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[LB] The Russians also fought in Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Odesa regions.
The enemy carried out 28 shellings (152 explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day. Shelled Novgorod-Siverskyi, Koryukivskyi and Chernihivskyi districts with mortars, artillery, self-propelled guns. Among other things, the Russians used FPV drones 16 times, in particular in the direction of the city of Semenivka. In the border village of Novgorod-Siversk community, a farm building was on fire due to mortar shelling. A man born in 1972 died in the village of Karpovichi, Semenivsk community, from explosions of Russian mines. In Zarichchi of the same community, FPV drones hit a private house, according to a report from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumsk, at night and in the morning, the Russians carried out five shellings of the border territories and settlements of the region. 14 mortar and artillery explosions were recorded. Krasnopilsk, Esmansk, Seredino-Budsk, Znob-Novgorodsk communities came under fire. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 32 shelling of border territories and settlements. 233 explosions were recorded. The communities of Sumy, Yunakiv, Khota, Bilopol, Myropil, Krasnopil, Velikopysariv, Esman, Seredino-Bud, Svesk, and Znob-Novgorod came under fire. Sumy community: one person was injured as a result of the attack. The premises of the school, the central city hospital, the regional emergency medical center, and the water supply were damaged.
In Dnipropetrovsk at night, the aggressor hit the Nikopol district three times with artillery, a dozen shells flew in. Myrivska, Marganetska communities and Nikopol itself were under attack. Three private houses and an outbuilding were damaged. People are unharmed. Yesterday afternoon, the enemy shelled Nikopol with heavy artillery. And then he directed five kamikaze drones there. Eight private houses were damaged. One of them got busy. Firefighters extinguished the fire. The administration building, five outbuildings, a car, and a power line were mutilated. People survived.
In Kherson last night, the enemy shelled Kizomys, Zolota Balka, Stanislav, Mykolaivka, Antonivka, Dudchany, Mykhailivka, Shiroka Balka, Tomina Balka, Bilozerka, Kachkarivka, Sadov, Ponyativka, Prydniprovske and the city of Kherson. There was a missile attack (previously Kh-59) from SU-34 in the area of Mykolaivka settlement of Beryslav district. A missile hit the field, no information about casualties and damage was received. The attackers targeted the residential quarters of the populated areas of the region, in particular, damaged three high-rise buildings and 12 private houses. In Kherson, the theater and museum building were damaged as a result of shelling. The gas pipeline, enterprise, shop, garage premises and cars were hit. As a result of enemy attacks in populated areas of the region, critical infrastructure objects, administrative buildings and economic buildings were hit.
Yesterday, from early morning, Russian troops covered Kherson with fire. As a result of another shelling, a private house, garage premises and cars parked there were damaged. A 45-year-old man was injured. He is now in the hospital. A woman was injured due to enemy shelling in the central part of Kherson. A 46-year-old woman from Kherson was hit by an enemy attack near her house, she was taken to the hospital. An agrarian was injured due to explosives left by the Russian army. A tractor ran over a Russian mine in the village of Myrolyubivka. As a result, a 60-year-old man was injured. The victim is now in a medical facility. An 81-year-old woman was wounded in the head as a result of enemy shelling of Bilozerka. The victim was taken to the hospital. In a day, five people were injured due to Russian aggression. Air defense forces destroyed two Shaheds during a nighttime drone attack.
In Luhansk, assaults by the Russians were aimed at Bilogorivka. Nevske and Makiivka were also shelled. During the day, the enemy fired 158 rounds (554 shells).
In Kharkiv, about 18 settlements were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks: Tabaivka, Golubivka, Kozacha Lopan, Vovchansk, Krasne, Neskuchne and others. The enemy carried out airstrikes on Vovchansk, Ivanivka, and Stepova Novoselivka. The Russians fired at Chuguiv, according to preliminary data, from the S300 air defense system. Hitting the ground, within residential buildings. As a result of the shelling, seven civilians were injured: four men, a 41-year-old woman, a 16-year-old boy and a three-year-old and eight-month-old girl. The smallest victim had a cut on her leg, the medics helped her on the spot. Kupyansk was also fired from rocket salvo systems. A civilian man and woman died. Damaged residential buildings, a car. As a result of repeated shelling of Kupyansk late in the evening, a private house was hit. A 58-year-old man died. An injured 36-year-old man was rescued from the rubble and the body of a dead 64-year-old woman was recovered. Basovoy was also shelled yesterday. The warehouse building of the village enterprise, the club building, the library building and the power line were partially damaged. No casualties. Yesterday, Russian troops shelled Vovchansbk with a guided aerial bomb. At least 12 private residential buildings were damaged. A 40-year-old civilian woman died as a result of a direct hit to a private house. A 67-year-old woman suffered minor injuries without hospitalization.
In Zaporizhzhia last day, the enemy attacked 11 settlements of the region, 256 strikes were recorded. An 81-year-old man was injured as a result of the shelling by rocket systems of volley fire on Bilenko, and he was taken to a medical institution. The Russians attacked Malya Tokmachka and Robotyny from aviation, shelled Bilenke and Robotyna with salvo rocket systems, and also attacked Gulyaipole, Novodanilivka, Robotyna, Malynivka, Mala Tokmachka and Omelnyk with 71 drones. 181 artillerymen arrived on the territory of Orikhov, Gulyaipol, Novodanilivka, Omelnyk, Primorsky and other front-line towns and villages. 23 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities.
