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Russian drone reportedly enters Polish airspace, shot down over Ukraine
Ukraine’s military has said that a Russian surveillance drone crossed into Polish airspace before reentering Ukrainian airspace, where it was shot down by the Ukrainian military.
The drone, believed to be a Forpost surveillance drone, was thought to be inspecting the damage caused by Sunday’s missile attack on the Yavoriv training center, which is near the Polish border. The attack killed at least 35 and injured at least 134, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Following the attack, NATO …
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Estonian Parliament calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine
The Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu, formally called for the implementation of a no-fly zone over Ukraine on Monday, the first NATO member to do so.
A statement released by the parliament explained, “The Riigikogu expresses its support to the defenders and the people of the state of Ukraine in their fight against the Russian Federation that has launched a criminal war, and calls on showing absolute support to Ukraine in its war for maintaining its freedom, sovereignty and territorial …
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Belarus asks Russia to accelerate economic support
Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko has requested that his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Mishustin, accelerate economic support plans that were to be implemented at a later date, Interfax reported.
“Given the high vulnerability of the Belarusian economy to external shocks, we are counting on the support of the Russian Federation in this difficult state,” Golovchenko stated after a meeting with Mishustin.
Golovchenko specifically called for delaying the restructuring of Belarusian debt, …
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Ukrainian MoD says Russia has recruited more than 1000 Syrian mercenaries to fight in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claims approximately 400 Syrian mercenaries have arrived in Russia and Belarus, with another 600 Syrians already signed up to fight in Ukraine.
In a Facebook post, the Ministry wrote, “Russian occupiers continue to accumulate reserves on their territory for the war against Ukraine. Squads of mercenaries are formed, who are ready to perform criminal orders of Russian commanders for a reward. According to the information available, mercenaries recruitment …
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister calls on West to boycott firms that continue operations in Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told reporters in Kyiv that it is immoral for Western firms to continue business operations in Russia and such companies should be boycotted.
“International business should leave Russia for both moral and pragmatic reasons,” Kuleba stated. “No one wants to be associated with war crimes.”
“The Russian economy is rapidly approaching collapse. Companies are trying to leave now so as not to withdraw capital from under the rubble later on… Putin has …
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Kremlin: Russia lost access to 50 percent of its foreign exchange reserves
Due to sanctions, Russia can not use almost half of its gold and foreign exchange reserves, about $ 300 billion, said the Russian Finance Minister, said Anton Siluanov on air of TV Channel Russia 1.
"That's about half of the reserve we had. We have about $640 billion in total. About $300 billion of the reserve is now in such a state that we cannot use it," Siluanov said.
He noted that Russia holds a part of the gold and foreign exchange reserves in yuan. Because of this, the West is trying to …
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Heads of Russian FSB Foreign Intelligence Department under house arrest due to failed Ukraine invasion
Photo: Sergey Beseda, head of the 5th Service (Service of Operational Information and International Relations) of the Russian Federal Security Service.
The heads of the 5th service of the FSB (Federal Security Service), which is responsible for foreign intelligence and specializes in Ukraine, have been put under house arrest, reported Meduza, citing journalist Andrei Soldatov.
Soldatov reported, citing his sources, that these are the head of the department Sergey Beseda and his deputy Anatoly …
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Putin allows 'volunteers from Middle East' to join Russian troops in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow volunteers from the Middle East, primarily from Syria, to join Russian military operation in Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports citing Putin’s speech at a meeting of the Security Council.
The proposal was initially made during the meeting by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. According to him, the Russian Defense Ministry receives many applications from people from different countries asking for a permission to participate in the so-called " …
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China refuses to supply aircraft components to Russian airlines
China has refused to supply Russian airlines with aircraft components. "We have instructed the airlines to determine themselves where it is possible to purchase these spare parts. As far as I know, they [the airlines] turned to China, but the Chinese refused, " Valery Kudinov, head of Airworthiness Maintenance Department of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, told reporters on the sidelines of the MRO Russia & CIS conference.
According to him, now Russian carriers will look for …
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Ukrainian forces claim to have killed 2 Russian regiment commanders
During a battle near the town of Brovary, Kyiv region, the Ukrainian military destroyed a tank regiment of Russian. Its commander, Colonel Zakharov, was killed, reported the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
"During the fighting in the Brovary district of the Kyiv region, the Russian battalion-tactical group of the 6th tank regiment from Chebarkul, which is part the 90th tank division of the Russian Central Military District, suffered significant losses in …