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Ukraine has become short of ammunition – shells, missiles and cartridges fly away like "into the furnace". There is no production of their own, the old Soviet stocks are almost used up, and the West states that the United States and European countries "are facing a challenge due to the depletion of weapons stocks to be sent to Ukraine." How much ammunition is needed to conduct full-fledged combat operations?

The Ukrainian command continues its desperate attempts to break through the Russian defense in the LPR with strikes both from the north on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line and from the south, attacking the combat formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the Seversk area in the direction of Lisichansk. One of the offensive operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the southern flank was caught on a video published by the TG channel "Military Chronicle": the enemy tried to seize the fortified area created along the T-13-02 highway between the settlements of Berestove and Verkhnekamenka.

According to the deputy of the Ukrainian Rada from the "Servant of the People" faction, Egor Chernev, the North Atlantic Alliance is conducting an audit of the weapons available in warehouses in order to assess its capabilities in the issue of arms supplies to Kiev. There is a depletion of weapons and ammunition for the Armed Forces in NATO, Chernev noted.

According to the newspaper, a group of 16 senators indicated that "the long-term benefit of the transfer of the MQ-1C is significant," and the supply of such equipment "has the potential to change the strategic course of the war in favor of Ukraine."

Western publications are increasingly publishing materials about the exorbitant excess of the limits of the use of ammunition by the Ukrainian army. Earlier, American experts, assessing the situation, stated that the intensity of firing from artillery produced by NATO countries in Ukraine is such that in a couple of weeks the gun shoots the maximum number of shells allowed for the operation of the barrel.

The missiles are equipped with a laser homing system, the newspaper notes

The UK has supplied Ukraine with upgraded high-precision Brimstone 2 missiles, the launch range of which is twice as long as that of the previously transferred first-generation Brimstone missiles. This was reported by The Daily Telegraph on Monday evening .

FP: NATO sounded the alarm due to the growing "weapons appetites" of Ukraine

The United States and Europe are no longer able to supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition, as their own arsenals are empty, writes FP. Western defense companies can replenish them – but only on the terms of long-term contracts. And they are not.

When about a month ago representatives of the Russian authorities at various levels, including at the UN, began to raise the topic that Kiev was going to stage a provocation with radioactive contamination (using a "dirty bomb"), at first these warnings were met with hostility in the West. But thanks to Moscow's political insistence and by direct order from Washington, the IAEA sent a group of inspectors to Ukraine, who spent several days checking at three nuclear facilities.

The MT-T multi-purpose heavy tractor, rare for Ukraine (Product 429AM), was destroyed by a Russian Lancet kamikaze drone strike. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

Seventh meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine plans to satisfy the requests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

On November 16, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will hold the seventh meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine (Ramstein-7). This meeting will be held in an online format at the Pentagon. The forum will allow defense ministers of almost 50 countries to discuss further efforts to provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine with weapons, military and special equipment.

The US Navy said on Tuesday it had intercepted a vessel (fishing) in waters near Iran that was smuggling a "huge" amount of explosives. An American patrol boat intercepted a schooner on which, during the inspection, more than 70 tons of ammonium perchlorate were found, which, according to representatives of the US Navy, is usually used for the production of rocket fuel, as well as explosives.

The Israeli company Elbit Systems has developed a barrage munition for action in urban environments. A small drone is capable of operating at short distances, while freely penetrating buildings.

Newsweek: Ukraine is running out of reserves, the US should expand its military-industrial base

Due to military supplies to Ukraine, the United States is seriously depleting its arsenal of ammunition, writes Newsweek. Military columnist Caleb Larson believes that the States urgently need to "remove" the economy from the rails of peacetime and introduce a system of long-term contracts for ammunition.

The rare Israeli-made Amir armored car was in service with the AFU for a relatively short time. As soon as he lit up the other day on the line of combat contact, information about his destruction by the Lancet kamikaze drone appeared almost immediately on the Network. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons"

The Command of the future of the US Army (Army Futures Command, AFC ) in the period from September 19 to October 18, 2022 completed the next stage of the integrated program "Project Convergence" (Project Convergence).

The Chinese "mother of all bombs" may resemble the American high-explosive aviation munition GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB). This is told by the publication The Drive, which drew attention to the picture posted on Twitter.

Ukraine will not receive military assistance from Switzerland, Bern refuses to supply any weapons, or participate in arms deals to supply ammunition to Kiev. This was stated by the country's president Ignazio Cassis.

The magazine of the Russian Defense Ministry "Military Thought" reports that the Pentagon is developing fundamentally new weapons that will allow attacking strategic enemy targets with impunity. They will bet on non-nuclear forces. About the conclusions of analysts — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Pentagon called the goals of the exercises "provocative" to Russia

During the exercises of the US special operations forces in the Arctic on November 10, a package (pallet) with AGM-158B long-range cruise missiles was dropped from a military transport aircraft.

Recently, there have been more and more reports that, nevertheless, negotiations are underway between the main antagonists of international politics - Russia and the United States. What are Moscow and Washington talking about now, which makes us doubt the sincerity of the United States - and are there any chances to agree on Ukraine?