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☆ Gunmen kill 11 at Russian army base in new blow to Moscow's Ukraine campaign
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Russian citizens drafted during the partial mobilization begin their military trainings after a military call-up for the Russia-Ukraine war in Rostov, Russia on October 04, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesGunmen shot dead 11 people at a Russian military training ground, the defense ministry said, in the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin's forces since the invasion of Ukraine. The attack took place a week after a blast damaged a bridge in Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014. The Russian ministry had said the attackers were from a nation in the Commonwealth of Independent States, which groups nine ex-Soviet republics, including Tajikistan. Russian forces have repeatedly tried to seize Bakhmut, which sits on a main road leading to the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

☆ No civilians killed in attack at Russian military base - local governor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Oct 16 (Reuters) - No civilians were killed in the attack at a military base in Russia's Belgorod region, but many soldiers were killed or wounded, the governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said early on Sunday. "A terrible event happened on our territory, on the territory of one of the military units," Gladkov said in a video post on the Telegram messaging app. "Many soldiers were killed and wounded ... There are no residents of the Belgorod region among the wounded and killed." The state RIA news agency cited the defence ministry as saying that 11 people were killed and 15 others were wounded.

☆ Two volunteer soldiers fire on troops at Russian military firing range, killing 11 and wounding 15 others
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Gunmen shot dead 11 people at a Russian military training ground, the defence ministry said, in the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s forces since the invasion of Ukraine. “A terrible event happened on our territory, on the territory of one of the military units,” the governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said early on Sunday. There are no residents of the Belgorod region among the wounded and killed,’ Gladkov said in a video post on the Telegram messaging app. The Russian ministry had said the attackers were from a nation in the Commonwealth of Independent States, which groups nine ex-Soviet republics, including Tajikistan. Russian forces have repeatedly tried to seize Bakhmut, which sits on a main road leading to the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

☆ Trains suspended in parts of Russia's Belgorod region after defences shoot down missile -governor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 14 (Reuters) - Train operations were suspended early on Friday near Novyi Oskol, a town in Russia's Belgorod region that borders Ukraine, after remains of a missile fell near the railway, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. Gladkov said on the Telegram messaging app that anti-craft defences shot down missiles near Novyi Oskol, a town of about 18,000 people which lies about 90 kilometres (56 miles) north of the border with Ukraine. Trains are temporarily suspended," Gladkov said, adding that there were no casualties. On Thursday, Gladkov accused Ukraine of shelling an apartment block in the city of Belgorod, the administrative centre of the Belgorod region. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ A Kharkiv bomb shelter: the only home baby Zhenia has known
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Vitalii Hnidiy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

KHARKIV, Ukraine, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Wide-eyed and gripping a stuffed blue rabbit, six-month-old Zhenia settles into his pram before being walked along a Kharkiv factory forecourt - a treat to be savoured for someone who has lived in a bomb shelter since he was born. Pushing the buggy is his mother, 39-year-old Olha Shevchenko. 1/4 Olha Shevchenko, 39, and her husband Evgen look for their things in their house, damaged by the Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues in Kharkiv October 12, 2022. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy Read More"I knew this bomb shelter because when I was a little girl I saw it with my grandpa. With renewed shelling of Kharkiv making it increasingly dangerous for them to be outside, the family have worked hard to make the shelter as liveable as possible.

☆ Putin courts Erdogan with plan to pump more Russian gas via Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022. At a meeting in Kazakhstan, Putin said Turkey offered the most reliable route to deliver gas to the European Union, and the proposed platform would allow prices to be set without politics. Turkey has, however, rejected Russia's move to annex four Ukrainian regions as a "grave violation" of international law. Erdogan told Putin: "We are determined to strengthen and continue the grain exports ... and the transfer of Russian grain and fertiliser to less developed countries via Turkey." Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this week signalled increasing receptiveness to talks after Moscow suffered a series of military defeats.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022. Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey could act as a gas hub, having already suggested on Wednesday that Russia could reroute supplies intended for the Nord Stream pipelines under the Baltic Sea, which were damaged last month. Concerns over winter supplies were heightened as workers at EDF's Bugey nuclear plant in eastern France resumed a strike over wages on Thursday, the latest in a series of stoppages to hit the French industry. Norway has become an increasingly important source of gas for the EU and Britain after Russia curtailed supplies. At a meeting in Kazakhstan, President Putin said that increased cooperation on supplies with Turkey , which is not a member of the EU, could also help to regulate prices.

