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The commander of the Russian air force Sergey Surovikin and the Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin have not been seen in public in days as questions swirl about the role Surovikin may have played in Prigozhin’s short-lived mutiny. The Russian air force commander Sergey Surovikin (left) and the Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin APWhy is everyone talking about Surovikin? Prigozhin meanwhile, played the central role in the short-lived insurrection – it was he who ordered Wagner troops to take over two military bases and then march on Moscow. Putin assembled Russian security personnel in Moscow Tuesday, telling them they “virtually stopped a civil war” in responding to the insurrection. Prigozhin was last spotted leaving the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don Saturday, after abruptly calling off his troops’ march on Moscow.

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☆ Ukrainian drone sparks fire at Russian refinery - governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

MOSCOW/KYIV, May 31 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at an oil refinery in southern Russia and shelling hit a Russian town close to the border for the third time in a week, damaging buildings and setting vehicles ablaze, Russian officials said on Wednesday. The Afipsky refinery is not far from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, near another refinery that has been attacked several times this month. There was no immediate information on who launched the drone but Moscow has accused Kyiv of increased attacks inside Russia in recent weeks, while Russia has repeatedly pounded Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles. Russian drone attacks killed one person and wounded four in Kyiv on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian officials. Civilian targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities have since the earliest days of the war been struck repeatedly by Russian drones and missiles.

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☆ Factbox: What do we know about the drone attacks on Moscow?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Vehicles of emergency service are parked near a damaged multi-storey apartment block following a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim ShemetovMOSCOW, May 30 (Reuters) - Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday though all of them were destroyed by air defence systems, Russia's defence ministry said. Here is what we know so far:Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for what it called a "terrorist" attack. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not immediately respond to a written request for comment on who was behind the drone attack on Moscow. Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said several drones had fallen on buildings in Moscow, inflicting minor damage.

SummarySummary Companies Drones attack Druzhba pipeline infrastructure, Russian media sayDrones strike far inside RussiaOne killed in shelling near Ukraine borderRussian forces intercept British Storm Shadow missilesMOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks including on a station serving the Druzhba pipeline, while shelling from Ukraine killed at least two, Russian officials and media said. Ukraine has not publicly acknowledged launching attacks against targets inside Russia. The Telegram channel Baza, which has good sources among Russia's security services, said the drones attacked a station serving the Druzhba pipeline. Russia's oil pipeline operator Transneft (TRNF_p.MM) said earlier this month that a filling point on Druzhba in a Russian region bordering Ukraine had been attacked. Kyiv officials have previously said that Western-supplied weapons would be used exclusively against Russian forces inside Ukraine.

☆ Ukraine targets Russian oil pipeline installations with drones, Russian media reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian serviceman operates a reconnaissance unmanned aerial device over the outskirts of Bakhmut town, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near a frontline Donetsk region, Ukraine May 25, 2023. Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks including on a station serving the vast Druzhba oil pipeline that sends Western Siberian crude to Europe, according to Russian media. Ukraine has not publicly acknowledged launching attacks against targets inside Russia. The Telegram channel Baza, which has good sources among Russia's security services, said the drones attacked a station serving the Druzhba pipeline. Russia's oil pipeline operator Transneft said earlier this month that a filling point on Druzhba in a Russian region bordering Ukraine had been attacked.

☆ Russian regional governor says Ukrainian 'sabotage group' crossed border
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

May 22 (Reuters) - The governor of Russia's Belgorod region said on Monday that a Ukrainian army 'sabotage group' had entered Russian territory in the Graivoron district, which borders Ukraine. In a statement on Telegram, Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the Russian army, border guards, presidential guards and the FSB security service were taking measures to repel the incursion. Earlier, the Telegram channel Baza, which is linked to Russia's security services, had published footage apparently showing a Ukrainian armoured vehicle advancing on the Graivoron border checkpoint. Ukrainian media cited Ukrainian military intelligence as saying the Liberty of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps, both consisting of Russian citizens, were behind the attack. Earlier on Monday, the group released a video showing five heavily armed fighters: "We are Russians, like you.

