Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:29 The SBU liquidated 47 agent networks in 2023, department head Vasily Malyuk said in an interview with ICTV. According to him, the networks included a variety of traitors - from current people’s deputies to representatives of the Defense Forces. He also said that the SBU has already carried out 13 successful attacks on Russian refineries, which have reduced the export of petroleum products by a third. In addition, with the help of sea drones Sea Baby and Mamai, they have already managed to hit 11 Russian ships and unblock the Black Sea. Malyuk also announced new special operations “on land and at sea.”
22:13 It will take years to restore CHPP-5 in Kharkov after the Russian attack; the city is powered by other regions, said Natalya Verbovaya, a representative of the press service of the thermal power plant.
21:58 Russian troops continue their offensive in the Bakhmut area and are approaching the outskirts of Chasova Yar, Donetsk region. The city could provide Russian troops with a route to Konstantinovka, the southern edge of the large urban agglomeration in the Donetsk region that the Russian Federation has long viewed as a major operational target in Ukraine. Read more in the material Dangerous Area .
21:14 British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said that “there is no connection between Ukraine and the terrorist attack near Moscow that Britain is aware of.” At the same time, he recalled that ISIS terrorists took responsibility for the shooting. “We must resist Putin’s attempts to tie this together,” the minister stressed.
21:11 Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba discussed with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell the possibilities of strengthening Ukrainian air defense systems, the Foreign Ministry reported.
21:09 Iceland has joined the Czech initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine and will allocate about 2 million euros for it, the country’s Foreign Ministry reported.
21:06 The Russians attacked a private residential area with a controlled aerial bomb in the town of Dergachi, Kharkov region, injuring four people, the prosecutor’s office reported. More than 20 private households were damaged.
21:00 Russia has modernized Zircon missiles, which turned out to be hypersonic and better than Kinzhal, writes Defense Express. According to the publication, this time experts were able to collect more fragments of this missile, which made it possible to conduct a more detailed examination and find out to what extent the Russians managed to modernize it.
Analysts claim that the Russians managed to develop a hypersonic jet engine and install it on Zircon. Thus, the Zircon, unlike the X-47 Kinzhal, is still hypersonic and can maintain a constant hypersonic speed. When approaching the target, the missile picks up speed up to 9000 km/h, and it is very difficult to shoot it down.
20:54 Putin said that the terrorist attack in Crocus near Moscow is “a link in a series of attempts by those who have been fighting the Russian Federation since 2014 at the hands of the Kiev regime.”
19:47 The Southern Defense Forces clarified that Russian troops struck the recreational area of Odessa with a double strike along a ballistic trajectory. Two buildings were destroyed and windows were broken in houses around them. It is preliminary known that four people were wounded.
19:36 The Russians launched a missile attack on Odessa, currently three people are known to be wounded, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA. There is damage to civilian infrastructure.
19:31 Ukraine is definitely not involved in the attack by ISIS terrorists on Crocus near Moscow, as the Kremlin continues to claim, said White House Advisor John Kirby. "This is just another manifestation of Kremlin propaganda. This is all they can do in an attempt to connect with what they are doing in Ukraine, in an attempt to find at least some justification for their continuous violence and robbery," he said. Kirby also confirmed that the American side warned the Russian leadership in advance about ISIS plans for a terrorist attack.
18:58 Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev ignored the call to the Polish Foreign Ministry, where he was invited due to the violation of the country’s airspace by a Russian missile, Foreign Ministry spokesman Pavel Vronsky said. According to him, Warsaw will now send a diplomatic note to the Russian Foreign Ministry through another channel demanding clarification of the fact that the Russian missile violated Polish airspace.
Meanwhile, Andreev, in a commentary to Russian media, said that he refused to come to the Polish Foreign Ministry because allegedly “there is no evidence that we are talking about a Russian missile.” He added that he invited the Polish side to send him a corresponding note by courier or mail.
18:04 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian air defense has shot down more than 2,000 cruise and ballistic missiles, the Ministry of Defense reported.
17:35 It will take years to restore the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station after a missile attack, said the General Director of Ukrhydroenergo Igor Sirota. According to him, the dismantling of the remnants of the ceiling and walls of the turbine room is now ongoing - but this will take weeks. It is not yet known what damage is on the four floors below the station, which are now littered. Units at the station were hit and equipment burned down. Some equipment needs to be produced from scratch, and the machine room needs to be completely reconstructed. An approximate estimate of the cost of restoring the Dnieper hydroelectric station can be given ten days after the completion of the removal of the rubble, Sirota noted.
17:27 During the day, the Russians fired at Kherson and the deoccupied settlements of the region from artillery, MLRS, drones and aircraft. One person died - preliminary, as a result of explosives being dropped from a drone, the prosecutor's office reported.
17:03 A Russian court sent four suspects in the shooting at the Crocus concert hall in the Moscow region to pre-trial detention. From the photos from the courtroom, it is clear that the suspects were brutally tortured. Such actions of Russian law enforcement officers seriously angered the terrorist group ISIS, Iranian media report. As a sign of protest against the torture and interrogation of members of their organization, the terrorists announced further terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation and personally threaten Putin. Read more in the article There will be revenge .
16:38 Russian planes dropped two more aerial bombs on the Belgorod region - over the past week it is already known that six FABs fell in the region, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. So, on March 22, FAB-250 was found near the village of Shalaevo, Valuysky urban district. On the same day, the same aerial bomb was found 5 km from the village of Kazinka in the same district. In both cases, residents were not evacuated, ammunition was confiscated, and there were no casualties.
