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[Regnum] An explosion occurred at a post office in St. Petersburg. The Telegram channel "112" reported this on September 24.
"According to preliminary information, the man went to a post office in St. Petersburg and sent five parcels in his own name to different addresses in Tatarstan," the statement said.
One of the packages subsequently exploded. There were no injuries as a result of the incident, and 10 people were evacuated from the building. Bomb disposal teams arrived at the scene.
According to the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations, the incident occurred at a post office in the Nevsky District at approximately 6:45 PM Moscow time. Journalists from the 78 TV channel reported that the package may have contained a jar with unknown contents, which exploded.
The Russian Post press service clarified that smoke had entered one of the parcels. Specialists are inspecting the scene and checking the remaining boxes.
Passengers on the St. Petersburg-Adler train were evacuated due to a bomb threat. This was reported on September 24 by 78.ru, citing an unnamed source.
"Passengers on the St. Petersburg-Adler train were evacuated at Goryachiy Klyuch station. The train was stopped due to a report of an explosive device," the publication's report states.
According to the publication, law enforcement officials are currently conducting an investigation into the compositions.
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[Korrespondent] The Russian army is most actively attacking in the Pokrovsk area. Ukrainian Armed Forces units have already stopped 27 assaults there.
Since the beginning of the current day, 78 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on Wednesday, September 24.
Thus, three attacks by the Russian occupation army were repelled in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, the enemy attacked twice near Vovchansk. One combat engagement is ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, five attacks continue in the areas of Kotlyarovka and in the direction of Peschanoye and Kolesnikovka.
In the Limansky direction, the invaders attacked 14 times near the villages of Novomikhaylovka, Grekovka, Kolodezi, Shandrigolovo, Novosyolovka, Derilovo, and Zarechnoye. Seven battles are still ongoing.
In the Seversk direction, the enemy attempted to break through in the areas of Serebryanka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, and toward Dronovka and Yampol. Five of the seven attacks are currently ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked in the area of Chasovy Yar and was repulsed.
In the Toretsk direction, the invader attempted to storm the areas of Aleksandro-Shultinoye, Shcherbinovka, Pleshchievka and Yablunovka seven times.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the occupiers carried out 28 attacks near the settlements of Poltavka, Nikanorovka, Rodinske, Krasny Liman, Novoekonomicheskoe, Sukhetske, Lisovka, Zvirovo, Kotlin, Udachnoye, and Gorikhovoe. One battle is currently ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attacked five times near the villages of Voskresenka, Sichnevoye, Voronye, Ternovoye, and Novogrigorovka. One battle continues.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, our defenders repelled three assaults in the Olgovskoye area.
Two aggressor attacks have been stopped in the Dnieper sector. Another battle continues.
As a reminder, Russia lost nearly 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of September 23. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.2 million.
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[NewsFront] 21:55 Advance of the 25th Army in the Zarechny (Kirovsk) area –MAP 21:46 Operators of attack UAVs of the Ussuri Airborne Forces destroyed automobile and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region.
FPV drone crews from the Eastern Forces Group carried out strikes on fortified enemy positions in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The destruction of a stronghold for operators of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using the Geran-2 UAV in the area of the village of Dolzhik.
Rubicon Center specialists eliminate enemy personnel, armored vehicles, communications systems, and drones in the Special Military Operation zone.
21:04 The Russian army is conducting assault operations in Stepnogorsk –MAP
21:04 On the morning of September 24, UAV crews from the Rubicon Center discovered and destroyed an unmanned boat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Black Sea near the coast of Crimea.
19:25 In the period from 12:00 Moscow time to 18:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Ryazan, Kaluga, Bryansk regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and the Black Sea.
20:54 Advance of the Russian army in the Konstantinovsky dachas –MAP
20:45 Advance in the Khar'kov region north of Otradnoye –MAP
18:37 On video: Footage of an Iskander-M missile strike on a field airfield near Dnepropetrovsk.
