Aboutthe ex-silovik released on parole declared his readiness to participate in a military operation, the court released on parole a former silovik convicted of participating in the transfer of a bribe. He made a deal with the investigation and received four years in prison, and the other defendants — 11 years each
The court granted the defense’s request for the conditional early release of a former employee of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), entrepreneur Timur Dzusov, who was sentenced to four years in the case of receiving a bribe on a particularly large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code), Kommersant reports.
Dzusov at the meeting stated that he “fully realized what he had done”, and called the crime he had committed “a black spot on his soul”. He added that he is a career military man, fully supports the military operation in Ukraine and is ready to participate in hostilities if he is called upon: to command a motorized rifle platoon or company, as well as to control an infantry fighting vehicle or APC.
Dzusov was detained in December 2018. According to investigators, he participated in the transfer of bribes to the deputy head of the 11th Department of the Department of the Central Department of Internal Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Dmitry Ataev and the head of the 12th department of the 4th operational search unit of the Moscow UEBIPK Evgeny Kashmatov from the top manager of JSC “EMC-Engineering”raquo; Andrey Chesnokov.
The company’s management was suspected of embezzling funds from the main military construction department of the Ministry of Defense during the construction of military facilities. According to the investigation, Ataev and Kashmatov received 20 million rubles from Chesnokov for the termination of inspections, while Dzusov conducted negotiations with representatives of JSC.
After the arrest, Dzusov agreed to cooperate with the investigation and concluded a pre-trial agreement, his case was considered in a special order. In January 2021, he was sentenced to four years in prison. Considering the time of his arrest, Dzusov spent more than half of his term in custody – two years and ten months. His lawyer asked to release the defendant to freedom, taking into account the positive characteristics. The UFSIN confirmed that Dzusov “does not violate the schedule, is always neat, respectful and polite.” He is due to be released in early December.
Ataev and Kashmatov were sentenced to 11 years in prison and fines of 100 million rubles.
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In October, Senators Andrei Klishas and Olga Kovitidi drafted a bill on the participation of convicts in hostilities. According to the proposal, if the convicted person “shows courage and heroism in the performance of military duty”…> and thereby proves his correction», then on the recommendation of the command, the court may release him from serving his sentence or the remainder of the sentence.
Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, commenting on the initiative, said that “having embarked on the path of good, it will be difficult for you to turn away from it.” In autumn, a video appeared on telegram channels showing a man similar to Prigozhin recruiting prisoners to be sent to Ukraine. The businessman then suggestedFor Russians who do not want prisoners to participate in a military operation, choose: “Either PMCs and prisoners, or your children,” decide for yourself.
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Peskov: there are no agreements on a meeting between Erdogan and Assad in Russia, theoretically it is possible Theoretically, a meeting of the presidents of Turkey and Syria with the mediation of Russia is possible, but so far there are no such agreements. Earlier, Erdogan admitted that he would hold talks with Assad “when the time comes”
Dmitry Peskov
There are no agreements on the meeting of the leaders of Turkey and Syria Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar al-Assad in Russia with the mediation of Vladimir Putin. This was stated to journalists by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov, reports TASS.
At the same time, Peskov admitted that theoretically such a meeting could take place.
Earlier on November 23, Erdogan did not rule out the possibility of negotiations with Assad, “when the time comes,” noting that now contacts between the two countries are maintained at the level of special services. Hurriyet newspaper wrote at the same time that the meeting of the two presidents could be mediated by Putin.
The President’s Special Representative for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, said that the possibility of such a meeting in Russia “always exists”. According to him, Moscow had previously considered the possibility of organizing negotiations, but Ankara believes that “at the moment, the conditions for this have not yet matured”.
On November 20, Erdogan ordered to launch the operation “Claw-Sword” against the “Kurdistan Workers’ Party” (PKK, Ankara considers it a terrorist organization) in northern Syria and Iraq. Ankara called its goals the prevention of terrorist attacks against Turkish citizens and ensuring border security. According to the Turkish side, the PKK is responsible for the terrorist attack in the center of Istanbul on November 13. The Kurds deny their involvement in it. The Turkish Armed Forces have carried out airstrikes on territories that have been used by terrorists as a base for attacks on the country, Erdogan admitted that ground forces may be involved.
According to the Turkish president, the operation was launched due to Russia’s failure to fulfill its obligations to “clean up” the Syrian regions from terrorists according to the agreement of 2019. In response, the Kremlin pointed to “nuances” in the approaches of Ankara and Moscow to the situation in Syria and stated that Russia respects Turkey’s concerns about its own security.
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PTokayev, a resident of Kazakhstan, called for searching together for a formula of peace for the conflict in Ukraine, Kassym Jomart-Tokayev recalled that any wars end with peaceful negotiations, and called on Moscow and Kiev to use any chance to resolve the conflict diplomatically
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
The moment has come for a joint search for a peaceful path to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), according to the website of the head of state.
“As for Ukraine, I believe that the time has come for a joint collective search for a formula for peace. <..."It is impossible to allow the fraternal Russian and Ukrainian peoples to go their separate ways for tens or hundreds of years with mutual non-healing grievances," Tokayev said.
He noted that the parties should “use any chance to achieve at least a truce”, and recalled that the negotiations in Istanbul, which took place in March, gave hope for a diplomatic solution to the conflict, however, the agreement was undermined for various reasons.
The meeting in Istanbul was one of the last contacts between the parties in the search for a peaceful solution to the conflict. Then the negotiations stalled. Representatives of both sides said they were open to negotiations, and accused each other of unwillingness to sit down at the negotiating table.
Tokayev has previously expressed his commitment to a diplomatic resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, in particular in July in a conversation with the country’s president Vladimir Zelensky. The Ukrainian leader then thanked his colleague “for the principled support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine” and the non-recognition of the sovereignty of the LPR and the DPR.
Zelensky, speaking at the G20 summit in Indonesia in an online format, presented a “ten-point formula for peace.” These include the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine; radiation, nuclear, energy, food security; the release of all prisoners and deportees; the implementation of the UN Charter and the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and world order, etc. Read on RBC Pro A new era in world trade is coming. Who will benefit from it 120 years is the limit of a person’s life. What habits can push back the old age of the Rise of Britcoin: will cryptocurrencies become mainstream under Rishi Sunak Eight simple techniques to neutralize toxic people
The Ukrainian leader warned that there would be no new Minsk agreements, which contained provisions on the settlement of the conflict in the south-east of Ukraine, since “Russia will violate [them] immediately after the conclusion”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Zelensky’s words confirm Ukraine’s position on the rejection of negotiations.