15:54 Russia today launched strikes on Kiev with two of its newest ZM22 Zircon missiles, writes the specialized publication Defense Express, citing sources. Experts note that this is the second publicly known use of this missile after an unsuccessful attempt to attack Kyiv on February 7. Then, probably, the damaged rocket fell on the road in the Desnyansky district.
15:46 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis called on allies, in particular Poland, to shoot down Russian missiles over NATO countries: “Once may be a mistake. But if we allow it to happen again, it will be regarded as encouragement. Therefore, we must change our attitude and send a very clear signal that if this happens again, the missiles or drones will be shot down."
15:03 The Russians fired at Volchansk, Chuguevsky district, Kharkov region, one person was killed, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
14:59 The number of victims in the Pechersky district of the capital has increased to ten, one person remains in the hospital, said Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.
14:22 The Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara, owned by Rosneft, stopped CDU-5, one of two primary processing units, after an attack by drones, writes Reuters. Thus, half of the plant's capacity was disabled.
14:15 In Odessa, as a result of a night attack on an energy infrastructure facility, emergency power outages were introduced, the work of the thermal power plant, two city boiler houses and Infoxvodokanal pumping stations was stopped, said city mayor Gennady Trukhanov. Currently, water supply and drainage have been restored, and the operation of boiler houses in the Peresypsky district has also been resumed. Work is underway to launch a thermal power plant. There is a power shortage in the city, so a decision was made to temporarily stop city electric transport and increase the number of buses. During the period of restoration work at the damaged facility in Odessa, 161 indestructibility points will be opened.
14:09 In Kharkov, starting from Tuesday, March 26, heating will be turned off. According to the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov, Russian strikes on the city on March 22 virtually destroyed the main energy facilities, and in order to reduce the load on the energy system, a decision was made to end the heating season early. “Only this will make it possible to provide electricity to the maximum number of consumers and provide hot water to the homes of Kharkov residents,” explained the mayor.
Terekhov also said that today it was possible to launch train traffic at all metro stations with an interval of 20 minutes, while at the same time there is still not enough capacity for ground electric transport. Instead of trams and trolleybuses, there are free municipal buses.
13:53 The Russians probably hit Kiev with Zircon anti-ship missiles, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces.
13:45 The number of victims in the Pechersky district of Kiev has increased to seven, of which two were hospitalized. Rescuers continue to clear the rubble, said Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.
13:29 The missiles that the Russian Federation fired at Kiev were aimed at the premises where high-ranking SBU officials are located, the Kyiv Post reports, citing sources.
12:58 Zelensky showed the consequences of a missile attack on Kiev:
12:27 Over the weekend, the Defense Forces hit two landing ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Yamal and Azov in Crimea. A communications center and several infrastructure facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the peninsula were also struck. Experts in the West say they are amazed at the work of the Ukrainians and announce a change in the tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Read more in the article Strike at Putin .
12:22 Debris from a Russian rocket destroyed part of the building of the Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design named after Mikhail Boychuk in Kiev, the Ministry of Culture reported. The central part of the building was damaged, in particular, the sports hall, congress hall and exhibition center were completely destroyed. The premises of the departments and auditoriums of the institution were also significantly damaged. According to preliminary information, there were no deaths, two people were hospitalized.
12:06 Starting from April, Ukrainians will be able to submit applications to the International Register of Damage through Diya, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. He has already signed a corresponding agreement with the executive director of the international Register of damage caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine, Markiyan Klyuchkovsky. Ukrainians will be able to submit applications about damaged or destroyed apartments, houses, dachas, etc. It is planned that later it will also be possible to submit claims through Diya about forced displacement, harm to life and health, torture and sexual violence, as well as damage to infrastructure and business losses.
11:59 The State Emergency Service clarified that as a result of a missile attack, a three-story gym building in the Pechersky district of Kiev was damaged. Rescue operations continue, there may be people under the rubble. In Darnitsky and Solomyansky districts, private houses were damaged due to falling debris.
11:45 According to updated information, as a result of a missile attack on Kiev in the Pechersky district, a three-story non-residential building was damaged, without subsequent burning, the KGVA reported. A multi-storey building was damaged in the Solomensky district, and a fall of debris was recorded in Goloseevsky. The number of victims in the Pechersk region has increased to five, Klitschko said.
11:27 The Russians attacked Kiev with two ballistic missiles from the territory of Crimea. Both targets were destroyed, their type is being determined, the Air Force said. The head of the KGVA Sergei Popko said that, according to preliminary data, a multi-storey building in the Pechersky district of the capital was damaged as a result of the attack. Currently, four victims are known, including a 16-year-old teenager, said Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko. Also in the Pechersky district there is destruction in a non-residential three-story building. In the Goloseevsky district, rocket debris was found in a forest belt.
10:56 The head of the SBU, Vasily Malyuk, confirmed that the service had been striking Russian oil refineries: “For more than two years, the SBU has been hitting the enemy every day in the most painful spots - the Crimean Bridge, warships in the Black Sea, tanks, electronic warfare and air defense systems, oil refineries and "other objects that work for the Russian military-industrial complex. All these are our legitimate goals, because they are bringing war to Ukrainian soil."
10:38 The head of the Ground Forces Training Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Viktor Nikolyuk, announced his resignation. The major general announced that he would lead “one of the formations and one of the directions of the front.”
10:19 One power unit of the Novocherkassk State District Power Plant was damaged after an attack by a UAV, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. According to journalists, the state district power plant was attacked by all 11 UAVs, the destruction of which was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense in the morning. After the attack, two power units went offline, one of the idle power units (the eighth) was damaged. There were no casualties.
