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☆ Biden Confronts the Limits of U.S. Leverage in Two Conflicts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( David E. Sanger | More About David E. Sanger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

After four weeks of terror and retaliation in Israel and Gaza, and 20 months of war in Ukraine, President Biden is confronting the limits of his leverage in the two international conflicts defining his presidency. Mr. Netanyahu rebuffed Mr. Biden’s push for greater efforts to avoid civilian casualties in a phone call on Monday. Many of Mr. Biden’s aides agree that Ukraine and Russia are dug in, unable to move the front lines of the battle in any significant way. In both cases, Mr. Biden’s influence over how his allies prosecute those wars seems far more constrained than expected, given his central role as the supplier of arms and intelligence. “Hamas and Putin represent different threats,” he said that evening, “but they share this in common: They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy — completely annihilate it.”

Persons: Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Mr, Biden’s, ”, Valery Zaluzhny, Zaluzhny’s candor, Vladimir V, Putin, Donald J, Trump, Ukraine’s, Seth Moulton, “ Hamas, — Organizations: Massachusetts Democrat, Marine Locations: Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, United States, Massachusetts, Iraq, “

☆ Russia, Ukraine give conflicting Zaporizhzhia frontline accounts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A Ukrainian serviceman inspects a former Russian position outside the village of Robotyne, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near a front line in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine November 4, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer Acquire Licensing RightsNov 6 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine gave clashing accounts over the weekend about what is going on along the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, with Moscow saying it has stopped Kyiv's counter-offensive and Ukraine's army saying it keeps pressing on. The Russian defence ministry said in its daily briefing on Sunday that Russian forces have repelled Ukraine's attacks near Verbove and Robotyne. Ukraine's General Stuff also said that Ukrainian forces continued offensive operations in the Melitopol direction, in the western Zaporizhzhia region, "exhausting the enemy all along the frontline" there. Russia said over the weekend its air defence forces repelled Ukrainian air attacks there.

Persons: Stringer, Kyiv's, Yevgeny Balitsky, Balitsky, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Valery Zaluzhnyi, Lidia Kelly, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Staff, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, Robotyne, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia region, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Moscow, Shcherbaky, Verbove, Washington, Melbourne

☆ Zelensky invites Trump to Ukraine and says former president ‘can’t bring peace’ because of Putin
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Donald Trump to visit Ukraine, after the former US president claimed he could end Russia’s war against Ukraine war within 24 hours if he wins reelection next year. “If he can come here, I will need 24 minutes – yes, 24 minutes… to explain (to) President Trump that he can’t manage this war. “If I’m president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours,” Trump told CNN. “The Russian fleet is being destroyed by our ammunition,” Zelensky told NBC, after a number of successful Ukrainian strikes on Russian warships and Crimean ports over the summer. Former President Donald Trump told CNN's Kaitlan Collins in May he would end Russia's war on Ukraine in "24 hours."

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump, Zelensky, Trump’s, NBC’s “, “, Trump, Putin, ” Zelensky, Joe Biden, ” Trump, he’d, Russia’s, “ I’ll, I’ll, ”, Valery Zaluzhny, Zaluzhny, CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Will Lanzoni, Mike Johnson, Biden, Washington’s, – Organizations: CNN, Ukraine, Press, Zelensky, NBC, Russia, US Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Avdviika, Vuhledar, Donetsk, Kupyansk, Kharkiv, Crimea, Crimean, Israel, NATO

☆ Ukraine war: Zelensky insists conflict with Russia is not at a ‘stalemate’ as tensions grow
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Apparent divisions between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his military command are becoming increasingly public, after a bitter back-and-forth over the state of play in the war with Russia. Zhovka told Ukrainian television that Zaluzhny’s interview will have been “carefully read, noted down and conclusions drawn” by the Russians. He said he had received calls from counterparts in partner countries “in a panic” asking if the war really is at a stalemate, as described by Zaluzhny. It came as a separate interview, given by Zelensky to TIME, painted the Ukrainian president as an increasingly isolated figure. Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleschuk congratulated pilots involved in the strikes in a post on Telegram.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Igor Zhovka, Valery Zaluzhny, Zhovka, Zaluzhny, ” Zhovka, Kyiv’s, Zelensky, Ursula von der Leyen, ” Zelensky, “, Ukraine’s, von der, Israel ”, Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleschuk Organizations: CNN, EU, Hamas, Russian Federation …, Russian, Ukrainian Air Force Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Ukraine, United States, Europe, Israel, East, “, Kerch, Russian, Crimean

