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  • Russia accused of GPS jamming flight of EU leader von der Leyen over Bulgaria

    09/01/2025 7:18:29 PM PDT · by Apparatchik · 21 replies
    Christian Science Monitor ^ | 1 September 2025 | Sam McNeil and Valentina Petrov
    A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday. The plane landed safely at Plovdiv airport in central Bulgaria and President von der Leyen will continue her planned tour of the European Union’s eastern front-line nations, said commission spokesperson Arianna Podestà. “We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming,” said Ms. Podestà. “We have received information from the Bulgarian authority that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia.” The incident with President von der Leyen’s plane is the...
  • Putin: Russia-China progress is for the benefit of all humanity

    08/31/2025 6:27:40 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 44 replies
    Daily News Egypt ^ | 8/30/2025 | TV BRICS
    Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the strengthening cooperation between Russia and China within the BRICS group, stating that the two countries are actively working to enhance the bloc’s influence as a core mechanism of the international architecture. In an interview with China’s Xinhua News Agency, a partner of TV BRICS, Putin said the two nations are jointly promoting initiatives aimed at expanding the economic development opportunities of member states. “We are actively cooperating with China within BRICS to enhance its influence as one of the core mechanisms of the international architecture. Together, we are promoting initiatives aimed at expanding...
  • New videos show Ukraine’s Flamingo cruise missile in test and combat use

    08/21/2025 8:21:45 AM PDT · by Apparatchik · 8 replies
    AeroTime ^ | August 19, 2025 | Clement Charpentreau
    Ukraine has unveiled new video footage of the long-range Flamingo cruise missile, with the developer Fire Point saying the system is already in serial production. The footage shows test firings and what are described as combat launches against targets inside Russia. The footage was first released by Ukrainian outlet ZN.UA after an interview with Fire Point. According to the company, the missile was built around three priorities: range, warhead mass, and rapid deployment. Fire Point claims Flamingo has a range of more than 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles), a warhead weighing 1,150 kilograms (2,535 pounds), and resistance to electronic warfare. Production...
  • Russian ship sinks at shipyard

    08/11/2025 3:32:30 PM PDT · by Apparatchik · 33 replies
    The News International ^ | 11 August 2025 | Web Desk
    A Russian navy tugboat, the Kapitan Ushakov, sank on August 9, 2025, at a shipyard in St. Petersburg. It was expected to be delivered to the Northern fleet. The Project 23470 began listing to starboard on August 8. The sinking of the ship occurred at a time when it was in the final stages of outfitting and about to be completed at the Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg. The shipyard team made efforts throughout the night to stabilise the vessel, but failed ultimately. By the morning of August 9, the tugboat flipped and capsized on the seabed near the dock....
  • United airlines grounded nation wide

    08/06/2025 5:18:30 PM PDT · by arrow107 · 38 replies
    08/06/2025 | Myself
    All flights grounded due to a system wide failure. Thats is all they are saying. Currently stuck on the tarmac in Denver
  • Aeroflot Website (still) Down: Day 6

    08/02/2025 3:38:49 AM PDT · by Apparatchik · 16 replies
    Aeroflot Website ^ | 2 August 2025
    Доступ к сайту временно ограничен владельцем веб-ресурса.Если считаете, что произошла ошибка, свяжитесь с владельцем веб-ресурса.Translation: Access to the site has been temporarily restricted by the owner of the web resource.If you believe that an error has occurred, please contact the owner of the web resource.
  • Aeroflot Website (still) Down: Day 5

    08/01/2025 2:20:14 AM PDT · by Apparatchik · 9 replies
    Aeroflot Website ^ | 1 August 2025
    Доступ к сайту временно ограничен владельцем веб-ресурса.Если считаете, что произошла ошибка, свяжитесь с владельцем веб-ресурса.Translation: Access to the site has been temporarily restricted by the owner of the web resource.If you believe that an error has occurred, please contact the owner of the web resource.
  • Aeroflot Website Down, Day 3.

    07/30/2025 2:10:08 AM PDT · by Apparatchik · 3 replies
    Aeroflot Website ^ | 30 July 2025
    Доступ к сайту временно ограничен владельцем веб-ресурса. Если считаете, что произошла ошибка, свяжитесь с владельцем веб-ресурса. Translation: Access to the site has been temporarily restricted by the owner of the web resource. If you believe that an error has occurred, please contact the owner of the web resource.
  • Aeroflot Website (still) Down: Day 4

    07/31/2025 2:00:42 AM PDT · by Apparatchik · 2 replies
    Aeroflot.ru ^ | 31 July 2025
    Доступ к сайту временно ограничен владельцем веб-ресурса.Если считаете, что произошла ошибка, свяжитесь с владельцем веб-ресурса.Translation: Access to the site has been temporarily restricted by the owner of the web resource.If you believe that an error has occurred, please contact the owner of the web resource.
  • Russia recruiting unknowing suicide bombers as part of shadow war against Ukraine - report

    07/09/2025 3:21:50 PM PDT · by Apparatchik · 55 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 9 July 2025 | JPost Staff
    A growing number of young Ukrainians have been unknowingly recruited by Russian forces as unwilling suicide bombers as the Ukraine-Russia War drags on in its third year, the Guardian reported last week. Russian forces have been recruiting Ukrainians, mainly teenagers, to bomb police stations, post offices, or military targets under the guise of odd jobs postings on Telegram as part of an ongoing shadow war. For example, 19-year-old Oleh told the Guardian that he was offered $1,000 to video himself vandalizing a police station in western Ukraine with provided materials. He collected a rucksack from a given exchange point with...
  • 'Hero Under Fire': As Putin Visited Kursk, the Kremlin Told Russians That He Was Dodging Ukrainian Drones

    05/31/2025 3:25:14 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 18 replies
    Moscow times ^ | By Pyotr Kozlov
    When President Vladimir Putin traveled to the Kursk region this month for the first time since Russia expelled Ukrainian forces, his helicopter reportedly came under fire from Ukrainian drones. And that’s exactly how the Kremlin designed it. As ordinary Russians continue to bear the domestic brunt of Putin’s war, the Kremlin and the security services staged this PR stunt to convince the public that Putin, too, is making sacrifices for the country, four current and former Russian officials told The Moscow Times. All of these sources spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details related to Putin’s security. With...
  • Kremlin staged drone attack on Putin's helicopter

    05/30/2025 5:20:37 PM PDT · by Apparatchik · 94 replies
    Ukrainska Pravda via MSN ^ | 30 May 2025 | Yevhen Kizilov
    A claim by the Russian Defence Ministry that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin was "in the epicentre of a drone attack" has turned out to be a staged performance by the Kremlin. Russian state media claimed earlier this week that when Putin visited Kursk Oblast for the first time since the hostilities began in the area, his helicopter came "under fire from Ukrainian drones". In reality, this was not a combat incident but a meticulously staged event. Four sources within the government and the Kremlin told The Moscow Times that security officials promoted this shocking and "risky" episode in the media...
  • Trump says Putin has gone ‘absolutely crazy,’ warns of downfall of Russia

    05/25/2025 6:21:54 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 289 replies
    The Hill ^ | 5/25/2025 | Ian Swanson
    President Trump in a new post on Truth Social on Sunday night accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of having gone “absolutely” crazy and said if he did not stop what he was doing, it would lead to the downfall of his country. The social media comments came after Trump had issued some of his toughest comments about Putin earlier in remarks to reporters in New Jersey. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!,” Trump wrote. “He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and...
  • Russia says China’s Xi to arrive in Moscow on May 7 ahead of Victory Day events

    05/04/2025 6:41:10 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 26 replies
    Anadolu ^ | 5/4/2025 | Burc Eruygur
    Russia said on Sunday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in the country’s capital Moscow on an official visit, as it is set to host ceremonial events marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in World War II next week. A statement by the Kremlin said that Xi will pay an official visit to Moscow between May 7-10, at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, where he will take part in Victory Day events in the country’s capital.
  • At The Current Rate, It Would Take Russia Centuries And Tens Of Millions Of Casualties To Capture Ukraine

    05/01/2025 3:54:15 PM PDT · by Apparatchik · 68 replies
    Forbes ^ | 1 May 2025 | David Axe
    Russian forces managed to capture around 68 square miles of Ukraine in April. But it cost them 4,800 vehicles and more than 36,600 dead and wounded troops, according to one statistician who collects data mostly from official Ukrainian sources including the general staff in Kyiv. In the same month, Ukrainian losses were “minimal,” concluded analyst Konrad Muzyka of Rochan Consulting in Poland. Ukraine sprawls across 233,000 square miles, 19% of which is under Russian occupation. At the current rates of advance and loss, the Russians would capture the rest of Ukraine in the year 2256 at the cost of 101...
  • Russian Spy Ship Reportedly Catches Fire Off Syrian Coast, Drifts Uncontrolled

    02/07/2025 6:37:31 PM PST · by Apparatchik · 67 replies
    United 24 Media ^ | 7 February 2025 | Lucy Bruzard
    A Russian intelligence-gathering vessel caught fire and temporarily lost control off the Syrian coast on Janaury 23, according to Associated Press (AP). The Kildin, a Russian spy ship equipped with surveillance technology, was seen emitting black smoke and flames as it drifted, prompting an urgent maritime radio warning to nearby vessels. The Associated Press obtained audio of the broadcast, as well as video and photographs of the incident. “Warship on your course,” the Russian Captain said. “I am drifting. I’m not under command.” The videos, taken by three NATO military officials, were collected by a nearby NATO vessel. These officials...
  • NATO fighter planes scrambled after Putin's newest drone attack risks WW3

    02/01/2025 3:34:10 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 76 replies
    Mirror UK ^ | 2/1/2025 | Will Stewart, Susie Beever
    NATO fighter planes were scrambled today amid a brutal Russian missile and military drone onslaught on civilian, energy and military sites in Ukraine. Harrowing footage showed residents in Poltava screaming after a strike destroyed ordinary apartment blocks triggering fires amid the debris of smashed buildings. The wave of attacks by Vladimir Putin - which led to power cuts in multiple regions - came soon after Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office that his administration was actively talking to Moscow. “We are having very serious discussions about that war, trying to get it ended,” said the US president. On whether...
  • Tucker Carlson Claims Biden Tried to Assassinate Putin, No Evidence Provided

    01/30/2025 2:08:10 AM PST · by Apparatchik · 100 replies
    Business Times ^ | 28 January 2025 | Tracy Park
    Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has stirred controversy once again by alleging that the Biden administration attempted to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a provocative statement made during his Monday podcast, The Tucker Carlson Show, the former Fox News host suggested that the U.S. government had tried to eliminate Putin without offering any supporting evidence. "The Biden administration did, they tried to kill Putin," Carlson boldly claimed. When his guest, journalist Matt Taibbi, expressed surprise, Carlson insisted, "Yes, yes, they did, which is insane." His remarks, made in a casual tone, sparked immediate backlash, given the lack of any concrete...
  • Lawsuit Says Russian Officials Stole Millions Meant to Fortify Border Region Attacked by Ukraine

    01/29/2025 4:08:45 PM PST · by Apparatchik · 35 replies
    US News and World Report ^ | 29 January 2025 | Lucy Papachristou
    LONDON (Reuters) - Russian prosecutors are seeking to recover nearly $33 million of funds that they say were allocated for the defence of the western Kursk region, invaded by Ukraine last year, but stolen instead by corrupt officials. Ukrainian troops stormed across the border in a surprise attack on Aug. 6 and seized a chunk of Russian territory, some of which they still hold - a valuable bargaining chip for Kyiv in any peace talks with Moscow. A lawsuit filed by the office of Russia's Prosecutor General orders the head of the Kursk Regional Development Corporation, his deputies and a...
  • Russian Withdrawal From Prized Syrian Naval Base Now Underway

    01/27/2025 3:53:57 PM PST · by Apparatchik · 9 replies
    The War Zone via Yahoo ^ | 27 January 2025 | Joseph Trevithick
    Satellite imagery shows clear indications that Russia’s increasingly anticipated withdrawal of forces from its Tartus naval base in Syria has finally started. Complete loss of access to the facility, where Russian vehicles and materiel have been massing there for weeks already, would be a major blow to the Kremlin. The Russian military has already been steadily drawing down its posture at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria amid persistent questions about the future of its presence in the country as a whole since the sudden fall of dictator Bashar Al Assad last year. Satellite imagery taken on January 25 that TWZ...