May 24, 2023 20:11
Discussions in the EU on the 11th sanctions package against Russia
As far as we know, the permanent representatives of the 27 EU countries held another exchange of views on the eleventh set of sanctions against Russia in the light of the progress recorded at the technical level on the relevant legal texts: Discussions will take place in the next few days technical level before going back to the ambassador level.
May 24, 2023 7:37 p.m
Russian nationalists: “Objectives achieved in Belgorod”
The “Legion Freedom for Russia” and the “Russian Volunteer Corps”, the two nationalist armed groups claiming responsibility for the incursion in the Belgorod region, held a press conference in which they stated that the goals of the operation “…” are reached” and admitted to killing two of her militiamen and wounding ten others. The news was published by the independent Russian newspaper Dozhd. The two groups had previously denied suffering casualties, while Moscow’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces had killed “over seventy” invaders from Ukrainian territory.
May 24, 2023 6:57 p.m
Kiev: “If the Russian ship is damaged, they will no longer feel comfortable in the Black Sea”
“Ships of the Russian fleet will no longer feel comfortable anywhere in the Black Sea. Three naval drones attacked a ship of the Russian Navy this morning.” This is how Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, admits to the attack on his spy ship “Ivan Khurs” denounced by Moscow. “Konashenkov (Igor, the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, editor’s note) said that all three drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were allegedly destroyed. He added that the ship continues to protect the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream pipelines. In addition, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the alleged destruction of one of the unmanned boats. “According to our information, two drones were actually destroyed on approach, but the third floated up and exploded near the ship, damaging the part lying on the surface,” Gerashchenko claims.
May 24, 2023 6:11 p.m
Prigozhin: “Russian defenses are blocking our flights to Africa”
The Ministry of Defense has started blocking our flights to Africa to prevent us from moving.” This was stated by the head of the Wagner militia, Yevgeny Prigozhin, when answering a question on his Telegram channel about the group’s activities in Africa . “It seems to me that the leadership of the Ministry of Defense has the direct goal of reducing Russia’s influence in the world as much as possible,” he argued.
May 24, 2023 5:38 p.m
Kyiv denies wounding General Zaluzhny
“Lie”. This is how the Center for Strategic Communications (Spravdi) of the Ukrainian government branded the latest news in the Russian media about the wounding of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny in early May.
“A lie: Kremlin fakes launched another “flash” according to which commander Valery Zaluzhny was seriously injured as a result of a Russian missile attack,” Spravdi writes on Telegram, later sharing a video showing the general’s speech online at the conference Odessa on May 20.
In addition, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Advisor Oleksii Danilov tweeted: “The President of Ukraine and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard the Commander-in-Chief’s report at 10 a.m. this morning, May 24, 2023.” of the Armed Forces, General Valery Zaluzhny,” added a winking emoji.
On May 24th, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. President of Ukraine and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard the reports of the Commander-in-Chief of the AFU Valerii Zaluzhnyi ?? ?? and other members of headquarters.
— Oleksiy Danilov (@OleksiyDanilov) May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023 5:33 p.m
Russian authorities: “Houses and shops of Ukrainians destroyed in Belgorod”
According to Russian authorities, five hundred houses and shops were damaged in the raid by “Ukrainian saboteurs” who entered the border region of Belgorod on Monday. In the city of Grajvoron alone, according to initial estimates, “two hundred buildings were damaged at various levels, residential, commercial, industrial and administrative… A Uragan warhead is still sticking out of a window in a kindergarten in Zamostye.” A total of 500 houses and Shops destroyed,” Gennady Bondarev, head of the district, told reporters.
May 24, 2023 5:28 p.m
Moscow: “Ukraine attacked a Russian ship in the Black Sea”
Ukraine tried to attack the Russian ship “Ivan Khurs” in the Black Sea with some “naval drones”, i.e. unmanned ships, but the Russian military successfully repelled the attack. This was stated by the Moscow Ministry of Defense in a statement. According to the ministry, the attack happened at 5:30 a.m. 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus. “The Black Sea Fleet ship Ivan Khurs performs tasks to ensure the safe operation of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the exclusive economic zone of Turkey,” said Ministry spokesman General Igor Konashenkov. He added that “all enemy boats were destroyed” and that the “Ivan Khurs” continued to carry out their assigned duties.
The “Ivan Khurs” is actually the most modern spy boat in the Russian Navy, which entered service in 2018. It is a 95 meter long unit with a crew of 131, specializing in radio communications interception and electronic countermeasures. Only a few small-calibre machine guns are on board for close defense.
May 24, 2023 5:25 p.m
Signing of new economic agreements between Russia and China
Russia and China have signed new economic agreements: The agreements, many details of which are not known, were signed on the occasion of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s visit to Beijing, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang. Several memoranda of understanding have been signed in the name of “borderless” friendship between the two countries while Russia deals with Western sanctions, including – reported the Russian agency Tass – an agreement to strengthen cooperation in the commercial sphere. In the news of the last few hours there has also been talk of agreements on the export of agricultural products in China and in the field of sports.