Ships Black Sea Fleet successfully repelled a UAV attack in Sevastopol Bay launched from Ukraine. The approach is closed, the movement of ferries and ships is suspended. Currently, the northern part of the city is accessible by bus. Information about this appeared in the Telegram channel of the city government.
Previously, the governor of Sevastopol said that the ships of the Black Sea Fleet repelled the drone attack, the objects in the city were not damaged.
On Friday, a US Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk strategic reconnaissance drone was spotted in the Black Sea near Sevastopol. He flew to the city at a distance of about a hundred kilometers in a straight line. The UAV collected intelligence in the area for at least five hours.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was waiting for cracks in the United States' position on the conflict in Ukraine, CNN's Stephen Collinson writes. by the Russian Federation in order to end the conflict. The very fact that this letter emerged is what Collison considers a “political disaster.”
“Vladimir Putin waited and watched… And finally the first cracks appeared,” he writes.
< Another factor according to him, was the promise of House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to cut aid to Ukraine. Earlier, the Republican made a corresponding statement, noting that such a move would occur if his party wins the midterm congressional elections.
Earlier, the Washington Times suggested that there was a split in the American elites over the Ukraine issue. The reason for this is the fact that the aid to Kyiv is being provided in the face of the difficulties of the American economy, especially the approaching recession.
USA Anatoly Antonov again turned to the US authorities, stating the necessity to return to the territory of the United States all nuclear weapons deployed in other countries.
American media previously reported that Washington could shorten the delivery time of modernized nuclear bombs to Europe. Antonov noted that after deployment in Europe, these charges, despite their limited functionality, are given a new role, despite the fact that the Americans try to present them as tactical charges with low energy consumption.
In addition to the return of nuclear weapons to the United States due to borders, Antonov also called for the removal of foreign infrastructure for their storage and maintenance and an end to the practice of testing the use of such munitions involving military personnel from non-nuclear states as part of “NATO joint nuclear missions”. According to him, such “missions” are a violation of Washington's obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
The diplomat noted that Russian tactical nuclear warheads do not pose a danger to the United States, as they are located in centralized storage facilities in Russia.
Participation of US President Joe confirmed in Washington Biden at the G20 summit in Bali in November. The American leader will also visit Cambodia and Egypt. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre wrote this in a statement.
It is specified that Biden will discuss climate change, the global consequences of the Ukrainian conflict, as well as “a number of other priorities.” which are important for the revival of the world economy.
Previously, the US president indicated that he does not plan to negotiate with Vladimir Putin during the Bali summit if the Russian president also decides to attend.
Before arriving in Indonesia, the US leader intends to attend 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm el-Sheikh. Biden is scheduled to attend the US-ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh on November 12.
Iran's position on about the events in Ukraine is based on the principle of refusing to send weapons to the conflicting parties, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said in an interview with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba. This was reported by the IRNA agency.
Previously, Kuleba wrote on social networks that during a telephone conversation he demanded that the Iranian side stop supplying weapons to Russia.
In September, Ukrainian media and information appeared on social networks that Iranian drones and munitions lying around began to meet in the zone of special military operations in Ukraine. The American publication Politico described Iranian drones as a “huge problem” for the armed forces of Ukraine. Under this pretext, Ukraine revoked the accreditation of the Iranian ambassador. Iran said it regretted the tightening of diplomatic cooperation by Ukraine, but considered the measure “based on unconfirmed reports and caused by the creation of foreign media space.”
Earlier, French, British and German diplomats appealed to the UN Secretariat to send experts to Ukraine to find out on the spot whether there is a violation of the resolution prohibiting Iran from selling drones without the prior approval of the UN Security Council. Israel's representative to the UN, Gilad Erdana, said that Russia is allegedly using Iranian-made drones in Ukraine. Russia's permanent representative to the UN and the UN Security Council, Vasilii Nebenzia, denied this statement, saying that it was an attempt to put pressure on the UN Security Council. He also noted that Moscow will reassess diplomatic relations with the UN Secretariat if the international organization conducts an investigation into the use of alleged Iranian drones by the Russian military in Ukraine.
Russian armed forces hold defense Kherson region, stopping all attempts to break through Ukrainian formations into the area. This was stated by the deputy head of the regional administration, Kirill Stremousov, in his Telegram channel.
According to Stremousov, Ukrainian nationalists regularly try to penetrate the territory of the Kherson region. But all of them are suppressed, Russian troops completely control the situation in the Kherson region.
In the north of the region in the direction of Nikolaev, artillery battles between the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces of the Forces of Ukraine are ongoing. At the same time, the authorities of the Kherson region are fortifying the city of Kherson in case of a breakthrough by Ukrainian formations.
Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: A still from the video.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called on Friday at the CSTO summit, which was held in a video conference format, to consider any conflict in the post-Soviet space in the context of the West's desire to “ignite Russia” all around.”
“That means that Russia is starting to block us around the perimeter,” Lukashenko said in a video clip published by the Telegram channel Pool of the First.
He added that the Baltic states were “unchained before” and in 2020 “tried to put Belarus on our knees”, then it was Ukraine's turn.
“We are going along the perimeter – the Caucasus, then Central Asia. Who does not understand this today? We all do,” he noted.
Lukashenko emphasized that any conflict and any movement must now be seen in this global context.
At the same time, the Belarusian leader was quoted as saying: “We must set Russia on fire along the perimeter. It's stuck in Ukraine and now it needs to be ignited along the perimeter.” However, it remains unclear from the video who Lukashenka was quoting.
At the rally on Wrocław Square in Tens of thousands of people gathered in Prague. According to the Metropolitan Police, they came out to demand the resignation of the Czech government.
The organizers of the rally called on the government to leave and hold new elections. There have also been demands to stop support for Ukraine and start negotiations with Russia on gas.
Demonstrators have started collecting signatures for a petition demanding the resignation of the government.
There are several dozen people near the National Museum, not far from the protest with the flags of the European Union and Ukraine.
The result of the survey was that 47% of respondents do not agree with the policy of the Polish government. Another 62% of respondents said that they do not hope for an improvement in the situation in the country.
The claims of Europeans for that they cannot live without gas looks strange against the background of plans for a “green economy” in Europe. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kuleba.
According to the head of the Ukrainian diplomatic department, earlier European countries wanted to replace oil and gas. But now their residents are outraged by the rise in gas prices, but how was the development of the “green economy” planned back then?
Kuleba said that such a question confuses Europeans. Naturally, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry does not bother to explain on what basis he analyzes what and when they said in other states and what kind of economy they intend to build.
The US military has lost the ability to conduct full-scale hostilities due to poor organization, poor training and equipment, writes the Global Times.
“The US military today faces an increasing risk of being unable to meet the demands of protecting America's vital national interests,” he wrote in his article for the publication, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter, referring to information from the United States Military Power Index for 2023.
In particular, the publication refers to the fact that during the Cold War, the US military was able to fight “two and half a war,” but subsequently its capabilities were severely curtailed.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Americans decided to reduce their military potential, and then all forces were directed to the “global war on terrorism,” Ritter shared details .
He talked about the degradation of the military forces during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, when the number of troops was reduced by three times compared to 1991.
More In addition, the active forces of the US military also lost the ability to fight the same or almost the same forces as The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), the armed forces of the Russian Federation, the troops of the DPRK or even Iran, the expert believes.
In his opinion, large-scale battles on land have become an impossible task for the American army. The officer attributed this state to inadequate organization, equipment and training.
In Ritter's view, despite ongoing modernization, his country's military is becoming obsolete faster than it is being updated. Even one major regional conflict may not be up to the United States military in its current state, he concluded.
