The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) and related equipment to Poland for an estimated cost of $15 billion: Pentagon

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US Green Berets are looking to troops from NATO's newest member as 'mentors' for harsh winter combat - businessesinsider

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Ukraine's counteroffensive is now at an early stage. Major events will take place over the coming weeks and months - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken

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Russian NSA Gen. Nikolay Patrushev hold telephonic talks with India's NSA Ajit Doval; Briefs about recent developments in Russia among other issues.

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces were attached with TOS-1A (capable of using thermobaric warheads) at the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson on the left bank of the Dnepr by Russian occupiers this morning, where a unit of the Ukrainian army is trying to secure a bridgehead in the sector.

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Poland’s new military orders:

1350 Abrams and K2 Panther tanks
700 howitzers
1000 infantry fighting vehicles
96 Appache helicopters
100+ jet fighters
700 Himars & Chunmoo rocket launchers
8 patriot batteries
submarines, frigates, etc
< $100 bn

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BREAKING – Wagner Group chief Prigozhin declines to sign contracts with Russia's Ministry of Defence and therefore his fighters will not take part in the Ukraine conflict

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BREAKING – If the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is not successful by October, then Europe will insist on the "freezing" of the war, - Polish MEP Witold Jan Waszczykowski

UPDATE: Vashchikovsky said that there are still countries in the EU that are more interested in cooperation with Russia than Ukraine: "They need Russia to return to the world economy. They need Russian gas and oil."

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It became known that the governments of France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States are preparing to reach long-term agreements with Ukraine in the field of defense.

On the agenda: economic financing, transfer of arms and weapons, training of military personnel and intelligence cooperation

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Hunting Chinese Submarines From 30,000 Feet, US Navy Eyes ‘Flying Torpedoes’

Boeing is developing launch kits for the Navy’s Mk 54 torpedo, so they can be dropped from ASW aircraft to attack enemy subs from long ranges and high altitudes.

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UPDATE – Units of the Wagner PMC will no longer take part in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, - Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov

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BREAKING – The Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut have seized the initiative and are advancing on a wide front, - General Staff.

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Golan Heights: Report of the detonation of mines by the Israeli army in the buffer zone between Quneitra and the occupied Syrian Golan

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The US is close to approving the transfer of ATACMS long-range tactical missiles for the HIMARS MLRS to Ukraine, - The Wall Street Journal

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At least 3 Chinese made CASC Rainbow CH-4 UCAV have been delivered to the Congolese Air Force, the drones were spotted at a recently completed facility at the N’dolo Airport in DRC.

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Russian heavy strike UAV S-70 "Hunter" was reported to be in action yesterday for the first time in eastern Ukraine.

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Occupied Ukraine: A train with Russian T-54/55 tanks spotted somewhere in Crimea, moving towards the southern front.

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