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Ashley is best described by the two C’s: calm and compassionate. She was adamant about becoming a doctor when she was younger. That is, until she was accepted into medical school. She realized after two years of university that she wasn’t quite cut out for the job. She abruptly discontinued her studies and decided to pursue a career as a writer instead. She is still interested in medicine, but prefers to remain a distant observer and recorder of medical advances and innovations. She currently works as Senior editor with S Chronicles, where she primarily writes about health and science, as well as co-authoring books on the side.Contact email: ashley.cornell@spamchronicles.com

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1660587980 Kenya riots Ruto declared winner of presidential election

Kenya riots: Ruto declared winner of presidential election

Ruto, 55, won the vote with 50.49 percent or 7,176,141 votes, Election Commission Chairman Wafula Chebukati said on Monday. As a result, Ruto emerged victorious in the election by a narrow margin over longtime opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga. Odinga, 77, received 48.85% or 6,942,930 of the votes.

The vice president recommended that parties have the election results examined in court. Riots then broke out in the voting center. Diplomats and international observers were expelled from the building where the votes were counted.

Clashes in Kibera near Nairobi (Kenya)

AP/Ben Curtis Odinga fans protest the result

Elected as Kenya’s stability test

The election was seen as an important test of the stability of East Africa’s largest economy after two of the last three elections were overshadowed by violence following disputes over allegations of manipulation. Ruto, 55, and Odinga, 77, are running to succeed Uhuru Kenyatta, who cannot run again after two terms.

After huge spending on infrastructure projects, he leaves behind an over-indebted state. In addition, the outgoing head of state failed to control widespread corruption.

A group of 14 unions and organizations, including Amnesty International and Transparency, released a joint statement on Sunday calling for calm. “We urge all candidates, their supporters and the public to exercise restraint,” the statement said. “We must all avoid fueling tensions that could easily lead to violence.”

expected electoral challenge

During the election campaign, Odinga and Ruto promised to respect the result of free and transparent elections and to take any doubts to the courts and not to use violence in the streets. If Odinga goes to court now, it will be many weeks before the new president takes office.

In the Kisumu stronghold in Odinga, about 300 believers prayed for a peaceful election result on Sunday. “Don’t let politics divide us. We must remain united,” Bishop Washington Ogonyo Ngede appealed to parishioners.

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God of War Ragnarok a 6 minute video in preparation for

God of War Ragnarök: a 6-minute video in preparation for its release

God of War Ragnarok unveils a 6-minute video in which Felicia Day, revealed by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, recaps the first game.

God of War Ragnarök is undoubtedly one of the games that fans are most looking forward to on PlayStation. Following its recently unveiled synopsis, Sony is sharing a six-minute video today. And what better actress could tell us the story of the previous God of War than Felicia Day, the indispensable Vi in Buffy vs. the Vampires?

Prepare for the release of the new work with a video synopsis

Felicia Day is a huge geek icon. An actress revealed through her role as Vi in Buffy vs. the Vampires but also in Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible’s sing-along blog, Supernatural or My Little Pony appeared. In other words, the perfect choice to summarize the story of the first god of war Released for PS4 in 2018.

The actress brilliantly sums up the story of God of War in a mood that will delight fans after the positive comments of the YouTube video. What to prepare players for the arrival of a title that promises to be even more grandiose, especially with the presence of Thor. Remember that on November 9th, the community can experience God of War Ragnarok on PS4 and PS5.

The first plot details have been revealed:

Fimbulvetr is already well advanced. As Asgard’s forces prepare for the prophesied clash that will destroy the world, Kratos and Atreus must explore the Nine Realms in search of answers. During their journey they will discover Mesmerizing mythical landscapes and fighting terrible enemies, monsters and Norse gods. Ragnarok is getting more and more menacing. Kratos and Atreus must choose between their safety and that of the kingdoms.

God of War Ragnarok is coming to PS4 and PS5 on November 9th.

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1660587921 TikTok has oversold a romance novel

TikTok has oversold a romance novel

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The bestseller charts of the summer months were full of mysteries, as always, but the second-best novel, at least as far as July is concerned, in this case is of a different genre or colour: it’s the pink It Ends With Us by American novelist Colleen Hoover, which has sold almost a hundred thousand copies.

