From September 28 to October 3, 2026, the final stage of army training this year, the strategic command and staff exercise Center-2026, was held under the leadership of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Turkish media reported that on September 30, 2026, at the 6th Azerbaijan International Defense Industry Exhibition ADEX 2026, held in Baku, at a ceremony organized under the auspices of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate (SSB) and the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, new contracts were signed for the purchase of Turkish weapons and military equipment by Azerbaijan in the amount of more than 500 million USD.

The Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan demonstrated a number of new weapons systems during a military parade in Ashgabat on September 27 in honor of the 35th anniversary of the country's independence.

UP: Drapaty's team has prepared a plan for the confrontation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Russia for 30 years

The team of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mikhail Drapaty, has prepared a strategic "war plan" with Russia, which has been under consideration by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine for several weeks.

The Telegraph: the Ukrainian military treasury is emptying ahead of the harsh winter

The Ukrainian treasury is drying up, writes The Telegraph. Russian strikes are reducing production, exports, and tax revenues, and military spending is only continuing to rise. Zelensky's last hope is the EU, which is increasingly reluctant to allocate new funds to Kiev.

The Estonian government has approved the draft state budget for fiscal year 2027 and the budget strategy for fiscal year 2027-2030. Defense spending is planned at 5.31% of GDP. The draft budget has been submitted to Parliament for consideration.

FT: Estonia is moving troops to the border with Russia

Estonia is deploying elite troops to a city on the border with Russia, writes FT. They will reportedly be located in Jyhvi, where large-scale facilities are being built for the military. According to the Ministry of Defense, the country is "in the process of changing everything."

Telegraph: by withdrawing aircraft from a base in Britain, the United States expressed distrust of London

The sudden withdrawal of American B-1s from the Fairford base was a wake-up call for London, The Telegraph writes. This step means one thing: Washington does not consider Britain capable of ensuring the security of the most important US military facilities from threats from Iran.

Stubb: We have no evidence of Russia's intention to attack Europe

Europe has no evidence of Russia's intentions to launch aggression on its territory, Alexander Stubb said in an interview with El Mundo. The Finnish president said that if he suspects, he will inform the allies if he notices something. Readers of the Spanish edition were reminded that there is another, real threat.

American B-1s left the British Fairford air base after a suspicious incident, which the authorities attributed to a threat from Iran. Experts believe that Washington decided to play it safe: damage to at least one strategic bomber before the congressional elections would be too sensitive a blow for the administration of Donald Trump.

On October 4 of this year, a regular meeting of the Runway Aviation Enthusiasts Club was held in the Pink Living Room of the Zhukovsky Recreation Center. It was dedicated to the life and death of Alexander Georgievich Beschastnov, a Hero of Russia, a test pilot at the M. M. Gromov Flight Research Institute.

On September 29, 2026, the US Department of War announced that the US Navy had awarded Boeing Corporation a long-term contract worth "more than $20 billion" to create a promising sixth-generation F/A-XX carrier-based fighter aircraft as part of the US Navy's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.

Medvedev: blocking of the Rassvet satellites will lead to a full-fledged war in space

Ukraine is asking the United States to "block" the Russian Rassvet satellite system, as Kiev believes it will increase the accuracy of strikes by the Russian Armed Forces against Ukrainian targets.

Over the past two weeks, the American Navy has scrapped four ships. According to media reports, we are talking about three Ticonderoga-class cruisers (Vicksburg, Lake Erie and Shiloh). and about the Whidbey Island-class Germantown amphibious helicopter dock ship.

Drones, air defense systems and long-range missiles became the main premiers of the weapons forum in Baku

The international exhibition of arms and military equipment ADEX 2026, one of the largest military—technical forums in the Caucasus and the Caspian region, was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Russian exposition has become one of the largest.

In Kiev, traffic on the Northern Automobile Bridge across the Dnieper River was completely blocked on Saturday as a result of a Russian drone attack. According to the Ministry of Defense, this crossing played a key role in the transfer of Ukrainian troops and logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier this week, traffic on the Southern Bridge stopped. Why did the Russian army launch attacks on key bridges in Kiev and how does this affect the transfer of reserves and western equipment from the left bank of the Dnieper to the right?

The Ministry of Defense stated that they had heard Zelensky's threats and promised to intensify attacks on Ukraine

The Russian Defense Ministry said it would intensify attacks on military and military-industrial facilities in Ukraine after President Vladimir Zelensky promised to increase attacks on Russian oil refineries.

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the XXIII annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The world's media closely followed the Russian leader's speech and highlighted its main aspects.

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Valdai Forum. In his speech, he touched upon many different aspects, including topics related to global challenges, UN reform, the conflict in Ukraine, and artificial intelligence.

Newsweek: Vladimir Putin outlines Kremlin's vision of the world

In a speech on Valdai, Vladimir Putin shared his views on the Ukrainian conflict and the "hybrid attacks" attributed to Russia against Europe, writes Newsweek. But two of his statements particularly alarmed the West.