Sep 29, 2023 3:00:59 p.m
Russia: Long-range missile tested for use in Ukraine
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev took part in the test launch of a “modernized high-precision missile” at the Kapustin-Yar field. “The tested missile with improved precision characteristics and longer range is intended for use in the special military operation in Ukraine,” Medvedev said, quoted by Tass, emphasizing that testing of the weapon “will continue.” “Russia is upgrading its weapons taking into account advanced Western armaments” and “this will continue until the victory in the special military operation,” he said.
09/29/2023 07:51:54
Putin appoints former Wagner commander to train new volunteers
The Russian President, Wladimir Putin, tasked former Wagner Group chief of staff, retired Colonel Andrei Troshev, with forming volunteer units for the war in Ukraine. This was reported by the Interfax agency, emphasizing that Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Evkurov also took part in the meeting between Putin and former lieutenant Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash last month. The president called on Troshev to “create volunteer units capable of carrying out various combat missions, especially in the field of special military operations,” Putin said, referring to Ukraine. “You yourself fought in such a unit for more than a year. “You know what is at stake, you know the problems that need to be solved in advance so that the fighting is as best and successful as possible,” Putin added.
Wagner returns to the combat zone.
Putin met with Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and former chief of staff of the Wagner PMC Andrei Troshev.
“Andrei Nikolayevich, at the last meeting we talked about the fact that you will create volunteer units capable of providing services… pic.twitter.com/GSLJJ7EifJ
— Sentletse 🇷🇺🇿🇦 (@Sentletse) September 29, 2023
09/29/2023 07:51:02
Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones
Russian air defense systems destroyed eleven Ukrainian drones, one of them over the Kaluga region and the other ten over the Kursk region. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry, citing the Tass agency. “On the night of September 29, the Kiev regime’s attempt to carry out a terrorist attack using aerial drones on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped. The air defense systems in use destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including one in the territory of the Kaluga region and ten in the territory of the Kursk region,” the note said.
09/29/2023 07:50:42
Ukrainian drone damages Kursk power plant
A Ukrainian drone dropped two explosive devices into an electrical substation in the western Russian region of Kursk, leaving five sites and a hospital without power, Governor Roman Starovoit said on Telegram. It happened in Belovsky district. «An electrical transformer caught fire. Five populated areas and a hospital are without power,” Starovoit wrote, adding that firefighters are heading to the area and “repairs will begin as soon as it is safe to do so.”