A senior Ukrainian military official says there is growing danger that Russia will open a new front in the war through its coordination with Belarus, using it to cut military supplies to Ukraine. “The threat of the Russian armed forces resuming the offensive on the northern front is growing,” Oleksii Hromov, a senior official in the military’s General Staff, said Thursday.

South Korea and the United States will kick off large-scale air drills involving U.S. F-35B stealth jets later this month, per Seoul officials. - Yonhap - The drills are set to take place over South Korean airspace from Oct. 31-Nov. 4, with the South Korean Air Force set to mobilize some 140 warplanes, including F-35A, F-15 and KF-16 fighters.

Swedish media: Sweden and the United States signed a military cooperation agreement to secure the Swedish border Swedish army chief: Military cooperation with the United States will be useful in the event of war

Lavrov on the possibility of #Ukraine joining NATO: We categorically do not accept the emergence of an alliance on Russian borders, this is a real red line. Lavrov: Even if #Ukraine will not join NATO, the appearance of strike weapons and US military bases in the Sea of Azov is the second red line.