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Ukraine’s intelligence directorate reportedly flew drones 1,100 miles over Russian territory to strike an air force bomber base in Murmansk, pulling off an ambitious attack on Olenya airfield.
The raid was part of a larger Ukrainian operation that sent drones to other air bases and oil refineries, reported Pravda, citing intelligence sources.
Meanwhile, three tanks at an oil storage depot in Russia’s Kursk region caught fire as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack, acting regional governor Alexei Smirnov said on Sunday.
No one was injured in the attack, and a fire at one of the tanks was quickly extinguished. At least 82 firefighters were involved in trying to put out fires at the other two tanks, Smirnov said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia’s defence ministry said that its air defence systems destroyed two drones over the Kursk region.
Earlier, Ukraine said its missile forces carried out a strike on a Russian military airfield in Crimea that has been used for attacks against the country.
The Ukrainian military’s general staff said in a statement that Russia‘s Saky airfield in western Crimea was the latest target to be struck and that it was assessing the aftermath.
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Tom Watling29 July 2024 00:30
The Russian glide bombs changing the face of the war in Ukraine
The Russian glide bombs changing the face of the war in Ukraine
Winged explosives weighing up to 1,500 kilograms – and nicknamed the ‘building destroyer’ – have had a devastating impact wherever they have been used, writes Tom Watling. Kyiv is battling them as best it can but needs Western allies to step up and provide more weapons, air defences and ammunition
Tom Watling28 July 2024 23:30
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Tom Watling28 July 2024 22:30
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Tom Watling28 July 2024 21:30
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Tom Watling28 July 2024 20:30
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Tom Watling28 July 2024 19:30
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Tom Watling28 July 2024 18:30
Mali rebels say they killed and injured dozens of soldiers and Russian Wagner mercenaries in battle
Mali’s northern Tuareg rebels say they have killed and injured dozens of soldiers and Wagner mercenaries in two days of fighting near the Algerian border, after the army said it had lost two soldiers but killed some 20 rebels.
The rebel movement, the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP-PSD), said in a statement on Saturday that it had seized armoured vehicles, trucks and tankers in the fighting at the border town of Tinzaouaten on Thursday and Friday.
The rebel group also said it damaged a helicopter, which crashed in the town of Kidal, hundreds of kilometres away.
The Malian army said in statements that two soldiers had been killed and 10 injured. One of its helicopters had crashed in Kidal on Friday while on a routine mission but no one was killed, it said.
Several Russian military bloggers reported on Sunday that at least 20 from the Wagner group were killed in an ambush near the Algerian border.
“Employees of the Wagner PMC (Group), who were moving in a convoy with government troops, were killed in Mali ... Some were captured,” said a prominent Russian military blogger Semyon Pegov, who uses the name War Gonzo.
The Baza Telegram news channel, which has links to Russia’s security structures, reported that at least 20 Wagner fighters have been killed.
Tom Watling28 July 2024 17:30
Putin celebrates Navy Day in St Petersburg
Vladimir Putin has been pictured in St Petersburg, western Russia, where he began his political career as deputy mayor of the city in the early 1990s, for Russia’s Navy Day.
Tom Watling28 July 2024 16:30
Full report: Putin vows ‘mirror measures’ in response to US missiles in Germany
Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned US stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Vladimir Putin has claimed.
Speaking at a naval parade in St Petersburg, the Russian president vowed “mirror measures” after the US announced that it will start deploying the weapons in 2026.
“If the US implements such plans, we will consider ourselves free from the previously imposed unilateral moratorium on the deployment of intermediate and shorter-range strike weapons, including increasing the capability of the coastal forces of our navy,” Mr Putin said.
He added that Moscow’s development of suitable systems is “in its final stage.”
Andy Gregory28 July 2024 15:31
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