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Delfi: the supply of Western weapons to Kiev will negatively affect Lithuania's defense capability

Lithuania called the provision of air defense and artillery systems to Ukraine unacceptable, writes Delfi. According to the commander of the country's armed forces Valdemaras Rupshis, these supplies will dramatically reduce the combat capabilities of the Lithuanian army.

Kiev's repeated requests for the supply of additional batches of armored vehicles for the Ukrainian army have finally reached Canberra, the Australian government has approved the supply of Bushmaster armored vehicles to Ukraine.

The United States continues to increase its military presence in Eastern Europe. The Pentagon has transferred an advanced unit, the 101st Airborne Division, to Romania. Formally, to participate in exercises with allies and protect the "eastern flank of NATO". In fact, the Americans are preparing to solve completely different tasks.

The Kiev regime, inspired by recent successes, continues to try to occupy new territories in the Kherson region, but each new step is becoming more difficult for the attacking units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, Ukrainian troops are suffering constant losses near the village of Davydov Brod, from where they are trying to move closer to the Dnieper.

On October 18, 2022, the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania announced that the Defense Resources Agency (Gynybos resursu agentūra), which is part of it, signed an intergovernmental agreement with the US Department of Defense on the purchase of 300 more JLTV (Joint Light Tactical Vehicle) light armored vehicles with wheeled vehicles through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The 4x4 formula produced by Oshkosh Corporation, in addition to the 200 JLTV machines already ordered by Lithuania under the 2019 agreement. Thus, Lithuania should receive a total of 500 JLTV machines, which makes it currently their largest foreign customer.

For this, Washington should make an appropriate decision, Alexey Reznikov said

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov believes that Kiev will receive tanks and fighters of Western production after the relevant decision is made in Washington in the future. He stated this in an interview published on Tuesday with the American newspaper Politico .

MWM: opening a new front on the border with Belarus will change the situation in Ukraine

There are no signs of mobilization in Belarus, writes MWM. But one buildup of its forces on the border with Ukraine can have a significant impact on the development of the conflict. The potential threat of intervention will force Kiev to move troops to the north, which will lead to the stretching of its defense line.

The Ukrainian army will soon be replenished with German self-propelled howitzers and MLRS systems. The delivery of an additional batch of weapons and equipment was promised to Zelensky by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who visited Kiev the day before.

A tracked vehicle, similar to the German Panther tank - PzKpfw V of the Second World War, was seen at the armed formations of the puppet Kiev regime. This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".

The family of autonomous ground-based robotic complexes (A-UGV, hereinafter - RTK) "Mission Master" (Mission Master) from Rheinmetall has been replenished with the CXT model. At the United States Army Association Armament Exhibition (AUSA), Rheinmetall presented a new Mission Master with the same new fire support module.

In Warsaw on October 19, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved a framework agreement for the supply of Polish Armed Forces 288 MLRS K239 "Chunmoo" (Chunmoo).

The West has pledged to train 15 thousand fighters for the AFU according to NATO programs

Within the framework of the EU training mission EUMAM Ukraine, which started this week, it is planned to train about 15 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. To implement the program, two headquarters will be created - in Germany and Belgium, the tactical command will be located in Poland.

The British military takes part in most of the exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance on the European continent. Therefore, Britain removes 60 old Challenger 2 tanks from storage for "operations in Europe".

In South Korea, in Changwon on October 19, 2022, at the enterprises of South Korean companies Hyundai Rotem (as part of Hyundai Motor Group) and Hanwha Defense (as part of Hanwha Group), ceremonies were held for rolling out and presenting the first samples of military equipment under contracts concluded by the South Korean side with Poland on August 26, 2022 - the first ten of 180 K2 tanks ordered Black Panther and the first 24 of 212 ordered 155 mm/52 K9PL (K9A1) Thunder self-propelled howitzers.

The Arctic is of increased strategic interest to almost all the leading countries of the world, even those that do not have direct access to the northern region. The United States and other NATO countries regularly conduct exercises in the northern latitudes. Experts predict that in the future it is the Arctic, where a huge amount of minerals is concentrated, that may become a zone of not only economic interest, but also a military conflict between Russia and Western countries that put forward claims to the development of this region.

In recent years, the US military command has considered the introduction of unmanned systems into the armed forces as one of the most promising areas of modernization of the US Armed Forces. For many years, military experts have been trying to determine which ways of using robots on the battlefield are of maximum interest to the armed forces.

The Ukrainian side has repeatedly demanded that Berlin provide Leopard 2 tanks

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany will not supply Western-made weapons, including German Leopard 2 tanks, unilaterally, without coordination with partners. He stated this in an interview published on Saturday with the newspaper Welt am Sonntag .

Details continue to come in about attempts by Ukrainian troops to go on the offensive again in the Kherson direction. Recall that there have been three such attempts in the last two weeks alone. All of them were repulsed by Russian troops.

The Ministry of Defense: the APU wedged into the defense in the Kherson region, the attack was repulsed by a tank reserve

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) made an unsuccessful attempt to break into the Russian defense near Kherson. This was announced on Thursday, October 20, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

They were in service with the GDR army

Greece has begun transferring Soviet-made infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 to Ukraine, which were in service with the GDR army and transferred to Athens by Germany. This was stated on Wednesday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba at a press conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Kiev.