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  • Russia says it destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones over Crimea, Black Sea

    Russian anti-aircraft models destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the annexed Crimean peninsula and three extra over different components of Russia, the Defence Ministry mentioned early on Thursday.

    “In the night from September 20 to 21, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to commit a terrorist attack with lethal drones on sites in the Russian Federation was intercepted,” the ministry mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

    The ministry mentioned the three different drones had been downed over Kursk, Belgorod and Orlov areas in central and southern Russia. It gave no particulars on casualties or injury.

    Ukrainian forces had been launching assaults with growing frequency on targets in Crimea, seized and annexed by Russia in 2014.

    Ukraine usually doesn’t declare accountability for such assaults. But on Wednesday, the Ukrainian navy mentioned its forces struck a Russian Black Sea fleet command put up close to Sevastopol in Crimea.

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    Sep 21, 2023

  • Habitat in danger as Ukrainians crowd river to seek out respite amid conflict

    By Reuters: Kite surfers bounce alongside the light waves. A speedboat pulls youngsters on an inflatable raft. Families absorb sunshine on a slim seaside.

    With most of Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast both occupied by Russian troops or of their line of fireside, households looking for respite from life in a conflict zone are flocking to the inland shores of the Tylihul, a river that widens right into a broad estuary bordered by grassland.

    In the summer time sunshine, you would virtually neglect that the entrance line is a couple of hours drive away. Visitors say the respite is a desperately wanted reduction. But authorities and a few residents fear that the crowds might harm an necessary and delicate pure habitat.

    “There are two sides of a coin. On one hand, we understand that there is no access to the sea and people still want to relax somewhere. On the other hand, we know that estuary will not survive such amount of people,” mentioned Petro Kalinchuk, on a sandy spit dotted with seaside umbrellas and tents.

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    Inna Tymchenko, deputy head of the Mykolaiv regional division of the National Institute of Ecology, mentioned the issue was not a lot the folks as their tents and vehicles.

    “They are placed in chaotic order. Tourists don’t know where it is alright to leave a car and where it is not, so they park wherever they want. That’s how vegetation cover is being destroyed,” she mentioned.

    “Noise affects the birds. They partially got used to the noise but loud noises are unusual for them this year. It will lead to grave consequences in this area.”

    There was hope that birds might discover refuge right here from the Kinburn Spit, an enormous Black Sea nature protect destroyed by flooding after the Kakhovska Dam on the Dnipro River was blown up practically two months in the past. More birds might die if there isn’t any hospitable sanctuary for them right here.

    Kalinchuk mentioned his household had been coming to the river for practically 50 years. They used to see birds nesting and brooding eggs on the seaside. Now, with the bigger crowds, all of the birds had been gone and there have been fewer fish, too.

    But so long as the conflict goes on and there are few different locations to relaxation, households say they may maintain coming.

    “Access to the rivers and the sea is closed. So this is the only place where we can relax after two years of war against Russia,” mentioned resident Viacheslav Natalenko.

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  • India can play vital position in ending Ukraine battle: US envoy

    By Press Trust of India: India, with its rising world profile and present presidency of the G20, can contribute considerably in ending the battle in Ukraine, US Ambassador to Kyiv Bridget A Brink stated on Wednesday.

    At a particular on-line briefing for a small group of Indian reporters, Brink stated India’s management is essential in addressing varied world challenges. She stated New Delhi’s rising concern over the adversarial influence of the battle on the Global South created the bottom for its position in defusing the disaster.

    She additionally stated the US hoped to work with its companions and allies world wide, together with India, to help freedom and democracies, and the flexibility of nations to decide on their very own future.

    “From Kyiv, every day I see both the devastating effects of the war and the strength and resilience of the Ukrainian people,” Brink stated.

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    The ambassador stated India’s aspirations for world management and its requires collective motion by means of its G20 theme of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ replicate the spirit wanted to attain “peace”.

    The battle has wide-ranging implications for the worldwide financial system, meals safety and the fundamental rules outlined within the United Nations Charter on sovereignty and territorial integrity, she stated.

    “As this year’s president of the G20, your country’s leadership is critical to shaping global events, including in places like Ukraine,” Brink famous.

    India is but to sentence the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has been urgent for the decision of the battle by means of dialogue and diplomacy.

    At a bilateral assembly with Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 16 final yr within the Uzbek metropolis of Samarkand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated “today’s era is not of war” and nudged the Russian chief to finish the battle.

    “We agree, as Prime Minister Modi said, that now is not the time for war. Ukraine has paid a terrible cost to defend its freedom and its independence. The loss of lives and human suffering is tragic here, and the effects of this war go well beyond Ukraine’s borders,” Brink stated.

    She stated each democratic nation had a stake in defending the rules of the UN Charter.

    “I know that the people of India understand the importance of freedom of sovereignty and territorial integrity, and India’s leaders have spoken about these bedrock principles,” Brink stated.

    “While the war in Ukraine is happening in Europe, the global implications of the war should inspire leaders everywhere to look for solutions to bring it to an end,” she added.

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    Brink additionally complimented India for its efforts to uphold the worldwide order based mostly on democracy and rule of legislation.

