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[REGNUM] According to the news, Russia is experiencing a real invasion of bears, which have begun to openly compete with people for living space.
Aggressive predators even disrupted Knowledge Day. On September 1, in the Slyudyansky District of the Irkutsk Region, all festive assemblies and celebrations were moved indoors. Furthermore, a curfew was imposed in the district from 9:00 PM to 7:00 AM, and all outdoor public events were temporarily banned.
Because curious animals can appear and attack at any moment—after the tragedy in Altai, when a man-eating bear dragged a woman from a tourist camp and killed her, such encounters are no longer considered a "reason to remove content."
Videos of a mother bear with cubs hopping along the road, or animals inspecting garbage dumps, wandering the streets, seizing garden plots, or attacking others appear almost daily from various regions.
Even in the Moscow region, they appeared for the first time in 80 years; they are often seen, for example, by residents of the Shakhovsky district.
The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment confirms that the brown bear population in the country has more than doubled since 1990, reaching nearly 308,000 individuals. Siberia and the Far East traditionally have the largest populations of bears in Russia. Among the leading regions are Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Kamchatka, and Irkutsk Oblast.
But it's not just about numbers: the key problem today is that animals have lost their fear of humans, and something needs to be done about this.
Arm the populace or bring in hunters, and tell them to shoot to kill. Anything less won’t teach apex predators to fear.
REALITY OR STATISTICAL ERROR?
First, let's finish sorting out the numbers.
Experts' opinions on this matter differ: many believe that there are even more bears than in official reports.
Alexander Savchenko, head of the Department of Hunting Resource Studies and Nature Conservation at Siberian Federal University, believes that government agencies are actually underreporting, although the figures are generally close to reality.
"There are no perfect methods; there's always a margin of error, and it's mitigated mathematically," he says. For specialists, assessing the situation over large areas with a difference of 2,000-3,000 individuals is irrelevant; monitoring long-term trends is more important.
In turn, Mikhail Krechmar, a game warden and specialist in conflicts between large predators and humans and a candidate of biological sciences, clarifies that any census of large mammals—bears, elk, wild boar, deer—always has an error of 25% in either direction.
"If we have a figure of 100,000, then 75,000 and 125,000 would be credible. And each proponent of their point of view can appeal to either the maximum or the minimum—and they won't be lying. Very convenient," he explains in an interview with Regnum News Agency.
According to Kretschmar, government agencies use data provided to them by regions and hunting grounds, but these figures “are absolutely average.”
There are currently no comprehensive studies on bear ecology in Russia, so it would be a perfectly reasonable decision to always assume that there are more bears (and to be prepared for the possibility of encountering them everywhere).
WHY DO THEY COME OUT TO PEOPLE?
Now about the most important thing: why brown bears are increasingly appearing near housing.
And there is no single reason here – there is a whole complex of them.
The first and most obvious ones stem from population growth. When a population increases, animals become overcrowded. Young individuals migrate to new territories, including areas previously uninhabited.
Alexander Savchenko explains that this is a consequence of intraspecies competition. Older males defend their territory, displacing younger ones. Clashes between them are violent. In a new location, the animals simply don't know where to find food, so they often venture into human habitats in search of sustenance.
Furthermore, the large number of aggressive conflicts between animals fighting for territory leads to serious injuries, including jaw injuries. These injuries, in turn, contribute to the spread of parasitic infestations—in some areas, trichinosis infection rates among bears reach 30–50% or more.
And this greatly influences behavior, turning normally secretive predators into unpredictably dangerous animals.
The disease causes severe intoxication, fever, and acute pain. Due to weakness, high fever, and pain, the bear loses the ability to hunt normally.
"If animals are injured, they can't find food properly and turn to people. By winter, the number of animals that haven't accumulated enough fat increases; they invade villages, destroy hunters' huts, and become extremely dangerous. Now they're either killed or die of exhaustion. It's a vicious cycle!" the expert says.
The second reason is the state of the food supply.
In some regions, such as the Tomsk region or the Sochi area, experts report a shortage of natural food: dry summers, poor berry and nut harvests, and forest fires are forcing predators to seek food elsewhere.
The third factor is the availability of human food.
The Ministry of Natural Resources directly cites this as one of the main reasons why animals lose their fear of humans. Unauthorized dumps and food scraps at tourist campsites, summer cottages, apiaries, and farms develop a habit in bears to come after easy prey. The animal begins to associate humans with food.
Gamekeeper Mikhail Krechmar is even more categorical:
"It's the accessibility of garbage dumps and landfills to animals that creates the basis for 90% of conflicts. The animals feed on them, begin to view them as their property, and attack approaching humans."
According to him, this applies not only to bears, but also to stray dogs, foxes and raccoon dogs.
Finally, the lack of habit of viewing humans as a threat also plays a role. Bear hunting is a licensed activity, with strictly limited hunting periods (as is the license validity period), and shooting female bears with cubs and animals under one year of age is prohibited.
