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☆ One killed in Russian missile strike on east Ukraine town
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building damaged at night by Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 15, 2023. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSELYDOVE, Ukraine, Nov 15 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed in an overnight Russian missile strike that hit an apartment building in eastern Ukraine, authorities said on Wednesday. The attack on the town of Selydove, northwest of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, heavily damaged a four-storey building, Klymenko said. Russia has carried out regular missile and drone strikes on population centres behind the front line of its 21-month-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Reporting by Max Hunder; writing by Dan Peleschuk; editing by Christina FincherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Max Hunder, Dan Peleschuk, Christina Fincher Organizations: Russian, Press, State Emergency Service of, REUTERS Acquire, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Selydove, Donetsk region, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Handout, Russian, Donetsk, Russia

☆ Rescuers search for survivors after lethal Russian missile strike in east Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/9] A view shows a residential house heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 15, 2023. Local officials in one channel on Telegram messenger said that four people were believed to be trapped under the rubble. There were no soldiers living there, only civilians," Olha, a 64-year-old woman who lives next door to the ruined building, told Reuters. Russia has carried out regular missile and drone strikes on population centres behind the front line of its 21-month-old invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine regularly reports that Russian missile and drone strikes have killed and hurt civilians and damaged civilian infrastructure during the full-scale war launched by Russia in February 2022.

Persons: Alina Smutko, Olha, Natalia, Max Hunder, Ivan Lyubysh, Tom Balmforth, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: REUTERS, Russian, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Selydove, Donetsk region, Russia, Moscow

☆ Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Russian forces ‘trying to surround’ east Ukraine stronghold; Putin meets military top brass
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Ukrainian infantryman walks along a trench in the mud after the rain on Nov. 9, 2023, in an area the military calls the "Horlivka front," an urban-type settlement in Toretsk urban hromada, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Friday that the Russian military "does not stop trying to surround" the shattered eastern stronghold of Avdiivka. The industrial hub of Avdiivka, which is regarded as the gateway to Donetsk, has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. The update from Ukraine's General Staff reported a series of Russian assaults in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions over the last 24 hours. Elswhere, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, chief of the General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov and other key figures at the southern military grouping's headquarters to discuss the Ukraine war.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov Organizations: The General Staff of, Armed Forces, Ukraine's General Staff, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, CNBC, General Staff Locations: hromada, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Russian

☆ Major Russian losses in recent offensive around Avdiivka likely to be among the worst of 2023, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia has been carrying out a major offensive effort to capture the city of Avdiivka in east Ukraine. The UK Ministry of Defence said Russia's losses are some of the highest of the year. In mid-October, Russia began a major offensive effort to capture the city in Donetsk, which resulted in significant Russian losses both in terms of personnel and equipment. Russian military bloggers have been "harshly critical" of the tactics of the Avdiivka operation, according to UK intel. The Russian political establishment continues to push for more territory to be occupied, but Russia's military is struggling to carry out successful assaults, the department noted.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian military's Organizations: MoD, UK Ministry of Defence, Service, intel, for Locations: Russia, Avdiivka, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Russian

☆ Ukraine's top general posts first video of Kyiv's forces firing US-made ATACMS at the Russians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The strikes come after the Biden administration quietly supplied Ukraine with the long-range missiles. Ukraine's top commander shared striking footage of the ATACMS launch on Telegram. The US quietly supplied Ukraine with a small number of the long-range missiles in recent days following more than a year of back-and-forth. Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi shared footage of the launch of US supplied ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles on his Telegram channel. Ukraine had long asked for the long-range missiles, which allow its forces to safely target Russian positions situated further back without having to approach the front lines.

Persons: Biden, —, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, U3ThW7y0g7 — Jimmy Rushton, Jake Epstein, ATACMS, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Army Tactical Missile Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Beryansk, Luhansk, Ukrainian, @JimmySecUK

☆ Ukraine accuses 2 brothers of betraying their former neighbors by helping Russia fire a missile on their hometown café killing 59
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Russian missile hit a village in northeast Ukraine last week, killing 59 people. Ukraine now accused two brothers of passing Russia information to plan the attack on their hometown. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine has accused two brothers of helping Russia orchestrate a deadly missile strike on their hometown, which killed over 50 people. Ukraine's security service (SBU) named brothers Volodymyr and Dmytro Mamon and said they have been charged with treason. Authorities said they were working to locate the brothers, who are Russian passport holders and are believed to be in Russia, per the FT.

