The entire newest tendencies from the Ukraine struggle.
Ukrainian reconnaissance send destroyed in Black Sea
Russia claims to have downed a Ukrainian military vessel surveying the Black Sea, amid mounting assaults via all sides within the space following Moscow’s fresh withdrawal from a big grain deal.
ADVERTISEMENTThe Russian Defence Ministry stated on Tuesday morning its naval airforce had destroyed the undercover agent send final evening close to Russian fuel manufacturing installations within the waters south of Ukraine.
The ministry didn’t supply additional main points.
Final week, Russian ships in its Black Sea fleet have been focused via a Ukrainian naval drone, in step with the Russian Ministry of Protection.
It stated the used to be drone intercepted via Moscow’s army ships with out achieving its goal.
Assaults on Russian ships have escalated since Moscow refused in mid-July to resume a UN-brokered settlement that accredited Ukrainian grain exports.
Wagner leader Prigozhin in first video after coup bid
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has seemed in his first video deal with since his abortive mutiny in Russia.
The Wagner chief hints he’s in Africa within the clip posted on Telegram, even though Euronews can’t independently test this.
Prigozhin – filmed in struggle equipment status within the wasteland with a rifle in his palms – says his pressure is making Africa “extra unfastened”.
Hundreds of his non-public warring parties are believed to be serious about shady trade around the African continent.
Prigozhin accumulated his reported huge torture “protective susceptible African regimes in change for his or her gold mines”, Mark Beissinger, Professor of Politics at Princeton College advised Euronews in April.
Wagner mercenaries have been not too long ago accused via Human Rights Watch of committing grave human rights violations in Mali, together with summarily executions and compelled disappearance of a number of dozen civilians.
ADVERTISEMENT“We’re running. The temperature is +50 – the entirety as we love. Wagner PMC conducts reconnaissance and seek movements, makes Russia even better on all continents, and Africa much more unfastened,” stated Prigozhin within the video.
He says the weapons for rent are exploring for minerals and combating Islamists and criminals.
“Justice and happiness – for the African other people, we are making lifestyles a nightmare for ISIS (Islamic State) and Al-Qaeda and different bandits,” he says.
Prigozhin led a short-lived mutiny in June through which some 5,000 Wagner troops seized keep watch over of the southern Russian town of Rostov-on-Don and moved in opposition to Moscow, aiming to depose the army management.
It ended with a deal that noticed treason fees towards him dropped and Wagner relocated to Belarus.
ADVERTISEMENTHe has been retaining a low public profile ever since.
Russia shoots down two Ukrainian drones in Moscow area
Russia introduced early on Tuesday it had destroyed two Ukrainian drones heading for Moscow, as such assaults build up in fresh weeks.
“An try via the Kyiv regime to hold out terrorist assaults the usage of unmanned aerial cars used to be foiled” in a single day from Monday to Tuesday, the Russian Protection Ministry stated on Telegram.
The drones have been “destroyed via air defence techniques”, it stated.
In line with Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin one used to be shot down within the Krasnogorsk space, situated 20 km northwest of the Kremlin, whilst the second one fell within the Chastsy space, some 50 km southwest of central Moscow.
ADVERTISEMENTMoscow’s Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo world airports have been closed to arrivals and departures, in step with the Russian state information company TASS, which later introduced landings had resumed on the first two airports.
Drone assaults within Russian territory were expanding for a number of weeks, maximum regularly with out inflicting injury or casualties. They most often goal the Russian capital, situated greater than 500 km from the Ukrainian border.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on the finish of July that “struggle is coming to Russian territory”.