By comparison, in the Soviet Union, hunting season lasted until the end of February, guns could be purchased from the age of 14, and hunters were dropped off by helicopter at remote hunting grounds.
A conflict bear could be shot without permission, according to a document, and not only by game inspectors, but also by ordinary hunters, who then simply reported to the hunting department.
Licenses were inexpensive: 50 rubles in Siberia, 70 in other regions. A special agency kept records, and, for example, in 1970, over 1,600 forestry enterprises participated in the census.
Now, all bears in Russia are, so to speak, "zoomers"—their average lifespan in the wild is about 20–25 years; they no longer remember the days of commercial hunting and simply don't expect any danger from humans.
One way or another, it all comes down to the fact that the sudden appearance of a dangerous beast in places that were always considered safe should now be considered a constant – and one should be prepared for it.
THE BEAST ATTACKS
There are no official statistics on bear attacks on people in Russia—a fact acknowledged by both local authorities and experts themselves. There is no separate record of such incidents, and the data is fragmented. The picture has to be pieced together from media reports, local authorities, and game managers.
According to preliminary estimates, there have been 17 attacks in the country since the beginning of 2026, with 11 people injured and six killed. However, these figures should be treated with caution—some incidents may not be publicly reported, while others, on the contrary, may be unconfirmed.
Mikhail Krechmar, speaking with Regnum News Agency, cites a different figure: according to his data, 20 fatalities have been recorded in the country since the beginning of the year. He emphasized that the typical number of brown bear attacks in Russia ranges from 30 to 80 per year.
However, the events of recent weeks have pushed people to take countermeasures.
A resident of the village of Artybash in Altai, where a bear emerged from the forest and mauled a 29-year-old tourist, reported on social media:
"It's the dead of night now, and this is the quietest night we've had on Lake Teletskoye, because we've imposed a curfew from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. Today is the first day. There are four patrols here shooting bears."
A state of high alert has been declared in the Turochak district, with police and hunters patrolling villages around the clock. Over the past two days, they have killed 12 bears near Artybash and Iogach.
However, attacks continued at the end of August and in the first days of September.
On August 30, a bear attacked a pensioner in the Kemerovo region. The woman was hospitalized, and a local police officer shot the bear. On August 31, two hunters were injured in Kamchatka and evacuated by air ambulance. On September 1, in Novokuznetsk, a bear attacked an elderly woman near a gardening community.
IS THERE A WAY OUT?
There is no single solution yet on how to stop this, although specific steps are already being proposed.
Biological Doctor Alexander Savchenko believes that we should start by changing hunting regulations. Remove bears from the list of licensed species, extend the general hunting period to include January, and increase the individual hunting period per license from 30 days to three to four months.
*feeling clever*
In addition, the expert proposes introducing a system of incentives for bear harvesting and significantly reducing fees for permits, especially in leased hunting areas.
While formal limits and quotas remain in place, they're not actually enforced. In 2025, hunters harvested only 30% of the permitted amount. In Yakutia and Altai, the figure was 10-11%. This is because hunting has become unprofitable: the meat is often contaminated, the pelt doesn't pay for the cost of dressing, and permits are issued for only 30 days. Savchenko adds that on leased lands, the owners themselves are jacking up prices: in Siberia, a permit costs from 15,000 rubles, and in the European part, up to 80,000.
"As hunters say, 'I don't need a bear for free: the meat is risky, often infected with trichinosis, and needs to be brought out of the taiga and inspected; the pelt—dressing it alone costs more than selling it; paws and bile—there's no organized market today.' And most importantly, bear hunting is difficult, expensive, and carries a certain amount of risk," adds Savchenko.
Gamekeepers also face problems: in some regions, they can't legally purchase the powerful weapons needed for hunting, and the training system is in disarray—there are only three or four game management institutes left in the entire country. Graduates receive meager salaries, and the profession has become unprestigious.
Trophy hunting is a separate category.
In Kamchatka, hunters have been shooting the largest males for decades, disrupting the population structure. In the wild, such males maintain a territory and prevent young from breeding, and without them, the number of aggressive individuals increases.
Mikhail Krechmar, for his part, doubts that such changes are sufficient. The expert emphasizes that bears were a commodity in Soviet times, but now no one wants them, and it's difficult to persuade hunters to hunt them.
But it is quite possible to solve the problem of landfills.
According to Kretschmar, it is precisely garbage dumps accessible to animals that form the basis for 90% of conflicts. Therefore, it is imperative to immediately eliminate illegal dumps, fence off waste sites, and promptly remove waste from tourist camps and summer cottages.
Well, citizens should think about how to protect themselves and repel animals that are afraid of sudden loud noises, fire, explosions, and pepper spray—there are plenty of such products available over the counter.
But without a systematic approach that takes into account all components of the “bear problem,” it will not be resolved and unpleasant encounters will continue.
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Lots of bear attack reports this year - started with Japan, I think. Is it just being reported more because it's a journalistic "thing" now or is there really an uptick in attacks? If the latter, what might be the cause? Climate change? (snark) Ursine Distemper out of a Wuhan lab? They're just tired of our $#it?
