South Korean military, it could have been a medium-range missile. In Pyongyang, South Korean and Japanese media traditionally do not comment on reports.

The Ministry of Defense of South Korea has spread information that the DPRK is going to test intercontinental liquid-fuel submarine-launched ballistic missiles in the near future.

Tucker Carlson: nuclear war means the end of the world

The White House's policy on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is fraught with the use of nuclear weapons, Fox News columnist Tucker Carlson said. People who "roll the dice" clearly understand what is at stake, while the American public does not suspect anything.

The enduring lessons of the Caribbean missile crisis

John F. Kennedy realized during the Cuban Missile crisis the need for "discipline and self-control," as he put it later, writes the WSJ. At the same time, he noted that the United States and the USSR are "almost unique among world powers" in that they "have never been at war with each other."

The Pentagon leadership is making feverish efforts to eliminate the gap between Russia and China in the field of hypersonic weapons. The military contractors Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, who won the fight for a contract worth almost a billion dollars, intend to arm the US Air Force with the "world's first hypersonic cruise missile" NASM capable of reaching speeds of up to mach 20 by 2027.

Ukraine continues to beg the United States for the supply of long-range missiles to the HIMARS MLRS with a range of 300 km, promising to keep the US military informed of their use. This was reported by CNN the day before.

Residents of Donbass during the referendum on the entry of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) into Russia were protected by the newest radar station (radar) of counter-battery warfare. This was reported to RIA Novosti on October 4, citing a source in the DPR law enforcement agencies.