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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.

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.

The Ministry of Defense of the country noted that it coincides with Tallinn's plans to update the stocks of weapons and equipment

Estonia's military assistance to Ukraine does not have a negative impact on the defense capability of the Baltic Republic, since it coincides with Tallinn's plans to update its stocks of weapons and equipment.

Denis Shmygal at the same time admitted that the capacity of the backbone networks is reduced due to numerous destructions

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal said on Friday that the power supply disrupted as a result of Russian strikes has been restored throughout the country, and rolling blackouts are no longer applied.

As more and more forces are being deployed to serve in the Arctic, this winter the army will test equipment and equipment capable of withstanding extremely cold weather for a combat brigade in Alaska. The statement was made by Doug Bush, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Armed Forces for Procurement, Logistics and Technology.

Russia will close the grain corridor if it is confirmed that the explosives for the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge were taken out of Odessa on a grain truck, the president said

Partial mobilization will be completed in about two weeks, more than 220 thousand people have already been called up for it, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Friday following his visit to Astana.

The President of Ukraine has agreed with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he had agreed in a telephone conversation with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud to provide Riyadh with macro-financial assistance to Kiev.

French MEP Thierry Mariani noted that within the EU there are also supporters of more active participation in the military operation in the person of Poland and the Baltic countries

French MEP Thierry Mariani accused some EU partners of trying to indirectly weaken the economy by increasingly dragging countries into the Ukrainian conflict and called for finding ways of peaceful settlement. He stated this on the air of the BFM TV channel on Friday evening.

222 thousand people have already been sent to military units out of the planned 300 thousand

All partial mobilization activities will be completed within two weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on October 14. According to him, 222 thousand people out of the planned 300 thousand have already been sent to military units. On the same day, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told about new strikes on objects of the military control system and energy of Ukraine.

Since the beginning of the special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to liberate Donbass and demilitarize Ukraine, the total losses of the Ukrainian army amounted to 123,133 servicemen. Such figures are called by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in an appeal to the Ukrainian military.

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.

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.

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.