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08/28/2023 17:50:55
Prigozhin, Russian media: Bomb in jet air conditioner
Prigozhin, the bombers may have planted a bomb in the air conditioner: the reconstruction (Monday, August 28, 2023) military point 554 According to “Moskovsky Komsomolets”, the air conditioner on the downed jet broke down in July and was replaced. A bomb could also have been planted under a seat
08/28/2023 16:54:42
Kremlin: There is no date for Prigozhin’s funeral yet
A date for the funeral of Yevgeny Prigozhin and the other victims of the plane crash in the Tver region has not yet been set, the Kremlin said. “I have no information yet,” said spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “Once a decision is made, it will most likely be made public,” he added.
08/28/2023 16:08:20
Explosion at police headquarters in Energodar
Another explosion occurred at the police headquarters in the Russian-occupied city of Energodar, which is known to be home to the Zaporizhia power plant. The intelligence service of the Ministry of Defense of Kiev (Gur) explains this on its Telegram channel with the publication of the video. “Following the operation of the local resistance movement, coordinated by the Gur, an improvised barracks of the ‘Ahmat-1’ unit of the Russian Omon Guard (special mobile police unit, ed.) was ‘damaged’.” Headquarters would be used by Kadyrov’s troops. The “number of dead and wounded Kadyrov people is being clarified,” writes the Gur.
08/28/2023 12:09:41
Zelenskyy backs down: “Negotiations for Crimea”
It is “preferable and possible to negotiate a political solution for Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, instead of returning it to Ukraine by military force.” Also because this would avoid further victims. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with broadcaster 1+1. The Ukrainian military is gradually advancing towards the south of the country towards the Black Sea coast.
08/28/2023 10:37:39
Russian Black Sea Fleet ship docks in Algiers
A Russian Black Sea Fleet ship has called at the port of Algiers as part of the military cooperation program between the two countries. This emerges from a statement by the Algerian Ministry of Defense published on its Facebook page last night. “As part of the implementation of the Algerian-Russian bilateral military cooperation program, the corvette MERKURIY 734 of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has docked in the port of Algiers,” the statement said, without giving further details. The two countries conduct joint naval exercises at regular intervals, for example in October 2022 in the Mediterranean Sea. In late July, the Algerian army’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Said Chanegriha, traveled to Moscow at the invitation of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. In mid-June, the President of the North African country Abdelmadjid Tebboune paid an official working visit to Russia, which led to the signing of a declaration on the “deep strategic partnership” between Algiers and Moscow.
08/28/2023 10:33:52
Kiev: “Russia has at least 585 cruise missiles”
Russia currently has at least 585 missiles (excluding X-22), which have a range of over 500 kilometers and are increasingly being used by Moscow’s armed forces to attack various regions of Ukraine: the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadym Skibitsky. “If we talk about Iskander ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, according to our data, there are about 270 at the moment,” he said. The Kalibr reserves amount to about 140 missiles. They have less Kh-101, while the total number of Kh-101, Kh-555 and X-55 with warheads, according to our calculations, is about 100 missiles,” Skibitsky said. In addition, according to Skibitsky, the Russians could have in stock about 75 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
08/28/2023 10:32:53
Kiev: “4 cruise missiles shot down in the night”
Kiev forces destroyed four Russian cruise missiles last night, the Ukrainian Air Force reported, Ukrinform reports.
In all, the Russians fired four Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea at Feodosia and two Kh-59 air-to-air guided missiles from a Su-34 aircraft towards Kryvyi Rih. The missiles launched are two Kalibr and two Kh-59. 08/28/2023 10:11:30
Kiev: “F-16 could be operational in spring 2024”
US F-16 fighter jets will be operational in Ukraine by spring 2024, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said in an interview with German tabloid Bild. Ukraine has to prepare the infrastructure for the use of planes and this will take at least six months, “maybe a little longer,” he added. “I would say that this (the deployment of F-16s at the front, ed.) could happen next spring because we started training our pilots, engineers and technicians,” Reznikov said.
08/28/2023 10:10:00
Kiev: “261,310 Russians have been killed since the war began”
Russia lost 490 men in the last day, bringing its ranks to 261,310 since the day Moscow attacked Ukraine on February 24. This was announced in the daily bulletin of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, just published on Facebook, which reports figures that cannot be independently verified. According to reports from the Ukrainian military, Russian losses so far amount to 261,310 men, 4,400 tanks, 8,562 armored vehicles, 5,425 artillery systems, 730 multiple rocket launchers and 499 anti-aircraft systems. Russian forces also lost 315 aircraft, 316 helicopters, 7,866 automobile equipment, 18 naval units and 4,383 drones, according to the bulletin, which states that the data is being updated due to the intense fighting.
“There is good in this world and it is worth fighting for.”
JRR TolkienTotal combat losses of the opponent from 02/24/2022 to 08/28/2023: pic.twitter.com/Fkc1jq6EII
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) August 28, 2023
08/28/2023 10:08:51
Zelenskyy: “Corruption and high treason must be punished equally”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will ask parliament to equate the crime of corruption with the crime of high treason in wartime. In an interview with the 1+1 TV channel, Zelenskyy said that next week “my proposals on equating corruption with treason in wartime will be presented to Ukrainian deputies.” In the latest Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, Ukraine ranks 116th out of 180 countries. Zelenskyy hopes that fighting corruption will make it easier for partners to support multi-billion dollar reconstruction efforts.
08/28/2023 10:07:13
Zelenskyy: “We will lose support if the war goes to Russia”
“Ukraine risks losing the military support of some major powers if the battlefield of the war shifts to Russian territory.” This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview, the Kiev Independent reported. “If the war goes to Russia,” he added, “there is a great danger that we will finally be left alone.” There are great states in our world for which there is only one point in which they are not on the side Russia stand – the territorial integrity of the state. If I consciously order my troops and decide to go to Russian territory, I need to be sure that this state will not be with me. We have to think about what is more important for the people and for Ukraine now.”
08/28/2023 08:03:44
Kyiv: “Robotyne village liberated”
Ukrainian forces have liberated the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhia region, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said in a live broadcast by the Military Media Center. This was reported by Rbc-Ukraine. Kiev troops are advancing southeast of Robotyne and south of Mala Tokmachka, he added. On Wednesday, the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that it had raised the Ukrainian flag on Robotyne.
Ukrainian war, the latest news today. “Russia can forever hold defense lines in occupied parts of Ukraine if Ukrainian troops do not take proactive steps to liberate their country. We must breach their defenses. And that is what is actually being done now. As Ukrinform reports, this was stated by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Kyrylo Budanov, in an interview with Crimea.Realities. “They can last a long time,” he added, “if we don’t take proactive initiatives.” They can last forever, believe me. Those who say it is possible to invent a magical path know it is not. Something like that does not exist.”
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Prigozhin, the prophecy: “Russia is an exploding plane”. The metaphor before death triggers conspiracy theorists