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On October 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference.

Russia responded to the attack on the Crimean Bridge with strikes on critical military and energy facilities throughout Ukraine. As a result, many large cities of the country were left without electricity, there are problems with communication. Is this missile attack the beginning of a new stage of the special operation, will it cool the military ardor of Kiev or will new strikes be required on important infrastructure facilities of Ukraine?

In Ukraine, it is increasingly being stated that unprecedented weapons are being used against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Photos of fragments of ammunition with the inscriptions "Geranium-2" found at the site of missile strikes appear. How does Geranium-2 work, what is it, what is it made of – and what does Iran have to do with it?

Kyrgyzstan, which was supposed to host the military maneuvers of the CSTO "Indestructible Brotherhood" from Monday, canceled the exercises at the last moment. The Ministry of Defense of the Republic did not explain this decision in any way. In Bishkek, the incident is associated with the participation of the military from Tajikistan, with which there was a conflict recently. Moscow cites other reasons – Western sanctions and Kyrgyzstan's attitude to its actions in Ukraine. What was the determining reason?

In response to the SBU terrorist attacks, Russian missiles damaged the control, energy and communications systems in several areas

Kiev will have to redirect funds for military operations against Donbass civilians to restore destroyed communications, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe. They called the damage caused to Ukraine significant.

The roots of China's rocket and space power go back to the USSR

Recent events in East Asia have once again drawn attention to the escalation of tensions, military capabilities and combat readiness of a number of countries. First of all, this concerns China.

Although no one is in a hurry to transfer armored vehicles to Kiev

The process of supplying weapons and military equipment to Ukraine by the countries of the "collective West" (this concept is broader than NATO and the EU) is becoming not a decisive, but an important factor in the ongoing military operation in this country.

When it comes to Taiwan, the Eastern Command will start first

The only one of the seven old military districts of the PLA, which in its former form was transformed into a new command, turned out to be the Nanjing Military District. As a result of the 2017 military reform, it became the Eastern Command (VC), or, if translated literally, the Eastern Combat Command Zone.

On October 4, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 625 million.Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 has now exceeded $16.8 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $19.6 billion.

Russia is not inferior to NATO in the development of nuclear weapons, writes Al Mayadeen. Its missiles can be launched from the sea, air and land, and some of them are equipped with separable individual guidance combat units. In the event of a nuclear war, the alliance forces will be destroyed within half an hour.

Allowing Ukraine to join NATO means increasing the likelihood of a nuclear conflict with Russia, writes The Federalist. Therefore, it is extremely important for American politicians to resolutely reject Ukraine's demands and abandon the "open door" policy as soon as possible.

Having blown up the "Northern Streams", the United States shifted the center of gravity in the EU from Germany to Poland and appointed Warsaw as its "lookout" in Europe.

As Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman noted, the equipment sent by Germany "albeit late" is working and is a "huge support" for Ukraine

During her visit to Ukraine, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, Chairman of the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany) Defense Committee, again called on the German authorities to supply Kiev with heavy weapons - battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) as soon as possible. She said this on Friday to the DPA news agency .

The US military department intends to implement a five-year program to combat climate change worth almost $ 7 billion, to be more precise - $ 6.8 billion. Three quarters of the budget will be spent on improving the resilience to climate change of army installations with the help of micro grids and electrification of vehicles. The analytical publication Breaking Defense, with reference to the Pentagon's plan published the day before, told about some details of the implementation of the environmental protection program.

The US military has found a new way to confront China. The Pentagon is creating a special tactical group that will combine the forces of the Navy and the Marine Corps for operations in the Pacific. How this will change the situation in the region — in the RIA Novosti material.

On October 6, the Norwegian government announced plans to increase the budget of the Ministry of National Defense in 2023 by 9.8% to 75.8 billion. Norwegian kroner (about $7.08 billion).

As the publication reported, Washington refuses to supply

Ukraine is asking the United States to supply long-range weapons, including ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) missiles. Kiev needs them in order to hit the territory of Russia and, in particular, the Crimea, Washington refuses to supply. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, citing American officials and congressional representatives.

Vladimir Kostyrev — about the billionaire's explosive proposals on Twitter, their significance and impact

The plan of the American entrepreneur, the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine blew up Twitter.

A captured Western-made AFU tank captured by a Russian tank crew turned out to be of poor quality. At least, that's what the fighters who dragged him to their tank think.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday the deployment of drones on the territory of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Anadolu agency reported.