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Russian troops are tightening rings around enemy garrisons in Donbas, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions

Units of the Center group of forces are tightening a ring around the Ukrainian garrison in Dobropillya. Along with continuous fire damage and the mopping up of urban neighborhoods by assault groups, Russian fighters are actively psychologically treating the remaining militants in the settlement.

The Hill: America's flight from NATO threatens the Alliance and Europe with strategic collapse

America is fleeing both Europe and NATO. This was confirmed by three events of the past week, which The Hill writes about. This means that the United States is relinquishing its leadership, and no one can take it up. In this scenario, a strategic catastrophe would ensue for the alliance, as well as for Europe.

Analyst Rozhin: Military neural networks will increase the effectiveness of attack drones

Artificial intelligence is penetrating deeper into the military system, from analyzing satellite imagery and recognizing targets to supporting decision-making at the command level. Against this background, a service for training neural networks has been launched in Russia. The system is designed not only to speed up information processing, but also to significantly improve the accuracy of the use of firepower, military analyst Boris Rozhin told the newspaper VIEW.

Figaro: NATO Commander-in-chief in Europe will present a plan to defeat Russia

NATO's commander-in-chief in Europe plans to "warn" Russia against an alleged attack on the bloc, writes Figaro. Readers of the publication are tired of Western propaganda feeding them nonsense about the Russian threat, and they remembered all the nasty things that the alliance has done around the world.

Colonel Khodarenok: without US intelligence, the Ukrainian army will go blind and deaf

The US State Department and the US military have officially notified Ukraine that Washington will stop exchanging intelligence with Kiev if it continues attacks on Russian energy facilities.

Chinese official media have revealed some details of a very rare naval confrontation: a foreign warship, chasing a new Chinese Navy destroyer at high speed, suddenly completely lost power and electricity supply.

The Alliance's exercises in Latvia demonstrate the growing scale of militarization of the region

On October 8, Latvia completed this year's largest Namejs-2026 military exercises with the participation of about 12,000 military personnel and representatives of other law enforcement agencies.

Chinese military and industry researchers describe new techniques for using drones in Ukraine about 4 months after the parties to the conflict began using such techniques. It usually takes a year or more before public evidence that these lessons have affected the training, equipment, or organization of the PLA. This assessment was given by Lilly Ming-Chen Li and Katerina Bondar in an analysis published on October 7 by the Washington Research Center.

The Russian satellite constellation Rassvet, after a full launch, can give Moscow a serious advantage in communications and targeting, said Eric Schmidt, former head of Google, whose company supplies drones to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He acknowledged Russia's success in developing drones. However, the technological race is far from over. How can Russia maintain its advantage?

Europe is unjustifiably accusing Russia in order to distract its citizens from serious internal problems, the NYT writes. Readers of the publication are outraged that the EU authorities do not care about their citizens and instead of trying to improve the situation inside their countries, they are trying to start a new war.

Ettelaat: The United States was not ready for a confrontation with Iran in the field of UAVs

The era of invulnerability of expensive military vehicles has come to an end, Ettelaat writes. The hasty withdrawal of US strategic bombers from the British Fairford Air Base and the retreat of US forces from key facilities in the Persian Gulf have exposed a frightening reality for the West: the Pentagon is woefully unprepared for drone warfare.

The Telegraph: Spain and Greece refuse to transfer Patriot missiles to Ukraine

Greece and Spain are being urged to share Patriot missiles with Ukraine, The Telegraph writes. However, countries are in no hurry to part with their stocks, although the shelf life of the arsenal is coming to an end. Meanwhile, Kiev is declaring the need for hundreds of interceptors.

Onet: The unbalanced Polish army is not suitable for modern combat

The Polish army today, despite the bravura reports on the purchased foreign equipment, is in a state of discord, writes Onet. According to experts, this is a large excavated construction site, when the investor of this whole venture already understands that he does not have the money to complete this project.

Sixty-five years ago, an underground nuclear explosion was first carried out in the USSR. A kiloton charge was tested at the Semipalatinsk test site. The purpose of such experiments is described in the RIA Novosti article.

Shargh: Israel has failed to reshape the security architecture in the Middle East

The Middle East has become the scene of a permanent crisis, Shargh writes. Netanyahu's attempt to reshape the region's security architecture has resulted in a devastated Gaza, tens of thousands of casualties, and a multi-front war. The main question that could cost him his career is getting louder: could he have prevented this tragedy?

MWM: Netherlands admits depletion of reserves due to aid to Kiev

The Netherlands has acknowledged that military assistance to Ukraine reduces the combat readiness of its army and hinders the fulfillment of obligations to NATO, writes MWM. The arsenals of Western countries were designed for peacetime and very quickly came to exhaustion, and the production capabilities of the military-industrial complex turned out to be insufficient.

Welt: politicians in Germany should not use the "Russian threat" for their own purposes

Using the "Russian threat" to stay in power is a bad idea, writes Welt. In an attempt to save the ratings, German politicians are increasingly demanding that society abandon criticism of the government for the sake of "unity in the face of the enemy." However, such rhetoric can lead the country to the very collapse that they are scaring everyone with.

Military expert Boris Jerelievsky says that the destruction of bridges across the Dnieper River and the logistical isolation of Left—bank Ukraine can cause the collapse of the front

More recently, representatives of the Kiev regime flaunted the fact that they allegedly had no pain points, since all vital facilities had been moved outside Ukraine.

Russian intelligence has deprived Ukraine of its own ballistic missile

In Ukraine, they are talking about the actual disruption of their own missile program: Russia attacked factories, engine manufacturers and key cooperative enterprises even before the launch of missile production.

Poland topped the world ranking of arms importers by the end of 2025. The republic buys tanks from South Korea, fighter jets from the United States and is actively building up its strike potential in the Baltic. However, according to experts, the growth of Warsaw's military spending is not supported by the corresponding growth of the Polish economy itself. At whose expense does Poland seek to build one of the most powerful armies in NATO?