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After my last visit to a park, I'd say many people of The Age of Screen, politely put, are so self aware they don't understand anything outside of their self. e.g. I'm going to go get a selfie with that mother Elk and her calf.
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Tourons
This is an actual word. I first heard it from my brother who was a ranger at one of the state parks in Michigan's Uppper Penninsula.
It refers to the sort of people who go mountain biking over cliffs, get stuck driving down impassible muddy two-tracks, or try to take selfies with the bears at the dump.
(Copper Harbor, MI has some excellent mountain bike trail. Mind the drop!)
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Last Sunday night we had a massive bear buffet of every trashcan in the neighborhood, one after the other, you could hear them for hours. Winter is coming and they know the refuse collection days for each neighborhood. They come down into the Carson Valley food court from the Sierra Nevada's eqach night!like gourmet diners
I like the story about how bear trash cans have to be dumbed down because too many humans couldn't figure out how to use them.
Related Friday Funny:
Daughter was at a camp, and convinced her cabin full of well to do city dwellers that pine cones go to sleep at night. After she laid the story, for the rest of camp she would put a closed pine cone on the table after everyone had fallen asleep, and replace it with an open one during morning when everyone was out for morning scheduling, repeat.
Again, slightly off-topic
Daughter and I were talking about these 'named celebrities' get on one of those appetite suppressive and turn into skeletons and I said they need to eat nutrient dense foods like meat, jerky, and they then get the Rabbit Fever. She knew exactly what I was talking about. I had the time of my life explaining about how coveted Bear Fat was back in the day to compensate for Lean Meat, especially Black Bear, why Pemmican was an ideal concentrated food (plus they need to exercise as well).
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[Regnum] Injuries on the bodies of the deceased women in Krasnoyarsk Krai indicate a bear attack. This was reported on September 3 by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai and Khakassia.
Rescuers found the bodies of unidentified people yesterday in a forest in the Yenisei District, bearing signs of a wild animal attack. Preliminary findings indicate that the injuries were consistent with a bear attack.
According to investigators, on August 31, two residents of the village of Podtesovo went into the forest to pick mushrooms and did not return home that day. The women's relatives filed a missing persons report with law enforcement. Volunteers found the women's bodies in the forest approximately 3-4 km from the village.
Investigative measures are currently underway to establish all the circumstances of the tragedy. Forensic examinations have been ordered to determine the cause of death of the women. A procedural decision will be made based on the results of the investigation.
Earlier, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a bear attacked a camp abandoned by tourists near the Kizir River, tearing apart the boat and destroying supplies. According to the travelers, only the bottom remained intact. The group was forced to navigate the Kizir River in the torn boat, but they managed to reach the village.
Recently, bear encounters with people have become more frequent in other regions of Russia. For example, in the Chelyabinsk region, a family of bears ran out onto the road near Lake Bannoye in the dark. The mother and cubs were startled by a passing car, causing them to run ahead along the road. Later, they pulled over into the woods.
On August 19, a wild bear attacked a tent containing tourists at the Istok recreation center in the village of Artybash. The campers had pitched the tent on the banks of the Biya River. The predator tore the fabric, dragged her into the forest, and mauled a 29-year-old woman to death. Due to the emergency, authorities in the Altai Republic declared a state of high alert in the Turochak district. Movement of residents and visitors was restricted at night from 8:00 PM to 10:00 AM, and police and hunters organized 24-hour patrols of the villages. Following the incident, 12 bears were killed. The predators have become more frequent in the vicinity of villages, so population control is essential for the safety of residents.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has seen his approval ratings plummet — despite controlling the polls — in what experts said was a sign of the growing frustration over the prolonged war in Ukraine.
Putin, who enjoyed approval numbers as high as 89% before invading his neighbor, has seen his popularity free-fall to about 65% in the latest state-run Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) survey. Which means they're probably actually a lot lower
The Public Opinion Foundation, which conducts surveys for the Kremlin, also found that support for Putin’s performance fell from 71% to 66% in July, the steepest fall since the 2022 protests spurred by the Russian draft.The fact that the Kremlin’s own surveys are reporting such numbers suggest that officials are sending a clear message to Putin: Plan your next moves carefully and end the war soon, Kateryna Stepanenko, the Russia Team Lead at the Institute for the Study of War think tank, told The Post.
“We’ve seen support for Putin waning, albeit marginally, but it shows that his critical decisions in the war are forcing pollsters to show the active decline,” Stepanenko said.
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...I think after a few of those experts take headers out a second story window, new experts will come up with a more palatable result.
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I seem to recall this same media saying hours after the start of the special military operation that Putin was deathly ill with cancer. I think they've also said that Ukraine is winning, but I could be mistaken.
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[Korrespondent] 22.59 In Ukraine, the system for responding to emerging threats will be changed. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved new rules that address two levels of concern, changes in business and transport, as well as new benefits to ukritti. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergey Koretsky informed about this.
