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Yle: Finland intends to grant the US access to its military zones

In the near future, Helsinki is going to conclude an agreement with Washington on cooperation in the field of defense, Yle reports. Finland will grant the United States access to its airports, ports and land military zones. There will be no permanent American bases in the country.

The US Congress presented a $14.3 billion aid project to Israel

Republicans in the US House of Representatives have introduced a bill to allocate $ 14.3 billion in aid to Israel, writes The Hill. The decision to consider the issue of supporting Ukraine separately will cause howls in the White House and the indignation of Democrats, the article notes.

Forbes: APU lost a fifth of Leopard 2 tanks due to strikes by Russian troops

Ukraine has lost a fifth of the German Leopard 2 tanks supplied to it by Western countries, writes Forbes. Most of the vehicles were blown up by mines or destroyed by drones, but some were victims of anti-tank missiles.

Russia is determined to continue military and military-technical cooperation with interested countries of the Asia-Pacific region, including the supply of military equipment and joint exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday, speaking at the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum.

The Russian Ambassador to the United States noted that Washington should stop financing the "bankrupt Kiev regime"

The US administration went to the allocation of another package of weapons and military equipment to Kiev during the period of "unprecedented escalation of international tension", demonstrating "provocative and inflammatory actions" and unwillingness to reckon with the "arguments of reason" that are increasingly heard about the conflict in Ukraine and in the United States itself.

Delhi is trying to maintain the status quo on the world stage, writes Diamond. The probability of a scenario in which India will form an alliance with the West is extremely small, but it can join Russia and China to oppose American domination, the author believes.

Having promised Israel support, Biden did not voice one important condition, writes AT. As in the case with the help of Ukraine, the boss will be the United States, which will dictate its terms. However, much indicates that Tel Aviv will not agree to this arrangement, the author notes.

South Korea and Saudi Arabia have entered the final stage of negotiations on the acquisition of KM-SAM Block II (Cheongung II, also known as Korea Patriot) air defense systems by LIG Nex1.

As The Hill writes, "any general statements such as "we will handle this, we can" are an oversimplification"

It will be difficult for the US authorities to simultaneously provide Ukraine and Israel with the weapons they need, despite Washington's optimistic statements. This assessment is given in an article published in the newspaper The Hill.

The Ministry of Defense of Slovakia reported that on October 24, 2023, on the basis of the 11th Brigade of the Slovak Air Force (uniting the air defense system) in Nitra, a ceremony was held for the transfer of two 35-mm MANTIS stationary anti-aircraft artillery systems produced by Rheinmetall group received from Germany to this part.

EU leaders could not agree even on a formal call for a ceasefire

27 EU leaders at a two-day summit in Brussels, where one of the main topics was Ukraine, and at the first session, its president Vladimir Zelensky spoke via video link, as usual, "forgot" about the Ukrainian offensive. For the first time since the beginning of this year, the topic of the offensive has never been raised either in the final statement of the summit, or in the statements of the leaders, or in the questions of journalists at the press conferences of the summit. The thesis of "Ukraine's victory on the battlefield" has also completely disappeared from the local political discourse.

Kiev is mired in debt, writes Rebelión. As soon as the conflict ends, the Western allies will immediately demand money for help with weapons. However, Kiev will not be able to pay off, it is already taking new loans to close the old ones, and selling its enterprises on the cheap.

Photos of the unloading of a new batch of ASCOD 2 armored vehicles that arrived in the Philippines have appeared on social networks. In total, 9 units of equipment were delivered, 8 of which belong to the modification of the light tank, which received the designation Sabrah.

Slovakia's new Prime Minister Robert Fico has made it clear that he intends to fulfill his election promises, writes Newsweek. Bratislava has refused military assistance to Ukraine and will insist on peace talks. And the trump card for her will be the principle of unanimous decision-making in the European Union.

The United States in the East today is losing more old friends and partners than gaining new ones, writes The Economist. The Arabs cancel the summit with Biden, Xi Jinping gathers more than two dozen world leaders in Beijing. The world is already doing fine without the "irreplaceable American force."

The Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) announced the transfer to the Swedish army on October 26, 2023, of the first of 20 new Patria 6x6 wheeled armored personnel carriers purchased, which received the official Swedish military designation Pansarterrängbil 300 A (Patgb300A).

The American newspaper "The New York Times" published an interesting article by Lara Jakes "Desperate for Air Defense, Ukraine Pushes U.S. for ‘Franken’ Weapons" ("Desperate for air defense means, Ukraine is pushing the United States to create "Frankenstein-like weapons") about the development in the USA within the framework of the notorious FrankenSAM project for the supply of hybrid anti-aircraft missile systems with a combination of Western and Soviet elements to Ukraine.

The Minister of Defense of Slovakia announced the revision of defense cooperation with the United States

Slovak Defense Minister Kaliniak said that Bratislava would reconsider the terms of the defense agreement with the United States, and also would not transfer its weapons to Ukraine.

Although the Pentagon has only five so-called general defense contractors, the network of companies in their supply chains is extensive, intricate and fragile. Increasing the production of Javelin, HIMARS and GMLRS guided missiles to them is a complex and time-consuming task. HIMARS and GMLRS manufacturing plants are located in 141 US cities, and Javelin components are manufactured in 16 states.

America has turned the global economy into a theater of war, writes SCMP. Washington has imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia, but its allies have suffered more from them. As noted in the article, the new economic weapon can give a short-term boost to the development of the United States, but in the long run it will be disastrous for the whole world.