Ukrainian Conflict, Day 870 – 2024-07-13 11:17:55

Russian Overseas Ministry spokeswoman Marija Zaharova mentioned at her press convention that Ukraine is planning assaults by itself hydroelectric crops.

Zaharova identified the hydropower crops in Kyiv and Kaniv. Each items are situated alongside the Dnieper River, a few hundred kilometers aside.

The northern border of town of 1 million in Kiev is simply three kilometers south of the facility station of the reservoir in Kiev.

Based on Zaharova, Ukraine is planning staged assaults on the dams of its personal hydropower crops with the intention of blaming Russia for them.

– That is yet one more cynical provocation towards Russia, Zaharova mentioned.

Based on Zaharova, Ukraine already destroyed the Kah’ovka dam in the summertime of 2023 and plans to do the identical twice once more.

It’s believed that Russia itself destroyed the Kah’ovka dam, which induced intensive injury to Ukraine. The dam was underneath the management of the Russian armed forces earlier than its destruction.

The destruction of the Kah’ovka dam final summer time induced intensive environmental and materials injury to Ukraine. Ukrhydroenergo/UPI/Shutterstock

Based on Ukraine, the Kremlin is making an attempt to trigger panic amongst Ukrainians with its assertion.

– With Zaharova’s assertion, Russia appears to be substantiating its personal alibi earlier than the assault, commented Ukraine’s nationwide anti-disinformation heart, in accordance with Ukrainska Pravda.

The middle factors out that Russia doesn’t have the means to destroy dams.

A Russian soldier shot two of his comrades on the Ukrainian border and fled

A Russian contract soldier shot two of his fellow servicemen and wounded the third, after which he escaped from his unit, in accordance with a number of Russian media.

The act happened within the Belgorod area close to the Ukrainian border.

Based on the Russian Telegram channels, the rationale for the act was “inner conflicts”.

The troopers’ evening out with one another had began with ingesting alcohol.

The suspect is alleged to have taken out a machine gun and shot his fellow servicemen after they began bullying him.

The navy police have launched a search operation. The suspect has not been discovered thus far. It’s suspected that he fled to Ukraine.

Peskov known as CNN’s information about Russian assassination plans pretend information

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov commented on the information of the US information firm CNN, in accordance with which Russia deliberate to assassinate the CEOs of a number of European protection trade firms.

Based on Peskov, the story didn’t comprise any concrete claims or details.

– It is rather tough for us to touch upon experiences from completely different media that don’t comprise critical causes. They resemble pretend information in model, so we can’t take them critically, Peskov mentioned on the press convention.

The Kremlin reacted to Biden’s jabs

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned on Friday that the entire world paid consideration to US President Joe Biden’s slip-ups on the NATO assembly in Washington.

Biden blended up his phrases twice on Thursday. First, he launched Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him President Putin.

Later, Biden unintentionally referred to Kamala Harris as Vice President Trump.

– We observed that the entire world paid consideration to what occurred, and we can’t touch upon it right here, however it’s clear that these have been slips, Peskov mentioned, in accordance with Reuters.

Peskov mentioned that the long run prospects of the US presidential candidates are decided by the US voters.

The spokesman added that the Kremlin had however famous Biden’s “disrespectful” feedback about Putin. Peskov didn’t specify what the feedback have been about.

In a TV interview in 2021, Biden described Putin as a “killer”, and final February he known as his Russian colleague a “loopy bastard”.

Ukraine’s drone assault on Russia’s strategic house heart

Ukraine has reportedly struck for the primary time the check and launch website for Russian strategic missiles constructed after the Second World Conflict at Kapustin Yar within the Astrakhan area. The enterprise journal Forbes experiences on the matter, amongst others.

Earlier this week, a minimum of one Ukrainian drone hit a rocket launch system in Kapustin Jar and set it on fireplace. Neither Ukraine nor Russia have commented on the assault.

That is Ukraine’s second assault in two weeks on Russian house amenities. Based on Forbes, on the finish of June, Ukrainian drones struck the NIP-16 house communications facility within the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula.