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Major General overseeing Moscow's air defense detained over alleged land bribery scheme
Moscow's Garrison Military Court has remanded Major General Konstantin Ogienko, responsible for the air defense operation in the Russian capital, into custody, reports the newspaper Kommersant.
According to court documents cited by the publication, Ogienko, who recently commanded the 1st Army of Special Purpose Air Defense and Missile Defense, is accused of illegal dealings involving defense lands in the Moscow region.
According to investigators, Ogienko tasked Major General Dmitry Belyatsky, …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with military helicopter to receive $500,000 reward
Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who flew a Mi-8 helicopter carrying parts for Su-27 fighters to a Ukrainian airbase, will receive half a million dollars, said the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov.
"There is official legislation, a corresponding law signed by the President of Ukraine in April 2022, regarding compensation in case a person switches sides to Ukraine along with the equipment," said Yusov.
According to Yusov, the …
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Erdogan and Putin meet in Sochi, discuss energy cooperation, monetary policy and bilateral trade
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, where they discussed various aspects of their bilateral relationship. Putin emphasized the importance of maintaining the positive momentum achieved in the relationship and highlighted potential areas of cooperation in the energy sector. He specifically mentioned the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, which is being constructed by the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom, and stated that its first unit …
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Chaos at Pskov airport in Russia following a drone attack: flights cancelled, military aircraft destroyed
Pskov International Airport in Russia was attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the night of August 30. Russian media, citing eyewitness videos, reported a fire in the vicinity of the airfield, along with sounds of gunfire and explosions. The attack was later confirmed by the governor of Pskov Oblast, Mikhail Vedernikov. According to Vedernikov, all flights at Pskov Airport will be cancelled today "until the extent of possible damage to the runway is assessed." "Preliminary assessments …
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Kadyrov troops in occupied Enerhodar attacked by Ukrainian kamikaze drones
A powerful explosion occurred at 9:50 a.m. on August 28th in the occupied city of Enerhodar, Zaporizhia region, Ukraine. The explosion took place in a building that housed the improvised barracks of the Ahmat-1 unit of the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) and the local administration, reported the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry (GUR).
After the occupation of the city, the Kadyrov fighters seized and converted for their need a building on Stritelyov Street, …
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Ukrainian Presidential Advisor: the war in Ukraine will end quickly and in an instant
Ukrainians are unlikely to have to fight Russia for every kilometer shedding their blood because under certain conditions "events will take on a different form", said the advisor to the Head of the Office of the Ukrainian President, Mykhailo Podolyak, on Twitter. "It won't be easy, but it is naive to think that Ukraine will have to reclaim territories by shedding blood for every kilometer. As Ukrainian forces advance southward and approach the administrative border with Crimea, events will take …
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Kyiv: Ukrainian troops advancing in the south despite difficult combat conditions
Ukrainian troops are currently advancing south of the settlement of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, said Oleksander Shtupun, the spokesperson for the united press center of the Ukrainian Defense Forces Tavria, during a news broadcast on Sunday, August 27.
"Despite the rather difficult combat conditions, our troops have been advancing in the areas of Urozhaine, Robotyne , and have also had successes in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions near Staromaiorske. Currently, our troops are …
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Ukrainian Intelligence forces Russian military helicopter to land in Ukraine, Russia claims navigation error
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry (GUR) carried out an operation that resulted in a Russian Mi-8 helicopter being landed in Ukraine, according to sources in the Ukrainian security services cited by Ukrainska Pravda.
According to the information provided, the operation lasted over six months. The helicopter was transporting spare parts for Russian Su-27 and Su-30 SM fighters, conducting flights between two airbases. Unlike the other two members of the crew, the …
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Drones attack Moscow again
"On the night of August 23, Moscow was once again attacked by drones," announced Sergey Sobyanin, the mayor of the city. "Last night, the air defense systems shot down a drone in the Mozhaysky district of the Moscow region.
The second UAV hit a building under construction in the Moscow-City complex. Emergency services were dispatched to the incident sites. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties," informed the city head.
The Russian Ministry of Defense later stated that …
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Ukrainians largely reject Russia's demands on occupied territories and NATO accession, survey finds
More than 90% of Ukrainians consider Russia's demands for recognition of the occupied territories of Ukraine as Russian territories in exchange for cessation of aggression to be "unacceptable." According to the survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in collaboration with the Razumkov Center's sociological service, with the support of the Matra program from August 9-15, 2023, only 4.7% of respondents found such demands "acceptable."
Nearly 74% of those surveyed …