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Russia sends paratroopers to Belarus for military exercises
Russian paratroopers from the Moscow Airborne Guards Unit are in Belarus, Interfax reports, citing the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.
On Thursday, together with their Belarusian colleagues, they conducted exercises to practice storming a building at the test site near Brest.
Russian servicemen parachuted out of the Mi-8 MTV-5 helicopter, stormed, freed the hostages and cleared the building seized by a hypothetical enemy.
The "urban assault" is "one of the most difficult …
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Putin: Detention of Wagner mercenaries in Belarus is a joint operation between Ukrainian and American special services
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the detention of Wagner militants in Belarus a joint operation of Ukrainian and American special services.
"Now it is obvious. This is an action of special services. People were unknowingly moved to the territory of Belarus... They were simply dragged into the territory of Belarus and presented as a possible strike force for swaying the situation during the election campaign. Which was completely untrue. People were on their way to work in a third …
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Kyiv suspends all contacts with Belarus
Kyiv has suspended all contacts with Minsk amid the political crisis in Belarus, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba .
"Now, in fact, all the processes, all contacts with the Belarusian side have been paused. I can officially tell you. We are monitoring the situation. And only when we are convinced that these contacts will not bear any reputational, political or moral losses for Ukraine, these contacts will be restored," he said.
According to him, Ukrainian President Volodymyr …
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Russian opposition leader Navalny and Bulgarian businessman Gebrev poisoned with same substance
Doctors from the German Hospital Sharite, who are treating the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, contacted Bulgarian colleagues involved in the treatment of businessman Emelian Gebrev, who was poisoned in 2015 in Sofia. According to Der Spiegel, experts suggest that Navalny was exposed to a substance from the same family of organophosphates as Gebrev.
This family includes insecticides such as E605, as well as nerve toxins such as sarin and the even more potent drug Novichok, developed …
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U.S. accuses Russia of provoking road accident in Syria
Russia is responsible for a road accident in Syria in which several American servicemen were injured, TASS reported, citing a statement from the head of the press service of the National Security Council at the White House, John Ullyot.
CNN, citing sources, reported that one of the Russian vehicles appeared to have deliberately collided with a U.S. vehicle.
In a statement, Ullyot noted that the actions of the Russian military violate the deconfliction protocols, which were concluded by Russia …