The new warning system is planned to be differentiated depending on the nature of the threat.
"Zhovty" rhubarb - basically deafen in the hour of attacks by Russian drones.
"Chervony" rhubarb - in times of missile insecurity, in the face of the threat of ballistic strikes, and also in the face of mass attacks.
For different levels, please refer to the rules of work.
22.11 At the Kropyvnytskyi Vechery on the 3rd spring, the presence of a Russian drone was recorded at a large number of surface living booths. It became known about one injured person. Information about the legacy of the attack is being clarified. The head of the Kirovograd Regional Military Administration Andriy Raikovich reported this.
21.53 Evening on Thursday, 3rd Versun, Russian troops attacked Kiev again. In the Golosiivsky district, after a fire broke out at the 9th surface of the living building, three people were injured. Also in the Darnytskyi district, where UAVs fell near one of the stores, we already know about two victims. In addition, near the Solomyansky district of the capital, a number of attacks were recorded in the open territory. In another place, the ulamki fell into the territory of non-living oblivion, de Vinikla burned. The consequences of the attack were reported to the Kiev authorities Vitaliy Klitschko, the Kiev Municipal Military Administration and the DSNS.
20.47 At the hour of yesterday's attack, the Russian army attacked the shoe assets of the Naftogaz Group. A number of Ukrnafta manufacturing plants were destroyed during the shelling, the company’s press service reported.
Numerous accidents were recorded at the enterprises, which subsequently resulted in losses. Poshkodzhene obladnannya zupinili.
Nina fakhivtsy assess the legacy of the enemy’s attack.
20.03 British Prime Minister Endy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed further details of the construction of local storage lines for long-range SCALP missiles in Ukraine. This was reported to the office of the British head of state.
20.02 Evening on Thursday, 3rd Spring, in the Golosiivsky district of Kiev, as a result of the accident of a Russian drone, a 9-surface living cabin caught fire. Pozhezha vinikla from the fourth to the ninth surface. As soon as the capital Vitaliy Klitschko was informed, emergency services immediately broke down in the area. Then Klitschko clarified that in the living room there is a ruin in the ninth century. 15 people were evacuated from the area. Information about possible casualties and the scale of the destruction is being clarified.
19.44 The Ukrainian PPO the next day shoots down Russian Geran-5 jet drones near Kiev, as reported by the Ukrainian President’s adviser Sergey “Flash” Beskrestnov. The Kiev-INFO Telegram channel reported about the fall of one of these drones on the territory of a residential complex in Kiev and the victim of a 12-year-old girl. According to Beskrestnov, the Russian military is launching Geranium-5 from a distance of about 400 km.
18.49 Ukrainian defenders took another 4 square meters under control. km of territory on the Kup'yansky direct in the Kharkiv region. About this, having informed the 23rd assault regiment R.U.G.
18.14 In Kiev, as a result of an attack by Russian drones, six people were already injured. Vitaliy Klitschko reported about this on Telegram. The incidence of drone attacks has also been recorded in two areas: Golosievsky and Svyatoshinsky.
17.46 President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Kiev with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The Ukrainian leader told about this on Telegram.
17.39 Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin said that Russians should be prepared for a severe gasoline shortage caused, in his words, by attacks on Russian oil refineries. Just before I spoke at the Economic Forum, Putin learned that the Russian government was not ready for a series of attacks on the energy infrastructure. According to him, the Kremlin has assured that civilian energy facilities will not be targets of attacks.
17.17 The 16th Army Corps of the Ukrainian Defense Forces heard the statements of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the grouping of military forces “North” about the burial of Vasylivka, Dovzhanka, Blagodatne and Slizneve and the “locking of the Vovchansky cauldron.” The corps called this information Russian propaganda and stated that for the remaining six months, the Ukrainian fighters did not lose their position in their defense. The defense forces will continue to streamline the offensive actions of the Russian troops. The Ukrainian military also updated the situation in the Milovoye and Odradnyi areas.
17.10 The Russian drone landed on the other part of the road near the Darnytskyi district of Kiev. Vitaliy Klitschko reported about this on Telegram. Chotiri people suffered. They receive necessary medical care.
16.56 At Moscow airports, due to the coronavirus threat, at least 59 flights were affected. According to The Moscow Times, at 12:50 Moscow time on 3rd Sunday, 29 flights from Vnukovo airport were unable to take off, 23 from Domodedovo, and 23 from Sheremetyevo.
Rosaviatsiya in the evening of 2nd spring and 3rd spring repeatedly introduced restrictions on the work of Moscow airports due to the global threat.
Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin stated that during the course of this effort, the Russian PPO had lost 548 drones that were heading straight to the capital. In his words, 143 of them were killed close to Moscow, and at the distant borders.
16.32 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at Thursday, April 3, chaired a meeting of the Supreme Headquarters of the Supreme Commander, at which point they discussed the accelerated production of Swedish over-the-top drones to counter the rocket-propelled bombers. According to Zelensky, in Ukraine there are already plant breeders who have developed prototypes of such spitters. They work to improve their effectiveness, after which they plan to scale up the production. Okremo at Stavtsa discussed the acquisition of Ukrainian business before production, the development and adjustment of various types of anti-aircraft defense systems.