Odessa was attacked by the Rashists at night with barrage shells of the Shahed-131/136 type. 18 were shot down, unfortunately, it was not possible to avoid being hit. An infrastructure object was damaged in the region, the buildings of which have been preserved for a long time. A fire broke out in an open area, which was promptly extinguished. There was no information about the victims. Data on the consequences are being clarified.
Toretsk, Ukrainian, Kostyantynivka, Ocheretyne, Memryk, Novobakhmutivka, Novoukraynka, Uspenivka, Dovga Balka, Umanske, Novogrodivka, Myrnograd, Shakhove, Bokove were destroyed in Donetsk. 141 residential buildings (of which 24 are apartment buildings), 35 civilian cars, an agricultural company building, two cultural buildings, two village council buildings, a power line, a boiler house, an administrative building of a medical institution, a school, two shops, two hospital buildings, five administrative buildings of a mine were damaged. warehouse, tractor, two dormitories. In Donetsk region in a day: nine wounded.
In Mykolayivska, air defense forces and means destroyed two Shahed 131/136 UAVs at night. Yesterday, the enemy fired mortar shells at the water area of Ochakivska hromada. There are no casualties. Also yesterday, enemy artillery shelling was recorded in the settlement of the Kutsurub community. No casualties.
During the past day, 86 combat clashes took place. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are wounded and dead among the civilian population. High-rise and private buildings, as well as other objects of civil infrastructure, were destroyed and damaged.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:12 Estonia, following other states, also intends to sign an agreement on security cooperation with Ukraine, said Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.
21:57 Erdogan said during a joint press conference with Zelensky that Turkey is ready to host a peace summit with the participation of Russia. At the same time, he added that Ankara supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and the establishment of sustainable peace. In turn, Zelensky said that he does not see representatives of the Russian Federation at such a summit: “We don’t see how you can invite people who block, destroy and kill everything. We want to get a result - a just world for Ukraine. First, civilized countries will develop a plan, and only then representatives of the Russian Federation will be invited.”
Zelensky also said that the Ukrainian side handed over to Turkey a list of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars who are being held captive by the Russians or in captivity. Kyiv is counting on Ankara regarding the return of the Crimean Tatars.
In addition, the presidents signed an agreement to facilitate trade between countries. Zelensky also met with representatives of the Turkish defense complex and businesses, and joint projects were announced. In addition, Ukraine and Turkey will work on food security and security in the Black Sea region.
21:20 The world is again trying to advance negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. China advocates holding an international peace conference that will be recognized by both Russia and Ukraine. In parallel, Politico reported that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s reluctance to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons is a “calculated strategy” whose ultimate goal is for Ukraine to agree to peace negotiations with Russia, “better sooner rather than later.” Read more in the article Fear of the Russian Federation.
19:18 Ten more children from the temporarily occupied territories were returned to Ukraine, the Save Ukraine charity organization reported. In total, she managed to return 261 children from the Russian Federation and from the occupied territories to Ukraine.
18:59 Zelensky said that he began a meeting with Erdogan: “We are interested in strengthening bilateral cooperation and joint production with Turkish defense companies. We also need Turkey’s help in the release of our prisoners of war and all people, including Crimean Tatars, who are in Russian captivity.”
18:14 In Volchansk, Kharkov region, an enemy FPV drone hit a civilian car - according to preliminary data, two people were killed, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, an enemy UAV in Volchansk dropped ammunition on a special vehicle of rescuers who were returning from extinguishing a fire caused by Russian shelling. No personnel were injured, but the fire tanker was damaged, the State Emergency Service reported.
17:33 Based on open sources, the BBC Russian Service, together with the Mediazona publication and a team of volunteers, managed to establish the names of 46,678 Russian military personnel who died in the war in Ukraine since February 2022. Over the past two weeks, another 1,555 people have been confirmed dead, which was one of the highest increases during the entire period of a full-scale war.
16:47 Zelensky has already visited a shipyard in Istanbul, where he was shown the construction of an Ada-class corvette for the Ukrainian Navy. By presidential decree he was given the name Hetman Ivan Vygovsky.
16:39 Ukraine will receive the first tranche in the amount of 4.5 billion euros under the Ukraine Facility program for a total amount of 50 billion in March, and the second - for 1.5 billion euros - in April, said Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis.
16:10 Next week the European Commission will present to the EU member states a draft negotiating framework on Ukraine's accession for its further approval, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis said during a visit to Kiev.
15:53 French President Emmanuel Macron never ceases to shock with his statements regarding the war in Ukraine. Thus, the French newspaper L'Independent reported that on Thursday Macron met with parliamentary parties and said that he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine. What he meant and what the possible scenarios are - in the material Foreign troops in Ukraine.
15:21 In India, law enforcement officers exposed a large human trafficking network that lured young men to Russia with promises of work, and then send them to war against Ukraine, writes Reuters. Under this scheme, about 35 people were sent to the Russian Federation. Traffickers operated in several Indian states, recruiting people through social media and local agents.
15:06 As a result of yesterday's missile attack on Sumy, two people were killed, 26 were injured, six are in hospitals, the OVA reported. Rescue operations have been completed. The premises of the school, the central city hospital, the regional emergency medical care center, and the water utility were damaged.
14:44 Zelensky said in an interview with the Italian publication Rai that the Greek prime minister was “very surprised” by the Russian strike on Odessa near him. According to the president, the ballistic missile struck 300-400 meters from them. She was released from the territory of Crimea, so no one had time to go down to the shelter. “I don’t know who this blow was to. In any case, it’s something incredible when we have a prime minister of another state. I’m not talking about myself, I’m talking about some kind of respect for the leaders of other states, for the people other states. You see that from Russia, from Putin there is simply no way to hit him with a ballistic missile when the Prime Minister of Greece is visiting. He was very surprised, but I was not," Zelensky noted.
