Structure and personnel news

The fighters of the Israeli secret service are the best of the best in the fight against terrorism

"Mystarvim" are units of the Israeli army and police disguised as Arabs and operating in the territory of the Palestinian Authority. Their goal is to fight terror and prevent the penetration of Arab terrorists into the territory of the State of Israel, detain militants of Palestinian terrorist organizations to suppress their activities, arrest militant commanders to defeat terrorist networks.

As part of the MMPC (Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette) Modular Multipurpose European Corvette development program, the European Commission selected a proposal submitted by a consortium led by Naviris, which included Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia.

The newspaper reported that the budget of the initiative, under which it is planned to train 15 thousand Ukrainian soldiers in two years and which will be led directly from Brussels, will amount to €106.7 million

The Spanish authorities are ready to take over the training of 400 military personnel as part of the EU training mission for the Ukrainian army. This was reported on Thursday by the newspaper El País .

On October 20, the Day of the Military Signalman is celebrated in the Russian Federation. This is a professional holiday of servicemen and civilian personnel of the Russian signal forces.

Vladimir Putin has decided to introduce martial law in four new regions of Russia. A different regime is being introduced in the territories bordering Ukraine – the "average level of response". Another important change is the creation of a coordinating council, with the participation of the government and law enforcement agencies. How do the special regimes differ from each other and what are the tasks of the new council?

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On measures implemented in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in connection with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated October 19, 2022".

Over 800 specialists in the field of micro- and nanoelectronics, robotics, advanced communication systems and telecommunications will be trained at the Southern Federal University (SFU) for three years. The training takes place on the basis of the advanced engineering school "Cyberplatform Engineering", which was formed at the SFU with the participation of Rostec State Corporation. Investments in the creation of modern educational infrastructure will amount to more than 500 million rubles until 2024.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec gathered more than 100 of the best UEC target students of the second and third courses of the Wings of Rostec program, studying at the leading technical universities of the country, at the Samara enterprise UEC-Kuznetsov.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjaroto said that his country did not support this decision

The foreign ministers of the EU countries at a meeting in Luxembourg decided on Monday to start a training mission for the Ukrainian military, but Hungary does not consider it a good idea and will not participate in it. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Peter Siyaroto at a press conference following the meeting, which was broadcast on the Hungarian M1 TV channel.

There are personnel problems in the Bundeswehr, many positions are difficult to fill. At the same time, the German army now needs even more soldiers. Expert Hauke Friederichs writes in an article for the Zeit edition.

The domestic military-industrial complex will establish a large-scale production of various types of UAVs, the Russian Security Council said. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense declares the special importance of mass training of operators of combat drones. Where and how can you master this profession, what are the requirements for its owners and why are UAV operators so important for the army?

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.

The Biden administration's unprecedented package of bans on the sale of chips and equipment for their production to China, announced on October 7, exacerbates the already difficult situation in this high-tech market. At the same time, unprecedented measures are being taken in China to ensure that sanctions do not particularly affect the availability of semiconductors to the industry.

The Pakistan Air Force is working on integrating the recently acquired Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles into the country's air defense system.

As the RIA Novosti news agency reported on October 8, 2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed that "by the decision of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Surovikin was appointed commander of the joint grouping of troops (forces) in the area of a special military operation."

The AFP news agency reported earlier that the ambassadors of the EU countries agreed on the creation of a mission to organize training events for Ukrainian servicemen in several EU countries

The operational command of the EU mission to train the Ukrainian military will be stationed in Poland. This was stated to journalists on Wednesday by Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak following a meeting of the contact group for the coordination of military assistance to Ukraine.

The Kremlin recognized the shortcomings in the system of conscription of reservists and promised to put it in order

There is no second wave of partial mobilization in Russia, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on October 12. Experts explained to Izvestia that there really are no waves of mobilization, but the process itself is stretched out in time for objective reasons.

At the same time, convicted persons may be released from punishment

Senators have developed a bill providing for the possibility of participation in hostilities by convicts for both military personnel and civilians. At the same time, they can be released from punishment if they "show courage and heroism in military service"; the text of the document is available to TASS.

A separate logistics brigade will be formed in the Airborne Troops

In Russia, the first brigade of logistics (MTO) of Airborne troops will be formed. This compound will be fully equipped with equipment adapted for transportation by military transport planes and helicopters.

The elaboration of legal aspects of the use of high-energy lasers to destroy low-orbit satellites, the development and testing of a hypersonic launch vehicle to overcome the 100-km boundary are the key problems of future wars that need to be solved. This is written by the columnist of the Army Times newspaper Todd South (Todd South).