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UA🇺🇦 RU🇷🇺 NATO🇪🇺 | REPORTS ONLY
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Ukraine has picked Rheinmetall's Lynx IFV and Berlin & Kyiv signed an agreement to start Lynx production in Ukraine, with Rheinmetall planning to open a factory in country this year. The company has discussed a framework of several hundred vehicles.
Lithuania's army tested heavy machine guns and Swedish RBS 70 NG missiles against high speed target drones, training mobile air defense near the Belarus border after Russian drones crossed into NATO airspace. Vilnius is practicing killing drones at close range, not just jamming them.
Russia says it has flown a second prototype of the MC-21 medium haul passenger jet built with domestic components. The industry ministry says the shift to Russian made parts is meant to keep production moving after sanctions restricted access to foreign systems.
Germany's foreign minister said this winter could be decisive for Ukraine and called on allies to step up support for Ukraine's defense and energy system ahead of colder weather.
AMD's AI chips will power new U.S. Energy Department supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. DOE and AMD say the systems, called Lux and Discovery, are meant to accelerate work in energy, materials, biology, and national security.
Ukraine's says Russia launched about 100 attack drones overnight on Oct 27. Kyiv says air defense shot down or suppressed 66 of them, but 26 strikes were recorded in nine locations across the country as repairs teams work on the grid.
German media says new 377B€ defense plan includes 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles plus US Typhon launchers, giving Germany land based strike reach 2,000 km from its own territory, and adds 15 more F-35 for the NATO nuclear mission.
France says the new M51.3 submarine launched ballistic missile is now operational, with longer range, better accuracy and improved penetration to beat missile defense, and it will arm the Le Triomphant SSBN fleet to keep continuous at sea nuclear deterrence.
French press says Paris is moving to channel household savings into the defense industrial base, pitching it as urgent for European security. This complements billions already budgeted for nuclear deterrence upgrades like the new M51.3 SLBM.
Italy’s defense minister says Ukraine “will not be able” to take back all occupied territory and Russia “will never give it back.” He cites NATO numbers of 520,000 Ukrainian dead and “more than 1 million” Russian dead, and says talks already include ceding territory.
UK MPs say the National Wealth Fund should “take risks,” accepting some investments may fail, to crowd in private capital for strategic projects. Aim is growth and industrial capacity, with guardrails on political interference.
Spain’s Army chief told a defense forum that Europe needs a land force “as resilient and effective as the Tercios,” and tied that directly to NATO’s forward brigades on the eastern flank. He highlighted artillery, ground air defense, armor and secure comms as priorities.
Portugal’s Special Operations Maritime Task Unit in Romania trained with Romanian forces on UAV employment, mission planning and ATAK-enabled targeting, to boost interoperability on NATO’s Black Sea flank as drones and airspace violations intensify.
Galp reports (Portugal) Q3 adjusted profit up 53%, citing exports from Sines and long-term U.S. LNG supply, and says it is putting €273M into strengthening energy security and industrial capacity.
Poland’s deputy defence minister says a “very large, national and European” anti-drone and border defense project will be announced in the coming days, built over the last months by the General Staff and the MoD, and aimed at stopping cross-border drone incursions.
Poland reports €3.2B in weapons exports, with Ukraine buying €2.5B including artillery, MANPADS, armored vehicles, drones, & loitering munitions.
Lithuania’s prime minister said the country is ready to close key Belarus border crossings indefinitely, authorize the military to shoot down balloons entering Lithuanian airspace, and may seek NATO Article 4 talks after calling the incursions a hybrid attack.
Lithuania says last night passed with no new border violations, and airports stayed open, but officials stayed on high alert and the military was ready to shoot down any object that breached Lithuanian airspace. Border points with Belarus are already shut.
Lithuania’s economy ministry launched a program worth up to €1M to fund drones, lasers and other rapid response tech to protect its airspace from Belarus launched balloons.