Russia captured two villages in the front line – 2024-05-08 00:52:37

Vladimir Putin at the inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2024. EPA / AOP

Putin took the oath of office

President of Russia Vladimir Putin assumed the presidency in a ceremony that was boycotted by most of the Western world.

In his speech, Putin said that Russia must be able to resist “any threats and challenges”.

In the “presidential elections” held in March, Putin received a record 87 percent of support. There was widespread fraud in the elections, and they were also held in the territories seized from Ukraine. Among other things, the European Parliament considers the vote a “fraud”.

The British Ministry of Defense commented on the data breach

The payroll system used by the British Ministry of Defense was affected by a data breach. The system contains information on both current and former members of the British Armed Forces.

British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps commented according to Reuters that state involvement in the data breach cannot be ruled out.

According to the BBC, personal information of the army has been accessed in a data breach. In very rare cases, the information may even include personal addresses.

Ukraine: There was an attempt to assassinate Zelenskyi

Ukraine’s intelligence agency SBU says it has caught Russian agents who were plotting against Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyin and the assassination of other high officials.

According to a press release from the Ukrainian intelligence service, the agents operating under the Russian FSB had worked in the UDO security service (Upravlinnia deržavnoi ohorony Ukrainy), which protects the Ukrainian government.

In addition to Zelensky, the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence service GUR, Kyrylo Budanov, and others were also on the kill list, according to the SBU.

According to the SBU, the plan was as follows. The agent first had to gather information about the movements of the person being monitored and give the information to the enemy. Then a rocket strike and a drone strike were planned to be carried out on the target. After this, a rocket attack would be made to destroy the traces of the drone.

Two Ukrainian officials are in custody

Two Ukrainian officials have been detained in connection with the assassination plot.

The arrested persons are the Ukrainian military leadership.

They are suspected of treason and the other also of preparing a terrorist act related to the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyin for planning an assassination.

According to the BBC, Russia was looking for people in Zelensky’s security staff who would be ready to take the president hostage and assassinate him.

Russia captured two villages in the front line

Russia said on Monday it had captured two villages in eastern Ukraine. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, its forces would have “liberated” the village of Kotlyarivka in the Kharkiv region and the village of Solovyov in the Donetsk region. This is reported by the news agency AFP.

Solovjove is located quite close to the village of Otsheretyne, which Russia said it captured on Sunday.

Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said last month that Ukraine had withdrawn from three villages in the Donetsk region and was building a new line of fortifications, fearing a Russian advance. Recently, Ukraine has had difficulty holding the front line due to a shortage of ammunition, which is mainly due to the delay in US arms aid.

China: Russia should be included in the planning of peace in Ukraine

China supports an all-party conference aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

This is what the Chinese ambassador to Russia says Zhang Hanhui In an interview with the Kremlin’s news agency Ria Novosti. This is reported by the news agency Reuters.

In June, Switzerland will organize a two-day meeting with the aim of achieving peace in Ukraine. Russia is not on the list of invitees, at least for now.

According to Zhang, the parties must get the conversation connection opened quickly.

– In order to prevent the conflict from escalating and slipping out of control, all parties must do their part to restore peace as quickly as possible, Zhang tells Ria.

China published its own peace proposal for Ukraine more than a year ago. The proposal described the road to peace on a general level, but the presentation did not go into details.

Among other things, the United States criticized China’s presentation. According to the country, China tried to pose as a peace negotiator, but repeated a “false narrative” about the war created by Russia. According to the US, China did not condemn the Russian attack.

British intelligence: About 9,000 Chechens are fighting in Ukraine

About 9,000 Chechen fighters are fighting in the Russian forces in Ukraine, Britain estimates based on its intelligence information.

British military intelligence considers it likely that the special forces of Chechen fighters are currently taking the heaviest blows on the front line. Less specialized forces, on the other hand, carry out operations on the more remote edges of the offensive operation.

According to British intelligence, the key benefits of Chechen forces to Russia are greater manpower and the training of Russian forces. The Chechen leadership has said that as of February 2022, about 42,000 soldiers have been trained at the training center in Gudermes, Chechnya.

According to British intelligence, there is reason to doubt the effectiveness of the training and the entire institution, as the training apparently lasts no more than 10 days.