Author: Steven Sahiounie

Four people are injured after the attack in Russia’s Bryansk Region, Aleksandr Bogomaz says A Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive device onto a border checkpoint in Russia’s Bryansk Region on Tuesday, injuring four people, according to the local governor. The wounded have been hospitalized with light and moderate injuries, Aleksandr Bogomaz said. The Troebortnoye checkpoint was hit by a quadcopter UAV, the governor wrote on Telegram. The same checkpoint had already been targeted with mortar attacks by the Ukrainian forces in April and May. In late June, two Ukrainian kamikaze drones smashed into an oil refinery in southern Russia’s Rostov…

On July 25th, the the military of the Donetsk People’s Republic declared the beginning of mop up operations in the Vuhlehirska power station located on the western outskirts of the city of Svetlodarsk. The first reports about the Russian military operations on the territory of the plant came late on July 24th. So far, the TPP reportedly remains under control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the reports from the area, the Ukrainian command left the area of the power plant and only small groups of Ukrainian servicemen continue fighting. Russian military reporters are already working near the…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is claiming that just because the US GDP report is negative, it does not mean the world’s largest economy is in recession, a claim that has no economic foundations whatsoever. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has denied that the US economy is in recession, saying instead that the nation is experiencing a “necessary and appropriate” slowdown. Yellen, in an NBC News interview on Sunday, defended Biden’s economic policies, claiming that just because the US GDP report is negative, it does not mean the world’s largest economy is in recession.  The report, which may confirm that the economy…

Threats from China shouldn’t stop U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from visiting Taiwan, analysts on the self-governing island say. The news of Pelosi’s potential trip to Taiwan has sparked heated rhetoric from Beijing and concerns among Biden administration officials that the dispute could spiral into a cross-strait crisis. The Chinese foreign ministry said China would take “forceful measures” if the visit occurs and communicated privately to the U.S. that a military response was possible, the Financial Times reported. President Biden, meanwhile, said the U.S. military thinks such a trip is “not a good idea right now.”Pelosi, who has not confirmed the trip, said last week that she believes “it’s important…

Iran’s successful experience in nullifying sanctions amid exacerbation of anti-Russian pressures following Ukraine crisis has paved the way for bolstering convergence between Moscow and Tehran; so, Western observers think that the Islamic Republic’s role in the bilateral ties is changing, emphasizing that Tehran is turning into a strategic partner of Kremlin. Iran-Russia strategic ties, including 20-year agreement, have made Western officials concerned; thus, they attempted to propagate Russophobic comments in a bid to strain relationship between the two countries; and now following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to Tehran, the Westerners restarted their plots to hurt the cooperation. Iran…

Serbia’s interior minister says that foreign spies have pressed him to take anti-Russia stance. A major foreign intelligence service has been pressing Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin on his stance toward Russia and China. Within this context, the minister is anticipating that a large media campaign against him will begin next week. “One of the largest intelligence services in the world, if not the largest, told me that my stance was unacceptable and that if I do not change [it] and do not abandon the policy that I am pursuing … then I will not be a member of the…

A military base housing Turkish troops in northern Iraq was targeted in a rocket attack on Sunday evening. It came days after a fatal shelling blamed on Turkey hit a village in the Arab country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. A source told Shafaq News Agency that a rocket landed in the vicinity of Zelikan camp in the district of Bashiqa near Mosul City on Sunday evening. According to the security source, no casualties were reported in the attack, which was the second of its kind in the past few days. Other sources said that a resistance group dubbed Saraya Awliya al-Dam…

The Chinese diplomat specified that Beijing sees a peace deal as the only effective way to de-escalate in Ukraine Washington should assist in promoting a Russian-Ukrainian dialogue for peace instead of working towards including Russia in its list of state sponsors of terrorism, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Monday. “The US should create favorable conditions to advance Russian-Ukrainian peace talks. Washington should take steps to facilitate a political settlement to the crisis in Ukraine,” he said at a briefing replying to a question by TASS as to how officials in Beijing view the US government’s intention of…

Russian military reporters shared the video showing the destroyed Caesar self-propelled howitzer supplied by France to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is the first Caesar which destruction was confirmed. The CAESAR (Camion Équipé d’un Système d’Artillerie) is a French self-propelled 155 mm self-propelled howitzer. Manufactured by the partly state-owned arms maker Nexter Systems, the CAESAR is mounted on a six-wheeled truck chassis. The howitzer can fire up to six rounds per minute and has a firing range of around 42 kilometers using ERFB [extended range, full bore] shells, and up to 55 kilometers using rocket assisted shells. French President…

On July 25th, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) reported that the military intelligence service of Ukraine attempted to steal Russian aircraft. The attempt was thwarted by Russian security forces. Ukrainian intelligence officers supervised by the NATO special services tried to recruit Russian military pilots. They were promised $2 million as well as European passports for them and their families if they cross the Russian border on Russian military aircraft and fly to airfields controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The SBU planned to hijack a Su-24 bomber, a Su-34 fighter and a Tu-22 M3 supersonic…