    “We are grateful for India’s partnership through the G20 and the Quad, and on the global stage by its tireless leadership in advancing multilateral cooperation and upholding the global order based on democracy and rule of law,” she stated.

    “India helps ensure that our citizens and democracies around the world are free to thrive in peace,” the envoy added.

    The US ambassador to Ukraine stated India’s leaders have a singular voice to face up for creating nations and encourage the continuation and growth of the Black Sea grain initiative to make sure that folks world wide can entry meals that they desperately want.

    The ambassador additionally famous how India was working to help the creating nations or the Global South by means of its G20 presidency.

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  • Ukraine battle might remaining for a few years, says Putin aide Dmitry Medvedev

    By Reuters: A excessive ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin talked about the Ukraine battle might remaining for a few years, with prolonged durations of stopping interspersed by truces, Russia’s RIA info firm reported on Thursday (native time).

    It talked about former President Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Putin’s extremely efficient security council, had spoken all through a go to to Vietnam. Medvedev normally makes hardline suggestions and remaining month described Ukrainian authorities as an an an infection.

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    “This conflict will last a very long time, most likely decades,” RIA cited Medvedev as saying.

    “As long as there is such a power in place, there will be, say, three years of truce, two years of conflict, and everything will be repeated,” he continued, reiterating Moscow’s declare that Ukraine is a Nazi state.

    In January, Medvedev talked about if Russia had been defeated it could set off a nuclear battle.

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  • Ukraine launches over 10 drones on Crimea, no hurt reported

    By Reuters: Ukraine launched larger than 10 drones in a single day on the Crimean Peninsula, along with three on the port of Sevastopol, a Russian-installed official talked about early on Sunday, together with that air defence packages repelled all the assaults on Sevastopol.

    “No objects (in Sevastopol) were damaged,” Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, talked about on the Telegram messaging app.

    There had been no fast particulars of any hurt from the strikes elsewhere on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

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    Baza, a Telegram channel with hyperlinks to Russia’s regulation enforcement companies, reported earlier on Sunday that in response to the channel’s preliminary knowledge, there have been no casualties in what it talked about was a set of assaults on Crimea.

    According to Ukrainian monitoring of Telegram channels, explosions occurred in Sevastopol and Saki — the place Russia has an air base — along with plenty of totally different places.

  • Ukraine launches over 10 drones on Crimea, no hurt reported

    By Reuters: Ukraine launched better than 10 drones in a single day on the Crimean Peninsula, along with three on the port of Sevastopol, a Russian-installed official talked about early on Sunday, together with that air defence packages repelled the entire assaults on Sevastopol.

    “No objects (in Sevastopol) were damaged,” Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, talked about on the Telegram messaging app.

    There had been no fast particulars of any hurt from the strikes elsewhere on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

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    Baza, a Telegram channel with hyperlinks to Russia’s regulation enforcement companies, reported earlier on Sunday that in response to the channel’s preliminary information, there have been no casualties in what it talked about was a group of assaults on Crimea.

    According to Ukrainian monitoring of Telegram channels, explosions occurred in Sevastopol and Saki — the place Russia has an air base — along with quite a few completely different areas.

  • Russian troops endure radiation sickness after digging trenches near Chernobyl nuclear plant 

    By India Today World Desk: Several Russian troops are down with radiation sickness after they dug trenches inside the Chernobyl forest, near the nuclear vitality station which exploded 37 years up to now, authorities talked about.

    Ukrainians residing near the nuclear station warned the Russian troops, who had occupied the realm remaining 12 months, in the direction of organising a camp inside the forest, a report by The Independent talked about.

    In what was considered to be the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Reactor No 4 exploded on April 26, 1986, killing scores of people and leaving numerous scarred by radiation.

    Following the Chernobyl disaster, teams of chemical specialists have been despatched to dig up the contaminated topsoil and bury it beneath the underside inside the Red Forest — which was named after the colour the bushes turned inside the aftermath of the accident.

    Quoting The Times, a resident who warned the Russian forces talked about they “understood the risks”, nevertheless “were just thick”. The resident talked about they dug trenches six miles (9 kilometres) from the power plant, inserted the reactor’s cooling channel — flush with catfish — and shot ineffective animals.

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    Russian forces crossed into Chernobyl on February 24 remaining 12 months, the day when the invasion began. They remained there for five weeks sooner than their withdrawal from the realm.

    Recalling a confrontation with the Russian forces, 90-year-old Baba Hana suggested The Times, “I started yelling at them.”

    “I tried to give them political information, explaining what was happening in their country… I am a Russian speaker, I asked what they were doing there, who they thought they were liberating,” Hana talked about.

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  • Russian troops bear radiation sickness after digging trenches near Chernobyl nuclear plant 

    By India Today World Desk: Several Russian troops are down with radiation sickness after they dug trenches inside the Chernobyl forest, near the nuclear vitality station which exploded 37 years prior to now, authorities talked about.

    Ukrainians residing near the nuclear station warned the Russian troops, who had occupied the realm remaining 12 months, in direction of organising a camp inside the forest, a report by The Independent talked about.

