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28 August 2024 16:43

The French authorities still have not responded to the Russian Embassy’s request for consular access to Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, who was detained in Paris. This was reported to TASS by the Russian diplomatic mission.

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28 August 2024 16:02

Russia already requested access to Durov - FM spox Zakharova

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova explained Moscow understands that Paris doesn't provide access to those who also hold French citizenship, but insisted that Russian diplomats are doing all they can.

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28 August 2024 15:21

❗️International organizations must fulfil their mandate to protect freedom of speech and condemn Paris' actions against Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

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28 August 2024 14:04

Latvia wants to call up women for mandatory military service

▪️The US and NATO-driven “Russia threat” narrative has prompted Latvia to mull introducing mandatory military service for women.

▪️The country’s defense minister revealed the 2028 timeline for the plans in an X post, conceding that there was “homework to be done: a public debate, the improvement of the infrastructure of the service, and the provision of materiel and equipment tailored specifically to women.”

Mandatory conscription for women “won’t happen today or tomorrow,” he reiterated in an interview on local television.

▪️Latvia reintroduced conscription last year, after abolishing it in 2006. By 2028, the country aims to have 4,000 soldiers. Earlier this year, Denmark announced plans to introduce female conscription, following similar moves by Norway and Sweden.

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28 August 2024 14:02

A beautiful video of the destruction of the T-62BV tank in the Kupyansk direction
, a caterpillar was shot down by artillery and immobilized until the APU had time to evacuate — they flew up and burned it.

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28 August 2024 13:17

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 380 military and 30 armored vehicles in the Kursk direction during the day — the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Units of the North group of forces repelled eight attacks by assault groups in the direction of the settlements of Borki, Korenevo, Kremyanoye and Malaya Loknya during the day, the ministry stressed.



During the fighting in the Kursk direction, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 7 thousand military personnel, 74 tanks, 35 infantry fighting vehicles and 62 armored personnel carriers, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

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28 August 2024 12:55

Artillery calculations of the "Southern" group of troops disrupted the rotation of the AFU units in the Krasnogorovka area.

The enemy attempted to bring ammunition to the line of contact, but the movement of militants was detected by our intelligence.
As a result of the artillery strike, the vehicles of the supply and armored personnel carriers of the Ukrainian formations were destroyed.

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28 August 2024 12:50

🇷🇺🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Russian forces made a huge success, liberating Novogrodovka in just 4 days.

But the list doesn't end there.
The Russians liberated Kalynove, advanced into Memrik and Mikhailovka.

Even taking the Coal mine north of Mikhailovka under full control.


The Ukrainian army is reportedly abandoning Positions in Memryk and Marynovka.

The AFU reportedly is also abandoning Karlovka due to the risk of an encirclement.

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28 August 2024 11:46

Other statements by Peskov at the briefing
To the question about the alleged sending of conscripts to the Kursk region: most often such messages are a distortion of reality.
The decision of Kiev not to extend the gas transit agreement from Russia will cause serious damage to the interests of European consumers.
▪️Russia has alternative routes for gas supply to Europe.
The plan to create a gas hub in Turkey is relevant, work is underway on this.
▪️India is committed to the ideas of a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ukraine, no specific plan has been presented.
The fault of the Ukrainian side in the escalation of nuclear danger at the Kursk NPP is more than obvious.
On Wednesday, Putin will meet with the head of the Yaroslavl Region in the Kremlin.

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28 August 2024 11:39

Should EU countries brace for a cold winter?

"Nobody is going to extend the [gas transit] agreement with Russia, period," Zelensky said on Tuesday.

"As far as the transit of gas from other companies is concerned, if some of our European colleagues remain interested in the transit, we will consider their request," he added.

Earlier, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and the Czech Republic voiced their concerns about the agreement between Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz for the supply of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine expiring on December 31, 2024.

In addition to that, uncertainty over the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine grew even more after Ukraine’s shelling of the town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region, where the Sudzha gas metering station is located – the only operational route for the transit of Russian natural gas to Europe.

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28 August 2024 11:36

RT speaks with Kurchatov mayor as town’s NPP in danger from Ukraine

Correspondent Igor Zhdanov interviewed the mayor of Kurchatov, a town close to the Ukrainian border, where the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is located.

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28 August 2024 11:26

Pavel Durov’s arrest triggers $17 billion UAE arms deal freeze — Kim Dotcom

German businessman Kim Schmitz claims that the United Arab Emirates froze a $17 billion deal to purchase 80 Rafale fighter jets from France due to the Telegram founder’s arrest.

Schmitz, a vocal advocate for Durov's release, believes the UAE's outrage over the detention of the Telegram founder - who holds Emirati citizenship - has led to the deal's suspension.

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28 August 2024 09:20

The Polish army still cannot find an unknown object that allegedly fell on its territory on the morning of August 26, radio station RMF24 reports, calling the ongoing search operation a “fiasco.”

According to RMF24, during two days of searching, 800 hectares were surveyed in the area of ​​the village of Antoniewka, located a few kilometers from the town of Tyszowiec, Lublin Voivodeship, in the east of the country.

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28 August 2024 06:23

A missile threat has again been declared in the Kursk region, said the acting governor of the region, Alexey Smirnov.

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28 August 2024 06:00

The missile threat has been canceled in the Belgorod region, the regional governor said.