09:58 The reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was damaged as a result of yesterday's attack on Crimea, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. According to sources, on the night of March 23-24, 18 missiles were launched at Sevastopol, 11 of them were shot down. The military unit on Rudneva Street, the large landing ship Azov and Yamal, and the reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs were damaged, which was hit by two missiles at once. No casualties are known.
09:17 Air defense at night destroyed eight of the nine Shahed-type attack UAVs that Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. The drones were destroyed within the Nikolaev and Odessa regions.
09:10 The death toll as a result of the Russian attack on Krivoy Rog on March 12 has increased to six - one of the wounded died in the hospital. As of today, seven more people injured as a result of the shelling remain in hospitals - three of them are in serious condition, said the mayor of the city, Alexander Vilkul.
08:58 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that Russian troops are trying to advance in the direction of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region, but are unlikely to be able to threaten the populated area with a cordon or occupation in the coming months.
08:47 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 25:
personnel - about 437,390 (+640) people,
tanks - 6887 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 13,183 (+25),
artillery systems - 10,877 (+22),
MLRS - 1018 (+0),
air defense systems - 726 (+3),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 8539 (+29),
cruise missiles - 2010 (+18),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,454 (+47),
special equipment - 1785 (+7).
08:31 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported that on March 23, the 13th ship repair plant of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was attacked, where, among other things, the large landing ship Yamal was moored. According to military intelligence, the damage to the ship is critical: a hole in the upper deck resulted in a list to starboard. Now the Russians are continuously pumping water from the stricken ship, which took part in the annexation of Crimea and was under repair from 2017 to 2023.
07:59 Over the past 24 hours, 60 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the enemy tried 25 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Urozhaynoye, Donetsk region. Another ten enemy attacks were repulsed in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi and Pervomaisk, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled one enemy attack in the Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region; in Limansky - eight attacks in the areas of Belogorivka, Luhansk region and Yampolevka, Vesyoly, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - eight attacks in the Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - three attacks in the districts of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - one attack.
07:26 At night, the Russians attacked energy facilities in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions with drones, the Southern Defense Forces reported. Before the drone attack, the enemy launched an X-31P anti-radar missile from a tactical aircraft to interfere with the air defense. The missile lost its combat capability in the air. Next, the Russians attacked with several waves of Shahed-131/136 type drones and managed to destroy four UAVs in each area.
In the Nikolaev region, an enemy drone hit an energy facility, a fire broke out, which was promptly extinguished by rescuers, no people were injured. As a result of falling debris in the private sector of Nikolaev, a two-story residential building was destroyed; there was also a fire there, which has already been extinguished. Several surrounding houses were damaged by the blast wave. According to preliminary data, 11 people were injured, two of them were hospitalized.
In the Odessa region, the debris of a downed drone damaged an energy facility, a fire broke out, which caused a blackout in part of Odessa and nearby settlements. The fire was extinguished, no people were injured. Ukrenergo clarified that at night Russian drones attacked two substations in the southern region. Due to equipment damage in Odessa and the region, consumption limitation periods have been increased in order to protect surviving equipment from overload.
03:53 In Novocherkassk, Rostov region of the Russian Federation, drones attacked a thermal power plant - Novocherkassk State District Power Plant, local publics write. Eyewitnesses report that they counted several dozen drones and more than ten explosions. Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that two power units of the Novocherkassk State District Power Plant were temporarily taken out of service after a fire, the causes of which are being established.
02:52 OSINT analyst Tyler Rogovey published a satellite image showing the consequences of missile attacks on Russian large landing ships Yamal and Azov in Sevastopol. “You can see two hits: on the pier near one ship, and on the dry dock near the other. It is impossible to see visible damage on the ships themselves,” the expert writes. At the same time, he added that one of the ships was being towed into a dry dock, and it probably received some damage. A stain is also spreading from the ship, which may indicate a leak of fuel and lubricants.
Rogoway noted that after a cursory examination of high-resolution satellite images, there were no obvious signs of serious damage to the landing craft, but this does not mean that they were not hit, and this assessment may change.
Ukraine hit Russian ships Yamal and Azov in Sevastopol / @Aviation_Intel
01:45 The NATO Parliamentary Assembly plans to grant Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia the status of candidates for joining the Alliance. This is a new status for the country in the Assembly, which agreed to create a Standing Committee as part of a comprehensive partnership reform. Changes to the partnership must be ratified by the full Assembly at the 2024 spring session in Bulgaria at the end of May.
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[Korrespondent] Our soldiers repelled two enemy attacks in the area of the village of Kleshchievka, Donetsk region
During the past 24 hours, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on nine areas where personnel, weapons and military equipment are concentrated in the Russian Federation.
Ukrainian soldiers repulsed Russian attacks near Razdolovka, Donetsk region. During the day, 45 military clashes were recorded. This is stated in the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The enemy launched four missile and 56 air strikes, and carried out 43 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
Liman direction
Our soldiers repelled 13 enemy attacks in the areas of Belogorovka settlements in the Lugansk region; Terny, Yampolevka, Razdolovka and north of Vesely, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of our troops. More than 10 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Belogorivka, Lugansk region; Terny, Yampolevka and Spornoe, Donetsk region.
Bakhmut direction
Our soldiers repelled two enemy attacks in the area of the village of Kleshchievka, Donetsk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Novomarkovo, Chasov Yar, Pivdenny, Donetsk region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Bogdanovka, Kalinovka, Kleshchievka and Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region.
Avdeevskoe direction
Our defenders repelled three enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi and Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Alexandropol, Arkhangelskoye, Ocheretino and Umanskoye in the Donetsk region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Novobakhmutovka, Semenovka, Umanskoye, Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
Novopavlovskoe direction
The defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the area of the settlement of Novomikhailovka, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 15 times to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Konstantinovka and Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region. About 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the invaders, including Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Paraskoveevka, Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region.