14:32 Luxembourg will join the Czech Republic’s initiative to purchase 800 thousand artillery ammunition for Ukraine, Defense Minister Yuriko Bekes said.
13:47 British Defense Minister Grant Shapps recorded a video from the center of Kiev in which he called for support for Ukraine: “I am in Kiev to sound the alarm, because what would it mean if we allowed a dictator like Putin to take over a democratic country? What would you do?” talked about our values of freedom and democracy?
13:28 On March 7, the air force worked on Russian aircraft at a distance of more than 150 km, said commander Nikolai Oleshchuk. According to him, the result of the combat work is currently being verified. Oleshchuk also said that the enemy continues to attack Ukrainian positions with guided bombs, but no longer dares to fly too close: “After significant losses - A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft and Su-34/Su-35 fighters - the occupiers significantly reduced the number of airstrikes with KABs. But there are still no AWACS aircraft in the Sea of Azov and in other directions, which reduces the enemy’s ability to conduct radar reconnaissance.”
13:24 As part of the Czech initiative, it was possible to raise funds for the purchase of 300 out of 800 thousand shells for Ukraine, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said: “We managed to raise enough money to purchase the first batch of 300 thousand artillery shells. However, our goal is to give much more ".
13:03 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius called for an end to discussions about the deployment of Western troops in Ukraine: “Nobody really wants ground troops in Ukraine. There is a discussion about this now, so we must stop it at this stage.” He also said that long-range Taurus missiles will not decide the outcome of Russia’s war against Ukraine, and Berlin will not supply them because it does not want to be a party to the conflict.
12:51 Russia has begun mass production of the heaviest glide bomb - the one and a half ton FAB-1500-M54, Bild reports. According to the publication, about 50 Ukrainian soldiers die at the front every day, most of them precisely because of the use of gliding bombs by the Russians, including the FAB-1500-M54.
12:18 National Security Advisor Tomas Pojar, who coordinates the Czech initiative to purchase shells for Ukraine, said that the money has been collected only for the first batch. This is how he commented on the statement of President Petr Pavel that Prague has already collected the entire amount for the purchase of 800 thousand artillery shells outside the EU. “The President probably talked about the first delivery, we don’t have the whole initiative yet,” Poyar explained.
11:57 France will encourage its arms companies to produce military equipment and ammunition in Ukraine, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said: “Three French companies will establish partnerships with Ukrainian companies, in particular in the sectors of unmanned and ground vehicles, to produce spare parts on Ukrainian soil and, perhaps in the future, ammunition."
11:45 Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis said that he arrived in Kiev: “It is a great honor to return to Ukraine, which is courageously repelling the brutal and illegal aggression of Russia, as well as to again express strong support for the European Union. Ukraine, its people, have already done their a clear choice, no matter what the Kremlin suggests. Their future is in Europe."
11:11 French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said that Macron’s words about the possible sending of the military to Ukraine were misinterpreted: “Various hypotheses were discussed, but not sending the military to participate in hostilities, as some interpreted it.” According to him, Paris invites the allies to explore new options for helping Kyiv in addition to the transfer of weapons, but without complicity in hostilities. In particular, he mentioned “schemes or routes for a military presence for demining, for training Ukrainian soldiers on Ukrainian soil.”
11:07 Chinese Special Representative for Eurasia Li Hui held “frank and friendly” negotiations with representatives of the Ukrainian authorities in Kiev, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. The department noted that Li Hui arrived in Kyiv as part of the second round of shuttle diplomacy to promote a political settlement of the “Ukrainian crisis.”
10:39 The IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution on returning the Zaporozhye NPP to the control of Ukraine. The document calls on Russia to remove all unauthorized personnel, including military personnel, from the station.
10:20 The United States has joined the International Coalition for the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported by Russia, the Presidential Office reported.
09:56 The Office of the President confirmed that Zelensky will visit Turkey today, where he will meet with Erdogan to discuss the Peace Formula, the organization of the Peace Summit, the safety of navigation in the Black Sea, global food stability, as well as the release of Ukrainian prisoners and political prisoners held by the Russian Federation. State leaders will pay special attention to joint projects in the defense industry. Zelensky will visit shipyards where the construction of corvettes for the Ukrainian Navy is underway and will meet with representatives of Turkish defense companies.
09:27 Canada has joined the Drone Coalition and will strengthen Ukraine’s capabilities in the field of drones, the country’s government announced.
09:09 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 8:
personnel - about 422,310 (+880) people,
tanks - 6706 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 12,798 (+19),
artillery systems - 10 375 (+25),
MLRS - 1011 (+2),
air defense systems - 704 (+3),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7998 (+35),
cruise missiles - 1919 (+0),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13,598 (+66),
special equipment - 1656 (+9).
08:43 At night, the Russians fired at Chuguev, Kharkov region, from the S-300 air defense system, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. A hit to the ground within a residential area was recorded. As a result of the shelling, seven people were injured, including a three-year-old child and a 16-year-old teenager. A nine-story residential building, a shopping center, a bank, a store, and a hotel were damaged. In addition, at night the enemy attacked Kupyansk - two people were killed and one was injured. Private houses and cars were damaged.
08:28 Over the past 24 hours, 86 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the enemy tried 27 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the Georgievka, Pobeda, Krasnogorovka, Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region. Another 23 enemy attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Orlovka, Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, two attacks were repelled in the Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region; in Limansky - 13 attacks in the areas of Belogorivka, Lugansk region, as well as Ternov, Sporny, Razdolovka, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutskoye - six attacks in the Andreevka and Kleshcheevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - two attacks in the Rabotino district and west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - three attacks.