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PArmenian Prime Minister Pashinyan refused to sign the declaration following the CSTO summit, the refusal is due to the lack of a political assessment of Azerbaijan’s “aggression” against Armenia’s territorial integrity by the organization – we are talking about three episodes of the use of Baku’s armed forces since May 2021, Pashinyan said
Nikol Pashinyan during a meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council
Armenia refused to sign the declaration of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the draft on joint measures to assist Armenia, according to the website of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Of the 17 final documents prepared, two were sent for revision, the Armenian Prime Minister said. “We have concluded our meeting in a narrow format. 17 draft decisions were presented. We have a consensus on 15. Two projects have been sent for revision,” he said.
“The draft Declaration of the CSTO Security Council and on joint measures to assist the Republic of Armenia has not been sufficiently finalized, and in this form, with all due respect, I am not ready to sign these documents,” he said during the meeting.
The reason why Yerevan decided not to sign the documents, according to Pashinyan, is the lack of a political assessment by the CSTO on the “aggression” of Azerbaijan against the territorial integrity of Armenia. We are talking about incidents on the border of the two countries on May 11 and November 14, 2021, as well as on September 13, 2022, the Armenian Prime Minister pointed out, as a result of which Azerbaijan “occupied” about 140 square kilometers of Armenian territory.
“Armenia proposes by the decision of the CSTO Security Council to accelerate the necessary political and diplomatic work with the Azerbaijani side aimed at the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops from the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia to their original positions as of May 11, 2021,” Pashinyan stressed.
“It is depressing that Armenia’s membership in the CSTO has not deterred Azerbaijan from aggressive actions, and in fact, until today we have not been able to come to a decision on the CSTO’s reaction to Azerbaijan’s aggression against Armenia. These facts cause huge damage to the image of the CSTO both inside our country and abroad, and I regard this as the main failure of Armenia’s chairmanship in the CSTO,” Pashinyan said at a meeting of the CSTO Council.
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Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Armenia will certainly remain in the CSTO, despite the fact that not all documents could be agreed, RIA Novosti reports. “The event [the CSTO summit], despite all the complexity, despite the fact that, as the leaders said during their speeches, not everything could be agreed,”lt;…”it confirmed once again the relevance of this format, the relevance and viability of the CSTO,” he explained.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Pashinyan after the CSTO summit. He stated that Armenia and Russia are certainly allies. “Today we have already discussed and will discuss issues of a regional nature, issues of regional security. There are many questions <...> on compliance with the agreements of the trilateral statements that we have adopted with the President of Azerbaijan with your help. <..."These are very important issues that we need to discuss, [and also need to] discuss an agenda that we hope will lead to long-term peace in the region," Putin said.
Azerbaijan is not a member of the CSTO, therefore its President Ilham Aliyev did not attend the summit. At the end of October, Aliyev said that the disagreements of the parties on Nagorno-Karabakh were resolved two years ago (in November 2020, Yerevan and Baku signed a cease-fire statement with the mediation of Moscow) and in this context there is practically nothing to discuss. But normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations “requires very serious steps,” Aliyev believes.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry gave a list of five principles for normalization:
mutually recognize sovereignty and inviolability of borders;
to confirm the mutual absence of territorial claims;
to refrain from security threats;
to delimit and demarcate the border;
open transport links and communications.
Aliyev called the events of September 13, 2022 a “provocation” on the part of Armenia. During these clashes, 77 soldiers were killed from Baku, 135 from Yerevan.
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Tolichko did not rule out a partial evacuation of Kiev residents, the sounds of explosions were heard in Kherson, Britain will supply Ukraine with three Sea King helicopters. The main thing about the special operation is in the RBC material *
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Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the Kremlin has no doubts about the successful completion of its.
The Kiev city administration promised that light and heat will return to the houses of the Ukrainian capital by Thursday morning. They reported that as a result of today’s shelling, certain elements of critical infrastructure were damaged.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu reiterated his confidence that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will end at the negotiating table. According to him, compared to March, the situation has become more complicated, but we cannot lose hope.
The company «Transneft» announced the resumption of oil pumping through the territory of Ukraine through the pipeline «Druzhba». It was temporarily suspended after today’s series of missile strikes.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that Washington has decided to allocate an additional $400 million for military assistance to Ukraine. The money should go to artillery shells, ammunition, missiles for air defense, as well as armored vehicles.
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The mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko reported hitting one of the infrastructure facilities of the city. The publication “Country ua” reported that in some areas there are problems with light and water supply again. There were also problems with the supply of electricity in Lviv. The absence of light was also reported in Vinnytsia, Rivne, Poltava, Khmelnitsky, Odessa, Krivoy Rog, Zhytomyr and other regions. In Kharkiv, metro work was suspended again in the afternoon.
The Odessa edition of “Duma” reported that the power units of the South Ukrainian NPP were stopped in an emergency in the afternoon. The publication “Country ua” reported that following this, the Smolensk NPP was put into emergency mode. The TASS news agency reported on the shutdown of the Khmelnitsky NPP.
Vladimir Putin extended until the end of 2023 the validity of his March decree on special measures in the field of currency regulation.
The Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Moldova, Andrei Spynu, said that after the shelling of the Ukrainian infrastructure in a number of regions of the country, including in Chisinau, the lights went out. According to him, the local electric company is working to restore power supply.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu accused Russia of leaving her country in the dark as a result of strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. “We cannot trust a regime that leaves us in the dark and cold,” she wrote.
Dmitry Medvedev, against the background of new attacks on Ukraine, wrote in his Telegram that “the enemies are hoping in vain for the depletion of our capabilities.” “To be continued. That’s enough for everyone,” he pointed out.
The Ministry of Defense reported that over the past day, five unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense means in the area of gas condensate fields in the Black Sea and in the area of the city of Sevastopol.