17:49 On Konstantinovsky: In this direction, units of the Russian Army continue their systematic offensive, consolidating the success at the achieved positions.
17:11 RF Armed Forces destroyed 90% of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are at the Kleban-Byk reservoir.
Russian troops are completing the destruction of encircled units near the Kleban-Byk Reservoir: out of approximately 800 Ukrainian militants, approximately 80 remain.
16:05 Operations to eliminate the enemy south of the Kleban-Byksky reservoir, preliminary work was lengthy and painstaking. The liberation of the village of Vodyanoye in April of this year was a success.
15:40 Russian Armed Forces inflicted a combined attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces training center
15:40 Formations and military units of the West group of forces in the Krasno-Limansk directionare finishing liberation of the village of Kirovsk.
The enemy amassed a significant force in this direction, comprising three brigades. A total of up to 19 battalions were deployed.
14:03 Footage of destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles on the N-26 highway to Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, which was taken under full fire control by UAV operators of the "West" group.
13:17 In the period from 7:00 to 12:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 16 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod region, the Republic of Crimea and the Black Sea.
13:13 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of September 24, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of four mechanized brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Alekseevka, Varachino, Novaya Sich, Pavlovka and Khrapovshchina in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Bochkovo, Volchansk and Okhrimovka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 130 servicemen, five vehicles, two artillery pieces, including a French-made 155mm TRF1 howitzer, a counter-battery radar station, and an ammunition depot.
Units of the "West" force group have improved their tactical position. In the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, they have captured 115 buildings.
The liberation of the village of Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, where Russian assault units have reached the northwestern outskirts, is nearing completion.
The manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Boldyrevka, Kolodeznoye, Petrovka, Smorodkovka, Staroverovka in the Khar'kov region, and Maslyakovka and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 230 troops, a British-made Snatch armored fighting vehicle, 14 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. A counterbattery radar station, seven electronic warfare stations, and nine ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge and continued to destroy the enemy trapped in the Donetsk People's Republic south of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir. Over 4.5 square kilometers of territory in this area were liberated in the past 24 hours.
They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ivano-Polish, Ilyinovka, Konstantinovka, Nelepovka, and Seversk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 215 troops, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, and six field artillery pieces. Three electronic warfare stations, five ammunition, fuel, and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, a tank brigade, an assault brigade, three airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Krasny Liman, Novopavlovka, Petrovka, Rodinske, and Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 535 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five pickup trucks, two artillery pieces, and a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Malomykhailivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Novohryhorivka, Poltavka, and Uspenivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 315 servicemen, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, three field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the heavy mechanized, mountain assault and coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kamyshevakha and Lukyanivske in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Verovka and Veseloe in the Kherson region.
13:03 Units of the "West" force group have improved their tactical position in the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, took possession 115 buildings.
12:58 120mm mortar crew of the 44th Army Corps of the North group destroyed concentrations of enemy manpower and lightly armored vehicles in the SVO zone.
11:40 In the Zaporizhzhia region, a crew of the 122mm D-30 gun of the Dnepr force group destroyed a dugout with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, and artillery crews of the "East" group of forces are enemy UAV control points.
09:57 Dnepr Group fighters attacked the workshop of the repair and restoration battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using Geran-2 kamikaze UAVs and Iskander-M OTRKs in the area of the village of Zaporizhzhia, –video.
08:40 Russian aviation hit a UAV control center and a place where Ukrainian Armed Forces crews lived,video.
07:36 During the past night from 23:00 Moscow time to 07:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 70 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov, Volgograd regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.
07:34 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance north of the city of Seversk
Pereezdnoye was liberated
Russian Armed Forces entered Ivanovka
Russian Armed Forces entered Novoselovka
05:11 Crews of T-90M "Proryv" tanks of the 25th Combined Arms Army from closed firing positions destroyed a stronghold with enemy manpower.
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[REGNUM] Units of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the special military operation continue to push back the enemy along the entire front line, completing the summer offensive of 2025.
