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Reducing the capacity of railways prevents Kiev from maneuvering reserves, experts say

The Russian armed forces are reducing Ukraine's military potential by hitting critical infrastructure, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on November 1. The strikes of recent days have disrupted the management of the VFU groups and their logistical support.

Wheeled tanks from Italy - B1 Centauro, apparently, will still appear in Ukraine. At least, they are mentioned in the plans of military supplies to the formations of the Kiev regime. This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".

"Infernal threshing machines" - AZP-57 guns of the S-60 anti-aircraft artillery complex are involved in battles with the armed formations of the puppet Kiev regime. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

In mid-November, an American AUG (aircraft carrier strike group) is expected to arrive in British Portsmouth. This will be the second AUG in European waters.

American expert Ashford recommended Kiev to abandon the Crimea and Donbass

The United States needs to start preparing for negotiations on Ukraine, the author of the article in Foreign Affairs believes. She calls on Washington to show wisdom and strive for a world that would take into account Russia's legitimate interests and achievements.

Walter Mead, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, believes that the Biden administration is too frivolous about the loss of US military influence in East Asia, where China's influence is increasing every year, and North Korea is inexorably increasing its nuclear arsenal. Political, diplomatic and economic stability can return to this region only if America's military superiority, which it lost after 15 years of pursuing an ineffective policy, is restored.

Recently, the United States announced the completion of the preparation of a Strategic Analysis of the situation in Outer Space. However, this document will not be published, although there is an unclassified version of the report. Such a decision by the White House, according to Breaking Defense, caused a sharply negative reaction from the expert community and the mass media.

WSJ: Putin's special operation is a failure of America and NATO

Biden does not want to spend money on defense, writes the WSJ. The concept of deterrence should be based not only on loud statements. The West failed to stop Putin's special operation, and he cannot allow such a blunder with Xi Jinping, the author notes.

Newsweek columnist Blakemore expressed concern about US aid to Ukraine

US aid to Ukraine raises three "red flags," writes Newsweek columnist Alice Blakemore. She is embarrassed that Biden "too actively" uses his extraordinary powers and much more often than European leaders "feeds" billions of dollars to Kiev, mired in corruption.

According to the Russian Defense Minister, new multinational battalion tactical groups are being created in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia

The number of the NATO grouping in Eastern and Central Europe has grown 2.5 times, now it is more than 30 thousand people and may increase in the near future. This was stated on Wednesday by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting of the joint board with the military department of the Republic of Belarus.

The United States no longer considers the previously existing approaches to the development of a limited number of large satellites and large ground-based systems justified. It took many years and a lot of money to implement these goals, now it is not relevant. The Pentagon's position was voiced by Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force for Space Frank Calvelli.

Italy has frozen the shipment of the sixth package of military aid to Ukraine, according to the Italian press, the reason was the "excessive appetites" of Zelensky and his entourage. At the same time, this does not mean the end of arms supplies to Kiev, they will continue after clarifying the list of really necessary for the Armed Forces.

Shoigu: NATO has moved from deterrence to collective defense near Russian borders

NATO is creating a full-scale collective defense system near Russia's borders, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the joint board of the military departments of Moscow and Minsk.

The President added that the work to meet the needs of the Armed Forces should not be built bureaucratically

Russian weapons must be constantly improved, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday at a meeting of the coordinating council for ensuring the needs of the army.

The head of the Office of Strategic Systems Programs of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Johnny Wolf, is confident that it will be possible to install hypersonic weapons on a Zumwalt-class destroyer in 2025 and on a Virginia-class submarine in 2029, writes Defense News.

TNI: The US is ready to hold arms control talks with the DPRK

The United States has stated that the DPRK can test nuclear weapons at any time and is ready to hold arms control talks, writes TNI. This position caused confusion among the author of the article – after all, Washington does not consider North Korea a nuclear power.

It seems that the diplomatic efforts of Moscow and the Russian president personally in resolving the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh have once again had, albeit not final, but very significant success. The Armenian authorities agree with Russia's proposal to leave the discussion of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh for the future, for an indefinite period. Prime Minister of the Republic Nikol Pashinyan said this in Parliament on Wednesday.

And how this decision may affect market prices

Russia reserves the right to withdraw from the grain deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 2. According to him, this will happen if the guarantees provided by the participating countries of the treaty are violated.

The United States sent the newest reconnaissance aircraft to the borders of Ukraine

On October 31, an American Challenger 650 reconnaissance aircraft was flying in Romanian airspace, a number of Russian media reported, citing data from the Flightradar24 web service. Earlier, the same aircraft was spotted in Poland. "Newspaper.Ru" - about the purposes of such flights in the sky near the border of Ukraine, about the ability of such aircraft to detect an aerial target and systematically adjust the work of air defense.

The main enemy of the United States in the Middle East – Iran – is preparing to attack the recent ally of the Americans – Saudi Arabia, according to American media. Anonymous leaks from the White House and the appearance of the "red banner of retribution" over a mosque in the Iranian holy city are cited as confirmation, which was interpreted as a sign of an imminent war. Are Russia's two Middle Eastern partners really on the verge of a fight?