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The upgraded Ka-32A11BC is the world's first helicopter that can extinguish fires at subzero temperatures. Recently, the Russian Helicopters holding company has started the next stage of testing the machine. The helicopter performed its first flight with VK-2500PS-02 engines, which were developed and manufactured by the UEC-Klimov enterprise, part of the Rostec United Engine Corporation.

Researchers from the University of New South Wales have developed a technology for upgrading diesel engines, which allows them to be switched to work on a mixture of diesel fuel and hydrogen. It was created with the expectation that the transition to green energy will make millions of old engines useless, while new hydrogen fuel systems and engines will not have time to become mass-produced yet. This transition period needs to be filled with something - Australian engineers have proposed creating hybrids.

According to the acting head of the DPR, Ukrainian troops are striking at civilian and critical infrastructure, therefore, the number of air defense systems is currently increasing in the republic

Western countries supply outdated weapons to Kiev, but due to its quantity in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), it is necessary to rebuild the air defense system. This was announced on Thursday on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel by the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

China increases arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa

China is expanding the export of weapons and military equipment to the Middle East and North Africa, taking advantage of the fact that Russia is focused on conducting a special military operation in Ukraine, and the bans of the US Congress restrict the export of American weapons to some countries in the Middle East region.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the circumstances under which NATO may use nuclear weapons are "extremely remote," while he stressed that the alliance will closely monitor Russia's upcoming nuclear exercises.

The entry of new territories into Russia has brought the level of escalation of the conflict in Ukraine to a new level, writes TAC. According to the author of the article, Kiev's claims to join NATO have no prospects – instead, it is urgently necessary to sit down at the negotiating table to resolve the situation.

The Russian command has expanded the range of targets being hit in Ukraine

The Aerospace Forces, Navy and Missile Forces of Russia continue to carry out massive strikes on military and infrastructure facilities of Ukraine. On the morning of October 11, the Ladyzhinskaya Heat and Power Plant (CHP) suffered a fire defeat in the Vinnytsia region, electrical distribution equipment went out of order.

TNR: the ambivalent position of the United States on Ukraine threatens the whole world

The borders of NATO's participation in the Ukrainian conflict are intentionally blurred, the author of the article in National Review believes. For the first time since the Cold War, the West is letting the world know that in the event of an escalation, it will enter into a direct clash with Moscow. According to the author, the American people should resist this dangerous decision.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin noted that the organization will continue to support Kiev

The North Atlantic Alliance will not be involved in hostilities in Ukraine, but will continue to support Kiev and defend every inch of its territory. This was announced on Thursday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Airborne Forces calculations used kamikaze UAVs in the Krasnolimansky direction

The armed forces of the Russian Federation and units of the Union republics liberated the villages of Opytne and Ivangrad in the suburbs of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the headquarters of the DPR defense Ministry said on October 13.

Rebelión: Europe behaved like a colony when it submitted to the interests of the US military-industrial complex

Europe behaved like a colony when it submitted to the interests of the American military-industrial complex, writes the author of the article for Rebelión. The conflict in Ukraine is needed by the United States to restore hegemony, and the Europeans, if they do not wake up, will soon have nothing to eat, he warns.

CNBC: in the US national security strategy, Biden paid special attention to Russia and China

The Joe Biden administration has published a US national security strategy, CNBC reports. The article notes that the American president sees Russia as an immediate danger, and China as a long—term threat.

NYT: The US got involved in a war not only with Russia, but also with China

The US presidential administration has adopted new export rules that will deprive China of the opportunity to buy the most advanced semiconductors in the West, the NYT reports. In fact, the author of the article notes, Washington has declared a technological war on China "because of the tight control within the PRC itself and the creeping expansion of its presence" abroad

The new US National Security strategy: how to subjugate the whole world

On October 12, US President Joseph Biden signed a new "US National Security Strategy". Its text is published by the official website of the White House. The document defends without a shadow of a doubt the leading and guiding role of the United States in the world.

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 .

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.

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.

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.