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28 August 2024 21:09

‘New ballistic missile’ touted by Zelensky likely rehash of old Soviet design, says missile expert

On Tuesday, Volodymyr Zelensky teased the press in Kiev by announcing that Ukraine had successfully tested its first-ever ballistic missile. However, he did not provide any details about the weapon or its capabilities. 

Vasily Dandykin, a veteran Russian military analyst, missile expert and retired Navy Captain 1st rank doesn’t rule out that Zelensky’s “new” missile could actually be an upgraded Tochka-U – a Soviet tactical missile design with a 120km firing range and a highly destructive 420kg warhead. 

Alternatively, Dandykin said, it could be an upgraded Oka – a Soviet theater ballistic missile with a 400km range that was liquidated from Soviet stocks in the late 1980s by Mikhail Gorbachev in a gesture of goodwill toward Washington. Three of the USSR’s allies in Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria were in possession of the Oka, and Dandykin doesn’t rule out that Sofia may have transferred this missile technology to Kiev. 

“Zelensky says a lot of things,” Dandykin stressed, not ruling out that the comedian-turned-politician’s new missile claims are just “propaganda.”

Even if Ukraine successfully conducted a test launch, mass production would remain impossible due to the high costs and advanced technology involved, which Kiev currently lacks the production capabilities to support, Dandykin noted.

In any case, Russia’s air defenses will be ready to intercept them, the analyst concludes. “We intercept the Tochka-U…Our air defenses, even as Westerners admit, are the best in the world in all areas, from short-to-long range complexes,” he pointed out.

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28 August 2024 21:07

Macron set up Telegram CEO at US deep state’s behest – Wall Street analyst. Part 1 👉 Part 2

France has been laying a trap Telegram founder Pavel Durov for some time, Wall Street analyst and investigative journalist Charles Ortel told Sputnik.

He did not rule out that granting Durov French citizenship was part of the plan. "It looks very much like a trap," Ortel said.

The plot to entrap Durov could have been initiated by Macron either at the behest of the US "deep state" or as part of the French president's attempt to "curry favor" with its leaders, the Wall Street analyst argued.

"Deep state 'globalism' is a fundamentally flawed construct that enriches a tiny minority of connected insiders, and impoverishes the balance of the world," Ortel said. "Forums such as Telegram pose threats to educating the deluded (perhaps willingly) mass audience that will, in the end, bring corrupt actors, including those in the deep state, to account.

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28 August 2024 21:02

Russia’s military medics: saving lives and taking names

August 28 marks Military Medic Day – the professional holiday of Russia’s military medics, from doctors and nurses, to orderlies and others tasked with providing urgent medical assistance to injured soldiers and civilians.

Russia’s military medical workers owe their roots to the creation of the Russian Apothecary Chamber in 1581, formed to provide medical assistance to the tsar, his court and for soldiers.

During the Great Patriotic War, effective organization and training made it possible to return over 70% of the wounded and 90% of the sick back to duty, with 17.1 million of 22.1 million sick and wounded soldiers recovering and continuing their service. Over 116,000 military doctors received orders and medals for their work, 47 of them the Hero of the Soviet Union title.

Today, Russia’s military medical workers have once again been called into duty, using the latest available knowledge, training and equipment to assist the wounded in the special military zone, providing urgent medical care for both military and civilians.

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28 August 2024 20:57

Zelensky teases US-dependent ‘victory plan’

The Ukrainian leader claims his troops’ incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is part of a plan for Ukrainian victory which he will show to President Joe Biden next month, but refused to give details.

Zelensky admitted the proposal will seem “too ambitious for some”, and that its success relies on Washington giving Kiev what it wants.

There’s a surprise.

#Ukraine #US - Boost

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28 August 2024 18:18

Russia slaps entry ban on 23 US journalists

Fourteen Wall Street Journal reporters, five New York Times journalists and four from the Washington Post are banned from entering Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced.