As astronomical autumn begins and the weather changes, it's time to take stock of the military operations of recent months. Especially since the results achieved could impact the course of the entire Central Military District as a whole.
Russian troops were able to accomplish a number of tasks assigned by command, achieving a decisive advantage in several areas at once and preparing the ground for new strategic operations.
KUPYANSK: A BLOW TO LOGISTICS
Decisive changes, demonstrating the complete superiority of Russian forces, have occurred on the front near Kupyansk in the northern Kharkiv region. Here, strategic shifts have occurred in recent weeks. Russian troops crossed the Oskol River north of the city and then reached its outskirts, bypassing the enemy's main defensive fortifications. This decisive victory was achieved thanks to the use of gas pipelines, which allowed Russian troops to penetrate into the enemy's rear.
Although the Ukrainian Armed Forces subsequently announced that the pipeline exits had been blocked, the surprise effect achieved allowed assault units of the West group of forces to immediately occupy part of the city.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian troops have taken control of 65% of the buildings (5,600 out of 8,600) in Kupyansk's residential area. The frontline runs along Rovenskaya, Moskovskaya, Dolgarevskaya, 1 Maya, Yubileynaya, and Michurin Streets. West of the city, fighting continues near the village of Sobolevka, which is located in close proximity to the N-26 highway—a key supply route for the enemy.
Dynamics of the offensive on Kupyansk, August–September 2025
Ukrainian Armed Forces reinforcements that the enemy attempts to transfer into the city are destroyed on approach or enter after suffering heavy losses and losing their combat capability.
Apparently, the Ukrainian command has no plans to counterattack or alleviate the threat of encirclement of the garrison. As Ukrainian troops surrender one city block after another, the complete liberation of the city is becoming a task within months, if not weeks.
Overall, the situation indicates that Kyiv has completely lost the initiative and does not have the resources to try to change the situation in its favor.
The loss of Kupyansk would be a severe blow to the enemy's logistics, as several strategically important railways and roads pass through the city. Moreover, by abandoning the city, the Ukrainian Armed Forces would completely lose their foothold for an offensive into LPR territory from the north.
THE BUFFER ZONE IS EXPANDING
In late summer and early fall, a new direction—the "Dnipropetrovsk" direction—appeared on the map of the Northern Military District. Having completed the cleanup of the eastern part of Donbas, units of the Russian Armed Forces moved on to tasks of creating a buffer zone in the adjacent region.
The day before, it was reported that fighters from the "Vostok" group had liberated Kalinovskoye. The Russian Ministry of Defense later confirmed this information: "Units of the "Vostok" group of forces advanced deep into enemy defenses and liberated the village of Kalinovskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region."
Frontline sources say the assault on the village lasted less than four days. Russian troops gained control of approximately five square kilometers of territory, containing approximately 100 households.
The liberation of Kalinovskoye became possible after Russian forces drove the enemy out of the adjacent village of Berezovskoye. The offensive continues toward the village of Stepovoye.
It's worth noting that Kalinovskoye is the ninth village liberated by the Vostok Group of Forces since early September. Previously, assault aircraft drove the enemy out of the villages of Novosyolovka, Khoroshe, Sosnovka, Novopetrovske, Novonikolayevka, and Berezove in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Olgovske and Novoivanovka in the Zaporizhia region.
Summing up the past few months in this sector of the front, it can be concluded that the enemy is gradually losing control of the situation. In early autumn, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied the possibility of a Russian offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Then, the enemy command attempted to deny the creation of a buffer zone, and later, simply stopped paying attention to the changing operational situation.
In this direction, enemy forces are making no active attempts to counterattack, seeking to prolong the fighting as much as possible. But that's where the Ukrainian Armed Forces' capabilities are exhausted.
Instead of a counteroffensive, they focused on establishing defensive lines 10-15 kilometers from the existing front line. The village of Velikomykhailivka is to become the core of the enemy's new fortification line. In recent weeks, the village has been evacuated, and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel are filling the empty houses.