☆ Crimea official says rail traffic suspended after derailment
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, May 18 (Reuters) - Rail traffic has been suspended between Simferopol, capital of the Crimean peninsula, and the city of Sevastopol, after a freight train carrying grain derailed, the region's Russian-installed leader said on Thursday. The derailment was caused by "interference by outsiders", Crimean railways said in a statement. In a statement posted on Telegram, Sergei Aksyonov said that wagons loaded with grain had derailed and no one was injured. On Wednesday, Russia renewed the Black Sea grain deal, a Turkish-brokered accord which facilitates agricultural exports from Russia and Ukraine on the Black Sea. Reporting by ReutersOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Someone in Russia broke into a military airfield to set fire to a bomber jet, and Russian cops only found out it was happening on social media: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian authorities found out through social media that someone set fire to a military jet. Footage of the burning aircraft emerged on Monday on the Telegram channel for the Freedom of Russia Legion, a Ukrainian organization that consists of military defectors from Russia and Belarus. Local police then discovered the video online, reported the independent Russian media outlet Baza. But it reported that despite the Freedom of Russia Legion's claims that the Su-24 was "completely destroyed," the aircraft was "not particularly damaged." Russian authorities categorized the Freedom of Russia Legion as a terrorist group on March 16.

☆ Russia's Transneft says Druzhba pipeline 'attacked' near Ukraine border - TASS
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 10 (Reuters) - Russia's oil pipeline operator Transneft (TRNF_p.MM) said on Wednesday that a filling point on the Europe-bound Druzhba pipeline in a Russian region bordering Ukraine had been attacked, the TASS news agency reported, citing the company. Transneft said nobody was injured in the incident, which it branded a "terrorist attack", TASS reported. "Yes, indeed, early this morning there was an attempt to commit a terrorist act against the Druzhba oil pipeline system at the Bryansk filling station," Transneft's spokesman told TASS. Early on Wednesday, Baza, a Telegram channel with links to Russia's law enforcement agencies, reported that three empty oil reservoirs at the Druzhba pipeline's filling station came under attack. Druzhba pipeline was attacked several times after the start of what Kremlin casts as a special military operation in Ukraine last February.

☆ Russia keeps up missile attacks on Ukraine ahead of expected Kyiv offensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, May 7 (Reuters) - Russia kept up its missile attacks on Ukraine on Sunday ahead of a widely anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive, targeting an industrial site in the southern Mykolaiv region, authorities said. Ukrainian air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told local television on Sunday morning that a total of six of those missiles had been fired at Ukraine overnight but that none had hit their targets. Russian forces have stepped up their long-range missile strikes on civilian and infrastructure targets in recent days. The overnight strikes coincided with Ukrainian and Russian media reports of multiple explosions across Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine, without confirming any role in those attacks, says destroying enemy infrastructure is preparation for a planned ground assault.

☆ Ukraine launches more than 10 drones on Crimea - Russia-installed official
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 7 (Reuters) - Ukraine launched more than 10 drones overnight on the Crimean Peninsula, including three on the port of Sevastopol, a Russian-installed official said early on Sunday, adding that air defence systems repelled all the attacks on Sevastopol. "No objects (in Sevastopol) were damaged," Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, said on the Telegram messaging app. There were no immediate details of any damage from the strikes elsewhere on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. According to Ukrainian monitoring of Telegram channels, explosions took place in Sevastopol and Saki - where Russia has an air base - as well as a few other places. Ukraine, without confirming any role in those attacks, says destroying infrastructure is preparation for its planned ground assault.

The Kremlin said Russia reserved the right to retaliate, and hardliners demanded swift retribution against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said in comments sent to Reuters: "Ukraine has nothing to do with drone attacks on the Kremlin. Another video circulating on Russian social media appeared to show a plume of smoke over the Kremlin after the purported attack. Russia marks the occasion with a huge military parade on Red Square, for which seating has already been erected. Ukraine typically declines to claim responsibility for attacks on Russia or Russian-annexed Crimea, though Kyiv officials have frequently celebrated such attacks with cryptic or mocking remarks.

☆ Russians trying to help the Kremlin are being scammed into throwing Molotov cocktails at its offices and cars instead: reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They were told by scammers to chuck Molotov cocktails, but most were unsuccessful, per local media. The people involved have tried to set fire to enlistment offices, bank ATMs, a car trunk, and a police department, though most have been unsuccessful, the outlet reported. Olga told authorities an unknown man had been calling her for a month, saying he was a bank employee. He'd taught Olga how to create the Molotov cocktails and instructed her to start a fire in the government building, according to Shot. We're standing on the street where they stopped me," Olga told the man on the phone.

☆ Russia is arresting police officers and overhauling its security forces after data leaks to Ukraine, say reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian media is reporting investigations and arrests of police officers over leaks to Ukrainians. The country appears to be overhauling its domestic security bodies over the leaks, experts said. A Russian source told the think tank that police officers had been detained as part of the investigation. TASS reported that the checks were taking place over "the leakage of data from Russian security forces at the request of Ukrainian citizens," according to ISW's translation. Baza reported that Ukrainians were paying for information on Russian security forces and judges, and that police officers had been arrested.