Persons: —, Volodymyr, Dmytro Mamon, Ihor Klymenko, Andriyi Kozyr, Natalia Mamon Organizations: Service, Telegram, Times, Prosecutors, Russian, Guardian, Politico, Authorities Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Hroza, Kharkiv, Ukrainian

☆ Russia pummels east Ukrainian town of Avdiivka in heavy fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Anna Pruchnicka | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But Kyiv says Moscow has massed troops around Avdiivka and sent in heavy equipment, enabling it to hit back hard. It says Moscow aims to encircle and capture the town, just northwest of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, and draw in Ukrainian troops from other fronts. Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday its forces had inflicted damage on Ukrainian troops in areas including Avdiivka but gave few details. It estimated that Russian forces have captured 4.52 square kilometres (1.75 square miles) of territory around Avdiivka since the beginning of their offensive on Tuesday. Geolocated footage indicated that Russian forces had likely lost at least a battalion tactical group's worth of armoured vehicles in the Avdiivka offensive, it said.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Avdiivka, Barabash, Andriy Yermak, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Heritage, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Russian, Reuters, Russia's Defence, General, of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Russian, Ukrainian, Moscow, Crimea, American

☆ After treatment at US military hospital, volunteers for Ukraine return to fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

US COMMITMENT TO UKRAINETreating the wounded volunteers at Landstuhl represents another level of U.S. commitment to Ukraine. Thousands of foreign volunteers headed to Ukraine after Russia’s February 2022 invasion and are now fighting with regular Ukraine army units and a foreign legion. Dozens of foreign volunteers are wounded each month, according to the four fighters interviewed by Reuters. Of 20 Ukrainian Army patients admitted so far, nearly all since August, 16 have been foreign volunteers, according to Marcy Sanchez, a spokesman for the hospital. "The bureaucracy is just horrendous," said Craig Borthwick, lead medic for ReactAid, explaining the many layers of military, medical and government authorizations required.

Persons: Jumbo, directionless, Biden, Rachel Jamison, Meaghan Mobbs, Marcy Sanchez, ReactAid, Craig Borthwick, David Bramlette, Nathan Chan, we're, Andrew Hay, Phil Stewart, Donna Bryson, Diane Craft Organizations: Landstuhl Regional Medical, Ukrainian Army, . Military, U.S, Marine, RT Weatherman, Jumbo, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, United State's, Reuters, Russia, Marines, Landstuhl, Kyiv, Russia’s, Ukraine, Weatherman, Ukrainian, Ukrainian Armed Forces, U.S . Army, Green Beret, Thomson Locations: Germany, United States, Russian, Ukraine, U.S, UKRAINE

☆ Fierce fighting rages around Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Anna Pruchnicka | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] A view shows grain warehouses heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of a port in Odesa region, Ukraine October 12, 2023. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces were holding their ground on the third day of battle, but municipal officials said the Russian attacks were relentless. It is Ukrainian courage and unity that will determine how this war will end," Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app alongside photos of Ukrainian troops and of Avdiivka's entrance sign. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had inflicted damage on Ukrainian forces in areas including Avdiivka but gave few details. In other fighting, Ukraine said it had thwarted an attempt overnight by a Russian eight-member saboteur group to cross its northeastern border in the Sumy region.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Oleksandr Shtupun, Andriy Yermak, Olena Harmahs, Alex Richardson, Timothy Organizations: Press, REUTERS Acquire, Moscow, Special Operations Forces, Russian, Russia's Defence Ministry, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Odesa region, Handout, Russia, Ukraine Ukraine, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Kyiv, Moscow, Donetsk, Crimea, American, Odesa, Sumy

☆ A Russian missile strike blew apart a grocery store and cafe, Ukraine says, and the attack looks to be one of the deadliest this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Russian missile hit a small village in northeast Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 people. The strike appears to mark one of the deadliest Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians this year. AdvertisementAdvertisementDozens of people are dead after a Russian missile struck a grocery store and cafe in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said on Thursday. Rescues work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementRescues work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Rustem, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Syniehubov, REUTERS Mykhailo Podolyak, Vladimir Putin, Andriy, Moscow's Organizations: Service, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, REUTERS, REUTERS Hroza, United, UN, Human Rights Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Hroza, Kharkiv region, Ukrainian, Russia, Kupiansk, Dnipro, United Nations

☆ Ukraine is getting better at using NATO tanks and armored vehicles in its counteroffensive, CNN reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine is getting better at using Western tanks, CNN reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine is improving its ability at using sophisticated tanks provided by its Western allies in its counteroffensive against Russia, CNN reported. He reported that it was deploying assets like its German-made Leopard tanks for rapid assaults on Russian positions but not across densely packed minefields. The German Leopard tanks have better armor, engines, and navigation systems than the Soviet-era tanks used by Ukraine and Russia, and it was hoped they enable Ukraine to punch through Russian defenses. Instead of seeking a quick breakthrough in large attacks using tanks, Ukraine reverted to using small groups of infantry backed up by artillery.

Persons: —, CNN's Frederik Pleitgen, Pleitgen, Ukraine's Organizations: CNN, Service, RAND Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Germany, Soviet

☆ Every Russian commander who led the invasion of Ukraine has lost their job, former UK defence secretary says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia is losing in its war against Ukraine, the UK's former defense secretary said. He said none of the Russian commanders behind the invasion still had their jobs 19 months in. AdvertisementAdvertisementNone of the commanders who led Russia into its full-scale war with Ukraine in 2022 are still in their jobs, the former British Defence Secretary said. Not a single commander who led the major Russian units into Ukraine is still in place." In recent weeks, Ukraine has made incremental but important gains in seeking to break through Russian defensive positions in south and east Ukraine.

Persons: Ben Wallace, —, Wallace, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Defence Ben Wallace, Boris Pistorius, Sean Gallup, Wallace didn't, Wagner, Sergey Surovikin, masterminding Organizations: Service, British, Sunday Telegraph, State, Defence, German, Getty, The Washington Post, Kremlin Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Berlin, Germany, Ukrainian

☆ Russia is manning its defensive line with 'poor-quality' troops, report says, and only switching in competent ones after Ukraine attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But she said that when Ukrainian units move in to take trenches, Russia deploys elite units to counterattack and retake them. "'Storm-Z' detachments are often combat ineffective and will likely provide the Russian defense in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast with marginal combat power," it noted. Ukraine's strategy appears to be to probe Russian defenses at several points on the front line simultaneously, forcing Russia to divert its most effective units. Russian defenses near Bakhmut, east Ukraine, also came under severe pressure from Ukrainian attacks this week. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the south, Ukraine is attempting to breach Russian defensive positions and retake the city of Melitopol, a Russian logistics hub, severing Russia's land bridge to the occupied Crimean peninsula.

Persons: Olena Ivanenko, Ivanenko, Russia's, — Organizations: Wall, Service, Wall Street, for Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia, Russian, Robotyne, Bakhmut, Melitopol, Crimean

☆ Russian forces were decimated on a key part of the front line, losing more than 300 troops in one day: ISW
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian forces are suffering steep losses in the western Zaporizhia Oblast in Ukraine. Russian units lost more than 300 troops in one day, a US think tank said, citing a Ukrainian official. Ukrainian forces are seeking to breach Russian defensive lines in the region. It's an increase on the 200 casualties Russian forces in the area suffered in each of the previous two days, said Shtupen. AdvertisementAdvertisement"'Storm-Z' detachments are often combat ineffective and will likely provide the Russian defense in western Zaporizhia Oblast with marginal combat power," it noted.

Persons: Oleksandr Shtupun Organizations: Service, Ukrainian Locations: Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine, US, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Tavariisk, Ukrainian, Robotyne, Melitopol, Russian, Tokmak, Crimea

According to Maiboroda, Mykytas used Tatarov for difficult tasks, including bribe payments on behalf of Ukrbud Development. "He knew about law enforcement and warned us to be careful about saying almost anything on the phone," Maiboroda told Reuters. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said experts would need to study the material to verify it. "The main thing is that a person is honest," Zelenskiy told reporters several days after Tatarov's appointment. Zelenskiy told Ukrainian television network ICTV in October 2021 that the offshore arrangement was to protect his TV production business from political pressure by the Yanukovych government.

