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[Regnum] Veterinarians in Zelenograd rescued a five-year-old cat named Timofey, who sustained over 20 gunshot wounds while walking in a private home. This was reported on November 28 by the press service of the Moscow state veterinary clinic network, Mosvetoedinenie.
The animal's intestines were punctured in 24 places and the spleen was punctured in two places. The bullets also penetrated the chest and thigh muscles. The surgery lasted over three hours. The patient, who was considered almost hopeless, was saved, the statement said.
"By the end of the surgery, both the cat and I looked the same... I won't deny that I'm 100% proud of myself, but even more so of the cat! Despite all the efforts of the animal abusers, the cat is alive!" said surgeon Evgeny Tsybin.
Following the surgery, the cat began to recover. His wounds have completely healed. The circumstances under which the animal sustained his injuries are unclear.
Earlier in November, a court sentenced blogger Ivan Lebedev to 1.5 years in a general regime penal colony for throwing his cat, Fifty, from a fourth-story building. The blogger had been abusing the cat, filming the incident on his phone, and posting the video online. After Lebedev threw the cat out of the window, it lay motionless on the ground. Volunteers took the cat to a veterinary clinic.
Lebedev tried to justify his behavior by citing his frustration with his favorite football team's loss and the fact that his cat had broken its litter box. When sentencing, the court took into account the blogger's admission of guilt, as well as positive references from Lebedev's neighbors and the local police officer, as well as the fact that his mother has serious health conditions.
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[Korrespondent] On January 22, Russian troops launched guided bomb strikes on Kharkiv, resulting in one person being injured. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov.
"According to preliminary information, a strike by the KAB was carried out in the Nemyshlyansky district," he noted.
In addition, the windows of an apartment building were damaged due to enemy shelling in the Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv.
21.16 The city of Slavutych, Kyiv region, has been completely without electricity due to Russian shelling. This was reported by the press service of Chernihivoblenergo on November 28.
19.16 Russian troops attacked Nikopol and Synelnyky districts of Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, artillery and guided bombs - two people were killed, two injured. This was reported on November 28 by the acting head of the OVA Vladyslav Haivanenko. According to him, the enemy hit the Vasylkivska community, which is in Synelnyky district, with UAVs. Pokrovska was hit with KABs. A 37-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman were killed.
18.00 230 combat clashes have been recorded on the front since the beginning of the day, with the enemy continuing to attack most of the time in the Pokrov direction. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on the evening of November 28.
17.26 One of the four Ukrainian citizens detained on suspicion of aiding sabotage on a railway in Poland had 46 Russian passports and other Russian documents with him, the Polish news portal Onet reports.
16.44 Reports about "Russian troops arriving in Hulyaipole today" are not true. The Center for Countering Disinformation reported this.
In fact, the Defense Forces destroyed the Russians who tried to enter the city and stabilized the situation on this section of the front.
"Difficult battles continue, as of now the situation has stabilized," said the head of the Central Military District, Defense Forces officer Andriy Kovalenko.
16.20 Unmanned systems forces have struck three Russian air defense systems over three days - the Buk-M1, Buk-M2 and Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems worth a total of $60 million. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' SBS reported this on November 28, publishing a video of the combat operation.
15.58 Ukraine, as part of the I Want to Live project, has unilaterally transferred 30 Russian civilians to Russia. This was reported on November 28 on the project's Telegram page.
"Yesterday, 14 civilians - citizens of the Russian Federation - were transferred to Russia. Today, another 16 Russians were transferred," the report says.
15.43 Ukraine and the Czech Republic discussed new terms and volumes of artillery ammunition supplies within the framework of the Prague initiative.
The delegations discussed the delivery dates and available quantities of ammunition for the most priority items.
"Our priority is to obtain extended-range ammunition, which gives Ukrainian soldiers an advantage on the battlefield. The Czech Republic plays an extremely important role in the initiative, which guarantees stable supplies of shells for the Defense Forces," said Deputy Head of the Ministry of Defense Serhiy Boev.
15.41 A man died in the Chuguiv district on the morning of November 28 as a result of an FPV drone strike. This was reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office. It is noted that the 49-year-old local resident died in the village of Karaichne.
15.20 The number of victims of the Russian strike on Ternopil on November 19 has increased to 35 people. This was reported by the National Police in the Ternopil region. It is noted that with the help of DNA examination, law enforcement officers managed to establish the identity of another deceased person who was considered missing. This is a 73-year-old man who lived on Stusa Street. As of November 28, 5 people are considered missing, including 1 child. Investigative actions are ongoing.
15.11 Russian troops attacked a brigade of energy workers in Zaporizhzhia. This was reported by Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo.
