💬 Maduro: The West have entered their phase of 'imperialist madness'

The US, France, and Britain have entered a state of madness and revenge by allowing Ukraine to attack Russia with long-range missiles, the Venezuelan president said.

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❗️Ukrainian militants share skills of using UAVs with terrorists — Russian diplomat

In close coordination with US instructors, Ukrainian militants are actively sharing their skills with terrorists such as those from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (banned in Russia), said Yulia Zhdanova, acting head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control.

"[Terrorist organizations] will then be able to use them against the Russian Armed Forces in Syria," she added.

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🚩 Donald Trump: “I Will Stop World War III”

“Although I don’t have the Power of the Presidency. I still have power as President-Elect.

I will make sure Biden does not let Ukraine use US-Supplied missiles against Russia which will lead us into nuclear war,” Trump posted on X.

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❌ NEW: US sanctions three Israeli companies responsible for building settlements in occupied West Bank - Axios

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🇧🇩🇵🇰Should We Brace for Bangladesh-Pakistan Rapprochement?

🛥 The first direct cargo vessel from Pakistan to Bangladesh in decades successfully docked at Bangladesh's Chittagong Port.

The renewed trade link emerges against the backdrop of shifting political dynamics in South Asia.

With political uncertainties following the regime change in Bangladesh and cooler ties with India, Dhaka is exploring alternative regional partnerships.

▪️Bangladesh eased import restrictions on Pakistani goods in September, reducing delays caused by mandatory physical inspections.

▪️The vessel’s arrival bypassed the traditional transshipment routes via 🇱🇰Sri Lanka, 🇲🇾Malaysia, or 🇸🇬Singapore, making trade faster and more efficient.

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Ukraine’s plans to strike deep into Russia with ATACMS missiles: What is the catch?

As the US reportedly green-lights Ukraine to use ATACMS for long-range strikes deep into Russian territory, questions arise: does Kiev have what it takes to conduct such attacks and how can Russia counter them?

1. Russia has advanced air defenses

Various Russian air defense systems such as Buk-M2, Buk-M3 and Tor-M2 have successfully intercepted ATACMS on more than one occasion, Alexei Leonkov, a veteran Russian military analyst, tells Sputnik.

“Russian air defense systems have a very high intercept probability rate. Where our systems spend one missile per target, American Patriot systems use two missiles to accomplish the same task.”

2. The West doesn’t have enough long-range missiles

Though the US and its allies have been generous in their military supplies to Ukraine, little has been left of what stocks of ATACMS, Storm Shadow and Scalp missiles that were provided to Kiev, Leonkov says.

“Even the shipments of F-16 jets that can be used to launch Storm Shadow missiles did not reverse this trend,” he remarks. “The number of launches has been dwindling and has practically reached zero by now.”

Prior to the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict in February 2022, the West possessed over 3,000 ATACMS missiles (including all of their available modifications), Leonkov estimates. With all the ATACMS missiles that have since been used up in the Ukrainian conflict or simply decommissioned due to their advanced age, that number has been reduced to somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000, he calculates.

3. West doesn’t have enough missile launchers either

Lack of missiles aside, Ukraine suffers from a lack of missile launchers as well, Leonkov remarks.

The problem, he explains, stems from the fact that the West supplied a very limited amount of weapon systems capable of launching ATAMCS - such as HIMARS, MLRS and MARS.

Meanwhile, Russian forces have been very effective in tracking down these weapons using counter-battery radars and destroying them using tactical missile systems of their own.

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