Nga bắt đầu sử dụng UAV ‘Ma cà rồng’ ở Ukraina; Đức hiện không định gửi tên lửa Taurus cho Ukraina

Russia begins to use oil-rich UAVs in Ukraine Russia will pay tribute to Ukraine in the Black Sea Biden fears dissent in parliament will disrupt aid to Ukraine Bild reports Germany has no plans to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine President Biden refuses to meet with Prime Minister of Armenia Trump does not want to be president of the House Taiwan investigates 4 companies accused of helping Huawei build a chip factory Italian police destroy Chinese mafia network Comment on Xi Jinping is strong or weak? Russian special forces operating in the Svatovo-Kremlin region of Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine have used the first-person angle UAV FPV-UPIR, also known as the Makarov UAV. Previously, this type of UAV was used in combat units in Donetsk, Krivoy Rog and Kherson. Their main task was to disrupt the operation of Ukrainian ships. The Russian military said that the new unmanned aerial vehicle has proven to be effective in fierce battles. The Makarov UAV helps pilots find and destroy enemies in hiding, even in close combat. According to the representative of this type of UAV, despite the difficult terrain and high altitude, the Makarov UAV's maneuverability allows it to attack directly into the enemy's hideout and other targets. The British Foreign Ministry said in a statement on October 4 that Russia is almost certainly trying to avoid publicly bombing civilian ships, instead of blaming Ukraine for any attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea. The Black Sea is a strategic sea area with Ukraine, where most of the country's exports go through. However, when the war broke out, these ships were stopped, leaving the world in the face of a food crisis. The United Nations and Turkey then stood in the middle to open safe ports for exports from Ukraine. However, in July, Russia withdrew from this agreement because it believed that its legitimate requirements were not met. Ukraine responded by establishing a temporary humanitarian corridor for cargo ships and some of Ukraine's ships that have left the port since then. According to the British Foreign Ministry, Russia will expand its port in the humanitarian corridor to prevent commercial ships from coming and going from Ukraine. Ukrainian ports will also be blocked in the same way. The statement of the British Foreign Ministry said, By publicizing our assessment of this intelligence information, the UK is seeking to undermine Russia's strategy to prevent any accidents. This is not the first time London has accused Moscow of targeting civilian ships in the Black Sea. Last month, he accused Russia of using missiles to attack a civilian cargo ship anchored at the port, which was successfully blocked by Ukraine. The British Foreign Ministry said it was cooperating with Ukraine and other partners to find safe navigation routes. London is also simultaneously using its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to monitor Russian activities in the Black Sea. Next is another noteworthy piece of information. On October 4, President Joe Biden expressed concern that US aid to Ukraine could be affected by the chaos of the Congress. When asked if he was concerned that the United States would not be able to provide aid as promised to Ukraine because of the chaos in the capital, Biden replied, That makes me worried. But I know that most of the members of the House and Senate in both parties have said that they support funding for Ukraine. In July, President Biden asked the Congress to approve an additional $24 billion related to Ukraine. On October 3, the U.S. House of Representatives said that the current funding would last for another two months. Biden has sought to assure U.S. allies that Washington's aid will not be hampered as Ukrainian forces continue to counterattack. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told reporters in Berlin, Biden's message is that the United States can certainly continue to be trusted on this issue in the future. Biden added that he will soon have an important speech to explain why he needs to help Ukraine push back the Russian military. He did not provide a specific time frame, but said it would happen soon. Biden also proposed a source of replacement for Ukraine, but did not go into detail. Germany's bill on October 4 led sources to say that Germany currently has no plans to provide high-precision Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. According to the bill, in an internal meeting last week, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Congress that Taurus missiles cannot be parallel to France's Scorpion cruise missile or Britain's Storm Shadow cruise missile. Berlin is also concerned that Ukraine could use Germany's missiles to target the Crimean bridge that Russia built to connect its territory with the Crimean peninsula. According to the bill, the party wants Berlin to provide Taurus missiles to create a chance for Ukraine to cause more serious damage to the territory occupied by Russia. In the bill, Germany added that British government officials have tried to persuade Germany to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine in recent weeks. However, Berlin has repeatedly stated that it will only provide weapons to Ukraine after coordinating with Washington. Taurus is a long-range cruise missile for aircraft produced by Germany-Switzerland cooperation. It can hit targets