The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
It said that as a result of offensive actions by Wagner assault units, supported by artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of Forces, the liberation of Artyomovsk has been completed, referring to Bakhmut by its Soviet-era name.
Earlier on Saturday, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had also reported the capture of Bakhmut.
Bakhmut, which is located in Ukraine's Donetsk province, has been the site of fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces for months.
Russia controls around half of the province and claimed to have annexed it in the autumn of 2022.
But Kyiv has disputed the Russian claims and has said that Bakhmut has not fallen into the hands of Russians.
Ukraine marked its 82nd week of conflict with notable military victories, dismantling Russian air defenses in Crimea and securing key towns near Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine. Simultaneously, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia for weaponizing energy and food at a UN Security Council session on Ukraine. Trudeau urged support for Ukraine while emphasizing the importance of sustainable development goals in addressing the crisis.
#UkraineMilitarySuccesses #TrudeauOnRussia #Conflict82Weeks #UNSecurityCouncilMeeting
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Russian Defense Ministry says it destroyed a Ukrainian spy ship near the Black Sea; Niger Coup: African Union suspends Niger with immediate effect over July 26 coup; Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner Chief comes out of shadows to release new video from Africa; Donald Trump says he will turn himself in tomorrow for efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 elections; France issues extremely rare 'red alert' for 4 regions as country sizzles in scorching heatwaves.
#RussiaUkraineWar #UkrainianSpyShip #WestCrimes #BalckSea #NigerCoup
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In a significant setback to the BJP-led NDA as the 2024 Lok Sabha elections approach, the AIADMK declared on Monday its decision to sever ties with the BJP alliance. This move was confirmed through a unanimous resolution passed by the party. AIADMK Deputy Coordinator, K P Munusamy, revealed the decision, stating, "The state leadership of the BJP has persistently made unwarranted comments about our former leaders, our general secretary EPS, and our supporters over the past year."
#AIADMK #AIADMKBJPAlliance #BJPNDAAlliance #AIADMKBreaksTiesWithBJP #AIADMKBJPTies #KPMunuswamy #Annadurai #Jayalalithaa
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The largest sample ever collected from an asteroid in space, and the first for NASA, landed in the Utah desert Sunday after a fiery final descent through Earth's atmosphere, seven years after the mission's launch. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 100,000 km (63,000 miles) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military land, as the mothership set off after another asteroid.
#NASA #OrisisRex #OrisisrexSpacecraft #NASAOrisisRexCapsule #LargestAsteroidSample #AsteroidBennu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the public gathering at 'Karyakarta Mahakumbh' at Jamboree Maidan in Bhopal, MP. The PM started his speech by saying Bharat Mata Ki Jai. Later in his speech, the Prime Minister launched a scathing attack on the Congress government and said that Congress have outsourced everything to Urban Naxals. Congress has lost all its willpower. The grassroots leaders of Congress have been sitting quietly with their mouths locked. First, Congress was ruined, then they became bankrupt, and now they have given their contract to someone else. The party is no longer being run by its leaders. Now it is outsourcing everything, from slogans to policies, and this contract is with some urban Naxalites.
#MadhyaPradesh #NarendraModi #KaryakartaMahakumbh #Bhopal
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India women’s cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the final to win a gold medal in the ongoing Asian Games 2023. This was India's second gold medal at the 2023 Asian Games. Harmanpreet Kaur-led side have defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs to take home the gold.
#AsianGames2023 #AsianGames #WomenCricketTeam #WomenCricketTeamGoldMedal #GoldMedal #AsianGamesGoldMedal
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AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi while giving a speech in Hyderabad challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to contest elections from the state. He said, “I am challenging your leader (Rahul Gandhi) to contest elections from Hyderabad and not Wayanad. You keep giving big statements, come to the ground and fight against me. People from Congress will say a lot of things, but I am ready...Babri Masjid and Secretariat's mosque were demolished under the Congress regime.”
