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Ukraine Hits a Distant Russian Ship, Showing Reach of Naval Drones
A Ukrainian maritime drone damaged a Russian warship on the Black Sea on Friday, the most serious strike on Moscow’s navy since last year, demonstrating both the escalating conflict at sea and the growing range and capability of Ukraine’s uncrewed vehicles.
The drone slammed into the ship and detonated its explosive payload near the Russian port of Novorossiysk, a key naval and shipping hub on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea, hundreds of miles from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Russian warship damaged in Ukrainian attack on Novorossiysk naval base – EURACTIV.com
A Russian warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk, two sources said on Friday (4 August), after Russia said it had fended off the attack.
The civilian port, which handles 2% of the world’s oil supply and also exports grain, temporarily halted all ship movement before resuming normal operations, according to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium which operates an oil terminal there.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said in a short
What to Know About Novorossiysk, the Russian Port Attacked by Ukraine
The Ukrainian drone attack on Friday on a Russian warship in Novorossiysk served as another blow for the Russian Navy, which operates a key base in the Black Sea port city.
It also signaled that Moscow’s economy is ever more squarely in Ukraine’s cross hairs, bringing the war to one of Russia’s most critical commercial ports.
Here is a look at the port and its significance for Moscow:
What is Novorossiysk?
The Novorossiysk commercial seaport is one of Russia’s largest
Ukrainian drones attack Russian Black Sea naval base, Moscow says – POLITICO
Ukrainian drones targeted a Russian naval base near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk on Friday, according to Moscow’s defense ministry.
In a statement, the ministry said two uncrewed drones had attacked the base, but were “detected and destroyed” by Russian ships guarding the harbor before they could damage any infrastructure. There were no casualties, according to local authorities.
But footage shared widely on Telegram appeared to show a Russian warship damaged and listing in the water after the attack,
Poland PM accuses Russian Wagner mercenaries of plan to ‘destabilize’ NATO, holds urgent meeting along border
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accused Russian Wagner mercenaries in Belarus of trying to “destabilize” NATO through planned “hybrid attacks” along the eastern flank.
Morawiecki and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda held an urgent meeting Thursday in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, warning that they are bracing for provocations from Moscow and Minsk in the area.
Morawiecki and Nauseda met in Suwalki, a town in the Suwalki Gap, a sparsely
Verdict Expected in Latest Trial of Russian Opposition Leader Navalny
A Russian court is expected to issue a verdict on Friday in a trial of Aleksei A. Navalny, the jailed opposition leader, on charges of supporting “extremism,” a ruling that could extend his time in prison by up to two decades.
Mr. Navalny, whose anticorruption investigations criticizing the Kremlin drew popular support and infuriated Russia’s top leadership, is already serving a nine-year sentence in a maximum-security penal colony in Melekhovo, 150 miles east of Moscow.
The verdict comes amid intensified
RAF intercept 21 Russian war planes on Nato mission | UK | News
British fighter jets have returned to the UK after sending a “strong message” to Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin on Europe’s eastern flank.
RAF typhoons intercepted 50 Russian aircrafts during a four-month deployment leading Nato’s air policing mission in Estonia.
Fighter jets were scrambled for 21 consecutive days in June, intercepting 21 Russian warplanes.
This included long-range bombers, intelligence aircrafts and Russian Su-27 fighter jets.
The Spanish Air Force has now taken over responsibility for the air policing mission in Estonia.
Drive a Lada, Putin tells Russian business chiefs – POLITICO
Foreign cars are out; Russian motors are in.
That was the message from Russian President Vladimir Putin to officials Thursday during a meeting with the heads of manufacturing businesses, reported state-run news agency TASS.
“Ministries, agencies, and the administration of affairs have asked to continue [purchases], to emphasize, in fact, foreign-made cars, to continue this practise,” Putin said. “I said that this should be absolutely excluded and all officials of the country should drive domestic cars.”
Russia’s car market has
8,500+ Russian paratroopers wounded in Ukraine, admits Moscow commander – POLITICO
More than 8,500 Russian paratroopers have been wounded while fighting in Ukraine, a Russian general said Wednesday in a rare official admission about the number of casualties suffered by Moscow’s troops in Ukraine.
“More than five thousand wounded paratroopers returned to the front after treatment, and over three and a half thousand of our wounded refused to leave the front line at all,” Mikhail Teplinsky, commander of Russia’s Airborne Forces, said Wednesday in a video message posted on state-run broadcaster
Torture, sexual violence commonly used by Russian forces in Ukraine, say experts – EURACTIV.com
A large number of prisoners held in makeshift detention centres in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine were tortured and sexually violated, a team of international experts said on Wednesday (2 August) in a summary of their latest findings.
The Mobile Justice Team, established by the international humanitarian law firm Global Rights Compliance, has worked with Ukrainian war crimes prosecutors in the Kherson region since it was reclaimed in November after more than eight months under Russian control.
Ukrainian authorities are reviewing more