☆ ‘I Am Dreaming It Will Stop’: A Deadlocked War Tests Ukrainian Morale
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Andrew E. Kramer | More About Andrew E. Kramer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainians were most hopeful, polls indicated, last winter, in the run-up to the counteroffensive in the south. Trust in government fell from 74 percent in May to 39 percent in October, the period when the Ukrainian offensive began and then petered out, the institute found. Despite months of bloody trench fighting and tens of thousands of casualties, little land has changed hands since. “The boys who are at the front are physically and psychologically tired,” Mr. Tkachyk said. This war will last a long time.”

Persons: Valery Zaluzhny, Andriy Tkachyk, Mr, Tkachyk, “, ” Organizations: Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Ukrainian Locations: Trust, Kherson city, Tukhlia, Ukraine

☆ Russia, Ukraine Give Conflicting Zaporizhzhia Frontline Accounts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine gave clashing accounts over the weekend about what is going on along the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, with Moscow saying it has stopped Kyiv's counter-offensive and Ukraine's army saying it keeps pressing on. Ukraine has retaken a few small villages in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region since the start of its counter-offensive in June, but progress has been small and the vast frontline in the country's east and south has changed little over the past year. Balitsky said that small battles were ongoing near the village of Robotyne and near the village of Shcherbaky, which is about 22 km to the northwest. The Russian defence ministry said in its daily briefing on Sunday that Russian forces have repelled Ukraine's attacks near Verbove and Robotyne. Ukraine's General Stuff also said that Ukrainian forces continued offensive operations in the Melitopol direction, in the western Zaporizhzhia region, "exhausting the enemy all along the frontline" there.

Persons: Kyiv's, Yevgeny Balitsky, Balitsky, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Valery Zaluzhnyi, Lidia Kelly, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Reuters, Staff Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Moscow, Russian, Robotyne, Shcherbaky, Verbove, Washington, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says War Not in 'Stalemate', More Air Defence Help Needed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied on Saturday that the war with Russia had reached a "stalemate", and said more work with allies was needed to strengthen air defences. But this is not a stalemate," Zelenskiy said during a news conference with visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Zelenskiy acknowledged there had been difficulties in the war, now in its 21st month, and that Kyiv had yet to achieve any major successes in its counteroffensive. But he said Ukrainian troops had no other alternative but to keep fighting and required more support from Western allies, especially with air defences. Russian troops were mounting numerous attacks near Avdiivka, Lyman and Mariinka in the eastern Donetsk region, the Ukrainian military said in its daily update.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Zelenskiy, Ursula von der Leyen, Lyman, Mariinka, Olena Harmash, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Ukraine's, European Locations: Russia, Moscow, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Azov

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —For many Ukrainians, a recent somber assessment of the battlefield by Ukraine’s military chief was not a surprise. On Saturday, Igor Zhovka, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, slammed Zaluzhny for his comments. The situation may be better now but the truth of where the war stands “must be accepted, whatever it is,” he told CNN. But now even as the war moves into what Zaluzhny described as “positional warfare,” Shevchuk is convinced it will remain on everyone’s minds. Kyiv resident Natalia Kovalchuk believes everyone in Ukraine will have to join the war effort in the long run.

Persons: Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny, Zaluzhny, Igor Zhovka, “, ” Zhovka, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Ursula von der, Vitalii Shevchuk, CNN Vitalii, ” Shevchuk, Shevchuk, Alexander Ermochenko, Zaluzhny’s candor, ” Lyuba Shipovich, Zelensky, Maxym, Iryna Avramets, ” Iryna, “ Zelensky, Oksana Yarosh, don’t, Natalia Kovalchuk, CNN Natalia Kovalchuk, ” CNN’s Gul Tuysuz Organizations: Ukraine CNN, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Economist, ”, European, CNN, Russian, Reuters, Dignitas, Getty, Kyiv, Spain Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, ” Ukraine, Hostomel, Ukraine’s Crimean, Donetsk, Luhansk, Russian, Moscow, Saltovka, Kharkiv, Crimea

☆ Ukraine: Exhausted and disappointed with allies, President Zelensky and military chief warn of long attritional war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Analysis Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Two articles published this week give a stark assessment of Ukraine’s prospects in its war with Russia. One – by the commander in chief of the Ukrainian military – admits the battlefield has reached a stalemate and a long attritional war benefiting Moscow beckons. The other portrays Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as exhausted by the constant effort to cajole and persuade allies to keep the faith. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny during an event dedicated to Ukraine's Independence Day on August 24, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Shuster quotes an aide to the Ukrainian president as saying Zelensky feels “betrayed by his Western allies.