☆ A Russian oil depot caught fire hundreds of miles from Ukraine, the possible result of a daring Ukrainian drone attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A fire broke out at a Russian oil facility on Tuesday night, far from the country's borders. Neither Ukrainian nor Russian authorities verified the incident as an attack, though Russian outlets said drones were seen near the oil facility, run by government-controlled oil giant Rosneft. Russia's Ministry of Defence said that there was a drone attack on a site in Krasnodar, though it claimed to have foiled it. "One where NATO is allegedly directly helping Ukraine to attack Russia." Ukraine has previously struck Russian territory with the same modified drones, unnamed Kyiv officials told Politico in December last year.

☆ Three killed, 13 hurt in ammunition blast in Russia's Belgorod region
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 15 (Reuters) - Three people were killed and 13 injured in an ammunition explosion in Russia's Belgorod region, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Sunday, citing local emergency services. Authorities said earlier on Sunday that 10 Russian servicemen were injured in the blast in a cultural centre in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine and is the location of several Russian military bases and training grounds. The 112 and Baza Telegram channels, which are associated with Russia's law enforcement agencies, said the dead and injured were Russian conscripts who were called up to fight in Ukraine under Russia's mobilisation drive, announced last September. They reported that the blast occurred after a soldier mishandled a grenade in a local cultural centre that had been converted to store ammunition. Reporting by Reuters Editing by Mark HeinrichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Explosions reported at military airbase deep inside Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Russian soldier watches a bomber take off from Engels airbase in this file photo from 2008. Engels is home to strategic bombers that Russia uses to launch missiles into Ukrainian cities. Blasts were heard at Russia's Engels air base, hundreds of kilometers (miles) from the frontlines in Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian media outlets reported early on Monday. The Russian news outlet Baza reported, citing local residents, that air raid sirens were wailing and an explosion was heard. Ukraine has never publicly claimed responsibility for attacks inside Russia, but has said, however, that such incidents are "karma" for Russia's invasion.

☆ Blasts reported at Engels air base deep inside Russia - online media
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Blasts were heard at Russia's Engels air base, hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the frontlines in Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian media outlets reported early on Monday. There was no immediate official confirmation of the blasts and Reuters was not able to independently verify the reports. The Russian news outlet Baza reported, citing local residents, that air raid sirens were wailing and an explosion was heard. The air base, near the city of Saratov, about 730 km (450 miles) southeast of Moscow, was hit on Dec. 5 in what Russia said was Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian air bases that day. Ukraine has never publicly claimed responsibility for attacks inside Russia, but has said, however, that such incidents are "karma" for Russia's invasion.

☆ Russian colonel involved in Putin's mobilization campaign found dead in office, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian colonel was found dead in his office on Thursday, according to multiple reports. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyA Russian colonel involved in President Vladimir Putin's mobilization campaign was found dead in his office, multiple reports say. The independent Russian media outlet Baza challenged the reports of suicide, reporting instead that Boyko was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Boyko was responsible for working with Russian soldiers who were drafted under Putin's partial mobilization order in September, Baza reported. Last month, a military commissar for the eastern Primorysky region was found dead, with local authorities saying that his "heart stopped."

☆ Bodycam footage shows Russian pilot ejecting before a crash, probably after his jet clipped a power line in training
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The footage matches descriptions of a Russian Su-25 which crashed in June while training. The footage matches descriptions of a crash months earlier, in which a Russian Su-25 crashes in a training flight after clipping a power line. The incident happened in the Belgorod region in Russia in June during a training flight, state-media organization RIA Novosti reported at the time. The Russian news outlet Baza reported that the pilot ejecting after the Su-25 clipped a power transmission tower in a field. RIA Novosti reported the crash was due to a technical malfunction, without giving further detail.

☆ În Dubai s-a deschis cea mai adâncă piscină de scufundări. Are 60 de metri adâncime şi face parte dintr-un oraş subacvatic
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

În Dubai, oraşul care găzduieşte cel mai înalt zgârie-nori şi cel mai mare mall din lume, s-a deschis o altă atracţie record: cea mai adâncă piscină de scufundări. Aceasta are 60 de metri adâncime şi face parte dintr-un oraş subacvatic. "Deep Dive Dubai" este umplută cu 14 milioane de litri de apă, echivalentul a șase piscine olimpice. Aceasta a doborât recordul stabilit de piscina "Deepspot" din Polonia, care măsoară 45,5 metri adâncime. Întregul oraş subacvatic este construit în formă de stridie, are o suprafaţă de 1.500 de metri pătrați, iar temperatura apei este menținută la 30 de grade Celsius.

