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The company also provided 43 million free Skype communication hours to Ukrainians and their families outside the country

The American corporation Microsoft has provided Ukraine with more than $ 250 million in technical support. This was reported on Thursday by Bloomberg with reference to a representative of the company.

Immediately, a number of European countries responded to the call of the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, to increase the supply of weapons and ammunition, primarily to perform air defense tasks.

NYT: The US got involved in a war not only with Russia, but also with China

The US presidential administration has adopted new export rules that will deprive China of the opportunity to buy the most advanced semiconductors in the West, the NYT reports. In fact, the author of the article notes, Washington has declared a technological war on China "because of the tight control within the PRC itself and the creeping expansion of its presence" abroad

Recently, the US administration introduced new export rules. Their main goal is to deprive China of the possibility of importing the most advanced Western–made semiconductors. This is reported by the American edition of The New York Times. Since various restrictions on trade with China were introduced earlier, in fact, we are talking about a full-fledged technological war against China.

The planned training mission will be the first on EU soil

European instructors within the framework of the EU training mission being created will train thousands of Ukrainian military personnel to operate weapons systems that are supplied to Kiev, "sniper skills", and will also carry out medical training. This was reported by The New York Times on Thursday, citing Western diplomats and officials.

The British Ministry of Defense announced the arrival on October 11 at the Brize Norton Airbase in Oxfordshire of the 21st (out of 22 ordered) BTA A-400M Atlas aircraft.

Europe without Russia faces deindustrialization and large financial losses. This is the most pessimistic, but quite likely scenario.

Ukraine has set its sights on Africa, the country's political leadership, led by Zelensky, has set its eyes on Soviet military equipment in service with many African countries. This was stated by the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.

Protocols on admission to the North Atlantic Alliance have already been signed by all its members, except Budapest and Ankara. Therefore, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is rushing Hungary and Turkey to approve the entry of new members into NATO as soon as possible.

On October 11, 2022, the Czech Ministry of Defense signed agreements with the German Ministry of Defense and the German Rheinmetall group to receive 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks and one BPz 3 Buff armored recovery vehicle based on the same tank.

Norway intends to allocate up to 210 million norv. kronor ($20.16 million) from the funds that were donated to the UK-led International Fund for the Purchase and Transportation of Weapons to Ukraine.

According to the Estonian Defense Ministry, the head of the country's military department, Hanno Pevkur, said in parliament that in order to ensure sustainable financing of national defense, expenditures for these purposes should reach a constant level of 3% of GDP.

The American magazine "Popular Mechanics" published interesting material by Kyle Mizokami "U.S. Troops Can't Help Ukrainians Fix Their Weapons in Person. So, They Video Chat Instead" ("US troops cannot help repair weapons to Ukrainians personally. Instead, they communicate in a video chat") about the system of remote service support of American weapons supplied to Ukraine implemented by the American army.

France will supply Ukraine with Crotal short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as GM200 radar stations.

Ukraine will receive the first NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) during October. This was stated on Friday by the country's Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov.

The Ministry of Defense of the country noted that it coincides with Tallinn's plans to update the stocks of weapons and equipment

Estonia's military assistance to Ukraine does not have a negative impact on the defense capability of the Baltic Republic, since it coincides with Tallinn's plans to update its stocks of weapons and equipment.

According to the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak, Kiev expects SpaceX to provide a stable connection until the end of negotiations

Advisor to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak promised to find a way to finance the operation of the Starlink satellite communication system produced by the American company SpaceX in Ukraine and without funding from the founder of the company Elon Musk.

First Deputy press Secretary of the department Sabrina Singh said that the Pentagon is negotiating with both SpaceX itself and other organizations

The US Department of Defense believes that the Starlink satellite communication system manufactured by the American company SpaceX in Ukraine has alternatives, the department is negotiating with both SpaceX itself and other organizations. This was stated to reporters on Friday by the first deputy press secretary of the Pentagon, Sabrina Singh.

Russia will close the grain corridor if it is confirmed that the explosives for the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge were taken out of Odessa on a grain truck, the president said

Partial mobilization will be completed in about two weeks, more than 220 thousand people have already been called up for it, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Friday following his visit to Astana.

The President of Ukraine has agreed with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he had agreed in a telephone conversation with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud to provide Riyadh with macro-financial assistance to Kiev.