08:10 In the Odessa region, as a result of a night attack, an infrastructure facility was damaged, the buildings of which have been mothballed for a long time. A fire occurred in an open area, which was quickly extinguished. There were no reports of casualties, the Southern Defense Force said.
07:29 Air defense at night destroyed 33 out of 37 Shahed attack UAVs that Russia attacked from the Crimean Balaklava, the Air Force command reported. The drones were destroyed within the Kirovograd, Odessa, Kherson, Nikolaev and Kharkov regions. In addition, at night the enemy attacked the south and east of Ukraine with one S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile and two Kh-59 guided aircraft missiles.
07:18 The Russian Ministry of Defense allegedly announced the destruction by air defense of one drone over the territory of the Belgorod region and 15 over the Volgograd region.
05:00 Putin does not plan to stop in Ukraine, but Ukrainians are capable of stopping his “march of aggression” in Europe, Biden said in his speech to the US Congress: “Ukraine can stop Putin if we stand with Ukraine and provide them with weapons. That’s all what Ukraine is asking for. They are not asking for our soldiers. Not a single one of our soldiers is in Ukraine, and I am determined to keep it that way. But now aid to Ukraine is being blocked by those who want to step away from world leadership... My predecessor, former president ", says to Putin: do whatever you want. The former president said this. He supported the Russian leader. This is terrible and unacceptable."
“We must answer the challenge to Putin. History is watching us. We cannot put Ukraine, Europe and the entire free world at risk. I told Putin very simple things: we will not retreat, we will not fall,” the US President said.
03:21 The UN Security Council will meet on March 8 to discuss Russian strikes on Odessa. The meeting will be held at the initiative of Ukraine and will begin at 22:00 Kyiv time. At the meeting on the topic “Supporting the peace and security of Ukraine” a number of humanitarian issues in Ukraine will also be discussed.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 18 enemy attacks in the Novopavlovsk direction.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. There were 74 military clashes at the front.
During the day, 74 military clashes took place at the front. Ukrainian defenders repelled 14 enemy attacks in the Avdiivka direction. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this in an evening report on Friday, March 8.
In total, Russian troops carried out seven missile and 67 air strikes, and carried out 79 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces three times in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka and Kislovka, Kharkov region. In the Liman direction, soldiers repelled four attacks by Russians in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Spornoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka and Kleshchievka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve its tactical position.
In the Avdeevsky direction, defenders repelled 14 attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Berdichi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region. The Russians carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Novoaleksandrovka, Progress, Novobakhmutovka, Berdichi, Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the Pobeda, Krasnohorivka, Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defense 18 times.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the Russians attacked the positions of our defenders six times in the areas of the settlements of Robotino and west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 10 areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. The missile force units destroyed three electronic warfare stations, including two R-330Zh Zhitel and enemy ammunition.
Let us remind you that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liquidated 880 occupiers. The total number of losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the invasion is 422,310 military personnel.
According to British intelligence, Russian army losses in February reached a record since the beginning of a full-scale war. The occupiers lost an average of 983 people killed and wounded per day.
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[RIA] Earlier, a number of Western representatives in the UN Security Council criticized Russia for attacks on targets in Odessa, allegedly a few hundred meters from Zelensky’s motorcade and the Greek delegation.
“In Odessa, whose military facilities were actually attacked during the visit of a high-ranking Greek delegation to this city, the siren did not sound. Such an act was not included in the “circus program,” Polyansky said.
He called on the UN Security Council members to ask themselves a simple question: “Do you really think that if we really wanted to hit Zelensky’s motorcade, we wouldn’t be able to do it?”
“And try to answer it, only honestly. Especially considering the fact that you know very well that this strike destroyed a workshop for the production of naval drones, or rather their assembly from components supplied from Great Britain,” the diplomat said.
As Polyansky noted, for Russia this goal is much more important than Zelensky “rushing around the frontline zone”, taking selfies in cities before they are liberated by the Russian army.
“And if any of you in your soul hopes to get rid of the leader of the Kyiv regime in this way, then I can disappoint you: this is not part of our plans,” he emphasized.
According to the diplomat, “the reincarnation of Mr. Golborodko from the series “Servant of the People” was elected to the presidency by Ukrainians, believing his election promises to establish peace in Donbass and protect the Russian language and Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine.”
“He deceived his voters. Now let the Ukrainians and his Western puppet masters deal with him. We have more important tasks - fulfilling the goals of our special military operation,” Polyansky concluded.
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian TV channel “Public” reported about an explosion in Odessa. The Strana.ua publication claimed that Zelensky could have been there at that moment, since “eyewitnesses saw his motorcade.”
This information was indirectly confirmed by the Greek media, clarifying that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis plans to meet with Zelensky in the city. Later, the latter stated that he “not only heard, but also saw the attack in Odessa.” On the same day, the Ministry of Defense reported that Russian troops launched a high-precision missile strike on a hangar located in the city where unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were being prepared.
A brief. translated article summarizing the deportations can be found here.
[KavkavUzel] The deportation affected all Balkar families, the memory of it is passed on from generation to generation. It is important to remember those who did not return from deportation, said participants in a mourning rally in Nalchik dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the deportation.
The operation to evict the Balkars took place on March 8, 1944 and lasted only two hours. During this time, war invalids, families of front-line soldiers, and leaders of party bodies were sent to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Of the 37,713 deported Balkars, 52% were children, 30% were women, 18% were men. During the 18 days of travel, 562 people died. Only in 1957 were the Balkars allowed to return to their homeland, according to the “Caucasian Knot” document “ Deportation of the Balkars.”
