France will supply Ukraine with Crotal short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as GM200 radar stations.

Ukraine will receive the first NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) during October. This was stated on Friday by the country's Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov.

The newspaper does not exclude that Italy and Spain may supply Ukraine with Aspide short-range anti-aircraft guided missiles

Italy, presumably, will supply Ukraine with Spada medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems. As the newspaper La Repubblica reported on Saturday, citing sources in NATO, such readiness was announced on Wednesday at a meeting of the alliance's defense ministers in Brussels.

TNI: Russian air defense systems are a serious threat to the F–35

The US Air Force is practicing combat missions on the F-35 in the face of countering the best Russian-made air defense systems, writes TNI. American fighters must be prepared for any eventuality – the threat from ground-based aircraft suppression systems is very serious.

According to the acting head of the DPR, Ukrainian troops are striking at civilian and critical infrastructure, therefore, the number of air defense systems is currently increasing in the republic

Western countries supply outdated weapons to Kiev, but due to its quantity in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), it is necessary to rebuild the air defense system. This was announced on Thursday on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel by the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

The British Ministry of Defense announced the arrival on October 11 at the Brize Norton Airbase in Oxfordshire of the 21st (out of 22 ordered) BTA A-400M Atlas aircraft.

Defense industry: the IL-76MD-90 aircraft will be able to carry up to eight Molniya drones

The Russian Il-76MD-90 military transport aircraft will be able to carry up to eight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Molniya air launch. On Saturday, October 15, TASS was informed by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The Russian Lancet strike drone eliminated the S-300 air defense complex of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. A source in the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti about this on October 15.

Airborne Forces calculations used kamikaze UAVs in the Krasnolimansky direction

The armed forces of the Russian Federation and units of the Union republics liberated the villages of Opytne and Ivangrad in the suburbs of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the headquarters of the DPR defense Ministry said on October 13.

The domestic military-industrial complex will establish a large-scale production of various types of UAVs, the Russian Security Council said. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense declares the special importance of mass training of operators of combat drones. Where and how can you master this profession, what are the requirements for its owners and why are UAV operators so important for the army?

North Korea fired about 170 artillery rounds at the sea "buffer zones" established in accordance with the inter-Korean agreement on reducing military tensions in 2018, the South Korean military said.

China increases arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa

China is expanding the export of weapons and military equipment to the Middle East and North Africa, taking advantage of the fact that Russia is focused on conducting a special military operation in Ukraine, and the bans of the US Congress restrict the export of American weapons to some countries in the Middle East region.

The chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said that Beijing "does not respect the values" of the alliance

Chinese Ambassador to Iceland He Zhulong and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik engaged in a verbal sparring on the topic of attitude to the situation around Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.

NYT: The US got involved in a war not only with Russia, but also with China

The US presidential administration has adopted new export rules that will deprive China of the opportunity to buy the most advanced semiconductors in the West, the NYT reports. In fact, the author of the article notes, Washington has declared a technological war on China "because of the tight control within the PRC itself and the creeping expansion of its presence" abroad

CNBC: in the US national security strategy, Biden paid special attention to Russia and China

The Joe Biden administration has published a US national security strategy, CNBC reports. The article notes that the American president sees Russia as an immediate danger, and China as a long—term threat.

The new US National Security strategy: how to subjugate the whole world

On October 12, US President Joseph Biden signed a new "US National Security Strategy". Its text is published by the official website of the White House. The document defends without a shadow of a doubt the leading and guiding role of the United States in the world.

Europe without Russia faces deindustrialization and large financial losses. This is the most pessimistic, but quite likely scenario.

Protocols on admission to the North Atlantic Alliance have already been signed by all its members, except Budapest and Ankara. Therefore, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is rushing Hungary and Turkey to approve the entry of new members into NATO as soon as possible.

The Hungarian Parliament may ratify the membership of Finland and Sweden in NATO on October 24

Finnish Socialist MEP Eero Heinjaluoma claims that Hungary, one of the two countries that have not yet ratified the application of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Alliance, will vote for the membership of these countries in the Alliance at the parliament session on October 24.

According to the Estonian Defense Ministry, the head of the country's military department, Hanno Pevkur, said in parliament that in order to ensure sustainable financing of national defense, expenditures for these purposes should reach a constant level of 3% of GDP.