The military department reported an offensive in the Donetsk direction and repelling attacks by the Ukrainian army near the settlements of Pavlovka (DPR), Novoselovskoye, Chervonopopovka (LPR). In the area of Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region), a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed. A strike was also struck at the control point of the 128th mountain assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Volnyansk (Zaporozhye region)
The European Parliament by a majority of votes approved a resolution on the recognition of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.
The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the village of Ustinka of the Belgorod region came under fire from Ukraine. No one was injured, but the power line was damaged, which left the villages of Ustinka, Lozove and Nechayevka without light.
The Ukrainian edition “Country ua” reported that after the announcement of the air alert, explosions thundered in the Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as in Zaporozhye.
The acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced another exchange with Ukraine according to the formula 35 to 35. “Among our released are four from the Donetsk People’s Republic, two from the Luhansk People’s Republic. We are mainly returning to Ukraine weesushnikov,” he said in his Telegram.
The EU is discussing a ceiling on Russian oil prices at $65-70 per barrel, sources told Bloomberg. WSJ previously called the range at $60-70.
The Mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko allowed a partial evacuation of Kiev in the event of a large-scale power outage. “This can happen if there is a widespread power outage and the temperature is even lower. Then part of the city will have to be evacuated, but we don’t want it to go that far,” he said in an interview with Bild.
The Ukrainian newspaper Suspilne, with reference to its correspondents, reported the sounds of explosions in Kherson. The city authorities appointed by Kiev noted that on November 22, six settlements of the Kherson district and four of the Berislavsky district were shelled, two people were killed, ten were injured.
The SBU reported on the results of “counterintelligence activities” in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra and monasteries of the Rivne region. The special service showed photos of the discovered printed materials, including the book of Patriarch Kirill. The SBU reported that “more than 50 people have passed in-depth counterintelligence surveys, including using a polygraph.” Among them were both citizens of Ukraine and Russians.
The UK will supply Ukraine with three Sea King helicopters as part of a new package of military assistance, which will also include a batch of 10,000 shells, the Times writes. The publication notes that one such helicopter is already in Ukraine. This is the first case of the transfer of a manned military aircraft to Ukraine by Britain.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization in the country, mobilization activities began on September 21. Mobilization is needed, according to Putin, to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia, to ensure the security of the people and “people in the liberated territories”.
Mobilizations are subject to only those citizens who are in the reserve, and above all those who have served in the ranks of the armed forces, have certain military accounting specialties and relevant experience. Conscripted for service before being sent to the unit is mandatory will undergo additional military training “taking into account the experience of a special military operation.” Citizens who will be called up as part of the mobilization will receive the status, payments and social guarantees of contract employees, the president said.
The head of the Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that as part of the partial mobilization in Russia, it was planned to call up 300 thousand in reserve human. At the same time, he assured that students would not be involved in mobilization, and conscripts would continue to serve in Russia.
September 21 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the volume of losses in the special operation. According to him, Russia’s losses amounted to 5,937 people. Ukraine since the beginning of the special operation has lost more than 100 thousand people 61207 dead and 49368 wounded— this is half of her original army.
Chronicle of military operations
November 18 The Ministry of Defense officially announced the occupation of the village of Opytne south of Avdiivka.
November 14th The Russian Defense Ministry reported that after persistent fighting, Russian troops completely occupied the village of Pavlovka (south of Ugledar) in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
October 18 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Russian army captured the settlement of Gorobevka, Kharkiv region (northeast of Kupyansk).
October 7th The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported that the settlements of Otradovka, Veselaya Dolina and Zaitsevo are occupied in the Bakhmut area. The Russian Defense Ministry reported on the occupation of Zaitsevo the day before.
September 22 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the grouping of the DPR and LPR troops with the fire support of the Russian Armed Forces occupied the settlement of Zhovanka (south of Bakhmut).
September 15th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the servicemen of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics took control of the village of Mayorsk, fire support in this was provided by Russian troops. The village of Mayorsk is located on the northern outskirts of the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk region. In this area there was one of the checkpoints of entry and exit from the DPR to the territory of Ukraine. The headquarters of the Republic’s Defense Ministry also published a map according to which further advance of troops is planned to continue northward in the direction of Bakhmut.
September 14 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of the settlements of Nikolaevka and Nikolaevka Two south of Bakhmut.
September 10th The Russian Defense Ministry announced an operation to curtail and transfer the Izyumsko-Balakleya group of troops to the territory of the DPR.
September 7th The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of Kodema (southeast of Bakhmut/Artemovsk). According to the statement of the defense Ministry, the Ukrainian troops have not carried out any offensives over the past day.
September 6 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of two more settlements. We are talking about Vremevka and Novopol (to the west of Velikaya Novoselka).
On this day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on the ongoing attempts of the Ukrainian army to attack in certain areas of the Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog direction.
September 2nd Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed that Ukraine continues to attempt to conduct an offensive in Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog and other directions. According to the minister, “the enemy is suffering significant losses.”
September 1st The Ministry of Defense reported on the landings of Ukrainian troops in the area of the Zaporozhye NPP. One landing party on seven boats consisting of two groups of 60 people landed at about 06:00 Moscow time on the coast of the Kakhovsky reservoir 3 km northeast of the station. They were blocked by Russian forces with the help of army aviation helicopters. Three people from the group were captured in the evening, part ofthe servicemen continued to resist, some died. The second group left Nikopol on two self-propelled barges and tried to disembark at about 07:00 Moscow time a few kilometers from the NPP, but was, according to the defense department, sunk along with the barges as a result of shelling. This group, presumably, was sent to the NPP as reinforcements for the first landing.
On the same day, the Ministry of Defense announced two new attempts of the offensive by Ukrainian forces: in the southern direction, in the area of Nikolaev and near Kharkov. According to the defense ministry, the Ukrainians failed to achieve success.
August 31 The Ministry of Defense again reported on the attempts of attacks by Ukrainian troops in the Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog direction. The APU attacked the settlements of Arkhangelsk, Olgino and Ternovye Pody, the attacks were repulsed, the APU suffered significant losses and were repulsed.