A rally was held today at the Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression of the Balkar People, which was attended by representatives of the public, the leadership of the republic, clergy, and the media.
Commissioner for Human Rights under the head of the republic Boris Zumakulov, who himself personally experienced the deportation, thanked those gathered and said that among those who came to pay tribute to the memory, there were also representatives of other peoples living in the republic - Kabardians, Russians, which indicates that that peoples are together in sorrow and in joy.
Next, Zumakulov addressed the people of that generation who passed away unable to bear deportation, and whose graves remained in the steppes of Central Asia. “We remember you,” he said. Zumakulov also thanked the Balkar women who “worked tirelessly in incredibly difficult conditions, raised children, cherished customs and instilled confidence that we would definitely return to our land.” Responding to a comment from the crowd about why there is still no monument to a Balkar woman, Zumakulov said that the remark was fair, and that such a monument would definitely be erected. He also remembered the generation that, having returned home, rebuilt the infrastructure. “We remember your good deeds,” he said.
Zumakulov called the deportation a “barbaric act” that remained in the minds of the people like an unhealed wound. Zumakulov, paraphrasing, quoted the lines of Alexander Blok. “We are children of the difficult years of Balkaria. We cannot forget anything,” he said, emphasizing that while remembering the past, we must look to the future. “The past is no longer under our control, but the future depends on us. Our goal is to build a society where human rights are respected and where there is justice,” he concluded.
Representatives of the Muslim clergy offered a funeral prayer. The Chairman of the Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Kabardino-Balkaria, Khazretali Dzasezhev, said that today services will be held in all mosques of the republic, during which they will remember those who died during the years of deportation and ask for the mercy of the Almighty for them.
After this, flowers were laid at the Memorial.
The rally participants told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about what deportation meant for them and how it affected their families.
A resident of Nalchik, Raziyat Shavaeva, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that 80 years have passed, but it feels like it was yesterday. “I remember when I was little, the elders spoke about these events only in a whisper, behind the lights at home. It remained a mystery to them - why? Why? My father had four brothers at the front, and their elderly parents were declared enemies of the people. my aunt had seven sons. Six of them were at the front, and their parents were expelled. They didn’t even get to the place - they died along the way. There is not a single Balkar family that has not lost someone. What can we do today? Just come and remember them, those who stayed there,” Shavaeva said.
Zhabrail Zhaboev, executive director of the public organization "Alan", noted that when those Balkars who fought began to return from the front, it was a shock for them that their families were deported to Central Asia. Many did not even know where exactly the family was sent. They were very confused. “I myself was born in Kazakhstan, it was very cold there. The temperature sometimes dropped to minus 50 degrees. At first we lived in dugouts, then slowly began to build houses. We survived as best we could. As the poet Kaysyn Kuliev said, “my people will squeeze milk out of stone.” This is about the hard work of the Balkars,” he emphasized.
As soon as Khrushchev made his historic speech at the 20th Congress of the CPSU condemning the cult of personality, many, without waiting for official rehabilitation, began to return to their homeland. Among the first was his grandfather. At the same time, he left everything he had acquired over 13 years there and, upon returning, began to build everything anew. This was in October 1956. Officially, the first echelon of rehabilitated Balkars returned to their homeland in May 1957, Zhaboev told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Rakhima Gekkueva, a member of the board of the Nalchik Women's Council, said that she remembers how they were driving back, although she was only three years old. “I remember very well the freight car, the flannel blankets with which we covered ourselves. God forbid that any people should experience what we experienced,” she told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Journalist and member of the Yabloko party Amina Tappaskhanova knows about the deportation from the words of her grandparents. Now they have all passed away. Amina's parents were expelled from the Chegem region as children. From the words of her elders, she knows that the deportation took place so quickly that many did not have time to take even the most necessary things with them. The father’s family ended up in the north of Kazakhstan, in very cold places, the mother’s family first went to Uzbekistan, where there were also very unfavorable living conditions, but then they moved to Kyrgyzstan, where it was a little better. A lot of people died. “This day is a day of remembrance. We don’t celebrate it anymore,” she told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
After all the mourning events, the rally participants were invited to the Nalchik Resort Palace to watch the film “The Road to the Edge of Life,” filmed in 1995 by director Ruben Muradyan. The plot is based on the events of deportation.
On March 8, in Kabardino-Balkaria, it is customary to visit the graves of relatives who survived deportation, and elders tell the younger generation about their experiences in deportation, residents of Kabardino-Balkaria told the Caucasian Knot in March 2024.
Let us remind you that on March 5, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the deportation, Ingush elders recorded a video message to the Balkars. The Stalinist regime deported the peoples of the Caucasus in 1944, unjustifiably declaring them enemies, despite the fact that at the same time their representatives were fighting at the front, the authors of the appeal noted.
On February 26, it became known that Nalsk resident Oleg Kelemetov sent a statement to the Investigative Committee, demanding an audit of the decisions of the State Defense Committee (GKO) of the USSR on the deportation of the peoples of the Caucasus in 1944. Kelemetov believes that the decisions of the State Defense Committee on the eviction of Kalmyks, Chechens, Ingush, Karachais, Balkars and Crimean Tatars violated the Constitution and the Criminal Code of the USSR.
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Actions in memory of the victims of the deportation of Balkars were held in Nalchik on the 80th anniversary of the tragic events. The authorities did not allow Balkar activists to hold their rally, inviting them to join official events. The participants told the Caucasian Knot about what deportation meant to them and how it affected their families.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have launched 34 group strikes with precision weapons, multiple-launch system, and unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting facilities where uncrewed boats were being assembled and prepared for combat use, arsenals, fuel bases for military hardware, and deployment points of AFU units, nationalist formations, and foreign mercenaries.