16.07 Ukrainian strike drones hit the Russian Kasta radar station in the Vyshnevo area during the immediate occupation of the territory of the Zaporizhzhya region on the 1st spring. I informed the ZSU General Staff about this. Following objective control data, the drones were fed into the radar antenna and hardware station of the radar complex. It is important that the complete set of Kastya-2E2 is valued at up to $60 million, respecting the military.
15.52 On Thursday, April 3, Russian troops attacked the logistics complex of TOV KhFK Biokon near the Boryspil district of the Kiev region, reports Forbes Ukraine. According to Economic Truth, as a result of the attack, a significant supply of pharmaceutical products from marketable manufacturers, such as Pfizer, Novartis, Roche, Teva and AstraZeneca, has been depleted. First of all, shortages due to a shortage of products can cost billions of hryvnias.
15.15 The State Bureau of Investigation discovered a scheme in the military unit in the Zhytomyr region, for which five military servicemen, according to investigators, were not formally serving, but were actually working in a private furniture manufacturing business. Behind the data of the DBR, the suspicion was hidden and reported to six military servicemen: the intercessor of the chief of logistics of one of the army corps of the Ground Forces of the ZSU and five soldiers. The bureau says that the scheme has been in effect since mid-2025. For the first time, five soldiers were freely paid a total of 1.2 million UAH of the sovereign's penny security.
Several soldiers are suspected of cunning military service as a means of deception perpetrated by the front group in the minds of the military camp. The great protector of the commander is accused of organizing this crime, and the military service member is accused of disciplining his crime.
14.50 Russian troops began to use Shahedi as carriers for smaller drones, delivering them to the corners of Ukraine. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel єRadar.
“Confirmed in the Kiev region: “Shahed” has resumed its role as a carrier for FPV drones. Previously, we already knew about the occasional episodes of stagnation of hostile drones of the Shahed type, which is what FPV drones do. The tactic was immediately confirmed in the capital region - an FPV drone was found attached to the Shahedi,” the document says.
The Russians actually use the Shahed as a mother drone ("mothership"), which carries smaller FPV drones deep into the territory to launch and drop.
14.26 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified and approved 1,526 new pieces of armored and military equipment for delivery to the Defense Forces over the entire month of 2026. About 91% of them are from Ukrainian production.
During the same period in 2025, the Ministry of Defense codified 983 pieces of modern military technology, while Ukrainian was 86%.
The national arsenal of the Defense Forces has been replenished with new designs of unmanned aircraft systems, including long-range deep strikes, high-tech middle strikes and Swedish super-swimming drones.
Also codified are the words for armored vehicles and special armored vehicles, ammunition, communication systems, electronic warfare/reconnaissance systems, ground robotic systems, vehicles of various purposes too bad.
14.18 Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sibiga identifies new dynamics in peaceful forces and speaks of the importance of the United States’ participation. Interfax-Ukraine reported this at a press conference with the head of the Ministry of Health of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
It is unrealistic to achieve the end of the Russian aggression without the participation of the American side.
Recently, President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Rosmov and the American negotiating team. Contacts with their representatives, according to the minister, are maintained regularly.
“This dialogue is not interrupted. And I recommend that you keep an eye on what’s new,” Sibiga said.
The head of the Ministry of Health emphasized that Ukraine is ready to end the war and makes a realistic proposition.
14.05 Russia’s blocking of the ports of Velikaya Odessa creates a significant loss of exports for Ukraine and eliminates key gaps in the work. According to various estimates, the risk is estimated at $0.8-1.2 billion to $1.5-2 billion in export revenues this month, due to the triviality and scale of the decrease. About this can be found in the materials of the Slawa TV channel with assessments of logistics companies, businesses, the National Bank of Ukraine and Galuzev’s experts.
13.56 The units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit the low military targets of the Russian Federation on the 2nd spring and on the 3rd spring, close to the time-occupied Crimea. The press service informed the General Staff about this on Thursday.
So, near Sevastopol, Crimea, the landing boat BK-16 was damaged. The level of the assigned penalties is being clarified as soon as possible.
Also, near the area of the instantly occupied Sevastopol, a mobile radio-electronic warfare station Krasukha-4 was damaged.
Also, near the Mariny area, the Russian UAV control center was hit.
13.52 Russia and Ukraine are to blame for starting the war on their own, and other powers may no longer provide assistance. The chances of obtaining such properties are still being preserved. The ruler of the Russian Federation, Volodimir Putin, stated this.
“What are the chances? In my opinion, they stink,” said the Kremlin official, confirming that there is a minimal prospect for peaceful and constructive negotiations in Ukraine.
With this, Putin said that Russia and Ukraine will have to agree among themselves. In his words, the United States and China are constantly showing respect for this topic “and strive in every way to ensure that the problem is solved for us before peaceful means.”
