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The Hill: The US urged Biden to "give in" to Russia on the issue of Ukraine

Biden should not even think about a forceful response to the "nuclear blackmail from Putin" invented by him, according to the American edition of Hill. This is certain death for everyone, the author writes, regretting the damage from such a concession — the reduction of Ukraine in size. But the country would have remained intact if the United States had said to itself "stop" back in 2014.

An article was published in the American edition of the Washington Post, in which, among other things, the opinions of Professor Nicholas Gvozdev of the US Naval War College are cited. The professor comments on the situation that is developing in the Western world.

Enemy drones are destroyed by an electromagnetic pulse, the source told TASS

The latest hand-held systems for combating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) "Harpoon-3" are successfully used by the Russian military during a military operation in Ukraine. This was reported to TASS by a source in the law enforcement agencies.

Military historian Miroslav Morozov — about the lessons of strategic bombing campaigns of the past for the wars of the present and the future

The increasingly widespread use of high-precision aviation ammunition, long-range ballistic missiles and attack drones has reawakened interest in the far from new concept of "contactless" wars. Is it possible now with a campaign of strategic bombing with modern weapons to undermine the defense capability and bring the enemy state to its knees?

The Russian Armed Forces and Rosgvardiya reported the destruction of dozens of Ukrainian drones in the area of the NPP

Fighters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Regardie destroy dozens of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of the Zaporozhye NPP, using anti-drone guns and firearms, the commander of one of the units of the Regardie told RIA Novosti.

As already reported, American lawmakers intend to submit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a bill to suspend the sale of American weapons to Saudi Arabia.

The Su-25 assault aircraft of the Russian military base "Kant" have been transferred from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan for a joint exercise with the collective rapid deployment forces of the Central Asian region (CAR) "Rubezh-2022", the joint press center of the CSTO exercises reported on Monday.

German Defense Minister Lambrecht: Germany will be able to supply Ukraine with the remaining IRIS-T air defenses only in 2023

Germany recently delivered the first IRIS-T SLM air defense system to Ukraine. The other three, promised to Kiev, will arrive only next year. This was announced on Monday by Defense Minister Kristine Lambrecht.

Japanese MP Suzuki: Ukraine must stop fighting

Statements about the "weakening" of Russia, replicated in the Western media, raise doubts, writes Muneo Suzuki in an article by Yahoo News Japan. If you can't fight on your own, lay down your arms and end the conflict, he tells Ukrainians. The readers of the portal agree with the politician.

According to Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anushauskas following the results of the US-led meeting in Brussels on October 12 in the Ramstein format, Lithuania will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine.

There are personnel problems in the Bundeswehr, many positions are difficult to fill. At the same time, the German army now needs even more soldiers. Expert Hauke Friederichs writes in an article for the Zeit edition.

Russian Defense Ministry: The Armed Forces continued to strike military targets in Ukraine, the goals were achieved

The Russian armed forces continue to strike at the facilities of the military administration and the energy system of Ukraine, all tasks have been completed. This was announced on Monday, October 17, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

The Deputy Acting Governor of the Kherson region reported that the AFU also lost 320 tanks

Over the past month and a half, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lost about 9.8 thousand military personnel, including mercenaries, and about 1,590 pieces of equipment, including 320 tanks, in the Kherson direction alone. This was announced on Monday by the deputy acting Governor of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov on the air of Channel One .

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjaroto said that his country did not support this decision

The foreign ministers of the EU countries at a meeting in Luxembourg decided on Monday to start a training mission for the Ukrainian military, but Hungary does not consider it a good idea and will not participate in it. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Peter Siyaroto at a press conference following the meeting, which was broadcast on the Hungarian M1 TV channel.

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin understand that the nuclear option is not a way out of the current situation in Ukraine, writes TAC. It is encouraging that the topic of nuclear war is being inflated by the media, the author of the article notes. There is no need to find out who will blink first in the confrontation between the United States and Russia.

The United States will pay the Philippines about $ 100 million for the termination of the deal for the purchase of Russian Mi-17 helicopters. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the American ambassador in Manila, Marykey Carlson.

In recent days, the issue of the depletion of the financial and military reserves of the EU countries to provide further assistance to the Kiev regime has become relevant. More and more people began to talk about this in Kiev itself, clearly fearing that Europe would stop giving money, at least on the same scale as before.

Belarus will accept up to 170 tanks and about a hundred guns from Russia to the regional grouping

About 170 tanks, up to 200 armored combat vehicles and up to 100 guns and mortars with a caliber of more than 100 mm will arrive in Belarus within the framework of the Belarusian-Russian group of troops being deployed from the Russian Federation, said Valery Revenko, head of the Department of International Military Cooperation – Assistant to the Minister of Defense of Belarus for International Military Cooperation.

The greatest losses in manpower were recorded in the Kupyansk and Krasnolimansk directions, follows from TASS calculations based on data from daily briefings by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.

Russia and China cannot be called allies in the usual sense of the term, but their coordinated actions can significantly shake the global influence of the United States, writes the author of the Bloomberg article. The Pentagon will not have enough funds to cope with unforeseen circumstances in several theaters of military operations.