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☆ Ukrainian boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after ‘misunderstanding’ which led to detention in Poland
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Undisputed heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk was released after being detained by law enforcement at Krakow Airport in Poland, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday. Speaking on social media, Usyk – the undisputed heavyweight champion – said “a misunderstanding took place” but that the incident “was quickly resolved.”“Thanks to all who got concerned. Usyk speaks to reporters after becoming the undisputed world heavyweight champion earlier this year. Earlier this year, Usyk beat Tyson Fury in a razor-thin split decision to become the undisputed heavyweight world champion. He became the first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis 25 years ago, with the Briton winning all three belts available at that time.

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☆ Injured Russian soldiers are being sent back to the front line without being treated amid manpower and ammunition shortages, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Injured Russian soldiers are being sent back to the front lines without treatment, a report says. One soldier's mother reportedly said that they were being treated "like cows at a slaughterhouse." Russia appears to be suffering from manpower shortages as Ukraine's counteroffensive continues. The claims come amid further reports about Russia's mounting losses and ammunition shortages as Ukraine continues its counteroffensive. A recent investigative report by independent Russian outlets said that the average time for a mobilized Russian troop to die in Ukraine was just four-and-a-half months.

Persons: Irina, Nikolai, Ekaterina Bogdanova, Kostya, Bogdanova, —, Anton Gerashchenko Organizations: Service, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, Guards, Rifle Brigade, Internal Affairs of Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Radio Free Europe, Russian, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, Internal Affairs of Ukraine

☆ A Backfire bomber being blown apart deep inside Russia's territory is the latest in a string of glaring failures to protect its strategic bases
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Last weekend, an apparent drone strike destroyed a prized Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber. The attack occurred far from the front lines of the war and may have been launched from inside Russia. The strike on a vulnerable Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber is part of a growing list of Russian failures to protect its critical bases and vital aerial assets. If that's the case, it may speak to both Ukraine's expanding ability to threaten domestic Russian air bases and Russia's inability to protect them. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the aftermath of the Tu-22M3 attack, there's a question of how Russia might adapt.

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☆ Russia claimed to have defeated a Ukrainian sea drone attack, only to be instantly humiliated by a video showing it didn't
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia said Friday that it thwarted a Ukrainian sea drone attack on one of its warships. But videos released shortly after by Ukrainian officials proved otherwise. One video shows a sea drone smashing into the side of the warship, partially damaging it. Another Ukrainian told CNN on Friday that the attack was carried out by a drone with around 450 kilograms of TNT. Ukrainian officials have not commented on the attack, which is in keeping with their security policy.

Persons: Anton Gerashchenko, Stephen Wright, Wright, Gornyak, Veniamin Kondratiev Organizations: Service, Russian Ministry of Defense, Armed Forces of, Russian Armed Forces, LBC, Ukrainian, Internal Affairs of Ukraine, CNN, TNT, Security Service, Reuters Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Novorossiysk, Ukraine, Moscow, Russian, Krasnodar

☆ Ukraine just proved its sea drones are a huge threat to Russia's navy. An expert says this may only be the start.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine attacked a Russian warship using a sea drone on Friday, according to videos. It's unknown what type of sea drone Ukraine used to attack the Russian ship. Last week, Ukraine showed off its new sea drone for the first time, which packs hundreds of pounds of explosives, CNN reported. "These are faster than anything else in the Black Sea," he told CNN. A Ukranian sea drone was also used last month to successfully damage the Kerch Bridge, according to CNN.

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☆ Ukraine hit a Russian warship in an audacious attack involving sea drones, videos show
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said it hit a Russian warship in the Back Sea in an attack that involved sea drones. Dashcam footage posted by a Ukrainian official shows a sea drone slamming into the side of the ship. A Ukrainian source told CNN a sea drone with 450 kilograms of TNT had attacked a Russian ship that had around 100 servicemen aboard. Earlier this week, Russia's Ministry of Defense said it foiled another drone attack that was targeting patrol boats southwest of Sevastopol, according to AFP. Last week, Ukraine showed off its new sea drone for the first time, which packs hundreds of pounds of explosives and is faster than anything in the Black Sea, CNN reported.

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☆ Russian tourists need to cross active war zones in Ukraine to get to their summer vacations in occupied Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian tourists need to cross through occupied Ukraine to get to their summer holidays in Crimea. An expert told Insider that Russian tourism in Crimea is a priority for Putin and the Kremlin. "There's been a huge push on the part of Russian authorities to really sustain and even increase tourism in occupied Crimea for economic reasons, and for an integration of occupied Crimea into the larger Russian system," Hird said. Crimea is a legitimate military target for Kyiv and among the most important territories Ukraine hopes to reclaim in this war. Since the Kerch Bridge's shut down, Russian media released an instruction guide for Russian tourists traveling through occupied Ukrainian territories, Anton Gerashchenko, the advisor to the minister of internal affairs of Ukraine, tweeted.

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☆ Nova Kakhova: Critical dam in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine near Kherson destroyed sparking region-wide evacuations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Helen Regan Jonny Hallam Josh Pennington Olga Voitovych Irene Nasser | Helen Regan | Jonny Hallam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“The Russians will be responsible for the possible deprivation of drinking water for people in the south of Kherson region and in Crimea, the possible destruction of some settlements and the biosphere,” he said. As of 10:00 a.m. local time, 742 people have been evacuated from the Kherson region, the ministry said. “We are helping citizens in the liberated west-bank part of the Kherson region. Around 16,000 people on the west bank of Kherson region are in a “critical zone,” Oleksandr Prokudin, the Ukraine-appointed head of the Kherson region military administration, said. It also supplies water for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which lies upstream and is also under Russian control.

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The death toll from Russia’s deadly, early-morning missile strikes across Ukraine on Friday has risen to 14, officials said, after two more bodies were pulled from the rubble of a residential building in the city of Uman. “As of 11:50 a.m., the body of one more dead person was removed from the rubble of a residential building,” Ukraine’s state emergency service said on the Telegram messaging app. The press office of Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs later said another body had been found. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter earlier that one apartment building in Uman had been “destroyed” and many others damaged before dawn on Friday. “More lives tragically lost as Russia’s missiles hit another apartment building.

☆ Pro-Putin pundits are furious Biden made a surprise trip to Kyiv, calling it a 'humiliation' for Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Pro-Kremlin pundits are livid that US President Joe Biden made a surprise trip to Ukraine's capital. One Russian state TV host called Biden's visit to Kyiv a "demonstrative humiliation of Russia." Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of support as Ukraine fights against Putin's forces. Russian state TV host Sergey Mardan called Biden's visit a "demonstrative humiliation of Russia" in a Telegram post to his more than 231,000 subscribers. "Kremlin propagandists call Biden's visit to Kyiv 'a demonstrative humiliation,'" Gerashchenko noted in another tweet, adding, "Get used to it."

☆ A top Russian military official is dead after falling out of a 16th-floor window, the latest in a string of untimely deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian defense official has died after reportedly falling out of a high-rise window. Marina Yankina, who worked for Russia's Western Military District, was found dead on Wednesday. Her death is the latest in a string of untimely deaths among officials and allies tied to Vladimir Putin. Before Yankina joined the Western Military District, she worked for the Federal Tax Service of Russia. Last September, 67-year-old Russian energy oligarch Ravil Maganov also died after falling from a hospital window, Insider reported at the time.

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