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☆ US-made Abrams are better than Russia's best tanks in the war, Ukrainian commander says, and it's not even close
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewUkraine is operating a small fleet of US-made Abrams tanks, combat-proven vehicles that were built to destroy Russian armor. Another sophisticated Russian tank is the T-80BVM, which according to Oryx has suffered at least 150 losses. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via APZakon did not specify on T-90 variants when he compared the American-made Abrams to Russian armor. M1A1 Abrams tanks needed for training Ukrainian soldiers await offloading in Grafenwoehr, Germany. "We do need Abrams tanks, we do need people, and first of all, we do need dynamic protection," Zakon said, adding that "we need them as much as possible."

Persons: —, Abrams, Ukraine hasn't, YASUYOSHI CHIBA, Vladimir Putin, Gian Gentile, RAND's, it's, Zakon, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Christian Carrillo, Rinat Organizations: Service, Business, Kyiv, YASUYOSHI, Getty, Mechanized Brigade, Russia, Oryx, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, AP Zakon, RAND's Arroyo Center, US Army, Ukrainian, US, Spc, Rinat Akhmetov's Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Soviet, Russian, Kharkiv, AFP, Russia, Moscow, Grafenwoehr, Germany

☆ Ukraine's navy is harassing Russian forces with 16 new armored assault boats built by Sweden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Turning the tide in the Black SeaSwedish Marines also operate the CB90-class fast assault craft. Following a six-month effort by Steel Front and Ukrainian steel giant Metinvest, the three vessels and crew training for Ukrainian forces cost more than $4.1 million. In total, Sweden has provided at least 13 CB90s to Ukraine's navy. The Netherlands donated nearly two dozen inflatable and armored boats, including three CB90s, to Ukraine in March. It wasn't immediately clear what type of vessels were sent, but Finnish media speculated them to operate similarly to the Swedish CB-90.

Persons: Danielle, Rinat Akhmetov, Oleksandr Vodoviz Organizations: Sea, Marines, Navy, Steel Front, Finnish Ministry of Defense, Swedish CB Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Sweden, Netherlands, Swedish

☆ US-made Abrams tanks are fighting a dangerous new kind of war, but Ukrainians are building unusual armor to help them survive it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

However, one Ukrainian company is building steel screens that can offer the tanks an extra layer of protection. For more than a year and a half, the company has been making protective steel screens for Kyiv's aging T-64 and T-72 tanks. Related VideoJust a few weeks ago, this operation expanded to the Abrams tanks, US-made armor designed and developed during the Cold War to fight the Soviet tank threat. An M1 Abrams tank with protective screens in May. The jury is still out for the Abrams tanks, as they were only recently given the added protection.

Persons: —, Abrams, Oleksandr Myronenko, Christian Carrillo, Metinvest, Myronenko, it's Organizations: Service, Abrams, Business, Metinvest, M1A1, US, Spc, Soviet, Bradley Fighting Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, Germany, Russia, Soviet

☆ The War Has Reined In Ukraine’s Oligarchs, at Least for Now
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For weeks, they fended off Russian assaults, holed up in a vast steel mill under barrages of missiles and mortars. And when the Ukrainian troops defending the Azovstal plant finally surrendered in May 2022, the mill had been reduced to rubble and twisted metal. It was also a major setback for Ukraine’s richest man, the plant’s owner. With the destruction of Azovstal, the owner, Rinat Akhmetov, lost an industrial jewel accounting for one-fifth of Ukraine’s steel output — a multibillion dollar loss that dealt a severe blow to his longtime grip on the Ukrainian economy. Mr. Akhmetov’s case underlines how the war, by ravaging Ukrainian industry, has curbed the power of the country’s so-called oligarchs, tycoons who have long reigned over the economy and used their wealth to buy political influence, experts say.

Persons: Rinat Akhmetov, tycoons Locations: Azovstal, Mariupol, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine is making decoy radar reflectors using cut-up barrels from one of Russia's largest oil companies: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Ukrainian company is repurposing Russian oil barrels to make military decoys, the FT reported. Oil barrels from Lukoil, one of Russia's biggest companies, are used to make fake radar reflectors. Ukraine is using cut-up oil barrels from the massive Russian energy company Lukoil to make fake radar reflectors, the outlet reported. We spent $1,000 on the decoy radar." However, the addition of Russian materials into the decoys is an added touch that made the enterprise chief chuckle, according to the report.

