Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Russian official media outlet RIA Novosti quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying that the missile cruiser Moskva of the Russian Black Sea Fleet had detonated ammunition as a result of a fire. The Guards missile cruiser of Project 1164 Moskva is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. It was built at the Nikolaev shipyard and commissioned in 1982. It was originally named Slava. There were conflicting reports from the Ukrainian side. The head of the Odessa regional military administration, Maxim Marchenko, said that the cruiser was hit by two Neptun anti-ship missiles. According to Oleksiy Arestovych, an…

All targets were eliminated, the Russian Defense Ministry reported Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters eliminated armored vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russia’s Defense Ministry told journalists. “Using guided missile armaments, strikes were delivered on the Ukrainian army’s armored vehicles. All targets were eliminated by the attack helicopters,” according to the statement accompanying a video of the attack. The pilots worked in pairs. They also attacked the positions of an artillery division camouflaged in a wooded area. During the special operation, the military aviation fulfills tasks on accompanying convoys, destroying armored vehicles, transporting troops and military cargo, providing air support.…

Moscow has slapped retaliatory penalties on hundreds of members of Congress Russia has introduced sanctions on nearly 400 US lawmakers in a tit-for-tat response after Washington took a similar step against members of the State Duma and Federal Assembly. The new penalties were imposed on 398 representatives on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement, noting that the sanctions “mirror” similar measures against local MPs by Washington. All of the US lawmakers targeted have been banned from entering Russia. “With ongoing US sanctions, further announcements of Russian countermeasures are planned in the near future, involving an increase in the number…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, warned of foreign intervention by the US to oust him from office, and now Khan has been replaced by Shahbaz Sharif, who enters office having involved in a major corruption scandal involving sugar. In December 2021, Adviser to PM Khan on Accountability and Interior Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar gave a trail of “billions of rupees laundered through the Ramzan Sugar Mills”.“Shehbaz Sharif is the ringleader of a money laundering gang. He and his son Hamza have been found involved in corruption and money laundering worth Rs16 billion…

The $800 million package includes cannons, radars, armored vehicles and helicopters Washington is expanding the range of weapons deliveries to Ukraine to include artillery, armored vehicles and helicopters, the Pentagon revealed on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden credited the $2.6 billion in weapons he has supplied to Kiev since February with defeating what he called the Russian plan to “conquer and control” Ukraine. “The steady supply of weapons the United States and its allies and partners have provided to Ukraine has been critical in sustaining its fight against the Russian invasion. It has helped ensure that Putin failed in his initial war…

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) has been reportedly using dual-purpose Kh-35U cruise missiles against high-value targets in Ukraine. On April 11, photos showing several Kh-35U missiles loaded onto Russian Su-34 fighter bombers before combat missions over Ukraine surfaced online. The Kh-35U, which is the latest version of the Kh-35 subsonic cruise missile, was developed by Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corporation. While the original version was just an anti-ship missile, a land-attack capability was added to the new version. The cruise missile has a maximum range of 260 kilometers with a speed of no more than Mach 0.85. The missile can fly…

At the International Maritime Organization, Ukraine’s representatives are refusing to discuss issues of ensuring safe passage of ships and are demonstratively evading dialogue, Mizintsev said Ukraine’s authorities shun cooperation with representatives of the countries and the ship-owning companies to find a solution to the safe passage of foreign ships from Ukrainian ports, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, said on Wednesday. “The Kiev authorities are still shunning cooperation with the representatives of the states and ship-owning companies in resolving the issue of the safe exit of foreign vessels to the meeting area. At the International Maritime…

A young Palestinian teenager is martyred by occupation fire near Beit Lahm in the occupied West Bank. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent to Palestine reported on Wednesday that Palestinian teenager Qusai Hamamra,16, from the town of Husan near Beit Lahm in the occupied West Bank, was martyred by occupation forces fire, and dozens were also injured in confrontations with the IOF. Twitter activists shared a photo of Hamamra. The IOF prevented ambulance crews from reaching the teenager’s body after he was shot. The mayor of Husan said occupation forces fired on the young man, and then covered him with a black bag.…

The Russian military said it could target decision-makers in Kiev if Ukraine continues attempting attacks on Russian soil Moscow has so far refrained from attacking Ukrainian decision-makers, but if Kiev continues attempts to carry out acts of sabotage or conventional attacks inside Russia, this will change, the Russian Defense Ministry warned on Wednesday. “We have seen attempts at sabotage and attacks by the Ukrainian military against facilities in Russian territory. If such attempts continue, the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces will strike at the decision-making centers, including Kiev – something we have so far refrained from,” explaned spokesman 2Major-General Igor Konashenkov. While…

Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Assaf, 34, was martyred after being shot in the chest by Israeli occupation forces, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that a Palestinian youth was martyred after Israeli occupation forces opened fire on him as they stormed Nablus this morning. “The young man, Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Assaf, 34, was martyred after being shot in the chest by the Israeli occupation army during the aggression on the city of Nablus,” the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed. Assaf is still a master’s student in law at An-Najah National University, and he is working on his thesis…