Contents tagged with Russia
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Turkey seeks UN intervention as Russia ignores requests for access to Ukrainian POWs
QIRIM.News reports that Russia is ignoring Turkey's requests to grant access to Ukrainian prisoners of war and disclose the conditions under which these prisoners are held. During a meeting with the families of Ukrainian prisoners, Turkey's chief ombudsman Süleyman Malkaç stated, "I wrote a letter to the Russian Embassy in Ankara on July 5, 2024. In the letter, I mentioned my visit to Ukraine and my inspection of Russian prisoners held there. I also expressed my intent to visit Ukrainian …
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Georgia accuses 300 soldiers fighting for Ukraine of terrorism
In a chilling announcement, Georgia has declared that 300 soldiers who are part of the "Georgian National Legion" and are currently fighting for the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) are now wanted on terrorism charges, said Commander Mamuka Mamulashvili revealed this development in an interview with The Insider.
Georgia's State Security Service recently began summoning citizens with connections to the war in Ukraine for questioning. One such individual, soldier Nadim Khmaladze, claimed on his …
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Explosion in Moscow: GRU Officer Andrey Torgashov identified as victim in car bomb incident
A Toyota Land Cruiser, which exploded in Moscow on Wednesday morning, belongs to officer Andrey Torgashov, who works at the headquarters of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (known as the GRU) reports the news outlet Agentstvo.
Confusion arose after the publication Astra wrote that on the street where the explosion occurred on Wednesday morning lived the "deputy head of the PDRC military unit 33790". Other Russian media mentioned only the names of the …
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France detains Russian national for espionage ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics
A 40-year-old Russian national has been taken into custody in Paris, the city's prosecution office announced on Tuesday, July 23. The man is suspected of engaging in "espionage on behalf of a foreign state with the intent to incite hostilities in France" . According to the Le Parisien newspaper, the Russian has been formally charged.
During a search of the suspect's apartment, authorities found "evidence suggesting he was preparing a pro-Russian operation designed to destabilize France during …
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Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions on UK and Japan
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced new sanctions against the United Kingdom and Japan, according to statements posted on the ministry’s website.
Entry into Russia has been prohibited for 15 British nationals. The Russian Foreign Ministry indicated that the individuals are involved in training Ukrainian military personnel, directing defense companies supplying products or services to Kyiv, and experts and journalists with "anti-Russian" positions on defense issues and Russia's war against …
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Belarus-Germany prisoner swap: Putin plans to retrieve Russian assassin via Lukashenko
In late June, Belarus sentenced German citizen Rico Krieger to death. Prosecutors charged him with six counts, including terrorism and extremist activities.
On July 22, the death sentence took effect, yet there is no official confirmation of its execution.
Deutschen Welle reports, citing its contacts, that Krieger, sentenced by the Minsk Regional Court, is being prepped for a swap involving Russian assassin Vadim Krasikov, who is serving a life sentence in Germany for killing a former Chechen …
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Kremlin vows retaliation against EU plan to use frozen Russian assets for arming Ukraine
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has stated that Russia will respond to the European Union’s decision to channel revenues from frozen Russian assets towards military supplies for Ukraine, as reported by RIA Novosti.
"These funds are not only stolen but are also being used to buy weapons. It's hard to imagine something worse," Peskov remarked.
He further emphasized that such actions "cannot remain unanswered."
"Moscow will explore legal options to prosecute those responsible for the …
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Ukrainian Forces destroy rare $250 million Russian radar system with HIMARS precision strike
Ukrainian military forces, utilizing HIMARS, successfully struck a high-value, rare target in Russian territory. The attack, believed to have involved GMLRS rockets, is evident in video footage showing an explosion over a radar system, showering it with thousands of tungsten pellets. This strike disabled the advanced Russian artillery reconnaissance system "1K148 Yastreb-AV," which costs approximately $250 million and is scarcely available in the Russian army. The drone recon footage capturing …
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German Military Chief warns of escalating Russian threat to NATO
Germany’s highest-ranking military officer, General Inspector of the Bundeswehr, Carsten Breuer, has issued a stark warning about the increasing military danger posed by Russia to Western nations. "We are witnessing the Russian army orienting itself towards the West," Breuer said in an interview with Sächsische Zeitung, as reported by dpa.
Within the next 5-8 years, the Russian Armed Forces are expected to be equipped and manned in a way that would make an attack on NATO territory viable. …
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Russian military uses banned ammunition in drone attacks, reports Ukrainian soldier
Russian forces are employing prohibited ammunition in their drone strikes, according to soldier Yegor Firsov, who emphasized that casualties from such attacks are nearly impossible to save.
On the Pokrovsk front, the Russian military resort to all kinds of weapons, including those banned by international conventions, said Firsov, the senior sergeant of the 109th assault UAV company, detailed the situation during a national news broadcast.
He explained that Russians are using every type of …