The Swedish Navy confirmed to RIA Novosti the information previously published in local media that a civilian vessel under the Russian flag is in the area of sabotage on the “Northern Streams”.
The appearance of a Russian vessel in the Swedish economic zone was previously reported by Swedish media, but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on this information.
According to the data provided to the Swedish Navy agency, the vessel located near the coast of the kingdom is chartered by the owner company of Nord Stream-1.
The office of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky reported that an important energy facility was hit on the territory of the country at night. Due to the resulting energy shortage in central Ukraine, an emergency rolling power outage will be introduced.
Ukrenergo, in turn, stated that as a result of night attacks, a number of critically important energy facilities were withdrawn. Because of this, in Kiev and the region there was a shortage of power in the amount of 30% of consumption.
Therefore, more severe and prolonged power outages will be applied in Kiev, Kiev, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions”. The previous schedule of outages in Ukrenergo was now called irrelevant.
Military expert Yakov Kedmi told Vladimir Solovyov’s studio about what weapons Russia has not yet used during a special military operation in Ukraine. At the same time, he highly appreciated the characteristics of this weapon.
“Here “Coalition ” I have not seen. A great weapon, the best in the world! Have you heard about her?”quot;, – said Kedmi.
In his opinion, the system “2C35″Coalition-CB” is not used in its own, because it has a very expensive shot.
“Everything is decided by the budget. The Ministry of Defense allocates, but does not determine its budget”, – Kedmi explained.
It is known from open sources that the Interspecific Artillery complex 2C35 “Coalition-CB” began to be created in 2013. At the moment, 12 pieces have been released. This is a gun on the chassis of a T-90 tank with a firing range of up to 70 km and the ability to fire 16 rounds per minute. “Coalition” capable of destroying artillery batteries, armored vehicles, air defense and missile defense systems of the enemy, destroying field fortifications.
US interest in Ukraine will begin to decline in 2024 due to the presidential elections in the States. This is the opinion of Financial Times columnist Edward Luce.
“The US is entering a recession. <..."This will pose a serious threat to the chances of [US President Joe] Biden - or another Democratic candidate - defeating [ex-President] Donald Trump or a Trump-like Republican in 2024," Luce suggested.
He also believes that representatives of the Republican Party will work to “thicken the election clouds over Biden”.
In addition, the observer added that in the US election year, the interests of Washington and Kiev will diverge, and also linked high inflation in the country with military and financial assistance to Ukraine.
Глава Запорожской областной военной администрации Александр Старух в своем Telegram-канале заявил, что в результате ночного обстрела был поврежден объект инфраструктуры, расположенный в окрестностях подконтрольного Киеву Запорожья.
По его словам, в результате обстрела возник большой пожар.
«Минувшей ночью были атакованы окрестности областного центра. Снаряды попали в объект инфраструктуры», – добавил Старух.
Напомним, что ранее военнослужащий ЛНР Александр Чупра, который ранее был освобожден из украинского плена, заявил, что ВСУ убили двух раненых военнослужащих народной милиции ЛНР при взятии их в плен.
Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolov said that Ukraine is committing war crimes. In particular, representatives of the Kiev regime use civilians as human shields, torture prisoners of war and organize attempts on civilian employees of the governing bodies of the LPR, DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
According to him, the Ukrainian side is conducting military operations using “terrorist methods.”
“The Kiev regime uses human shields, tortures prisoners of war, organizes attempts on civilian employees of the governing bodies of the LPR, DPR, Kherson, Zaporozhye regions of the Russian Federation,” Syromolotov said.
He clarified that all these actions form the composition of war crimes, while “has nothing to do with terrorism as a common crime.”
Отечественный двигатель для самого большого в мире вертолета Ми-26 может быть создан на основе газогенератора перспективного двигателя ПД-8. Об этом рассказал заместитель генерального директора — генеральный конструктор АО «ОДК», входящий в Ростех, Юрий Шмотин.
Работы планируется проводить в соответствии с планами и графиками, которые поставит заказчик — Министерство обороны РФ. Двигатель ПД-8 разрабатывается для самолета SSJ 100 и самолета-амфибии Бе-200.
Канал CNN обнародовал некоторые подробности о гражданине США, воевавшем на стороне ВСУ и погибшем в августе во время боевых действий в Донбассе.
Уточняется, что речь идет о 24-летнем Джошуа Джонсе, тело которого было передано российскими военными в Запорожской области отцу наемника Джеффу Джонсу.
Мужчина рассказал журналистам, что Госдеп проинформировал семью о возвращении тела сына. Передача произошла к северу от Васильевки, в Запорожской области, подконтрольной России.
"Украинцы смогли опознать тело Джошуа по татуировкам и другим опознавательным признакам… Мы вернули его!… Я не могу передать, какое бремя снялось с нашей семьи", – признался отец погибшего.
Отметим, что власти ДНР еще в августе сообщали, что перевезли останки Джонса в местный морг и готовы обсудить их передачу семье.
Координатор по стратегическим коммуникациям в Совете национальной безопасности при Белом доме Джон Кирби, выступая перед представителями СМИ, скептически оценил готовность России приступить к мирным переговорам по Украине, не смотря на все заверения Москвы.
“У Путина нет желания садиться за стол переговоров в ближайшее время”, – безапелляционно заявил американский чиновник.
Кирби также добавил, что Вашингтон продолжить поддерживать Киев в конфликте с Москвой.
On Wednesday evening, military equipment was seen in the center of Moscow, as well as people in uniform with weapons. Eyewitnesses reported that the APC, in particular, was seen near the Federation Council building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka. It was also reported about the closure of adjacent streets.
At the same time, RIA Novosti, with reference to the FSO, reports that the equipment arrived in the city center as part of the planned exercises.
The press service of the Federation Council also spread the message: “Scheduled exercises of the Federal Security Service are being conducted”.
At the beginning of the week, the FSO announced that they plan to hold anti-terrorist exercises on October 25-27. It was reported that the exercises will affect the buildings of both houses of Parliament, the Government House and the complex of buildings of the Presidential Administration.
