photos from the scene of the incident Mikhail Razvozhaev’s Telegram channel
Senator from the Crimean Peninsula, member of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Sergey Tsekov expressed doubt that the drone that attacked the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol could have been launched from the territory of Ukraine.
According to him, a homemade UAV is simply not able to overcome such a long distance and then act so effectively.
“There is a high probability that the attack was carried out from the territory of Crimea or Sevastopol… The exact answer will be given by the Russian air defense forces and the FSB,” the senator said.
The celebration of the Navy Day in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt, which traditionally began with the Main Naval Parade, also traditionally ended with a large-scale fireworks. According to the press service of the ZVO, 30 volleys were fired at a time in Kronstadt and at the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
“Artillery salutes were held at 22:45 according to a single plan. 30 volleys were fired in honor of the glorious victories of the Russian army, symbols of the Navy and hero cities from the D-44 and D-30 guns, accompanied by several thousand fireworks shots from 105 mm, 125 mm, 195 mm, 310 mm calibres, which provided different lifting heights of fireworks. The rupture domes exceeded 300 meters in diameter,” the press service said in a statement.
Photo: MK in St. Petersburg.
According to her information, when launching fireworks, the Tricolor 2A96 125 mm caliber fireworks launcher was also used, which releases more than 2 thousand fireworks into the sky in one minute. With the help of this installation, the sky over St. Petersburg and Kronstadt was decorated with the colors of the Russian flag.
No less spectators gathered to watch the traditional end of the holiday than the main part of it – the Main Naval Parade. People were everywhere from where it was possible to fully see this magnificent and large-scale spectacle – on embankments, bridges, on boats and motor ships.
Photo: MK in St. Petersburg.
Lit torches on Rostral columns created a festive look on the Spit of Vasilievsky Island of St. Petersburg, and the Palace Bridge and Bolshoy Prospekt of the Petrogradskaya Side were painted in the colors of the St. Andrew’s flag with the help of lighting design.
The main naval parade took place on the Neva River between the Blagoveshchensk and Trinity Bridges and on the Great Kronstadt Roadstead along the southern protective wall of the port. 36 ships and boats, four submarines, seven sailing vessels, 42 aircraft, as well as over 3,500 military personnel took part in the grandiose action.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the police of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kos will launch an operation against the Serbs in the northern part of the republic at midnight.
“I think we have never been in a more difficult and difficult situation than today. Why did I say that? The Pristina regime is trying, presenting itself as a victim, to use the mood in the world,” he said.
Vucic added that the Kosovo Albanian detachments have already moved to the crossing points of Yarine and Brniak. They will probably stop all holders of Serbian documents.
It is reported that in northern Kosovo, as in 1999, bells are continuously ringing in churches and monasteries. According to some reports, Serbia is moving aircraft to the border with Kosovo.
Local media reported that Kosovo Albanians gathered at the southern part of the Kosovka-Mitrovica bridge. It leads to the northern, Serbian side. Air raid sirens have sounded in the city, Serbs are building barricades on the narrow places of the road in Rudare, on the Pristina-Leposavich highway and near the town of Zvecan.
Earlier it was reported that clashes broke out on the Serbian-Kosovo border.
The correspondent of the TG-channel MASH was shooting a report in Donetsk on the scattered throughout the city mines “Petals”. In the park of Forged figures, he met a couple, whom he tried to convince that it was not safe to walk here.
The journalist advised not to touch the mines and avoid them. To which I received the answer that it was just shell fragments. The woman said that she picked up one and put it in a bag with groceries to show colleagues at work.
To the reporter’s horror, her companion actually took out a mine from the package “Petal”, and stated that everyone touched her and nothing exploded. The journalist managed to convince the woman to carefully put the explosive device on the ground and move away.
Earlier it was reported that during the clearance of mines “Petal” in the Kirovsky district of the city, an employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was injured. The explosion tore off his left foot.
One of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants recorded and posted a video on social networks accusing the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Ermak, of selling not only military equipment, but also HIMARS systems received from the United States.
One of the TG channels confirmed the receipt of information about the transfer of an echelon with military equipment across the Moldovan border at night. Perhaps it was HIMARS.
The other day, the European police confirmed the appearance on the black market of heavy weapons, military ammunition and other military goods supplied by the West to Ukraine.
The authorities of Russia and the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) had no reason to blow up the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka, where Ukrainian prisoners of war were being held.
This was stated on the air of the BFM TV channel by former French Ambassador to Russia Sylvie Bermann. It is much more advantageous for Moscow and Donetsk to keep them for trial so that everyone can hear their confessions. The process would confirm the presence of Nazis in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, she stressed.
Earlier it was reported that the first deputy permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky demanded from the organization an immediate assessment of the shelling by Ukrainian nationalists of the detention center in Yelenovka. 53 people were killed and 71 prisoners were injured.
In the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, there is evidence of political persecution, judicial arbitrariness, deliberate torture and ill-treatment.
As the UN Special rapporteur on the prevention of torture, Niels Meltzer, told Le Monde diplomatique, the states responsible for this refused to cooperate with him in carrying out investigative actions required by international law.
The official stressed that Assange was persecuted and subjected to violence for revealing the dirty secrets of the powerful, including war crimes, torture and corruption. According to Meltzer, the story of the founder of WikiLeaks has become a model of judicial arbitrariness, deliberate collusion of special services behind the backs of the public and the authorities. Assange became a victim of manipulative publications in the media with the aim of isolating, demonizing and deliberately destroying a particular person.
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Senator from the Crimea Olga Kovitidi reported that the attack of a drone with a bomb on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet “was committed not from outside, but from the territory of Sevastopol”.
Earlier, the governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that as a result of the explosion on Sunday morning, six people from among the employees of the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation were injured. Two of them are in a state of moderate severity, and the injuries of the others are light.
“Operational search operations are underway in the city to find the organizers of this terrorist attack”, – Kovitidi also noted.
She expressed confidence that the suspects would be found by the evening.
The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported that Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin dismissed the head of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation Andrey Kigim.
The statement says that Sergey Chirkov will temporarily act as the head of the FIU. He was previously the boss Department of Organization of appointment and payment of Pensions, and since July 2018 holds the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Pension Fund of Russia.
Member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Vladimir Dzhabarov spoke about how Russia can respond to the attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Earlier, the governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, reported that a drone with an explosive device fell into the courtyard of the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. As a result of the explosion, six people were injured. Two are in a state of moderate severity, and the rest have minor injuries. Medical assistance has been provided to everyone. At the same time, all festive events in honor of the Navy Day in the city were canceled. Razvozhaev also said that the Ukrainian side was behind the attack.
“In response to the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sevastopol, Russia may strike at the facilities of the Ukrainian Navy in Nikolaev and Odessa, as well as decision-making centers in Kiev,” Jabarov said. This is reported by RIA FAN.
The head of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, in turn, called the drone attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol “a tactic of outright terrorism” and added that the most serious conclusions will be drawn from what happened and the answer will not be long in coming.