"Our brigade went to inspect the overhead line damaged by enemy shelling - to restore light to the residents of the front-line area. Literally a few minutes after the power workers left the car and started working, a racist drone flew over the transport," said Andriy Stasevsky, head of ZaporizhzhiaOblenergo.
14.59 Dmitry Kozak, an associate of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin since the mid-1990s and former deputy head of the Kremlin boss's administration, left for Israel after his resignation. This was reported by the so-called opposition publication Agency. Novosti, citing four informed sources.
14.56 A deferment from mobilization has been added to the Reserve+ application for conscripts whose father or mother has a disability of group I or II. The Ministry of Defense informs about this.
The process is fully automated, without certificates, queues, or visits to the CCC. It usually takes from a few minutes to a few hours.
Currently, the service is available online if the conscript is the only adult child of a person with a disability and the family has only one parent. If there are other adult children or both parents, the request cannot be submitted.
14.34 Russians attacked an energy facility in Sumy region with a drone, injuring a Sumioblenergo employee. This was reported by the Ministry of Energy.
13.30 Ten facilities in the Russian Federation were attacked on the night of November 28. Ukrainian drones disabled, in particular, the Saratov oil refinery in Russia. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi.
12.42 Russian invaders in the Pokrovsky direction beat a Ukrainian prisoner of war with a machine gun butt and shot him. An investigation has been launched into the fact of a war crime. This was reported by the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.
12.23 The occupied part of Donetsk Oblast will be part of the "Donbass Commonwealth" association from 2026, together with the Rostov and Voronezh regions of Russia. The Mariupol port is planned to be "coordinated" with Rostov logistics hubs. The Center of National Resistance (CNS) reported this on Telegram, referring to the statement of the local Gauleiter Denis Pushilin.
12.19 The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck an oil refinery in the Saratov region of the Russian Federation, a drone storage site at the Saki airfield in Crimea, as well as areas of concentration of manpower and fuel and lubricants warehouses at the TOT of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
11.58 Slightly more than 300 civilians remain in Hulyaipol, Zaporizhia region, and evacuation from the city is ongoing. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov.
11.26 Counterintelligence of the Security Service neutralized a Russian agent network in western Ukraine. Three members of the enemy cell were exposed, who were preparing caches with components for improvised explosive devices for terrorist attacks in the region.
A 20-year-old Kharkiv resident, as well as a 16-year-old schoolgirl and a 17-year-old boy from the Rivne region, carried out Russian tasks separately. After recruiting the minors, the occupiers used them "secretly" under the guise of fulfilling courier orders.
11.11 In recent days, the Russian army was able to advance near Hulyaipol in Zaporizhia, which forced Ukrainian units to retreat. However, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have now stopped the offensive and regained control of the situation. The Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine reported this on Telegram.
10.57 Russia has received from the US the parameters of the "peace plan" agreed with Ukraine in Geneva. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
According to him, the negotiations will determine "who should recognize the territorial realities between the Russian Federation and Ukraine."
09.38 At night, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 72 Shahed, Gerber attack UAVs and other types of drones.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 63 enemy Shahed, Gerbera and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country. A ballistic missile and nine strike UAVs were recorded at five locations, as well as the fall of downed (fragments) at one location.
08.55 In the temporarily occupied Crimea, a fire was recorded on the territory of the Yodobrom scientific and production association in the area of the Sakskaya CHPP. This was reported by the Telegram channel Crimean Wind.
"Iodobrom is located 250 meters from the Sakskaya CHPP. In the evening and at night, drones flew in this area, shots were fired, and explosions were heard," the post says.
08.40 According to government estimates, after the end of the war, Ukraine will have about 5-6 million veterans and their family members.
08.25 Over the past 24 hours, 247 combat clashes were recorded at the front. Missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit one area of concentration of Russian troops. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning update.
08.01 As a result of Russian shelling in the Dnipropetrovsk region, one person died and another was injured. Rescuers recovered the body of a 61-year-old man from the rubble of a destroyed house in the Pokrovska community. He died from a KAB hit. A 52-year-old woman was injured.
07.25 From February 24, 2022 to November 28, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,170,790 people (+1,100 per day). This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
06.35 On the night of November 28, in Taganrog, in the Rostov region of Russia, the Russian Telegram channel Astra reported new explosions near the airfield, where two military aircraft were previously hit.
03.43 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will categorically not consider signing any agreement that would involve giving up Ukrainian territories. This position was confirmed by the head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, in an interview with The Atlantic.