At the same time, for the success of the Russian offensive, it is crucial to dislodge the enemy from this point in order to finally establish a presence in the buffer zone and protect the eastern borders of Donbas.
For its part, the Ukrainian command is taking all available measures to fortify the strategically important settlement and prevent Russian troops from advancing deeper into the region.
However, in recent weeks, local residents have been posting ads for sale or renting property en masse and are leaving the eastern districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region. In other words, few currently believe Kyiv will be able to stabilize the frontline on its own terms.
Russian troops will most likely continue to hold the initiative, slowly but surely pushing the enemy out of the buffer zone.
Similar news is coming from the Zaporizhzhia region. Yesterday, it was reported that Russian Armed Forces occupied part of the village of Stepnogorsk, which is located just 15 km from the region's administrative center.
With the fall of Stepnogorsk, an offensive against Zaporizhzhia could be launched, especially since it would be extremely difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to organize a defense in the bare steppe without any major settlements.
POKROVSK: THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN
The Russian Armed Forces continue their successful offensive in the central regions of Donbas. Essentially, this is a two-pronged offensive, conducted within the framework of a single, large-scale military operation. This offensive is aimed at the "fortress city" of Pokrovsk, the center of the enemy's defenses, and further north, at Dobropillia, a major Ukrainian logistics hub.
In mid-August, advanced units of the Russian army managed to break through the enemy's defensive line, deepening the breach by 10-15 kilometers within a few days. Over the past few weeks, the enemy has made several attempts to cut off the "bulge" extending toward Dobropillia, but without success.
In the bloody encounter battles, he suffered heavy losses, after which he was forced to retreat to his previously occupied positions.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces command is sending more and more reserves to this section of the front; fierce fighting continues in the area of the settlements of Sofiyivka and Novoye Shakhovo.
Heavy clashes continue in the urban area. According to reports from the field, advance assault units have managed to advance in the southern part of the city and reach the railway station area.
Dynamics of the offensive on Pokrovsk, August–September 2025
Fighting is ongoing in the Lazurny and Yuzhny microdistricts in the south of the city, but Russian troops are not yet seeking to penetrate the dense high-rise buildings and industrial zones, which the enemy has turned into a solid fortified area.
Several foreign media outlets believe that the Russian Armed Forces may launch a decisive assault on the city in the near future. However, for this to happen, several necessary conditions must be met.
Russian troops are currently looming over the Pokrovsk-Dobropolye road near Rodinskoye, and to the east, over the Pokrovsk-Pavlograd highway. Several decisive advances have successfully targeted the enemy's entire logistics network. An assault will only be possible once these are completely cut off.
In other words, over the past few months, the Russian Armed Forces have managed to prepare the conditions for completely encircling the Pokrovsky fortified area, thereby avoiding an assault on defensive positions in residential areas and the industrial zone. And decisive strikes against the enemy's defenses could be launched in the near future.
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[REGNUM] Recently, a statement flashed across the Ukrainian news that seemed more like a miracle of common sense: the director of the Center for the Study of the Occupation of Ukraine, Petro Andryushchenko, a former advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, declared that Ukraine is obligated to provide Donetsk with water.
"To save our people, we need to declare, for example, a water truce in the area along the Seversky Donets Canal, which is the root cause of the problem. We are ready—as a party that cares for its citizens under occupation—to find a common solution to carry out the necessary repairs, renovations, and restore the water supply. We are ready to provide it to the people, and then declare this zone demilitarized," he announced, suddenly appearing almost alone.
After all, the general chorus of both "true patriots" and the main spokesmen for the Zelensky regime is unanimously spewing gloating at the residents of Donbass suffering from an acute water shortage.
Take, for example, the words of the famous propagandist Dmitry Gordon, who called on Donetsk residents not to complain about the lack of water, but to drink urine.
