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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.

Erdogan made a number of high-profile statements at the Prague summit, including regarding Greece, Yeni Şafak reports. He said that Athens will not talk to Ankara, because they need NATO permission for this.

In 1962, the USSR ceded to the United States, and a nuclear collision was avoided, writes TAC. Now it's Washington's turn. He must find the wisdom and courage to give in to Russia in the staring, the author believes. Otherwise, it is the United States that will be the instigators of "nuclear Armageddon".

Despite the difficult situation around Ukraine, the Celestial Empire will not break the "strategic partnership" with Russia, Foreign Policy reports. Beijing is closely connected with Moscow and will not allow its defeat. But it will be necessary to prioritize.

Several U.S. lawmakers have criticized OPEC+'s decision to cut oil production by two million barrels a day, proposing legislation that would withdraw all U.S. troops and missile systems from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East's two largest oil exporters.

This package will include artillery and anti-tank ammunition, winter uniforms and body armor

Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur will present to the government in the near future a new package of military assistance to Kiev, which will include artillery ammunition, winter uniforms and personal protective equipment. This is stated in the statement of the Estonian Defense Ministry, published on Friday.

Turkish leader Erdogan arrived at the summit of the "European Political Community", where much more European Russia and Belarus were not invited. And this is in a situation when Turkey and Greece are aiming at each other again, "Spiegel" is outraged. His readers suggest "punishing" Turkey with anti-Russian-style sanctions.

In order to work together with the commissions on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the EU have agreed on the deployment of a civil mission of the European Union on the border between the two states of the South Caucasus. The next meeting of these commissions is scheduled no later than the end of this month.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer once again stressed that his state will not supply lethal weapons to Ukraine.

Entrepreneur and one of the richest people on the planet, Elon Musk continues to publish on social networks and interviews for major publications, where his statements allow us to talk about him as a person who is at least not far from geopolitics. The other day, Musk called on himself UG (Ukrainian anger) in connection with proposals to resolve the crisis in Ukraine.