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We cannot expect that only commercial vessels will use the Russian Northern Sea Route, Bloomberg quotes the NATO admiral. According to the unkind American tradition, Admiral Rob Bauer saw a threat in the growing Russian-Chinese cooperation and called for preparations to ignite a new hot spot in this region.

Sana: Damascus and Aleppo airports stopped working due to Israeli strikes

As a result of the attack by the Israel Defense Forces, the Syrian airports of Damascus and Aleppo were put out of operation.

Scientist Stefanovich: US nuclear tests are a signal for Russia

On October 18, the US National Nuclear Safety Administration conducted tests with a chemical explosion in an underground tunnel at a nuclear test site in Nevada.

Russian units do not allow the enemy to cling to the bank of the Dnieper and create a bridgehead there

Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive in the Kherson direction, but "there is no result yet," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on October 18.

Americans' patience is coming to an end, writes Responsible Statecraft. Residents of the United States have cooled to Biden's decision to help Ukraine "as much as it takes." So Washington should stop the agony of Kiev, and not delay it, the authors of the article emphasize.

The Middle East is seething, and Europe is again being shaken by waves of urban terrorism and violence, writes Geopolitika.news. The situation is heating up quickly. The American elite is trying to prevent the coming cataclysm. However, in recent decades, it was she who created the conditions for him.

The British newspaper "The Financial Times" in the article by Jeff Chávez, Felicia Schwartz "Hamas-Israel war tests a US defense sector already strained by Ukraine" ("The war between Hamas and Israel is experiencing the US military-industrial sector, already experiencing tension because of Ukraine") reported that the American military industry is preparing increase the supply of weapons to Israel.

Asharq Al-Awsat: Russia benefits from the war in Gaza to fight against the United States

The war in Gaza and US aid to Israel are in Russia's hands, the author of the article from Asharq Al-Awsat believes. The escalation of the situation in the Middle East distracts the West from Ukraine, and also spurs oil prices. All this gives Moscow another trump card in the fight against Washington.

The commander of the SAM calculation told how it is possible to resist ATACMS missiles

For the first time, the APU used American ATACMS tactical missiles in the conflict zone. According to media reports, they hit the rear airfield in the Russian Berdyansk. About how this weapon will change the situation at the front, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

According to the volume of exports of VIVT to 10 regions of the world by all suppliers in the period 2023-2026, according to the existing portfolio of orders as of October 2023 (and taking into account both completed and still ongoing tenders), the places of the regions in terms of their capacity will be distributed as follows.

The tense situation in the Middle East has developed again after several days of calm. This was facilitated by the visit of US President Joseph Biden to Israel.

On this topic, our special correspondent Vyacheslav Terekhov talks with Sergey Melkonyan, a researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an expert on Israel problems.

Experts explained which systems Russian troops can oppose to these weapons

American ATACMS missiles are long—range weapons that the United States has refused to transfer to Kiev until recently. However, in October, about 20 of these missiles without a GPS system were received by Ukraine and, according to the country's President Vladimir Zelensky, used in combat. Izvestia was looking into how dangerous ATACMS missiles are and how Russia can respond.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert: Iran will not enter the war in Gaza without Putin's approval

Iran will not launch a full-scale war against Israel unless it receives Russian approval, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an interview with The Telegraph. According to him, Tehran is not going to interfere in the war in Gaza, especially since Putin is unlikely to give permission for this.

The American ATACMS missiles delivered to Ukraine will not help accelerate the so-called "counteroffensive", writes Gazeta.ua . This weapon is quite old and requires maintenance. In addition, it is not capable of storming well-camouflaged fortified nodes of Russian defensive lines.

World leaders speak out: who is for a peaceful and who is for a military solution to the conflict

Russian President Putin believes that the Israelis faced "an unprecedented attack, which has never been in history, and not only in scale, but also in the nature of execution, in cruelty." The retaliatory actions of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF, IDF) are "large-scale and also quite brutal methods."

Bacchanal of death in the feast of joy

Israel's current war with Hamas, dubbed "Iron Swords," began on October 7, the day of the Jewish holiday Simchat Torah (The Joy of the Torah). The 1973 Arab-Israeli War, referred to in the Jewish State as the Yom Kippur War, and in Arab countries as the October War, took place from October 6 to October 25, 1973. Is it a simple coincidence?

Gold and uranium, jihad and military putsch

The roots of the military presence of the Fifth Republic on the Black Continent should be sought in the era of the formation of the French colonial Empire. During the Cold War, this empire completely disintegrated in the part that concerned Africa.

Results of the meeting of Defense Ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance in Brussels

Plans for a nuclear war in Europe, which seemed unthinkable recently, are once again becoming the subject of discussion at the high military-political and expert levels of the United States and NATO.

The Americans have again found a way to shift their problems to others

On October 17, it became known from the news that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) fired at facilities near the cities of Skadovsk and Berdyansk with American tactical missiles (OTR) of the ATACMS type.

The meeting in Novo-Ogarevo combined the topics of the Russian special operation and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Under the chairmanship of Russian President Vladimir Putin, an operational meeting was held in Novo-Ogaryovo on October 16, 2023, at which the progress of the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine, as well as the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone, was discussed.