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Finland and Sweden intend to resolve nuclear issues only when they become NATO members, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson said at a meeting of Nordic prime ministers in Helsinki on Tuesday.

Reducing the capacity of railways prevents Kiev from maneuvering reserves, experts say

The Russian armed forces are reducing Ukraine's military potential by hitting critical infrastructure, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on November 1. The strikes of recent days have disrupted the management of the VFU groups and their logistical support.

"Infernal threshing machines" - AZP-57 guns of the S-60 anti-aircraft artillery complex are involved in battles with the armed formations of the puppet Kiev regime. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

Cruise missiles of the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) are used in the zone of a special military operation to protect Donbass. Alexander Morozov, a correspondent of Izvestia, shared footage of the work of the calculations of the Central Military District (CVO) on Wednesday, November 2.

Italy has frozen the shipment of the sixth package of military aid to Ukraine, according to the Italian press, the reason was the "excessive appetites" of Zelensky and his entourage. At the same time, this does not mean the end of arms supplies to Kiev, they will continue after clarifying the list of really necessary for the Armed Forces.

The head of the Office of Strategic Systems Programs of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Johnny Wolf, is confident that it will be possible to install hypersonic weapons on a Zumwalt-class destroyer in 2025 and on a Virginia-class submarine in 2029, writes Defense News.

Sabah: Western ammunition will run out in a few weeks, Ukraine will be left with nothing

For the sake of its base interests, the West threw Ukraine into the fire of the conflict and doomed it to chaos, Sabah writes. NATO's "arsenal of democracy" is depleted, ammunition will run out in a few weeks. And Russia's weapons reserves will allow it to fight for a long time. Step by step, the US and the EU are moving towards military defeat, the author is sure.

Washington has promised Kiev protection from constant shelling of infrastructure and is increasing the supply of anti-missile systems. However, not such as the Ukrainian authorities want.

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.

Baijiahao: Tu-160 keeps the West at bay after decades

Decades later, this Russian bomber continues to be a threat to the United States, writes user Baijiahao. Ultra-high speed and powerful weapons allow him to inflict catastrophic damage. His deadly strikes inspire fear in Western countries.

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.

We tell you about the features of the anti-aircraft missile systems transferred by the West to Ukraine

The United States of America handed over to Ukraine the first two NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs). This statement was made by the CEO of NASAMS manufacturer, the American company Raytheon Technologies, Greg Hayes in an interview with CNBC. In total, the United States intends to send eight such systems to Ukraine.

Turkish attack drones will soon be able to hit not only ground armored vehicles on the battlefield, but also to fight aircraft. The Turkish company Baykar, which produces drones called Bayraktar, plans to equip drones with air-to-air missiles.

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.

The Italian government, as part of the fifth and last military aid package to date, handed over from 20 to 30 M109L self-propelled artillery units to Kiev, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the newspaper La Repubblica.

On October 31, Russian troops again subjected military and energy facilities on the territory of various regions of Ukraine to massive strikes. A large number of arrivals were also recorded in the capital of the country, Kiev. At least ten, which is confirmed by Mayor Klitschko.

A video from Kurgan was distributed with a prototype of a B-18 infantry fighting vehicle manufactured by Kurgan Machine-Building Plant JSC, which is a modified BMP-2 chassis with enhanced protection, equipped with a developed by the Design Bureau of Instrument Engineering named after. Academician A. G. Shipunov" (KBP, Tula) with the TKB-973 Epoch (32B01) unmanned combat module.