It was published in the United States in 2016, but in the last two years it has been bought again and read a lot thanks to the advice shared on TikTok, the social network that more than any other has managed to create a clearly recognizable and to have relevant impact on book sales: 768,700 copies of the novel were sold in 2021, 18 times more than in 2020; In total, more than 3 million copies were sold. And given that TikTok’s influence on publishing is international, the renewed success of It Ends With Us was quickly reflected in Italy, where publisher Sperling & Kupfer chose not to translate the title to ensure familiarity with TikTok users to exploit with the English.

In some ways, It Ends With Us is similar to so many other romance novels that often contain the same clichés. It tells of a love story between an intelligent but somewhat lonely young woman and a charming man with a brilliant career. It is written in a very simple style, contains didactic descriptions and numerous sex scenes – in the past it would have been called “daring”, today rose lovers and TikTok users say “hot”. To give you a rough idea, this is the first description protagonist and narrator Lily makes of Ryle, the man with whom she will start a love story:

I can’t help but notice how cute he is.
no Cute is an insult.
It is wonderful. Well-groomed hands, well-groomed air, several years older than me. She narrows the corners of her eyes as she follows me with her gaze and appears to purse her lips unknowingly. Reaching the street-facing side of the building, I lean forward and stare at the cars, showing indifference. One look at his haircut is enough to realize he’s the kind of man who loves to impress people and I refuse to feed his ego. He hasn’t actually done anything because he’s considered vain, but he’s wearing a Burberry shirt and I don’t think I’ve ever caught the eye of anyone who could afford one.

TikTok has oversold a romance novel

The Italian cover of “It Ends With Us” on the left, the American cover on the right: the graphics have been preserved along with the title

In other respects, It Ends With Us stands out from novels of the same genre and has some characteristics that probably help explain its success on TikTok. In short: it makes you cry.

This is in fact the main feature of all the novels that have been the most popular to date on BookTok, the informal section of the social network dedicated to books, whether they are books with a very simple and accessible style or you have literary qualities like A Life Like Many by Hanya Yanagihara, published in Italian by Sellerio.

Often the most successful content on BookTok is not reviews, but videos in which users – especially for Colleen Hoover’s novels and for their fans, the so-called “Cohorts”, the feminine plural is more precise – show their reactions during and at the end of reading: emotions are the focus of experiencing and sharing, and they seem to work more when they are strong, accompanied by tears, swollen and red eyes, or even sobs. Judging from this content, one gets the impression that young women who read a lot and like to talk about it online are mostly looking for sad books, an escape to suffering.

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It Ends With Us – below there will be some plot spoilers essential to explain why the novel makes you cry and why it is therefore particularly appreciated on TikTok – is also a tale of domestic violence. Lily’s father was a violent man toward his wife, and by the end of the novel, Ryle, the beauty in the Burberry shirt, is revealed to be one too: but only after Lily has married him and become pregnant with him.

The really dramatic part of the novel has a particularly strong effect on the reader because it arrives after more than 200 pages: only in the last third of the book does it emerge that Ryle is violent and Lily is faced with difficult decisions of her own. There are only romantic ones Idyll and the main difficulty the protagonist faces seems to be convincing Ryle to enter into a stable relationship with her. The TikTok videos, which collect the impressions of the readers as they read on, show how these suddenly change in the last part of the book.

@ book.addicted I was totally shocked 😍 I didn’t expect to like it so much 😍 #itendswithus #leggoereagisco #fyp #perte #neiperte #booktok #booktokitalia #romancebooks #colleenhoover ♬ MAMMA MIA SCENE 5 – Owen Kelley

Hoover thought this structure strategically, you can say: he wants the readers to identify with Lily (who, like many other protagonists of Pink, has no particular depth as a character) and how she falls in love with Ryle, then share the big dilemma, that at the end of the novel she has to decide whether or not to leave her daughter’s husband and father. As the author explains in a note at the end of the book, the plot of It Ends With Us is inspired by the story of Hoover’s parents: Her mother abandoned her father when she was only three years old because he beat her.

By structuring the novel in this way, Hoover wanted to show people with no experience of domestic violence how difficult it can be to leave a loved one who has been violent. The title is actually an indication of the ending, and encapsulates the message Hoover wants to convey: a story of domestic violence ends when the woman suffering from it manages to end the relationship. The Italian subtitle “We are the ones who say enough” is a good non-literal translation; the plural refers to Lily and her daughter, not she and Ryle as one might think in the first part of the novel.

