Author: Steven Sahiounie

According to the lawyer, Pavel Dobryansky will be deported to Russia as he has no visa The district Court of the Japanese city of Asahikawa (the Hokkaido prefecture) sentenced Pavel Dobryansky, third mate of the Russian trawler Amur, which collided with Japan’s Hokko Maru No. 8 fishing vessel in May 2021, to three years in prison with a stay of sentence for five years on Thursday, a source in the Russian Consulate General’s Office in Sapporo told TASS. “He was found guilty. The court sentenced him to three years in prison with a stay of sentence for five years. In…

Maria Zakharova also stressed that representatives of Western countries, by openly demanding that the Russian side suffer the maximum possible losses, “once again are loudly confirming their direct involvement in the conflict” The West is no longer hiding that it is really behind the planning for Ukraine’s much-vaunted counteroffensive, and will pull out all the stops to ensure its success, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing on Thursday. “The West openly states that it will do everything possible to make the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian armed forces, which is planned for the near future, a success. That…

A Zoopark artillery reconnaissance system detected the enemy’s mortar squad in the area of the settlement of Novomikhailovka, Gordeyev said, adding that it was eliminated The team of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system of Russia’s Vostok (or East) group of forces has repelled three attacks by American HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Zaporozhye direction, destroying nine missiles, chief of the group’s press center Alexander Gordeyev told TASS. “In the Zaporozhye direction three missile attacks from HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems have been repelled. The team of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system destroyed…

The Turkish president earlier cancelled all his public appearances that were scheduled for Wednesday Turkish vice president Fuat Oktay on Wednesday said the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in a “very good” condition. “The condition of our president is very good. We are in regular contact. He has a slight cold,” the vice president said during the grand opening of a train service. The Turkish president earlier cancelled all his public appearances that were scheduled for Wednesday. He also canceled a trip to Mersin that was planned for April 27, where he was going to attend a fuel delivery…

The ministries of finance, agriculture, interior, health, science, technology, and transportation were all dismissed on Wednesday. Following the first debate on the government’s health reform, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Wednesday that his dismissal of the ministers of finance, agriculture, interior, health, science, technology, and transportation, and the appointment of new ministers to the cabinet to “accelerate changes” in the republic. After Petro announced that he had lost his majority coalition in Congress, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday that the president requested his cabinet ministers resign ahead of reshuffle. Petro’s decision came after deep disagreement emerged in Colombia’s House of Representatives when the debate on…

Although al-Burhan has agreed to meet with the RSF’s Daglo amid an extension of the ceasefire timeframe, no location has been specified for the meeting to take place. South Sudan’s Acting Foreign Minister, Deng Dau Malek, confirmed on Wednesday that Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has agreed to speak with the RSF General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo or Hemedti, but no location has been specified. According to the South Sudanese foreign ministry on Monday, President Salva Kiir contacted both parties to extend the 72-hour ceasefire beyond Wednesday to make way for peace negotiations. Malek told Sky News Arabia that al-Burhan was requested to hold…

Per the NYT, Ukraine is preparing up to 12 Ukrainian combat brigades consisting of around 4,000 soldiers each for a counteroffensive against Russia in May. Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of the US European Command Christopher Cavoli confirmed on Wednesday that over 98% of the tanks and combat vehicles promised to be given by the US and its allies have already been delivered to Ukraine for its counteroffensive. During a House Committee on Armed Services hearing, Cavoli said: “We sat down with the Ukrainians … and we calculated the amount of material they would need for this [counter]offensive. We checked it…

Mikhail Yusov, Deputy Head of the Industrial Policy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission says Moscow is interested in understanding the Iranian experience at a deeper level amid tough foreign sanctions. Mikhail Yusov, Deputy Head of the Industrial Policy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission said, on Wednesday, that Russia has sought to study Iran’s track record of aircraft development amidst pressure resulting from foreign sanctions. According to Yusov, “Iran’s peculiarity is that it has been living under the oppression of sanctions for many years, but they have found ways to develop aircraft engineering. They are able to repair aircraft. The…

The Biden administration should consider providing Ukraine with cluster bomb munitions as there are two million available in US stocks to determine their effectiveness on the battlefield as Russia continues its special military operation, Congressman Joe Wilson said on Wednesday. “I hope every effort will be made to look into providing the cluster bombs that we have two million available,” Wilson said during a House Committee on Armed Services hearing. This is not the first time US lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to send cluster munitions to Kiev. In March, a group of Republican lawmakers sent a letter…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates affirmed that Syria is following with big concern the situation of Syrians residing in brotherly Sudan and wishes them and the brotherly Sudanese people security and safety. “Within the framework of the Syrian government’s keenness to help Syrian citizens wishing to evacuate from Sudan, the ministry made contacts with brotherly and friendly countries to assist in the evacuation process and the Syrian Embassy in Khartoum, under the direction of the Ministry, has registered lists of names of citizens wishing to be evacuated, in cooperation with members of the community” The ministry said in…