    In what was considered to be the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Reactor No 4 exploded on April 26, 1986, killing scores of people and leaving numerous scarred by radiation.

    Following the Chernobyl disaster, teams of chemical specialists have been despatched to dig up the contaminated topsoil and bury it beneath the underside inside the Red Forest — which was named after the colour the bushes turned inside the aftermath of the accident.

    Quoting The Times, a resident who warned the Russian forces talked about they “understood the risks”, nevertheless “were just thick”. The resident talked about they dug trenches six miles (9 kilometres) from the power plant, inserted the reactor’s cooling channel — flush with catfish — and shot ineffective animals.

    ALSO READ | Ukraine shoots down 15 out of 18 Russian missiles in early morning assault

    Russian forces crossed into Chernobyl on February 24 remaining 12 months, the day when the invasion began. They remained there for five weeks sooner than their withdrawal from the realm.

    Recalling a confrontation with the Russian forces, 90-year-old Baba Hana suggested The Times, “I started yelling at them.”

    “I tried to give them political information, explaining what was happening in their country… I am a Russian speaker, I asked what they were doing there, who they thought they were liberating,” Hana talked about.

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  • I carry a pistol, would have fought to lack of life if Russians stormed my office: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

    By India Today World Desk: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday (native time) revealed that he carries a pistol with him and acknowledged he would have fought to the lack of life if the Russians had mounted an assault on his office in Kyiv firstly of the warfare.

    In an interview with 1+1 television channel, Zelenskyy acknowledged he knew the fitting technique to shoot and asserted it is going to be a disgrace if the Russians captured him.

    “I know how to shoot. Can you imagine (a headline like) ‘The President of Ukraine is taken captive by Russians?’ This is a disgrace. I believe this would be a disgrace,” Reuters quoted Zelenskyy as saying to the TV channel.

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    During the preliminary ranges of the warfare, Russian intelligence objects had tried to assault Kyiv, nevertheless Ukrainian forces defeated them following their failure to advance to Bankova Street, dwelling to the presidential workplaces, acknowledged Ukrainian officers.

    While completely different Russian objects mounted an assault on the outskirts of Kyiv, that they had been, nonetheless, unable to proceed inside the coronary coronary heart of the city. According to officers, there have been a lot of unsuccessful sabotage makes an try inside Kyiv.

    “I think if they had gone inside, into the administration, we would not be here,” Zelenskyy acknowledged. He, nonetheless, did not specify which Russian objects he was talking about.

    “No one would have been taken prisoner because we had a very seriously prepared defence of Bankova Street. We would have been there to the last,” he acknowledged.

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    The Ukrainian President moreover rejected a suggestion that he most popular taking his life comparatively than being captured by Russian forces.

    “No, no, no. It’s not (to shoot) myself. To shoot back, surely,” he acknowledged.

    Zelenskyy’s interview obtained right here a day after Russian forces launched the first large-scale air strikes in Ukraine in virtually two months, killing 25 people, along with 4 children.

    On February 24 closing yr, Russia invaded Ukraine, claiming the Zelenskyy authorities in Kyiv posed a menace. Ukraine has condemned the invasion and termed it an unprovoked warfare of conquest.

  • Ukraine working with FBI, US companies to assemble proof of Russian battle crimes

    By Reuters: Ukraine is working with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and American companies to assemble proof of battle crimes by Russians, akin to geolocation and cellphone data, senior officers talked about on Tuesday.

    Ukrainian authorities are amassing digital data from battlefields and Ukrainian cities ravaged by the battle since Russia invaded the nation ultimate February, talked about Alex Kobzanets, a FBI specific agent who beforehand labored as a licensed attache for the corporate in Ukraine.

    “Collection of that data, analysis of that data, working through that data is something the FBI has experience working through,” Kobzanets talked about on the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco.

    That work consists of attempting into cellphone data, forensic analyses of DNA samples, along with analysis of physique components collected off battlefields, he talked about.

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    “The next step is working with national US service providers, and transferring that information…obtaining subscriber information, obtaining geolocation information, where possible,” Kobzanets added.

    The work shows deepening collaboration between the US and Ukraine on the cyber entrance, the place Russia has been a typical adversary for every nations.

    The Russian authorities did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

    The agent added that the FBI had for the earlier 12 months and a half been engaged on serving to Ukraine to moreover decide Russian collaborators and spies working in Ukraine and the Russian forces which were working open air of Kiev as a result of the invasion was going down.

    US security companies and officers have been a severe confederate of Ukraine in its efforts to fend off Russian cyberattacks, which it has battled since not lower than 2015.

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    Illia Vitiuk, head of the Department of Cyber Information Security throughout the Security Service of Ukraine, talked about that whereas the number of Russian assaults in opposition to Ukraine has grown in the previous couple of years, in present months they’ve grow to be further centered.

    “It’s very difficult to prove, in a criminal case, who is responsible,” talked about Vitiuk.

    “It’s very important for us to get as much information about Russian cybercriminals…because we collect all this information and put it into our criminal cases,” Vitiuk added.

    “We do believe that this case about cyber war crimes is something new. This is where we have seen the first full scale cyber war,” he extra talked about.

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