Persons: –, Volodymyr Zelensky, Valery Zaluzhny, TIME’s Simon Shuster, Zelensky, “, ” Shuster, Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, Yan Dobronosov, …, Zaluzhny, Rustem Umerov, ”, Bram Janssen, ” Zaluzhny, Dmitri Peskov, Biden, Sen, J.D, Vance, ” Zelensky, Shuster, Vladimir Putin’s Organizations: CNN, Armed Forces, Ukrainian Defense, Defense Lines, “, ”, Gallup, Capitol, Republican Locations: Russia, Moscow, United States, Europe, Ukraine, Kyiv, USSR, East, Avdviika, Vuhledar, Donetsk, Kupyansk, Kharkiv, Crimea, –, Izyum, “ Russia, ” Moscow, Israel, Washington, Kherson

☆ How Ukraine's counteroffensive has struggled so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

But in mid-October, some Russian military bloggers reported that Ukrainian forces had formed a small bridgehead on the eastern bank. Shortly after, Ukrainian soldiers breached the first line of defences south of the town of Velyka Novosilka in the first known breakthrough of the counteroffensive. Military analysts and authorities in Kyiv said Ukraine had badly damaged a large landing ship and an attack submarine. Just over a week later, a Ukrainian missile attack hit Russia's Black Sea naval headquarters in Sevastopol. In mid-October, Ukrainian forces used U.S.-supplied long-range ATACMS missiles for the first time, damaging airfields near Luhansk in Ukraine's east and in Berdiansk on the Sea of Azov, both under Russian control.

Persons: Alina Smutko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Wagner, Mike Collett Organizations: 67th Mechanised Brigade, Armed Forces, REUTERS, Reuters, Military, White, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kreminna, Luhansk region, Kyiv, KHERSON, Dnipro, Russia, Velyka, Neskuchne, Orikhiv, Azov, Crimea, AVDIIVKA, Avdiivka, Russian, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Bakhmut, BAKHMUT, Moscow, Kharkiv, Kherson, KUPIANSK, Russia's Belgorod, Kupiansk, Crimean, Sevastopol, East, Luhansk, Ukraine's, Berdiansk

☆ Ukrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

"Non-stop fighting, assaults, evacuations, and you know, I managed it," he told a Reuters reporter visiting his position on Thursday. FALTERING OFFENSIVEIstoryk serves in a rifles battalion of the 67th Mechanised Brigade in the Serebryanskyi forest in the Luhansk region. More dramatic advances are still possible; last year Russian forces swiftly retreated from positions in Kherson region in early November. "We're exhausted, they're exhausted. Additional reporting by Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey; Writing by Mike Collett-White Editing by Gareth JonesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Alina Smutko, Valery Zaluzhnyi, Zaluzhnyi, Istoryk, Oleksandr Popov, Michael Kofman, Velyka Novosilka, Popov, Ivan Lyubysh, Mike Collett, Gareth Jones Organizations: 67th Mechanised Brigade, Armed Forces, REUTERS, Russian, Reuters, Carnegie Endowment, International, Artillery, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kreminna, Luhansk region, West, KREMINNA, pinewood, Russia, Kyiv's, Kyiv, Luhansk, Russia's Belgorod, Azov, Kherson region, Bakhmut, Orikhiv, Velyka, Lyman, North Korea, Zakhid

☆ Ukraine replaces special forces commander, removed officer wonders why
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address that Colonel Serhiy Lupanchuk would now head the forces and described him as "an experienced officer, combat officer and the right man in command". The president said Lupanchuk's predecessor, Maj-Gen. Viktor Horenko, who led the forces from July 2022, "will continue to perform special tasks" within the Defence Ministry's Intelligence Directorate. The special forces are believed to be behind the most sophisticated operations Ukraine's military has conducted in areas under Russian control, in particular Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, eight years before Moscow's full land invasion. The special forces are also responsible for military information and psychological operations, as well as the organization of resistance in occupied territories. Zelenskiy this week praised Ukraine's military for diminishing Moscow's military strength in the Black Sea through increased air and sea drone attacks on Russian military targets.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Serhiy Lupanchuk, Viktor Horenko, Horenko, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Zaluzhniy, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Rod Nickel Organizations: Defence Ministry's Intelligence, Pravda, Fleet, Economist, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Crimea, Sevastopol, Black