However, we must not think that It Ends With Us is a realistic depiction of domestic violence cases: Ryle only attacks Lily once, but the protagonist is enough to remove him thanks to the memory of his mother’s experience. In reality this is hardly the case. Ryle is kind of a Dr. Jekill / Mr. Hyde: He immediately realizes that he has ruined his relationship with his wife, tries to ask forgiveness and make things right, he is no longer aggressive and willingly accepts the divorce. The ending of the novel isn’t exactly a happy ending, but the characters seem to have found a balance that works.

TikTok has oversold a romance novel

Colleen Hoover in 2013 with some copies of her first novels: The debut novel “Slammed” was initially self-published (AP Photo / LM Otero)

According to Laura Miller, a Slate critic who analyzed the huge success of Hoover’s books in the United States and on TikTok, “A happy ending is a romance novelist’s main expectation, an expectation that reflects the fallacious romance that some women are drawn to.” abusive partners remain bound” and ‘when Lily ends her marriage, she breaks the conventions of the genre.’ Along with the presence of incredibly dramatic experiences for all the protagonists, this aspect of the unexpected is another hallmark of Hoover’s novels – and not just about It Ends With Us – that set them apart from the pinks and make them particularly exciting. Mueller writes:

I think I got the secret of Hoover’s success: his books are very effective mechanisms for getting a maximum dose of a mix of things that different people like: love stories, naughty smut, plots centered around trauma, soap tear work and narrative twists.

Other Hoover books are also selling well in the US during this period: it was 15 in the top 150 best sellers for the first week of August – Hoover has written 22 in total since 2012. In Italy in July only Alle Your Perfects, also published by Sperling & Kupfer and published in March as It Ends With Us, appeared among the hundred best-selling books. However, it is likely that Hoover will continue to see himself on the charts in the near future, also because October will see the release of the American edition of It Starts With Us, the sequel or prequel (it’s not clear) to It Ends With Us released. And sooner or later there will be a movie too.

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Tales Of The Walking Dead Olivia Munn and Terry Crews

Tales Of The Walking Dead: Olivia Munn and Terry Crews team up for a road trip to the series premiere

Olivia Munn and Terry Crews portrayed survivors on a romantic road trip during Sunday’s series premiere of Tales Of The Walking Dead.

Set in the zombie apocalypse universe on AMC, the spin-off anthology series was subtitled “Evie/Joe” and focused on emergency prepper Joe, played by Terry, 54, and free spirit Evie, portrayed by Olivia, 42

The episode began with Joe in his bunker reliving the Ohio State football games on TV with a handmade sign that read that it had been 402 days “since the whole world screwed up the game.”

Anthology Series: Olivia Munn and Terry Crews portrayed survivors on a romantic road trip during Sunday's series premiere of Tales Of The Walking Dead

Anthology Series: Olivia Munn and Terry Crews portrayed survivors on a romantic road trip during Sunday’s series premiere of Tales Of The Walking Dead

He was with his beloved Doberman named Gilligan who was killed in a late night zombie attack outdoors despite emergency fences.

Joe buried Gilligan and in his sadness and loneliness decided to seek out a widow he had previously met online.

He grabbed his football helmet and got on a motorcycle with a sidecar to find Sandra [Kersti Bryan].

Joe was caught in a net by Evie while traveling at night and she forced him to wear handcuffs.

Free Spirit: Olivia played the free spirit Evie, who had to be taken away by Joe

Free Spirit: Olivia played the free spirit Evie, who had to be taken away by Joe

Bunker Life: The episode began with Joe in his bunker reliving the Ohio State football games on TV with a handcrafted sign that read that it's been 402 days

Bunker Life: The episode began with Joe in his bunker reliving the Ohio State football games on TV with a handcrafted sign that read that it’s been 402 days “since the whole world screwed up the game.”

Road trip: Joe grabbed his football helmet and got on a motorcycle with a sidecar to find Sandra [Kersti Bryan]

Road trip: Joe grabbed his football helmet and got on a motorcycle with a sidecar to find Sandra [Kersti Bryan]

Evie tied up Joe and he revealed his motorcycle had a kill switch preventing her from stealing it.

Joe boasted that he was prepared for the zombie apocalypse and Evie gifted him a crystal necklace to reduce his bad mood.

