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☆ Three dead as storm hits Crimea and Russia's Black Sea coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Fierce storms killed three people on the Russian and Crimean Black Sea coast on Monday, with hundreds evacuated. Storms have been raging in the Black Sea since Friday. Video published online showed large waves sweeping over the seafront in Sochi, and carrying away cars. The Russian-installed governors of Crimea and Sevastopol, both of which Moscow seized and unilaterally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, declared states of emergency. In the Russian port of Novorossiysk, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium and Russia's Transneft state oil pipeline company announced a halt to loadings due to weather conditions.

Persons: Felix Light, Kevin Liffey Organizations: TASS, Energy Ministry, Caspian Pipeline Consortium, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Crimean, State, Sochi, Kerch, Crimea, Russian, Yevpatoriya, Sevastopol, Ukraine, Dagestan, Krasnodar, Rostov, Russia, Novorossiysk

☆ NATO allies condemn Russia's withdrawal from CFE treaty, will suspend its operation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Russia's withdrawal is the latest in a series of actions that systematically undermines Euro-Atlantic security," said NATO in a statement. "Therefore, as a consequence, Allied States Parties intend to suspend the operation of the CFE Treaty for as long as necessary, in accordance with their rights under international law. This is a decision fully supported by all NATO Allies." Earlier on Tuesday, Russia had formally withdrawn from this landmark security treaty which limited key categories of conventional armed forces, blaming the United States for undermining post-Cold War security with the enlargement of the NATO military alliance. Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Sudip Kar-GuptaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Alexey Pavlishak, Benoit Van Overstraeten, Sudip Kar Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, NATO, Conventional Armed Forces, Allied, NATO Allies, Gupta, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Yevpatoriya, Crimea, Russia, Rights BRUSSELS, Europe, CFE, United States

☆ Ukraine hit Russia's most treasured air-defense system on its own soil, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine struck one of Russia's most treasured air-defense systems on Wednesday, reports said. It would be the first time Ukrainian forces hit an S-400 system in Russia's own territory. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile Ukraine has previously destroyed a similar system in occupied Crimea, this would be the first time it struck an S-400 system in mainland Russia. However, it did not say whether an S-400 system was damaged. Russia's S-400 mobile long-range surface-to-air system that includes truck-mounted radars, a mobile command post, and multiple missile launch platforms.

Persons: —, Russia's Organizations: Service, Security Service of Ukraine, Kyiv Post, Reuters, Russia's Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian Navy, BBC, Bloomberg Locations: Ukraine, Belgorod, Russia, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Russian, Crimea, Bryansk, Kursk, Yevpatoriya

☆ Ukraine's attacks on Crimea are hurting sales of Russia's S-400 air defense system, spy chief claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Recent attacks on Crimea may end up hurting Russia's defense industry, Ukraine's spy chief said. Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said the attacks show "the obvious inability of Russian air defense systems." Ukraine has short-term military objectives being served by preoccupying — and destroying — Russia's air defense capabilities, Budanov said. But, he said, "from the political standpoint, we're also demonstrating the obvious inability of Russian air defense systems, which respectively makes them less lucrative on the world arms markets." "[W]hen the whole world sees that some drones are attacking Moscow, nobody wants to buy Russia air defense systems any longer," he said.

Persons: Ukraine's, Kyrylo Budanov, Budanov, Russia's, there's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, preoccupying —, we're Organizations: Service, CNN, Institute for, NATO Locations: Crimea, Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia, Sevastopol, Washington, Olenivka, Crimean, Yevpatoriya, Turkey, Ankara, India, Kyiv

☆ Ukraine trolls Russia for losing an attack submarine to a country that hardly has a navy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A new video from Ukraine's defense ministry pokes fun at Russia for losing the Rostov-on-Don submarine. The video trolls Russia for losing a submarine "in a land war" to a country "without many warships." The video, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, pokes fun at Russia for having "lost a submarine in a land war." "Well, among other things... we're a country without many warships, and we just destroyed a Russian submarine." And, according to warfare expert Franz-Stefan Gady, it's the first combat loss of a Russian submarine since 1945.

Persons: Russia, Don, Franz, Stefan Gady, they'd, — Organizations: Russia, Rostov, Service, Ministry of Defense, —, Moscow, Russia's Ministry of Defense, Russian, Sea Fleet, Moskva, US Army Locations: Rostov, Sevastopol, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia, we're, Russian, Minsk, Crimea, Olekivka, Yevpatoriya

☆ Ukraine's attack on a Russian air-defense system may point to 'systemic tactical failures' with Russia's air defenses in Crimea, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine has recently taken out two of Russia's prized S-400 air-defense systems in Crimea. US-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War said the latest attack may signal Russia's air defenses in Crimea have "systemic tactical failures," it wrote on Thursday. In April, Ukrainian defense secretary Oleksiy Danilov hinted that Ukraine sees Crimea as a testing ground for new weapons. The UK's Ministry of Defence said that those attacks also expose weaknesses in Russia's air defenses and have likely prompted a reorganization around air bases. The S-400 system was created as an upgrade to Russia's earlier S-300, the country's answer to the US Patriot air defense system.

