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Ben Wallace noted that this statement "reveals the cards" of the French president

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace made a critical remark to French President Emmanuel Macron, who said that his country's military doctrine does not provide for the possibility of a nuclear response to the use of tactical nuclear weapons (NWS) in Ukraine. This was reported on Thursday evening on its website by The Daily Telegraph newspaper .

The command and staff exercises with the Yoshkar-Ola Missile compound are being completed in the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN). In total, more than 3,000 military personnel and about 300 pieces of equipment are involved in the exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, October 14.

The United States is arming Ukraine with foreign weapons, which were seized during special operations and have been gathering dust in overseas warehouses for years. According to "RG: Russian weapons", for example, the neo-Nazi formations of the Kiev puppet regime were given 7.62 mm Type 85 sniper rifles manufactured by the Chinese NORINCO campaign.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov: The US does not want to take into account Russia's security concerns

The United States today, as during the Caribbean crisis, does not want to take into account Russia's concerns related to direct threats to its security, demonstrating non-negotiability, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA Novosti.

Calculations of operational-tactical missile systems (OTRK) "Iskander" continue to strike at the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian military in the zone of the special operation to protect Donbass. During the execution of the next task, the Russian military destroyed the HIMARS MLRS of American production, as well as ammunition and enemy manpower. This was told by the military correspondent of Izvestia Kirill Olkov.

North Korea fired about 170 artillery rounds at the sea "buffer zones" established in accordance with the inter-Korean agreement on reducing military tensions in 2018, the South Korean military said.

Recently, the US administration introduced new export rules. Their main goal is to deprive China of the possibility of importing the most advanced Western–made semiconductors. This is reported by the American edition of The New York Times. Since various restrictions on trade with China were introduced earlier, in fact, we are talking about a full-fledged technological war against China.

The Kiev regime continues to transfer troops to the east. The APU, inspired by the success in the Kharkiv region, want to occupy as much territory as possible before the autumn thaw. They are going to attack in several directions.

The planned training mission will be the first on EU soil

European instructors within the framework of the EU training mission being created will train thousands of Ukrainian military personnel to operate weapons systems that are supplied to Kiev, "sniper skills", and will also carry out medical training. This was reported by The New York Times on Thursday, citing Western diplomats and officials.

Europe without Russia faces deindustrialization and large financial losses. This is the most pessimistic, but quite likely scenario.

The founder of Lobaev Arms Vladislav Lobaev told in an interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev about the use of the ultra-long-range rifle "Twilight" at the front, the development of a new anti-drone complex and other innovative weapons projects, as well as the main problems and challenges faced by the domestic military industry today.

Deputy Head of the Department Mikhail Bogdanov noted that in the case of the last vote on the draft resolutions of the UN General Assembly on Ukraine, more than half of the abstaining countries are African states.

Ukraine has set its sights on Africa, the country's political leadership, led by Zelensky, has set its eyes on Soviet military equipment in service with many African countries. This was stated by the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.

Protocols on admission to the North Atlantic Alliance have already been signed by all its members, except Budapest and Ankara. Therefore, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is rushing Hungary and Turkey to approve the entry of new members into NATO as soon as possible.

Former Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pakayin believes that sending a civilian mission of the European Union to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to resolve the border conflict could lead to destabilization in the region. In an interview with the Azerbaijani edition of Trend, Pakayin said that Azerbaijan and Armenia can solve problems between themselves within the framework of the Moscow Agreement and the principle of territorial integrity.

Norway intends to allocate up to 210 million norv. kronor ($20.16 million) from the funds that were donated to the UK-led International Fund for the Purchase and Transportation of Weapons to Ukraine.

Baku, after Macron's statements, considers it impossible for Paris to participate as a mediator in the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations

The EU tried to send a civilian mission to the Azerbaijani side of the border with Armenia, Baku strongly rejected it, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.

According to the Estonian Defense Ministry, the head of the country's military department, Hanno Pevkur, said in parliament that in order to ensure sustainable financing of national defense, expenditures for these purposes should reach a constant level of 3% of GDP.

The American magazine "Popular Mechanics" published interesting material by Kyle Mizokami "U.S. Troops Can't Help Ukrainians Fix Their Weapons in Person. So, They Video Chat Instead" ("US troops cannot help repair weapons to Ukrainians personally. Instead, they communicate in a video chat") about the system of remote service support of American weapons supplied to Ukraine implemented by the American army.

France will supply Ukraine with Crotal short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as GM200 radar stations.