They set out on a drive together the next day, with Evie pointing a gun at him while navigating.

At gunpoint: They embarked on a drive together the next day, with Evie pointing a gun at him while navigating

At gunpoint: They embarked on a drive together the next day, with Evie pointing a gun at him while navigating

Joe sang with headphones and was joined by Evie.

He later gave her blade sharpening advice at night and asked for her trust in Evie.

Joe cursed Evie after she stabbed his journal and read his poetry, and she apologized for the invasion of privacy.

Too far: Joe cursed Evie after she sniffed through his diary and read his poetry and she apologized for the invasion of privacy

Too far: Joe cursed Evie after she sniffed through his diary and read his poetry and she apologized for the invasion of privacy

Joe gained her trust after Evie freed him to help fend off zombies.

They fought side by side and finished off the walkers who were then blessed by Evie.

Evie then gave Joe the keys to remove his handcuffs and he let her drive the motorbike.

Getting along: The survivors banded together at nightly drinking

Getting along: The survivors banded together at nightly drinking

She revealed she was heading to Mount Pleasant, near Joe’s destination, to see her estranged husband.

Joe asked her for help locating Sandra, but left his motorbike idling when Evie discovered a key lead to her whereabouts.

Evie found a baby goat when a thief left a message saying “thanks for the bike” and Joe learned her gun wasn’t loaded when he tried to fire it.

Not Loaded: Evie found a kid when a thief left a non-spell

Not Loaded: Evie found a kid when a thief left a non-spell “thanks for the bike” and Joe learned her gun wasn’t loaded when he tried to fire it

Joe argued with Evie while she was carrying the baby goat.

Evie told Joe he should have known the gun was loaded.

“You tried so hard to survive the end of the world that yours never began,” Evie told him.

Harsh words:

Harsh words: “You tried so hard to survive the end of the world that yours never began,” Evie told him

F*** you,” Joe said as he stormed off.

‘May your next life be blessed,’ said Evie.

Joe then dodged zombies as he headed towards his online crush, who let him into their bunker.

Next life:

Next life: “May your next life be blessed,” Evie said

Joe was thrilled to meet Sandra who welcomed him into her bunker.

Evie was now carrying the goat and did not find her husband but looked at some of his paintings including a portrait of her.

Showing her dark side, Sandra drugged Joe while accusing him of wrongdoing.

Warm welcome: Joe was thrilled to meet Sandra who welcomed him into her bunker

Warm welcome: Joe was thrilled to meet Sandra who welcomed him into her bunker

However, Evie did not give up on Joe and came to his rescue.

Sandra also attempted to drug her, but Evie, aware of her plan, fought her off.

The episode ended with Joe and Evie deciding to become friends and going with the goat together.

Crazy woman;  Sandra also attempted to drug her, but Evie, aware of her plan, fought her off

Crazy woman; Sandra also attempted to drug her, but Evie, aware of her plan, fought her off

Big hug: The episode ended with Joe and Evie deciding to become friends and leaving with the goat together

Big hug: The episode ended with Joe and Evie deciding to become friends and leaving with the goat together

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Michel Telo is wanted by the judiciary for nonpayment of

Michel Teló is wanted by the judiciary for nonpayment of debts: "thousands"

Michel Teló is wanted by the Santa Catarina Justice Department

the country singer Michel Telo is requested by the 2nd Civil Court of the Itajaí Judicial District in Santa Catarina to serve the summons to a trial. He was involved in the process after traditional groupto which he belonged, suing a transport company.

According to information from the journalist Fábia Oliveira of EM OFF, Grupo Tradição filed a lawsuit against the company Althaus Transporte LTDA on the grounds that “on November 27, 2003, on the BR101 highway, he was surprised by a collision at the rear” it was carried out caused a company truck.

The lawsuit sought 85,104.01 in damages. In the first instance, Grupo Tradição’s applications were granted. The judge added that the band would receive a refund of $32,852.00 that was spent on renting another vehicle.

Althaus Transportes LTDA appealed the decision, claiming it was “the bus driver’s fault because when he exited the service station on the side of the motorway so he could drive in, he should have taken extra precautions to avoid the collision.”

Therefore, the judges reversed the decision and dismissed the motions made in the lawsuit. The ruling has been fulfilled since 2020, but the debt has not been settled. Althaus Transportes LTDA alleged that amounts due as a result of the lawsuit, which were set at BRL 40,937.03 in 2020, were not paid.