In Kupyansk direction, as a result of active actions by units of the Zapad Group of Forces, the position along the front line has been improved, enemy manpower and hardware have been eliminated near Kupyansk, Peschanoye, and Berestovoye (Kharkov region).
Russian troops have repelled 24 counterattacks by assault groups of 32nd, 41st Mechanised, and 57th Motorised Infantry brigades of the AFU close to Sin'kovka (Khar'kov region) and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were over 540 servicemen, two tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 20 motor vehicles, 18 field artillery systems, and one Grad MLRS.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous lines and defeated formations of 5th, 92nd assault, 28th, 33rd Mechanised, 46th, 81st Airmobile brigades of the AFU and the 241st Territorial Defence Brigade near Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, and Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, Russian troops have repelled eight enemy counterattacks near Krasnogorovka, Novomikhailovka, and Pobeda (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were over 1,970 servicemen, 11 tanks, 17 armoured fighting vehicles, 47 motor vehicles, 25 field artillery guns, two Grad MLRS, and one Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system.
Ten AFU field ammunition depots have been also destroyed.
In Avdeyevka direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued to occupy more advantageous lines and positions.
In cooperation with aviation and artillery, the troops and hardware of 23rd, 31st, 47th, 78th, 110th Mechanised, 59th Motor Infantry, 71st Jaeger brigades, as well as 103rd and 107th Territorial Defence brigades have been defeated close to Tonenkoye, Toretsk, Ocheretino, Novosyolka Pervaya, Mayorsk, and Rozovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops have repelled 65 counterattacks by AFU assault groups near Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Leninskoye, Petrovskoye, Novgorodskoye, Pervomayskoye, and Orlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
During the week, the enemy losses were over 2,860 servicemen, seven tanks, including two U.S.-manufactured Abrams tanks, 34 armoured fighting vehicles, 47 motor vehicles, 20 field artillery guns, one U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MLRS, and one Strela-10 SAM system.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line and defeated units of 65th, 72nd, 118th Mechanised, 58th Motorised Infantry brigades of the AFU, 102nd, 105th, and 128th Territorial Defence brigades close to Novodonetskoye, Ugledar, Dobropolye, Shevchenko, Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, three counterattacks by units of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade have been repelled near Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 1,620 troops, six tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 28 motor vehicles, seven field artillery systems, one Grad MLRS, two Strela-10 SAM systems, and one UK-manufactured Stormer SAM system.
In Kherson direction, Russian troops have taken more favourable positions and inflicted a comprehensive fire defeat on manpower and hardware of 65th, 117th, 118th Mechanised, 128th Mountain Assault brigades, 35th, 36th, and 38th Naval Infantry brigades, 14th and 23rd National Guard brigades and the 126th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Malaya Tokmachka, Pyatikhatki, and Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region), Ivanovka, Sadovoye, Mikhailovka, Antonovka, and Tokarevka (Kherson region).
Russian troops have repelled two attacks by assault groups of the AFU 118th Mechanised Brigade close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were over 295 soldiers, two tanks, 22 motor vehicles, nine field artillery guns, as well as two U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MLRS.
Aviation and air defence facilities have shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, five UK-manufactured Storm Shadow cruise missiles, one U.S.-manufactured Patriot anti-aircraft guided missile, seven French-manufactured Hammer guided aerial bombs, 33 U.S.-manufactured HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectiles, as well as 796 unmanned aerial vehicles.
During the week, 24 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered.
In total, 576 airplanes, 267 helicopters, 14,658 unmanned aerial vehicles, 482 air defence missile systems, 15,400 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,234 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,322 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 19,498 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/08/2024 to 00:00 03/09/2024.
A total of 14 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian casualties
DAMAGED:
3 residential buildings.
A total of 11 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
Three artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 35 units of various ammunition were fired.
19:36 Russian military for the first time applied during the SVO, a previously unknown aircraft gliding munition with a warhead weighing 250 kg. 18:40 Productive shot a sniper from the 143rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division against the enemy on the front line.
17:48 In the Sumy region, Russian “Iksovods” destroyed a mobile three-coordinate radar station 36D6 (ST-68UM) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.
17:35 On the night of March 8, near Odessa there was destroyed space and radio reconnaissance complex "Ovidiopol-2".
The complex went to Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR. The Ukrainian Armed Forces used it for electronic reconnaissance and interception of information transmitted via satellite communication channels.
In 2020, Ukrainian media reported that representatives of NATO intelligence structures gained access to the Ovidiopol-2 facility, located near the village of Akkarzha in the Odessa region.
16:54 The second recorded fact of the defeat of the 155mm Swedish wheeled self-propelled gun Archer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Lancet loitering ammunition -video.
15:49 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:
In the Ugledar direction, artillery fire thwarted an attempt to transport supplies to enemy positions. A truck was hit and destroyed. Two support towers and a Ukrainian Armed Forces firing point were also destroyed. In the area of the village Vladimirovka, our guys did not allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to carry out a rotation. Three strong points were suppressed - the observation post, the firing point and the crew of the large-caliber point were destroyed.
In addition, an attempt to strengthen the enemy’s positions in the forest belt north of the settlement was thwarted. Shevchenko. Artillery suppressed five strong points in the forest belts of the populated area, and the firing point was destroyed. Bomber aircraft struck enemy positions in the area of the settlement.
