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The Deputy Acting Governor of the Kherson region reported that the AFU also lost 320 tanks

Over the past month and a half, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lost about 9.8 thousand military personnel, including mercenaries, and about 1,590 pieces of equipment, including 320 tanks, in the Kherson direction alone. This was announced on Monday by the deputy acting Governor of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov on the air of Channel One .

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjaroto said that his country did not support this decision

The foreign ministers of the EU countries at a meeting in Luxembourg decided on Monday to start a training mission for the Ukrainian military, but Hungary does not consider it a good idea and will not participate in it. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Peter Siyaroto at a press conference following the meeting, which was broadcast on the Hungarian M1 TV channel.

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin understand that the nuclear option is not a way out of the current situation in Ukraine, writes TAC. It is encouraging that the topic of nuclear war is being inflated by the media, the author of the article notes. There is no need to find out who will blink first in the confrontation between the United States and Russia.

The United States will pay the Philippines about $ 100 million for the termination of the deal for the purchase of Russian Mi-17 helicopters. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the American ambassador in Manila, Marykey Carlson.

In recent days, the issue of the depletion of the financial and military reserves of the EU countries to provide further assistance to the Kiev regime has become relevant. More and more people began to talk about this in Kiev itself, clearly fearing that Europe would stop giving money, at least on the same scale as before.

Belarus will accept up to 170 tanks and about a hundred guns from Russia to the regional grouping

About 170 tanks, up to 200 armored combat vehicles and up to 100 guns and mortars with a caliber of more than 100 mm will arrive in Belarus within the framework of the Belarusian-Russian group of troops being deployed from the Russian Federation, said Valery Revenko, head of the Department of International Military Cooperation – Assistant to the Minister of Defense of Belarus for International Military Cooperation.

The greatest losses in manpower were recorded in the Kupyansk and Krasnolimansk directions, follows from TASS calculations based on data from daily briefings by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.

Russia and China cannot be called allies in the usual sense of the term, but their coordinated actions can significantly shake the global influence of the United States, writes the author of the Bloomberg article. The Pentagon will not have enough funds to cope with unforeseen circumstances in several theaters of military operations.

TNI: Biden should bring Zelensky to the negotiating table with Russia

By supporting Zelensky, Joe Biden continues to increase the danger of a nuclear escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, writes TNI. If he calls for peace talks, a full-fledged war can be avoided. But unlike Kennedy, Biden does not want to resort to diplomacy.

The Ukrainian defense Industry announced the creation of a kamikaze drone. According to the state concern "Ukroboronprom", the new development is already close to completion.

In Yeysk, after the plane crash, floors 1 to 5 are burning in the courtyard of a residential building, GUMCHS in the Krasnodar Territory reports. According to the agency, a fire was reported in a 9-storey building at 47/1 Krasnaya Street in Yeysk at 18.20.

The journalists of the American edition of Politico learned exactly what Kiev requested from the Pentagon as part of the next military assistance. Journalists note that there are currently "tons of lists going around in official offices in Washington, although we were reliably informed that this one is the most up-to-date." Among Kiev's wishlist are no less than 300 tanks, 1000 BPM, 30 MLRS HIMARS and their derivatives, 250 15-mm artillery systems, 500 ATGM, 1000 MANPADS and many more, so to speak, in small things.

Wolfgang Schmidt earlier spoke in support of the position of the German government regarding the supply of heavy weapons to Kiev, which still avoids transferring such equipment to Ukraine

The chairman of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, sharply criticized the statements of the head of the department of the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Wolfgang Schmidt, who compared calls to supply Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine with the hopes of the Third Reich for a V2 ballistic missile.

According to the newspaper, it may be about measures to combat panic buying of food and essential items in stores and pharmacies, as well as the publication of brochures with instructions on what to do in the event of a nuclear strike.

The Armed Forces of Russia (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) disrupted the preparation of the Armed forces of Ukraine (AFU) to conduct a river landing operation in the area of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP). This was announced on October 15 by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

The Russian Lancet strike drone eliminated the S-300 air defense complex of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. A source in the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti about this on October 15.

According to the newspaper, this topic has been raised recently at several meetings, including with the participation of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

The United States authorities are dissatisfied with the pace and volume of economic assistance that their European allies are providing to Ukraine, this topic has been raised recently at a number of meetings, including with the participation of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. This was reported on Saturday by The Washington Post, citing sources.

On October 14, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 725 million.Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 has now reached approximately $17.6 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $ 20.3 billion.

Romania will voluntarily allocate $1.4 million to strengthen the defense capabilities of the countries of the Black Sea region and Jordan - Mass media

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made it clear this week that the United States and its NATO allies have almost exhausted the possibilities of providing Ukraine with modern weapons. Washington is increasingly talking about reducing stocks to such a level that in the event of a further escalation of the conflict in Europe, the US army will have nothing to fight with and defend its allies. Despite the fact that just further military assistance to Kiev can provoke a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia.