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☆ Tanks and their big guns get all the attention, but Russia's smaller cannons are wreaking havoc against Ukrainian troops
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Tanks have big guns, but medium-caliber cannons on other armored vehicles can be just as deadly. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile tanks and their big guns have been getting the lion's share of attention in Ukraine, another weapon is proving equally deadly. Medium-caliber cannon — the 20-mm to 40-mm cannon found on infantry fighting vehicles, air-defense vehicles, and other platforms around the world — have been wreaking damage against infantry and other targets. Personnel load the gun of a BMP-2 amphibious infantry fighting vehicle during an arms exhibition Russia in September 2013. The effectiveness of medium-caliber cannons suggest that as armored vehicles evolve, those guns will remain part of their armament.

Persons: —, Sam Cranny, Evans, Vladimir Pesnya, Cranny, Sergei Karpukhin, Keith Anderson, Winifred Brown, Cannon, Michael Peck Organizations: Tanks, Service, Security, Defence, Victory Day, Getty, Royal United Services Institute, REUTERS, M4, Bradley, US Army, Staff, M2A3 Bradley, Fort Bliss Public Affairs, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Square, British, Russia, Soviet, Lithuania, Iraqi, Britain, Afghanistan, Mali, New Mexico, France, NATO, China, Forbes

☆ German sanctions officers raid Russian citizen's properties in Bavaria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Russian businessman and founder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov attends a session during the Week of Russian Business, organized by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), in Moscow, Russia March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Oct 5 (Reuters) - German police and customs officers on Thursday searched several properties in southern Germany belonging to a Russian national in relation to assets frozen under European Union sanctions, customs officials said. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov was the target of the operation. A special commission dubbed "Matryoshka", set up by the German customs authority's sanctions office, said in a statement that officers searched properties in greater Munich and Tegernsee in Bavaria. The German customs authority's special commission said it was acting on court search warrants.

Persons: Usmanov, Sergei Karpukhin, Miranda Murray, Joern Poltz, Rachel More, Friederike Heine, Bernadette Baum Organizations: USM Holdings, Russian, Industrialists, Entrepreneurs, REUTERS, Rights, Union, Reuters, Usmanov, Thomson Locations: Russian Union, Moscow, Russia, Germany, Russian, Uzbek, Ukraine, Munich, Tegernsee, Bavaria, Rottach

☆ Putin says Russia has tested next-generation nuclear weapon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia, October 5, 2023. Putin, who has repeatedly reminded the world of Russia's nuclear might since launching his invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, said no one in their right mind would use nuclear weapons against Russia. He noted that the United States had not ratified the treaty that bans nuclear tests, whereas Russia had both signed and ratified it. In February, Putin suspended Russia's participation in the New START treaty that limits the number of nuclear weapons each side can deploy. I think no person of sound mind and clear memory would think of using nuclear weapons against Russia."

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Grigory Sysoyev, Putin, Sergei Karaganov, Karaganov, Mark Trevelyan, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Sputnik, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Duma, Military, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Sochi, Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, Soviet Union, United States, Russia's, Russian, Western, U.S, Europe

☆ Russia's Putin sends the West a warning over nuclear testing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Everything can be changed but I just don't see the need for it," Putin said of the nuclear doctrine, saying the existence of the Russian state was not under threat. "I think no person of sound mind and clear memory would think of using nuclear weapons against Russia," he said. "I hear calls to start testing nuclear weapons, to return to testing," Putin added, referring to suggestions from hardline political scientists and commentators who say such a move could send a powerful message to Moscow's enemies in the West. In February, Putin suspended Russia's participation in the New START treaty that limits the number of nuclear weapons each side can deploy. Putin accused the West of losing touch with reality over the Ukraine war.

Persons: Putin, West, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Karaganov, Russia's, Guy Faulconbridge, Andrew Osborn Organizations: Putin, Kremlin, State Duma, Military, West, Thomson Locations: Russia, MOSCOW, Moscow, Russian, United States, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Ukrainian

☆ Putin Holds Out Possibility That Russia Could Resume Nuclear Testing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

By Guy FaulconbridgeMOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held out the possibility that Russia could resume nuclear testing for the first time in more than three decades and might withdraw its ratification of a landmark nuclear test ban treaty. The Kremlin chief said there was no need to change Russia's nuclear doctrine however, as any attack on Russia would provoke a split-second response with hundreds of nuclear missiles that no enemy could survive. "I think no person of sound mind and clear memory would think of using nuclear weapons against Russia," Putin told a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. He noted that the United States had signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty but not ratified it while Russia had signed and ratified it. In February, Putin suspended Russia's participation in the New START treaty that limits the number of nuclear weapons each side can deploy.

Persons: Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Sergei Karaganov, Karaganov, Margarita Simonyan, UKRAINE Putin, Russia's, Guy FaulconbridgeEditing, Andrew Osborn, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Kremlin, State Duma, Inside, RT, United Nations, Soviet Union, United, Cuban Missile, West Locations: Russia, Moscow, Russian, Black, Sochi, West, United States, Inside Russia, Ukraine, Siberia, Ban, Soviet Union, UKRAINE, Afghanistan, Ukrainian

☆ Putin Says Russia Has Tested Next-Generation Nuclear Weapon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had successfully tested a potent new strategic missile and declined to rule out the possibility it could carry out weapons tests involving nuclear explosions for the first time in more than three decades. Putin said for the first time that Moscow had successfully tested the Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable cruise missile with a potential range of many thousands of miles. He also told an annual gathering of analysts and journalists that Russia had almost completed work on its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile system, another key element of its new generation of nuclear weapons. Putin, who has repeatedly reminded the world of Russia's nuclear potential since launching his invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, said no one in their right mind would use nuclear weapons against Russia. He noted that the United States had not ratified the treaty that bans nuclear tests, whereas Russia had both signed and ratified it.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Sergei Karaganov, Mark Trevelyan, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Duma, Military, Reuters Locations: MOSCOW, Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, Soviet Union, United States, Russia's

☆ Kremlin: Russian government closely involved in tackling debt problems at Rusnano
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A board with the logo is on display on the office building of the Russian state-owned technology company RUSNANO in Moscow, Russia, November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday said the Russian government was closely involved in tackling problems at state nanotechnology company Rusnano, which this week warned of its inability to make debt repayments and possible bankruptcy without state support. Citing the company's first-half report, the Interfax news agency reported on Rusnano's debt trouble on Tuesday. Rusnano said it was currently demonstrating signs of insolvency and warned that bankruptcy was possible should its shareholders - the Russian state - fail to adopt measures to improve its financial situation, Interfax reported. "There really are problems there, and it is an issue the cabinet of ministers is dealing with very closely."

Persons: Sergei Karpukhin, Rusnano, Dmitry Peskov, Anastasia Lyrchikova, Alexander Marrow, Mark Trevelyan, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Russian, Moscow, Russia

By last year, with sanctions elsewhere tightening, Russia was buying more than a quarter of Japan's used-car exports for an average price of almost $8,200. That was more than double the price in 2020, when Russia took about 15% of Japan's used-car exports. Those sales had been on track to top $1.9 billion for all of 2023 before Japan imposed its own tougher sanctions, trade data show. A system of mandatory inspections pushes the cost of maintaining used cars higher for customers in Japan. Battery recycling firm 4R Energy has seen a "significant" tailwind from declining used-car prices, including the Nissan Leaf, said chief executive Yutaka Horie.

Persons: Sergei Karpukhin, Japan's, we've, Olesya Alekseeva, Takanori Kikuchi, Wataru Nishiwaki, Yutaka Horie, Daniel Leussink, Gleb Stolyarov, Kevin Krolicki, Sonali Paul Organizations: Toyota, REUTERS, Rights, SV Alliance, Japan's Ministry, Economy, Trade, Industry, Honda, Energy, Nissan, Sumitomo, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Africa, Toyama, Russia's Vladivostok, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tanzania, Niigata prefecture

In short, Russia’s children are being prepared for war. Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov said recently that there are now about 10,000 so-called “military-patriotic” clubs in Russian schools and colleges, and a quarter-of-a-million people take part in their work. There are mandatory classes on military-patriotic values; updated history books accentuate Russian military triumphs. President Putin has personally led the campaign to inject patriotism into Russia’s schools. That message - hammered home by the president and state media - is now being taken into Russia’s schools.

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☆ Saboteurs 'blew up' aircraft at a Russian base in the latest in a string of attacks, causing 'hysteria,' Ukrainian military intelligence reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Unknown saboteurs blew up several Russian aircraft at a military base near Moscow, Ukraine reported. Kyiv said the attack damaged two planes and a helicopter and caused 'hysteria' in the Russian military. These attacks, some of which were carried out by drones, have damaged and destroyed several Russian military aircraft and underscored serious gaps in Moscow's force protection capabilities and air-defense network. The Ilyushin Il-20 ground attack aircraft. After the incident and in an attempt to better protect the airbase from future attacks, Moscow turned to a newly created civilian volunteer force to patrol the area.

Persons: that's, HUR, Antonov, Sergei Karpukhin, NIKITA SHCHYUKIN Organizations: Service, Russian, Ukrainian, Directorate of Intelligence, REUTERS, Ukrainska Pravda, Ilyushin, Getty Images Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Chkalovsky, AFP, Russia's, Soviet, Crimean, Russian, Sevastopol

Russia’s RIA Novosti state news agency released a video of Kim dressed in a black suit and accompanied by his top officials arriving at the university on Russky Island. U.S. and South Korean officials have said North Korea could provide badly needed munitions for Moscow’s war on Ukraine in exchange for sophisticated Russian weapons technology that would advance Kim’s nuclear ambitions. Kim and Shoigu later traveled to Vladivostok, where they inspected the Admiral Shaposhnikov frigate. Russia’s navy commander, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov, briefed Kim on the ship’s capabilities and weapons, which include long-range Kalibr cruise missiles that Russian warships have regularly fired at targets in Ukraine. Later Saturday, Kim visited a local theater to watch Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty ballet performance.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim’s, Sergei Shoigu, Kim, Vladimir Putin’s, Oleg Kozhemyako, Putin, Sergei Kobylash, Shoigu, Shaposhnikov, Adm, Nikolai Yevmenov, ” KCNA, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s, KCNA Organizations: Eastern Federal University, Russian, Korean Central News Agency, RIA, West, MiG Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, Vladivostok, Moscow, Ukraine, RIA Novosti, Russky, Russia’s Primorye, West ., North Korea, Komsomolsk, Russian, Shoigu, Russia, Korean, Pyongyang, United States, Soviet Union

☆ Kim Jong-un Inspects Missiles and Nuclear Bombers in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Choe Sang-Hun | More About Choe Sang-Hun | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, inspected nuclear-capable strategic bombers in Russia on Saturday, according to Russian state media, as he continued a trip that has raised fears of the two nations deepening their military ties against a common enemy, the United States. Mr. Kim arrived in Primorsky Krai, in Russia’s Far East, on Saturday morning traveling via his armored train. When Mr. Shoigu visited Pyongyang in July, Mr. Kim took him to an exhibition of missiles and other weapons, raising fears that Russia was turning to North Korea for ammunition badly needed in its war against Ukraine. United States officials have repeatedly warned that North Korea was already shipping artillery shells and army rockets to Russia and that in return it wanted Russian technology to advance its own military capabilities. The prospect of such military exchanges presents a double challenge for Washington: Conventional weapons from North Korea could help Moscow prolong its invasion of Ukraine, while technical help from Russia would expand the North’s nuclear threat against the United States and its allies in the region, South Korea and Japan.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, Sergei K, Shoigu Organizations: RIA Novosti, Ukraine, Washington Locations: Russia, United States, Primorsky Krai, Russia’s Far, Russian, Pyongyang, North Korea, Korea, Moscow, Ukraine, South Korea, Japan

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

CNN —Ukraine has identified the ships hit in its attack against a Russian naval base in occupied Crimea, claiming the vessels are beyond repair. On Wednesday, Andrii Yusov, a representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, said the landing ship Minsk and the submarine Rostov-on-Don had been destroyed in the attack. A satellite image shows Sevastopol after a Ukrainian missile attack in Crimea on September 13, 2023. Smoke rises from the shipyard that was hit by a Ukrainian attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 13, 2023. A day after the Sevastopol attack, Ukraine carried out another operation, attacking two ships in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Persons: Andrii, Don, Yusov, Sergei Kotov, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, Dmytro Kuleba Organizations: CNN, Defense Intelligence, BlackSky, Reuters Kyiv, Ukraine’s General Staff, The Defense Intelligence, The General Staff, Russia’s Defense, “, United Nations, Fleet, European Commission, European Union, Ukrainian, Commission Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Crimea, Sevastopol, Minsk, Rostov, Ukrainian, Russia, Crimean, Turkey, Moscow, Europe, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia

☆ North Korea’s Leader Arrives in Russia as Nations Seek Closer Military Ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Paul Sonne | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

When the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia four years ago in their only previous meeting, it was mostly for diplomatic show. In return, Russia could give North Korea some of what it needs — food, oil or hard currency — and turn a relationship long limited to modest trade and public displays of cooperation into something more substantive. Russia’s defense minister, Sergei K. Shoigu, visited North Korea in July on a trip that U.S. officials at the time said was aimed at setting up an armaments deal. North Korea has one of the world’s largest armies, despite having a population of only about 26 million people. Analysts believe that North Korea has a surplus of ammunition since it has not fought a war since 1953, when the Korean Armistice was signed.

Persons: Kim Jong, Vladimir V, Putin, ”, Fyodor Tertitskiy, Tertitskiy, Kim, Ali Khamenei, Iran’s, Aleksandr G, Lukashenko, Sergei K, Shoigu, Petr Akopov, “, ” Mr, Akopov Organizations: North Korean, Mr, Kookmin University, Russian, Pentagon, South Korea, Analysts, RIA Novosti, . Security Locations: Russia, Ukraine, North Korea, Seoul, Vladivostok, Iran, Moscow, Belarus, South, Korea, Pyongyang

☆ Ukraine War Live Updates: North Korea's Kim Jong-Un Heads to Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Paul Sonne | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

When the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia four years ago in their only previous meeting, it was mostly for diplomatic show. But this week he will meet Mr. Putin with the ability to supply something the Kremlin desperately needs: munitions that could help Russian forces fighting in Ukraine. Russia’s defense minister, Sergei K. Shoigu, visited North Korea in July on a trip that U.S. officials at the time said was aimed at setting up an armaments deal. North Korea has one of the world’s largest armies, despite having a population of only about 26 million people. Analysts believe that North Korea has a surplus of ammunition since it has not fought a war since 1953, when the Korean Armistice was signed.

☆ Cuba Says Its Citizens Were Lured to Fight in Russia’s War in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Valeriya Safronova | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Cuba has been a close ally of Russia since the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Álvaro López Miera, the head of Cuba’s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, visited Moscow in June. He was received by his Russian counterpart, Sergei K. Shoigu, who said that Cuba was Russia’s “most important ally” in the Caribbean. About 70,000 Russian tourists visited Cuba in the first half of 2023, according to Russian state media, and about 11,000 Cubans visited Russia in 2022, according to the Russian Association of Tour Operators. It is not the first time that a country has claimed that its citizens were being recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

Persons: Elena Shuvalova, Álvaro López Miera, Sergei K, Shoigu, Russia’s, ”, ” Mr, Ukraine ” Organizations: Moscow Times, Russian Army, Cuban Foreign Ministry, Cuba’s Ministry, Revolutionary Armed Forces, Tass, Russian Association of Tour Locations: Moscow, Cuba, Russia, Cuban, Caribbean, Ukraine, Russian, Kostanay, Kazakhstan, Kazakh

☆ Putin is planning another trip to China, report says, a further sign of his dependence on Xi Jinping
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to China for an international summit, Bloomberg reported. The upcoming trip, which was reported by Bloomberg, would be his first diplomatic trip abroad since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Yet it also exposes the stark new limitations of Putin's global power, and his new dependence on China's autocratic leader, Xi Jinping. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping make a toast at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on March 21, 2023.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, It'd, Putin, Xi, He's, Xi Jinping, PAVEL BYRKIN, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Ukraine's, Sergei Karpukhin, Maria Shagina Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, ICC, Kremlin, SPUTNIK, Getty, Xi, Sputnik, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Financial Times Locations: China, Ukraine, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Mariupol, South Africa, Rome, India, Moscow, Russian, Ukraine's Western

☆ Russia-Ukraine War: Latest News
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Daniel Victor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Hundreds of people have placed flowers, photographs, candles and flags — including some bearing the private military group’s skull design — at a small sidewalk memorial near Red Square in Moscow. Like many who agreed to be interviewed, Alyona did not want to give her last name because of the political sensitivity surrounding Mr. Prigozhin, who frequently criticized how the war was conducted and launched a brief rebellion against the military’s leadership two months ago. “No one ever abandoned me; they helped me, they did everything that was necessary and provided me with everything that was needed,” said Prapor, who added that he had personally met Mr. Prigozhin. But in a country where little is said about the casualties, the sidewalk memorial became a rare place for people to mourn publicly. Mr. Prigozhin, Alyona said, was unique in his generation in his ability and willingness to openly discuss the issues plaguing Russian society.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny V, ”, Alyona, Prigozhin, didn’t, Dmitri Utkin, Nanna Heitmann, “, Prapor, Dmitri Utkin —, —, Kirill, Mr, Prigozhin’s, “ Wagner, Natalia, Sergei K, Shoigu —, Vladimir V, Putin, “ Evgeny Prigozhin, Shoigu, Sergei, ” Sergei, Aleksei A, Elena, “ I’ve, Vladlen Tatarsky, Daria Dugina, Lenin, Stalin, Milana Mazaeva Organizations: ” Volunteers, The New York Times, The New York, ., Kremlin, Police, Wagner Group, Ministry of Defense Locations: Red, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Prigozhin ., Mariupol, Russia, St . Petersburg, Washington

☆ Opinion: India’s moon landing shines an uncomfortable light on Russia’s failures
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Opinion Leroy Chiao | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The milestone marks a huge accomplishment for its nascent space program, which has made steady progress over the years. China also boasts a human spaceflight program with an operational space station, including crew and cargo transport spacecraft. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty ImagesIn the International Space Station (ISS) partnership, the US, Europe, Japan and Canada also continue to move forward with space exploration. Instead of expanding, its space program has been in decline for several years. The lamentable state of Moscow’s space program is just the latest confirmation of that.

Persons: Leroy Chiao, Yuri Gagarin, John F, Vladimir Putin, Putin, —, Luna, Indranil Mukherjee, Artemis, Jeff Bezos, Sergei Krikalev, Dmitry Rogozin, Nick Hague, ” Organizations: NASA, Russian Soyuz, International, CNN, Leroy Chiao CNN, Sputnik, Republicans, Russian Luna, Getty, Space, SpaceX, Soviet Union, ISS, Expedition, Space Shuttle, Twitter, Facebook, Progress, Soyuz, Luna Locations: Russian, what’s, India, Delhi, Soviet Union, United States, Moscow, Russia, America, Ukraine, Asia, China, Mumbai, US, Europe, Japan, Canada, West, Soviet, Columbia