Locations: Dubai, Polonia

☆ Cum vor putea vota moldovenii de peste hotare, fără să stea ore în şir la coadă
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Moldovenii de peste hotare pot afla în regim online care este situaţia la secţiile de votare din regiunea în care se află. Astfel, accesând pagina diaspora.cec.md, oamenii vor putea vedea cât de aglomerată este secția de votare, pentru a-și putea exercita dreptul constituţional fără a sta ore în șir la coadă. "Cetățenii moldoveni de peste hotare își vor putea exercita dreptul de vot în baza buletinului de identitate, a livretului de marinar sau a pașaportului, care va putea fi folosit chiar dacă i-a expirat termenul de valabilitate. Potrivit Comisiei Electorale Centrale, pentru fiecare secție de votare de peste hotare vor fi alocate câte 5 mii de buletine de vot. Excepție fac doar 4 secții de vot, unde au fost duse câte 500 și, respectiv, 300 de buletine, deoarece la scrutinul prezidenţial au participat mai puţin de 100 de alegători.

☆ În Dubai s-a deschis cea mai adâncă piscină din lume; Are 60 metri adâcime și conține un oraș scufundat cu galerii: VIDEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: AFPÎn Dubai s-a deschis cea mai adâncă piscină din lume; Are 60 metri adâcime și conține un oraș scufundat cu galerii: VIDEOCea mai adâncă piscină din lume de 60 de metri a fost inaugurată în Dubai, orașul care se mândrește deja cu cea mai înaltă clădire de pe glob. Guinness i-a acordat titlul „Piscina cea mai adâncă pentru scufundări” pe 27 iunie. Componenta vedetă a Deep Dive Dubai este orașul subacvatic. Scufundătorii pot explora apartamente scufundate și abandonate și pot juca biliard sub apă. De asemenea, scafandrii pot explora singuri piscina și orașul subacvatic după un tur cu unul dintre ghizi, scrie Mediafax.

Organizations: Guinness, Deep, certificați, Mediafax Locations: Dubai

☆ Medici: Covid-19 lasă efecte asupra sănătății după vindecare; Anxietatea și depresia, principalele simptome
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Sursa foto: jurnal.mdMedici: Covid-19 lasă efecte asupra sănătății după vindecare; Anxietatea și depresia, principalele simptomeMulți pacienți care s-au vindecat de COVID-19 rămân cu sechele, iar stările precum depresia, anxietatea, vederea încețoșată, durerile de cap sau durerile musculare, sunt o serie de efecte adverse pe termen lung. Stop Pandemie!” de la Jurnal TV, medicul psihoterapeut Andrei Eșanu și medicul neurolog Olga Gavriliuc au declarat că simptomele cu care se confruntă unii pacienți după tratamentul post-covid, pot dura săptămâni sau chiar luni. Pe lângă faptul că virusul poate afecta organe, cum ar fi plămânii, inima și creierul, stările negative precum depresia și anxietatea, cele mai frecvente la pacienții care s-au tratat, pot crește riscul apariției problemelor de sănătate pe termen lung. „Noi știam despre depresie și anxietate până la pandemie și despre faptul că era a doua cauză de morbiditate la nivel mondial, dar acum se arată că cel puțin de două ori mai des se întâlnește și depresia și anxietatea. Nu este în puterea noastră să controlăm noul coronavirus, dar putem stăpâni reacțiile și stările emoționale, susține medicul psihoterapeut.

Persons: Andrei Eșanu, Olga Gavriliuc Organizations: Pfizer Locations: Chișinău

Verificarea a avut drept scop testarea compartimentelor tehnice, medicale, a sistemelor de iluminare, deblocare și descarcerare a tehnicii achiziționate, care ulterior urmează a fi utilizată în misiuni de salvare. Primele 10 autospeciale achiziționate în cadrul Proiectului SMURD -2 au ajuns în Republica Moldova recent. Tehnica specială a fost livrată la sediul Inspectoratului General pentru Situații de Urgență și urmează să completeze baza tehnică materială destinată acțiunilor de intervenție a echipajelor SMURD. Mașinile performante de tip furgon cu tracțiune 4X4, au peste 190 cai putere și sunt destinate misiunilor de salvare. Totodată la IGSU au ajuns și două ambulanțe de terapie intensivă care vor spori calitatea acțiunilor SMURD.

Persons: Harabagiu, Cantemir Organizations: SMURD, Opt, IGSU, Uniunea Europeană Locations: Chișinău, Republica Moldova, Ungheni, Bălți, Cahul

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