☆ Putin puts "gas hub" plan to Turkey's Erdogan
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022. Putin first suggested on Wednesday that Russia could create a major gas hub in Turkey by redirecting supplies intended for the damaged Nord Stream undersea pipelines. In the televised exchange between the two leaders, Erdogan did not comment on the gas hub idea. Erdogan has sought to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv since Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Erdogan told Putin: "We are determined to strengthen and continue the grain exports under the Istanbul agreement and the transfer of Russian grain and fertiliser to less developed countries via Turkey."

☆ Governor of Russia's Belgorod region says thousands left without power after Ukrainian shelling
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The governor of Russia's Belgorod region said on Tuesday that more than 2,000 people had been left without power after Ukraine shelled an electricity substation in the town of Shebekino, on the border with Ukraine's Kharkiv region. In a post on Telegram, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that emergency services were working to restore the power supply. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by ReutersOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russian ex-president Medvedev on Kyiv wanted list
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been on a list of wanted persons compiled by Ukrainian security officials for more than half a year, Ukraine's SBU security service said on Monday. The statement said Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security, was wanted under a section of the criminal code dealing with attempts to undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity and the inviolability of its borders. Most of the Russian Security Council's members are on the list. It was not immediately clear why the Ukrainian authorities have not released the information sooner or why they made it public now. "The Security Service of Ukraine confirms that Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia's Security Council and former president of the aggressor state, is declared a wanted person," the SBU said in a statement.

☆ Russian Leaders Welcome Referendum Result as Ukraine Conflict Deepens
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW—Russian leaders have been quick to welcome the outcome of the the referendums that pave the way for occupied regions of Ukraine to be incorporated in the Russian Federation, escalating the conflict with Kyiv and Western governments, which have dismissed the votes as a sham. Vyacheslav Volodin , speaker of the State Duma, wrote on Telegram Wednesday that the outcome would “save millions of people from genocide,” after results released Tuesday evening claimed to show that Russian-controlled Luhansk and areas of Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia overwhelmingly supported becoming part of Russia.

☆ Senior Russian lawmakers express concern over Putin's mobilization drive 'excesses'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Hyder Abbasi | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Amid increasing public anger about Russia's mobilization drive, two of the country's most senior lawmakers ordered regional officials to solve the “excesses” that have stoked protests and seen flocks of military-age men attempt to flee. “Appeals are coming in,” Volodin, speaker of the Duma, Russia’s lower chamber of Parliament, said in a post Sunday. Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin in St. Petersburg in April. It said hundreds of people had been detained by police across Russia for protesting against the mobilization and the war. The territory controlled by Russian or Russian-backed forces in the four regions represents about 15% of Ukrainian territory.

☆ Putin allies express concern over mobilisation 'excesses'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Governor of the Novgorod region Andrei Nikitin in the city of Veliky Novgorod, Russia, September 21, 2022. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoSept 25 (Reuters) - Russia's two most senior lawmakers on Sunday addressed a string of complaints about Russia's mobilisation drive, ordering regional officials to get a handle on the situation and swiftly solve the "excesses" that have stoked public anger. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterRussia's top two parliamentarians, both close Putin allies, explicitly addressed public anger at the way the mobilisation drive was unfolding. Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma, Russia's lower chamber, also expressed concern in a separate post. The Kremlin has twice denied it actually plans to draft more than one million, following two separate reports in independent Russian media outlets.