03.10 On the night of Friday, November 28, a series of explosions thundered in the Saratov region of Russia. According to monitoring sources, a local oil refinery was hit. The explosions occurred near the Saratov refinery. Later, eyewitnesses recorded a fire and columns of smoke on the territory of the plant.
02.34 Electricity production at three Ukrainian nuclear power plants - Khmelnytskyi, Rivne and Yuzhnoukrainska - has largely returned to normal levels following Russian air attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure last week, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said.
01.02 Russian occupation forces have begun using Shahed-type strike drones, controlled by operators, to target Ukrainian planes and helicopters. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine for Innovations, Lieutenant Colonel Yuriy Myronenko, in an interview with Business Insider published on November 27.
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[NewsFront] 21:55 Units of the West group of forces are advancing in the direction of Borovaya on the Izyum direction. 21:47 Russian Armed Forces soldiers came into Sofievka on the Dobropolsky salient and consolidated their position, as well as improved the situation in the Zatyshka area and advanced towards Belitsky.
21:17 Crew of the T-80 tank of the Vostok group of forces destroyed enemy UAV control points in the area of the village of Gulyaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region.
20:56 Our FPV drone operators are working on Ukrainian heavy drones like the Baba Yaga,video.
20:49 In the period from 17:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Kalmykia
. 20:39 The Russian army advanced to the railway depot in Konstantinovka, DPR,map.
20:31 Russian Armed Forces advanced west of Borovskaya Andreevka in the Khar'kov region.
19:41 Servicemen of the Center group of forces continue the destruction of disparate Ukrainian Armed Forces units encircled in Krasnoarmeysk. Ukrainian nationalists, abandoned to the slaughter by their command, are increasingly choosing to save their lives and surrender.
18:38 Russian troops came out to the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and already in Gulyaipole
The capture of Rivnepillia allowed the Russian army to attack the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, stated Ukrainian officer "Alex".
18:17 UAV operators of the 20th Separate NBC Protection Brigade of the North group of forces worked out against enemy shelters, equipment and manpower in the Sumy region.
17:42 In the period from 13:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted destroyed and 13 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle:
Six UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
Two UAVs over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
One UAV over the territory of the Rostov region,
One UAV over the territory of the Oryol region.
17:10 Crew of the Strela-10 air defense missile system of the Center group of forces shot down Leleka-100 reconnaissance drone in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
16:26 Commander of the 19th Missile Brigade "Saint Barbara" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Rostislav Karpusha in absentia convicted for the terrorist attack in Sevastopol
The court found evidence collected by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation sufficient to sentence Rostislav Karpusha, commander of the 19th "Saint Barbara" Missile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in absentia. He was found guilty in absentia of committing a crime under paragraph "b" of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code (a terrorist act committed by an organized group, resulting in the intentional causing of death).
15:40 Fighters from the Sever group destroyed four Ukrainian drones of various types in the Khar'kov and Sumy regions,video.
15:02 Crew of the 152mm Giatsint-B gun of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed a drone control center with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
14:40 Russian Aerospace Forces crews are working on enemy positions with guided FABs and UMPK, destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ manpower, video.
14:17 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed seven Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Four UAVs flew over the territory of the Rostov region,
Two UAVs flew over the territory of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, and
One UAV flew over the territory of the Bryansk region.
13:27 Crews of the Geran-2 UAV of the unmanned systems forces of the Center group destroyed an energy facility used to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the area of the village of Dobropillya.
12:53 Russian Aerospace Forces launched FAB strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Hulyaipole area of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, video.
12:20 In response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from November 22 to 28 inflicted six massive group strikes, which resulted in the following being damaged:
- enterprises of the military industry of Ukraine,
- fuel and energy, transport and port infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
- workshops for the production of ammunition and attack unmanned aerial vehicles,
- storage areas for unmanned boats,
- temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists and foreign mercenaries.
11:01 In the Krasnoarmeysk direction, a crew of the 203mm self-propelled artillery unit 2S7 "Malka" of the "Center" group of forces inflicted a targeted strike on a stronghold of Ukrainian militants, destroying the fortified position and the Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen stationed there.
10:40 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue terror of the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 24 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
9:36 Our FPV drone operators are working on Ukrainian heavy drones like the Baba Yaga,video.
9:05 152mm 2S5 Hyacinth-B destroyed the Kyiv militants' UAV control center along with its personnel
Soldiers from the 18th Combined Arms Army, part of the Dnepr group of forces, spotted a drone control point located in a captured house on the right bank.
The artillery crew aimed the gun and destroyed the target with two shots. The enemy suffered up to 10 casualties.