Persons: Oleh Maiboroda, Maiboroda, Oleh Tatarov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Tatarov, Maiboroda's, Ukraine's, Zelenskiy, Kyiv pollsters, Oleksii Reznikov, Reznikov, Daria Kaleniuk, Nicola Mirto, Mirto, Viktor Yanukovych, Yanukovich's, Maxym Mykytas, Mykytas, Maiborada, NABU, Yanukovych, –, General Iryna Venediktova, Artem Sytnyk, Sytnyk, didn't, Oleksiy Symonenko, Symonenko, Andriy Yermak, Yermak, Denys, Dmytro Shtanko, Liudmyla, Sergey Shefir, Shefir, Vyacheslav Shapovalov, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Zheleznyak, Zelensky, Ihor, Kolomoisky, Semen Kryvonos, Kaleniuk, ”, Stephen Grey, Dan Peleschuk, Janet McBride Organizations: Reuters, Ukrbud, Prosecutors, Ukraine's, European Union, International Monetary Fund, Kyiv, Kyiv Independent, Tatarov, Ministry, Interior Ministry, Virgin Islands, ICTV, National Agency for, Ministry of Defence, Kiel Institute, NATO, Thomson Locations: VIENNA, KYIV, Vienna, Ukraine, Tatarov, Russia, Europe, European, Kyiv, Italian, Ukrainian, Soviet Ukraine, Zelenskiy's, Switzerland, Spain, Soviet, United States, Irpin

☆ A missile strike that killed at least 15 people in a Ukrainian market was blamed on Russia. There's now growing evidence it was fired by Ukraine.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A missile that hit Kostyantynivka in September was likely Ukrainian, an NYT analysis said. However, data analyzed by the NYT suggests it was an air defense missile that went off course. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut a new analysis of missile fragments, satellite imagery, witness accounts, and social media posts suggests the incident was likely caused by a misfired air defense missile, the Times said. It would not be the first time Ukrainian air defense missiles have misfired. The Ukrainian defense ministry did not immediately return a request for comment from Insider.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, New York Times, UN, Times, Rights Watch, NATO, Reuters Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Kostyantynivka, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, Russian, Poland, Ukrainian

"Unless Zelenskiy gets rid of Tatarov, he won't be seen as serious in purging the country of corruption," she told Reuters. "He knew about law enforcement and warned us to be careful about saying almost anything on the phone," Maiboroda told Reuters. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said experts would need to study the material to verify it. "The main thing is that a person is honest," Zelenskiy told reporters several days after Tatarov's appointment. Zelenskiy told Ukrainian television network ICTV in October 2021 that the offshore arrangement was to protect his TV production business from political pressure by the Yanukovych government.

☆ Ukraine's drone campaign plans to exhaust Russia's air defenses, disable its bombers, and damage military production, says spy chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's head of defense intelligence discussed his military drone campaign with The Economist. He said Ukraine is targeting air defenses, military sites, and military production facilities. In a wide-ranging interview with The Economist, Lieutenant-General Kyrylo Budanov, outlined his three main objectives for Ukraine's drone strikes against Russia. Meanwhile, drone attacks in the Russian capital are causing frequent disruptions at Moscow's main international airport. Budanov in the interview rejected criticisms that the attacks could escalate the war and said Ukraine was not targeting Russian civilians.

Persons: Kyrylo Budanov, Budanov, ALEXANDER NEMENOV Organizations: Service, Russia, Moscow International Business, Getty, West, Drones, Economist Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Wall, Silicon, Moskva City, Moscow, AFP, Russia, Sevastopol, Tver

☆ Ukraine's army keeps outsmarting Russia on the battlefield, with cunning ruses and opportunistic attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Tom Porter | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"Deception has succeeded against Russian forces at all echelons and across all three service branches," the report said. A Russian drone had earlier damaged a tank there, and Afanasyev wanted to make sure it didn't happen again. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe company says over 250 of these decoys have so far been handed over to the Ukrainian military. In eastern Ukraine's Popasna, a base used by the mercenary pro-Russian Wagner Group was bombed to rubble by Ukrainian troops in April 2022. Ukraine's 110th brigade then "worked effectively to attack the Russian soldiers," he said.

Persons: it's, Ivan Oleksii, Oleksii, Cmdr, Oleksandr Afanasyev, Afanasyev, Vladimir Solovyov, Wagner, Igor Russak, Ukraine's, Huw Dylan, David Gioe, Joe Littell Organizations: Service, Royal United Services Institute, Russian, Getty, Kremlin, Wagner, Russian Wagner, Wired, Purpose, Center for Information Resilience, 25th Airborne Brigade, Modern War Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russian, Kyiv, Makiivka, Lyman, Donetsk, St Petersburg, Ukraine's, Avdiyivka, Europe, Izium, Kharkiv, Kherson

☆ Ukraine just carried out the same kind of strike on Russia's navy that Elon Musk blocked, believing it could start a nuclear war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It's the same kind of strike Elon Musk sabotaged in 2022, fearing it'd cause nuclear war. What's been notably absent in the wake of Tuesday's strike is any sign of the massive escalation from Russia that Musk said he acted to prevent. AdvertisementAdvertisementAntonov, Isaacson writes, persuaded Musk that an attack on Sevastopol would trigger a nuclear response from Russia under the state's military doctrine. Russian President Vladimir Putin and top Kremlin officials have repeatedly menaced Ukraine and the West with the prospect of a nuclear attack. Yet Ukraine has continued to attack the territory, and even seized some of it back from Russia, without triggering the nuclear response Putin threatened.