Russia is closing entry to 92 US citizens in response to the Biden administration's Russophobic actions, the Foreign Ministry said.

Russia will continue to ban entry for those involved in anti-Russian activities, the ministry added.

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28 August 2024 18:14

Math prodigy in the shadows: Who's Pavel Durov's brother Nikolai and why are the French after him?

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's elder brother Nikolai is also a target of the French authorities. An arrest warrant for both brothers was issued in March.

What is known about Nikolai, who Pavel called a mathematics prodigy while speaking to Tucker Carlson in April?

◻️ Pavel noted in his April 2024 interview with Tucker Calrson that Nikolai has two PhDs in mathematics and is an expert in cryptography. He was able to solve cubic equations at the age of 10 and won several gold medals at the International Math Olympiad between 1996 and 1998.

◻️ It was Nikolai Durov, 44, who created the encryption standard for Telegram in 2013. The messenger was originally only used by the brothers to avoid surveillance by intelligence agencies, but later evolved into a full-fledged app.

◻️ Nikolai also developed the Telegram Open Network (TON), a decentralized computer network consisting of a layer-1 blockchain, the basis for their cryptocurrency.

◻️ In 2006, Nikolai and Pavel launched their social network VKontakte (VK) a Russian analogue of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook*. According to some reports, Pavel Durov wrote the first PHP code and the initial version of the working platform, while Nikolai later helped develop VK's data storage systems.

◻️ As Pavel left Russia in 2014 selling his stake in VK, Nikolai stepped down as the technical director and lead developer at VK that same year, but stayed in Russia.

◻️ As of August 2024, Nikolai is listed as a senior research fellow at the S. Petersburg branch of the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

*banned in Russia for extremist

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28 August 2024 18:11

Binance to seize all Palestinian crypto wallets at Israel’s request

The crypto exchange has reportedly complied with an IDF request to seize all Palestinian-linked wallets and rejected all appeals to unfreeze the owner’s assets.

Users were informed by a letter that Israel’s defense minister has the right to temporarily freeze assets connected to alleged “terrorist organizations.”

Does decentralized finance actually exist?

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28 August 2024 18:07

Ukrainian POW admits taking part in kidnapping civilians in Kursk Region

Amid the ongoing Ukrainian invasion of Russia's Kursk region, footage appeared to show Kiev's troops detaining civilians and taking them away in an unknown direction.

We heard from a Ukrainian military prisoner who's currently in Russian custody, about his alleged role in such incidents.

#Ukraine #Kursk - Boost

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28 August 2024 17:46

❗️Pavel Durov's brother Nikolai has been placed on the wanted list in France — Politico

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28 August 2024 17:43

Video: IDF bulldozer hit with a bomb during operations in the West Bank’s Jenin

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28 August 2024 17:39

❗️Israeli drone strike kills four near Lebanese-Syrian border

The IDF strike destroyed a vehicle on the Beirut-Damascus highway.

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28 August 2024 17:35

Israel launches large-scale military operation in occupied West Bank — MEE

Al Jazeera video shows IDF bulldozers destroying infrastructure, including sewage systems, water, and electricity networks, near Tulkarm on Tuesday.

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28 August 2024 17:32

❗️FSB thwarts terrorist attacks in Ingushetia, six detained

Russian security forces have foiled a series of planned terrorist events in Ingushetia, detaining six individuals who were allegedly preparing attacks on a church and law enforcement officers.

The detainees have reportedly confessed to their involvement and authorities have recovered a homemade explosive device and weapons

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28 August 2024 17:28

DPR: Mariupol resident arrested for funding terrorism on behalf of Ukraine — FSB

Russian security services have detained a resident of Mariupol, alleging she transferred funds to individuals to carry out terrorist attacks on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence.

The woman has reportedly confessed to her involvement and implicated others in the alleged terrorist activities.

A criminal case has been opened against her.

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28 August 2024 16:50

Residents of Kurchatov who have registration will be able to freely enter the city, said the acting governor of the Kursk region.