☆ Russian man says he would break his leg or go to prison to avoid Putin's order to fight in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Many Russians are desperately trying to get out of being drafted for the war in Ukraine. One man told the BBC that he would break his arm or leg "to avoid this whole thing." "I will break my arm, my leg, I will go to prison, anything to avoid this whole thing," said the man, who was not named, in an article published Thursday. Hours after Putin's announcement, the most-searched term on Google in Russia was "how to break an arm at home," according to Newsweek. Putin's move came after Russian troops were forced into retreat from large areas of Ukraine.

☆ Many Russians seek ways out as call-up orders arrive
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Caleb Davis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In St Petersburg, Pavel Chikov said recruitment offices had handed packs of conscription papers to homeowners' associations. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the army was calling up people with experience of service and military "specialists" to fight in Ukraine. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterBut there was little clarity as to who these would be. In the city of Kursk, one woman married to a soldier said: "They're not letting people out of Kursk. read moreFor now, Shoigu said Russia would not call a general mobilisation, nor recruit students or send current conscripts to fight in Ukraine.

☆ Russian-backed separatists in Kherson say they will hold vote on joining Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Summary This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. MOSCOW, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Russian-installed officials in the Kherson region of Ukraine said they have decided to hold a referendum on joining Russia and have urged the Kremlin to give its permission as soon as possible, the separatist head of the region said on Tuesday. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-appointed head of Kherson, said he hoped Kherson would become "a part of Russia, a fully-fledged subject of a united country." Saldo said Kherson joining Russia would "secure our region" and be a "triumph of historical justice." read moreShortly after Saldo's announcement about plans for a vote in Kherson, the head of Russia's parliament said he would support the regions joining Russia.

☆ Ukraine allies see risk in Russia's response to battlefield setbacks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian soldiers sit on infantry fighting vehicles as they drive near Izyum, eastern Ukraine on September 16, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Such repeated threats have raised concerns Putin could at some point turn to small nuclear weapons or chemical warfare. It would change the face of war unlike anything since World War Two." Some military analysts have said Russia might also stage a nuclear incident at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear power plant held by Russia but run by Ukrainian staff. His remarks were a reminder of the risks of escalation as the United States and its NATO allies aid Ukraine from a distance.

☆ Ukraine's troops have been highly effective with the M777 howitzer, but US troops can turn it into a 'giant sniper rifle'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

US troops also have a new targeting system that makes the M777 even more precise. LCpl Samantha L. Jones/USMCIn 1979, the M198 155mm medium-towed howitzer entered service for the United States. While it would take two C-130s to deliver an M198 artillery system to the battlefield, the entire M777 setup could arrive in just one. That's more than all of the 155mm artillery rounds fired by the entire US military in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. US soldiers with the Joint Effects Targeting System Target Laser Designation System at Fort Greely in Alaska.

☆ Emotional video shows moment Ukrainian soldier reunited with mother in town reclaimed from Russian occupation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Video shows a Ukrainian soldier reuniting with his mom in a town reclaimed from Russian occupation. Ukrainian forces have recently recaptured large swaths of territory from Russian control in the Kharkiv region. The tear-jerker video also shows Zadorenko and other Ukrainian soldiers greeting and hugging other residents in the town. In recent days, Ukrainian forces have recaptured large swaths of territory from Russian control in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine's second-largest city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that Ukrainian forces have reclaimed more than 2,300 square miles of territory from Russian occupation since the beginning of this month.

☆ The US has given Ukraine nearly 1 million 155 mm artillery shells. Now it's looking for US companies to build more of them.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The US Army is looking for companies that can build up to 12,000 155 mm artillery shells a month. The US had sent 126 M777 cannons and more than 800,000 rounds of 155 mm ammunition to Ukraine as of early September. Last year, the Army wanted to cut funding for the production of 155 mm shells that had been approved by Congress. The US has also been sending M982 Excalibur GPS-guided 155 mm shells to Ukraine. Canada has shipped 155 mm shells to Ukraine and is now asking South Korea to replenish its stocks.

☆ How the Russian officer elite was decimated in Ukraine – 29 generals and commanders who were killed in action
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-01 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 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. 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. The Ukrainian military said that Botashev was killed when a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down over the Lugansk region.

