Cooperation news

The United States remains the main sponsor of the Zelensky regime, sending one package of weapons after another to Ukraine. No sooner had Kiev unpacked the weapons received from the United States than Washington announced the allocation of another batch of military aid, this time for $ 625 million. According to the Pentagon, since the beginning of the conflict, the Americans have spent $ 16.8 billion on Kiev.

The Czech Republic has begun the procedure for the purchase of American fifth-generation F-35 fighters, sending a preliminary request to Washington. Official negotiations will begin later.

On October 4, the coalition government of Spain approved the draft state budget for 2023, according to which 12.3 billion rubles. the euro will be allocated for defense.

The United States has increased military assistance to Estonia to $ 140.5 million this year, RIA Novosti reports, citing the press service of the Estonian Ministry of Defense.

Journalists of the American tabloid Defense News found out some details about the composition of the latest package of military assistance to Ukraine for $ 625 billion, which was previously announced by President Joe Biden. He draws attention to the fact that the motivational rhetoric of the Pentagon representatives on the topic of arms supplies has changed. If earlier they claimed that Kiev needed military support to protect the state, now they openly talk about the need to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in developing offensive success.

Foreign Policy magazine noted that electricity bills have almost doubled over the past year, the population of these countries is experiencing more and more doubts about the willingness of the authorities to influence the situation

The Czech Republic and Slovakia may abandon the course of supporting Ukraine due to rising energy prices and the resulting protests of the population. This opinion was expressed on Tuesday by the American magazine Foreign Policy .

The UK has expanded the training program for Ukrainian servicemen, adding courses for junior commanders to it. The first sergeants from the AFU have already arrived on the territory of the United Kingdom.

Military expert Leonkov spoke about GMLRS shells supplied by the USA for HIMARS MLRS

Military expert Alexey Leonkov on Wednesday, October 5, told Izvestia about GMLRS shells that the United States supplies to Ukraine for multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) HIMARS.

On October 4, Taiwan's Prime Minister Su Zhenchang announced an increase in the country's defense budget for 2023 by 12.9% (by 13.9%, taking into account the special budget).

The message of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Baltic Republic says that the unused funds are transferred to the Ministry of Defense, which has planned to purchase winter military uniforms for them for transfer to Ukraine.

Despite the threat of freezing in the coming winter due to debts to Gazprom, Chisinau can start creating its own army. Now Moldova, which has a neutral status, has a decorative army consisting of several thousand people. However, NATO is ready to create a full-fledged armed forces for Moldova. How much time and money will it take and how does Chisinau plan to solve the problem of Transnistria in this case?

After the pogrom organized by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to the Ukrainian fleet, he is trying to recover. In Turkey, the Hetman Mazepa corvette was launched for the Ukrainian Navy. What does the likely appearance of a new Ukrainian ship in the Black Sea mean?

As stated by the speaker of the State Duma, the new subjects are part of Russia, which the country will not give to anyone

The countries that supply weapons to Ukraine and help the Kiev regime to conduct military operations should understand that after the republics of Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions are accepted into the Russian Federation, they are drawn into a direct conflict with Russia. This opinion was expressed by the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on the air of the TV channel "Russia-1" on Monday.

On October 1, 2022, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on France's plans to transfer to Ukraine from 6 to 12 self-propelled CAESAR howitzers of 155 mm/52 caliber on a Tatra T815 (8×8) wheeled chassis from among those ordered by Denmark.

As the German Ministry of Defense reported on October 2, 2022, the governments of Germany, Denmark and Norway reached an agreement on joint financing in equal shares of the production and purchase in Slovakia of 16 Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers of 155-mm/52 caliber on a wheeled chassis for subsequent delivery to Ukraine. The total cost of the program is 92 million euros. Deliveries of these systems to Ukraine should be started in 2023.

As noted in the department, London has "strategic endurance" in order to continue to support Kiev "until victory"

The UK government will continue to provide military and economic assistance to Ukraine both during the hostilities until all the goals set by Kiev are achieved, and after their completion during the restoration of the destroyed infrastructure.

On October 2, 2022, in Turkey, at the RMK Marine shipyard in Tuzla (the southern outskirts of the Asian part of Istanbul), the launch ceremony of the F 211 "Hetman Ivan Mazepa" Turkish Ada (MILGEM) corvette, which is under construction for the Ukrainian Navy, took place. This is the first of two ships out of two ordered by Ukraine under a contract dated December 2020. The launching ceremony was attended by Turkish Defense Minister Husi Askar and the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Department Ismail Demir, as well as the First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenskaya, who acted as the godmother of the ship.

Russian Defense Ministry: Russian and Chinese warships have completed patrolling in the Pacific Ocean

The second joint patrol of the Pacific Ocean by ships of the Russian Navy and the Naval Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA Navy) has ended. A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) returned to Vladivostok. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry on October 4.

Defense ministers and commanders-in-chief of the sides hold regular talks, noted the country's ambassador to Washington Oksana Markarova

Ukraine continues discussions with the United States on the supply of weapons, including missiles, with a range higher than that of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) HIMARS. This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova on Monday in an interview with CNN .

Armenia intends to significantly increase military spending

Armenia will increase its defense budget by 50 percent in 2023, Eurasianet writes. The funds will be spent on combat vehicles, equipment, communication systems, possible internal purchases of weapons and ammunition.