Novoukrainka, targets hit. UAV operators of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the area of the village The enemy concentration was hit by artillery. The enemy's temporary deployment point (TDP) was destroyed, three strongholds were suppressed, and a dugout was destroyed.
In the Vrem'evsky direction, units of the Vostok group destroyed an engineering group; the enemy lost one piece of engineering equipment (an excavator). Our heroes stopped five attempts to rotate personnel in strong points in forest belts to the west of the settlement. Staromayorskoe and north-west of the settlement. Sheltered. Also, a total of five PVDs were destroyed, six support towers and two dugouts were suppressed. In the east of Staromayorskoe, three air-propelled intruders and an APU cluster were destroyed.
In the Polozhsk direction, as a result of systematic artillery fire, three concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit. On the northeastern outskirts of the village. Gulyaypole, south of the village. Zalizlichnoe and Komsomolskoye - two PVDs were destroyed. Twelve strong points in forest belts southeast of the settlement were suppressed. Gulyaypole, to the west and east of the village. Dorozhnyanka, north of Zagornoye, southeast of Charivnoye and north of Lugovskoye, a dugout was destroyed, two cracks were blocked.
14:42 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Within a week, the Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction occupied more advantageous positions, repulsed eight counterattacks of the Ukrainian army, the enemy lost almost 2,000 people, 103 pieces of equipment, 10 field warehouses;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the position along the front line in the Kupyansk direction and repelled 24 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy lost more than 540 people;
Aviation and air defense systems shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, five Storm Shadow missiles and a Patriot air defense missile within a week;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the situation along the front line in the South Donetsk direction, the enemy lost up to 1,620 troops;
Within a week, the Russian Armed Forces took more advantageous positions in the Kherson direction and repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces; the enemy lost more than 295 troops;
The Russian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction continue to occupy more advantageous positions; in a week, 65 counterattacks of Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups were repelled;
In a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost seven tanks in the Avdeevsky direction, of which two Abrams and more than 2,860 military;
Within a week, 24 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.
14:30 An MLRS strike is launched at Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Kharkov region.
13:50 Don't stop war reports from the Kremennaya area:
Turns - our troops are making progress in their advance.
13:24 An explosion occurred in Kyiv-controlled Kherson - Ukrainian Channel 24.
12:49 Avdeevskoe direction. After a series of failures and heavy losses, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are transferring from five to seven fresh brigades to this area, among whose personnel there are a large number of foreign mercenaries.
The main goal is to prevent further collapse of the defense line west of Orlovka and Berdychi, as well as in the Ocheretino area.
12:05 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, defeated formations of the 24th, 28th, 33rd Mechanized, 79th, 92nd Air Assault brigades in the areas of Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Georgievka and Victory. They repelled an attack by the assault group of the 31st Mechanized Brigade in the Novomikhailovka area.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 military personnel. Three tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, five cars, and four ammunition depots were hit.
During the counter-battery fight, a 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer and a 152mm D-20 gun were destroyed.
Air defense systems shot down 32 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoye, Peski, Pervomaiskoye, Shevchenko and Petrovskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as six MLRS "Haymars" rockets and an AASM "Hammer" guided aerial bomb.
11:51 Explosions in the Sumy region.
11:19 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in the Kharkov region
10:52 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/08/2024:
On the Zaporozhye Front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are transferring reserves to Rabotino in order to dislodge Russian troops from their occupied positions in the populated area, with a possible further counterattack along the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoe line. Fighting continues in the village itself. Artillery is active on both sides. LBS has not changed significantly.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces continue successful assault operations in Novomikhailovka. In addition to advancements in the village itself. from the southeast, Russian troops attacked the Ukrainian garrison on the southwestern outskirts of the village. On the southwestern side of the village.
Victory is oncoming battles. In Georgievka, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to build on yesterday’s success on both sides of the reservoir. In Krasnogorovka, with the support of long-range weapons, the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance from the southern side of the city. In the Nevelskoye area there are oncoming battles. As a result of the assault operations, Russian troops managed to advance from the north-eastern side of the village.
Pervomayskoe. In Orlovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up fierce resistance, clinging to the western outskirts located on the heights, which allows them to actively fire on Russian troops from long-range weapons. Ukrainian reserves also continue to arrive here. The situation is similar in the Semyonovka and Berdychi areas, where fierce oncoming battles continue.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, continue to advance in the area of ??Kleshcheevka and Bogdanovka. LBS remains unchanged. Fighting continues in Ivanovskoye (Krasnoe). The Russian Armed Forces are advancing from the eastern and southeastern directions, trying to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the western side of the settlement.
On the Lugansk front, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, continue assault operations near Yampolevka and Ternov, trying to break through to these settlements. LBS has not changed significantly
. 10:15 Ukrainian authorities reported “arrivals” in the occupied Ukrainian Armed Forces of Kherson.
09:50 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Dnepryan three rounds;
-- n.p. Kakhovka five rounds;
-- village of Kazachi Lagery five rounds;
-- Sagi settlement two rounds;
-- n.p. Kairos four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Dnepryany, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Sagi, firing a total of 18 cannon artillery rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:17 Summary as of the morning of March 8 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn
Zaporozhye direction:
In the Orekhovsky sector, fighting in the Rabotino area. Our forces are advancing northwest of Verbovoye.
Svatovo-Kremennoe direction:
The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Sinkovka was recorded. The situation in Ternov and Yampolovka remains unchanged - fighting continues.
Donetsk direction:
The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack in the Berdychi area. At the same time, there are battles in Orlovka, Tonenkoye and Pervomaisky. Our troops made progress in the southwestern part of Novomikhailovka.