August 29 and 30 The Ministry of Defense reported on the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of the country: in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, as well as from the Krivoy Rog. The Russian military repulsed the attacks, reported the defeat of the advancing units, numerous losses among the Ukrainian troops and a significant amount of destroyed equipment. Statements of the Ministry of Defense about the UkrainianThe offensive appeared after the CNN publication about the preparation by the Ukrainian side of the necessary conditions for a serious counteroffensive. Initially, Zelensky’s office denied reports appearing in the media about plans for an offensive in the south of the country, but then the press secretary of the Southern Military Command of Ukraine Natalia Gumenyuk confirmed them.
august 24 The Ministry of Defense reported on how many Ukrainian weapons were destroyed by the Russian military during the six months of the special operation. Among them are 268 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1803 drones, 369 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4382 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 819 multiple rocket launchers, 3339 field artillery and mortars, as well as 5034 units of special military vehicles.
august 23 The Russian military came to the administrative border of the Mykolaiv region, the Ministry of Defense reported. According to the department, they managed to establish control over the territory of the region with an area of 12 sq. km. The Ministry announced that it had taken control of 36 sq. km of the territory of the Kherson region, including the village of Komsomolskoye.
August 21 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the liberation of the village of Peski near Donetsk; the Russian Defense Ministry declared full control over the settlement a week ago.
August 18 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the grouping of troops of the Donbass republics “with the fire support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” liberated 270 settlements on the territory of the republic, including Zaitsevo and Dacha (both located north of Gorlovka).
August 17th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported control over the settlement of Vershina (southwest of Artemovsk/Bakhmut).
August 14 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the settlement of Udy in the Kharkiv region.
August 13 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the village of Peski (west of Donetsk).
august 3 The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported the occupation of the settlements of Travnevoye and Semigorye (south of Artemovsk/Bakhmut).
On July 29, the DPR territorial defense headquarters announced control over the villages of Klinove and Pokrovskoye (east of Bakhmut).
July 26 Assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LNR Vitaly Kiselyov reported on the occupation of the Uglegorskaya TPP, which is located opposite Svetlodarsk (east of Bakhmut/Artemovsk).
On this day Kiselyov announced the occupation of Novoluganskoye (east of Bakhmut/Artemovsk).
July 20 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of the village of Berestovoye (north of Soledar).
July 19 The DPR territorial defense headquarters announced the occupation of the village of Staromayorskoye (south of Velikaya Novoselka).
July 14 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the settlements of Stryapovka and Novaya Kamenka (east of Soledar).
July 14 The Territorial Defense Headquarters reported that the People’s Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, occupied the following settlements: Novodonetsky, Neskuchnoye, Oktyabr (south of Velikaya Novoselka), Mironovka, Krasny Plowman, Companies, Vidrodzhennya, Copper Ore (east of Artemovsk/Bakhmut) and Kamenka (north of Avdiivka).
July 13 Assistant Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov told the TASS news agency that the People’s Militia forces entered the city limits of Soledar (south of Lisichansk). Earlier, TASS, with reference to Kiselyov, reported on the beginning of the battles for Seversk.
July 12 The Russian Defense Ministry has accused the Ukrainian military of mining bridges across the Seversky Donets River in the village of Nikolaevka (DPR). “They intend to blow them up and, according to an already worked-out scenario with wide coverage in the Ukrainian and Western media, accuse the Russian armed forces of allegedly indiscriminate strikes on critical transport infrastructure facilities,” the report says.
Then, July 12, the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik said that the units of the People’s Militia will continue the offensive, as Ukrainian troops continue to shell the territory of the republic. “The units of the People’s Militia of the LPR will be forced to continue our movement forward in order to push the enemy to a safe distance so that their equipment and weapons, ammunition do not reach our territory,” the Lugansk Information Center quotes him.
July 11 The official representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko, announced the capture by the forces of the republics of Donbass of the settlements of Vladimirovka and Tripillya in the DPR (east of Soledar).
July 10th The LPR ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik said that the troops continue to attack the city of Seversk in the DPR. He also told about the capture of the village of Grigorovka.
July 6 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of the settlement of Disputable (east of Seversk).
July 3 Sergei Shoigu reported to Vladimir Putin that the Russian Armed Forces, together with units of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic, have established full control over the city of Lisichansk.
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July 2 The Ministry of Defense reported that as a result of successful offensive actions, the troops of the group “Center” under the command of Colonel-General Alexander Lapin captured the settlements of Verkhnekamenka, Zolotarevka, Belogorovka. In addition, the settlements of Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora were occupied.
July 1st The Ministry of Defense reported on the advance of the Russian Armed Forces and the formations of the LPR and DPR near Lisichansk and their exit directly to the city. The Lisichansk oil refinery, the Matrosskaya mine, the gelatin plant, as well as the village of Topolevka were taken under control.
On this day, a representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR reported on the occupation of the villages of Privolye and Shipilovka (west of Lisichansk).
On the afternoon of June 30, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR announced the occupation of the village of Sidorovo (located south of Svyatogorsk).
On the morning of June 30, the Ministry of Defense announced the withdrawal of the garrison from Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea as a step of goodwill.
June 27 Assistant to the Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov said on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24” that the republican forces and the Russian military have completed the sweep of Volcheyarovka (a village southwest of Lisichansk).
June 26 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation Severodonetsk and nearby localities (including Voronovo and Borovskoye).
June 24 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that as a result of successful offensive actions by a group of Russian troops in the Luhansk direction, the settlements of Loskutovka, Podlesnoye, Mirnaya Dolina, Shchebkaryor, Vrubovka, Nyrkovo, Nikolaevka, Novoivanovka, Ustinovka and Rai-Alexandrovka were liberated in five days.
June 24 The representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR, Andrei Marochko, told Interfax about full control over the settlements of Zolotoye and Gorskoye (east of Lisichansk).
Photo: Ilya Pitalev/RIA Novosti
June 23 Andrei Marochko on the air of the TV channel “Russia 1” said that the forces of the LPR and Russian units entered the village of Katerinovka (southwest of Zolotoye).
On this day, the LNR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik reported on the cleaning of the village of Loskutovka (south of Lisichansk).
June 22 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the village of Metelkino (near Severodonetsk).
On June 20 the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LNR, Vitaly Kiselyov, announced the occupation of the village of Toshkovka (southeast of Lisichansk).
June 10 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the People’s Militia, with the fire support of the Russian army, established full control over four villages: Tripolye, Vladimirovka, Stavki and Lipovoe.
