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On October 11, a visiting meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security on the topic "The current state, prospects for the development of the forces and means of defense of the Kaliningrad Special Region in a changing geopolitical situation" was held at the Yantar PSZ (part of the USC).

Uraltransmash has prematurely shipped to the Russian Defense Ministry a batch of 2S7M Malka self-propelled guns

Uraltransmash has prematurely shipped to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation a batch of 2S7M Malka high-power guns that have undergone modernization, the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern told reporters on Wednesday.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin also said that the latest missile strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on targets in Ukraine have further strengthened the readiness of Western countries to provide further assistance to Kiev

The total amount of American military aid to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special operation has reached $16.8 billion. This was stated on Wednesday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the opening in Brussels of a meeting of the group created by Western countries to coordinate military assistance to Kiev.

As stated by the President of the Russian Federation, this indicator in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years

The volume of investments in oil and gas production in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years, this is not caused by Russia conducting a special military operation. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday during the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week.

However, in general, the situation in Ukraine has not led to fundamental changes in Washington's approach to foreign policy, said Assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan

The US authorities did not publish a new edition of the US National Security Strategy in connection with the start of a special military operation of the Russian Federation, however, in general, the situation in Ukraine did not lead to fundamental changes in Washington's approach to foreign policy. This was stated on Wednesday by Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jake Sullivan.

The contact group of the West discussed measures to track the weapons transferred to Kiev, the department noted

The United States and its allies are seeking from their military-industrial complex to increase the production of weapons for transfer to Kiev, as well as to replenish their own arsenals. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday, speaking in Brussels at a press conference following the results of the next meeting of the group created by Western countries to coordinate military assistance to Kiev.

The Government of Belarus has instructed the Foreign Ministry to hold negotiations with Russia on a draft memorandum of understanding on biosafety and sign it, according to a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the republic published on the national legal portal.

On October 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference.

On October 4, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 625 million.Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 has now exceeded $16.8 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $19.6 billion.

The US military department intends to implement a five-year program to combat climate change worth almost $ 7 billion, to be more precise - $ 6.8 billion. Three quarters of the budget will be spent on improving the resilience to climate change of army installations with the help of micro grids and electrification of vehicles. The analytical publication Breaking Defense, with reference to the Pentagon's plan published the day before, told about some details of the implementation of the environmental protection program.

On October 6, the Norwegian government announced plans to increase the budget of the Ministry of National Defense in 2023 by 9.8% to 75.8 billion. Norwegian kroner (about $7.08 billion).

Beijing will no longer be able to purchase artificial intelligence-related chips, equipment for their self-production, as well as other high-tech products abroad. This happened because Washington imposed large-scale sanctions against China in the field of semiconductor technologies.

Alexey Polishchuk, Director of the second CIS Department of the department, on Washington's "proxy war" against Moscow, the situation in Transnistria and difficulties in relations with Moldova

Alexey Polishchuk, director of the second CIS department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS in an interview about whether a conversation with Kiev is possible, about the "indirect war" of the United States against Russia, and also explained what status the new regions have within the framework of the Union State. The diplomat shared his assessments of the situation in Transnistria and the difficulties that have arisen in relations with Moldova.

The German government acted decisively so that Germany could survive this winter, Olaf Scholz said in an interview with El País. He admitted that it is necessary to use "dirtier" energy resources, since there is no green alternative to Russian gas yet.

Member of the HRC Kabanov urged to find out why regular ammunition is sold over the Internet

The military prosecutor's office and operational services should deal with the problems of material and technical support of the mobilized, regular ammunition appears on Internet trading platforms, said Kirill Kabanov, a member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation.

The US Navy has signed a contract for the supply of a new generation of sonar buoys with the Ultra Group company.

Against the background of mobilization, industry is increasing arms supplies

On October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the ratification of the agreements on the admission of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions to Russia.

Sergei Shoigu instructed the General Staff to explain exhaustively to the military commissars who are entitled to deferrals

To date, more than 200 thousand people have already arrived in the troops, called up as part of partial mobilization. They are undergoing training and combat coordination at 80 training grounds and six training centers, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on October 4.

Partial mobilization and annual conscription campaign were separated by terms

The autumn draft in 2022 starts a month later than usual — on November 1, but it should be completed by tradition by the New Year. The postponement of deadlines in the Kremlin was explained by the desire to unload the military enlistment offices, which are now occupied by the mobilized. Izvestia answers the most popular questions on the autumn draft-2022 and explains how conscription differs from partial mobilization.

The British Ministry of Defense was forced to apologize to the families of military personnel after serious problems with the housing provided to these families were revealed. The standard of housing is considered unacceptable.