Thais Fersoza and Michel Telo

“I can’t,” Michel Teló makes a decision and, together with his children, makes a statement to the public in which Thaí Fersoza is involved

Thais Fersoza and Michel Teló (Photo: Instagram)

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Michel Telo

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The company claims that it was unsuccessful in finding the legal entity and that “the debtor had not the slightest interest in resolving the dispute.” Now there is an application for the dissolution of the legal entity and for Michel Teló to be included in the lawsuit “as enforced”.

Michel Teló wanted by the judiciary (Photo: Disclosure)Michel Teló wanted by the judiciary (Photo: Disclosure)

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WikiLeaks Complaint by Julian Assanges lawyers against the CIA

WikiLeaks: Complaint by Julian Assange’s lawyers against the CIA

WASHINGTON | American lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced on Monday that they would file a complaint against the CIA and its former director, Mike Pompeo, who they accuse of recording their conversations and copying the contents of their phones and computers.

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The lawyers and two journalists who joined the complaint are all Americans and claim the intelligence agency violated their constitutional right to privacy, in this case involving Australian Julian Assange.

They allege that the CIA worked with a security firm hired by the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where Julian Assange was then taking refuge, to spy on the WikiLeaks founder, his lawyers, journalists and others he met .

Julian Assange faces extradition from Britain to the United States, where he is accused of publishing diplomatic cables related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2010.

According to attorney Richard Roth, representing the plaintiffs, these alleged acts of espionage mean that Mr Assange’s right to a fair trial has “now been tainted, if not nullified” because “the government now knows the substance of these talks.”

“Sanctions should be in place, up to and including dismissing these charges or withdrawing the extradition request, in response to these clearly unconstitutional activities,” he said.

The complaint was filed by attorneys Margaret Ratner Kunstler and Deborah Hrbek, and journalists Charles Glass and John Goetz.

It targets the CIA, its former director and ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the security firm Undercover Global, and its President David Morales Guillen.

The complaint alleges that Undercover Global, which was under contract with the Ecuadorian embassy, ​​collected information from the applicants’ electronic devices on behalf of the CIA, including exchanges with Mr Assange, and placed microphones in the building, their recordings as well since remote surveillance images were also sent to the American agency.

Julian Assange has appealed the UK’s decision to grant the extradition request to the United States.

The charges against him could carry a prison sentence of up to 175 years.

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Trump now claims FBI agents seized three of his PASSPORTS

Trump now claims FBI agents seized three of his PASSPORTS during the Mar-a-Lago raid

Donald Trump claimed Monday his passports were “stolen” in last week’s FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, meaning he cannot leave the country.

He called it an “attack on a political opponent”.

‘Wow. In the FBI raid or Mar-a-Lago, they stole my three passports (one was expired) along with everything else. This is an attack on a political opponent on a level unprecedented in our country. Third world,” he wrote on his social media account Truth Social.

He likely has a regular blue passport issued to US citizens and a red diplomatic passport issued for official government travel. As President, he would have received a diplomatic passport.

But without a legal passport, Trump would not be able to travel outside of the United States.

It is unclear whether the passports were confiscated and whether this was because the former president is believed to be at risk of absconding.

Donald Trump claimed his passports were

Donald Trump claimed his passports were “stolen” in the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago last week

1660587734 122 Trump now claims FBI agents seized three of his PASSPORTS

Trump and his family have accused President Joe Biden of ordering the raid.

The White House said the president learned about the raid from public reports.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said he “personally authorized” the raid. He gave no further details about the investigation, but said the Justice Department had requested the warrant and inventory be released due to the high level of public interest in the investigation.

And White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Sunday President Biden was not briefed at all.

“Not informed. We didn’t interfere,” she said on ABC’s This Week.

During Monday’s raid on Trump’s Florida home, FBI agents took 11 sets of classified documents, photographs and other files marked “top secret” from among boxes of items.

In total, FBI agents took away 27 boxes of documents, according to federal orders.

The inventory of items seized by the agents includes a few specific items, including an “Executive Grant of Clemency: Re Roger Jason Stone Jr” — a former Trump aide who was pardoned in the final days of Trump’s presidency — and “Info re: President of France.’

The list also includes more general terms such as “Miscellaneous Classified/TS/SCI Documents”. In the world of national security, the acronym “TS/SCI” generally refers to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information – available only to those with the highest level of clearance.