Persons: Metinvest, it's, Rinat Organizations: Service, Financial Times, CNN, Google, Ukraine's 54th Brigade Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Just playing is a small victory for Shakhtar Donetsk, though the Ukrainian champions won't stop there. The Ukrainian league restarted a year ago despite the war but all games are played in empty stadiums — and sometimes interrupted by air-raid sirens. For the second straight season, Shakhtar is playing its Champions League games outside of Ukraine because of the Russian invasion. “When we drew with England (in a national team game on Sept. 9), I really got a lot of messages from the soldiers. Despite the wealth behind Shakhtar, the club won't give up hope of returning to play in Donetsk some day, Chygrynskyy said.

Persons: —, Taras Stepanenko, ”, Stepanenko, “, Patrick van Leeuwen, “ It’s, Velyka, Dmytro Chygrynskyy, it’s, ” Chygrynskyy, hasn't, Rinat Akhmetov, Mykhailo Mudryk, Chygrynskyy, “ That’s Organizations: Shakhtar Donetsk, Associated Press, League, Porto, Shakhtar, Ukrainian, Champions League, England, AP, ” Shakhtar Locations: HAMBURG, Germany, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Hamburg, Poland, Lviv, It's, Portugal, Zaporizhzhia, Novosilka, Barcelona, Greece, Russia, Donetsk, Kyiv, Chelsea

☆ Ukraine's decoys are getting even more elaborate, with a dummy radar system the latest to trick Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's decoys are getting more and more convincing, with the latest an elaborate radar array. Ukrainian company Metinvest said Russia had blasted one of its dummy P-18 radars with a missile. Ukrainian media said pro-Russian sites were sharing a video of the strike, unaware it was a fake. It's the latest win claimed by Metinvest, a Ukrainian steel company that, among other things, manufactures detailed decoys for use by the country's armed forces. Metinvest did not give the date or location of the reported strike, and Insider was unable to independently confirm the Russian video.

Persons: Metinvest, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, CNN Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russian, Mariinski, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk

☆ Fact Check-Altered BBC graphic circulates purporting to show soaring wealth of Ukrainian political figures since Russian invasion
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An image purporting to show a BBC graphic detailing the wealth of Ukrainian political figures, including the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is altered. The original graphic published online via the BBC’s Ukrainian website showed how the war has impacted the wealth of Ukrainian billionaire businessmen. Examples of the altered graphic can be viewed (here) and (here). The graphic was altered to make it appear that the BBC published a visual showing rapid increases in wealth accumulated by Ukrainian politicians. Instead, the BBC published a graphic detailing the monetary losses incurred by Ukrainian billionaires since the Russian invasion.

☆ Signs of Salome, said to be nurse to baby Jesus, unearthed in Israel
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Dedi Hayoun | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Religious imageries left by visitors are seen in an alcove in the wall of a cave that, according to The Israel Antiquities Authority is the 2000-year-old burial cave of Jesus' midwife, Salome in the Lachish Forest in Israel December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar AwadLACHISH FOREST, Israel Dec 20 (Reuters) - Excavations of a cave reputed to be the burial place of Salome, said in non-canonical scripture to have been nurse to the newborn Jesus, have found more signs it was both an important Jewish tomb and a Christian pilgrimage site, archaelogists say. Stricken in one arm, she cradles the baby, proclaims him "a great king ... born unto Israel," and is cured. The site, about 35 km (22 miles) southwest of Bethlehem, has been known for generations as the Cave of Salome. Earlier excavations located Jewish relics "but the surprise was the adaptation of the cave into a Christian chapel," the IAA said.

[1/5] A man handles an ear of wheat in a greenhouse at the Israel Plant Gene Bank at the Volcani Institute in Rishon LeZion, Israel November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Amir CohenRishon Lezion, Israel, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Could the key to securing the world's food supply for the future be hidden in the DNA of crops from the distant past? Tens of thousands of types of seeds are stored in the gene bank. "This is where agriculture started about 10,000 years ago," said Einav Mayzlish-Gati, director of the gene bank. For daily comprehensive coverage on COP27 and climate change in your inbox, sign up for the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter here.

REUTERS/Rony Levinson/FilesMAAGAN MICHAEL, Israel, Sept 22 (Reuters) - An ancient shipwreck found off the shore of Israel and loaded with cargo from all over the Mediterranean shows that traders from the West still came to port even after the Islamic conquest of the Holy Land, researchers say. The excavation is backed by the Israel Science Foundation, Honor Frost Foundation and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University. SHIP GRAVEYARD IN SHALLOW SEASThe coast of Israel is abundant with ships that sank over the millennia. A storm might shift the sands and expose a relic, which is what happened with the new discovery at Maagan Michael. Some of the cargo bore symbols of the Christian Byzantine church and others had writing in Arabic.

