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Ankara's oil and gas deal with Libya increases the risk of a Greek-Turkish armed conflict. This agreement, which provides for joint exploration by Turkish and Libyan specialists of oil and gas fields in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, was signed on October 3.

Georgia is stepping up cooperation with NATO in order to prepare its army for "total defense" and synchronize its control systems with NATO counterparts. This is how military analysts assessed the reports received from Tbilisi about the new strategy of the Georgian Ministry of Defense, taking into account the events in Ukraine. Why is the West ready to re-equip and train the Georgian army for the second time?

MV: The USA reminded Moldova how to behave with Russia

The American ambassador Kent Doyle Logsdon "reminded" Moldova of the need to unquestioningly follow the instructions of the United States and how to behave with Russia, Moldavian Vedomosti writes. Chisinau hastened to "take a visor", but the situation with the economy and energy security will not improve from this.

On November 1, a thematic conference call was held in Moscow at the National Defense Management Center with the participation of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

NATO may take advantage of membership in the alliance of Finland and Sweden to place nuclear weapons near the Russian borders, this option is not excluded. Moreover, both Helsinki and Stockholm do not intend to abandon this option.

This also applies to thermal power plants, thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, at a meeting with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, said that about 40% of the country's energy infrastructure, including thermal power plants, thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants, was damaged.

This November marks the tenth anniversary of the commissioning of one of the most successful developments of the Tula Instrument Design Bureau in recent years − the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir-C". The system is supplied to Russian troops and abroad, and is constantly being upgraded.

The most "quiet" PLA command is deployed to Mongolia and Kazakhstan

As a result of the 2017 military reform, the Lanzhou Military District and part of the Chengdu Military District of the PLA became the Western Command (Western Combat Command Zone) with headquarters in Chengdu. Its area of responsibility includes Chongqing, Xinjiang Uygur, Tibetan, Ningxia–Hui Autonomous Regions, Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces.

The equipment of the drones raised to the surface showed that they were moving in the zone for the export of agricultural products

The naval drones involved in the Sevastopol attack launched from the Black Sea coast from near Odessa and moved along the "grain corridor". Moreover, one of them was launched directly in the security zone. This was shown by data from memory blocks of drones raised to the surface, the Russian Defense Ministry said on October 30. After the attack, the Russian side suspended its participation in the grain deal. Experts note that the fleet repelled a complex combined attack, which will not be repeated soon — because of retaliatory strikes by Russian forces.

Izvestia visited the positions of air defense systems and learned how they protect the skies of Donbass

Russian air defense units are destroying Ukrainian drones these days, preventing them from conducting reconnaissance and correcting fire on troops and residential quarters of the DPR capital. A correspondent of Izvestia visited the positions of the Osa anti-aircraft missile systems on the outskirts of Donetsk and saw how combat duty was going on.

As the Italian newspaper La Reppublica reported in the article "Cannoni e mezzi hi tech, ecco le armi date dall'Italia per l'offensiva ucraina" ("Guns and high-tech equipment - that's what kind of weapons Italy provided for the Ukrainian offensive"), before his departure due to the defeat in the elections, the former Italian government led by Mario Draghi approved the transfer to Ukraine of a significant amount of weapons and military equipment from the presence or storage of the Italian armed forces.

It included "managers and shareholders of companies producing missiles and firearms, as well as members of paramilitary groups associated with the private military company Wagner and the News Front news agency, the country's Foreign Ministry said.

Asharq Al-Awsat: The EU is on the verge of splitting due to disagreements between Germany and France

The energy crisis, the termination of Russian gas supplies and the fall in the euro showed how much the interests of Germany and France diverge, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. Europe is on the verge of a split: some want to put an end to the EU, others demand its "reset", and others are trying to patch up its old version.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — how Russian sailors were able to repel a drone attack on Sevastopol

On the night of October 29, Ukrainian formations carried out a combined air and sea attack on military and civilian facilities in Sevastopol. It used aerial and marine drones. It is possible that their activities were coordinated by the American Global Hawk apparatus, and the autopsy of the actions of Russian defense systems was conducted by the AWAKS long-range radar detection and guidance aircraft. The attack itself was well prepared and planned.

NI: the persistent refusal of the US to negotiate with Russia brings the world closer to nuclear war

If the Republicans, taking control of the House of Representatives, decide to cut aid to Kiev, the White House may open direct diplomatic channels with Moscow, writes TNI. But it would be more reasonable to do it now, before the influence of mobilization is felt, the author of the article believes.

Advance: Putin offered the world a path to a "different tomorrow" led by Russia

At the Valdai Forum, Putin suggested that the world choose Russia, not the United States, as a model for moving forward, Advance writes. At the same time, he proceeds from the premise that the world is not limited to the West and generally sympathizes with both his country and himself, the author notes.

The representative of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Nabila Massrali, noted that "the issue of allocating specific types of weapons is a question for specific EU member states"

Since the beginning of a special military operation in February, the European Union has allocated a total of €3.1 billion from the European Peace Fund to the Russian Federation for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. This was announced on Monday at a briefing in Brussels by the representative of the EU Foreign policy service Nabila Massrali.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that the call from the reserve has been completed as part of partial mobilization, the delivery of summonses is stopped.

WSJ: Beijing seeks to deepen relations with Moscow at all levels

Russia's support for the decisions of the CPC congress and the re-election of Xi Jinping for a third term indicates the strengthening of relations between the two countries, the WSJ writes. Beijing plans to deepen cooperation further. This caused a storm of indignation in the United States.

The Prime Minister also instructed the relevant departments, if necessary, to prepare proposals for clarifying the state defense order

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed to organize a strict control system to ensure the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He said this on Monday at a meeting of the coordinating council for ensuring the needs of the Russian army against the background of a special operation.