Chinese Foreign Ministry demands Ukraine to clarify Podolyak’s statement about the “weak intellectual potential” of China and India.

The adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine said that “India and China have weak intellectual potential and do not analyze the consequences of their actions.”

NYT:

Russia, despite sanctions restrictions from the West, was able to significantly increase the production of missiles, tanks and other weapons.

According to experts interviewed by journalists, the Russian authorities have successfully rebuilt the country's economy, focusing on defense production.

Moscow’s missile production now exceeds prewar levels, officials say, leaving Ukraine especially vulnerable this coming winter.

India to deliver 84 x 155mm ATAGS howitzers to Armenia.

Deliveries will be completed in 3 years under the $ 155 million deal.

Reports claim 6 howitzers have already been delivered to Armenia.

Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani rules out the possibility of a new war between Azerbaijan and Armenia:

There will be no war in the region. Iran's position is clear. We do not accept any change in regional geopolitics.

Putin at lunch with Kim Jong-un raised a toast to the well-being and prosperity of the peoples of the Russian Federation and the DPRK and the further strengthening of cooperation between the two countries.

Kim Jong-un responded by proposing a toast to the health of Putin, all comrades present and to new victories for Russia.

Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, Director of U.S. Air National Guard:

Ukrainian pilots could be flying F-16s in three months.

The U.S. may complete training of the first Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets by the end of the year, but it will take more time before they begin to carry out combat missions.

Putin and Kim Jong-un completed negotiations.

They lasted about four hours.

Nothing is reported about the results.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy strikes again

Ukraine's entry into NATO will not bring peace to Europe; Russia will regard it as a provocation.

The question is simple: will Ukraine’s accession to NATO contribute to peace or not? Can we at least discuss this?

In my opinion, this will not lead to peace. Ukraine’s accession to NATO is a provocation in the eyes of Russia.

Ukraine should have a neutral status and receive security guarantees from the UN or the international community, calling this "an alternative that deserves discussion."

Can we think about how to get out of this conflict? There are two ways to end the war: destroy each other - but I warn you: we will not be able to destroy the second nuclear power in the world, and we will plunge into a world war - or diplomatic negotiations.

The goal of this war is “to change power in Russia,” and “those who say that it is impossible to negotiate with President Putin are, as a rule, those who have never met him.

Elon Musk:

The reason why Starlink was turned off was actually because the U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia.

They cover Crimea and we are not allowed to turn the connection on.

Musk once again confirmed that he had indeed received “desperate” requests from Ukrainian officials asking him to turn on Starlink near Crimea for the duration of the operation.

According to the Musk, he would have turned on Starlink over the peninsula, despite the sanctions, if he had received a direct directive from US President Joe Biden.

NYT:

The production of tanks increased in Russia: from 100 tanks to 200.

Moscow is approaching the production of 2 million artillery shells per year.

The current production of ammunition in Russia is 7 times higher than in the West.

#BREAKING Putin says North Korea’s Kim Jong-un will visit defense and civil factories in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

Russian Defence Minister Shoigu:

Russia has no other options but to win in Ukraine.

Reported photo of Russian Navy’s Ropucha-class landing ship Minsk after Ukrainian missile strike on Sevastopol last night.

Russian MoD:

Two Navy ships undergoing repairs at a plant in Sevastopol and damaged as a result of a missile attack will be fully restored and will continue to serve.

A column of Turkish Otokar Cobra II armored vehicles in service with the Kraken Regiment of GUR.

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un via translator to Putin:

The moment I entered Russian soil, I felt a “fighting spirit and f*cking reality”

Can Russia repair Ropucha-class landing ship Minsk targeted in Sevastopol?

No.

The missile hit exactly the antenna post of the fire control system.

The entire superstructure collapsed into the hull.

Complete irrevocability and a busy dock until they cut it all into scrap.

Reports claim Russian Navy’s Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate Admiral Makarov was also damaged at Sergo Ordzhonikidze ship repair plant in Sevastopol after Ukrainian missile strike last night.

Sky News:

Ukraine used British cruise missiles in a significant attack against the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in occupied Crimea.

A Ukrainian and a Western source said that British Storm Shadow cruise missiles were deployed.

Defence Express:

This is the third time that a large Russian amphibious ship has been damaged & the damage to a submarine is a unique situation that has already gone down in history.

This is the first ever use of cruise missiles to destroy a submarine in history, and even more so, it is immediately effective.

Ukraine does not have full-time capabilities to fight Russian submarines, so the only way to hit a Russian submarine was to destroy it in the bay.

Kilo-class Rostov-on-Don submarine, passed tests and entered Russian fleet in 2014, cost about $300 million. Also used for Kalibr cruise missile strikes on Ukraine.

Ropucha-class landing ship Minsk was commissioned in 1983. Full brother of damaged Caesar Kunikov & the first cousin of damaged Olenegorsky Gornyak.