☆ Ukraine's richest man announces his holding's exit from media business
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-11 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, July 11 (Reuters) - Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, said on Monday his investment company would exit its vast media business to conform with a law designed to curb the influence of "oligarchs", a move cheered by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office. In a statement sent to Reuters, Akhmetov said Media Group Ukraine would hand over the licences for its television channels and print media to the Ukrainian state, and cease online media, describing his decision tersely as "involuntary". "I made an involuntary decision that my investment company SCM will exit its media business," Akhmetov said, citing the legislation. Akhmetov said his SCM investment company was unable to sell its media business on market terms because of Russia's war in Ukraine and a six-month deadline given by the anti-oligarch legislation for the sale of media assets. Media Group Ukraine includes an array of television channels including Ukraine and Ukraine 24 that are among the most viewed in the country.

☆ Telecom workers in occupied parts of Ukraine destroyed software to avoid Russian control over data and communications
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-22 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian telecom employees destroyed equipment in Russian-occupied areas to avoid Russian control. Ukrtelecom is the largest fixed-line operator in Ukraine, its CEO, Yuriy Kurmaz, told Bloomberg. During Russia's war in Ukraine, Kurmaz told Bloomberg that more than 30 of Ukrtelecom's facilities have been destroyed, and about 100 others have been damaged. Bloomberg reported that some smaller internet providers in occupied parts of Ukraine are operating under Russian control, but Ukrtelecom disconnected its networks in those parts of the country. "Our strong position is we will never collaborate," Kurmaz told Bloomberg.

☆ Procuratura Generală de la Moscova a trimis în judecată dosarul privind retragerea din Rusia în Moldova a peste 126 de miliarde de ruble
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Diana Severin | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Procuratura Generală de la Moscova a trimis în instanță dosarul penal privind retragerea din Rusia către banca din R. Moldova, Moldindconbank S. A, a mai mult de 126 miliarde ruble. Acest lucru a fost raportat jurnaliștilor vineri de serviciul de presă al Procuraturii Generale, informează Tass. „Procuratura Generală a aprobat un rechizitoriu într-un dosar penal împotriva lui Alexander Korkin, Alexey Sobolev, Lev Pakhomov, Rinat Yusupov și Vinera Sharipova. Cazul penal a fost trimis la Curtea Tverskaya din Moscova”, se arată în mesaj. Vladimir Plahotniuc, Veaceslav Platon și omul de afaceri Renato Usatii au fost anunțați în căutare internațională.

Persons: Alexander Korkin, Lev Pakhomov, Veaceslav Platon, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Oleg Kuzmin, Alexander Grigoriev, Alexei Sobolev, Elena Platon, Renato Usatii Organizations: Procuratura, Express Bank, Bank Locations: Moscova, Rusia, Moldova, Chișinău, coproprietari, OJSC Bank, SA

☆ Procuratura Generală de la Moscova a trimis în instanță dosarul privind retragerea a peste 126 de miliarde de ruble din Rusia în Moldova
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Procuratura Generală de la Moscova a trimis în instanță dosarul privind retragerea a peste 126 de miliarde de ruble din Rusia în MoldovaProcuratura Generală de la Moscova a trimis în instanță dosarul penal privind retragerea din Rusia de către banca din Republica Moldova, Moldindconbank S. A, a mai mult de 126 miliarde ruble. Acest lucru a fost raportat jurnaliștilor vineri de serviciul de presă al Procuraturii Generale, informează Tass. „Procuratura Generală a aprobat un rechizitoriu într-un dosar penal împotriva lui Alexander Korkin, Alexey Sobolev, Lev Pakhomov, Rinat Yusupov și Viner Sharipova. Cazul penal a fost trimis la Curtea Tverskoy din Moscova”, se arată în mesaj. Plahotniuc, Veaceslav Platon și omul de afaceri Renato Usatii au fost incluși pe lista internațională de căutări.

