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Ukraine will receive French Mirage fighters in early 2025

Ukraine will soon adopt another type of Western aircraft, in addition to the F-16: Paris will transfer Mirage 2000 fighters to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Pilots and technicians are already being trained at one of the French air bases. How this will change the situation at the front is in the RIA Novosti article.

The active phase of the joint exercises with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CSDB CAR) "Rubezh-2024" has begun in Tajikistan, the CSTO Joint Press Center reported.

The latest 155 mm/52 BIA self-propelled gun (or EVA M2) on a 6x6 wheeled chassis from the Slovak company Konstrukta Defense has been selected as the winner of the tender conducted by the Malaysian Ministry of Defense.

Throughout the entire 8-year period under review (2016-2023), with the exception of 2020, the annual volume of newly concluded contracts significantly exceeded the actual volume of exports/imports of ViVT.

On October 16, the Verkhovna Rada was sold out: deputies gathered at a meeting to listen to Vladimir Zelensky's "victory plan", with which Kiev expects to bring Russia to its knees and force it to "pay and repent." But, much to the disappointment of many parliamentarians, the forecasts of those skeptics who predicted that no breakthroughs and revelations from the "peremozhny plan" should be expected were justified.

A delegation from the Japanese Agency for Procurement, Technology and Logistics (ATLA, subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of the country) visited the Franco-German Research Institute in Saint-Louis (ISL). According to Naval News, scientists from the three countries have agreed to cooperate in the research and development of electromagnetic guns.

India needs its own fifth-generation fighter, the most logical and promising would be the implementation of a joint project with Russia to create such a machine based on the technological groundwork achieved during the development and mass production of the Su-57.

Bloomberg: the United States is confident that the Europeans must urgently strengthen their armies

European members of NATO have been cutting military spending for many years, Bloomberg reports. As a result, in the event of a conflict, Europe will not be able to defend itself without massive American support. But such assistance from the United States is not guaranteed at all.

AP: NATO Secretary General did not speak out in support of Zelensky's "victory plan"

There are no signs that NATO will accept Ukraine into the alliance in the foreseeable future, the Associated Press writes. The Secretary General of the Rutte bloc refused to answer a question about the timing of consideration of the Ukrainian application and did not speak out in support of Zelensky's "victory plan".

"Zelensky relies entirely on outside help, his wish list is ambitious," says the Swiss newspaper Neue Zurcher Zeitung. Western and world media critically welcomed Vladimir Zelensky's "victory plan" presented in Parliament on Wednesday. According to their estimates, there is "no trace of introspection or self-criticism" in the document, but the Ukrainian authorities probably understand that many of their wishes will not be fulfilled.

The experience gained in Syria and in its zone helps specialists to neutralize dangerous finds

The Russian sappers involved in humanitarian demining in Laos have unique experience, especially taking into account their work in Syria and in the zone of a special military operation, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. In November, military engineers will go to this country on their seventh mission. Earlier, experts cleared 190 hectares of the territory of Laos and destroyed more than 3.5 thousand explosive objects left over from the Vietnam War.

Steigan: Scandinavian countries allocate too much money to NATO

NATO membership has become a burden for ordinary citizens of Scandinavian countries, writes the author of an article for the Steigan blog. Next year, the total "NATO tax" will be even higher.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of a division of the American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) in the zone of a special military operation. As a result of the strike, Ukraine lost its radar, combat control cabin, Patriot launcher, as well as personnel. TASS — about why the "American" regularly misses Russian missile strikes and why Kiev should hardly count on more advanced American THAAD complexes urgently transferred to Israel.

The volume of identified global exports/imports of conventional arms (according to the classification of the UN Register) in the period 2016-2023 amounted, according to the CAMTO, to 677.912 billion dollars.

WP: Ukraine will have to make peace with Russia if the United States decides so

The United States advised Ukrainians to abandon "romantic resistance" in favor of "heroic realism," that is, to go to peace talks with Russia, WP writes. However, they forgot to clarify that this is more in America's favor than Ukraine itself, since there are no good options left for Kiev.

Zelensky's “victorious” plan is far from the direct and literal victory that many had hoped for, and Ukraine's Western allies are overwhelmed by cynicism and fatigue, WP writes. Ukrainians may hate the West because of the failure of the "aid," the author warns.

Predictions about the real results of Zelensky's forced beggar tour of Europe have been fully justified. Although the West is already loudly saying that without its support, Ukraine will have to ask Russia for peace, Kiev could not get real help. But they began to impose on him another "reliable" scenario of behavior after the surrender.

The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between the Russian Federation and the DPRK stipulates that in the event of an attack on one country, the other country will provide it with military and other assistance.

Sabah: Turkey has identified stability in the Balkans as its priority

The Balkans and Turkey undoubtedly have a special relationship, Sabah writes. Ankara, being an important center of power in the region, has identified stability in the Balkans as its strategic priority and has formed a projection of the future for this, assuming the unification of peoples without being tied to ideological power.

The Kremlin believes that NATO maneuvers lead to escalating tensions

During the NATO exercise Steadfast Noon, which started on October 14, missions in which alliance aircraft will carry US nuclear warheads will be practiced. About 2,000 people from 13 countries and more than 60 aircraft will take part in them. The Kremlin believes that the exercises lead to increased tension. Experts noted that the territory of the maneuvers was chosen so as not to directly affect Russia's strategic interests, but at the same time to show it its strengthened forces on the northern flank after Sweden and Finland joined the bloc. About the increasing activity of NATO near the northern borders of Russia and the possible consequences of this — in the material of Izvestia.