at distances of more than 500 km. The missile is designed for high-precision attacks on targets deep underground and is strictly protected. Regarding the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, The AFP reported that the European Union is expecting to hold meetings between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as sides in the framework of the French, German and European Councils on the sidelines of the EU Summit in Spain this week. However, the Azerbaijani government spokesman on October 4 stated that President Ilham Aliyev would not attend such talks, so it is not necessary. The spokesman said that President Aliyev's refusal to sign a memorandum of understanding with France has issued statements of support for Armenia and a commitment to provide weapons for Armenia in military cooperation. The Azerbaijani official added that the country also does not agree with the statements of EU President Charles Michel. Michel previously criticized Azerbaijan's anti-terrorism campaign in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan launched a campaign in the separatist zone on September 19 and quickly took strategic positions. The Armenian separatists on September 20 accepted to drop weapons, disband forces, and negotiate a re-integration of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan agreed to allow the soldiers of the separatists to return to Armenia under the terms of the ceasefire agreement. However, on October 1, Azerbaijan issued an order to detain 300 separatist members of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian Foreign Ministry on October 4 condemned Azerbaijan's actions and affirmed that it would do everything possible to ensure the rights of those arrested illegally in Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh has become a hot spot for conflict over the past three decades between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The region has been separated from Azerbaijan since the Armenian separatist forces took control after the war in early 1990s. The two sides have repeatedly clashed, the climax of which was the war in 2020, which helped Azerbaijan regain some of its territory. Former US President Donald Trump said he was still focused on the race to the White House after being nominated by some senators as president of the House of Representatives. Trump told reporters outside the Manhattan Project on October 4 that, "...a lot of people have called me to talk about the position of the House of Representatives. All I can say is that we will do whatever is best for the country and the Republican Party." Trump emphasized that he was focusing on the 2024 presidential campaign as he was the most promising candidate of the Republican Party. The former president added, "...I am fully focused on that race. I am willing to help them in the current process, but there are still many wonderful people in the Republican Party who can take a good position as president of the House of Representatives." Troy Niels, a Republican senator representing Texas on October 3, announced that he would nominate former President Trump as president of the House of Representatives. Senators Marjorie Taylor Greene and Greg Stuber also support this. When a reporter mentioned Greene's support, Trump said, She is a wonderful woman. I will do anything to help, but I am fully focused on my goal of becoming president and making America great again. According to the rules of the U.S. Congress, the president of the U.S. House of Representatives does not have to be a permanent senator. However, there has never been a person who has not been elected as a senator to hold this position in U.S. history. To be elected as president of the House of Representatives, the candidate must receive the overwhelming support of the senators. The Republican Party occupies the majority in the House with 221 seats, while the Democratic Party controls 212 seats. Democrats are likely to oppose Trump, but it is not yet clear how much support he will receive in the Republican Party. The U.S. House of Representatives is in the limelight, after the agency on October 3 voted to dismiss Kevin McCarthy. The U.S. House of Representatives' re-election vote could take place on October 11. The next step is for actors to focus on Taiwan and China. The Taiwanese government will investigate four local companies for reports that they are supporting Huawei to establish a chip infrastructure in China. The move by the Taiwanese Ministry of Economy came after Bloomberg News on October 3 mentioned the four companies. On October 4, US Secretary of State Wang Mihua told lawmakers that the four companies did not violate U.S. sanctions imposed on Huawei. Wang said the companies provide services on the environmental protection process in Thailand. They are not related to important technology. Bloomberg reported that four Taiwanese companies are helping Huawei to establish a network of chip manufacturers in southern China. One of these companies is Tocco Scientific, which has confirmed its business partnership with a chip manufacturer related to Huawei. Tocco said they only cooperate on environmental protection and have no business transactions related to chip materials or equipment. Another Taiwanese company, United Integrated Services, confirmed to the media that a Chinese subsidiary had received a job to renovate an infrastructure at a separate chip manufacturer, which is said to be related to Huawei. United Integrated Services said the company