Also listed are four sets of “top secret” documents, three sets of “secret” documents, and three sets of “confidential” documents, but the receipt offers no further information about what they contained.

Lawyers for Trump insist that as president he had the power to release the documents before leaving office.

Trump has also accused the FBI of taking attorney-client documents and demanding their return.

‘Oh cool! It has just been learned that the FBI, in its now-famous Mar-a-Lago raid, looted boxes of privileged material from “legal clients” and also privileged material from “executives” that they knowingly should not have taken,” Trump said on Sunday on Truth Social.

In all, FBI agents took 27 boxes of documents when it raided Mar-a-Lago last week, according to the federal order

In all, FBI agents took 27 boxes of documents when it raided Mar-a-Lago last week, according to the federal order

Donald Trump, via Truth Social on Sunday, demanded that the FBI return to him documents they seized during Monday's Mar-a-Lago raid, which contained material from

Donald Trump, via Truth Social on Sunday, demanded that the FBI return to him documents they seized during Monday’s Mar-a-Lago raid, which contained material from “lawyers” and “privileged executives.”

The Receipt for Property lists items confiscated, including an

The Receipt for Property lists items confiscated, including an “Executive Grant of Clemency: Re Roger Jason Stone Jr” – a former Trump aide who was pardoned in the final days of Trump’s presidency – “info re: President of France ‘ and a ‘handwritten note’

He said the FBI should consider his post on the alternative social media site as a formal request for the documents to be returned to his Palm Beach property.

“By having a copy of this TRUTH,” Trump wrote Sunday, “I respectfully request that these documents be returned immediately to the place from which they were taken.” Many Thanks!’

Monday’s raid was part of a longer investigation into documents Trump took when he left the White House.

Under the Presidential Records Act, all of these documents must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration at the end of each Presidential Administration.

The law made all presidential and vice presidential records the property of the federal government, with “custody, control and preservation” of the records being delegated to the National Archives when a president leaves office.

Earlier this year, Trump returned 15 boxes to the archives. But on Monday, agents searched storage rooms in Mar-a-Lago and areas of Trump’s private residence in a day-long search, removing more material.

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1660587673 Ukraine hits base of Russian paramilitary group Wagner report

Ukraine hits base of Russian paramilitary group Wagner: report

Ukraine said on Monday it had successfully hit the headquarters of the Wagner Group, the elite Russian paramilitary organization fighting on behalf of the Kremlin – just days after photos posted online falsely revealed the location.

Ukrainian Luhansk Governor Serhiy Hayday announced that the country’s forces had attacked the group’s main operation in the eastern city of Popasna, according to the BBC.

Pro-Kremlin war reports also confirmed the attack.

The Russian private army “The Wagner Group” bombed after a tweet by a Russian propagandist published the address of the headquarters.The Wagner group was bombed after a tweet by a Russian propagandist published the headquarters’ address. telegram

Ukraine claims to have hit the base of private military company Wagner in Popasna with a rocket attackUkraine claims to have hit the base of private military company Wagner in Popasna with a rocket attack.HS Kharkiv Telegram Channel

Details of the strike were not immediately clear, including the death toll in the attack and the extent of the damage inflicted.

Ukraine was able to locate the headquarters after a Russian propagandist, Sergei Sreda, accidentally revealed his location in photos published on Telegram on Aug. 8, Ukrainian newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported.

The video showed a street sign with the address of a nearby air raid shelter, allowing Kyiv to figure out the location.

The shadowy Wagner group was also used by Russia in the 2014 Crimean War and has been seen in Syria, Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic, according to the BBC.

According to several reports, members of the group have repeatedly attempted to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The group is believed to be behind some of the world’s worst atrocities and has been linked to widespread rapes and robberies of civilians in Central African Republic in 2021.

“The Russian government has found Wagner and other private military contractors useful in expanding its influence abroad without the visibility and interference of state forces,” according to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank.

The group was reportedly founded by Dmitry Utkin, a former special forces colonel and veteran of the two wars in Chechnya. Wagner is believed to be owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch known as “Putin’s chef” because his restaurants and catering companies have thrown lavish dinner parties for the president’s inner circle.

In 2016, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Prigozhin for “materially assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological assistance … in support of senior officials of the Russian Federation.”

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