European NATO members could face years-long delays in obtaining American weapons as the United States prioritises replenishing its own military stockpiles following its war against Iran, according to Washington’s ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum on October 12, Whitaker warned that American defence manufacturers would be largely occupied with meeting domestic requirements, leaving limited production capacity available for foreign customers.

A million people live in Kaliningrad, a Russian territory that borders no friendly country. Squeezed between Poland and Lithuania and severed from the Russian mainland since 1991, it can be crossed by car in under two hours. The Baltic Fleet is stationed there, along with Iskander launchers, S-400 batteries and a network of radars and jammers that reaches well into Polish and Lithuanian airspace.

by Tyler Durden

In a significant first of the seven-month long Iran war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has relayed to US President ⁠Donald Trump Tehran's position on a possible resolution to the ‌US-Iran war, according to the Kremlin.

So far it is only the Kremlin readout of the two leaders' Friday call which mentions the Iran proposal was conveyed, however it didn't specify what they discussed in particular.

A US reconnaissance aircraft circled around Russia's Kaliningrad region for over three hours, according to flight data studied by Sputnik on Friday.

The Bombardier ARTEMIS II aircraft took off from the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase in Romania at around 5:53 GMT. It entered a circular trajectory along the borders of the Kaliningrad region near the Polish city of Augustow at about 9:00 GMT. The plane followed this pattern until 12:23 GMT, when it took a southwesterly direction, according to the data.

NATO’s top military commander is working on a strategy for achieving a quick victory against a Russian attack on its eastern flank, with a particular focus on integrating new defense technologies like drones and AI into traditional power.

Estonia is preparing to deploy weapons capable of striking the Russian city of St. Petersburg, the Financial Times has reported.

Amid unprecedented mis- and dis-information from NATO’s European members, Tallinn has presented the proposed buildup as a form of deterrence, should Moscow “test” NATO. However, Russia’s leadership has repeatedly stressed that it has no intention of attacking the US-led military bloc. Moscow has also warned that any direct conflict with NATO would likely escalate into nuclear war.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the world was living through a dangerous moment and warned the West not to escalate a standoff over Ukraine by threatening the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which Moscow has made clear it would defend with ‌nuclear weapons if necessary.

Locked in a war in Ukraine which he said Russia had no choice but to launch in order to safeguard its ‌own security, Putin said Russia had no plans to attack any European country and wanted to coexist peacefully.

By Lili Bayer and Mark Trevelyan, reuters.com

BRUSSELS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted ​to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.

In a document sent to NATO and seen by Reuters, Moscow accused the alliance of ‌a "dangerous and reckless course" that entailed "high risks of the outbreak of a direct armed conflict".