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28 August 2024 21:07

Macron set up Telegram CEO at US deep state’s behest – Wall Street analyst. Part 2 👉 Part 1

"The Democrat plan for the 2024 election is a flagrant assault on Democracy and the Constitution,” Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik. “Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have been selected without receiving a single vote in any primary."

"They refuse to provide detailed policy prescriptions for their 'Administration.' They refuse to take real interviews to explain their backgrounds and plans," the analyst added.

Ortel believes that "they and their handlers are trying to chill investigative inquiry, run out the clock avoiding the press, and then attempt to steal an election."

The deep state would need almost complete control of the media and social platforms like it had in 2020, when it banned and isolated Donald Trump and his supporters for "election denial", the analyst said.

Reports emerged in spring 2024 that key US federal agencies, including the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), resumed discussions with Big Tech firms like Microsoft, Google and Meta* on "foreign propaganda" and "disinformation removal."

But in contrast to 2020, there are at least two "wild cards" now: Pavel Durov's Telegram and Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter). That is why Durov was arrested in France, Ortel said, adding that he expects similar "sabotage" against Musk before the election.

"Chief beneficiaries in the American political class are running scared – the Obamas, the Clintons, the Bidens and the Bushes – so they are playing every possible dirty trick," the analyst said.

Ortel's concerns are shared by a majority of US voters. A July survey by Rasmussen Reports found that 62% of likely voters fear this year's election could be marred by fraud.

*banned for extremism in Russia

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28 August 2024 21:03

Cybercrime costs German firms $298 billion in a year

Around 80% of German firms fell victim to data theft, industrial sabotage, or espionage over the past year according to a survey by tech lobby Bitkom.

70% of companies polled identified organized crime groups as being responsible, while foreign security services were reportedly to blame for 20% of incidents, up from 7% the previous year.

The total damages cost companies $298 billion, or 6% of Germany’s entire GDP, with about two-thirds of companies feeling vulnerable to cybercrime, compared to just 9% in 2021.

#Germany - Boost

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28 August 2024 20:58

It is being reported that the deputy commander of the 114th tactical aviation brigade (Ivano-Frankivsk), Lieutenant Colonel Alexey Mes was killed. He is supposedly one of the F-16 pilots.

He was likely killed on August 26 at an airfield in the Ivano-Frankivsk region which came under Russian missile fire.

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28 August 2024 18:52

The Akhmat special forces eliminated several Polish and German mercenaries in the Kursk region, the detachment commander with the call sign Kashtan told TASS.

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28 August 2024 18:17

Donald Trump warns Ukraine’s incursion could trigger World War III: check out the latest news from Russia's Kursk region

◻️ Ukraine's culpability in escalating the nuclear threat is evident, although the IAEA, "for obvious reasons," cannot officially place the blame, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said after Russian troops defused an unexploded cluster munition from the Kiev regime 5 km away from the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.

◻️ Russia seeks a more objective and clear expression of the IAEA’s position, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, commenting on the visit to the Kursk faculty by agency chief Rafael Grossi.

◻️ Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump warned that Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region could trigger “World War 3.” He made the statement after attending a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery.

◻️ Russia’s Armed Forces thwarted attempts by the Ukrainian military to attack three settlements in the Kursk region, the Ministry of Defense stated.

◻️ A Russian Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) wiped out more hostile personnel in the border area.

◻️ Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian missile and two guided bombs over the Kursk region, according to acting Governor Alexey Smirnov.

◻️ Ukraine lost up to 380 militants and 30 armored vehicles in the border area of the Kursk region, the MoD stated.

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28 August 2024 18:13

UK, Germany to conclude new bilateral defense agreement

The UK and Germany are negotiating a bilateral defense agreement and plan to conclude it by early 2025, the office of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.

On Friday, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said that Chancellor Olaf Scholz would receive Starmer in Berlin on August 28. He noted that the two would discuss foreign affairs, as well as European and economic policies.