Artemovsk direction:
The Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive in the area of the settlement. Bogdanovka. Advancement of our forces in the area of Krasnoe and Kleshcheevka was noticed.
08:17 Military investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee recorded the next crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against the civilian population of the DPR.
As a result of artillery attack with the use of MLRS, the settlement Yelenovka, a woman was wounded among the civilian population.
During the day, Ukrainian militants shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. artillery attack of DPR areas was carried out using 155mm caliber artillery, including cluster warheads. In the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, the enemy carried out a kamikaze UAV attack.
In total, six residential buildings and three cars were damaged by DPR shelling.
08:02 The crew of the reconnaissance UAV "Zala" defeated two artillery installations and an enemy radar on the right bank of the Dnieper
While flying over territory controlled by Ukrainian Armed Forces units, the UAV operator detected several targets, the coordinates of which were immediately transmitted to the command post.
The crew of the reconnaissance drone skillfully corrected the approach of the Lancets and recorded the defeat of two artillery installations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the forest plantation. An enemy radar station was hit in a similar way.
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[Regnum] Ryazan resident Alexander Afinogen was fined 300 thousand rubles for calls to join the ranks of terrorist organizations - “Azov” (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) and the so-called “Russian Volunteer Corps” (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). Law enforcement agencies reported this on March 8.
The court found the supporter of the Azov nationalist association guilty under Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
“Having strong neo-Nazi views, Afinogenov began to glorify these [terrorist] structures, calling on Russians to join their ranks with the aim of killing Russian military personnel and the population of the Belgorod and Kursk regions bordering Ukraine,” a law enforcement representative specified in an interview with RIA Novosti.
It is noted that the defendant himself did not plan to join the units; his goal was to “influence the fragile minds” of young people.
Afinogenov admitted guilt during the investigation and repented of his actions. The prosecutor insisted on choosing a preventive measure in the form of imprisonment, but the court decided on a fine.
As Regnum reported, on February 15, the Gagarinsky Court of Moscow arrested actor Alexei Panin in absentia for two months in the case of calls for terrorism. A criminal case was opened against him in May 2023. He faces up to five years in prison.
On February 26, the Second Western District Military Court sentenced actor Kirill Kanakhin (included by Rosfinmonitoring in the register of organizations and individuals involved in extremist activities or terrorism) in absentia to life imprisonment. He was found guilty of treason. Kanakhin joined the ranks of the so-called “Russian Volunteer Corps”, and also participated in attacks on civilians and Russian military personnel in the Bryansk, Belgorod and Kherson regions.
On March 6, a resident of the village of Emelyanovo near Krasnoyarsk came under criminal prosecution. A criminal case was opened against a 37-year-old man under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on public calls for extremist activities using the Internet. According to the FSB, he posted a video online containing calls for violence against the Russian Armed Forces participating in the special operation. The defendant faces up to five years in prison.
[GEO.TV] Tech-giant Microsoft Friday revealed that Midnight Blizzard, a Russian state-sponsored hacking group, is attempting to breach its systems once more, Rooters reported.
The hackers are trying to use data stolen from the tech giant's corporate emails in January 2024.
The event underscores the group's specific focus on penetrating Microsoft, a significant software designer and a critical provider of digital assistance to the US government.
The hacking group, also known as Nobelium, is seemingly using earlier stolen data to make continued attempts to breach Microsoft's systems, including source code repositories and internal systems.
Microsoft emphasised the raised aggression of Midnight Blizzard, noting a tenfold rise in their use of "password sprays" since the January attack.
The Russian embassy in Washington, despite Microsoft's previous disclosure in January, has not responded to the recent statement, nor has it remarked on Microsoft's prior reports about Midnight Blizzard's moves.
Microsoft emphasised its commitment to assisting affected customers, indicating that the hackers are employing the acquired information to potentially identify areas for future attacks.
The company stressed that there is no evidence of compromise in its customer-facing systems, reassuring the public of the security of those platforms.
This ongoing campaign to breach Microsoft reflects the substantial commitment of resources, coordination, and focus by the threat actor, signalling a sustained and significant cybersecurity threat.
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Reconstruction began in 2019 and included modernization and renovation of the control center, runways, hangars and storage facilities. The work was funded under the NATO Security Investment Programme.
[REGNUM] This week, the reconstructed NATO air base in the city of Kučovo (Albania), which until 1990 was called Stalin's City, was officially opened. This unique air base arose as a result of agreements between Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and the leader of communist Albania, Enver Hoxha. Moreover, the impetus for its construction was given by another famous communist - the leader of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito, although in a very specific way.
[Beitbart] India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced on Thursday it has opened a case against a “major human trafficking network” that is luring Indian men to fight for Russia on the front lines in Ukraine.
These scam operations became a media sensation in India over the past few weeks as the families of men tricked into joining the Russian military came forward. The victims were mostly men from impoverished areas desperate for overseas employment. Some believed they were taking safe support jobs for the Russian military, only to find themselves on the battle line in Ukraine with minimal gear and training. Others thought they had applied for jobs in busy overseas markets like the United Arab Emirates, but were instead stranded in Russia and forced into military service.
The Indian Foreign Ministry said this week it was aware of about 20 cases, but CBI said at least 35 men have been lured to Russia so far and more could be revealed as family members come forward. At least two of the victims have been killed in Ukraine under uncertain circumstances and others have been “grievously injured,” according to Indian investigators.
CBI said in addition to the employment scams perpetrated through shady social media platforms, some Indian men have been lured with phony admissions to “dubious private universities” and offered “free discounted visa extensions” if they accepted.
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