#AIMIM #AsaduddinOwaisi #AIMIMChiefAsaduddinOwaisi #RahulGandhi #OwaisiChallengesRahulGandhi #HyderabadElection #Hyderabad
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Accused of alienating a majority of Canadian Indians by courting pro-Khalistan Sikhs for political survival, the Trudeau government in Canada embarrassed itself.. IndiaTimes
Following Canada PM Justin Trudeau's allegations of Indian involvement in Nijjar killing, another Canadian controversy emerges. The speaker of Canada's House of Commons issued an apology for commending an individual during a parliamentary meeting who had served in a Nazi unit during World War Two. Just two days prior, Speaker Anthony Rota had publicly acknowledged 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka as a "Ukrainian hero" within the Canadian Parliament. It was later revealed that Hunka had served in World War II as a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. This revelation came to light following demands for an apology from the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organisation.
#JustinTrudeau #controversy #NijjarKilling #Canadian Parliament
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The Russian-installed authorities of Sevastopol said Ukraine launched a missile attack on the port city on Saturday morning, just one day after a Ukrainian onslaught on Russia's Black Sea Fleet Headquarters.
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With Prigozhin's death will the Wagner Group continue its operations in CAR? And if so, what will happen to the country if Russia withdraws the soldiers due to the pressures of the war in Ukraine.
#RussiaUkraineWar #PrigozhinDeath #WagnerGroup #CAR #WagnerMercenaryGroup #DW
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The United Kingdom on Friday officially declared the Russian mercenary, Wagner Group, which rallied at Moscow before withdrawing, as a terrorist organisation. The move to proscribe Wagner Group as a terrorist group was announced last week, which will make it illegal to be a member or to support it.
#RussiaUkraineWar #WagnerMercenaryGroup #UK #UKWagner #WagnerTerroristOrganisation #UKDeclaresWagnerTerroristOrganisation
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A viral clip has surfaced of the Russian leader allegedly attending the memorial service even though the Kremlin had announced the President would not be participating. However, the video is an old one and dates back to 2013.
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Russia Says There Will Be , No International Probe , Into Prigozhin Plane Crash.
On August 29, Russia told Brazil's aircraft
investigation authority that there will be
no probe into the crash of the Embraer jet
that killed the mercenary boss. .
On August 29, Russia told Brazil's aircraft
investigation authority that there will be
no probe into the crash of the Embraer jet
that killed the mercenary boss. .
Reuters reports that Brazil's Center for Research and Prevention
of Aeronautical Accidents (CENIPA) said it would join
a Russian-led investigation if it was held under international rules. .
Reuters reports that Brazil's Center for Research and Prevention
of Aeronautical Accidents (CENIPA) said it would join
a Russian-led investigation if it was held under international rules. .
The head of CENIPA, Air Brigadier Marcelo Moreno,
stressed that Russia is not required to conduct a probe. .
They are not obliged,
only recommended to do that, Air Brigadier Marcelo Moreno, CENIPA head, via Reuters.
But if they say they’ll open
the investigation and invite Brazil
we will participate from afar, Air Brigadier Marcelo Moreno, CENIPA head, via Reuters.
The head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin,
was killed in the crash, along with two top
lieutenants, four bodyguards and three other people. .
The head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin,
was killed in the crash, along with two top
lieutenants, four bodyguards and three other people. .
The crash occurred exactly two months
after Prigozhin staged a failed coup against
the Russian defense establishment. .
Reuters reports that the U.S. and other
governments have expressed suspicions regarding
the Kremlin's involvement in the August 23 crash. .
Reuters reports that the U.S. and other
governments have expressed suspicions regarding
the Kremlin's involvement in the August 23 crash. .
The Kremlin has denied having any involvement
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Poland Will No Longer
Provide Weapons to Ukraine , Amid Grain Disputes.
Poland made the announcement
on Sept. 20, CNN reports.
We no longer transfer weapons to Ukraine because we are now arming Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, via statement.