June 7 Sergei Shoigu reported on the occupation of Svyatogorsk, Yampol, Drobyshevo, Yarovaya, Kirovsk, as well as residential quarters Severodonetsk.
June 6 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported on the establishment of control over the settlements of Pokrovskoye and Zeleny Guy (in the area of Ugledar).
June 3rd the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported on the establishment of control over the settlements of Yarovaya and Shchurovo.
May 30 The DPR authorities reported the advance of the People’s Militia to Slavyansk and the occupation of the settlements of Dibrova and Old Caravan (west of the Estuary).
May 28 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the city of Krasny Liman (Estuary) in the Donetsk region was taken under control by the Russian military.
On May 24, the flag of Russia was raised over the city hall building Svetlodarsk (northeast of Gorlovka).
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On May 21, the Ukrainian units defending the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol surrendered.
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Mariupol was blocked by Russian troops and the People’s Militia of the DPR on February 28. A month later, Ukrainian units, including the Azov regiment (its symbols are recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), were blocked on the territory of the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant. It was decided to abandon the storming of the plant with numerous underground structures. Attempts by the Ukrainian military to evacuate the blocked units ended in failure, after which negotiations on surrender began.
May 17 The representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR reported that the units of the republic managed to occupy the village of Orekhovo (east of the city of Zolotoe).
May 16 parts of the LPR occupied the village of Novozvanivka (north of the town of Popasnaya).
May 12 The Defense Ministry of the LPR reported that the People’s Militia pushed Ukrainian servicemen away from Popasnaya.
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May 11 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that during the joint offensive of the People’s Militia of the LPR and the Akhmat unit, the settlements of Yuzhny and Voevodovka, the gunpowder factory Zarya, as well as several suburban settlements to the north and northwest of Severodonetsk were occupied.
May 5th The People’s Militia of the DPR occupied the village of Troitskoye, from which the shelling of Gorlovka was conducted.
April 25 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the village of Novotoshkovskoye (northeast of Popasnaya).
April 16 The Ministry of Defense announced the taking under control of the Ilyich Metallurgical Plant in Mariupol.
April 11 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the village of Kamenka in the Kharkiv region. The military department noted that it was “one of the most fortified defense lines in the Izyumsky district”.
On April 1, the first publications appeared in Ukraine about the discovery of the bodies of civilians in the city of Bucha Kiev region, which was previously abandoned by Russian troops. Then Kiev announced the death of hundreds of residents of Bucha and blamed the incident on Russian servicemen. In Moscow, the incident was called a staging, pointing out a number of inconsistencies. After the events in Bucha, the negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine was actually frozen.
march 31 The Ministry of Defense announced the full occupation of the settlement of Zolotaya Niva. Russian units crossed the Kashlagach River.
On this day, the LNR units completed the cleanup of the Zhitlovka.
On March 29, the Russian army began to leave Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The Kremlin called it a gesture of goodwill in the interests of the negotiation process.
During March, negotiations were held between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine. Initially, the meetings were held in Belarus, and the last meeting was held in Istanbul on March 29. According to its results, the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, announced the coordination of a number of positions, and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin promised “a drastic reduction in military activity in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions”.
March 28 The People’s Militia of the LPR captured the settlements of Ivanovka, Novosadovoye, reaching the border of Novolyublino— Terny.
March 25 The Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of the settlements of Batmanka, Mikhaylovka, Krasny Partizan, Stavki and Troitskoye.
March 24 The Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian armed forces took full control of the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region.
March 22 The Ministry of Defense announced the loss of Kiev’s control over ten settlements. The Russian military occupied the village of Urozhnoye in the Donetsk region, the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic took four settlements: Slavnoye, Trudovskoy, Chelyuskintsev Mine and Maryinka. Five more Ukrainian settlements came under the control of the People’s Militia of the LPR: Kalinovo, Novoaleksandrovka, Stepnoye and Boguslavskoye.
March 13 The Russian Armed Forces have established full control over the settlements of Pavlovka, Nikolskoye, Blagodatnoye, Vodianovka, Vladimirovka.
March 11 The People’s Militia of the DPR seized Volnovakha.
March 9th in The Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Russian armed forces took control of the settlements of Krasnaya Polyana and Stepnoye. The People’s Militia of the LPR occupied Grachevo, the People’s Militia of the DPR – Signal, Taramchuk, Elenovka and Trudovoye.
March 4 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the People’s Militia of the LPR occupied several settlements: Shandrigolovo, Alexandrovka, Derilovo, Srednoye, Lozove. The People’s Militia of the DPR occupied four settlements: Rozovka, Truzhenka, Znamenovka and Potbellied. Russian troops occupied several settlements in the Zaporozhye region, including the city of Canopies.
March 3 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of the city of Balakleya (Kharkiv region). In addition, Russian troops took control of several settlements in the Zaporozhye region, including Blue Mountain, Sweet Beam, Ilchenkovo. The DPR forces surrounding Mariupol occupied the village of Vodiane, as well as Sartana and Vinogradnoye.
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March 2 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the establishment of control over Kherson, as well as Vasilevka and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region). In the Luhansk region, the People’s Militia of the LPR established control over the cities of Starobilsk and Svatovo, as well as the district center of Novoaydar.
February 27 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the blocking of Kherson and Berdyansk, as well as about the lesson Genicheska (Kherson region). The People’s Militia of the LPR occupied the settlements of Novoakhtyrka, Smolyaninovo (east of Severodonetsk), the Village of Lugansk.
february 26 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian troops took full control of Melitopol overnight..
On February 25, the Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of Snake Island in the Odessa region of Ukraine. The Snake garrison laid down their arms.
February 24 The Border Service of Ukraine reported attacks and shelling along the entire border from the Zhytomyr region (bordering only with Belarus) to Lugansk, as well as from the Crimea. Military facilities throughout the territory of Ukraine were subjected to rocket attacks. Later it became known that the Russian army crossed the border in Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. At the same time, the People’s Militia of the LPR launched attacks on the cities of Happiness and Stanytsia Luhanska to the north of Lugansk, and the People’s Militia of the DPR launched an offensive on Mariupol and Volnovakha.
At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.