But Andryushchenko's astonishing insight doesn't touch on any concern for "our people," who have been mercilessly murdered for over a decade. Since 2014, blockades of regions no longer under its control—economic and resource—have become the norm in Kyiv's government policy. And the main idea aired was the demilitarization of the waterway zone.
In other words, the official proposes to fix the front line, thereby stopping the Russian army from advancing further toward the borders of the former Donetsk Oblast. Meanwhile, in some places, it has crossed the canal line.
Until now, Kyiv has acted cruelly and vengefully towards the people who left for Russia, according to all the canons of genocide.
It all started in Crimea, when on April 26, 2014, the Ukrainian authorities (by decision of the Verkhovna Rada and then-acting President Oleksandr Turchynov ) dammed the North Crimean Canal on the border with Crimea in the Kherson region.
The officially stated goal was "cutting off water supplies to the occupied territory" as an economic and humanitarian measure to pressure the Russian authorities. Ukraine also cited its inability to provide water to a region it is not responsible for managing, and that Crimea was not paying for it. The North Crimean Canal supplied up to 85% of the peninsula's freshwater needs, flowing from the Dnieper.
Russia assessed these actions as a humanitarian crime, but the “civilized world” paid no attention to them.
Therefore, Russian authorities began investing heavily in addressing the water crisis: building new pipelines, drilling wells, and repairing infrastructure. However, water shortages remained a persistent problem, particularly exacerbated during drought years. The situation changed dramatically in 2022, after the start of the SVO.
Within the first few weeks, Russian troops established control over the northern section of the Crimean Canal and removed the dam. Water flowed through the canal again to Crimea in 2022—until the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station and the Kakhovka Reservoir were destroyed by targeted strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In Donbas, the post-Maidan regime gradually created water shortages, as part of the region was under its control. In the LPR, water flow from the Aidar and Kondrashevsky water intakes was cut off in 2014 as soon as they fell into the hands of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and "volunteer battalions." And if the water intake in Slovyansk had been shut off, Volnovakha and Mariupol, which were under Ukrainian control at the time, and its large metallurgical plants owned by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, would have dried up.
In the Donetsk agglomeration (including the adjacent Makiivka and Horlivka), the canal provided approximately 70–80% of water consumption. Actual supply before 2014 amounted to approximately 1.2–1.4 million cubic meters of water per day. The length of the main water pipelines exceeded 2,500 kilometers.
However, the massive system, which allowed for the transfer of water over long distances through a vast network, found itself in a combat zone in 2022. The Slavyansk Filtration Station, the SDV-1 and SDV-2 water pipelines, the Yuzovskie Treatment Plant, and the First Pumping Station (PNS) near Slavyansk ceased operations, in part because it became impossible for the staff to continue working.
The canal's infrastructure and power lines supplying the pumping stations were damaged. The power outage paralyzed the pumps and water treatment systems.
However, this wasn't an immediate reason. Kyiv would have left the DPR without water anyway: as early as 2021, a plan was being developed to supply Mariupol and Volnovakha via two separate 70-kilometer pipelines connected to a canal in the Kramatorsk district and a separate water treatment plant.
Due to the onset of the crisis in Donetsk, water supplies began to be supplied for two hours every two days in the spring of 2022, and for three hours every three days in Makiivka. By November, the volume entering the network was only a sixth of what it had been before the start of the SVO: 40,000–50,000 cubic meters per day versus 300,000 cubic meters.
Currently, Donbas requires between 1.5 and 2.5 million cubic meters of water to meet the population's needs and restore industry, and temporary measures such as drilling wells or diverting water from the Don River cannot meet this requirement.
Water shortages have become so pervasive in Donbas cities that they even impact the content of fashion shows. This spring, at Donbas Fashion Week, models walked the runway carrying 5-liter jugs.
And if Ukraine truly wanted to help the region's residents with water, it would have done so long ago, even while in conflict.
