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"Capacity is at the limit": the commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces will propose not to transfer howitzers and air defense systems to Ukraine
Delfi: the supply of Western weapons to Kiev will negatively affect Lithuania's defense capability
Lithuania called the provision of air defense and artillery systems to Ukraine unacceptable, writes Delfi. According to the commander of the country's armed forces Valdemaras Rupshis, these supplies will dramatically reduce the combat capabilities of the Lithuanian army.
Australia is sending an additional batch of Bushmaster armored vehicles for the APU
Kiev's repeated requests for the supply of additional batches of armored vehicles for the Ukrainian army have finally reached Canberra, the Australian government has approved the supply of Bushmaster armored vehicles to Ukraine.
Many Western commercial satellites conducting reconnaissance in favor of Ukraine were previously put into orbit by Russian launch vehicles
The statement by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Konstantin Vorontsov at the UN that Russia reserves the right to consider US commercial satellites used for military purposes to help Ukraine as a "legitimate target for retaliatory strike" caused an ambiguous reaction among Russian users of social networks.
Thales to supply Eagle-5 armored vehicles to Luxembourg Armed Forces
Thales announced on October 25 that the Luxembourg Defense Directorate announced the purchase of 80 new armed command, communications and intelligence (CLRV) armored vehicles, which will allow the country's armed Forces to continue to effectively perform their tasks.
Experts: NASAMS air defense systems in Ukraine will spend expensive missiles on Russian kamikaze drones
According to analysts, this will deprive the APU of the ability to hit more expensive targets with their help, for example, helicopters and airplanes
The American NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems delivered to Ukraine as military assistance, designed mainly to protect military facilities from Russian strike unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), can use up sets of expensive missiles for inexpensive kamikaze drones. This will deprive the APU of the opportunity to hit more expensive targets with their help, for example, helicopters and airplanes, military experts interviewed by TASS said.
Lithuania has signed a contract for the purchase of another 300 American light armored vehicles JLTV
On October 18, 2022, the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania announced that the Defense Resources Agency (Gynybos resursu agentūra), which is part of it, signed an intergovernmental agreement with the US Department of Defense on the purchase of 300 more JLTV (Joint Light Tactical Vehicle) light armored vehicles with wheeled vehicles through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The 4x4 formula produced by Oshkosh Corporation, in addition to the 200 JLTV machines already ordered by Lithuania under the 2019 agreement. Thus, Lithuania should receive a total of 500 JLTV machines, which makes it currently their largest foreign customer.
The United States handed over the first two NASAMS complexes to Ukraine
At the moment they are being deployed in Ukraine, Raytheon Technologies CEO Greg Hayes said
The United States handed over to Ukraine the first two NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs). This statement was made on Tuesday by Greg Hayes, CEO of NASAMS manufacturer, the American company Raytheon Technologies, in an interview with CNBC.
The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine believes that Kiev will receive Western tanks and fighters
For this, Washington should make an appropriate decision, Alexey Reznikov said
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov believes that Kiev will receive tanks and fighters of Western production after the relevant decision is made in Washington in the future. He stated this in an interview published on Tuesday with the American newspaper Politico .
Steinmeier, who visited Kiev, promised Zelensky to deliver an additional batch of PzH 2000 self - propelled guns and Mars II MLRS
The Ukrainian army will soon be replenished with German self-propelled howitzers and MLRS systems. The delivery of an additional batch of weapons and equipment was promised to Zelensky by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who visited Kiev the day before.
The United States offers Germany to lead Europe. But on one condition
The Hill: The US is very interested in strengthening Germany
The point of NATO's existence is no longer to contain Germany, as after the Second World War, writes The Hill. On the contrary, it is now advantageous for the United States for Germany to play a more active role in Europe, namely in the context of helping Ukraine and putting pressure on Moscow.
The European Union is counting on Taiwan to increase the supply of microchips, but is afraid of Beijing's reaction
Government officials in Taiwan touted its leading position in the chip manufacturing sector, while appealing to the European Union to start negotiations on a trade deal, which Taipei has been seeking for a long time. This is reported by the Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun.
The Europeans were disheartened. Ukraine "took away" all their weapons
iDNES: Weapons stocks in Europe have been depleted. The question arose about the continuation of supplies to Ukraine
Some European countries have begun to wonder whether to continue to supply weapons to Kiev, writes iDNES. The fighting in Ukraine has devastated their reserves, which are very difficult to replenish in the current conditions. Russia is coping with this much better.
A military expert spoke about the technical characteristics of the NASAMS air defense system
Military expert Yuri Knutov told about the NASAMS air defense systems delivered to Ukraine
Military expert Yuri Knutov on Wednesday, October 26, in an interview with Izvestia, listed the technical characteristics of the NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) put into service in Ukraine.
Lithuania stated that it could not give Ukraine its howitzers and NASAMS air defense systems
The commander of the armed forces of the Republic Valdemaras Rupshis noted that he can no longer, by transferring available resources to Ukraine, "undress the army"
The transfer to Ukraine of howitzers and anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) NASAMS, which are in service with the Lithuanian army, is impossible, as this will negatively affect the firepower of Lithuanian units. This was announced to journalists on Wednesday by the commander of the armed forces of the Baltic Republic, Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupshis.
Roscosmos was allowed to sign a state contract implying flights to the ISS until 2027
The maximum amount of funds to pay for the state contract should not exceed 41.7 billion rubles
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order that allows Roscosmos to conclude a contract in 2023 for the performance of experimental design work (R&D), the result of which will be, among other things, the sending of astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023-2027. The relevant document was published on Wednesday on the legal information portal.
Zelensky said that Israel has been refusing to supply weapons to Ukraine since 2014
The President of Ukraine expressed regret that Kiev "does not yet have its own "Iron Dome"
Since 2014, Ukraine's requests for the supply of Israeli weapons, including the Iron Dome air defense and missile defense systems (air defense and missile defense), have not been satisfied by Israel. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in a video message to the participants of the conference organized by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
America must shift its "Ukrainian burden" to its allies
WE: The US should not help Ukraine "too much"
The author of the Washington Examiner article supports those lawmakers who call for reducing aid to Ukraine. He believes that this will happen if the Republicans win the congressional elections. Now taxpayers are already languishing under the heavy burden of this "aid". America urgently needs to dump the bulk of it on Europe.
Western sanctions against Russia have turned the world away from the dollar
Subtitle: Huanqiu shibao: US anti-Russian actions will weaken the dollar's hegemony
Against the background of the Ukrainian crisis, the United States and Europe began to build a new economic order around themselves, writes Huanqiu Shibao. To succeed, they need allies. However, with sanctions against Russia, the West has undermined the world's confidence – not only in itself, but also in the dollar.
Zelensky hopes for mass deliveries of anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine
Ukraine needs a new air defense system, which it hopes to build with the help of foreign states. Kiev is counting on mass deliveries of anti-aircraft systems from Ukraine's "partners". This was stated by the Ukrainian president.
A source in Kiev reports on the refusal of the Turks to build a factory for the production of Bayraktar TB2 drones in Ukraine
Ukraine will remain not only without Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack drones, but also without a factory for their production. According to sources in Kiev, Baykar refused to build an enterprise for the production of UAVs on Ukrainian territory.