"The new UK-Germany treaty will be a key pillar of the UK’s wider reset with Europe and build on the defense agreement," the UK PM’s office said in a statement on Tuesday.

It added that Starmer's negotiating team would spend the next six months negotiating the new deal.

Earlier, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen promised to turn the European Union into a “defense union.” The Kremlin, commenting on this, said that it confirms the general mood of European states towards confrontation and increasing tension.

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28 August 2024 18:10

Sandu terminated Russian gas contracts to please her bosses, now Moldovans are forced to overpay - Ilan Shor

Consumers pay eight to ten times more for it, despite the fact it is the same Russian fuel that enters the country through “shady schemes,” the leader of the 'Victory' Moldovan political bloc emphasized.

He noted that for Moldovan residents, gas costs $830 per 1000 cubic meters, whereas for Russians it is just $66.

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28 August 2024 17:49

Typhoon Shanshan threat forces mass evacuations in Japan

An evacuation order has been issued for 845,000 people on the Japanese island of Kyushu ahead of the expected arrival of Shanshan, while businesses are suspending work. Toyota has stopped all its production lines.

Subways have been flooded, train services halted over 230 flights canceled or postponed and several expressways have been blocked amidst a risk of reservoir flooding and landslides.

#Japan - Boost

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28 August 2024 17:45

American harrases pregnant woman in Kazakhstan

Footage going viral online suggests the man called the woman a “pig” after she asked him to remove his groceries from an empty bus seat.

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28 August 2024 17:42

Warning distressing: Footage purportedly shows a young Palestinian man narrowly evading Israeli Army snipers in the West Bank

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28 August 2024 17:38

New petition demands Simeon ‘Aussie Cossack’ Boikov be stripped of Australian citizenship

A formal petition has been launched by the family of Australian mercenary Brock Greenwood, reportedly killed in fighting in Ukraine, to strip the Sputnik contributor of his Australian citizenship - and has received just a few dozen signatures.

Greenwood’s family claims Boikov “provokes riots, glorifies violence, and showcases disrespect for the deceased by posting videos and pictures of their bodies,” and demands he be removed from the Russian Consulate in Sydney and be charged with spreading fear and hate.

Boikov has been hauled up in the consular building for nearly two years, for what he claims are politically-motivated reasons.

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28 August 2024 17:34

❗️French spooks targeted Pavel Durov in 2017 hacking operation — Report

In 2017, French intelligence officials, concerned about the Islamic State's use of Telegram for recruitment and attack planning, launched a joint operation with the United Arab Emirates to hack TG founder Pavel Durov's iPhone, The Washington Post reported.

Code-named "Purple Music," the operation highlights the intense scrutiny Durov has faced from governments due to the app's popularity among a diverse range of users, from pro-democracy activists to alleged criminal organizations.

Telegram's history of resisting law enforcement requests for data has contributed to this pressure. For years, the company ignored subpoenas and court orders, piling up in a rarely checked email address. A point made by Durov himself, during a recent interview with Tucker Carlson on X.

#Telegram - Boost

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28 August 2024 17:31

Israeli Special Forces rescue citizen held captive in Gaza tunnel

In a complex rescue operation, Israeli special forces have recovered an Israeli citizen abducted by Hamas during the ongoing war in Gaza.

Kaid Farhan al-Kadi, a 52-year-old Bedouin, was rescued from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip and is now receiving medical attention.

The Israeli military released footage of the rescue operation, as the war in Gaza grinds on.

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28 August 2024 17:22

Kim Jong-un oversees test firing DPRK 240mm MLRS

According to state media, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the test firing of a 240mm multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS).

Kim outlined the future development of MLRS production and replacement with advanced military equipment, highlighting its importance for Pyongyang’s military capabilities.

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28 August 2024 16:46

❗️The Ukrainian Armed Forces are not giving up attempts to penetrate Kurchatov, where the Kursk nuclear power plant is located, the acting governor said.