But for the post-Maidan regime, its style of communication with Russia is completely destructive. It's hardly worth seriously assuming that after so many years and so many hardships deliberately inflicted on the residents of Donbas by their former country, it will suddenly embark on a path of correction and begin a comprehensive restoration of the water pipeline in cooperation with Russia.
The Russian soldier's route is to Slavyansk. It is there that he controls the main waterway of the Donbas. And then to the Dnieper-Donbas Canal intake, from where the Dnieper River is supplied as an additional source of water.
And what can be predicted with certainty is that before leaving, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will deliberately destroy everything that is critically important infrastructure.
So, the remnants of the Seversky Donets Canal may not live to see liberation: planning for a new water pipeline is urgently needed. Alternative water supply sources continue to be built. "Water for Donbas!" is no longer just a slogan from the past; it's a call to ensure the present and future of Russia's largest and most important region.
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[Regnum] The new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Russia, Igor Krasnov, has taken the oath of office. The court's press service reported this on September 24.
"In a solemn ceremony, in the presence of judges and staff of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in accordance with the law 'On the Status of Judges in the Russian Federation,' Igor Viktorovich Krasnov took the oath," according to a statement published on the court's website.
On September 24, the Federation Council (FC) appointed Krasnov as Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation at a plenary session. The FC Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building confirmed that his candidacy meets the requirements of the constitution and the law on the status of judges. Krasnov was appointed to the position for a six-year term.
Irina Podnosova served as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Russia from April 2024. She died on July 22, 2025.
In August, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation submitted an application for the vacancy of the head of the Supreme Court to the High Qualification Collegium of Judges of the Russian Federation. The judicial body approved his candidacy on September 15. The Commission for Preliminary Review of Judicial Appointments and Terminations under the President of Russia also supported the appointment on September 17.
On September 18, Andrei Klishas, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building, announced that the Federation Council had received a recommendation from Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding Krasnov's appointment as Chairman of the Supreme Court.
Krasnov has served as Prosecutor General since 2020. In August 2022, the Russian leader awarded him the title of Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation. On September 23, Krasnov stated that he considers his nomination as Chairman of the Supreme Court a sign of the highest trust and a tremendous responsibility to society and the people.
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[Regnum] Russia is not a tiger, but a bear, and bears aren't made of paper. This was stated by Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov on September 24.
This was his response to US President Donald Trump's statement, which compared Russia to a "paper tiger." The Kremlin spokesman considered this metaphor inappropriate, noting that Russia is traditionally associated with a different animal—the bear.
"There are no paper bears. Russia is a real bear," Peskov concluded during an interview with RBC Radio.
Trump compared Russia to a "paper tiger" on September 23. He wrote on social media that Russia had been waging a pointless war in Ukraine for three and a half years, a war that could have been ended in just a week with real military force.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that Russia is protecting people living in its historical territories during the special operation. The head of state noted that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia repeatedly proposed building security relations in Europe, but its interests were ignored, and its initiatives were ignored for decades.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
Most of the area to the west of the line Sumy-Poltava-Kirovograd is amongst the most lawless regions in the world, with Ukrainian and Russian organized crime controlling routes and some cities. In the rantburg.com archives in 2015, look up Mukachevo: I didn't realize it at the time, but Mukachevo was a village controlled by criminal gangs.
Those areas are so lawless that even the ruthless Soviet security services could not bring the region into Soviet control.
For our sake, I hope we didn't buy a pig in a poke, because I can see a time when we will wish for the kinder, gentler days of the Islamists instead of those jamokes. Think: hillbillies with AKs.
[ColonelCassad] The value of minerals in the regions of Ukraine according to Kyiv's version:
Actually, to the question of the economic dimension of the war and what the winner gets. Control over the Southeast in the medium and long term will more than cover the economic costs of the war. The development of these areas in the long-term perspective will ensure serious growth of the country's economy.
And again to the question "was Donbas subsidized?"
The airspace over Aalborg Airport in Denmark has been closed after drones were spotted flying nearby, airport CEO Niels Hemmingsen told CNN on Wednesday, marking the second time this week that an airport in the country has been forced to close due to drone sightings.