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☆ Riscurile de la „Proekt”. Poliția a descins acasă la redactorul-șef și jurnaliștii publicației „Proekt”, asta după ce cu o zi înainte redacția a anunțat că va publica o investigație despre bogățiile m
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +6 min

La 8:40, ora Moscovei, pe canalul telegram al publicației „Proekt” a apărut un mesaj despre perchezițiile din apartamentul lui Badanin. Percheziții se efectuează și în apartamentul părinților acestuia, unde jurnalistul a fost dus după ce a fost reținut. Cazul a fost inițiat în 2017 după lansarea anchetei Дождь despre omul de afaceri Ilya Traber, relatează postul de televiziune. Proprietarul său formal, fiul lui Zoya, Dmitry, a locuit și a lucrat la Rostov, într-o companie de transport și primea un salariu foarte mic. Pe numele ei a fost înregistrat un apartament pe Leninsky Prospekt în valoare de aproximativ 50 de milioane de ruble.

Persons: Maria, Badanin, Mihail Rubin, Rubin, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Kolokoltsev, Traber, Natalia Sindeeva, Roman, August, Putin, Ilya, Vladimir Putin, Nikolai Shamalov, Maria Zholobova, Vera Kolokoltseva, Ivanovna, Vera Ivanovna, Zoya, Valery Berdichevsky, Vera, Gherasim, Vladimir, Zoya Ivanovna, Alexandr, Viktor Zolotov, Zolotov, Дождь Organizations: Zholobova, Federației, Toyota, Porsche, Capital Group, Дождь Locations: Moscovei, Ceceniei, Badanin, Sankt - Petersburg, Federației Ruse, Rusiei, Julebino, Moscova, Regiunea Rostov, Rostov, Shhelkovskij, Grozny, gazeta.ru, Rusia

☆ 35 de ani de la explozia de la Cernobîl, cea mai mare catastrofă nucleară civilă. Cum arată acum zona de excludere
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +61 min

– THIS MONTH marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated. – THIS MONTH marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated. – THIS MONTH marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated. – THIS MONTH marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated. – THIS MONTH marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated.

☆ Alexei Navalnîi a fost dus la o secție de poliție din Himki. Avocatului său nu i s-a permis să intre
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Alexei Navalnîi a fost dus la o secție de poliție din Himki. Avocatului său nu i s-a permis să intreOpozantul rus Alexei Navalnîi, care a ajuns ieri la Moscova și a fost reţinut la punctul de control al paşapoartelor de pe aeroportul Şeremetievo, a fost astăzi dus o secție de poliție din Himki (oraș din Regiunea Moscovei). Despre aceasta a comunicat avocata lui Navalinîi, Olga Mihailova, scrie tvrain.ruAvocata acestuia a spus că poliția a refuzat să o lase să intre la Navalnîi, spunându-i că deja este prea târziu. Totodată, avocatului FBK, Veaceslav Ghimadi, nu i s-a permis să intre în secția de poliție, menționând că Navalinîi deja doarme. El a fost însoțit pe drum de Iulia Navalnîi, soția lui, și a fost reținut pe aeroport de îndată ce a ajuns la controlul pașapoartelor.

Persons: Alexei Navalnîi, rus Alexei Navalnîi, Olga, Veaceslav Ghimadi, Navalnîi, Iulia, Навальный Organizations: УВД Locations: rus, Moscova, Himki, Regiunea Moscovei, Rusia, Химки

☆ World’s most beautiful castles
▼ + stars: | 2019-08-07 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

As the UK crowns a new monarch, we’re exploring all things royal, from castles to grand tours. “Castles are places were plots were hatched, marriages were consummated, murders carried out, royal babies born, and so on. With castles, you are never short of fascinating things to talk about.”Read on to find out more about 21 of the world’s most beautiful castles, fortified homes that are both a feast for the eyes and a time trip back to the bygone age during which they were created. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThis classic medieval castle towers above the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. The castle’s vivid red-and-yellow color pattern – and its flashy clock tower – endow Pena with a much more playful air than the somber castles found elsewhere in Europe.

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