Biden promised that the United States will provide Ukraine with air defense systems, writes Newsweek. However, according to experts, the Americans cannot decide what exactly should be sent to Kiev. And besides, the weapons have yet to be produced, and it will take years.

According to the newspaper, the US authorities will send two NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine by the end of the year

The UK government will supply Ukraine with AIM-120 (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, AMRAAM) medium-range missiles for American NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems. This was reported on Wednesday by The Times newspaper .

As Deputy Mikhail Sheremet noted, this was shown by strikes on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine

Strikes on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine show that Russia does not need to use nuclear weapons to ensure security. This opinion was expressed by Mikhail Sheremet, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption.

The Washington Times: Biden himself contributed to the nuclear threat

Biden is whipping up fear of a nuclear war in the United States, writes The Washington Times. At the same time, according to the editorial board of the publication, the American president himself contributes to the escalation of the nuclear threat, creating in the world the idea that America is no longer a superpower.

France and Denmark are working on supplying Ukraine with six more CAESAR self-propelled guns. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Poland will acquire 116 Abrams tanks from the United States, Defense 24 reports. These vehicles are intended to replenish stocks of equipment after the Polish side handed over more than 230 of its own tanks to Ukraine. Payment will be made at the expense of US financial support.

For the US defense industry, the creation of hybrid and fully electric vehicles for the US army is a very important step. And the purpose of this is not related to environmental protection. The command wants to increase the efficiency of the army, in addition to reducing the noise when using transport in order to make it harder to detect fighters.

Alpha veteran: explosives search systems need to check all cars at important sites

Detection systems even for carefully disguised explosives are available in Russia, but it is important that they check all cars moving on such critical transport facilities as the Crimean Bridge, the security of the state should be above all, honorary president of the international Association of veterans of the antiterrorism unit "Alpha" Sergei Goncharov told RIA Novosti.

During the modernization of its communications forces until 2030, the Pentagon is considering reducing the number of single-channel ground and onboard radio systems of the SINCGARS family in the army. National Defense writes about this with reference to the IT director of one of the divisions of the US Armed Forces, Raj Ayer.

At the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard in Kobe, on October 12, a ceremony of baptism and launching of the SS-515 Jingei, designed for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces, took place.

Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar explained why his country buys weapons from Russia, the Breitbart portal writes. Moscow has always cooperated with New Delhi, while the United States preferred Pakistan, the diplomat stressed.

A separate logistics brigade will be formed in the Airborne Troops

In Russia, the first brigade of logistics (MTO) of Airborne troops will be formed. This compound will be fully equipped with equipment adapted for transportation by military transport planes and helicopters.

The Russian Armed Forces hit energy and other facilities in Kiev, Zaporozhye, Mykolaiv and other regions

Strikes on the power system of Ukraine destroy military logistics and after one and a half or two weeks of such strikes, the VFU will face global problems and loss of combat capability, experts explained to Izvestia.

A series of strikes by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on critical infrastructure facilities on the territory of Ukraine, carried out over the past few days, turned out to be quite effective. The energy system suffered the most. But this had little effect on military logistics, primarily railway. But it is on the rails to Ukraine that almost all military aid from the West goes.

Defenders of Donbass strike at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with MT-12 "Rapier" anti-tank guns. The military correspondent of Izvestia, Alexander Safiulin, showed the combat work of gunners in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on October 12.

The current Ukrainian regime, with the support and approval of continental and overseas curators, has finally moved to a different confrontation with Russia – terrorist acts. This became obvious after the FSB published materials investigating the terrorist attacks on the Crimean Bridge and a wave of detentions of Ukrainian citizens who were preparing terrorist acts on the territory of Russia on the instructions of the SBU. It has already reached the point that portable Igla anti-aircraft missile systems are being transported through the territories of the Baltic countries to commit terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation.

Russian troops are preparing to repel counterattacks by Ukrainian troops and go on the offensive, fuel supplies to the special operation zone have increased significantly. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to its own calculations.

The United States, Ukraine and Poland are the main beneficiaries of sabotage on the "Northern Streams", said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Also, spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre stated the need to hold Russians accountable for crimes committed during the military operation

The settlement in Ukraine should include the protection of its integrity, restoration with the possible use of Russian funds. This opinion was expressed on Tuesday at a regular briefing for journalists by White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre.

As stated by the President of the Russian Federation, this indicator in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years

The volume of investments in oil and gas production in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years, this is not caused by Russia conducting a special military operation. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday during the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week.