Persons: Ukrainska, Oleksiy Danilov, Trump, Michael Kofman Organizations: Service, BBC, for, Ukrainska Pravda, Ukraine, UK's Ministry of Defence, US Patriot, Pentagon, New York Times, Times Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Wall, Silicon, Yevpatoriya, Ukrainian, Olenivka, Russian, Turkey

☆ Ukraine destroyed a prized $1.2B Russian air-defense system with cruise missiles, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine destroyed a Russian air-defense system worth $1.2 billion, reports said Thursday. The S-400 "Triumf" was taken down using a combination of Neptune missiles and drones, reports said. The advanced S-400 "Triumf" air-defense system was destroyed in a joint operation by Kyiv's security service (SBU) and navy, the BBC and Reuters reported, citing Ukrainian intelligence sources. It wrote that before its attack, Ukraine sent out drones to strike a Russian ship in the Black Sea. The air-defense system fired its rounds to shoot the drones down, thus revealing its location, Rybar reported.

Persons: Anton Gerashchenko, Jake Epstein Organizations: Service, BBC, Reuters, Kremlin, Wagner Group, Ministry of Defense, US's Patriot Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Yevpatoriya, Crimea, Russia, Kremlin Russian

The attacks come a day after Kyiv said it seriously damaged a Russian submarine and landing ship undergoing repairs in a missile strike on a shipyard in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed an attack on the Sergei Kotov in a morning statement, but said the assault involving five sea drones was repelled. Kyiv, he said, was targeting air defence systems to open up the path to more strikes on Russian military and warehouse infrastructure. "We need to chase away remnants of the Russian Black Sea fleet from Crimean territorial waters and beyond and reinstate the status of the Black Sea as the sea of external jurisdiction," he wrote in English. Russia regards the peninsula as strategically important and uses its Black Sea Fleet to project power.

Persons: Sergei, Kotov, Andriy Yusov, Sergei Kotov, Mykhailo Podolyak, Tom Balmforth, Timothy Heritage, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Fleet, Ukrainian, Reuters, Russian Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Russian, Crimean, Russia, Novorossiysk, Yevpatoriya, Moscow

☆ Ukraine appears to be hunting Russia's formidable S-400 air defense systems in Crimea with modified Neptune anti-ship missiles
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine modified an anti-ship cruise missile for land-attack missions. The Neptune missile, which was used to sink the Russian ship Moskva, is now hunting down air defense systems. The R-360 Neptune is a subsonic cruise missile that was initially built by Ukraine to counter adversary naval assets. The Ukrainians have long sought the US military's Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), but Washington's been reluctant to send these weapons. Smoke rises from the shipyard that was reportedly hit by Ukrainian missile attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, in this still image from video taken September 13, 2023.

Persons: Slava, Oleksiy Danilov, Washington's, Ben Hodges Organizations: Service, Sea Fleet, Ukrainian, National Security and Defense, Neptune Missile, General Staff of, Armed Forces, EG, US military's Army Tactical Missile, Russian, NATO, SA, REUTERS, US Army, Staff, Russian General Staff Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Moskva, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Crimea, Olenivka, Yevpatoriya, France, Ukrainian, Sevastopol, Moscow, US Army Europe

For much of the winter, the war in Ukraine settled into a slow-moving but exceedingly violent fight along a jagged 600-mile-long frontline in the southeast. Now, both Ukraine and Russia are poised to go on the offensive. They are looking for vulnerabilities, hoping to exploit gaps, and setting the stage for what Ukraine warns could be Moscow’s most ambitious campaign since the start of the war. Ukraine must now defend against the Russian assault without exhausting the resources it needs to mount an offensive of its own. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has given an order to take all of the Donbas region by March, Ukrainian intelligence says.

☆ The tragic story of the only 3 cosmonauts who died in space
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

This Soviet crew had spent 23 days in space, setting a new record for human space flight endurance, and were finally coming home. They gathered existing equipment and hastily put together a space station that was launched on April 19, 1971. A treadmill was installed on the Salyut 1 and the cosmonauts forwent their space suits in the space station and Soyuz. But a few missteps on the ship and by the Soviet space program led to the tragic deaths of the cosmonauts. According to Siddiqi, the death of the three cosmonauts had a lasting impact on the Soviet space program afterward.

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