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To create an effective air defense of the Ukrainian capital, time and money are needed

The armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to strike at energy facilities and the military control system of Ukraine. High intensity was observed on October 10-12 and 21-22 in response to the bombing of the Kerch Bridge, arranged by the Ukrainian special services.

Kiev continued to develop an alternative to NATO membership. In some respects, it is even better than joining the alliance. The office of the President of Ukraine held talks on this with Washington, London and Paris. Berlin seemed to have evaded this adventure. Formally, we are talking about security guarantees for Ukraine, in fact, about a military conflict with Russia.

One of the two largest aircraft concerns in the world, Boeing, has reported huge losses. They have grown 78 times. Its main rival, the European Airbus, looks much better financially. At least in the first half of the year, the concern was still profitable. What is happening to the aviation giants and what role did Russia play in their troubles?

BM-21 Grad rocket systems were supplied by the Polish army to the neo-Nazi armed formations of Ukraine. A total of 24 launchers were sent, as well as ammunition.

The Ministry of Defense of Saudi Arabia reported that on October 25, 2022, the Saudi Arabian Naval Forces in Jeddah commissioned their Western Fleet (on the Red Sea) the lead 22.35-meter patrol boat of the FPB 2200 project (tail number "084") built by the French company Couach.

Newsweek: the problem of Ukraine should be solved by Europe, not the USA

The main external threat to the United States is Europe, not Russia or China, the author of Newsweek believes. The EU is too used to relying on America for security. Instead of spending money on defense, Europe has used the dividends from American protection to build welfare states. But now it's time for the EU to take responsibility for its own region, the author writes.

NR: Congressional elections will show how much the US is ready to continue helping Ukraine

More and more Republicans are in favor of reducing aid to Ukraine, writes National Review. After the congressional elections, the Ukrainian issue in the context of the national crisis will be replaced by other priorities, the author of the article believes.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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 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.

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.

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.

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.