Orekhovskoe direction
The enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders three times in the areas of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region; southwest of Belogorye and northwest of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Nikolskoye and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Krasnoe, Belogorye, Rabotino, Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye region.
Kherson direction
During the day the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations. More than 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Solonchaky, Ivanovka, Tyaginka in the Kherson region.
Enemy losses
During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on nine areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. The missile force units destroyed one air defense weapon, one artillery weapon, one electronic warfare station, one personnel concentration area and one enemy UAV control station.
Earlier, the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate hit the starting position of Russian FPV drones in Zaporozhye.
As we already wrote, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liquidated 1,050 invaders. Since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 435,760 people.
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[RIA] The Western Media has not only four ears, two noses, but also a huge common third eye. Looking from European cities and those located on the other side of both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, this media woman heard, smelled and saw in the terrorist attack, in which nearly 150 people were killed (the clearance of the rubble continues), almost as many were injured, “the trace of ISIS".
How else? The Reuters agency also reports with reference to the “communique” (which no one, in fact, was going to verify, check for authenticity; this is not a journalistic matter) - and, in general, everything is clear to everyone that “IS has taken responsibility.”
Russia pursued a “wrong policy,” almost a “neocolonial” one, “treated migrants” incorrectly, and that’s what it got. In short, the favorite melody for the Western flute is “the Russians are to blame for everything.” The national flags flying at half-mast over the embassies of NATO and European countries on the day of our mourning should also not be misleading - etiquette has never been a manifestation of sincere sympathy in the system of their relations and values. As well as the statements of local politicians. Meli Emelya, your week.
The terrorist attacks committed by IS both in Russia and Europe have been studied in detail and in detail. Lawyers, criminologists, experts, lawyers. These people, each within the limits of their competence, noted (with all the difference in methods and logistics) that the terrorists, those who shot, blew up, killed, were people with means. Or even so - people with large means. These conclusions were made on the basis of checks of bank accounts, the housing that the terrorists rented or owned, and the cars they drove. In addition, logistics, everything that preceded the commission of terrorist attacks, we repeat, both in Russia and in France, taken in this case as an example, required large sums of money. And not only at the present time, but also, for example, in the mid-nineties, when tragedies occurred in Budennovsk and Pervomaisky. Mass murder, no matter how scary, painful and bitter it sounds, requires investment. Large sums of money.
It is worth saying here that IS never lacked money; we were talking about hundreds of millions of dollars, which, of course, could be spent endlessly and uncontrollably on terrorist attacks in which hundreds of people died.
Now Westerners, that is, well-informed experts, are trying to convince us that a used, used, re-used Renault was the very vehicle in which ISIS terrorists tried to get to the Ukrainian border. At the same time, exactly the same experts are well aware that Ukraine has long become not only a Nazi, but also a real Islamist kubl.
And that there, for example, Al Bara Shishani found shelter, shelter and bread. He was responsible for IS for carrying out terrorist operations. He not only formed an Islamist cell in Kiev, from there, from the capital of Ukraine, he led raids against the “infidels,” including in Syria. The raids involved mainly murders and show executions. The comfort in which this same Al Bara Shishani lived surprised even such allies of Kiev as the American State Department, which its representatives stated openly and officially, including at hearings in the US Congress.
And no, this is not “Russian propaganda”, this is just a statement of one paragraph in the publication of the British Independent five years ago.
Even then, the recruitment of terrorist attack executors was in full swing in Kyiv, logistics specialists were working hard there, and fake passports and other documents were being produced there. In the same way, connections were established there and those fundamentalists who could live anywhere, including Central Asia, were fed. Ties were also established with Syrian Islamists who were waging war against official Damascus.
Western experts, all of whom have the memory of aquarium fish, have forgotten what their own press wrote about and what questions it asked in its publications. The position is convenient, comfortable and completely devoid of conscience.
The only thing that has changed over the past five years: the cash flows that came to Kyiv to the terrorists who settled there and their curators have dried up very much.
Therefore, the killers of dozens of people in Crocus City Hall were hired from human waste and poverty, they were promised mere pennies for the mass execution, and they were recommended to escape in a worn-out Renault through the “window on the Ukrainian border.” Islamist terror? We will accept this as one of the versions, but we will wait for official statements.
Terror of Ukrainian origin, with the proper trademark and seal? We don’t have the slightest doubt about this today.
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It was Russia that alleged the old Renault heading to the border ... through fortified Russian lines that Ukraine controls somehow.
And their own interrogation revealed that the terrorists came from Turkey not Ukraine
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[KavkazUzel] A court in Azerbaijan arrested Bahruz Askerov, whom security forces accused of preparing for an assassination attempt on the head of the city of Lenkoran.
According to investigators, Bahruz Asgarov, who lives in Murmansk and is a citizen of Azerbaijan, planned to commit terrorist attacks in the country. He attracted other residents of Azerbaijan to cooperate and gave them instructions to carry out an assassination attempt on the head of the city of Lenkoran.
The investigation also believes that Asgarov gave instructions to commit an assassination attempt on a foreign citizen teaching English in Azerbaijan. Asgarov was detained, he was accused of preparing to commit a terrorist attack, the court placed him under arrest, APA news agency reported today with reference to the State Security Service of Azerbaijan.
There were no comments from representatives of Bahruz Askerov.
Russian Ministry of defense has failed to post an update, so we are left with this deprecated version from news-front.su
[NewsFront] 22:15 In Ukraine, explosions occurred in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, the publication “STRANA.ua” reported.
