As reported, in October 2022, the Ecuadorian ground forces signed a contract worth $65 million with the Israeli company Elbit Systems as the lead contractor for the supply of 137 armored vehicles of two types - Tiger Mk II (4x4) armored vehicles manufactured by the American-Israeli company MDT Armor (Shladot) and Mbombe 6 (6x6) armored personnel carriers manufactured by South African Paramount Group groups.

Recently, the global semiconductor industry has been facing serious problems. This is written by the British edition of Verdict. According to the author of the publication, there is already a shortage of microcircuits and advanced microprocessors in the world.

The United States will build a small modular nuclear reactor on the territory of Ukraine, the decision has already been made, Ukrainian Ambassador to Washington Oksana Markarova said.

Wired: "unidentified dark vessels" were found near the leak sites on the Sevpotoks

Two large ships with disabled sensors appeared near the leak sites on the Nord Streams a few days before the damage to the gas pipelines, Wired writes. These vessels tried to hide information about their location.

CNN: US intelligence suggests that the Poseidon tests will begin before the onset of cold weather

The United States has noticed that the ships of the Russian Navy have recently been preparing for a possible test of a torpedo with a nuclear power plant, as reported by an informed American leader.

Ukraine has started raising funds for the creation of a new fleet consisting of naval attack drones. According to the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov, it is this fleet that will soon unblock Ukrainian ports and destroy Russian ships launching cruise missiles.

Saildrone, an American manufacturer of small and medium-sized unmanned surface ships, expects an increase in the number of seabed exploration tasks that its platforms will perform in 2023 in the Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, and the Middle East. This was stated in one of his interviews by the company's CEO Richard Jenkins.

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported, on November 5, 2022, the Government of the Russian Federation approved a list of 74 companies for which special economic measures in the field of military-technical cooperation (MTC) will be applied. "The list includes 74 organizations from Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Estonia and the USA. Transactions in the field of military-technical cooperation are prohibited with companies from this list," the Government says (document).

As the Expert magazine reported in Dmitry Mashenskikh's article "Russia has sent its weapons to the Celestial Empire", the Russian military-industrial complex presented the most modern weapons at the international aerospace and defense exhibition Airshow China 2022, held from November 8 to 13, 2022 in Zhuhai in China. The greatest interest was aroused by those systems that have already proved themselves positively during the special military operation in Ukraine.

Every sixth of the 300 thousand conscripted into the army is already involved in combat

Making a working trip to the Tver region, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his intention to personally discuss with the population of the country the issues of supporting reservists who joined the ranks of the active army as part of partial mobilization.

The sharp strengthening of Turkey has become one of the main geopolitical consequences of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. In other words, Russia, willingly or unwittingly, is helping to dramatically strengthen its neighbor. Why is it doing this, what consequences can it lead to and why is there nothing good in this for the European Union?

The released grouping will be used in other directions

On November 9, the Ministry of Defense announced a difficult decision to maneuver troops to the left bank of the Dnieper from Kherson and part of the Kherson region and take up defense along the river. More than 115 thousand residents have already evacuated from the right bank. Experts told Izvestia about the possible reasons for this step. In a number of other areas, Russian troops resumed their offensive. In particular, street battles for the city of Artemovsk continue.

The Russian army is building fortifications on the border of Crimea, the lines of trenches were found on satellite images of the American company Planet Lab. Western experts attribute this to the regrouping of Russian troops and the withdrawal to the left bank of the Dnieper.

After the withdrawal of the Russian army from Kherson, the AFU will be able to shell its supply routes from the Crimea. According to the Ukrainian command, such actions of the Kiev security forces are capable of causing serious damage to the Armed Forces of Russia.

Cumhuriyet columnist Barysh Doster also noted that "the US does not have the power to impose order on the world and introduce new rules"

The readiness of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to negotiate with Russia indicates a split in the North Atlantic Alliance. This opinion was expressed on Thursday by the columnist of the opposition Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, Barysh Doster.

Stockholm does not know who blew up the Nord Streams – two Russian gas pipelines laid along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The Swedish authorities are not yet aware of those who committed this act of sabotage.

The President instructed to bring the standards of provision of the army in line with real needs by November 14

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to submit proposals by tomorrow - Friday, November 11 - to control the costs of providing a special military operation (SVO). Such an item is contained in the list of instructions of the head of state, published on Thursday on the Kremlin's website.

Dünya: the Ukrainian crisis has shown how vulnerable even the strongest international unions are

The Ukrainian conflict has proved that even the strongest alliances are extremely vulnerable, writes Dünya. The United States cannot agree with Europe on a single tough policy on China. There is also no solidarity among the Arabs. And relations between Turkey and Russia are being tested for strength in Syria.

Asharq Al-Awsat: the policy of "multilateral impartiality" will prevail in the world

The Ukrainian conflict has brought the world to a new version of the Cold War, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. There will no longer be a unipolar system. The policy of "multilateral impartiality" will prevail in the international arena, and the United States will have to accept the collapse of its hegemony, the author of the article believes.

TNI: fighting in Ukraine will continue because of the US position

Biden is dragging out the conflict in Ukraine, in which even the most optimistic scenario for her can lead to unthinkable consequences, writes TNI. The stakes are high, and the Americans, at whose expense the White House supplies Kiev with weapons, deserve more from their elected president.