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Putin meets with Wagner PMC chief of staff, discusses deployment of mercenaries to Ukraine
Russian president Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Evkurov and former commander of the Wagner PMC Andrei Troshin, better known by his callsign Sedoy (Grey), reported the Kremlin's press service. During the meeting, Putin addressed Troshin, reminding him that at their previous meeting, they discussed his involvement in forming volunteer units to be primarily deployed on the Ukrainian front. Putin emphasized that Troshin, having fought for over a year himself in a " …
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Putin signs autumn military draft decree, 130,000 individuals aged 18 to 27 expected to be conscripted
Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on the beginning of the autumn military draft in Russia from 1st October. The corresponding document was published on the official portal of legislative acts of the Russian Federation.
According to the document, the autumn draft will last from October to December. The Russian Armed Forces are planning to call up 130,000 individuals aged 18 to 27 who are not in reserve.
This autumn draft will be the last in which the upper age limit for …
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Kyiv: Ukraine relocates missile production following Russian attack
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov, said that Russians targeted a facility where Ukrainian missiles were being produced, leading to a partial relocation of production outside of Ukraine.
"What I can say is that, unfortunately, Russia targeted the location where these missiles were being assembled. Currently, we have relocated a certain portion of our production outside of our country," Danilov said in an interview with the Spanish …
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Kyiv: 34 Russian officers, including Black Sea Fleet Commander, killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Sevastopol
As the result of a missile strike by Ukrainian military on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, 34 officers were killed, including the fleet commander, reported the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine. "After the destruction of the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters, 34 officers, including the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, were killed. Another 105 occupants were injured. The headquarters building is beyond repair," the statement …
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Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate: high-ranking Russian generals among casualties in missile strike on Black Sea Fleet headquarters
At least nine people were killed and another 16 were injured, including Russian generals, in yesterday's attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, said Kirill Budanov, the head of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate.
"Among the injured are Major General Romanchuk, the group commander, who is in a very serious condition. Lieutenant General Tsekov, the chief of staff, is unconscious. The number of injured ordinary servicemen who are not staff members is still …
