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[Korrespondent] Near Kiev, the car of the first assistant to the President of Ukraine Serhiy Shefir was fired upon. Shefir himself was not injured, but his driver received several injuries.
Korrespondent.net has collected everything that is known about the attempt on the life of an influential ally of the head of state.
Shot from the forest
The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that the car was fired at by a submachine gun from the forest at about 10 am. It happened near the village of Lesniki, Kiev region. More than 10 bullets hit the car.
According to media sources, three bullets hit the driver's leg, he is being prepared for surgery. With three bullet wounds, he did not get up from behind the wheel and drove himself to the supermarket parking lot.
The SBU, together with the National Police and the State Security Department, is clarifying all the circumstances of the incident. The necessary investigative and operational measures are being carried out, employees of the Security Service are working on the spot.
According to Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova, they fired from a 7.62 caliber automatic weapon.
Reaction
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is currently on a visit to the United States. He recorded a video message regarding the assassination attempt on Shefir, stating that he did not need to convey greetings to him in this way, and promising a strong response.
"It is believed that this was an attempted murder. Immediately after speaking at the UN General Assembly, I leave for the capital. Frankly, I don't know who is behind this. What kind of forces can be, internal or external, but for myself, I do not consider them to be strong. Because it is a weakness to greet me with shots from the forest at my friend's car. But the answer will be strong," Zelensky said.
Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said that the attackers who fired at Shefir's car challenged the law enforcement system.
The President's Office said that the attack on Shefir could be qualified as an attempted murder of a key member of the team, which is related to the fight against the oligarchs.
“Obviously, this open, deliberate and extremely brutal assault with automatic weapons cannot be qualified otherwise than an attempted murder of a key member of the team. Law enforcement agencies are taking all the necessary measures to catch the criminals. An interception plan has been announced in the Kiev region. I must say right away that we, of course, associate this attack with an aggressive and even militant campaign to counter the active policy of the Head of State. A policy aimed at significantly reducing the traditional influence of shadow oligarchs on social processes, as well as at destroying political and financial groups that openly work for our external opponents, "said Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the OP.
The head of the Servant of the People faction David Arakhamia named three possible reasons for the assassination attempt: "hello" from criminals and smugglers, "Russian trace" and Shefir's anti-oligarchic activities.
The assassination attempt on the presidential aide could have been committed because of his state activities, in order to put pressure on the authorities or destabilize them, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The police are considering three versions of an attempt on the life of the first assistant to the president, Sergei Shefir, said on Wednesday, September 22, the head of the National Police Igor Klimenko.
"Taking into account the receipt of preliminary data, the three main versions that the National Police of Ukraine are considering are in connection with the state activities of the victim, in order to put pressure on the top leadership of the country, and in order to destabilize the political situation in our country, including the version with the participation of special services. foreign countries," he said.
At the same time, Shefir himself said that the attempt was made with the aim of intimidating the highest echelon of power in the country.
In turn, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky clarified: "I want to emphasize that the purpose of this attack was not to scare, but to kill the first assistant to the President of Ukraine. organized crime will continue."
He also said that the wounded driver had been operated on.
"The driver has just been operated on, nothing really threatens his life. And I note that even before going to the hospital, he managed to point out to the investigators the place where the shots were fired from, which made it possible for the investigators to promptly inspect the scene of the event, which were necessary investigative actions," the minister said.
Biden should totally go, tyrants of a feather and all that...
[TASS] Head of Russia’s Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has offered an invitation to the region to US President Joe Biden in response to his recent comments about LGBTQ rights in Chechnya, Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel.
On Tuesday, Biden addressed the UNGA session, calling on the international community to join forces to protect rights of sexual minorities around the world, separately mentioning Chechnya to Cameroon.