Persons: Elon Musk, Elon, Walter Isaacson's, Musk, What's, Isaacson, Anatoly Antonov, it's, Anne Appelbaum, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Nicholas Grossman Organizations: Russian, Service, SpaceX, Russia, Kremlin, University of Illinois Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russia, Sevastopol, The Atlantic

☆ Russian soldiers have to buy their own radios and phones in battle, but the systems are incompatible and proving useless: reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Russian mercenary group listed equipment failings that troops are suffering on the front line. The group, known as Rusich, said soldiers were buying their own communications equipment. The report didn't specify what kinds of communications technology Russian troops were buying, but there have long been reports that Russian soldiers lack the equipment to communicate effectively and so use cell phones or their own radio systems. "High-precision ammunition, communications equipment, drones etc... We have them, but unfortunately, there is not enough." The problem has persisted despite a ban last year on Russian forces using cell phones on the front line.

Persons: Serhii Mykhalchuk, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Ukraine Ukrainian, Rusich, Kremlin, Army Technology Locations: Russian, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Washington, DC, Nazi Russian, Makiivka, Finland

☆ Elon Musk admits thwarting a major Ukrainian attack on Russia by refusing to activate his Starlink satellites
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk refused to activate Starlink satellites and thwarted a Ukrainian attack on the Russian navy, he said. Starlink satellites have been vital in allowing Ukraine to connect to the internet during the invasion. "There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol. "By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military fleet via Starlink interference, Elon Musk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities," Podolyak said. Musk has faced criticism for echoing Russian talking points on the Ukraine war, suggesting that Ukraine should hand over territory in east Ukraine to Russia.

Persons: Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson's, Musk, Charles R, Davis, Isaacson, Starlink, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Podolyak Organizations: SpaceX, Service, CNN, Russian, Netflix Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Sevastopol, Crimea, Russian, Crimean

[1/5] Police officers and rescuers inspect the site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine September 6, 2023. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack, saying a market, shops and a pharmacy had been struck in the industrial city close to the battlefield. "This Russian evil must be defeated as soon as possible," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app. He later told a press conference in Kyiv that he believed it had been a deliberate attack on "a peaceful city". "As of 18:00 (1500 GMT) 17 people were killed and 32 were injured as a result of Russian shelling," he said.

Persons: Zelenskiy, Antony Blinken, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Utter, Blinken, Ihor Klymenko, Blinken's, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Police, Press, Interior Ministry of, REUTERS Acquire, U.S, Ukraine, Russia's, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Interior Ministry of Ukraine, Handout, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Odesa, Russia, Moscow, Washington

☆ A Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine said his helicopter crew panicked when they realised what was happening but couldn't stop him as he was the only one who could fly it
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Russian pilot defected and brought his helicopter to Ukraine last month, Ukrainian officials said. The pilot said his crew couldn't stop him as he was the only one on board who knew how to fly it. Ukrainian officials said both were killed. Ukrainian officials said a six-month plot led to the Russian Mi-8 AMTSh landing at a military air base in Kharkiv, in northeast Ukraine, last month. "Nobody could put up any resistance," he added, because no one else on board knew how to fly the helicopter.

Persons: Kuzminov, Kyrylo Budanov Organizations: Service, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence, Daily, Radio Free Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Kharkiv, Russia's, Radio Free Europe

☆ A Russian commander used military helicopters to transport his pet cat, says pilot who defected to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian commander used two military helicopters to transport his pet cat, according to a defector. One helicopter was used to fly the cat, and another was used to provide cover, he said. The operation burned through "a lot of fuel" and involved six servicemen on board, the pilot added. Ukraine's Defense Intelligence identified the pilot as Kuzminov, who is a 28-year-old former captain in Russia's 319th separate helicopter regiment. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe pilot is now calling on other Russian servicemen to follow his example, Ukraine's intelligence department said.

Persons: Maxim Kuzminov, Kuzminov, Volodymyr Zolkin Organizations: Service, New, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence, EuroMaidan Press Locations: Russian, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Kuzminov, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Russia's

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