"If, after all, this problem may be solved, it is in front of the countries that were captured before the conflict. This is Russia and Ukraine. This is the right approach. We wish everyone who wants to earn their contribution from regulation of this diet,” said the Kremlin official.
At the same time, Putin added that “attacks on Russian civilian ships and threats of attacks on civilian aircraft” complicate the possibility of peace negotiations with Ukraine.
13.18 An officer of the Russian Aerospace Forces was shot at in the town of Engels, Saratov region of the Russian Federation. He was hospitalized for serious illness. The pro-Kremlin Telegram channel Mash reported about this.
And the Telegram channel Spy Dossier informs that there has been an attack on the life of the commander of the 22nd important bomber aviation division of the long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Major General Mikoli Varpakhovich.
12.55 Russia attacked the Dnieper. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out near the bridge - the warehouses of the logistics company caught fire. One person died, five were injured.
12.24 The legacy of the Russian attack on the village of Pechenigi, Chuguivsky district, injured at least 10 people. The head of the Kharkiv Regional Police Department, Oleg Sinegubov, reported this on Telegram.
11.19 Attacks by Russian aggressors on Thursday night caused ruin in 13 regions of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Telegram.
He noted that in many places and communities, anxiety practically does not subside due to the threat of Russian jet drones: “the enemy is not at the gates - the Russians have recognized a new escalation and do not plan to change its wraps.”
11.01 At the port of the Russian city of Sochi, the moon broke after an attack by probably unsafe boats. This was reported on the ASTRA Telegram channel. The main purpose was a supply vessel designed to ensure the safety of offshore oil and gas operations.
10.48 Russia is spreading the fake about “zero aid” to Estonia and Ukraine in the EU English community. Despite the fact that Estonia's extra aid in 2022-2027 amounts to 1.41 billion euros. This was stated by the Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the RNBO.
10.29 In four and five regions of Ukraine, power outages were recorded due to Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure. Ukrenergo reported about this.
10.22 A native of the Pokrovsky district, who is procrastinating in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, asking a resident of the Dnieper to help him get out of the military department at the health camp for further travel beyond the border.
In his words, the necessary documents can be completed directly with special contacts from the doctors of the medical installation of one of the RTCC and SP of the Donetsk region. The person may formally undergo a medical examination and be recognized as ineligible before military service.
He withdrew 20,000 hryvnias for a bank account, and three days later, at the hour of the rush on the Dnieper, another 18,200 dollars. The client's refund will be transferred 2-3 months after the “white receipt” is issued.
The law enforcement forces were in charge of bringing the scheme to an end - the organizer was screamed at and harassed. Within an hour of searching, they obtained 14,000 dollars, 138,000 hryvnia, a telephone, as well as copies of special and medical documents. The man was informed about the suspicion of the evil spirit.
09.48 In the Donetsk region, six people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, among them a child. The police recorded 1,119 attacks along the front line and residential areas of the region, law enforcement reported.
09.37 Russia is at war against Ukraine and cannot achieve adequate progress on the front. However, we may risk provocations or attacks against one of the NATO countries. This was stated by the permanent US representative to NATO, Matthew Whitaker.
In his words, the United States has given its allegiance to the principle of collective defense of NATO. Currently, Washington is calling on European allies to contribute to their defense capabilities to stem the threat from Russia. Zokrema, hybrid attacks.
“Russia is immediately stuck in Ukraine. It has not been able and cannot achieve any progress on the front,” Whitaker said.
At the same time, the diplomat spoke about those that cannot be turned off, that Russia may try to take action against one of the NATO countries.
“These aggressive actions - the invasion of Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea - I think they all make us aware that Russia may not be defeated and may be ready to take action against the edge of NATO,” Whitaker said.
In his words, if Russia had gone to such lengths, it would have fought with “an even stronger and more powerful Alliance, which is becoming stronger every day.”
09.29 The army of the aggressor country continues massive attacks on the Sumy region. Over the course of the fire, the enemy launched a total of 40 attacks on 24 settlements in the region. Eight people were injured due to the shelling.
09.11 Russian military forces attacked the Khmelnitsky region with strike drones overnight.
Near Khmelnitsky, UAVs fell into the territory of the enterprise - the vantazhivka caught fire, the warehouse was damaged. He was injured in a car and was hospitalized. Just before the second attack, a fire broke out on the territory of yet another enterprise in the region. Pozhezhi were liquidated.
09.05 Over the past few days, Russian troops have been attacking the settlements of the Kherson region with aircraft, drones and artillery. Є dead and 16 injured.
09.00 Near the Boryspil district of the Kiev region, as a result of the Russian attack on the 3rd, the head was wounded by shrapnel. You were hospitalized.
The warehouse premises, the administrative office, the store and the MAFI were damaged.
08.42 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 163 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (about half are reactive), S8000 Banderol, Gerbera and simulator drones of the Parody type.
The anti-aircraft defense destroyed/suppressed 135 UAVs of the Shahed type (including jets), Gerbera and drones of other types. The occurrence of enemy attacks in 15 locations, as well as the fall of the killed (tricks) in several locations, was recorded.