adheres to the laws, policies and regulations of all legal areas. On October 4, the Italian police arrested 33 people in the network of Chinese money launderers. They were accused of embezzling more than 50 million euros from drug trafficking groups. Guardia di Finanza police chief Francesco Ruiz told Reuters that a special aspect of the case is the link between the organizations such as the Grangetta group and Chinese entities providing financial services. Ruiz, the head of the latest investigation in Rome, said more than 50 million euros did not reflect the actual scale of the case. He said, this is what we have been following from 2020 to 2022, but the investigations cannot track all the activities. People will only see 20% of what happens. Guardia di Finanza police said in a statement that they arrested 33 people, including 7 Chinese citizens in Rome and 6 other Italian towns. In addition, the Italian police seized about 10 million euros in cash from those called money launderers. These people are responsible for transferring money abroad. Some recent investigations have shown that drug gangs in Italy are increasingly using the dark web of Chinese money launderers, who have no license to hide cross-border payments. The method of money laundering is often referred to in Chinese as feijian, which means money laundering. Specifically, one party will send money to a money launderer in Italy, while another will send money to a network in the world to pay the equivalent amount of money to the Japanese. At the end of the program, we invite you to come with us to the perspective of an expert on the Chinese Communist Party's politics. A few months ago, Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Geng passed away. Not long after that, there was information that Mr. Chen had been fired for unlawful acts, including extramarital affairs. The Minister of National Defense, Li Shengfu, has also recently disappeared from the public eye. There is information that he is being investigated for corruption. And a few weeks ago, the top leader of the Chinese missile force was replaced. According to analysts of the Washington Post, the top-level polls show that the Chinese Communist Party's secretary-general, Xi Jinping, is still in power. He strengthened his power in the first year of his third five-year term. Xi is also pushing for a campaign to sow corruption in the party and the military by tightening the control of the armed forces. The Chinese leader is also making moves to modernize the military to prepare for a final attack on Taiwan. Xi is acting quickly and decisively, not hesitating to dismiss even those he has recently promoted. However, there are also opinions that the polls above show that Xi is a weak and delusional leader. He had to resign right from the start of his third term. After witnessing the chaos of the zero-Covid policy and an economy falling free, Xi was forced to dismiss those he supported. The chaotic situation has led to doubts about his ability to judge, and he may not be able to trust his army. So, is the Chinese leader Xi Jinping stronger and more tightly in control of the military? Or is Xi's power weakening, at risk of losing control and worrying about his own army? The answer is that no one outside knows for sure. According to the Washington Post, even when China has the second largest economy in the world with the largest army in the world, its politics are still a black box. If there really is a power struggle, it can only be recognized by carefully looking at the pictures or counting the information about personnel on Chinese state-run media, which is tightly controlled. The top officials who often attend foreign conferences may suddenly disappear without a trace and have no official explanation. The lack of specific information still does not prevent the chaos. A heated debate ensued. The beginning of the discussion was an analysis published on September 5 on the Nikkei Asia daily. According to this analysis, Xi did not attend the G20 summit in India because he had just been criticized by the leaders in a shameful way at the North China Summit. According to Nikkei Asia's analysis, an adult in the party sent a message that the party could no longer stand the chaos. Xi expressed disappointment with his assistants and abandoned the G20 summit to avoid losing face. Some experienced Chinese observers quickly refuted Nikkei Asia's article. John Pornfret, former director of the Washington Post's Chinese office, asked about Nikkei Asia's statement. There is no way to confirm it, and I don't know why people think there may be a little truth in it. So is it possible that Xi may be both at the top of power and weaker? Minxin Pei, a professor at the Clemont McKenna University, agrees with this view. Pei wrote in an email, saying objectively that Xi was not doing a good job. Pei criticized the economic downturn, U.S. tax pressure, and the widespread awareness in the Chinese establishment that Xi had gone astray. But according to Pei, given the ability to control a group of powerful people, he could not be attacked. Professor Pei wrote, Xi's actions were not out of strength, but out of anxiety. Everyone can see that a leader does not face any real threat, but still acts as if he is in danger. So is Xi still in control of everything, surrounded by loyalists, or is he weakening, struggling with the declining economy and being surrounded by potential internal opponents? Like everything else in China, this is mainly a game of guessing.