With the front line in Ukraine having barely shifted despite months of fierce fighting, Ukraine’s top commander has acknowledged that his forces are locked in a “stalemate” with Russia and that no significant breakthrough was imminent, the most candid assessment so far by a leading Ukrainian official of the military’s stalled counteroffensive. “Just like in the First World War we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate,” the commander, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, told The Economist in an interview published on Wednesday. He added that Russian forces, too, are incapable of advancing. The general said modern technology and precision weapons on both sides were preventing troops from breaching enemy lines, including the expansive use of drones, and the ability to jam drones. He called for advances in electronic warfare as a way to break the deadlock.

Persons: Valery Zaluzhny, Zaluzhny Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine's top military leader says war is at a stalemate and a 'beautiful breakthrough' is unlikely
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Valery Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at an event commemorating Ukraine's Independence Day, on Aug. 24, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine's commander-in-chief has conceded that there have been few gains in Ukraine's five-month long counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory. Likening the current state of conflict to World War I, in which battles were often fought over a few miles of territory at the expense of huge numbers of men, Ukraine's General Valery Zaluzhny said the war had reached an impasse. "There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough," he told The Economist magazine in an interview published Thursday. Ukraine has repeatedly said it needs longer-range weapons, more air defenses and its own airpower to be able to fight Russia effectively.

Persons: Valery Zaluzhnyi, Valery Zaluzhny Organizations: Armed Forces of, Ukraine's, Economist Locations: Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine's, Russian, Russia

☆ Ukraine war moving to attritional phase, army needs new capabilities -army chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Servicemen of the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prepare a Shark drone for launching, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, October 30, 2023. In an article for The Economist, General Valery Zaluzhnyi said his army needed key new military capabilities and technology, most importantly air power, to break out of the new phase of the war, now in its 21st month. But Ukraine's armed forces need key military capabilities and technologies to break out of this kind of war. The most important one is air power," he wrote. He singled out Russia's air power advantage as a factor that had made advancing harder and called for Kyiv to conduct massive drone strikes to overload Russia's air defences.

Persons: Alina Smutko, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Tom Balmforth, Chris Reese, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade, Armed Forces, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kharkiv region, Russia, Moscow, Ukrainian, Kyiv

☆ Molly Carlson was in a ‘dark place’ prior to Rio Olympics. Now she is inspiring millions to talk about mental health
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Aimee Lewis | Martynas Ruseckas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Cliff diving helped the 25-year-old recover from what she calls a “year from hell,” overcoming loneliness and a binge eating disorder. “When I’m cliff diving, nothing matters other than me and the air, really. “I have the biggest passion for mental health, and I’ve learned so much from my personal experience that now it’s kind of become like my future,” she said. “What I learned during my experience was as soon as you talk about mental health with one person, it becomes real,” Carlson said. Quinn Rooney/Getty ImagesFor Carlson, competing in high diving at the Olympics would be more than just representing her country on the national stage.

Persons: Molly Carlson, Cliff, “, “ I’ve, ”, it’s, Carlson, Instagram, I’ve, ” Carlson, Romina Amato, Red Bull, ’, ’ Carlson, John Proctor, ” Proctor, Proctor, Dean Treml, Rhiannan Iffland, Valery Hache, messaged Carlson, people’s, BraveGang, –, “ We’ve, we’ve, Quinn Rooney, dethrone Iffland Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Pan, Team Canada, Olympic Games, Janeiro Games, Canadian, Olympics, Florida State University, FSU, Florida State Seminole, Atlantic Coast Conference, Getty Locations: TikTok, Fort Frances , Ontario, Canada, Thunder Bay, Nanjing, Montreal, AFP, South Africa, Los Angeles

☆ America’s Top Diplomat in Russia Has One of the World’s Toughest Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The tenure of Lynne Tracy, U.S. ambassador to Russia, comes at a time when relations between the U.S. and Moscow have rarely been as fraught as they are now. WSJ’s Russia Bureau Chief Ann Simmons talks with Tracy about the challenges. Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS via Zuma PressThe moment when ambassadors present their credentials to their hosts is usually a staid affair. When the U.S. ambassador presented herself at the Kremlin in April, Russian President Vladimir Putin railed at Washington during the televised ceremony, accusing it of sparking the war in Ukraine. With Putin set off behind a podium at the other end of the Alexander Hall, there was no way for Lynne Tracy or the other new ambassadors to respond.

