❗️Russia briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ In the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces repelled eight enemy attacks. The enemy lost up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers and two pickup trucks.

▪️ In the LPR, the Russian Armed Forces repulsed eleven Ukrainian attacks. The enemy's losses in this direction amounted to more than 125 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles and four motor vehicles.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on enemy personnel and hardware in the DPR. Up to 235 Ukrainian personnel, two armored combat vehicles and four motor vehicles were neutralized.

▪️ In the southern Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out attacks on enemy personnel concentrations. The enemy lost up to 110 Ukrainian servicemen and four motor vehicles.

▪️ In the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Armed Forces hit enemy units. Up to 75 Ukrainian troops, one tank and two motor vehicles were neutralized.

▪️ In the Kherson direction, up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles and one D-20 howitzer were neutralized by fire.

▪️ In the DPR and in the Kirovograd region, two MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were downed by air defense systems.

▪️ Five JDAM guided missiles and five HIMARS projectiles were intercepted over the past 24 hours.

▪️ Some 511 aircraft and 253 helicopters, 8,220 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defense missile systems, 12,890 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,169 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,865 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,602 pieces of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Russia's Special Forces ‘have world’s best weapons to resolve any task’, according to an expert

October 24 marks Russian Special Forces Day, a professional holiday of the country’s special purpose units, better known as the Spetsnaz.

Today's Spetsnaz, believed to be the world’s best special forces, carries out anti-terrorist operations, searches out and detains especially dangerous and armed criminals, also being involved in hostage release and other perilous missions.

What kind of weapons does the Spetsnaz have in its arsenal?

Take a look at this Sputnik article to find out.

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 During a phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan noted that the positions of the two countries on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict practically coincide -- both support a two state solution and the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

Putin and Erdogan expressed concern about the growing number of civilian casualties and emphasized the unacceptability of attacks on residential areas, a readout from the Kremlin stated.

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🇷🇺🇸🇦 The cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia within the OPEC+ alliance will continue, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told Sputnik on Tuesday on the sidelines of an investment forum in Riyadh.

🗣 “Without this Saudi-Russian cooperation with the participation of the rest of the OPEC+ member countries, we would not be able to achieve this stability compared to other markets, and we will continue this cooperation,” the minister said.

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🛢Russia and OPEC petroleum exporting countries will continue to account for up to 48% of global oil supply until 2030 and exceed 50% by 2050, when Saudi Arabia boosts production, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.

"OPEC and Russia's combined share of global oil supply remains between 45–48% to 2030 but it rises above 50% by 2050 as Saudi Arabia increases production," the IEA said in a fresh World Energy Outlook.

Total oil production by OPEC members is set to increase by 1 million barrels per day by 2030, given a decrease of about 1.5 million barrels per day by OPEC producers in Africa. Russia's output is projected to drop by 3.5 million barrels per day between 2022 and 2050, according to the report.

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🇮🇱 Israel's permanent representative to the UN called on the global body’s secretary general to resign immediately, castigating him as “unfit to lead” the United Nations.

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🗣️ On Biden’s war spendings:

“I wish that Mr. Biden would consult the borrowing costs that are now being imposed on the United States government... Washington is picking up the tab for 150,000 Ukrainian civil servants, and now with the Israeli economy about to seize up as a result of the weekend warriors to the tune of 300,000 plus folks… there is a distinct possibility that the United States will have to bail out the Israeli economy. Not to mention, these multi-billion dollar arms packages that Senator Mitch McConnell said not inaccurately would basically redound to the benefit of the US military industrial complex,” Dr. Gerald Horne, Professor of History at the University of Houston and author, told Sputnik.

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🇮🇱 The Israeli Foreign Minister in turn refused to meet Secretary General Guterres, vowing to boycott the UN chief, and went on to add that after the October 7th massacre, there is no place for a balanced approach.