21:44 Crew of the Msta-B howitzer of the 1st Army Corpsdestroyedshelter of Ukrainian nationalists
20:33 A civilian was injured during an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in the Belgorod region, the governor said
19:55 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Krasnoye, Shebekinsky urban district, there were no casualties, damage to houses was recorded. This was announced by the Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov.
18:13 Operators of the crew of the Orlan-10 complex of the South group of troops around the clockleadreconnaissance of targets and adjustment of artillery fire in the Artemovsk direction.
During combat duty, crews of multifunctional UAV complexes carry out flights to tactical depths for reconnaissance and search for targets, further adjust the fire of various types of weapons, and also monitor fire damage to objects, manpower and equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
17:30 Two Ukrainian S-200 missiles were destroyed over the Rostov region at about 15.30 Moscow time, the Ministry of Defense reported
17:29 A four-year-old girl was wounded during shelling of residential areas of Kakhovka, Kherson region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the child was taken to intensive care. This was announced by the regional governor Vladimir Saldo.
16:39 The Russian Ministry of Defense is dividedpersonnelcombat work of assault detachments of Pacific Fleet marines in the South Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.
A group of Marine attack aircraft advanced to storm an Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold after inflicting fire damage from our artillery and targeted work by kamikaze drone operators to destroy enemy fire weapons in positions.
15:38 Attack aircraft of the Pacific Fleet Marine Corpscapturedstronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four prisoners
14:21 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.
The group's units inflicted fire on 350 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including 13 strongholds. Aircraft carried out about 40 strikes in the areas of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Keramik, and Berdychi. Heavy flamethrower systems inflicted fire on four strong points in the area of Berdychi and Novobakhmutovka.
Enemy losses amounted to more than 300 military personnel. Two tanks, five armored fighting vehicles, including two American-made M113s, and nine cars were destroyed.
As part of the counter-battery fight, two self-propelled artillery units “Akatsiya” and “Gvozdika”, a D-30 howitzer, two 120-mm mortars and an AN/TPQ-50 electronic warfare station were hit. Four unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.
13:34 The strike hit two Patriot air defense systems in Kyiv at Zhulyany airport, security officials reported
13:33 New briefing from the Russian Ministry of Defense:
– The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed over 17 thousand Ukrainian drones since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine.
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 110 military personnel in the South Donetsk direction in one day.
– The Russian Armed Forces improved the position along the front line in the Avdeevsky direction, repelled 10 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy lost up to 120 servicemen.
– Russian air defense destroyed 103 drones in one day, shot down 31 HIMARS, Vampire and Uragan MLRS shells.
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 175 military personnel in the Donetsk direction per day.
– The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two electronic warfare stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.
– The Russian Armed Forces defeated three brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction within 24 hours.
12:49 Crew of the Msta-B howitzer of the 1st Army Corpsdestroyedshelter of Ukrainian nationalists in the Avdiivka direction of the North Military District
11:33 Statement by the senior officer of the press center of the “South” group
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, improved the situation along the front line and defeated the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Belogorovka, Novomikhailovka and Georgievka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 300 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, and five vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, the M119 105 mm towed gun was destroyed.
Air defense systems shot down 42 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as 5 Khimars and Vampire MLRS missiles.
11:30 During the day, Ukrainian troops carried out 43 artillery strikes on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, a source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti.
10:48 In Belgorod, more than 1.6 thousand apartments and residential buildings were damaged in a week due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the city mayor said
09:11 RF Armed ForcesliquidatedFrench-speaking head of the Normandy Brigade. The mercenary was killed while repelling terrorist attacks in the Belgorod region. 36-year-old Jean-François Ratelle, nicknamed “Hrulf,” is a career military man who served in the Canadian Army and the French Foreign Legion. In February 2022, he went to Ukraine, where he founded the Norman Brigade, which also included mercenaries from Canada, the USA, Great Britain and other countries.
09:06 Military personnel of the Vostok group continue to carry out tasks in the special operation zone. The enemy stronghold wasamazedcrew of 2S5 "Gyacinth-S" of the 68th Army Corps. Two accurate hits on target.
08:22 Artillerymen from the group covering the state border destroyed a group of enemy militants and their stronghold in the area of the settlement. Yasnaya Polyana Zaporozhye region –video.
08:14 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out furthershellingterritories of the DPR.
Thus, Ukrainian militants carried out shelling throughout the day using 155 mm caliber artillery, including cluster warheads, in the Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. In addition, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, the enemy dropped ammunition from UAVs. In addition, as a result of the detonation of an explosive object in the village. Yelenovka, a man born in 1961 was injured.
In total, 1 residential building and 1 civilian infrastructure facility were damaged by DPR shelling.
08:01 Air defense forces intercepted 11 Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Rostov region at night, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
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[NewsFront] 21:03 Details of the explosions in Ivano-FrankivskreportsFront bird:
As a result of the arrival of an Iskander OTRK missile, a military building of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with adjacent buildings was destroyed. Local publics also confirm this information.
This is the second missile launch in a day in the western regions of Ukraine.
19:47 Video of consequences of a missile attack on an ammunition depot in Odessa.
19:29 VGTRK reporter Andrei Rudenko said that in Odessa, the “arrival” of two Iskander-M OTRK missiles hit the Odessa sanatorium.
19:10 Local channels report about explosions in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.
18:56 In the Poltava region, arrivals at the Mirgorod airfield. In Odessa, after arrival, there is a secondary detonation (probably a warehouse of ammunition or naval drones).
18:50 A massive missile strike is launched against targets on Ukrainian territory.
