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Referendums increase the likelihood of the use of nuclear weapons. This can no longer be treated as an "empty threat" by Putin

Referendums and the annexation of new territories to Russia have radically changed the situation in the Ukrainian conflict in favor of Moscow, writes Toyo Keizai. The struggle is entering a new stage. In this regard, Putin's warnings about nuclear weapons are not empty threats, the author believes.

Lithuania is very actively supporting Ukraine in its fight against "Russian aggression", even against the background of other countries, including the Baltic States. Neither Latvia nor Estonia express such zeal in transferring weapons and other equipment to Kiev.

Russian Ambassador to Lebanon: talking about Russia's weakness is a pipe dream of Western countries

Moscow's weakness is a pipe dream of the West, Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov said in an exclusive interview with Al Mayadeen. The United States wants to defeat and plunder Russia, and Putin intends to stop the "unprecedented aggression of the NATO military machine."

The head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control also said that Russia will make a decision based on the results of referendums without taking into account the views of NATO members.

As Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaak noted, he is serious about the fact that the latest hypersonic anti-ship missiles "Zircon" will soon be in service with the Russian Navy, participation in tests ...

The combat readiness of the Russian Navy will increase after the end of the conflict in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the commander-in-chief of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaak, in an interview published on Sunday with the newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

Sources of the publication reported that NATO countries privately conveyed their position to Moscow

Western countries are developing plans in case Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, and their response may be the use of conventional weapons rather than nuclear ones. This was reported on Sunday by the Financial Times newspaper, citing five Western officials who spoke on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the topic.

Inside the $100 billion Project to Modernize America's Obsolete Nuclear Missile Arsenal

A Time correspondent visited one of the American missile warning bases and was surprised: the light suddenly turns off in rooms with ballistic missiles, and when something breaks, Air Force repair crews take parts from military museums. Biden wants to modernize the arsenal, but not everyone in the United States agrees that it is advisable.

The US Department of Defense has published official statistics as of September 22, 2022 of the contracts it concluded with industry for the production of new weapons and military equipment for delivery under military assistance programs to Ukraine. According to these statistics, the volume of such contracts from April to September 2022 amounts to $ 1.2272 billion, and, apparently, the vast majority of the ordered property has not yet arrived in Ukraine.

There are no signs of a decrease in the level of escalation of the conflict between Moscow and the West in the foreseeable future, the observers of the Global Times newspaper noted

Attempts by the American authorities to split Russia and spread their influence in the Eurasian space will turn into the worst-case scenario for an armed conflict in Ukraine. This point of view was expressed on Monday by political observers of the Chinese newspaper Global Times .

As the Secretary of State stressed at the same time, the United States is aimed at ensuring that the conflict "does not grow and does not expand"

The US administration has developed a plan for the alleged possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia, but Washington aims to ensure that the situation around Ukraine does not lead to an expansion of the existing conflict. This statement was made on Sunday in an interview with CBS by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

Calculations of the self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) "Malka" hit the identified position of the militants of Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the successful work of the artillery unit of the Southern Military District as part of a special operation on Monday, September 26.

The crews of the Ka-25 Alligator attack helicopters inflict fire damage on the militants of Ukraine and lightly armored enemy military equipment. Alexander Morozov, a correspondent of Izvestia, told about the successful completion of tasks in the special operation zone on Monday, September 26.

There is no cure for regrets on the issue of nuclear war

The world has remembered about atomic weapons and wants to shake off the dust from it, writes Huanqiu Shibao. The current "nuclear tension" is the result of a sense of insecurity due to the aggravated geopolitical situation. The responsibility for this lies with the United States, the author is sure.

Recently, China has adopted a strategy of using civilian vessels to increase the country's naval potential. For military purposes, Beijing can use a variety of vessels – from fishing boats to ocean ferries. This is reported by CNBC.

Ukraine has become a testing ground for Western weapons systems, military technologies, and tactics. Officials of the Kiev regime do not hesitate to say this directly. In particular, Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Gavrilov, speaking at a conference of the American national defense industry in Texas, called on the White House to continue to supply the latest equipment and equipment to test it all in combat. The Americans do this with the British. About what kind of weapons the West is testing in the former Soviet Republic — in the RIA Novosti material.

On September 25, the NATO Dynamic Messenger-22 naval exercises began. This is the first full-fledged operational exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance, the main purpose of which is to monitor the operation of unmanned systems in the marine environment. The exercises involve 18 ships, 48 unmanned vehicles and 1,500 military personnel from 16 countries of the North Atlantic Alliance. The maneuvers will take place at the training grounds of Portugal, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

Recent events around Ukraine indicate that Russia is changing its strategy of action in the Donbas and adjacent territories. This conclusion is made by the author of the Iranian edition Javan Seyid Nimatullah Abdrahim-zadeh.

Berlin does not intend to supply tanks to Kiev, as this could be a dangerous step for the further development of the conflict in Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview with the American edition of The New York Times.

The dollar and time are the two main opposing forces in Ukraine

The optimistic sentiments of the West associated with the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are groundless, writes Javan. The retreat of Russian troops from Kharkov only indicates that Moscow is changing the strategy of the ongoing special operation, the author notes, time will work in its favor.

The United States will transfer HIMARS rocket launchers to Latvia as part of the NAMEJS exercises, thereby demonstrating the "rapid deployment" of complexes on the eastern flank of NATO. This is reported in a press release of the US Army Command in Europe and Africa.