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Kiev's receipt of Leopard 2 and M1 Abrams tanks seems unlikely due to the possible inefficiency of the machines. The publication of Military Watch magazine named the reasons for the possible refusal to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with modern armored vehicles.

Of these, $4.5 billion is proposed to be allocated for economic support of Kiev

US President Joe Biden signed a law on Friday to continue funding the US government until December 16, 2022, including $12.4 billion in additional aid to Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the White House.

The Day of the Russian Ground Forces is celebrated annually on October 1. The corresponding order was signed by the President in 2006.

The country's authorities also touched on the topic of measures aimed at forcing Moscow to "pay reparations"

The United States authorities discussed on Friday with allies efforts to influence Russian elites by confiscating assets, as well as measures aimed at forcing the Russian Federation to "pay reparations." This is stated in a statement published by the American Ministry of Finance.

The first flight of the first-class MiG-31 fighter took place on September 16, 1975

The Soviet MiG-31 made its first flight in 1975, but is still in service with the Russian army. Excellent characteristics allowed the fighter to play an important role in the Ukrainian conflict, writes Yahoo News Japan.

Goodbye, common sense

America has been obsessed with Russian gas pipelines in Europe for 40 years, writes the author of the article on the Substack platform. In his opinion, the sabotage on the "Northern Streams" is a reckless adventure of the United States, which can lead to a world war. "This senseless march to death can be stopped even tomorrow," he complains.

On October 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense showed a video recording showing the work of the calculations of the multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) "Hurricane" of the Eastern Military District in the zone of a special operation to protect Donbass.

The fate of the UN hangs in the balance

The West wants to exclude Russia from the UN Security Council, but then this organization will turn into an offshoot of NATO, writes Novi Standard. And its role will be taken over by other multinational organizations such as BRICS or SCO. However, this will deepen the fault lines in the world, the author of the article believes.

Expert Losev: Britain's special services can prepare provocations at EU infrastructure facilities

British intelligence services can arrange provocations at critical facilities of the energy infrastructure of the European Union and blame Russia for this, says Alexander Losev, a member of the presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy.

Shoigu: partial mobilization will not affect women and students of commercial universities

As part of the partial mobilization, women will not be called up. This was announced on October 1 by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

NATO expansion at the expense of Sweden and Finland will lead to a revision of Norway's defense policy. The focus remains on the question of how exactly this will change the alliance itself and the military planning of the northern states that are part of it.

Turkey will not ratify the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO until these countries fulfill the promises made to Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.

Izvestia assessed the level of development of underwater drone engineering in the West

The reason for the explosions that stopped both "Nord Streams" for an indefinite period is not clear, nor is it clear which state is behind it. In the light of the still completely unclear situation with obvious damage to gas pipelines, it is interesting to assess the underwater unmanned potential of foreign countries.

Ukraine will still receive additional French Caesar self-propelled artillery installations, Paris has decided to transfer to Kiev part of the self-propelled guns intended for Denmark. This is reported by the newspaper Le Monde.

Russian troops launched a series of strikes on military facilities of Ukraine in the interior of the country, the target this time was Krivoy Rog, it was there that an air alert was announced at night. According to local publications, the Russian military used kamikaze drones "Geran-2", which in Kiev are persistently called Iranian drones "Shahed-136".

The Pentagon is striving to create weapons that even the most modern means of air defense are powerless against. The other day, the American military-industrial concern Raytheon received a contract worth almost a billion dollars for the development and testing of a hypersonic air-launched cruise missile HACM. It is expected that the promising ammunition will enter service with the Air Force in 2027. About the HACM project and other hypersonic developments in the USA — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Russia can strike at the American infrastructure if it establishes the involvement of the United States in the undermining of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines. This is the conclusion reached by the author of an article for the American edition of National Review.

The ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) of Iran fired at Iraqi Kurdistan with artillery and rockets the night before, Tasnim reported on Sunday.

The leaders of the Central and Eastern European states have stated that they will never recognize Russia's attempts to alienate any Ukrainian territory and support Kiev's bid to join NATO

The heads of Central and Eastern European countries have called for a significant increase in military assistance to Ukraine. The Presidents of the Baltic states, as well as Poland, Romania, Northern Macedonia, Slovakia, Montenegro and the Czech Republic made a corresponding statement on Sunday. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced this on his Twitter page.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called on the international community to condemn the war crime committed by Azerbaijani servicemen and bring those responsible to justice.