Arrivals are recorded in Odessa, in the area of ??the Mirgorod airfield near Poltava, in Nikolaev and the region, Kirovograd, Kremenchug, Krivoy Rog.
18:30 Ukrainian media report explosions in Odessa.
17:50 Operators of the crew of the Orlan-10 complex of the South group of troops around the clock lead reconnaissance of targets and adjustment of artillery fire in the Artemovsk direction.
During combat duty, crews of multifunctional UAV complexes carry out flights to tactical depths for reconnaissance and search for targets, further adjust the fire of various types of weapons, and also monitor fire damage to objects, manpower and equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
17:12 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been forced out of the village of Krasnoye (Ivanovskoye). Guys from the 11th Airborne Brigade reported that their brigade took the village and repelled all counterattacks. Enemy losses before the infantry platoon in the final surge, in vehicles of one Bradley and one M-113. Now they have gained a foothold, they will push further through the dullness, at the moment the reconnaissance company and battalions are being rotated
16:50 In Kakhovka, a rocket from Ukrainian militants hit a residential building, said the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo. As a result of the impact, a child was injured - a four-year-old girl is in intensive care. One of the trade facilities was also destroyed: nearby shops and a supermarket were badly damaged.
Due to artillery attackdamage to the gas distribution point, Kakhovka and several settlements in the district remain without gas; there are also problems with electricity supply in Kakhovka.
15:20 Assault units of the 40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet of the Vostok group of forces advanced forward on one of the sections of the South Donetsk direction.
After the artillerymen and kamikaze drone operators inflicted fire damage, a group of naval infantry attack aircraft moved to storm the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold.
“We worked quickly, lightning fast. Everything was worked out in advance down to the smallest detail. Just every minute, as planned,” says the attack aircraft with the call sign “Cat.” “They immediately raised their hands. They handed over where they have electronic warfare, and our artillery worked on it. It was just a perfect assault.”
The result of the assault by the Sakhalin Marines was the capture of a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold and four captured Ukrainian nationalists.
14:42 According to the Federal Security Service of Russia for the DPR, 148 Ukrainian UAVs were detected and suppressed over Donetsk, Makeyevka and Yasinovataya over the past 24 hours - reports the Defense Headquarters of the Republic
13:22 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation:
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of forces repelled an attack by an assault group of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Sin'kovka, Kharkov region.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the manpower and equipment of the 3rd Assault, 79th Air Assault, 56th Motorized Infantry, 24th, 28th, 30th Mechanized, 46th and 81st Airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Belogorovka LPR, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Minkovka, Maksimilyanovka and Novomikhailovka DPR. Damaged: two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts, a 100mm Rapier anti-tank gun, as well as two electronic warfare stations: Nota and Enclave-N.
In the Avdeevsky direction, Russian troops improved the situation along the front line and repelled 10 counterattacks by assault groups of the 25th Airborne, 59th Motorized Infantry, 53rd, 47th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novgorodskoye, Umanskoye, Tonenkoye, Semenovka, Pervomayskoe and Berdychi DPR. During the counterbattery fight, the following were hit: the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, the 152mm D-20 howitzer, the 100mm Rapier anti-tank gun, as well as the US-made AN/TPQ-48 counterbattery radar.
The Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction improved the tactical situation and inflicted fire on the formations of the 102nd, 121st and 128th Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka, Zaporozhye region, Staromayorskoe and Makarovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 110 military personnel and three vehicles.
In the Kherson direction, fire damage was caused to concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 28th, 65th and 118th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino, Nesteryanka, Zaporozhye region and Tyaginka, Kherson region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 40 military personnel and nine pickup trucks.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery from groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 142 districts.
Air defense systems destroyed 103 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, and also shot down 31 rockets from the HIMARS, Vampire and Hurricane multiple launch rocket systems.
13:17 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.
The group's units inflicted fire on 350 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including 13 strongholds. Aircraft carried out about 40 strikes in the areas of Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Keramik, and Berdychi. Heavy flamethrower systems inflicted fire on four strong points in the area of Berdychi and Novobakhmutovka.
Enemy losses amounted to more than 300 military personnel. Two tanks, five armored fighting vehicles, including two American-made M113s, and nine cars were destroyed.
As part of the counter-battery fight, two self-propelled artillery units: 152mm 2S3 “Akatsiya” and 122mm 2S1 “Gvozdika”, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer, two 120mm mortars and an AN/TPQ-50 electronic warfare station were hit. Four unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.
12:27 One of the eight Polish M120K Rak self-propelled mortars at the disposal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed on Ukrainian territory, reports the defense24 Internet portal. pl.
There is no information on how Rak was destroyed. It cannot be ruled out that the self-propelled mortar was blown up by its own crew, who were afraid that the vehicle might fall into the hands of Russian military personnel.
11:49 At least one missile flew into the area of Zhulyany airport in Kyiv, reports "War Chronicle".
Batteries of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system supplied by the United States were stationed in Zhulyany for a long time.
Ukrainian Telegram channels report ultra-short flight times of missiles. According to information from Ukrainian monitoring channels, the missiles could have been launched from the territory of Crimea (or another part of the southern direction) and reached targets in Kyiv in two to three minutes. It is possible that we may be talking about the use of Zircon hypersonic missiles.
11:19 Another one destroyed near the village. Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction Ukrainian ARV Bergepanzer 3 Buffel of German production -photo.
10:17 Statement of senior officer of the press center of the "South" group:
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, improved the situation along the front line and defeated the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Belogorovka, Novomikhailovka and Georgievka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 300 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, and five vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, the M119 105mm towed gun was destroyed.
Air defense systems shot down 42 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as 5 Khimars and Vampire MLRS missiles.
