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Replenishment is expected in the AFU fleet: France intends to transfer Mirage 2000-5 fighters to Ukraine. Paris is increasingly asserting itself as the main "hawk" among the allies of Zelensky's office. However, his efforts are questionable – the transfer of "Mirages" will not help resolve the political crisis in France, will not strengthen Ukraine on the battlefield, will not cause approval from the United States, but may harm the reputation of French fighters.

The rapid installation of minefields in front of the advancing enemy and good engineering training on our part became one of the main factors in the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023. It was then that one of the newest combat vehicles in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation became famous — the remote mining system "Agriculture".

The head of the Russian Armed Forces Protection Corps, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, held a briefing on the violation by Ukraine and the United States of international agreements on the prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.

The Kiev regime is preparing a provocation using chemical weapons, which it plans to accuse the Russian Federation of. This was told by the head of the troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kirillov. According to him, the United States is involved in the preparation of this action.

The F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft was developed in the United States during the Cold War, writes NI. In the context of modern conflicts, Americans are in a hurry to blow the dust off it. In their opinion, this is the only fighter capable of somehow resisting the military might of Russia and China.

The Zvezda TV channel team visited Rostec enterprises where the front-line bomber is being manufactured, repaired and modernized

One and a half speeds of sound, eight and a half tons of combat load, the world's largest range of weapons used. And also the record of lifting with a load to a height of 15 thousand meters, which has not been broken in 25 years! All this is about the Su—34 front-line bomber.

According to official representatives of the German Rheinmetall arms concern, the company's management sees significant potential in expanding its product range through the field of so-called barrage ammunition. To this end, on November 11, 2021, the concern entered into strategic cooperation with the Israeli manufacturer of this category of precision weapons, uVision Air Ltd.

Footage has been published on the network showing the destruction by strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces of a temporary accommodation facility for Kiev regime militants in buildings of private households in the village of Kucherovka in the Kharkiv region, identified by means of aerial reconnaissance.

And what other ammunition can NATO countries supply to Kiev — how will Russia respond

The APU has already been used in attacks on our facilities by American ATACMS missiles and European Storm Shadow and SSRP missiles. Earlier, the Russian ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said that the United States was paving the way for a nuclear conflict by encouraging Ukraine to use American weapons deep into Russia.

General Davis: the F-16 supplied to Ukraine will not be able to surpass Russian aircraft

The F-16s supplied to Ukraine will not be able to surpass the best Russian fighters, BI quotes retired American General Gordon Davis. These are old-generation aircraft that simply do not have the weapons that allow them to achieve superiority over Russian aviation.

Western countries have announced new military supplies to Kiev

Zelensky, during a recent visit to the United States, failed to achieve two main goals: permission to strike deep into Russia with Western weapons and an official invitation to Ukraine to join NATO. Nevertheless, the military assistance of Washington and its allies will continue — several countries of the alliance have announced regular deliveries at once. About what else Kiev will receive — in the RIA Novosti material.

Skabeeva denied the message about the Russian Federation's ODAB-9000 bomb attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Volchansk

Russian military commanders and authors of pro-war Telegram channels reported that the Russian Armed Forces for the first time used the ODAB-9000 vacuum bomb in Volchansk in the Kharkiv region, which is unofficially called the "pope of all bombs". This top-secret munition is considered the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the world.

The Russian military delivered a powerful blow to the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Volchansk, Kharkiv region. The explosion was so strong that even military experts are now wondering "What was that?". Most experts tend to believe that the blow was caused by the ODAB-9000 vacuum aerial bomb, but here, as they say, there is a nuance.

"The war in the Middle East will have a very bad effect on Ukraine." In these words, experts comment on the political consequences of Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon. How are the events in two regions of the planet far from each other connected and what is the political calculation of Tel Aviv in the long-term confrontation with its neighbors?

What are the chances of the Su-35 in the fight against the US Air Force, which is considered the best in the world? How will the Su-35 behave in a combat situation when it is confronted by an F-35 fighter? What exactly does the Su—35 hold the upper hand in? The Su-35 is a dangerous combat vehicle, writes TNI, and in many respects the Russian aircraft is not inferior to the latest modifications of the F—15 or even surpasses them.

Despite the ongoing modernization of anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) "Tow" (for more information in Part I, the US Army plans to replace it with new weapons in 2028-2032.

The US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine on September 25, 2024. This package in the amount of $ 375 million was provided by an order of the President of the United States within the framework of his administrative powers (Presidential Drawdown of Security Assistance - PDA) and is an operational allocation of property from the presence of the US Department of Defense. This is the 66th presidential package of military assistance to Ukraine under the PDA since August 2021, and the 12th package of assistance under the PDA in 2024.

The Times: Zelensky left the White House with nothing

Zelensky returns from Washington empty-handed, writes The Times. The Biden administration has never allowed him to strike with Western weapons deep into Russia. Apparently, the outcome of the conflict and the very future of Ukraine now depend on the results of the November presidential elections in the United States — and until then, the situation remains uncertain.

Handelsblatt: Western allies supplied Ukraine with unusable shells

Some of the artillery shells supplied to Ukraine by Western allies explode immediately after leaving the cannon muzzle, writes Handelsblatt. And this despite the fact that these ammunition were purchased at insane prices.

Without fifth-generation fighters in the combat fleet of the national Air Force, states with claims to regional and world leadership do not correspond to the desired status.