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Chaos reigned in one of the AFU brigades, which played an important role in the counteroffensive, writes Newsweek. Chief Sergeant Marcus spoke about the problems with leadership and command on the battlefield. After that, he was accused of "PR on someone else's blood."

Politico: Zelensky reminded NATO defense ministers about Ukraine

Zelensky unexpectedly attended a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, writes Politico. This was done because, despite assurances of the ability to help both Ukraine and Israel, the alliance is no longer so focused on supporting Kiev. I had to be resourceful.

The BR-1 and BRG-1 robotic platforms used in the special military operation zone for mining and medical evacuation will receive artificial intelligence (AI).

Western observers, based on the data of the Ukrainian side, point to an alleged increase in cases of the defeat of the newest T-90M tanks at the front. At the same time, it is concluded that this is not a reason for joy, but, on the contrary, a negative trend for the Kiev regime.

The PLA Air Force wants to load Russian factories with orders to get ahead of India

The sanctions regime imposed by Western countries in 1989 after the Tiananmen events persists, and China is deprived of the opportunity to buy Western military and dual-use technologies. Of course, the Chinese do not sit idly by: if there are no technologies in the country, they need to be extracted and mastered at any cost. Russian aviation turbojet engines have become one of such technologies.

Shoigu paid attention to the Sarmat missile, the Su-34 bomber and the Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle

Speaking at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club on October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin touched upon the topic of "modern types of strategic weapons", among which he referred to the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

A failure that was repeated half a century later

Hamas (the "Islamic Resistance Movement") apparently deliberately timed the attack on Israel to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the October 1973 war, which in Israel is called the Yom Kippur War.

Unmanned aircraft determines the course of hostilities in Ukraine

Attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to actively use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming a serious threat to Russia and its army. Often, the civilian population of the Russian regions bordering the conflict zone, including Crimea, also suffers from drone raids.

Terrorism receives state support in Ukraine

The phrase given in the title belongs to Moshe Dayan, the Israeli Defense Minister in 1967-1974. Decades have passed since it was uttered. But what the Israeli military commander said is relevant today for us. Terror threatens both Israel and our homeland.

Private military companies in the light of the conflicts in Ukraine and Karabakh

In September, Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov made a voyage to a number of African countries. And on September 29, he poisoned himself in the Kremlin for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Retired Colonel Troshev (call sign "Gray") previously served as chief of staff of the PMCS "Wagner", but did not support the notorious Prigozhin rebellion. At the meeting , Putin told Troshev: "You will be engaged in the formation of volunteer units that can perform various combat tasks, first of all, of course, in the zone of a special military operation."

The humiliation of hegemons, the rise of the oppressed, the search for a new balance

In the XVI–XIX centuries, England and France captured two-thirds of the world's territory. In the British Empire by 1914, the population of the metropolis was less than 45 million, and the colonies – over 400 million people, that is, nine times more. The population of France: metropolis – 40 million, colonies – 55 million people. Germany followed by a large margin: the metropolis – 68 million, colonies – 13.3 million.

The Valdai Club raised the topics of strategic deterrence and defense doctrine

The plenary session of the Valdai discussion Club on October 5 was remembered for speeches in which the topic of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was raised.

This will make it possible to make security corridors for aviation over the line of combat contact

The arsenal of the Russian army will be replenished with helicopters equipped with fundamentally new electronic warfare (EW) complexes. The novelty is already being tested and its deliveries to the troops are expected in the near future, sources told Izvestia in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In the last 20 years, the United States has been using a new set of tools to dictate rules to the whole world, writes the NYT. One of them is the dollar and the SWIFT payment system. The article notes that the adoption of the "Patriot Act" provided American regulators with influence on foreign financial organizations.

The Israeli armed forces, for some reason called the "defense army", twice made large-scale incursions into the small country of Lebanon ravaged by civil war.

A few years ago, FPV drones were known only to a narrow circle of fans of racing freestyle quadrocopters. Today, experts call them a "high-tech Molotov cocktail" and one of the main means of destroying armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

According to Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, the T-72B3M and T-90 are the most popular tanks and have proven themselves well in the area of their own

The Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation (part of the Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ) of the Rostec State Corporation) supplied the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with a batch of T-90M "Breakthrough" and T72B3M tanks with additional protection. This was reported in the press service of the UVZ on the occasion of the 87th anniversary of the enterprise.

The President also noted that "if the war continues, he will run in the next elections"

The conflict with Russia is in the final phase, according to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.

AT: the new Russian missile "Burevestnik" is able to overcome the defense of the United States

Russia has unveiled a new intercontinental missile "Burevestnik", which can launch a new nuclear arms race, writes AT. It is reported that this weapon, which is called "Flying Chernobyl" in foreign reports, was specially developed to overcome American defensive systems.

Politico: NATO will have to "break apart" for the sake of supporting Israel and Ukraine

The conflict in the Middle East broke out at an inconvenient hour for Kiev, writes Politico. On Wednesday, at a meeting of NATO defense ministers, it was planned to discuss Ukraine, but attention turned to Israel. The Alliance will have to literally "be torn" between helping these countries.