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One of the interlocutors of the newspaper said that some of the NATO states have been facing delays in the supply of air defense systems for their own needs for several years

NATO countries are facing problems in finding enough air defense systems to meet the needs of Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday by the Financial Times newspaper with reference to unnamed Western officials.

Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar explained why his country buys weapons from Russia, the Breitbart portal writes. Moscow has always cooperated with New Delhi, while the United States preferred Pakistan, the diplomat stressed.

With the participation of Norway and Denmark, Berlin is purchasing Slovak Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery units for Ukraine. The number of guns intended for delivery will be 16 units.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin also said that the latest missile strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on targets in Ukraine have further strengthened the readiness of Western countries to provide further assistance to Kiev

The total amount of American military aid to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special operation has reached $16.8 billion. This was stated on Wednesday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the opening in Brussels of a meeting of the group created by Western countries to coordinate military assistance to Kiev.

The United States, Ukraine and Poland are the main beneficiaries of sabotage on the "Northern Streams", said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Czech Military Department announced the signing ceremony on October 11 by the Ministries of Defense of the Czech Republic and Germany of four documents related to the supply of Leopard 2A4 tanks.

Russian troops are preparing to repel counterattacks by Ukrainian troops and go on the offensive, fuel supplies to the special operation zone have increased significantly. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to its own calculations.

As stated by the President of the Russian Federation, this indicator in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years

The volume of investments in oil and gas production in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years, this is not caused by Russia conducting a special military operation. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday during the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week.

The German authorities previously reported that in the first three quarters of 2022 they issued permits for the supply of military products to Ukraine in the amount of €775 million

In the coming weeks, Germany will hand over to the Ukrainian side the next Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers and Mars-2 multiple launch rocket systems. This was announced on Wednesday on Twitter by the German Defense Ministry.

Defenders of Donbass strike at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with MT-12 "Rapier" anti-tank guns. The military correspondent of Izvestia, Alexander Safiulin, showed the combat work of gunners in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on October 12.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine recalled that Germany announced the transfer to Ukraine of the first of the four promised IRIS-T SLM air defense systems

Defense Minister of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the issue of the supply of air defense (air defense) to Kiev is the first item on the agenda at the sixth meeting of the group for the coordination of military assistance to Kiev in Brussels.

However, in general, the situation in Ukraine has not led to fundamental changes in Washington's approach to foreign policy, said Assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan

The US authorities did not publish a new edition of the US National Security Strategy in connection with the start of a special military operation of the Russian Federation, however, in general, the situation in Ukraine did not lead to fundamental changes in Washington's approach to foreign policy. This was stated on Wednesday by Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jake Sullivan.

Ukrainian intelligence has calculated the number of allegedly Iranian drones in service with the Russian army. The topic was raised by Zelensky during his speech at the G7 meeting.

On the eve of the Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with members of the Security Council announced a massive strike with precision weapons on the objects of military administration, communications and energy of Ukraine.

The current Ukrainian regime, with the support and approval of continental and overseas curators, has finally moved to a different confrontation with Russia – terrorist acts. This became obvious after the FSB published materials investigating the terrorist attacks on the Crimean Bridge and a wave of detentions of Ukrainian citizens who were preparing terrorist acts on the territory of Russia on the instructions of the SBU. It has already reached the point that portable Igla anti-aircraft missile systems are being transported through the territories of the Baltic countries to commit terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation.

The EU's anti-Russian sanctions are increasingly hitting the EU countries themselves. At the same time, each country is looking for its own ways to combat the "reflection" of its sanctions.

The contact group of the West discussed measures to track the weapons transferred to Kiev, the department noted

The United States and its allies are seeking from their military-industrial complex to increase the production of weapons for transfer to Kiev, as well as to replenish their own arsenals. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday, speaking in Brussels at a press conference following the results of the next meeting of the group created by Western countries to coordinate military assistance to Kiev.

Zelensky very openly calls for hitting Russia with nuclear weapons and endangering the whole world for the sake of saving Ukraine, Advance writes. However, those in the West who think that Russia cannot be guaranteed to respond are fueling apocalyptic tendencies.

Diplomat Oleg Stepanov was summoned to the Canadian Foreign Ministry in connection with the events in Ukraine

The Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers the Crimean Bridge a legitimate target for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and its special services. This was announced in a telephone conversation with Russian journalists by Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov, who was invited to the Canadian Foreign Ministry on Monday.

Strikes on military command, communications and energy facilities reduce the combat capabilities of the VFU, experts stressed

On October 10, the Russian armed forces and units of the DPR and LPR continued to restrain the onslaught of Ukrainian formations. Only in the Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog direction, the enemy lost more than 60 servicemen, nine tanks, 16 armored vehicles and 17 cars in the battles.