8:35 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 136 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
46 - over the territory of the Rostov region,
30 - over the territory of the Saratov region,
29 - over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
12 - over the waters of the Black Sea,
Six - over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Five - over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Two - over the territory of the Voronezh region
Two - over the territory of the Moscow region,
Two - over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
One - over the territory of the Kursk region,
One - over the territory of the Kaluga region.
8:18 Frontline summary on the morning of November 28, 25
In the Orekhovsky sector, fighting is taking place in the area of Novodanilovka and Novoandreyevka.
Donetsk Front:
In the South Donetsk sector, Russian Armed Forces are advancing on Hulyaipole on a broad front. Advances are being made toward the city from Zatishye, Vysokyi, and Zelenyi Gai. Russian forces are advancing near Varvarovka. There are gains in the Otradnoye-Danilovka sector.
The Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive near Tikhoye and in the north of Novopavlovka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, fighting for Grishino has begun. Fighting continues near Rovnoye and south of Svetlye.
In the Dobropolsky sector, according to sources, Russian Armed Forces are taking up new positions near Novoye Shakhovo and Volnoye. Fighting is ongoing near Sofiyivka.
In the Konstantinovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the southeast of Konstantinovka.
In the Krasnolimansk sector, fighting continues near Drobyshevo. There is progress near Krasny Liman.
In the Seversk sector, Russian forces are advancing near Platonovka along both banks of the Seversky Donets River toward Zakotnoye.
In Seversk, Russian troops are advancing in the city center near the railway station. The Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of Vasyukovka, located south of Petrovskoye (Pazeno).
Khar'kov Front.
Fighting continues in the Kupyansk sector near Kupyansk-Uzlovaya. Russian Armed Forces are repelling enemy counterattacks on the western part of Kupyansk.
Russian forces have advanced south of Vovchansk and are fighting for Vilcha. In Vovchansk itself, clashes are reported in the northeast of the city.
Heavy fighting is ongoing in the Velikoburluk direction along the Melove-Dvurechanskoye line.
8:01 A crew of the Fagot anti-tank missile system of the Yuzhnaya group of forces received a direct hit struck enemy dugout in the Konstantinovsky direction.
About five Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were destroyed.
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[Regnum] The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) searches of Andriy Yermak, the now former head of Kyiv regime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, are connected to pressure on Zelenskyy from the United States and Western allies. Political scientist and director of the Institute of Newest States Alexey Martynov expressed this opinion in an interview with Regnum News Agency on Friday, November 28.
NABU and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) searched Yermak's apartment on the morning of November 28, and Zelenskyy's office chief himself announced his cooperation with the investigation. The political scientist considered this to be a way to persuade Zelenskyy to sign US President Donald Trump's peace plan.
"This is the second episode of the NABU 'series' following the searches of (Ukrainian businessman and associate of the Kyiv regime's leader – Ed.) Timur Mindich. This is undoubtedly direct pressure on Zelenskyy, given that he stubbornly retained Yermak as head of his office. I think we'll see more than one episode before the end of the year. The formula has long been known: politicians solve practical problems while simultaneously creating hype that diverts attention from the real actors in corruption schemes," Martynov noted.
The actual distribution of funds allocated to Ukraine, according to the political scientist, is tied to players in Western Europe, and Yermak and Mindich played only an intermediate role in the schemes.
Yermak represented the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations with the United States in Geneva; he rejected Trump's 28-point peace plan.
On November 28, the Financial Times reported that the searches at Yermak's home were related to the same corruption cases in which the NABU searched the home of the oligarch Mindich, who fled the country. The head of the National Security Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, was also questioned as a witness.
On the evening of November 28, Zelenskyy signed a decree dismissing Yermak as head of his office. His successor, the Kyiv regime's leader noted, will be appointed soon.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two Russian shadow fleet tankers were rocked by blasts before catching fire in the Black Sea near Turkey's Bosphorus strait, Turkish authorities reported Friday.
Turkey's Directorate General of Maritime Affairs said the first tanker, the Gambian-flagged Kairos, caught fire approximately 28 miles off the coast of the country's Kocaeli province.
It blamed the fire on 'an external impact,' without providing details.
The 274-meter-long Kairos suffered an explosion in the Black Sea while en route from Egypt to Russia, Turkey's Transport Ministry added.
Within the hour, the maritime authority reported that a second tanker, Virat, was 'struck' while sailing in the Black Sea about 35 nautical miles off the Turkish coast. It did not provide further details.
Rescue teams were dispatched to the scene to provide assistance. All 20 crew members aboard the Virat were safe, although heavy smoke was reported in the engine room, the maritime authority said.
All 25 crew aboard the Kairos were also safely evacuated, Kocaeli Governor Ilhami Aktas said, adding that efforts to extinguish the fire were continuing.
