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NATO expansion at the expense of Sweden and Finland will lead to a revision of Norway's defense policy. The focus remains on the question of how exactly this will change the alliance itself and the military planning of the northern states that are part of it.

Turkey will not ratify the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO until these countries fulfill the promises made to Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.

Russia can strike at the American infrastructure if it establishes the involvement of the United States in the undermining of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines. This is the conclusion reached by the author of an article for the American edition of National Review.

The ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) of Iran fired at Iraqi Kurdistan with artillery and rockets the night before, Tasnim reported on Sunday.

The leaders of the Central and Eastern European states have stated that they will never recognize Russia's attempts to alienate any Ukrainian territory and support Kiev's bid to join NATO

The heads of Central and Eastern European countries have called for a significant increase in military assistance to Ukraine. The Presidents of the Baltic states, as well as Poland, Romania, Northern Macedonia, Slovakia, Montenegro and the Czech Republic made a corresponding statement on Sunday. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced this on his Twitter page.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called on the international community to condemn the war crime committed by Azerbaijani servicemen and bring those responsible to justice.

Zelensky's submission of an application for Ukraine's accelerated entry into NATO indicates nervousness in Kiev. They understand that the entry of the lost territories into Russia cannot be canceled even by successes on the battlefield, for this they will have to resort to mass ethnic cleansing. The locals have already sworn allegiance to Russia and are getting used to the new reality. What will be the result of Zelensky's efforts, who is trying to remind himself of himself and arranges another bargaining with NATO?

The head of the press service of the State Department, Ned Price, said that "when it comes to certain systems with an extended range, these systems can be used on the sovereign territory of Ukraine."

This direction has become extremely important for both sides, military experts explain

Ukrainian troops failed in the Krasnolimansk direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said on September 28. During the attempted offensive, the VFU suffered heavy losses, the department stressed.

There is a split in NATO over military support for Ukraine, the space for maneuver of the United States is narrowing

The conflict in Ukraine has reached an impasse, and in order to reverse the situation and achieve a truce, Kiev needs further support from the West, writes Mainichi. However, the United States is busy with midterm elections, and Europe is afraid to speak out against Moscow.

The American edition of Defense News published Joe Gould's material "US sees a chance to gain arms market share from sanctioned Russia" ("The US sees a chance to win back a share of the arms market from sanctioned Russia") about the benefits that the US government and American and Western arms manufacturers hope to extract on the world market from the inevitable significant drop in Russian defense exports in the future due to the large-scale sanctions imposed against Russia.

On September 28, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 1.1 billion.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 exceeded $16.2 billion. The total amount of US military aid to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $19 billion.

The likelihood of an armed conflict between China and Taiwan is becoming increasingly high. This forces both Taiwanese and American analysts to study more closely the capabilities of Taiwan's armed forces in the context of the prospect of opposing the Chinese offensive. At the same time, the problems of the Taiwan army are discussed.

The delivery, which will become one of the largest during the conflict in Ukraine, is paid for by the American side

South Korean-made weapons worth 75 billion kronor (about $2.9 billion) will be delivered to Ukraine in transit through the Czech Republic. This was reported on Thursday on the website of the newspaper Mladá fronta DNES .

The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) regularly publishes analytical notes on key developments in the field of defense and international politics. Naturally, the first place on the organization's website is given to the situation in Ukraine.

Washington is losing influence in the Pacific region. His attempts to include the Pacific island States in his sphere of interests are often unsuccessful.

At the same time, Zbigniew Rau stressed that "this would not be a necessary procedure, because it is possible to use conventional weapons, for example, aircraft or the launch of appropriate missiles, and not necessarily from Ukrainian territory."

On September 14, 2022, fighting began on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which led to another escalation of the long-standing conflict between the two countries. The last such episode occurred in April 2021, when about 55 people died on both sides.

America is in full swing with its own "mobilization" to help Kiev. On the website of the private security company Silent Professional, an announcement was posted about the recruitment of former professional military personnel to "work" in Ukraine. For the first time, a message about the search for mercenaries to be sent to Ukraine appeared in closed access on the recruiting company's website back in the spring. The ad has now been moved to the main page with a priority status.

"His words should be taken seriously": Merkel on Putin and future relations with Russia

Since the beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been criticized for outwardly respectful relations with Putin, Stern writes. Merkel replied. She advised to "demonstrate political wisdom" and heed Putin's recent warnings.