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The Hungarian Parliament may ratify the membership of Finland and Sweden in NATO on October 24

Finnish Socialist MEP Eero Heinjaluoma claims that Hungary, one of the two countries that have not yet ratified the application of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Alliance, will vote for the membership of these countries in the Alliance at the parliament session on October 24.

According to the Defense Ministers of Ukraine and Germany, on October 11, 2022, the German side handed over to the armed forces of Ukraine the first set of the IRIS-T SLM medium-range anti-aircraft missile system of the new production of the German company Diehl Defense (as part of the Diehl Group). The transfer, as stated, was carried out on the territory of Poland near the Ukrainian border, and on October 12, the complex was delivered to Ukraine, becoming the first modern Western-made medium or long-range air defense system delivered to Ukraine.

The AFP news agency reported earlier that the ambassadors of the EU countries agreed on the creation of a mission to organize training events for Ukrainian servicemen in several EU countries

The operational command of the EU mission to train the Ukrainian military will be stationed in Poland. This was stated to journalists on Wednesday by Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak following a meeting of the contact group for the coordination of military assistance to Ukraine.

The Western press has published a framework list of weapons that Ukraine is asking NATO countries to provide. The Ukrainian delegation addressed the defense ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance countries with this list today.

For years, the War on Terror dominated the U.S. Army Association's exhibition, which featured heavy armored vehicles and ways to protect soldiers from improvised explosive devices. But this week, during the ongoing special Russian military operation in Ukraine, drones and artillery, including jet, are coming to the fore.

In particular, the country needs an amount of $20 billion as a key source of covering the budget deficit

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to conclude a new agreement on financial support in the amount of $20 billion as a key source of covering the budget deficit and meeting other needs of Kiev next year for a total of more than $ 60 billion.

The Head of State noted that arms supplies to Kiev are capable of weakening France itself

Paris cannot supply Kiev with all the weapons it asks for. This was stated on Wednesday in an interview with France 2 TV channel by French President Emmanuel Macron.

According to the newspaper, the US authorities will send two NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine by the end of the year

The UK government will supply Ukraine with AIM-120 (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, AMRAAM) medium-range missiles for American NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems. This was reported on Wednesday by The Times newspaper .

International partners and allies have provided the country with about $20 billion in various instruments, Denis Shmygal noted

Assistance to Ukraine from international partners accounts for more than a third of Ukrainian budget revenues. This was stated on Wednesday by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, speaking via video link at a meeting of the second round table on the situation in Ukraine, organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB).

In the near future, Ukraine will receive a new batch of military aid from Lithuania. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Lithuania, LRT reports.

France and Denmark are working on supplying Ukraine with six more CAESAR self-propelled guns. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Biden promised that the United States will provide Ukraine with air defense systems, writes Newsweek. However, according to experts, the Americans cannot decide what exactly should be sent to Kiev. And besides, the weapons have yet to be produced, and it will take years.

The Coast Guard of the Republic of Korea has received the third search and rescue helicopter S-92 manufactured by Sikorsky (a division of Lockheed Martin).

Poland will acquire 116 Abrams tanks from the United States, Defense 24 reports. These vehicles are intended to replenish stocks of equipment after the Polish side handed over more than 230 of its own tanks to Ukraine. Payment will be made at the expense of US financial support.

NATO members will improve the process of approving arms purchases in response to Russia's actions, the WSJ writes. The Alliance seeks to develop common standards for military equipment. However, as the authors of the article admit, it will not be easy to achieve this.

Many European countries want to ensure that the continent does not rely on the United States to protect its own borders. But their attempts to modernize the armed forces failed, writes Politico. The European defense industry was poorly prepared for today's conditions.

The endless supply of weapons to Ukraine does not lead to a peaceful resolution, recalled Alessandro Orsini, a specialist in the sociology of terrorism

Alessandro Orsini, an Italian researcher and specialist in the sociology of terrorism, said that Western media deliberately distort information about the conflict in Ukraine in order to form a certain public opinion.

Nazi armed formations of the Kiev regime continue to suffer significant losses in the main battle tanks. Supplies of equipment from NATO member Eastern European states - Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia - do not correct the situation either.

On September 24, 2022, General Konashenkov stated that "during a special operation in Ukraine, the Russian military destroyed the Norwegian-made Arthur counter-battery radar in the Dnipropetrovsk region," but without photo and video confirmation, and none of the numerous potential suppliers reported on the transfer of such equipment.

The parties discussed the important role of the port in Alexandroupolis in terms of providing reliable access to the eastern flank of NATO, especially to assist Ukraine

Sasha Baker, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs of the United States, discussed issues related to the expansion of the American military presence in the republic with Nikos Hardalias, Deputy head of the Greek Defense Ministry, on Tuesday. This is stated in a statement issued by the Pentagon press service.