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Moscow has prepared an alternative to the draft UN Security Council resolution proposed by Washington to address the situation in the Middle East, according to Russia’s UN envoy. The new project includes the following provisions:

▪️ Calls for an immediate, sustainable ceasefire;

▪️ Condemns the Hamas attack on October 7, as well as any indiscriminate attacks targeting civilians in Gaza;

▪️ Calls for the prompt rescinding of the order for Gaza residents to relocate to the southern part of the strip;

▪️ Advocates for the establishment of humanitarian breaks and corridors;

▪️ Demands the immediate and unconditional release of civilian hostages.

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The US Air Force's RQ-4B "Global Hawk" drone approached the Russian border over the Black Sea, in response a Sukhoi Su-27 took off and the border was not violated, the Russian MoD reported

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🗣️ On the United States' leading role in the Israel-Palestine conflict on the ground:

“Look, everybody around the world doesn't understand the decision-making that is happening in the West. Because logically, if you want to have prosperity and peace around your world, then you want to have your trade happening, you need peace in the Middle East. This is the transportation knot of all global transportation. And for the United States to be pushing for a continuation of war… This is suicide for the United States itself. So nobody understands what's the logic in the minds of those who are making decisions in the West… They have now decided that it's better to maintain their supremacy,” Laith Marouf, broadcaster and journalist based in Beirut, told Sputnik.

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🗣 "It is important to also recognize the attack by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at UNSC.

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How does German manufacturer Rheinmetall profit off the Ukraine conflict?

🔻Kiev needs some 1.5 million artillery shells annually, according to Europe’s largest arms maker, Rheinmetall.

🔻Rheinmetall has raised the price of 155 mm caliber ammunition from €2,000 ($2,120) to €3,600 ($3,816) per piece, according to the newspaper, Welt Am Sonntag.

🔻Rheinmetall has received an additional order for more artillery shells for Ukraine. The framework agreement for 155mm artillery ammunition concluded in July runs until 2029 and represents a gross potential order volume of around €1.2 billion.

🔻German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall announced it had set up a joint venture with Ukraine.

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After some 17 Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters had been downed by Russian forces over a week and a half, former Pentagon Analyst Karen Kwiatkowski says that these aging planes can’t hold a candle to modern Russian warplanes.

“Ukraine is the place where these older aircraft go - much as other Western and NATO military weaponry and materials - for their last stand,” Kwiatkowski commented, noting how former Warsaw Pact nations are now seeking to get rid of such hardware. “Polish and Slovakian air forces are flying and purchasing Western jets as part of NATO, no one wants 1970s fighters these days,” she highlighted.

She also suggests that a combination of Western sanctions and the need to do battle against Western military hardware in the Ukrainian conflict zone made Russia “stronger, more capable, and more confident,” and that “the whole world see this.”

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🇮🇱 Israeli Army Delays Start of Ground Operation in Gaza Fearing 'Deadly Traps' - Official

The Israeli military is delaying the start of a full-scale ground operation in the Gaza Strip due to possible "deadly traps," Deputy Director General for Public Diplomacy at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Emmanuel Nahshon, said on Tuesday.

"We know that had we entered the Gaza Strip on the first, or second or third day we would have fallen into deadly traps and that would have meant also probably very important losses in terms of Israeli soldiers," UK media quoted Nahshon as saying at a briefing in the Israeli city of Sderot.

Therefore, the Israeli military is taking its time as it "needs to prepare the soldiers to this unique situation," the diplomat added.

Let the Abrams hunt begin: how Russian forces prepare for latest 'wonder weapon'

Having finally received the 'promised gifts' from the White House in late September, the Kiev regime is counting on yet another 'wonder weapon' from the West. But will it help the Ukrainian army, given that there is simply no air cover for M1 Abrams tanks, while F-16s are not expected until spring 2024 at the earliest?

US Abrams tanks have made their way to Ukraine, nearly four months into Ukraine's "grand counteroffensive," with media sources confirming the delivery of 31 tanks. The exact timeline for their deployment to the front lines remains uncertain.

Sputnik examines the role these tanks will play in combat and the views of Russian soldiers.

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