Supplies of foreign weapons to Ukraine
NATO countries and their allies have been increasing arms supplies to Kiev since the beginning of the special operation. If initially we were talking about helmets, bulletproof vests, unmanned aerial vehicles (Turkish Bayraktar), then they began to send old Soviet weapons to Ukraine, which were still stored in warehouses in Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic.
Over time, Ukraine began to supply weapons that were produced in NATO countries and Australia. It was about armored vehicles (British Saxon, Australian Bushmaster), anti-tank complexes (Javelin, NLAW), artillery installations (French Caesar, American HIMARS).
You can read more about military supplies to Ukraine here.
What sanctions have been imposed against Russia
Packages of sanctions against Russia began to be introduced even before the start of the special operation in Ukraine, after the recognition of the DPR and LPR. The restrictions were announced by the USA, Canada, the EU, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Switzerland, Iceland and a number of other countries.
There were six waves of sanctions in total. The United States, the United Kingdom, and the EU stated that they were coordinating efforts to weaken the Russian economy, but restrictions were not always imposed synchronously. There were also certain differences, which in the West were explained by the unwillingness to harm their own economies. There were also differences in personal sanctions. For example, the United States imposed restrictions on 663 people, and the United Kingdom imposed restrictions on more than 1,000 businessmen, politicians, military personnel, media employees, people who were considered close to Putin in London.
The first The wave concerned banks financing the military industry, State Duma deputies who supported the recognition of the DPR and LPR. VEB, which is the lender of many companies, the operator of national projects, the curator of other development institutions and the manager of pension savings of almost 40 million Russians, also came under sanctions.
The second wave of sanctions it began after the start of the special operation. The UK has imposed restrictions on 100 individuals and companies, including VTB, Rostec and Aeroflot. The amounts of deposits and deposits for Russian citizens in UK banks were limited to 50 thousand US dollars. All transactions with new debt obligations with a maturity of more than 14 days were limited to a number of companies (including Gazprom, Russian Railways, Alfa-Bank). Personal sanctions affected Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu.
The EU has imposed restrictions, including against Russian Railways, Uralvagonzavod, KAMAZ, Alfa-Bank, Otkritie, Bank of Russia and Promsvyazbank. Banks were banned from selling euro-denominated securities to clients from Russia, as well as from listing shares of any Russian state-owned companies (with a state share of over 50%) on European exchanges. In addition, insurance of Russian aircraft was banned, and a ban was imposed on the sale and leasing of airliners, spare parts and equipment to Russian airlines.
By March 10, the EU, the United Kingdom, Bosnia, Norway, the United States, Switzerland, Montenegro, and the United Kingdom had closed the airspace for Russian aircraft. A little later, Canada did it too. A number of airlines refused flights to Russia.
The third wave of sanctions it began on February 26. The reserves of the Bank of Russia in the G7 countries were frozen, five banks were disconnected from the SWIFT system. The UK has closed ports for Russian ships, as well as exports of high-tech goods to Russia. On the territory of the EU and the UK, the assets of a number of businessmen were frozen, including Igor Sechin, Mikhail Fridman, Peter Aven.
On March 2, the EU banned the sale, supply, transfer and export of euro banknotes to Russia.
On March 8, the United States announced a ban on oil, gas and coal supplies from Russia.
Since March 10, Visa and Mastercard have stopped working in Russia. The owners of Russian cards of these payment systems have lost the opportunity to pay with them outside the country or pay for purchases in foreign stores.
On March 10, the UK imposed sanctions, including against Roman Abramovich, Andrei Kostin, Oleg Deripaska. Their assets were frozen, British citizens were banned from cooperating with them.
On March 11, the United States banned the supply of dollar bills to Russia, the import of alcohol and seafood from Russia.
On March 12, Bermuda cancelled the flight certificates of 740 aircraft registered there by Russian airlines.
The fourth wave of sanctions it began on March 15. The import of Russian steel products into the EU was banned, and the export of luxury goods to Russia was banned.
On April 4, the United States banned Russia from using reserves frozen in the United States for payments on public debt.
On April 5, the next package of EU sanctions was announced. So, the EU banned the import of Russian coal, transactions with major banks. Russian ships were banned from entering EU ports (an exception was made for carriers of food, humanitarian and energy goods).
On April 6, the United States banned citizens from doing business with Alfa-Bank and Sberbank, as well as new investments in Russia.
On April 9, the EU restricted the import of fertilizers from Russia.
On April 11, the EU Flight Safety Committee added 21 Russian airlines to the list of carriers that are prohibited or restricted from flying within the EU, since these carriers do not comply with international safety standards.
On April 12, the UK banned the import of Russian cast iron and steel.
On June 3, the EU announced the sixth package of sanctions. The restrictions included KAMAZ, Tatneft, and the National Settlement Depository. Sberbank, Rosselkhoznadzor, and ICD were disconnected from SWIFT. In addition, the EU promised to abandon the import of Russian oil within six months, and from the import of petroleum products within eight months.
The EU has been discussing the sixth package of sanctions for more than a month. Several countries indicated that they were not ready to go for a hard rejection of Russian energy carriers, as this would deal a serious blow to their economies.
On June 16, the UK imposed sanctions, including against Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
On June 28, the United States imposed a ban on the import of Russian gold.
On July 8, Canada imposed sanctions on Patriarch Kirill. In addition, Roskomnadzor, the Regnum news agency, and Ekaterina Andreeva, the presenter of Channel One, were subject to restrictions.
Vladimir Putin’s emergency appeal
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal on the morning of February 24 and announced the start of a special military operation in the Donbass. “Its [operation] goal is to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years,” he stressed.
According to him, Russia cannot feel safe and exist with a constant threat from Ukraine. He stressed that the military operation in Donbass will be carried out in accordance with the UN Charter, the decision of the Federation Council and agreements with the DPR and LPR.
What preceded the military operation
Reports that Russia is increasing its military presence on the border with Ukraine began to appear in the Western media in October 2021. The Kremlin said that the movement of Russian troops on the territory of the country is exclusively a matter of Russia.
In December 2021, Russia sent the United States drafts of a security guarantee treaty. Moscow offered NATO to abandon further expansion to the east and guarantee that Ukraine and Georgia, in particular, would not join the alliance. In addition, the United States had to abandon the creation of bases on the territory of the former USSR.