Persons: Lynne Tracy, Ann Simmons, Tracy, Valery Sharifulin, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Alexander Hall Organizations: U.S, Kremlin Locations: U.S, Russia, Moscow, WSJ’s Russia, Washington, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine came close to assassinating the leader of Russia's entire military when he visited the front lines, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine was close to killing Russia's Chief of the General Staff, per The Washington Post. Valery Gerasimov was on the front lines when the attack happened, per The New York Times. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementA top Russian military official came close to death in a Ukrainian attack, The Washington Post reported , citing Ukrainian intelligence. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn December 2022, The New York Times reported that Gerasimov was visiting the front lines when he came under attack.

Persons: Valery Gerasimov, —, Gerasimov, Darya, Alexsandr, Kyrylo Budanov, We've, Budanov Organizations: General Staff, Washington Post, New York Times, Service, Russian, Staff, Post, The New York Times, Ukrainian, CNN, Times, Kyiv Post, Fleet, Special Forces Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Donbas, Moscow, Ukrainian, London, Kyiv, Crimean

☆ Ukrainian troops face new Russian assault on eastern town of Avdiivka
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russian forces subjected Avdiivka to fierce attacks last week, but the shelling had tapered off in the last few days. Kupiansk was recaptured by Ukrainian troops late last year in a lighting advance through the country's northeast, but Russian forces have stepped up attacks in a bid to retake it. Zaluzhniy said Ukrainian forces around Kupiansk were "maintaining their defence in the most difficult of conditions". Russia's accounts of the fighting said its forces had destroyed a command point near Avdiivka and repelled 11 Ukrainian attacks near Kupiansk. When Ukrainian troops retook parts of Kherson region last year, Russian forces abandoned its biggest city, also called Kherson.

Persons: Yevhen, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Zaluzhniy, Oleksandr Shtupun, Avdiivka, Kupiansk, Shtupun, Olena Harmash, Ronald Popeski, Timothy Heritage Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Russian, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Kupiansk, Russian, Donetsk, Azov, Verbove, Zaporizhzhia, Robotyne, U.S, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Kherson, Kyiv

☆ Putin filmed in China accompanied by officers with Russian nuclear briefcase
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MOSCOW, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Rare footage was shown on Wednesday of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing accompanied by officers carrying the so-called nuclear briefcase which can be used to order a nuclear strike. Putin, after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, was filmed walking to another meeting surrounded by security and followed by two Russian naval officers in uniform each carrying a briefcase. Russia's nuclear briefcase is traditionally carried by a naval officer. The Russian defence minister, currently Sergei Shoigu, also has a nuclear briefcase. One of the nuclear briefcases used by former Russian President Boris Yeltsin is displayed in the Yeltsin Museum in Yekaterinburg.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Xi Jinping, Mount Cheget, RIA, satchel, RUPTLY, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov, Boris Yeltsin, Guy Faulconbridge, Nick Macfie Organizations: Kremlin, U.S, White, Cuban Missile, Russian, Forum, REUTERS, Acquire, Comprehensive, Russia's Zvezda, Zvezda, Yeltsin, Soviet Union, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Beijing, Putin's, Ukraine, Moscow, Washington, China, United States, Yekaterinburg

☆ Russia's Shoigu, Gerasimov Meet Commanders of Troops Fighting in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff, held a meeting with the commanders of troops fighting in Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Thursday. It was not immediately clear where the meeting took place. The ministry broadcast footage of the meeting, at which Shoigu addressed the training of servicemen and volunteers in reserve units. He said he had inspected such regiments in Russia's southern military district on Thursday. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Toby Chopra)

Persons: Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov, Shoigu, Alexander Marrow, Toby Chopra Organizations: Russian Defence, Reuters Locations: MOSCOW, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chief of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff Valery Gerasimov, via a video conference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia October 7, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreLONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia has successfully tested its new Burevestnik missile. - Its nuclear propulsion gives the missile much longer range than traditional turbojet or turbofan engines that are limited by how much fuel they can carry. - Development of the missile's nuclear propulsion unit has been a huge technical challenge, involving a number of test failures. - The Nuclear Threat Initiative said the Burevestnik's nuclear propulsion could enable it to stay aloft for days, if needed.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Staff Valery Gerasimov, Alexei Druzhinin, Putin, Mark Trevelyan, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Russian Armed Forces, Staff, Sputnik, International Institute for Strategic Studies, United States Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Nuclear Threat Initiative, New York Times, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Kremlin, United States, Washington

