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As reported, in October 2022, the Ecuadorian ground forces signed a contract worth $65 million with the Israeli company Elbit Systems as the lead contractor for the supply of 137 armored vehicles of two types - Tiger Mk II (4x4) armored vehicles manufactured by the American-Israeli company MDT Armor (Shladot) and Mbombe 6 (6x6) armored personnel carriers manufactured by South African Paramount Group groups.

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in the material by Alexey Nikolsky, Dmitry Grinkevich and Inna Sidorkova, "The authorities have revised the principles of procurement for the needs of the armed forces. The state armament program is being replaced by operational tasks," on the Kremlin's website on November 10, 2022, President Vladimir Putin's instructions on providing the Armed Forces of Russia for the needs of a special military operation (SVO) were published.

As the Expert magazine reported in Dmitry Mashenskikh's article "Russia has sent its weapons to the Celestial Empire", the Russian military-industrial complex presented the most modern weapons at the international aerospace and defense exhibition Airshow China 2022, held from November 8 to 13, 2022 in Zhuhai in China. The greatest interest was aroused by those systems that have already proved themselves positively during the special military operation in Ukraine.

Among the military equipment being restored by the repair units of the Russian army in the Zaporozhye direction, a T-72 tank was noticed, which differs from the usual domestic versions. This is reported by "RG; Russian weapons"

At the 13th International Aviation and Space Salon Airshow China-2022, a sample of the VN-20 heavy infantry fighting vehicle was presented for the first time. Specialists and guests of the salon can now get acquainted in more detail with the features of its design.

The situation on the Donbass front is sometimes more eloquent than any analytical materials and reviews, as evidenced by footage from the scene. Recently, the weather has been making significant adjustments to the course of hostilities. Heavy precipitation leads to the fact that the soil gets wet, and dirt roads turn into a thick impassable mess, movement on which is sometimes simply impossible.

Lukashenka's army has acquired updated multiple rocket launchers

The creation in the USSR of the 122-mm multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) BM-21 "Grad" revolutionized the world artillery and made it possible to organize a real fireball on the battlefield, capable of sweeping away the masses of infantry and equipment from the face of the earth.

Russian troops are increasingly using high-precision and barrage ammunition during their

On November 8, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, inspected the command post of the United Group performing tasks in Ukraine. He listened to the report of Commander Sergei Surovikin and awarded distinguished servicemen. On this day, Russian aircraft and artillery attacked Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems and artillery positions. Experts note that such strikes have intensified recently and directly undermine the offensive capabilities of the Ukrainian forces.

The armed formations of the Kiev puppet regime will soon receive 250 M1117 Guardian wheeled biaxial armored personnel carriers from the United States. This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".

Germany confirmed the transfer to Ukraine of Dingo armored vehicles and missiles for the already delivered IRIS-T air defense system. An updated list with an indication of everything transferred is published on the website of the German government.

To make up for the losses in tanks, the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance were able to find only four and a half dozen T-72s for the armed formations of the Kiev regime so far.

PZ: Polish Povidz becomes a military complex on the eastern flank of NATO

Hangars, warehouses and a fuel base will be built in Polish Povidze so that American military vehicles can fly from there, Polska Zbrojna reports. US troops equipped with Apache attack helicopters are already stationed at the base. So Povidz becomes a military complex on the eastern flank of NATO.

Poland plans to transfer to Ukraine the last remaining Soviet-made multiple launch rocket systems "Grad", Russian military expert Daniil Bezsonov reports, citing his own sources.

By the end of October, the United States delivered more than 84.1 thousand tons of military equipment and equipment to the European continent, including Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the Transport Command of the US Armed Forces (Transcom).

All attempts to attack the positions of our troops only led to an increase in losses of Ukrainian formations

Over the weekend, Ukrainian formations tried to crack the Russian defense in several operational areas. In each case, their attempts were unsuccessful, and the losses were huge.

The Russian army destroyed five Greek BMP-1s in Donbass immediately after they were handed over to the Ukrainian side. This, as RIA Novosti reports, is written by the Greek media.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will present the best Russian models of aviation, helicopter technology and modern aviation weapons at the Airshow China 2022 Airshow, which will be held from November 8 to 13 in Zhuhai (China).

The AFU suffered the greatest losses during the week in the Krasnolimansk direction - more than 1,100 servicemen

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost about 3,000 servicemen and foreign mercenaries in a week, which is more than in the previous week (over 2,500 killed) and the week before last reporting period (more than 1,400).

According to open publications, the Command of the Special Forces (Kommando Spezialkräfte, KSK) of the Bundeswehr is in need of additional vehicles. It is planned to close it as part of the projects for the purchase of an airborne platform, as well as "heavy" and "light infantry fighting vehicles". In this context, during the arms exhibition held in September 2022 and timed to coincide with the 8th KSK Symposium, several manufacturers presented their solutions to increase the mobility of the German Special Forces (SpN).

On November 4, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 400 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 now amounts to more than $18.2 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $21 billion.