[IsraelTimes] Iranian aviation organization says evacuation flight stopped in Mashhad for refueling, has since landed in Kyiv.
Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister reportedly claimed on Tuesday that a Ukrainian plane that was taking part in evacuation efforts of its citizens from Afghanistan was hijacked and flown to Iran, but the claim was later denied by the country’s Foreign Ministry.
"Last Sunday, our plane was hijacked by other people. On Tuesday, the plane was practically stolen from us, it flew into Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... with an unidentified group of passengers onboard instead of airlifting Ukrainians," Yevgeny Yenin said, according to the Russian TASS news agency.
"Our next three evacuation attempts were also not successful because our people could not get into the airport," he was said to add.
Yenin claimed the hijackers were armed, according to the Russian report.
But Iran’s aviation organization rejected the report, and said the plane had stopped in Mashhad overnight for refueling.
Shortly after, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement asserting that no plane had been hijacked.
"There are no hijacked Ukrainian planes in Kabul or elsewhere. The information about the ’hijacked plane’ that is being circulated by some media outlets is not true," the ministry’s spokesperson, Oleg Nikolenko, told the local RBC news agency.
The plane has since landed in Kyiv.
A military transport plane from Afghanistan with 83 people onboard, including journalists, activists, and Afghan women and kiddies, arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, Rooters reported.
The Ukrainian presidential office said around one hundred Ukrainians are still waiting to be evacuated from Afghanistan following the Taliban ...Arabic for students... takeover last week.
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[UAWire] Major General, Valery Zaluzhny has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, replacing Ruslan Khomchak.
General Zaluzhny was formerly Commander of the Pivnich (North) Operational Command.
Khomchak headed the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for two years. He says that during this time, the Ukrainian army has become closer to NATO and is ready to respond to a possible escalation by Russia.
Khomchak led the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Ilovaisk in 2014, for which he is often criticized because of the huge losses of the Ukrainian military. Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Khomchak head of the General Staff immediately after assuming the presidency..
President Zelensky wants to see synergy between the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said presidential press secretary Serhiy Nikiforov.
Khomchak moves to the post of First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
The new Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Zaluzhny was born on July 8, 1973, in the city of Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr region.
Zaluzhny has been in the Donbas since 2014.
"For me, the war began in mid-July 2014, when I was appointment a deputy commander of sector C, formed in the Donetsk region. Since then, I led almost all the army units that were created there. I reached the position of Chief of Staff of the Joint Forces Operation," Zaluzhny said.
In 2017, Zaluzhny became Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander of the Operational Command West of the Land Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and in 2018, Chief of the Joint Operational Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and First Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces Operation.
On December 9, 2019, Zaluzhny became the commander of Operational Command North.
[TASS] The AK-12 assault rifle developed by the Kalashnikov firearms manufacturer (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) will become the basic weapon for Russian troops in the coming years, the Kalashnikov press office told TASS at the Army 2021 international military-technical forum on Tuesday.
"The AK-12 has served as a replacement for the AK-74 since 2018 and will become the basic gun of the Russian Armed Forces in the next few years," the press office said.
The Kalashnikov gunmaker has launched production of upgraded AK-12 automatic weapons, it said.
"The AK-12’s final design, shaped following its operational evaluation by troops, was featured at the Army 2020 forum. Now the Kalashnikov is producing this AK model already taking into account all improvements," the press office informed.
The AK-12 has been upgraded to get the capability to use round-the-clock sights, it said. AKA Tritium sights which are useful for night and all weather use, and which do not require batteries.
"The AK-12 provides for its 24/7 employment and is distinguished by good ergonomics and accuracy. Its design has been fully tested and the customer confirms this. The assault rifle is set to become the basic weapon of the Russian soldier for decades to come. The experience of its operation in the troops confirms that the assigned task has been accomplished in full," the Kalashnikov press office said. Same cartridge, same rate of fire. The only change is the claim as to its accuracy.
The Kalashnikov Group, the creator of the world-renowned AK-47 assault rifle, signed a contract with Russia’s Defense Ministry at the Army 2021 international military-technical forum earlier on Tuesday on the delivery of AK-12 automatic weapons to the Russian troops. Rostec still will make a 7.62x39mm version for special forces, and others.
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Hornady had a brass cartridge for the 5.45x39mm about 18 months ago, before they were discontinued. The anti-Russian ban sucks for sure, (I use Silver Bear 60 grain in my AK-74) but I am confident that the Russians will move production to another east European country (Prvi Partizan comes to mind) so production and prices will return to normal.
At least, that's the plan.
As for seeing this rifle in America, recall it's just another AK-74 with an improved barrel, improved sights, and dedicated rails. It uses the same cartridge the Russian Army uses (7N6 (53 grain slug)). My best guess is that someone in America will come up with an after market Tritium sight for the AK family.
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World is divided into people who gotta have a combloc gun and all the rest of us. I respect everyone's choices. I'm happy to struggle with keeping my 6.8 SPC AR fed.
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I'm happy to struggle with keeping my 6.8 SPC AR fed.
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Mine's a 24" barrel tactical. Perfect for what the guy in the vid was doing. Hell on hogs from a blind. Crazy cartridge, based on obsolete .30 Remington case. It's never let me down.
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CZ would always be high on my list, Besoeker.
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[TASS] The AK-12 assault rifle developed by the Kalashnikov firearms manufacturer (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) will become the basic weapon for Russian troops in the coming years, the Kalashnikov press office told TASS at the Army 2021 international military-technical forum on Tuesday.
