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Since the beginning of this year, Kiev has launched the most extensive and sustained aerial campaign against Crimea, targeting both the peninsula and the land and sea routes that connect it to Russia. Residents are facing the most severe disruptions of daily life since the annexation of the region in 2014. They cannot hide their dissatisfaction with Moscow, as the Ukrainian campaign to isolate the area leaves its mark on everyday life, notes The Guardian. Crimea was the first region controlled by Russia to face an acute fuel crisis, a problem that subsequently spread to Russia itself. Last month, the…

Russian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the new commander of the Ukrainian armed forces, Major General Mihailo Drapatîi, according to state media institutions, picked up by the Moscow Times. Drapatîi’s name appears in the database of persons under surveillance of the Russian Ministry of the Interior, without explicitly specifying the new charges brought against him, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. The Investigative Committee of Russia, the country’s main investigative authority, had previously brought charges against Drapatîi in 2023, targeting the death of 154 people in eastern Ukraine, during the period when he was in command (between…

The main Russian television channels have ignored the drone attacks on the Wildberries warehouses in Krasnodar and Nevinnomissk, as a result of which one person died and another 14 were injured, reported the Russian language version of the BBC website. Channel One, Rossia 1, and NTV did not mention the incidents at all. Instead, viewers were shown the new Russian bombings on Ukraine, about which the presenters claimed were a response to the “terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime (the way the Putinist dictatorship refers to the democratically elected government of Ukraine – ed.) on Russian civil infrastructure.” The only…

The new commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Mihailo Drapatîi, stated on Wednesday that he has been tasked with intensifying counter-offensive actions and conducting new operations within Russian territory, reports Reuters. Drapatîi has just been appointed to his position by President Volodimir Zelenski, following several days of protests sparked by the dissatisfaction of Ukrainians with the former military chief of the army, Oleksandr Sîrski. “The President of Ukraine has set clear objectives for us – to continue and intensify offensive operations at all levels, to plan new operations behind enemy lines, to develop our army and technologies, and to enhance…

Aleksei Korșenko, former deputy general director of the company “Avia Group”, which manages the business aviation terminals at Sheremetyevo and Pulkovo airports, was found dead in Moscow. He had been dismissed three weeks before his death. The preliminary cause of death is mentioned as suicide, however, those close to him do not believe this version, according to the publication “Agentstvo Novîi”. At the time of his death, he was 57 years old. The publication “Moskovski Komsomolets” had written about the death of Korșenko as early as June, but the information went unnoticed until this week, when the deceased’s name was…

A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet has shot down a Russian aircraft in an aerial battle for the first time, declared the Chief of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, during a hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee. During the hearing, Senator Richard Durbin asked General Caine what impact a potential interruption, for a period of three years, in the funding of anti-aircraft defense systems intended for Ukraine could have. In response, the general emphasized that the Ukrainian defense industry has significantly expanded its own capabilities – from “ground-to-air” type systems to aerial combat means. As an example,…

Sergey Lavrov has issued new warnings to the European Union, arguing that a conflict with Russia “will not be a conventional war,” and spoke about an alleged nuclear program in Germany. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, issued a series of warnings on Wednesday, July 22, regarding the relations between Russia and the West. While in Manila, Philippines, attending the ministerial meetings of ASEAN, the head of Russian diplomacy commented on the militarization of the European Union, the possibility of Germany developing nuclear weapons, the prospects of a conflict with Europe, and his upcoming meeting with the American Secretary of…

Russia is trying to make the “Iskander” missile an even more challenging target for Ukrainian air defense, forcing it to maneuver, mask its warhead with false targets, and evade the radars of Patriot and SAMP/T systems. However, experts have different opinions: some speak of a dangerous adaptation to Western systems, others argue that most of these capabilities existed from the initial design of the missile. Russia could be preparing for use modernized versions of ballistic missiles intended for Iskander complexes. According to monitoring channels, the updated ammunition is expected to be able to maneuver, descend in altitude to make detection…

The head of the Ukrainian army has dismissed speculation about a personal dispute with the former defense minister, Mihailo Fedorov, stating that disagreements over military policy should not distract attention from Ukraine’s war with Russia. “I am not at war with the ministry. I am at war with Russia,” Sîrski wrote in an opinion article. Chief Commander Oleksandr Sîrski made these statements after Fedorov was dismissed and publicly accused him of opposing reforms within the Ministry of Defense and fueling divisions within the army. “Ukraine is larger than Fedorov, Sîrski and any of us,” wrote the four-star general in an…

A CIA veteran was sent on an unusual mission to Abu Dhabi: to assess whether the United Arab Emirates could gain access to the most advanced American chips for artificial intelligence. What followed exceeded the boundaries of classic espionage — Jonny Gannon ended up getting close to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the director of the G42 company, even contributing to solving the problems he himself had discovered through espionage operations. The story, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, reveals the backstage of a dispute that has divided the US national security community and has changed the…