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On October 31, a trilateral meeting of the leaders of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan and Armenia took place in Sochi. Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan participated in it. As expected, the meeting was devoted to the settlement of the situation in Transcaucasia and the soonest peaceful resolution of the conflict between Baku and Yerevan.

Washington has promised Kiev protection from constant shelling of infrastructure and is increasing the supply of anti-missile systems. However, not such as the Ukrainian authorities want.

A hacker from the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) "Joker" hacked the American DELTA command and control program, which is actively used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on November 1 by the head of the press service of the DPR, Daniil Bezsonov.

Ankara's oil and gas deal with Libya increases the risk of a Greek-Turkish armed conflict. This agreement, which provides for joint exploration by Turkish and Libyan specialists of oil and gas fields in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, was signed on October 3.

Last week, the Republic of Korea announced a large-scale modernization of its Navy, providing for the replacement of one of the three fleets by the naval command of unmanned ships. Modernization also refers to the reform of the Marine Corps of the Republic of Korea on the American model. It will become an independent structure from the Navy.

Georgia is stepping up cooperation with NATO in order to prepare its army for "total defense" and synchronize its control systems with NATO counterparts. This is how military analysts assessed the reports received from Tbilisi about the new strategy of the Georgian Ministry of Defense, taking into account the events in Ukraine. Why is the West ready to re-equip and train the Georgian army for the second time?

MV: The USA reminded Moldova how to behave with Russia

The American ambassador Kent Doyle Logsdon "reminded" Moldova of the need to unquestioningly follow the instructions of the United States and how to behave with Russia, Moldavian Vedomosti writes. Chisinau hastened to "take a visor", but the situation with the economy and energy security will not improve from this.

NATO may take advantage of membership in the alliance of Finland and Sweden to place nuclear weapons near the Russian borders, this option is not excluded. Moreover, both Helsinki and Stockholm do not intend to abandon this option.

The Center for High-strength materials "Reinforced Composites" is the only supplier of combined-arms helmets and tank sets of equipment "Ratnik" in the Russian Federation for crew members of combat vehicles

The Center for high-strength materials "Reinforced Composites" in the Sergiev Posad district has increased the production of protective equipment for military personnel by 1.5 times, the governor of the Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov announced on Tuesday.

This also applies to thermal power plants, thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, at a meeting with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, said that about 40% of the country's energy infrastructure, including thermal power plants, thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants, was damaged.

The most "quiet" PLA command is deployed to Mongolia and Kazakhstan

As a result of the 2017 military reform, the Lanzhou Military District and part of the Chengdu Military District of the PLA became the Western Command (Western Combat Command Zone) with headquarters in Chengdu. Its area of responsibility includes Chongqing, Xinjiang Uygur, Tibetan, Ningxia–Hui Autonomous Regions, Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces.

Baijiahao: Tu-160 keeps the West at bay after decades

Decades later, this Russian bomber continues to be a threat to the United States, writes user Baijiahao. Ultra-high speed and powerful weapons allow him to inflict catastrophic damage. His deadly strikes inspire fear in Western countries.

The equipment of the drones raised to the surface showed that they were moving in the zone for the export of agricultural products

The naval drones involved in the Sevastopol attack launched from the Black Sea coast from near Odessa and moved along the "grain corridor". Moreover, one of them was launched directly in the security zone. This was shown by data from memory blocks of drones raised to the surface, the Russian Defense Ministry said on October 30. After the attack, the Russian side suspended its participation in the grain deal. Experts note that the fleet repelled a complex combined attack, which will not be repeated soon — because of retaliatory strikes by Russian forces.

Izvestia visited the positions of air defense systems and learned how they protect the skies of Donbass

Russian air defense units are destroying Ukrainian drones these days, preventing them from conducting reconnaissance and correcting fire on troops and residential quarters of the DPR capital. A correspondent of Izvestia visited the positions of the Osa anti-aircraft missile systems on the outskirts of Donetsk and saw how combat duty was going on.

As the Italian newspaper La Reppublica reported in the article "Cannoni e mezzi hi tech, ecco le armi date dall'Italia per l'offensiva ucraina" ("Guns and high-tech equipment - that's what kind of weapons Italy provided for the Ukrainian offensive"), before his departure due to the defeat in the elections, the former Italian government led by Mario Draghi approved the transfer to Ukraine of a significant amount of weapons and military equipment from the presence or storage of the Italian armed forces.

According to experts, this is especially important during a special military operation, when oil depots and refineries in border zones may be attacked from the air

The Government of the Russian Federation has instructed the Ministry of Energy to work out the issue of restricting drone flights over the most significant objects of the fuel and energy complex (fuel and energy complex) by November 1, according to a letter dated October 14, which State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Energy Anastasia Bondarenko sent to energy companies. The Izvestia newspaper writes about this on Monday with reference to the letter.

The United States decided to strengthen its military presence in Europe in the maritime component by sending a second aircraft carrier group there. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal.

We tell you about the features of the anti-aircraft missile systems transferred by the West to Ukraine

The United States of America handed over to Ukraine the first two NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs). This statement was made by the CEO of NASAMS manufacturer, the American company Raytheon Technologies, Greg Hayes in an interview with CNBC. In total, the United States intends to send eight such systems to Ukraine.

Turkish attack drones will soon be able to hit not only ground armored vehicles on the battlefield, but also to fight aircraft. The Turkish company Baykar, which produces drones called Bayraktar, plans to equip drones with air-to-air missiles.

It included "managers and shareholders of companies producing missiles and firearms, as well as members of paramilitary groups associated with the private military company Wagner and the News Front news agency, the country's Foreign Ministry said.