'A large fire is taking place,' he said.
The OpenSanctions database, which tracks people or organisations involved in sanctions evasion, described the vessels as 'shadow fleet' - or vessels used to evade sanctions imposed on Russia following its 2022 invasion of Russia.
Aktas would not comment on what caused the fires - including whether they may have been struck by sea mines - but said the authorities would issue 'a clearer statement' once their inquiries are completed.
The maritime authority posted distant shots of smoke rising from the area where the Kairos caught fire.
Both Kairos and Virat are on a list of ships subject to sanctions imposed against Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to LSEG data.
The VesselFinder website showed the Virat was anchored north of the Bosphorus, not far from its current position, on November 4.
The Kairos' last position was on November 26 south of the Dardanelles Strait connecting the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
The United States sanctioned the Virat in January this year, followed by the European Union, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada, according to the OpenSanctions website.
Similarly, the EU sanctioned the Kairos in July this year, followed by the UK and Switzerland.
'The shadow tanker fleet continues to provide multibillion-dollar revenues for the Kremlin bypassing sanctions, disguising its activities under the flags of third countries, using complex schemes to conceal owners and poses significant environmental threats,' OpenSanctions says in its website entry on the Kairos.
The Virat, built in 2018, uses 'irregular and high-risk shipping practices' and has previously sailed under the flags of Barbados, Comoros, Liberia and Panama, OpenSanctions says.
The Kairos, formerly flagged as Panamanian, Greek and Liberian, was built in 2002.
Ukraine's military intelligence service, the GUR, says on its website that both ships visit Russian ports and have a history of shutting off their automatic identification systems, which transmit a ship's position.
They have also docked at ports in China, Turkey and India, among other locations.
Russia's 'shadow fleet' refers to a covert network of ageing oil tankers used to bypass international sanctions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine.
These sanctions, including price caps on Russian oil, aim to curtail Moscow's revenues.
However, the shadow fleet allows Russia to continue exporting oil globally while avoiding Western controls.
This fleet is composed of older, poorly maintained vessels often operating without reputable Western insurance, relying instead on obscure providers or none at all.
To evade detection, the fleet employs tactics such as turning off tracking systems, falsifying location data, and conducting ship-to-ship transfers at sea to disguise the oil’s origin.
Its opaque operations and lack of oversight create vulnerabilities for maritime safety and international law enforcement.
They're undesirable (at least, they should be) in the US
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[Regnum] The American organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has been added to Russia's list of undesirables. The Russian Ministry of Justice announced this on November 28.
On November 28, the agency added Human Rights Watch to the list of foreign and international organizations whose activities are considered undesirable, under number 279.
In April 2022, the HRW website was blocked by Roskomnadzor at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. The site was added to the blocking list pursuant to Article 15.3 of the Federal Law "On Information, Information Technology, and the Protection of Information." This law regulates the procedure for restricting access to websites containing calls for mass unrest and extremist activity.
HRW is headquartered in the United States. The organization claims to monitor human rights violations worldwide and is funded by individuals and foundations. Its name translates as "Human Rights Monitoring."
HRW was founded in 1978 under the name Helsinki Watch. Its goal was to monitor the USSR's compliance with the 1975 Helsinki Accords.
[Rudaw] The family of a young man from Erbil’s northeastern Bradost area said he has joined the Russian army after traveling in search of work.
Matin Wahab, 22, told his family in mid-July that he was going to Erbil for a job. A month later, he called his father from Prde (Altun Kupri) in Kirkuk province, saying he had found "a great job."
"He said some Arab friends told him there is a great job. The job paid $2,000, they told him. When they told him about $2,000, he agreed," his father, Wahab Khidir, told Rudaw. "I cannot say he was forced or anything, but the greed for money made him go."
According to the family, in early August, Matin sent a video message to his brother saying he was in Russia where he was undergoing military training and would soon be deployed to Ukraine. They say the video was deleted shortly after it was sent.
Khidir said they later received another message in which Matin stated he was "in Moscow now," would receive 15 days of training and then would be sent to the front lines. "He said he will be stationed in Bakhmut," the father said.
Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine, saw some of the bloodiest fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war in 2023.
Matin’s mother, Madina Saeed, said the family is desperate for information. Her son’s phone is switched off.
"We used to talk all the time. We had no issues. I am yearning a lot and my heart aches," she told Rudaw.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Department of Foreign Relations has notified its representative in Russia to follow up on the case. The representative told Rudaw that several young Kurds have traveled to Russia for money and joined the military, but said that because they went voluntarily, authorities cannot compel them to return.
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