Police have not yet determined who is behind the latest incident but are investigating several theories, Denmark’s National Police Commissioner Thorkild Fogde told CNN.
“Once again, we have verified these objects violating the airspace over the airport as drones,” he said, noting that additional drone sightings were reported in at least three other airports Wednesday night into Thursday morning, but so far only the drones in Aalborg have been verified.
Police have not ruled out taking out the drones, Fogde added, but stressed that such a scenario would be complicated.
“You need to have the means to take down the drones,” he said. “You need to be able to get close enough to the flying drones, and you also have to be able to do it without jeopardizing flight safety around the airport … and you have to take public security into consideration.”
Aalborg is also an active air base though it’s unclear what kind of military equipment is currently present there.
At least three inbound flights have been redirected to other airports, while two outbound flights and one inbound have been canceled, according to FlightRadar24.
On Monday, sightings of two or three large drones near Copenhagen airport halted all take-offs and landings for nearly four hours.
It’s unclear if the drones that flew near Aalborg Airport are the same as the ones in Copenhagen but Fogde said that the pattern was similar: “unauthorized drones over-flying the airport area, breaking airport security, violating the airspace.”
Fogde told CNN Tuesday that the drones that flew over Copenhagen were not amateur or hobby drones, but rather large drones that likely had a capable operator. Police are still investigating that incident, he said.
In Norway, the airspace over Oslo Airport was closed for around three hours Tuesday morning due to a separate drone sighting. Fogde said there was no indication the Copenhagen incident was linked to the drone sighting in Oslo.
Europe has been on alert since Russian drones violated both Polish and Romanian airspace earlier this month – prompting NATO allies to pledge to beef up defenses on the bloc’s eastern flank.
Yesterday, Danish officials hinted that Russia may have been behind a swarm of drones that left Copenhagen airport incapacitated, disrupting around 100 flights and leaving 20,000 passengers stranded.
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Maybe the same drones that where in New Jersey a few months ago, causing havoc near Newark airport? The same drones that Trump said was "no big deal" but refuse to explain this "no big deal"?
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Russia is feared to have hit a Spanish Air Force plane with a GPS attack after a flight carrying Spain's defence minister suffered an electronic 'disturbance'.
The suspected attack happened this morning after the Spanish Airbus A330 carrying Margarita Robles flew over the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad on its way to Lithuania.
Robles was due to meet with her Lithuanian counterpart Dovile Sakaliene at the Siauliai airbase in the north of the country on Wednesday morning.
Several relatives of Spanish airmen serving in the new NATO air defence mission on the border with Russia were onboard with Robles.
The Spanish contingent, known as the Vilkas mission, from the Lithuanian word for wolf, last week intercepted eight Russian aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea.
It comes amid heightened tension with Russia, which has been accused of aggressively testing NATO's responses to threats.
Just a few weeks ago, Russia was suspected of jamming a jet carrying European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to Bulgaria.
The plane carrying the EU chief was forced to land at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, using only paper maps, when a surprise interference attack suddenly disabled the GPS navigation system.
The incident was likely the result of a 'blatant' Russian sabotage operation, Bulgarian authorities told the European Commission.
'We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming, but the plane landed safely in Bulgaria,' European Commission spokeswoman Arianna Podesta said.
'We have received information from the Bulgarian authorities that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia.'
'The whole airport area GPS went dark,' an official brief on the incident told the Financial Times.
Yesterday, Danish officials hinted that Russia may have been behind a swarm of drones that left Copenhagen airport incapacitated, disrupting around 100 flights and leaving 20,000 passengers stranded.
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GPS signals are actually quite easy to jam, particularly along that troublesome air-ground interface. The signal is very weak by design.
Most of the recent complaints have come from aircraft use 'autoland' systems on approach, which is why they noticed. At cruising altitude (~30k ft) it likely wouldn't be detected.
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