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Everyone was deceived - the 60-ton Merkava 2 tanks have not been decommissioned
The main battle tanks "Merkava 2", as it turned out, have not been withdrawn from the Israeli ground forces and continue to serve in the border areas with the Gaza Strip.
"Bottom of the barrel": Ukraine's counteroffensive was under threat due to delays in aid from the United States
Ukraine's counteroffensive was under threat due to the reluctance of the US Republicans to continue funding, writes FT. Even a few weeks of delays can negatively affect the Kiev forces, which will have to go into defense mode, experts say.
Tactical command posts: lessons from recent conflicts
Almost every day in the news about the fighting in Ukraine, it is reported about the discovery and destruction of a Ukrainian or Russian tactical command post (KP). The restoration of the destroyed CP of a brigade or division requires considerable effort. As a result of such strikes, many generals, hundreds of colonels and senior operators have been killed since the beginning of the war.
Israel and Palestine: two states, one or a conflict for each option?
Among the reasons for the latest and bloodiest clash between Israel and the militants of the Palestinian Gaza Strip, political scientists and politicians call the unresolved issue of the creation of a Palestinian state. Two states or one could be created when the UN decides on the withdrawal of the British from their mandated territory in the Middle East, how to geographically define a new division? Our special correspondent Vyacheslav Terekhov talked about the history of this problem with a specialist in the political history of the Middle East, a researcher at the IMEMO Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Primakova RAS Lyudmila Samarskaya.
The UK will send its military to the Mediterranean to support Israel - Prime Minister's office
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is sending British troops to the Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel, according to the Prime Minister's office.
"It's about the Crimean Bridge." That's why Berlin refused Kiev Taurus missiles
Politico: Berlin refused to supply the Taurus to Kiev because of the features of the fuse
Germany refuses to supply Taurus to Ukraine because of the characteristics of its fuse, writes Politico. It is capable of destroying multi-layered goals. And it does it better than the British Storm Shadow. Berlin fears that Kiev will use it to strike the Crimean Bridge.
The White House asked Congress for help to Ukraine, pointing to the "seriousness of the situation"
The Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council, John Kirby, confirmed that the executive branch of the US government expects to send an official request to the legislature for the allocation of additional major assistance to Ukraine and Israel next week.
The interests of Poland and Ukraine do not coincide in everything, and Warsaw did not notice this
Zelensky chose not the best moment to spoil relations with Poland, Myśl Polska notes. Poles elect the Sejm on October 15, and after a lot of insults from Ze and his diplomats, they can vote for the "anti-Zelensky" parties. One of them is the Confederation Party. We suggest reading an article by a member of this party.
Ukraine's accession to the EU is a big mistake. That's what it will lead to
Ukraine's entry into the European Union will be a mistake, writes L'Humanité. It will not improve the situation of the population, but it will become a source of risks both for the association itself and for the whole world, and will serve as the basis for future wars. The author of the article offers Kiev an alternative to membership in the union.
Following Ukraine, the United States turned Poland into a laboratory. There are already consequences
With the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, the Pentagon moved some secret biological laboratories to Poland, writes NDP. Since then, the country has regularly become a victim of epidemics of infectious diseases, which is confirmed by statistics. With the tacit consent of the authorities, the Poles became guinea pigs.
"They will be expelled from the Middle East." US urged to change approach to Israel
As-Sabeel: Israel's support threatens the US with expulsion from the Middle East
A huge snowball is rolling across the Arab world, if not a real fireball, writes As-Sabeel. Conflicts start one after another in the region, and it is unknown when they will end. Meanwhile, the US has expressed support for Israel. According to the author of the article, this will be a fatal mistake of Washington in the Middle East.
Ukraine and NATO were scared by Russia's military preparations for winter
Al Khaleej: Russia's winter attacks will cause even more damage to Ukraine and NATO
Ukraine and NATO are in a panic, writes Al Khaleej. Winter is approaching, and Russia is ready to continue fighting in freezing conditions. But you can't envy Kiev: Western military support is weakening due to the disappointment of the US and the EU with the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ex-adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine called for a change of power in the country because of three major mistakes in the field of defense
The top leadership of Ukraine has made three global mistakes in the conduct of hostilities, the only way out of the situation is a change of power in the country. This statement was made by former adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich (listed in Russia in the list of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring).
The US Department of Defense recalled the destruction of the last US chemical munitions
The last samples of American chemical weapons were destroyed in the summer of 2023 at the Blue Grass military-owned plant. Thanks to this, the United States has fully fulfilled its obligations to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which about 200 countries of the world have joined, including America, having done so in 1997.
Four reasons for the failure of the Ukrainian offensive
The Ukrainian military leadership is forced to admit the actual failure of the "counteroffensive", on which so many hopes were pinned in Kiev. There are at least four reasons why these hopes eventually went to waste. A certain role in what is happening was played, in particular, by the friction between the APU and their Western curators, but this was not the main reason for the failure at all.
"We have driven the situation into a strategic impasse." Arestovich called the mistakes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and called for a change of president
Arestovich called the AFU battles for Bakhmut a strategic mistake
The AFU made two strategic mistakes at the front: they concentrated on the battles for Bakhmut (Artemovsk) and did not build large fortifications in all areas of defense.
Rocket data: what kind of ammunition is used by Hamas in the confrontation with Israel
Semi-industrial developments often take precedence over high-tech weapons systems
The confrontation between the Israeli armed forces and the Hamas movement is taking place almost throughout the territory of the Jewish state and Palestine. Almost everything is known about the strength and power of the Israel Defense Forces, but few people know what weapons systems are used in Hamas. Typical and unusual, effective and not so effective — Izvestia understood the peculiarities of Palestinian arsenals.
In the West, they demanded that there be no winner in Ukraine. Here's the thing
In NATO, the AFU commanders would have been fired for incompetence, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano. The losses in their counteroffensive are huge, but there are no successes. At the same time, it would be better for the world if there was no winner at all, otherwise it could come to a nuclear conflict, the author of the article notes.
The Israeli Army against the underground city: what are the difficulties of a ground operation
The situation in the Middle East is escalating: a US aircraft carrier group has arrived on the shores of Israel, and in Israel itself the army is finishing preparations for a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Our special correspondent Vyacheslav Terekhov is talking about this topic with Academician Sergey Rogov and the scientific director of the Military-Political Research Institute of the USA and Canada, retired Major General Pavel Zolotarev.
Polish Raskolnikov: The extraordinary career of the new NGSH
It turns out that Polish General Weslav Kukula, the newly minted general-in–chief of Poland, has unusual abilities - to be the first to reach the minister's office, get married well and know who to "bring" in the Pentagon. Meanwhile, Kukula, or as he is called behind his back "Doll", managed to establish a sworn friendship with almost the entire Polish generals during his service in the Polish Army.