On February 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a reaction to the US responses on security guarantees. Moscow stated that there was no constructive response from Washington to the Russian proposals. “In the absence of the readiness of the American side to agree on firm, legally binding guarantees to ensure our security from the United States and its allies, Russia will be forced to respond, including through the implementation of military-technical measures,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Alexey Danilov said that Kiev does not see signs of preparation of a full-scale operation on the part of Russia. In his opinion, the purpose of the provocation was to force Ukraine to start “militarily responding powerfully”, and then accuse the Ukrainian authorities of organizing the provocation.
On the afternoon of February 18, Donetsk announced that the Ukrainian army was preparing to strike at the Svetlodarsk arc in order to cut the communication lines between Donetsk and Lugansk. The DPR and LPR announced the evacuation of the population to the territory of Russia. Mobilization was announced later. Those in reserve must arrive at the military enlistment offices. At the same time, the Foreign Ministries of the DPR and the LPR refused Kiev’s proposals to hold an extraordinary meeting of the contact group on the settlement in the Donbass.
On February 19, US President Joe Biden said that an attack by Russian troops on Ukraine could happen “in the coming weeks” and even “in the coming days”.
Vladimir Zelensky, during the Munich Conference, demanded the convening of a summit of the countries participating in the Budapest Memorandum, which provided for Ukraine’s renunciation of nuclear weapons. At the same time, Zelensky said that the return of Donbass and Crimea to Ukraine is possible only by peaceful means.
On the afternoon of February 21, the press service of the Southern Military District reported that a sabotage group from Ukraine had broken into the territory of the Rostov region. Two armored vehicles arrived from the territory of Ukraine to evacuate the saboteurs. They were destroyed, five saboteurs were killed.
On February 21, Putin said during a meeting of the Russian Security Council that the Ukrainian authorities were not going to implement the Minsk agreements. He suggested discussing the request of the leaders of the DPR and LPR to recognize the sovereignty of the self-proclaimed republics at a meeting of the Russian Security Council.
Putin explained that the danger of Ukraine joining NATO lies in the fact that official Kiev threatens to “retake Crimea and Sevastopol”. This poses a threat of a collision between Russia and the entire North Atlantic Alliance. At the same time, Putin considered that the moratorium on Ukraine’s accession to NATO is not a concession.: this is the time to prepare for Kiev’s accession to the alliance.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. Putin also signed agreements on friendship and mutual assistance with the leaders of the DPR and LPR.
The President of Russia announced in which borders the DPR and the LPR are recognized. “We have recognized the republics, and hence their Constitution. And there are registered borders within the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. All disputed issues will be resolved at the negotiations of the Kiev authorities and these republics. This is not possible at the moment. But I hope it will be so in the future,” he said.
Official Kiev refused to recognize Russia’s decision and the independence of Donbass. Vladimir Zelensky stressed that the borders of Ukraine will remain as they were recognized by the international community, “despite the statements of the Russian Federation.”
On Tuesday, February 22, at an emergency meeting, the Federation Council unanimously allowed President Vladimir Putin to use the Armed Forces of Russia abroad in the DPR and LPR.
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«Transneft”: Ukraine has resumed the operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline section. Earlier, Transneft talked about a violation of pumping in the section from Novgorod-Volynsky to Brody, which could jeopardize pumping to Slovakia and the Czech Republic
Pumping is underway again in Ukraine along the previously stopped section of the Druzhba oil pipeline, Igor Demin, a representative of the Russian company Transneft, told RIA Novosti.
“We resumed pumping at 19:46 Moscow time,” he said.
The pipeline runs from Almetyevsk (Tatarstan) through Samara and Bryansk to the Belarusian city of Mozyr. From here there is a branch to Germany and Poland, as well as to Ukraine. In Ukraine, the branch branches into Hungary and Slovakia, the Czech Republic.
As Demin said, according to the plan, pumping towards Hungary was suspended, and towards Slovakia and the Czech Republic continued, since there is a park where sufficient volumes are stored to work for several days.
At the same time, he pointed out that pumping was disrupted on the section from Novgorod-Volynsky (Zhytomyr region) to Brody (Lviv region). This part of the pipeline is located before the fork. If it was not restored, then pumping from Belarus stopped the car.
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The reason why the work of the site was stopped was not called. However, on November 15, a part of “Friendship” temporarily stopped working after a rocket attack on Ukraine. Then the oil stopped coming to Hungary. The Hungarian Foreign Ministry pointed out that this was due to damage to the transformer station, and the pipeline itself was not damaged. Pumping was resumed the next day.
On November 23, Ukraine was again subjected to rocket fire. Hits to infrastructure facilities were reported in Kiev, Kiev, Vinnytsia, Lviv regions. Emergency power outages have begun in the country. The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy stated that the vast majority of consumers were de-energized.
Russia has indicated that it is striking targets that are directly or indirectly related to the military potential of Ukraine and the Ukrainian regime.
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Minenergo of Ukraine: the vast majority of consumers in the country are de-energized after the strikes, the rocket attack on November 23 led to the shutdown of most thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants, as well as all nuclear power plants, the agency added
Ukraine has been subjected to massive rocket fire, as a result of which most of the country’s thermal and hydroelectric power plants, as well as all nuclear power plants, were turned off, according to the Facebook of the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy (the owner of the social network, Meta company, is recognized in Russia as an extremist organization and banned).
“The vast majority of electricity consumers across the country were de-energized. There are emergency shutdowns,” the message says.
The company warned that problems with the supply of electricity can cause interruptions in heat and water supply.
After the missile strike on November 23, local authorities reported damage to infrastructure in Kiev, Kiev, Vinnytsia, Lviv regions.
After the strikes at three nuclear power plants, the South Ukrainian, Khmelnitsky and Rivne power units were automatically turned off. The Zaporizhia NPP “switched to a full blackout” mode, because its own needs were stopped there and diesel generators were started, Energoatom reported.
In Kiev, the shelling, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, led to the death of three people, including a 17-year-old girl. Another 11 people were injured. “RBC-Ukraine” with reference to the head of the national police Igor Klimenko reported that a total of six people were killed, 36 were injured.
