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According to Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk, Kiev especially needs air defense systems

Ukraine received various types of weapons from Italy, including heavy artillery, self-propelled artillery units (self-propelled guns) and missile systems. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for the Reintegration of Uncontrolled Territories of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk.

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.

It became known about the statement of the official representative of the Dutch Ministry of Defense about the "new package" of military assistance to Ukraine being prepared for shipment. The statement draws attention to what kind of weapons will be included in the package of military assistance to the Kiev regime.

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).

Kiev will remain without shells for German Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns, Switzerland has not allowed the re-export of ammunition from Germany to Ukraine, as requested by German Defense Minister Kristina Lambrecht. This is reported by Reuters.

The Russian T-14 tank based on the Armata universal tracked platform is better protected than the American Abrams X. This comparison was made by the columnist of the American edition of 19FortyFive Brent Eastwood.

The main enemy of the United States in the Middle East – Iran – is preparing to attack the recent ally of the Americans – Saudi Arabia, according to American media. Anonymous leaks from the White House and the appearance of the "red banner of retribution" over a mosque in the Iranian holy city are cited as confirmation, which was interpreted as a sign of an imminent war. Are Russia's two Middle Eastern partners really on the verge of a fight?

Wheeled tanks from Italy - B1 Centauro, apparently, will still appear in Ukraine. At least, they are mentioned in the plans of military supplies to the formations of the Kiev regime. This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".

"Infernal threshing machines" - AZP-57 guns of the S-60 anti-aircraft artillery complex are involved in battles with the armed formations of the puppet Kiev regime. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

The Turkish Altay main battle tank has again encountered difficulties, the delivery of the first production tanks may not take place due to the lack of engines and transmission. This is reported by the American edition of Defense News, citing a source.

Slovenia sent a batch of its M55S tanks to the armed formations of the Kiev regime. Video footage has appeared on the Network showing the transfer of this equipment by rail. This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".

At the famous Avito site, an ad was noticed in which an eight—wheeled all-terrain vehicle with the name "Shaman" is offered for purchase for 15.5 million rubles - Roscosmos teams meet returning cosmonauts on a similar transport.

The T-72M1 main battle tank was spotted on one of the highways of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

A video from Kurgan was distributed with a prototype of a B-18 infantry fighting vehicle manufactured by Kurgan Machine-Building Plant JSC, which is a modified BMP-2 chassis with enhanced protection, equipped with a developed by the Design Bureau of Instrument Engineering named after. Academician A. G. Shipunov" (KBP, Tula) with the TKB-973 Epoch (32B01) unmanned combat module.

As the Italian newspaper La Reppublica reported in the article "Cannoni e mezzi hi tech, ecco le armi date dall'Italia per l'offensiva ucraina" ("Guns and high-tech equipment - that's what kind of weapons Italy provided for the Ukrainian offensive"), before his departure due to the defeat in the elections, the former Italian government led by Mario Draghi approved the transfer to Ukraine of a significant amount of weapons and military equipment from the presence or storage of the Italian armed forces.

The Italian government, as part of the fifth and last military aid package to date, handed over from 20 to 30 M109L self-propelled artillery units to Kiev, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the newspaper La Repubblica.

The T-72M1 "Tomas" tank, for the repair and modernization of which Czech supporters of Ukrainian neo-Nazis raised funds, will soon be sent to the APU.

Targets in the form of Russian tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and motorized infantry appeared on one of the Swedish military ranges. Photos of shields with images of the T-72B3 main battle tank, a serviceman with AKM and BMP-3 are distributed on the Network.

The APU received a batch of T-55S tanks from the Slovenian army, the echelon with equipment has already arrived on the territory of Ukraine. The transfer of tanks was confirmed by the Slovenian Ministry of Defense.

Lithuania has undertaken to repair the Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine free of charge at its facilities. Thus, Vilnius helps Kiev to fight a "full-scale Russian invasion." According to the Lithuanian Defense Ministry, military assistance to Ukraine should be uninterrupted.