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The American B-1B Lancer strategic bomber has completed a "patrol mission" in the Middle East, the Central Command of the US Armed Forces reported.

Russia has nuclear weapons capable of killing billions of people, says the American publication 19FortyFive.

Russia consistently supports the formation of a system of equal and indivisible security in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), as well as for strengthening cooperation based on the principles of international law, including respect for sovereignty, equality and consideration of each other's interests.

Taiwan's chief of staff Tsai Ing-wen says that the threat from China is growing every day, and hopes for US support in the event of an attack by Beijing.

On October 26, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published footage of the first combat use of the Turkish Bayraktar drone. Judging by the video, it did not bring great military successes to the Ukrainian army, but it caused considerable resonance abroad.

Multi-purpose Russian Su-35S fighters have appeared for the first time at a Russian military base in the Syrian city of Al-Qamishli. This is reported by the Telegram channel "Military Observer".

The frigate Admiral Grigorovich of the Black Sea Fleet passes the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits in the direction of the Mediterranean Sea to join the Russian Navy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reports.

Russia is not ready to accept that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is being transformed into an instrument of political pressure, and will make every effort to normalize its work, said Andrei Belousov, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Office in Geneva, speaking at the First Committee of the General Assembly (GA).

Exercises were held on Sakhalin to protect the landing from a conditional enemy, drones and artillery were involved, and the experience of actions in Syria was also taken into account. This was reported on Thursday, October 28, by the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO).

The United States announced the possibility of destroying Russia's Baltic Fleet and turning the Black Sea Fleet into a "shooting gallery". This is stated in an article by journalist David Axe, published on the Forbes website.

According to a video published by the US Navy Central Command (NAVCENT), MANTAS T-12 unmanned surface vehicles under the control of American operators have begun patrolling the waters of the Persian Gulf.

The United States and Turkey held consultations on the F-35 program, from which Turkey was excluded for the purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the US Defense Ministry.

The ships of the Baltic and Black Sea fleets of Russia are reliably protected from enemy missile attacks by air defense systems, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet (in 1998-2002), told RIA Novosti.

The President of Belarus accused the West of looking for a reason to advance its troops to the borders of the Union State.

A multibillion-dollar sum previously transferred by Ankara, intended to pay for the contract for the purchase of American F-35 stealth fighters, was blocked due to the acquisition of the S-400 Triumph air defense system from Russia.

The head of the Defense Committee of the State Duma is sure that the Ukrainian "bayraktars" will not pass in the Donbass.

The chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Andrei Kartapolov, told the Military-Industrial Courier: "The use of the Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicle by the Ukrainian military in the Donbass (which was announced by the General Staff of Ukraine) leads to a further escalation of the conflict inside Ukraine. 

The Indian Armed Forces conducted a test launch of an Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a range of over 5 thousand km. This is reported by The Times of India newspaper with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the country. 

The loss of one Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) worth five million dollars "will immediately cool the ardor of Ukrainian generals" in the Donbas. Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, called RIA Novosti a similar way to stop the escalation of the conflict in the region.

American B-1B Lancer bombers, with which the United States promises to sink the Black Sea Fleet, are outdated even by their own standards, military expert Alexei Leonkov believes. In conversation with the "Tape.He recalled that Russian air defense systems had already successfully repelled their attacks in 2018.

The German Foreign Ministry said it was alarmed by the use of the Bayraktar strike drone by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbass. To this, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk said that Kiev has a legitimate right to defend itself. He advised German diplomats to express less concern.