07.59 At the beginning of the 3rd spring in Odessa, as a result of the Russian attack, 21 surface housing units were damaged. Poshkodzheni apartments from the 10th to the 17th surface, as well as cars. 17 people were injured, including three children.
07.22 From February 24, 2022 to June 3, 2026, the military’s military spending in the special warehouse of the Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,492,350 people (+1320 per additional amount).
04.12 In Odessa, eight people were injured as a result of the accident.
01.25 Zelensky’s statement about “unsafety in the Russian sky” caused a sharp decline in flights at Moscow airports. At Moscow airports on Wednesday, 2nd Sunday, 27 flights of foreign airlines were grounded.
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[NewsFront] 20:31 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 426 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region and the Republic of Crimea. 18:09 A crew of the Skat-350M UAV from the 44th Army Corps calculated a camouflaged fortified area with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. The target coordinates were instantly transferred to firing positions.
Artillerymen destroyed enemy positions, and drone operators recorded the destruction of the objects.
17:06 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue conducting group attacks on sea vessels and port infrastructure facilities deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During the day, strike unmanned aerial vehicles in the Black Sea hit a dry cargo ship carrying weapons and ammunition, and a container ship carrying military equipment.
14:01 RF Armed Forces hit:
logistics center "New Mail";
two dry cargo ships and port infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:43 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
As a result of decisive actions, units of the North military group took control of the settlements of Vasilevka, Blagovatnoye, and Dolzhanka in the Khar'kov region.
Formations of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades, the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Goptovka, Novooleksandrivka, Olkhovatka, Pogoreloye, Prikolotnoye, Khotomlya, and Shevchenkovo in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kiyanitsa, Ulanovo and Khoten in the Sumy region.
The enemy lost over 315 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, nine cars, four artillery pieces, a counter-battery radar station and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of a Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade, a naval infantry brigade, and the territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Grushevka, Petrovka, Prilyutovo, and Studenok in the Khar'kov region, and Krymki and Prishyb in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to over 210 military personnel, four combat armored vehicles, 11 cars, two field artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces, as a result of active operations, liberated the village of Izhevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The formations of the mechanized, airmobile, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Verolyubovka, Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, Nikolaevka, Semenovka and Slavyansk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 205 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 26 cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Andreevka, Belozerskoye, Bokovoe, Gruzskoye, Dobropolye, Novotroitske, and Sergeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 385 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 12 cars, an electronic warfare station, and an electronic intelligence station.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized infantry brigade, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Vasylkivka, Ivanovka, and Otryshky in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Nikolskoye, Obshcheye, and Trudovoye in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost more than 340 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and six vehicles.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an unmanned aerial vehicle brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Zapasne, Kirovo, Malokaterynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Novodmitrivka in the Kherson region, and the city of Kherson.
12:34 Units of the Southern Group of Forces released the settlement of Izhevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
12:34 Units of the North group of forces took the settlements of Vasilevka, Blagovatnoye and Dolzhanka in the Khar'kov region under control.
09:11 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue conducting group strikes against Ukrainian logistics facilities deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During the night, the Biokon logistics center in the village of Velyka Oleksandrivka in the Kyiv region, used for the storage and distribution of military cargo, was hit by attack drones.
08:57 During the past night, from 20:00 Moscow time on September 2 to 8:00 Moscow time on September 3, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 416 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Tver, Smolensk, Kursk, Oryol, Tula, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Tambov, Rostov, Volgograd, Penza regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.
06:01 Novorossiysk paratroopers' rocket launchers destroyed temporary deployment point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) unit near Zaporizhzhia.
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[Regnum] Russian air defense forces shot down 426 Ukrainian drones during the day, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on September 3.
"During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 426 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the statement said.
The drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region and Crimea.
Earlier that day, two civilians in the Oryol region were injured in an attack by Ukrainian drones. Destruction was recorded at the crash sites of the downed drones: private homes, outbuildings, and cars were damaged.
[BusinessInsider] A gunfight broke out in Kyiv on Tuesday between special forces units run by Ukraine's intelligence and security agencies, with at least three officers reported wounded.
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called the confrontation — involving the country's military intelligence directorate, GUR, and the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU — an "absolutely shameful situation."
"Here, in Ukraine, it is only possible to shoot at Russian occupiers to protect Ukraine. No other shootout will ever be perceived by our state as something that is permitted for anyone," he said.
The violent clash in central Kyiv is one of the most dramatic and high-profile confrontations between friendly Ukrainian forces.
The SBU said in a statement on Wednesday that the gunfight occurred while it was investigating a possible operation by the Kremlin against a Russian dissident. SBU agents had been collecting and recording evidence as part of "urgent investigative actions," it said.
"During a search at one of the addresses, a group of individuals carried out an armed attack on the SBU operational-investigative group," the statement said.
According to the SBU, these individuals blocked its officers and their cars from proceeding, after which the security service called in its "Alpha" special forces unit to intervene.
