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and missile defence system called "European Sky Shield Initiative" to strengthen NATO's ability to defend its members, the organization reported. "This commitment is even more crucial today, as we witness the ruthless and indiscriminate missile attacks by Russia in Ukraine," said NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana.
Macron: France won’t strike Russia if it nukes Ukraine. "Our doctrine is based on the fundamental interests of (our) nation, and they are clearly defined. If there were a nuclear ballistic attack in Ukraine, these interests would not be called into question," French President Emmanuel Macron told France 2 on Oct. 12, referring to France's nuclear doctrine of deterrence.
Belarus provides over 60 tanks, dozens of vehicles to Russia. Belarusian watchdog Belarusian Hajun reported that, over the past week, Belarus has transported at least 67 T-72 tanks and 28 Ural military trucks from its Mahilou region to Russia.
Russia makes progress in central Donbas, but 'very slowly.'Over the last three days, Russian troops "have made tactical advances" towards the center of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast – they advanced into villages Opytine and Ivanhrad to the south of the town, the U.K. defence Ministry reported on Oct. 14. It's happening "very slowly" and mostly due to successful operations of Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group, reads the report.
Russia losing soldiers at ratio of 1 to 6.5 to Ukrainian losses on southern front. The figure was given by Deputy defence Minister Hanna Maliar, citing Andrii Kovalchuk, commander of the Armed Forces Operational Command "South." According to Kovalchuk, when the losses ratio reaches the "critical" point of 1 to 8, "the enemy forces will disintegrate psychologically."
Russia used two-thirds of high-precision missiles it had on Feb. 24. There's only 25-28% of the high-precision missiles left out of the total amount Russia had before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and defence Council Oleksii Danilov told NV, referring to Ukraine's intelligence data. According to defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, Russia only 609 high-precision missiles left, having used 1,235 out of 1,844 Iskander, Kalibr, and air-launched cruise missiles since it started its all-out invasion in February.
Russia has accused Ukraine of bombing the Crimean bridge. Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out an attack that badly damaged the key bridge linking annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland. There are a few theories on how this was achieved. The truck travelling from Russian territory full of explosives blew up on the bridge. However, video footage shows a fireball flying into the bridge at high speed. The ability to target a structure thought to have been heavily secured is another embarrassment for Putin’s military as his
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