"Biden, who shamefully returned troops from Afghanistan, suddenly started mentioning Chechnya. We are still yet to get over his certain ridiculous statements and actions as president of the US and he has already cheered us up with new strange and unreasonable statements. Biden made such an absurd statement that I can only invite his to our region in response," Kadyrov wrote.
by Sergei Malgavko
[TASS] The Kerch Shipyard in Crimea has floated out the Project 22800 latest missile corvette Askold built on order from Russia’s Defense Ministry, the Crimean State Council’s press office reported on Tuesday.
"The launch ceremony was held under the direction of Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov who also inspected the course of surface shipbuilding at the Shipyard and its production capacities," the statement sways.
The Askold will be the second Project 22800 corvette built at the Kerch Shipyard, according to the data of Russia’s Defense Ministry.
"The first warship, the Tsiklon, was put afloat at the end of last year’s summer and is currently undergoing a series of trials in Novorossiysk while the third corvette Amur is at the stage of its construction in the Shipyard’s slipway, with the work on its hull completed and the assembly of its equipment underway," the ministry said.
The press office of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet reported in August that the Tsiklon would enter service with the Fleet by the yearend.
Currently, the Russian Navy operates three Project 22800 corvettes: the Mytishchi, the Sovetsk and the Odintsovo. All of them are operating in the Russian Baltic Fleet. Overall, shipbuilders will construct 18 such warships, which will be divided equally between the Pacific, Baltic and Black Sea Fleets.
Project 22800 Karakurt-class missile corvettes are a series of Russian green-water multipurpose missile/artillery warships. The corvettes of this class developed by specialists of the St. Petersburg-based Almaz Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) are characterized by high sea worthiness and handling characteristics. They are based on the most advanced domestic technologies that allow their effective operation within fleet taskforces both in the northern and southern latitudes.
Karakurt-class corvettes displace about 800 tons, develop a speed of over 30 knots and their sea endurance is 15 days. They are armed with Kalibr-NK cruise missiles and upgraded AK-176MA 76.2mm artillery guns.
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[KP] Perhaps Oleg Syromyatnikov himself did not fully understand what was happening. It's not every day that an armed psycho breaks into your house. But instinctively he did it right.
Scary video surveillance footage at the University of Perm . The girl walks along the corridor of one of the buildings, as if nothing had happened. Either she underestimated the threat, or she took what was happening as someone's joke. She's not in the least scared. Suddenly, a killer with a shotgun comes out from around the corner and fires a shot. The girl falls to the floor .
Students who locked themselves in other offices could not see this, but staying indoors at that time was the only right decision. Today many criticize the professor of the Department of Russian Language and Stylistics at Perm University, Doctor of Philology Oleg Syromyatnikov, who, instead of running around the office, pulling out his last hair and shouting "Everything is lost!", calmly continued his lecture.
What else should he have done? Give in to the panic that was spreading through the university chat rooms? To chase children along the corridors towards an armed man? The professor did not know in which building, on which floor the criminal was.
The retired police lieutenant colonel simply could not trust the information from the chats. And he did the right thing. Even the official account of the University in those minutes gave incorrect information, including about the killer's weapons, which were supposedly traumatic. Start throwing students out of windows , providing fractures at best? What if the killer will shoot at the fleeing.
The iron door is locked, those sitting inside are protected from outside intrusion. The dean on the phone says to stay put and continue the lesson. An adult needs to calm down children and put out the incipient panic. What to do? You can sit around and pray, whipping up an already panicky mood. Or you can pretend that nothing is happening, just teachings, and with your confidence inspire confidence in frightened students.
Perhaps Oleg Syromyatnikov himself did not fully understand what was happening. It's not every day that an armed psycho breaks into your house. But instinctively he did it right. As did the teachers in other classrooms, who closed the children with a key.
I hope that the investigators who are now checking the actions of this teacher will put themselves in the shoes of the parents of the students who happened to be in that auditorium that day. And those who came out of it not through the window, but through the door - with their own feet. This is the main and only result by which one can "judge" Syromyatnikov. I must say thank you to Oleg Ivanovich, and not to bother him with checks.
Aleksandr Kots is a military journalist who writes for Komsolmol Pravda
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