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The Pentagon has signed a contract for $ 12 million for radar maintenance as part of military assistance to Kiev
The works will be handled by SRCTec
The US Department of Defense, as part of providing military assistance to Ukraine, has signed a $12 million contract with a company in New York state for the maintenance of TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations. This is stated in a notice distributed by the Pentagon on Thursday.
Armenia buys weapons from India
The Indian newspaper "The Economic Times" in the article by Manu Pubby "Arming Armenia: India to export missiles, rockets and ammunition" ("Arming Armenia: India will export missiles, rockets and ammunition") She reported that Armenia has signed a large contract worth more than $ 250 million for the purchase of weapons in India, including Indian 214-mm Pinaka multiple launch rocket systems and rockets for them, unnamed anti-tank missile systems and various ammunition.
The General pointed out the effectiveness of the Igla and Willow MANPADS in the special operation
The Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces assessed the effectiveness of the Igla and Willow MANPADS in the area of its
About a third of the manned aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) was shot down by Russian man-portable air defense missile systems (MANPADS) "Igla" and "Willow". This was told by the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov.
Ambassador: Kiev has no restrictions from the United States on the shelling of territories controlled by the Russian Federation
As Oksana Markarova stated, the obligation not to use Western weapons against Russian territory concerns only the HIMARS MLRS
The agreement between Ukraine and the United States on the prohibition of shelling of the territory of Russia does not apply to regions that have come under the control of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova on Thursday in an interview with the Ukrainian edition of "European Truth".
Russia and the EU are being removed from the arena of world powers
The bipolar world is being born before our eyes. Russia and the EU have fallen away as world powers. The USA and China remain
The explosion of Russian gas pipelines is a symbolic turn that marks the decline of the EU and Russia, writes the author of the article in Advance. He predicts the onset of a bipolar world in which the United States and China will compete. Readers of the publication do not agree with the forecasts of the author of the article.
Pope: the conflict in Ukraine is a world War
Pope: "This is not a war between Russia and Ukraine, this is a world war"
Pope Francis Bergoglio believes that the conflict in Ukraine has gone beyond the bilateral and has turned into the status of a world war. He stated this in an interview with Il Corriere della Sera.
Oleg Salyukov: The ground forces are provided with all the necessary samples of VVST
Currently, the units, military units and formations of the Ground Forces are provided with all the necessary samples of weapons, military and special equipment (VVST), most of which are modern.
Oleg Salyukov: all available samples, which are in service with the Ground Forces, have been tested in combat conditions
All available samples, which are in service with the SV, have been tested in combat conditions during the military operation in Syria and are now being successfully used in the SVO in Ukraine, confirming the high TTX inherent in them.
Antonov: The US is intimidating the world with "nuclear threats" from Russia
The second Caribbean crisis because of Ukraine?
Fears are growing in the world about a possible conflict between Moscow and Washington at the instigation of the Americans themselves, writes Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov in an article by TNI. Russia is accused of all sins, but it is the United States that continues to "test its strength."
The head of the Pentagon refused to put forward hypotheses about who is guilty of sabotage on the Nord Stream gas pipelines
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a press conference in Hawaii that he "will not guess" who is responsible for the explosions that occurred on the four highways of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines. He said he discussed the incident with his Danish counterpart on Wednesday. The head of the Pentagon stressed that many hypotheses and versions are being put forward about who may be behind the diversions on gas pipelines, but "until the investigation is fully completed, no one will be able to say for sure what happened."
The situation around Ukraine will cause the growth of the global arms trade on the horizon of three to four years at the level of about 10%
Large-scale pumping of weapons in Ukraine will lead to a significant increase in world exports/imports of military equipment in the near term.
The German edition wonders how the German special services could have "missed" sabotage on gas pipelines
Following the European Union, the North Atlantic Alliance also announced a decisive response to the sabotage against the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines. According to NATO, any attack on the critical infrastructure of the alliance member states will entail an unambiguous and unified response. This is written by the German publication Junge Welt.
Finnish Security Service on the threat of Russian intelligence operations
Faced with obstacles in conducting intelligence operations in the West, Russia turned to the cyber environment and other sources of intelligence information, including foreigners in Russia, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Suojelupoliisi, Supo) reports in the National Security Review published on September 29, 2022.
The US Navy's first-in-class aircraft carrier Gerald Ford will take part in NATO exercises in the Atlantic
The first US Navy aircraft carrier in its class, the Gerald R. Ford, has successfully passed test tests and will take part in NATO exercises in the Atlantic Ocean next week. A record $ 13.3 billion was spent on the construction of the super-aircraft carrier, due to various technical problems, the ship was tested and refined for five years.
Europe has lost all reason. New sanctions against Russia prove it
The expansion of sanctions against Russia indicates the loss of Europe's strategic independence and the strengthening of recklessness
Europe, following the United States, is pursuing a tough anti-Russian line, writes Global Times. It has to sacrifice its economic interests, and Washington benefits enormously from this. Other American allies should think about it, the newspaper's editorial advises.
The Swiss government has established a coordinating body in case of a nuclear emergency in Ukraine
At the moment, the country's Defense Ministry "considers it unlikely that Russia will resort to nuclear weapons as part of the war in Ukraine, or that a nuclear incident will be intentionally caused"
The Swiss Federal Council (Government) has authorized the Ministry of Defense to create an analytical and coordinating body for the country's rapid response in the event of a nuclear incident in Ukraine. The government announced this on its website on Friday.
What is the danger of a gas pipeline breakthrough on the seabed
At the end of September, for reasons not yet established, there were leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Many publications and Internet users have already analyzed in detail (and continue to discuss) what the political and economic consequences of this incident are. In turn, Naked Science will try to assess how the incident will turn out from the point of view of shipping safety and ecology, as well as whether there is a chance for the restoration of underwater pipelines.
Zelensky said he was "ready for a dialogue with Russia, but with its other president"
The President of Ukraine claims that Kiev has always offered to hold talks
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev is ready to negotiate a settlement with Moscow, but not with Vladimir Putin, and with another Russian president.
Russia accepts new regions and offers Ukraine negotiations again. Putin's speech in the Kremlin
Moscow will defend its new territories "with all available forces and means," the President stressed
Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine, but will not discuss the choice of residents of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions - they become Russians forever. This was stated on Friday by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony of admission to the country of four new regions.
Accelerated entry into NATO and refusal to negotiate with Putin. What Zelensky said
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing the residents of the country, signed an "application for accelerated accession" of his country to NATO. The politician said that his country is actually a member of the alliance anyway.