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For the first time, Russia has used a new type of Iranian drone, Shahed-107, against Ukraine, according to images published on social networks. The device, more compact and cheaper than previous versions, is designed to evade Ukrainian air defense systems. The photos and video materials were analyzed by Ukrainian electronic warfare expert Sergei “Flash” Beskrestnov, who published images on his Telegram channel. One of the clips shows the drone captured by a camera mounted on a Ukrainian interception UAV, while other frames present fragments of a downed device, including production markings. According to Beskrestnov, the introduction of the Shahed-107 model…
Hakassia cuts compensation for families of soldiers killed in Ukraine. The budget no longer even covers “funeral assistance” The regional government of Hakassia, a republic within the Russian Federation, has discontinued the financial aid granted to the families of soldiers who died in Ukraine. The regional compensation, amounting to 1.1 million rubles (≈ 11,600 euros), was offered since 2022, but has been discreetly eliminated, according to the publication “Sibir.Realii”. The announcement was confirmed by the leader of the “Popular Front” in the region, Ksenia Buganova, who pointed out that these amounts helped families cover funeral costs while waiting for federal…
Ukraine has identified a Russian commander suspected of war crimes in Bucha, claiming that he contributed to the massacre in 2022, when over 450 civilians were killed and thrown into a mass grave. This is about the commander Yuri Vladimirovich Kim. Ukrainian authorities have announced that they have identified a Russian commander as the main suspect in the case of crimes committed in 2022 in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, considering this measure to be a crucial step in establishing the chain of command responsible for the mass executions of civilians that took place there, reports CNN. In 2022, after…
Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of the American president for peace missions, allegedly made a private message public, inadvertently revealing the source of the leak in the Axios publication of the peace plan for Ukraine. In a comment later deleted on platform X, Donald Trump’s envoy suggested that the information from an article published on Wednesday in Axios about peace in Ukraine must have come from someone known as “K”, reports The Daily Beast on Thursday, cited by Agerpres. “Probably found out about this from K,” wrote Trump’s chief negotiator on Wednesday, apparently unaware that he was posting on X…
Two individuals have been detained for 72 hours in the case involving the truck full of weaponry detected at the entrance to Romania, the arrests taking place on Thursday, November 20, in the Republic of Moldova. “On the case (…) two individuals have been detained for 72 hours, as well as several pieces of evidence have been collected”. The arrests were made by prosecutors for Combating Organized Crime and Special Causes (PCCOCS), along with employees of the Customs Service, as well as those of the National Investigation Inspectorate (INI) and the Border Police General Inspectorate (IGPF). According to preliminary information…
The Minister of Justice, Radu Marinescu, explained on Thursday evening, on Antena 3 CNN, that Potra’s return to the country was carried out under conditions of “deprivation of liberty” for him, meaning Potra was in custody in the United Arab Emirates and was transferred to custody in Romania after extradition. The Minister of Justice made these clarifications because Potra’s lawyers claimed that he and his family returned to Romania “voluntarily”, to “clear their name”. “I wouldn’t want to speculate on a case that is ongoing and now, behold, with the accused present to answer before the justice but, as you…
The Polish government condemned, on Thursday, an attempted assault against the Polish ambassador in Russia, which, according to them, took place on Sunday in Saint Petersburg, where he had travelled from Moscow to meet with the Polish community in the city on the occasion of Poland’s Independence Day, reports EFE and the local Polish press, quoted by Agerpres. It is a “diplomatic scandal that crosses another line” in terms of the deterioration of bilateral relations between Poland and Russia, declared the Polish Minister of Defense, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, at a press conference in Slupsk, in the north of the country. Kosiniak-Kamysz…
The Prosecutor’s Office should intensify its activity regarding the confiscation of Russian citizens’ property in criminal cases, stated General Prosecutor Alexandr Guțan during a meeting of the institution. Although, during the period 2020-2024, the number of people convicted with property confiscation increased by over 800%, Guțan believes that this progress is insufficient. According to him, the assessment of the suspects’ and defendants’ property situation is done formally, in court proceedings there is a lack of an “offensive” approach, and only a third of the asset search orders for confiscation are successfully completed. “The confiscation of criminally obtained assets is one…
The Russian-American proposal for ending the war in Ukraine has been labeled as “absurd” and “unacceptable” by representatives of the Ukrainian government, in the context of negotiations between Volodymyr Zelensky and a high-ranking delegation from the Washington government. According to them, the proposal, which would have been prepared by Kirill Dmitriev, a close associate of Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, represents a “provocation” intended to sow discord and “disorient” Ukraine’s allies, they added. A Western diplomat told The Guardian that the Russians are trying to take advantage of the internal crisis in Ukraine. “It seems that…
Russian citizens should not trust messages about the “corruption and ruin” of their country, as these are “deceptive narratives” promoted by “Western media and opinion leaders outside Russia”. The statement belongs to Sergei Kislyak, first vice-president of the International Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, during a round table on the topic “Tools to combat the information aggression of the West against the Russian Federation”, organized in Moscow, according to the TASS agency. According to the senator, the West aims, through these messages, to provoke a “strategic defeat” of the Russian Federation. Kislyak argued that Western platforms propagate the image…