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Ukraine says it sunk another Russian naval ship in the Black Sea. Ukraine's military released video that appears to show sea drones attacking the landing craft. AdvertisementIf confirmed, the sinking would be another notch in Ukraine's impressive score sheet against Russia's Black Sea Fleet. In December, the UK's defense minister, Grant Shapps, said that Ukraine has destroyed some 20% of Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Following this latest claimed attack, Ukraine's armed forces told CNN that it had destroyed a third of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
Persons: Caesar Kunikov, , Caesar, That's, Vladimir Putin, Grant Shapps Organizations: Service, The Defense Intelligence, Russia's Ministry of Defence, Defense Intelligence, Ukrainian Armed Forces, CNN, Jet, Russian Black Fleet Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Soviet Union, Crimea, Alupka, Olivye, Moskva, Russia
He's one of the extremely rare FSO officers to do so — and says he's still being pursued for it. AdvertisementAdvertisementA former member of President Vladimir Putin's Federal Protective Service said that he has been pursued since he fled Russia and denounced the invasion of Ukraine. They appear to be the brutal consequences of his decision to publicly reject Putin's politics and the war in Ukraine. But much of his family was there, and an FSO job would be the peak of his career, offering a comfortable 68,000 rubles ($700) a month. Speaking outEven in Ecuador, Brizhaty doesn't feel safe from the Kremlin.
Persons: Vitaly Brizaty, Putin, he's, , Vladimir Putin's, Vitaly Brizhaty, Brizhaty, Alexei Navalny, Navalny, didn't, nodded, — Putin, Thibault Spirlet Organizations: FSO, Service, Vladimir Putin's Federal Protective Service, Protection Service, Russian Locations: Russian, Russia, Ecuador, Ukraine, Crimea, Olivye, Ukrainian, Kremlin
One of Putin's former palace guards has spoken out about working to protect him in Crimea. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut the luxury of the Olivye palace compound, compared to ordinary Russian lives, also disgusted Brizhaty, he now says. AdvertisementAdvertisementBrizhaty's job was to help make security arrangements for Putin's arrival at the palace, or around Crimea. The arrival of "Number One" in Crimea demonstrated how little Putin trusts his own security service. Forced to protect a warmongerThat culture was a particular problem for Brizhaty when Putin's tanks rolled across Ukraine's borders.
Persons: Vitaly Brizhaty, Vladimir Putin's, Putin, Brizhaty, Alexei Navalny, Organizations: Service, Federal Protective Service, FSO Locations: Crimea, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia, Olivye, Soviet, Russian, Ecuador
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