In August 2024 the investment program for Russian Railways for 2025-2030 was estimated at 12,41 trillion rubles

Now:
Russian Railways has reduced to 7,93 trillion rubles. MoE Development reduces it further to 5,7 trillion rubles.

Russian Railways proposed to reduce the 3,84 trillion investment into its development to 2,29 trillion rubles. The MinEcon wants to reduce the development investments to 558,7 billion rubles.


Not surprisingly no money was slashed from projects in Moscow and st. Petersburg.


Shown is the Russian Railways loading in milions of tonnes.

The Philippines wants to procure the new Mid-Range Capability ground-based missile system from the United States, their Secretary of National Defense tells FT

Typhoon battery (4 launchers x 4 cells per launcher) can launch SM-6 and Tomahawk, to strike land and sea targets beyond ATACMS or PRSM range.

The US Army has 2 prototype batteries (1 in the Philippines), with 3 ordered

Cost:
The US Army has budgeted $88 million for the procurement of that fifth battery.

Patrushev stated that:

"There is no defeat of our fleet in the Black Sea. And this is despite the fact that Kyiv's aggressive actions in this region are coordinated by NATO specialists,"


All large surface and underwater combatants of the Black Sea were relocated from Crimea to Novorossiysk.

For the first time since the beginning of the war, heavy artillery shelling targets the area between Ain Baal and Al-Bazourieh, which is over 20km away from the borders.

This might indicate that the israeli “limited ground invasion” in southern Lebanon might expand its objectives to include rear towns and villages

- Regarding the Russia attacked Estonia thingy

The residence of the Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine Annely Kolk was damaged in a drone attack on Kyiv on Thursday morning. Kolk was not injured and can continue to live in the building. However it was not the embassy itself which would constitute a more serious incident.

Our prime minister has also released a statement after the incident: "Yesterday, Russia's drone attack hit Estonia's Ambassador's house in Kyiv. Fortunately, no one was harmed. My message is clear: Ukraine needs more air defense and removed weapon restrictions to protect its people against the aggressor," he said.

So TLDR no WW3 yet, and if anything happens at the border you can be sure I'll hear it, because I live close to it, and inform you fuckers first that the end of the world has started.

documents and photos found by the IDF in Jabalia showing Hamas operatives torturing Gazans inside one of the group’s interrogation centers in Jabalia

this is older security camera footage and is not from the current conflict, it was only recently recovered

Palestinian factions in lebanon are doing what they do best: killing each others while israel bombs them

Clashes in Ain al-Hilweh camp, in which heavy weapons are used, following an assassination attempt on Omar al-Nattour after fatah fighters shot him in the leg with a sniper (they cant even aim)

Hezbollah estimates that 1,965 houses were completely destroyed while another 6,653 were damaged in Beqaa

More interestingly, they confirm that in the Beqaa alone they have dedicated 6,000 volunteers to help the displaced and have so far provided 180,000 food aid parcel, 5,000 heating systems, 10,000 gas cans, and 80,000 winter sheets.

They also offered or provided:
- 932 mental support
- 14,632 health support
- 159,352 medicine and drug
- 28,500 infant milk
- and about 80,000 medical services

While those numbers alone aren’t enough for ALL the displaced (who rely heavily on a multitude of lebanese NGOs), the group is still able to provide help and services, to a certain degree, to its supporters which is remarkable considering the pressure being put on the organization and its ressources

Ive finally been able to get a hold of a proper source for daily hezbollah casualties since my older source basically vanished after nasrallah’s death

at the very least ~102 KIA in the last three days, or around 30 per day, amongst them dozens of experienced ATGMS operators and commanders

Specialised courses as part of EUMAM in Poland have reduced the time to train Ukrainian soldiers, as requested by Ukraine.

Medics, sappers, artillerymen, tank crews and other specialists are trained for approximately a month.

Ukrainian brigade staff training runs for 21 days mostly conducted by Ukrainian trainers.

Cohesion training for squads, platoons, and companies can last as little as a week.

Poland is also training the Ukrainian trainers. Unfortunately Ukraine uses these trainers for a few months and then sends them to the fronlines.

Commnader of the EUMAM says that soldiers coming to the program are of varying experience levels from battle hardened to soldiers just out of basic in Ukraine.

🇩🇪🇫🇷 German Defense Minister Pistorius will head to France after Trump's election win for talks with his French counterpart Lecornu. Discussions will focus on the implications of Trump's victory, future support for Ukraine, and European defense policy. h…

🇩🇪🇫🇷 German Defense Minister Pistorius will head to France after Trump's election win for talks with his French counterpart Lecornu. Discussions will focus on the implications of Trump's victory, future support for Ukraine, and European defense policy.

While I can't stand Lindner it's the right call The German people are obviously fed up with the German government, not only is it unpopular but it doesn't even function because the FDP can't agree to anything with the SPD and Greens. Now I hope that…

pinned «Alright folks, Americans will head to the polls in a few hours that's why we'll do our last poll. Open for anyone, no two polls/separate categories for Americans and non Americans. Also "support" just means who you want to win, not that you are a mega fan»

The US State Department has approved a possible FMS to South Korea of 4 Peace Eye AEW&C Aircraft, plus associated equipment and services for $4.92 billion.

South Korea signed a $2.5b (inflation adjusted) Direct Commercial Sale contract with Boeing in Dec 2006 for 4 E-7s.

Russian losses of T-80-series tanks since the start of their 2022 invasion of Ukraine have exceeded 1 000.

T-80B: 4
T-80BV: 631
T-80BV Obr. 2022: 58
T-80BVK: 4
T-80U: 100
T-80UK: 2
T-80UE-1: 7
T-80UM2: 1
T-80BVM: 135
T-80BVM Obr. 2022: 39
unknown T-80: 21
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total T-80 losses: 1002

- Happy to see that the Russian attempts atleast failed in Moldova.

However let that not distract you from the fact that the struggle is still ongoing in Georgia where the opposition parties rightfully still reject the ridiculous election results presented by the Russian puppets of the Georgian Nightmare party.

Congratulations to Moldova, good luck to Georgia.

✅🇲🇩 Maia Sandu: Moldova, today you are victorious. Together, we’ve shown the strength of our unity, democracy, and commitment to a dignified future.

Thank you, dear Moldovans, at home and abroad. Walk with pride—you are freedom, hope, and resilience. I am proud to serve you all.

A delegation from South Korea will arrive in Ukraine this week

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stated that the South Korean delegation would share information about the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia and discuss cooperation with Ukraine

“This unlawful military cooperation between Russia and North Korea fundamentally undermines the rules-based international order and poses a threat to peace on the Korean Peninsula and globally,” Yoon said.

Additionally, on October 28th, the South China Morning Post reported that a group of nearly 200 former North Korean military personnel is seeking to join the war in Ukraine to undermine the morale of their former compatriots on Russia`s side. All of them have between seven to ten years of military experience