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According to the newspaper, the US authorities will send two NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine by the end of the year

The UK government will supply Ukraine with AIM-120 (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, AMRAAM) medium-range missiles for American NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems. This was reported on Wednesday by The Times newspaper .

143 countries voted in support of the resolution

The UN General Assembly adopted on Wednesday an anti-Russian resolution on referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, as well as on the situation in Ukraine. This is reported by a TASS correspondent.

The Washington Times: Biden himself contributed to the nuclear threat

Biden is whipping up fear of a nuclear war in the United States, writes The Washington Times. At the same time, according to the editorial board of the publication, the American president himself contributes to the escalation of the nuclear threat, creating in the world the idea that America is no longer a superpower.

Politico: lessons from the Caribbean crisis are holding back the US

The United States is investing more and more funds in maintaining the conflict in Ukraine, writes Politico. Against this background, tensions in relations between Washington and Moscow are increasing. However, the threat of a nuclear confrontation with Russia deters the White House from rash steps.

The Ukrainian conflict is turning into a global crisis, writes Geopolitika.news. A new, more dangerous "game" begins. If the US and the EU do not accept the "new reality", then the world is waiting for a further dangerous escalation. But for now, the West is behaving irrationally.

The United States has been preparing the ground for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict since 2014, the author of an article on the Al Jazeera website writes. All in order to overthrow Putin and put a more "convenient" president, as it was in Ukraine. After all, America cannot allow its hegemony to end.

In an interview with CNN, US President Joe Biden called Vladimir Putin a "rational" person who "miscalculated" with the start of the special operation in Ukraine. In addition, the American leader promised Saudi Arabia some "consequences" for the decision to reduce oil production within OPEC+.

International partners and allies have provided the country with about $20 billion in various instruments, Denis Shmygal noted

Assistance to Ukraine from international partners accounts for more than a third of Ukrainian budget revenues. This was stated on Wednesday by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, speaking via video link at a meeting of the second round table on the situation in Ukraine, organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB).

At the same time, convicted persons may be released from punishment

Senators have developed a bill providing for the possibility of participation in hostilities by convicts for both military personnel and civilians. At the same time, they can be released from punishment if they "show courage and heroism in military service"; the text of the document is available to TASS.

Alpha veteran: explosives search systems need to check all cars at important sites

Detection systems even for carefully disguised explosives are available in Russia, but it is important that they check all cars moving on such critical transport facilities as the Crimean Bridge, the security of the state should be above all, honorary president of the international Association of veterans of the antiterrorism unit "Alpha" Sergei Goncharov told RIA Novosti.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday, October 13, published footage of the combat work of calculations of self-propelled anti-tank missile systems "Sturm-S" of the Southern Military District (SE) in the zone of a special military operation.

The Ministry of Defense has released footage of the work of the intelligence unit of the second Army Corps of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic during a special military operation (SVO).

The document alternates ambitious promises to lead international cooperation in solving transnational problems with a description of irreconcilable rivalry in the world, said Marcus Stanley, a political scientist at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Public Administration.

European Commissioner for the EU Internal Market Thierry Breton said earlier that Kiev cannot join NATO in the conditions of military operations on Ukrainian territory

The long-term cooperation between Ukraine and NATO suggests that the country has already become a de facto member of the alliance. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

In the near future, Ukraine will receive a new batch of military aid from Lithuania. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Lithuania, LRT reports.

France and Denmark are working on supplying Ukraine with six more CAESAR self-propelled guns. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Biden promised that the United States will provide Ukraine with air defense systems, writes Newsweek. However, according to experts, the Americans cannot decide what exactly should be sent to Kiev. And besides, the weapons have yet to be produced, and it will take years.

Modern short-range reconnaissance stations "Fara" and radar stations "Sobolyatnik" first entered service with the special forces of the Southern Military District in January of this year, although their serial production was established by the same NGO "Strela" in early 2021.

The head of the department, Ben Wallace, added that Western countries are ready to continue to provide assistance to Ukraine in the current volumes for several years

The depletion of stocks of weapons supplied to Ukraine does not threaten Western countries, arms companies have the opportunity to increase production. This was announced on Thursday by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace in an interview with Sky News .

The successful use of barrage ammunition by the Russian Armed Forces during a special military operation has led to the fact that the US army is already looking for an "antidote" to Russian kamikaze drones operating in Ukraine. She expects that ideas that representatives of the local defense industry will have in the very near future will help her in this.