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28 August 2024 16:34

Nazi GI Jane, Swedish ‘hired gun’ & brazen church raider: The many faces of Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov* battalion unmasked

The Russia-based RaHDit hacker group has leaked information about approximately 7,700 members of the reconstituted Nazi "Azov" battalion. Sputnik has compiled one of the most notorious personal files, which contains eye-opening details on these individuals. Here they are:

▪️Mathias Gustavsson (see photo 1), a Swedish national, signed a contract with the Azov* battalion in February 2022. He was captured at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol in May of that same year. Subsequently, he was tried in the Donetsk People's Republic on charges of mercenary activity, facing the death penalty. However, he was later exchanged for Russian servicemen held captive by Ukraine. According to these Russian hackers, Gustavsson returned to Ukraine in 2024 and rejoined the newly revamped Azov* battalion.

▪️Yana Kormush, a 23-year-old from Kiev, serves in the radiation, chemical, and biological reconnaissance department of the Azov* battalion (see photo 2). She has no qualms about touting her blatantly extremist Hitlerite beliefs. hackers have dug up a photo of her displaying Nazi symbols (see photo 3).

▪️Artyom Kekukh, originally from Kiev, abets the Azov* neo-Nazi group, by furnishing what they call “moral and psychological support”. A photo uncovered by the hackers shows a half-naked militant adorned with anti-Christian tattoos standing inside an Orthodox church—reportedly taken by Ukrainian schismatics (see photo 4).

The Russian hackers believe that the revelations they have published will assist Russia’s military and filtration groups in holding the Nazis accountable and preventing their escape from responsibility.

*The Azov Battalion is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.

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28 August 2024 15:24

📹 Telegram CEO Pavel Durov spoke about his brother Nikolai’s role in creating the messenger app in an interview with Tucker Carlson.

"My brother has, like, two PhDs in maths. Super smart. He is an expert in cryptography. He designed the basic principles of Telegram’s encryption. I was more on the user interface side, the way how the app works, the features, etcetera. He was responsible for it, for the encryption side." Durov said.

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28 August 2024 14:50

French media confirm that Pavel Durov has been brought to court

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28 August 2024 14:03

Pavel Durov faces lawsuit from mother of his alleged children — Forbes

The Telegram founder is facing a lawsuit in Switzerland from Irina Bolgar, who claims he is the father of her three children, and that Durov used force against the youngest son “several times.”

Bolgar also says Durov has stopped paying alimony of €150,000 per month, but the tech entrepreneur’s representative has refused to comment on the claims.

Durov has not confirmed whether or not he is the biological father of Bolgar’s children.

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28 August 2024 13:50

🇷🇺🇦🇿 Highlights of the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev

👉 Putin and Aliyev expressed satisfaction with the successful results of the Russian president's recent state visit to Azerbaijan.

👉 The presidents discussed the preparation of the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace treaty, border demarcation and unblocking of transport links.

👉 Putin told Aliev that he was ready to continue helping Azerbaijan and Armenia to find mutually acceptable solutions.

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28 August 2024 13:16

The Russian military has liberated the settlement of Kamyshevka in the DPR and continues to advance into the depth of the enemy's defense, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

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28 August 2024 12:53

⚡️Readovka reports on an explosion and fire at a thermal power plant in the Ryazan region (also known as the Ryazan GRES) Russia.
"The fire occurred at a power plant in Novomichurinsk in the Pronsky district of the Ryazan region. Eyewitnesses also reported that an explosion sounded before the fire. Now the thermal power plant is engulfed in smoke. It is not yet known what caused the emergency"

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28 August 2024 12:43

ICYMI: Trump reiterated he would not defend non-paying NATO allies should they be invaded

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28 August 2024 11:46

The countries of the collective West are already "up to their ears" in the conflict in Ukraine and are directly involved in it, Peskov said.
The attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, such as the invasion of the Kursk region, escalate tensions to the limit, there is reason for concern about the possibility of a global conflict, he stressed.

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28 August 2024 11:37

🎥 Across the Dnepr: Russian soldiers destroyed enemy electronic warfare equipment at a record distance

Russian paratroopers have set a special military operation record for an anti-tank guided missile’s range. A missile launched from the Kinburn Spit using a Kornet anti-tank system destroyed a Ukrainian electronic warfare point on the right bank of the Dnepr – 8,150 meters away.

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28 August 2024 11:27

Russian troops capture Kamyshevka, strike mercenary camp in Ukraine — MoD

In its daily briefing, the Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of the village of Kamyshevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Russian forces also struck a camp of foreign mercenaries in the combat zone and successfully intercepted two ‘Hammer’ guided bombs and 49 Ukrainian drones in the past 24 hours.

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28 August 2024 11:23

Russian hackers expose identities of over 7,700 revamped Neo-nazi Azov* militants

The Russia-based RaHDit hacker group has leaked information on approximately 7,700 members of the reconstituted Nazi "Azov"* battalion.

"This represents our largest leak of enemy data. The new 'Azov'* has embraced the traditions of its predecessor, featuring numerous individuals with Nazi affiliations, including those who are tattooed with swastikas, have criminal records, or exhibit deviant behavior. Several members of the new 'Azov'* had previously been exchanged as prisoners and swore to everyone that they had renounced their Nazi ideology. Nevertheless, they have rejoined the ranks and returned to combat," the hackers informed Sputnik.
The RaHDit team also noted there are foreigners among the Nazis of "Azov"*.

In July, the RaHDit hackers leaked data on more than 3,200 foreign mercenaries in the ranks of Ukraine’s forces.

*Azov Battalion is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.

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28 August 2024 06:26

Air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian missile over the Kursk region, the acting governor said.

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28 August 2024 06:03

❗️Air defense systems destroyed 12 Ukrainian drones over the Voronezh and Rostov regions overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

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28 August 2024 05:55

🚨 A missile threat was declared in the Belgorod region, said the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.