The decision comes amid a dispute between the
two countries over Ukrainian grain imports. .
Earlier this year, several EU nations temporarily banned Ukrainian grain imports to protect local farmers who feared they'd be undercut by the country's low prices.
The ban was suspended last week, but Poland, Hungary and Slovakia enacted their own restrictions against Ukrainian grain imports. .
Ukraine filed lawsuits against
each of the countries as a result.
While addressing the U.N. General Assembly on
Sept. 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, .
"it is alarming to see how some in Europe, some of our friends in Europe, play out solidarity in a political theater – making a thriller from the grain.".
Polish Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski refuted Zelensky's claims, saying that Poland has been "supporting Ukraine since the first days of the war.".
Polish Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski refuted Zelensky's claims, saying that Poland has been "supporting Ukraine since the first days of the war.".
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said
that Poland will not accept Ukrainian grain imports,
but it will still allow passage through the country.
On the weapons front, Poland was
the first NATO member to provide Ukraine with fighter jets, NBC News reports.
It has also sent over 200 Soviet-style tanks
to the war-torn country
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North Korea may have tens of millions of artillery shells and rockets based on Soviet designs that could give a huge boost to the Russian army in Ukraine, analysts say.
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US Agrees to Send Controversial , Uranium Tank Rounds to Ukraine.
Fox News reports that the United States
has agreed to send depleted uranium
anti-tank rounds to support Ukraine. .
The news coms after the United Kingdom agreed
to send the controversial munitions to aid Kyiv's
counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces.
Fox News reports that the 120 mm rounds are
munitions for the 31 MIAI Abrams tanks the
U.S. has pledged to deliver to Ukraine this fall. .
The armor-piercing rounds were
first developed by the U.S. amid the
Cold War to counter Soviet tanks.
The depleted uranium used in the rounds
is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment
process necessary for creating nuclear weapons. .
According to RAND nuclear expert and policy researcher
Edward Geist, while the rounds retain some radioactive
properties, they cannot generate a nuclear reaction.
Depleted uranium is extremely dense,
which adds to its potency as a projectile. .
It’s so dense and it’s got so much
momentum that it just keeps going
through the armor — and it heats it
up so much that it catches on fire, Edward Geist, RAND nuclear expert and policy researcher, via Fox News .
In March, the U.K.'s announcement
that it would send depleted uranium rounds
was met with a Russian warning that doing so
would open the door to further escalation.
Fox News reports that Russian President
Vladimir Putin has already suggested that the war could
be escalated to the deployment of nuclear weapons.
Fox News reports that Russian President
Vladimir Putin has already suggested that the war could
be escalated to the deployment of nuclear weapons
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The Kremlin said yesterday that investigators were still considering the possibility that the plane carrying mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was downed on purpose, the first explicit acknowledgement that he may have been assassinated. When asked about the investigation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that "It is obvious that different versions are being considered, including the version - you know what we are talking about - let’s say, a deliberate atrocity". Asked if the International Civil Aviation Organisation would investigate the crash, Peskov said that the circumstances made it different, though he cautioned that investigators had made no formal conclusions yet about what exactly took place.
#Yevgenyprigozhin #Wagnergroup #Dmitrypeskov
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to attend the funeral of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin following his death in a plane crash, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
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Drones are a relatively cheap instrument of war that has become crucial in the conflict in Ukraine. But as the Ukrainians become more sophisticated in how they use drones, the Russians are adapting and learning how to defend against them.
#RussiaUkarineWar #Drones #RussiaWarDrones #DronesInWar #InstrumentOfWar
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Biden Approves $300 Million , Military Package for Ukraine , Amid Russian Bombardment.
Biden Approves $300 Million , Military Package for Ukraine , Amid Russian Bombardment.
'The Independent' reports..
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EL Slavador a country that has long been ravaged by brutal gangs had taken a very harsh…but momentous step few months back.  In February this year, it had transferred 2,000 people accused of gang..