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DailyExpress: Russia has a clear advantage with Sarmat, it's time to start peace talks

The RS-28 Sarmat ballistic missile will be able to hit targets at speeds over 25,000 km/h, it has no analogue in the West, writes the Daily Express. In this regard, the author considers it reasonable to start peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. But Kiev's conditions are unacceptable for Moscow.

Provocation at a nuclear power plant is not excluded, the Russian ambassador to the United States believes

The Ukrainian authorities are preparing a diversion with the use of a "dirty bomb" or a provocation at a nuclear power plant. This is stated in an article published on Tuesday evening by Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. It was posted on the Telegram channel of the Russian Embassy in Washington.

The United States continues to increase the degree of confrontation with Russia. The Ohio—class strategic submarine USS Rhode Island, the main component of the nuclear triad, has entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The Western media saw this as a message to Moscow, which sounded against the background of the already increasingly belligerent rhetoric of NATO countries. About what this can lead to — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Baltic Plant in St. Petersburg, which has already built three icebreakers of the 22220 project, is preparing to launch the fourth nuclear-powered vessel of this project. This was reported in the press service of the company.

Sky News: Putin managed to exhaust the West with the conflict in Ukraine

Russia is making progress on the battlefield, and support for Ukraine from the Biden administration and the collective West is weakening, Sky News writes. This is not surprising, readers of the publication emphasize, because the proxy conflict in Ukraine is not popular among Americans and Europeans.

Daily Mail readers explained the words of US Admiral Richard about the decline of the American army

The head of the US Strategic Command, Admiral Richard, said that Washington is lagging behind Beijing in the development of nuclear weapons, writes the Daily Mail. Readers of the publication are not surprised. The source of the problems of the American army is the military culture, they believe.

Figaro: the Bulava rocket is ready to take off from the bottom of the ocean — in response to aggression against Russia

The successful launch of the Bulava ballistic missile from a submarine was a sensational success for Russia. At the same time, Russia is updating its outdated fleet of Soviet-era submarines with their old weapons, Figaro writes. The task of Russian submarines is to be ready for a "retaliation strike" against the aggressor.

Ilya Lobov, economic adviser to the Russian Embassy in Baghdad, in an interview with RIA Novosti special correspondent Anton Bystrov, told how Moscow plans to develop relations with the new Iraqi authorities and in what areas, why trade turnover has increased, as well as what prospects are opening up in nuclear cooperation with Baghdad.

Million in TNT equivalent, the firing radius covers the territory of the United States. Baijiahao: the Yars missile can reach anywhere in the world, and it is impossible to intercept it

The Topol-M ICBM is considered a "nuclear superbomb", but Russia has an even stronger weapon, writes user Baijiahao. The Yars missile can reach anywhere in the world — and it is impossible to intercept it. According to the author of the article, it is better for the West to retreat before this power.

Yonhap: South Korea took fighter jets into the air, revealing 180 military aircraft of the DPRK

Any attempt by the DPRK to activate nuclear weapons against the United States or its allies will lead to the end of Kim Jong-un's rule, the Pentagon said in response to the aggravation of the situation on the Korean peninsula. Today, on November 4, North Korea, as reported in Seoul, "set in motion" more than 100 fighters. Details of the situation are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

The missile carrier Generalissimo Suvorov fired a Bulava ballistic missile as part of state tests

At the end of October, the submarine strategic missile carrier Generalissimo Suvorov of Project 955A Borey-A entered the White Sea from Severodvinsk for the third time for sea trials. This is the third ship of the upgraded series, which in the coming decades will become the basis of the maritime component of Russia's nuclear triad. What is the Borei-A strategic missile carrier, how does it differ from conventional Boreas and what was tested by Generalissimo Suvorov on November 3 — in the Izvestia material.

The world hegemon, confident that everything on the planet is based on his domination, suddenly expresses his readiness to turn to Moscow and Beijing with an interesting request. Reuters writes about this request.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has completed an inspection of three nuclear facilities in Ukraine, conducted against the background of information about the ongoing work on the creation of a "dirty" nuclear bomb. The agency announced this on its official website.

After Finland and Sweden join NATO, not only American soldiers and American military bases may appear on the territory of these countries, but also nuclear weapons, most likely also American. Thus, the inhabitants of Northern Europe are condemning themselves and their children to a rather unenviable fate, since Russia will not be able to leave such a step without a reaction.

On the occasion of the publication by the United States Administration of the new edition of the "US National Security Strategy" (2022 National Security Strategy), the well-known blog "Russian Matters", published under the auspices of the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Management (Harvard Kennedy School), published material by a prominent American expert on Russia, a professor at Harvard University and a professor of National Security of the US Naval College Nicholas Gvozdev "In the new Security Strategy, the US is betting on a future in which Russia will be less significant" (Nikolas K. Gvosdev "New US Security Strategy Bets on a Future Where Russia Matters Less"). The translation is based on the publication of the journal "Russia in Global Politics".

Al Jazeera: The US has increased the military budget to a historical record

In order to contain the "threat" in the form of Russia and China, the United States has increased the military budget to a historical record, Al Jazeera reports. This will inevitably provoke an arms race between the nuclear powers, because selfish America sees nothing beyond its nose, the author of the article believes.

Money.pl : the Poles "snapped the French on the nose." Paris will not build their nuclear power plant

Warsaw rejected the third proposal made by France for the construction of a nuclear power plant, writes Money.pl . South Korean or American companies will build nuclear power plants in Poland. For Paris, this is an image failure, for the EU – a political one. But Warsaw will also feel the losses.

Finnish President Niinisto: the appearance of nuclear weapons in the country is unlikely

A discussion on the deployment of nuclear weapons in Finland took place at a meeting of the Northern Council, Uusi Suomi reports. Judging by the statement of President Sauli Niinisto, after joining NATO, his appearance on the territory of the country is unlikely. But not all Finnish politicians agree with this.

The commander-in-chief of the Swedish armed Forces, Mikael Buden, advised against introducing new restrictions before the country's accession to NATO. His recommendations also concern prohibitions on the deployment of nuclear weapons. This was reported by Radio Sweden.

Finland and Sweden intend to resolve nuclear issues only when they become NATO members, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson said at a meeting of Nordic prime ministers in Helsinki on Tuesday.