☆ Fountains of diamonds erupt from the ground when continents break up, say scientists — and it could help uncover new deposits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

These eruptions have baffled scientists as they happen more often after continents break up. "The pattern of diamond eruptions is cyclical, mimicking the rhythm of the supercontinents, which assemble and break up in a repeated pattern over time," Gernon said. In fact, scientists found that most kimberlite volcanoes occurred 20 to 30 million years after the tectonic breakup of Earth's continents. But instead, it tends to appear in "a sweet spot in the interior of continents where diamonds form," Gernon said. Sergei Karpukhin/ReutersThe scientists say having uncovered this chain reaction could help discover diamond deposits in the future.

Persons: Tom Ger, Gernon, Stephen Jones, Jones, Sergei Karpukhin, he'll Organizations: Service, University of Southampton, Guardian, Reuters, University of Birmingham, Nature Locations: Wall, Silicon, kimberlite, Russia

☆ Russia says it destroys 20 Ukrainian drones over Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Russian forces destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones launched onto the Crimean Peninsula early on Saturday, Russia's defense ministry said. It said 14 drones were destroyed by air defense systems and six were suppressed by electronic warfare. Sergei Kryuchkov, an adviser to the Russia-installed governor of Crimea, said earlier that air defense systems were engaged in repelling air attack in different parts of the peninsula. Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for the attacks but has said destroying Russia's military infrastructure is crucial for Kyiv's counteroffensive. Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, eight years before President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Russia's neighbor in February last year.

Persons: Sergei Kryuchkov, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Mechanized Brigade, Reuters, Kremlin Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast, Crimea, Russian, Krasnodar, Moscow

☆ Russia launched a high school history textbook that praises Putin's invasion of Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Kremlin unveiled a new textbook that glorifies Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. The textbook is aimed at 17-year-old students and will be taught in the upcoming school year. The book labels the Crimean peninsula as a "Nazi state," according to multiple reports. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. "After the end of the special military operation [in Ukraine], after our victory, we will further supplement this book," Kravtsov said, according to The Guardian.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Sergei Kravtsov, presser, Kravtsov, baselessly, Putin Organizations: Kremlin, Service, The Independent, Guardian Locations: Ukraine, Nazi, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Moscow, Crimea

☆ Russia says thwarts Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea navy ships - TASS
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Three Ukrainian sea drones attacked two Russian Black Sea navy ships 340 km (211 miles) southwest of Sevastopol and were destroyed, TASS cited Russia's defence ministry as saying on Tuesday. Russia has said it would treat any ships leaving or entering Ukrainian ports as valid targets after the expiration of the Black Sea grain deal last month which allowed for exports of Ukrainian grains. The incident was the first clash of Ukrainian sea drones with the Russian navy in deep sea. Kyiv has previously used drones to target Russia's navy base in Crimea and the bridge that Russia has built to the peninsula. The Russian defence ministry said the Sergei Kotov and Vasily Bykov ships continued to perform their missions in the Black Sea.

Persons: Sergei Kotov, Vasily Bykov, Michael Perry Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, Sevastopol, Russia, Kyiv, Crimea

☆ How the Russian officer elite has been decimated in Ukraine — here are the generals and top commanders killed in action
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Alia Shoaib | Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Vitaly GerasimovMaj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov became the second senior Russian commander reported to be killed after Ukrainian military intelligence claimed he was shot dead in Kharkiv. Andrey KolesnikovUkraine's military said in a tweet that they killed Russian Maj. Gen. Andrey Kolesnikov. Ivan GrishinColonel Ivan Grishin, commander of Russia's 49th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, died in Ukraine, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Vyacheslav SavinovLieutenant Colonel Vyacheslav Savinov, who headed Russian artillery intelligence, was killed in Ukraine, a Russian artillery school confirmed. A damaged Russian military vehicle is seen after Russian Forces withdrawal as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine on September 14, 2022.

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