Persons: Alexander Korkin, Lev Pakhomov, Veaceslav Platon, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Oleg Kuzmin, Alexander Grigoriev, Alexei Sobolev, Elena Platon, Plahotniuc, Renato Usatii Organizations: Procuratura, Moldova Procuratura, Express Bank, Bank Locations: Moscova, Rusia, Moldova, Republica Moldova, Chișinău, coproprietari, OJSC Bank, SA

☆ Rusia dezvoltă vaccinuri combinate împotriva COVID-19, gripei şi a pojarului
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-21 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Rusia lucrează la două vaccinuri combinate, dintre care unul protejează împotriva COVID-19 şi a gripei, iar al doilea împotriva pojarului şi a noului coronavirus, a anunţat Rinat Maksiutov, directorul general al Centrului de Stat pentru Cercetare în Virusologie şi Biotehnologie - Vektor, relatează EFE.Într-un interviu acordat sâmbătă postului Rossia-1, Maksiutov a informat că prototipul vaccinului combinat împotriva gripei şi a COVID-19 s-a dovedit eficient pe testele realizate pe animalele de laborator. "Acest prototip de vaccin care a fost testat pe animalele de laborator a demonstrat capacitatea de a genera un răspuns imun şi este în curs de a trece la studii preclinice extinse", a explicat directorul general al centrului.Centrul Vektor a dezvoltat anterior vaccinul împotriva COVID-19 - EpiVacCorona - înregistrat în Rusia în luna octombrie, al doilea vaccin după Sputnik V.Rinat Maksiutov a anunţat totodată că institutul dezvoltă un vaccin combinat care protejează împotriva pojarului şi, în acelaşi timp, a noului coronavirus"Primele studii efectuate pe animalele de laborator (pe baza unui vaccin al virusului pojarului recombinat) a demonstrat că o singură doză asigură formarea unui răspuns imun puternic", a precizat directorul centrului Vektor, scrie agerpres.ro.

Persons: Maksiutov Locations: Rusia

☆ Petrocub-Hâncești a câștigat la limită meciul cu FC Florești din etapa a 21-a a Diviziei Naționale
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-30 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

O altă partidă a zilei, cea dintre Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol și Dacia-Buiucani Chișinău, s-a terminat la egalitate, 1-1. "Dacii" au restabilit echilibrul peste doar 6 minute prin Marin Căruntu.Zimbru Chișinău nu se regăsește în acest sezon. Deși au reușit să înscrie în meciul cu Sfântul Gheorghe,"galben-verzii" au cedat și în această confruntare, ce această dată cu 2-3. Rinat Mociuliak, Petru Ojog și Denis Furtuna, care a trimis mingea în propria poartă, au punctat pentru "sfinți" iar Gicu Brânzaniuc și Okezie Ebenezer pentru formația din strada Butucului.Aceasta a fost ultima etapă a campionatului Moldovei disputată în acest an. Astfel, federația de fotbal a suspendat desfășurarea competiției iar câteva manșe din Divizia Națională se vor disputa anul viitor.Sheriff Tiraspol este liderul clasamentului.

Persons: Alexandru Belousov, Gheorghe, Rinat, Petru Ojog, Denis Furtuna, Gicu, Ebenezer Organizations: Dinamo - Auto, Moldovei, Divizia Națională Locations: Dinamo - Auto Tiraspol, Dacia, Buiucani Chișinău, Marin, Chișinău, verzii, Tiraspol, Petrocub, Hâncești

☆ INVESTIGAȚIE // Cum au fost FURAȚI cetățenii R. Moldova cu zeci de milioane de dolari din facturile plătite pentru energia electrică
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-12 | by ( ) www.ziarulnational.md time to read: +2 min

Peste 20 de milioane de dolari proveniți din facturile de lumină plătite de consumatorii din Republica Moldova au ajuns pe conturile unor companii din zone offshore. RISE Moldova prezintă schema prin care firma-tampon din regiunea separatistă a devenit peste noapte principalul furnizor de energie electrică, a încasat profituri de milioane și le-a ascuns în paradisuri fiscale. Pe teritoriul Republicii Moldova din dreapta Nistrului se produce doar circa 20% din necesarul total de curent electric al țării. În primăvara lui 2014, Ministerul Economiei anunţa că, în perioada 1 aprilie 2014 – 1 aprilie 2015, Republica Moldova va cumpăra energie electrică și de la DTEK Vostokenergo, și de la Centrala de la Cuciurgan. Însă în toamna aceluiași an, odată cu criza din Estul Ucrainei care a degenerat într-un conflict armat, DTEK a sistat complet livrarea energiei în Republica Moldova.

Persons: DTEK, Victor Parlicov Organizations: Economiei, Inter Locations: Republica Moldova, Tiraspol, Republicii Moldova, Moldovei, Moldovenească, transnistreană, rus, Estul Ucrainei, Chișinău, Moscova

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