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Following Ukraine, a power outage occurred in Moldova. This is the second such case— the first was after the attack on Ukraine on November 15. Then 20 million Ukrainians were left without electricity (the country’s population is 41 million, according to Ukrstat data for January of this year).
Russia has been striking Ukraine’s infrastructure since the beginning of October. For the first time such an attack occurred after the explosion on the Crimean Bridge, which Moscow blames Kiev.
The Kremlin pointed out that the missile targets are objects that are directly or indirectly related to the military potential of Ukraine and the Ukrainian regime. In November, the Ukrainian authorities reported that there were no intact power plants left in the country after the strikes.
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PMoldovan resident Maya Sandu: “Russia left Moldova in the dark” A massive missile strike on Ukraine led to the de-energization of most consumers in the country, power outages and power outages also occurred in Moldova and unrecognized Transnistria
Moldovan President Maia Sandu blamed Russia for the massive power outages in the country that occurred after the missile strikes on Ukraine. She wrote about this on her Facebook page (owned by Meta, which is recognized as extremist in Russia).
“Russia has left Moldova in the dark,” wrote the President of Moldova. According to her, electricity supply can be restored and all government agencies are already working on it.
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“We cannot trust a regime that leaves us in the dark and cold,” she said. “No matter how hard it is now, our only way, the future path of the Republic of Moldova must remain to the free world,” she wrote.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Moldova Andrei Spynu said that after the damage to the power system of Ukraine in Moldova there were massive power outages throughout the country.
The National Police urged drivers to be careful due to the lack of street lighting and non-working traffic lights. The Border Police reported that electricity was cut off in many units.
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The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported that as a result of the missile strike, the vast majority of consumers were left without electricity in the country. All nuclear power plants, most thermal and hydroelectric power plants were temporarily disconnected from the grid.
Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Republic Nikolay Popescu announced his intention to summon Russian Ambassador Oleg Vasnetsov.
“Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have left Moldova in the dark again. Massive power outages [occurred] across the country, including Chisinau and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. I have instructed to summon the Russian Ambassador for an explanation,” he wrote.
On the afternoon of November 23, an air alert was announced throughout Ukraine, which lasted more than two hours. Regional authorities reported hits on critical infrastructure, explosions and power outages, including in Kiev and the region, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytsky regions.
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MForeign Defense: The head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov had no contacts with NATO representatives, Euractiv reported that the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces discussed with a representative of the North Atlantic Alliance issues of preventing incidents in the Black Sea. The Ministry of Defense stated that no such discussions were held
Valery Gerasimov
The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, did not contact the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, the information that they discussed the safety of navigation in the Black Sea is fiction and fake. This was stated in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“Western media reports about the alleged recent conversation between the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Valery Gerasimov, and the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, are fake,” the defense ministry said.
The Defense Ministry noted that Gerasimov had no contacts, “especially systematic”, with the chairman of the NATO military committee and other representatives of the alliance. The ministry also stated that there is no “Russian-American crisis commission for conflict resolution”, within which, according to the publication, Gerasimov was in contact with NATO.
«Published information about the achievement of a certain «agreement ». <...>on issues of «safe movement of ships in the Black Sea» is a fiction from beginning to end»,— the department said.
The negotiations of the head of the Russian General Staff with Bauer were reported by the Euractiv portal, citing a source in the alliance. According to the publication, the military agreed to be careful in the Black Sea in order to avoid incidents. At the same time, the Euractiv interlocutor noted, some Eastern European countries began to object to data exchanges with Russia, but other European countries believe that Bauer is authorized to use this communication channel.
The last time the Defense Ministry reported on Gerasimov’s communication with the Western military was on October 24. On that day, he spoke by phone, in particular, with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, and the head of the British Defense Staff, Admiral Anthony Radakin. Gerasimov told them about the “situation related to the possible use of a dirty bomb by Ukraine,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
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Then the Pentagon said that the line of communication between the Russian and American departments remains open, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is ready to communicate with Russian colleagues.
The talks between the heads of the defense departments of Russia and the United States were last held on October 23: Sergei Shoigu spoke on the phone about the “dirty bomb” to the head of the Pentagon, Loyd Austin. Shoigu also called the heads of the military departments of Turkey, France and Britain at that time.
Shoigu and Austin spoke by phone on October 21. The Defense Ministry stated that the ministers discussed “topical issues of international security, including the situation in Ukraine.” The Pentagon reported that Austin stressed the importance of maintaining communication lines in combat conditions.
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Nthe previous attempt of the Scottish nationalists to organize a vote did not find understanding among the judges in London. The vote was already held in 2014, when 55% were in favor of keeping Scotland as part of the UK
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The Supreme Court of Great Britain has denied the Scottish Parliament the right to call a referendum on the independence of the region without the consent of London.
The request to the Supreme Court was sent by representatives of the Scottish National Party (SNP), which in coalition with the Green Party has a majority in the regional parliament. They insisted that the 1998 law allows decisions to be made regardless of London’s position.
However, the court clearly ruled that the jurisdiction of the Scottish Parliament does not apply to issues that should be agreed within the framework of the “union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland”. These include the topic of calling a referendum on independence.
The Court did not even agree to a compromise option, according to which the referendum should have been of a consultative nature.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said she accepts this decision, but is disappointed by it. “This decision deprives the people of Scotland of choosing their future, It shows that our equal partnership with London is a myth and once again confirms the need for independence.” Nevertheless, the Highlanders indicated that they would not follow the path of Catalonia, which held a referendum in 2017 in defiance of the position of the Spanish authorities.
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In 2014, the Scots, against the background of the SNP’s success in regional elections, were already trying to achieve independence. Then the British authorities gave their consent to the referendum, arranging a campaign “Together is better” during its preparation. As a result, 55% of the voting participants said that they want to live with England, Wales and Northern Ireland in a single country.
However, since 2017, the SNP has announced its intention to hold a second referendum. They explained this by the results of the vote on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU in 2016. Then the majority of residents of the United Kingdom were in favor of Brexit. In Scotland, 62% of those who voted wanted to stay in the European Union, which gave the SNP a reasonto say that the referendum does not meet the interests of the residents of the region. But no UK government has since agreed to a new vote. Authors Tags Subscribe to Telegram RBC Stay up to date with the latest news even in lockdown conditions
