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The EU Council convened on Tuesday at the level of interior ministers to find solutions to the migrant crisis in Ceuta, the Spanish exclave in Africa, through which tens of thousands of illegal migrants infiltrated last weekend. The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, informed his European counterparts about the measures taken by the Madrid government to resolve the crisis and assured them that the Schengen area is not “compromised” after the incident. The European ministers also discussed external interferences, accusing that there were manipulation operations promoted by foreign states to profit from the crisis. “The Schengen area has never been…
Moscow is changing its attack technology and sending to the Ukrainian front drone models that are much faster than those used so far, according to Business Insider. “The Russians are reducing the number of conventional drones they use, while effectively increasing the number of jet-powered drones,” stated the official spokesperson of the Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk, in an interview for Ukrinform on Monday. “In other words, the Russians are now primarily betting on these,” he said, noting that numerous components of the defense forces are involved in their combat. “The air forces are constantly operating in the south, and this…
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has enacted a law that expands the list of convicted individuals who can enter into contracts with the Ministry of Defense and can be sent to fight in the war in Ukraine. The new law allows the recruitment of individuals convicted or accused of a series of serious offenses, including banditry, participation in criminal groups, drug trafficking, organizing illegal migration, smuggling of weapons, ammunition, nuclear materials or strategic goods, as well as for violating the security norms of the energy infrastructure or loss of documents containing state secrets. The changes apply during the period…
The United States has imposed sanctions on several structures of the Russian Ministry of Defense, two Russian companies, and five Russian citizens, announced the State Department in a message published on August 4, cited by Kyiv Independent. The measures target the Main Directorate for Missiles and Artillery, the 1061 Technical-Material Support Center, the Directorate for Advanced Inter-Army Research and Special Projects, as well as the Russian Ground Forces. The sanctions also apply to any successor structures, subdivisions, or affiliates of the entities listed. The State Department has also sanctioned the Russian companies International Invest Company and Gedion Alpha Company, as…
A deputy from the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, has called for a “total war” against Ukraine and the intensification of efforts to subjugate the country, in response to Ukrainian drone attacks deep within the territory of the aggressor state. Russia must go on a war footing and intensify attacks on Ukraine, declared Andrei Kolesnik, a member of the defense committee of the State Duma, reported The Moscow Times. According to this, the measure is necessary to “minimize” the risk of drone attacks on Russian territory, which have intensified in the context of the 40-day operation…
Wildberries, the largest online retailer in Russia, plans to transfer goods intended for long-term storage to Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, after approximately 20% of its storage capacities were affected by Ukrainian drone attacks. According to participants in the meetings between the company and traders, representatives of Wildberries announced that goods will be redirected to warehouses in the three countries. The company is expected to subsequently provide details regarding the impact on delivery times and costs. Another merchant stated that Wildberries already owns or rents logistic spaces in these states and has already begun to transfer goods abroad. The decision comes…
At the Troekurovski cemetery in Russia, where the Russian elites are buried, two graves have been dug, which, according to some Russian sources, are intended for the victims of the explosion at the Balzi Rossi restaurant in Moscow. One of the deceased is said to be the Russian General Aleksandr Ceaiko, the chief commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Dialog.ua writes that preparations for his funeral are taking place in secret at the Troekurovski cemetery. The information was published by the influential Russian platform VChK-OGPU, considered to be close to the Russian special services. According to the source, on August…
The BMP-T is a Russian rarity: a heavily armed vehicle that is neither a tank nor a true infantry carrier. The Russians have built only a few BMP-Ts, and these are extremely rare on the Ukrainian front, even in the context of rebuilding Russian mechanized forces. The very high density of Ukrainian mines and drones makes the BMP-T unable to survive long enough to justify its presence on the battlefield. Russia’s rarest armored fighting vehicle (AFV) has emerged from the shadows for the first time this year. The heavily armed BMP-T “Terminator” is back! However, don’t expect any significant difference…
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has enacted a law that imposes severe restrictions on Russian citizens abroad who are convicted in absentia, including in politically motivated cases. The document targets individuals criminally convicted, but also those sanctioned for acts such as violating the legislation on “foreign agents”, collaborating with organizations declared “undesirable”, “discrediting” the Russian army, calls for imposing sanctions against Russia or for violating the “territorial integrity” of the Russian Federation. The law provides for the creation of an official register of persons who, according to the authorities, evade the execution of punishments and are abroad. The list…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video in which a drone attacks a street vendor on a street in Kherson, a city located in southern Ukraine. In the images shared by the leader of Ukraine, a drone can be seen tracking a man around a van used as a street stand, which explodes after he throws himself behind the vehicle for shelter. The Ukrainian police clarified that the person in question, a man over 50 years old, survived, but suffered from shock and injuries caused by shrapnel. Ukraine accuses of a “Russian barbaric war crime” “Today, many were shocked by…