☆ Move over jet skis: The new onboard gadget the ultra-rich seek for their superyachts are submersibles.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Now, the world's .01% are seeking submersible vessels to accessorize their latest superyacht purchase, The Washington Post reports. "Yacht owners are, by and large, people who have an interest in the ocean," Patrick Lahey, founder of Triton Submersibles, previously told Insider. The disaster may have sparked more interest in extreme adventures from the wealthy, Phillippe Brown, founder of Brown and Hudson travel company, previously told Insider. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty ImagesAt Triton Submersibles, a vessel can cost between $2.5 million and $7 million, Insider reported. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Even after a thousand dives, it never stops being exciting," Charles Kohnen, co-founder of SEAmagine, told the Times.

Persons: —, Ofer Ketter, Jeff Bezos, Patrick Lahey, Triton Submersibles, Phillippe Brown, Brown, Valery Hache, Ian Sheard, Charles Kohnen, SEAmagine Organizations: Service, Washington Post, New York Times, Amazon, International Monaco, Getty, Times Locations: Hudson, AFP, Aurora

☆ Why you should be traveling to Europe in fall, not summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

And now it’s fall, when the continent really comes into its own as the leaves – and visitor numbers – start to drop. A recent report from luxury travel network Virtuoso named Paris, London and Florence as the most booked cities for fall travel. “Fall is one of the best times to visit Europe because of the vast variety of interests [the season] can cater to,” says Mina Agnos, president of luxury travel company Travelive. If you’re ready for a different take on Europe this fall, we’ve got ideas. Fall also means it’s harvest time in Rebland – an area southwest of Baden-Baden famous for its Riesling.

Persons: ”, Mina Agnos, foodies, Brian Young, we’ve, Sérgio Duarte, Octant, Val, Culinarium Urtijei, Christopher Hill, Holger Leue, it’s, Jack Ezon, Samantha Pearson, Notte Bianca, Valery Bareta, Belle, Caracalla Organizations: CNN, EMEA, G, Gran Canaria, UNESCO, ADLER, Mallorca Locations: Europe, Paris, London, Florence, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Croatia, Greece, Sicily, Slovenia, Gibraltar, Tenerife, Ibiza, Mallorca, Gran, Alentejo, Douro, Val Gardena, Dolomites, Italy, Northern Italy, South, Ortisei, Romania, Brasov, Baia Mare, Saxon, Moșna, Mallorcan, Pollença, Palma . Thessaloniki, Thermaic, Santorini, Greece’s, Balkans, Mount Olympus, Thessaloniki, Malta Malta, Malta, Gozo, Comino, Valletta, Madeira, Morocco, Terrabona, Funchal, Savoy, Baden, Germany Baden, Black, Friedrichsbad

☆ The mastermind of Russia's treacherous defenses in Ukraine appears to be in a kind of faraway 'exile' as the line is being breached
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Russian Army Gen. Sergey Surovikin appears to be in Algeria, according to recent photos. Surovikin is the mastermind of Russia's formidable defensive lines and fortifications in Ukraine. But as Kyiv's forces break through these elaborate fortifications, the mastermind behind them is nowhere near the action. The experts cited several additional photographs of Surovikin purportedly in Algeria, which were published to Telegram by Russian sources. Insider was unable to independently verify any of the recent photographs of Surovikin shared to X and Telegram.

Persons: Sergey Surovikin, Wagner, Surovikin, Dara Massicot, Yevgeny Prigozhin —, Russia's Aerospace Forces Sergei Surovikin, Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, Staff Sergei Rudskoi, Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Metzel, subsume Wagner Organizations: Russian, Wagner Group, Service, RAND Corporation, Twitter, Institute for, Commonwealth, Independent States, CIS, Kommersant, Russia's Aerospace Forces, Staff, Russian Armed Forces, Armed Forces, Sputnik, Russian MoD Locations: Algeria, Ukraine, Africa, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Moscow, California, Washington, Yevgeny Prigozhin — Russia, North Africa, Russian, Sochi

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