10:05 There is one km left to the city of Chasov Yar, Russian paratroopers report from the southern flank.
09:57 The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Chasov Yar area, which allows us to talk about the possibility of starting restoration work in Artemovsk - Pushilin in the foreseeable future.
09:15 In the morning the enemy acknowledges the loss of a significant part of Novomikhailovka and the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the western part of the village.
09:07 Seversky section: advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the outskirts of Razdolovka situation by 9.00 March 25, 2024
In the Seversky sector at the Razdolovka-Veseloye line, after a long lull, a significant advance of Russian units was recorded. Ukrainian formations were knocked out from several strong points. After their loss, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were forced to retreat across the Sukhaya Plotva River.
To the west of Vesely, in the area of the river bed, there is a large lowland, which represents a “gray zone”, since it is not possible to gain a foothold there due to the terrain.
On the northern bank, at some distance from the riverbed at heights, there are enemy fortified areas. To the south are the positions of the Russian Armed Forces. In the “gray zone” in the riverbed area there are oncoming battles. At the same time, to the north of Vesely, the Russian Armed Forces began fighting for landings to the west of the railway.
08:40 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 15 cases of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces, and 42 rounds of ammunition were fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 9 attacks, in Gorlovka - 6.
In Elenovka, a man was wounded as a result of the detonation of a high-pressure explosive device.
08:19 Crews of the army aviation of the Aerospace Forces hit camouflaged enemy equipment and engineering structures in the Kupyansk direction. The strike was carried out by S-8 unguided aircraft missiles -video.
08:16 Battle of Chasov Yar: advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Bogdanovka. Situation by 8.00 March 25, 2024:
Russian units continue to advance in the direction of Chasov Yar in several sectors. Enemy footage has appeared on the Internet, confirming information about the advance of Russian troops along the landings near the railway track towards the Kanal microdistrict, also known as the settlement of Novy.
An armored group with a landing force under artillery fire advanced along several plantings, which confirms, if not control, then at least the absence of enemy forces in the forest belts.
Also to the north, in the Bogdanovka area, fighters of the 98th Airborne Division were able to significantly advance in the populated area and adjacent plantings. Russian troops are attacking positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with artillery and drones.
At the moment, the Russian Armed Forces control more than half of the village, but the presence of Ukrainian formations still remains in the southwestern outskirts.
08:09 Sniper pairs of Kostroma paratroopers with accurate shotsrip offenemy rotation in the Artemovsk direction. After taking into account and comparing all the factors influencing the shooting, the spotter gives target designation, and the sniper opens fire to kill.
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/25/2024:
On the Zaporozhye Front, the Russian Armed Forces, after artillery barrage, continued their offensive on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north-west of Verbovoy. There are advances. In Rabotino, counter-fighting continues, the LBS there has not changed.
On the Donetsk front in the area of ??Pobeda, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye there are oncoming battles. The Russian Armed Forces are developing an offensive towards Semyonovka and conducting assault operations in Berdychi.
Bakhmut direction. The Russian Armed Forces advanced towards Chasov Yar and continued assault operations in the Kleshcheevka area and on the western outskirts of Ivanovsky (Red).
On the Lugansk front, assault operations by the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Yampolovka and Tern. LBS has not changed significantly.
08:02 Pacific Fleet naval infantry showed personnel assault with the capture of an opornik and four Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters
The attack aircraft said that the artillery had previously hit the object with fire, and the drone operators had targetedly destroyed enemy fire weapons in positions.
“They rolled back... We worked quickly, lightning fast. Everything was worked out in advance down to the smallest detail. Just every minute, as planned,” said the attack aircraft with the call sign “Cat.” “They immediately raised their hands... They handed over where they had electronic warfare, and our artillery worked on it... It was just a perfect assault,” he added.
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[Regnum] An attempted terrorist attack was stopped in Barnaul on the eve of the Russian presidential elections. Three young people who came to the election headquarters with Molotov cocktails were detained there, reports the press service of the FSB department for the Altai Territory.
According to the intelligence service, three residents of the Novosibirsk region made five homemade incendiary devices to set fire to one of the regional election headquarters before the elections.
“The group of people failed to complete their criminal intent, as they were detained by operational officers of the Russian FSB directly near the headquarters building while attempting to commit a terrorist attack,” the FSB noted.
The leader of the group, a man born in 2001, came to the region to work at the end of last year. For a long time he maintained contact with representatives of a terrorist organization banned in Russia, who instructed him to organize a terrorist attack in Barnaul. The man developed a scheme to carry out a terrorist attack and involved two friends born in 1998 and 2006 with radical views in the execution of his plan.
It is noted that all three are adults. They were charged with attempted terrorist attack (part 3 of article 30, paragraph “a” of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). By court decision they were placed under arrest.
As reported by IA Regnum, Russian special services almost daily neutralize terrorists and suppress attempts to commit terrorist attacks on the territory of the country. Thus, on March 18, a Russian woman was detained in Crimea for planning to set fire to a relay cabinet on a railway. She was supposed to carry out the terrorist attack in Simferopol on instructions from the Ukrainian special services.
On March 16, in the Sverdlovsk region, a Ukrainian agent was detained who was planning to carry out a terrorist attack on the Trans-Siberian Railway. During interrogation, he said that he trained in sabotage activities in Kyiv, after which he came to Russia through Moldova and Turkey.
On March 15, in the Belgorod region, a Russian citizen was detained who was preparing sabotage at one of the railway transport facilities on instructions from the Ukrainian special services.
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[Regnum]> The Russian armed forces hit two Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems at Kiev's Zhulyany airport, a security source said on March 25.
The crew of the complexes included mercenaries from NATO countries, a source told TASS.
“We confirm the defeat of two Patriots in Zhulyany,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
As Regnum reported, Ukrainian media previously reported explosions in Kiev and the Kiev region, including in the area of Zhulyany airport. Information about several explosions in Kiev was also confirmed by the mayor of the city, Vitaliy Klitschko.
Russian military drones are capable of quickly detecting and destroying the best weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, previously noted military columnist for the American publication Forbes David Ax. He said that the Russian Armed Forces use “destruction chain” tactics: UAVs find targets deep behind enemy lines, which are then launched with air or artillery strikes, and noted that recently, using this tactic, the Russian military has destroyed, among other things, anti-aircraft missile systems Patriot and HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.
Since the beginning of 2024, the Russian military has destroyed four American Abrams tanks, five German Leopards, 27 Bradley armored vehicles, as well as Western-made MLRS and air defense missile launchers in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including five Patriot installations, the Minister of Defense said earlier in March 2024 Sergei Shoigu.
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[Regnum] The Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced to life imprisonment a militant of the Ukrainian formation "Azov" (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) Pavel Gusev, who shot two civilians in Mariupol. This was reported on March 25 by the press service of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office (GVP) of Russia.
It is noted that on March 20, 2022, Gusev fired at least ten times from an AKS-74 assault rifle at two men who were walking down the street and ignored the order to stop. They died from their injuries.
The court agreed with the position of the state prosecutor and sentenced Gusev to life imprisonment in a special regime correctional colony.
As Regnum reported, on February 2, a court in the DPR sentenced Azov militant Renat Aliyev to life imprisonment for the murders of civilians in Mariupol committed in March 2022. As follows from court materials, he ordered his subordinate to kill a man and a woman who did not participate in the military conflict. Later, Aliyev killed another civilian on the street, shooting him in the head with a machine gun.
On February 21, the Supreme Court of the DPR convicted in absentia Azov militant Roman Shebanov, who gave the order to shell civilian infrastructure. The court found him guilty of cruelty to the civilian population, attempted murder of two or more persons and intentional damage to someone else's property in a generally dangerous manner. Shebanov was sentenced to 28 years in prison in a maximum security colony.
[Breitbart] Ukraine’s military claimed on Sunday to have hit two Black Sea warships near Crimea as well as having struck a communications centre used by the Russian Navy in Sevastopol.
Two Russian Navy ships stationed off the Crimean peninsula were hit by missile strikes, the strategic command of the Ukrainian Army claimed in a post on social media. Additionally, a Russian naval communications centre in Sevastopol was hit during the barrage.
The facility reportedly previously served as the headquarters for the Ukrainian Black Sea fleet before Moscow illegally annexed the territory in 2014.
“Ukraine’s defence force successfully hit Russian large landing ships Yamal and Azov, a communications centre, as well as several infrastructure facilities of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol,” Ukrainian StratCom said in a statement.
Mikail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed governor of Crimea confirmed on Sunday that multiple missiles were fired from Ukraine at Sevastopol. Razvozhayev did not confirm the strikes on the warships or the communications centre, but said that the missile attack was “the most massive one in recent times”.
The Russian official said that ground defences managed to shoot down 10 missiles. However, Razvozhayev claimed that a 65-year-old man was killed as a projectile hit his home and that a further four people suffered shrapnel wounds.
According to a report from London’s Daily Telegraph, the missiles used in the attacks are believed to have been Storm Shadows supplied to Ukraine from the United Kingdom.
The broadsheet noted that the missiles have a range of more than 155 miles and can fly under the radar, thereby giving Ukraine the ability to strike at targets well beyond the front line.
Ukraine has previously used unmanned sea drones to attack Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Last month, Ukraine’s armed forces claimed to have sunk the Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov off the coast of Crimea with explosive-laden remote-controlled sea boats.
Two weeks prior, the Ukrainian military released footage purporting to show the destruction of the Cold War-era Tarantul missile corvette Russian attack ship being struck by sea drones.
The latest strikes on Crimea came as Russia launched a “massive” wave of missile strikes on Ukraine, including on the capital city of Kyiv. There were no casualties reported.
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Satellite pic showing the destroyed ships looking relatively un-destroyed. As I understand, tugs are normally used in docking maneuvers which makes me suspicious of the "being towed" part.
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You know, for a country without a navy, Ukraine has been having a butt-kicking naval war.
Which probably says more about how navies are run than anything else. (As in, you gotta have big gray boats to fight a navy.)
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[Regnum] Residents of the Far East were able to observe with the naked eye a bright object flying near the Earth, presumably Comet Pons-Brooks. Users published video footage of the celestial body on social networks.
In the Far East, Comet Pons-Brooks was photographed flying over the Earth
The comet was discovered in 1812. It is noted that the next time a celestial body will fly past the Earth will be in 71 years. The last time earthlings observed Comet Pons-Brooks was in 1954.
Astronomers advised the Russians to focus on the constellation Andromeda to find the comet in March, and in early April on the constellation Aries. The comet will be best visible between sunset and midnight, they emphasized.
As reported by Regnum news agency, the fall of a small celestial body was observed by residents of Germany on the night of January 21.
It was noted that an asteroid about 1 meter in diameter exploded in the sky over Berlin. The fireball left a long trail of light, and fragments of the meteorite are being searched on the ground.
There is probably little left of the celestial body. Thanks to the calculations of specialists, they knew about the approach of the asteroid in advance.
The meteor's passage could also be observed in Leipzig and Prague. According to NASA calculations, the estimated crash site is the territory of the Nehnhausen community in the federal state of Brandenburg.
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