"During the cessation of armed resistance, law enforcement officers used weapons," the SBU wrote, adding in the statement that the people blocking its investigation were from a Ukrainian unit.
Several members of the opposing group were wounded in the process, it added.
APARTMENT RAID CENTRAL TO SHOOTOUT
Local media reported that the raid centered on Stepan Kaplunov, the deputy commander of a unit of Russian volunteers who fight for Ukraine under GUR's Timur special forces paramilitary.
Kaplunov's unit, the Russian Volunteer Corps, said on Tuesday that he had been "abducted by unknown individuals" and was appealing for information on his whereabouts.
He later emerged after the confrontation, telling Ukrainian media outlet Radio NV that he had been held for days by the SBU under accusation of contacting Russia's Federal Security Service.
Kaplunov said he was brought to one of his apartments, where the SBU tried to conduct a search. The Russian volunteer said he heard sounds of a gunfight at the apartment, but did not see what happened as he was inside.
Video on social media appears to show moments of the confrontation between two groups of Ukrainian troops, who can be seen approaching each other aggressively. Gunshots can be heard as one group began raising their firearms and detaining members of the other.
GUR and the SBU did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Russian nuclear bomber commander, who is said to have ordered a strike on Ukrainian children's hospital, has been left fighting for his life after being shot in the head in a suspected assassination attempt.
Maj. Gen. Nikolai Varpakhovich, 56, commander of Russia's 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, was reported to be in 'critical condition.'
An unknown 'assassin' wearing a helmet on a motorcycle approached his private house and opened fire, according to reports.
Local media reported that he was shot twice 'with a pistol' in the face and abdomen in the village of Probuzhdeniye, in the Engels district.
The commander, blamed for atrocities against Ukraine, is in charge of Vladimir Putin's nuclear-capable strategic bombers at Engels airbase.
He was being flown to Moscow on a medical evacuation flight.
Ukraine's SBU security service has accused Varpakhovich of ordering the July 8 2024 strike on Kyiv's Okhmatdyt children's hospital, in which two people were killed and dozens wounded.
He was also blamed for an April 2022 Kh-101 strike on an Odesa apartment block, which killed eight people, including three-month-old Kira Hlodan, her mother and grandmother, as well as an attack on the Kyiv television tower.
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I have no patience with "drive-by" shootings. If your target is worth shooting (as this "person" seems to be), take the time to stop and do the job right.
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[Breitbart] Norwegian authorities seized a Russian vessel in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Wednesday at the request of Ukraine’s Naftogaz as part of a global effort to enforce a $4.22 billion arbitration award.
Naftogaz is trying to recover the multibillion-dollar arbitration award stemming from Russia’s 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea and its seizure of Ukrainian energy assets, including gas fields and pipelines.
In 2023, an arbitration tribunal in The Hague ordered Russia to pay the $4.22 billion to the Ukrainian state-owned energy company for unlawfully seizing its assets in Crimea.
After Russia’s refusal to pay the award, Naftogaz has been petitioning national courts seeking court orders to seize Russian commercial assets.
“This is another important step towards restoring justice for Russia’s unlawful seizure of Naftogaz assets in Crimea. Russia cannot evade responsibility simply by refusing to comply with an international arbitral award. We will continue to pursue Russian assets around the world,” said Naftogaz CEO Sergii Fedorenko.
When asked on Thursday about Norway’s action, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the seizure of civilian vessels and strikes on merchant shipping were “acts of state terrorism.”
He also condemned recent warnings by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to foreign airlines that flying in Russia would no longer be safe because of Ukrainian long-range drone attacks.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] In a civil defence shelter hewn into rock, behind doors designed to withstand a nuclear or biological attack, two Finnish conscripts wearing hazmat suits and breathing masks are measuring radiation levels as they take part in an exercise to turn a cave into a place of safety for thousands of people.
Inside, in what is normally a sports hall, hundreds of people are sleeping overnight on trestle beds.
More than 2,000 people including volunteers and students are taking part in the biggest civil defence exercise in Europe since the end of World War II.
In the scenario, critical infrastructure in the central Finnish city of Kuopio, including power and water, has been disrupted by cyberattacks and there's the threat of missile strikes from Finland's neighbour, Russia.
The goal is for local authorities and ordinary people to rehearse what they would do if they came under attack for real.
But while underground bunkers and shelters may offer some protection from missiles, they are no defence against the campaign of sabotage and disruption that Western officials say Russia is carrying out across Europe. That has involved setting fires, attacking water facilities and power stations, and sending drones for sabotage into European Union airspace.
Finland's border with Russia stretches more than 830 miles from the Baltic Sea up to the Arctic Circle. In 2024, along with Sweden, Finland joined NATO, following Russian President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Until then, Finns were prepared to defend themselves against Russia largely alone.
Finland's defence, said retired Army Colonel Asko Muhonen, relies not only on the military but on the 'mindset' of ordinary Finns who are ready to take responsibility for their country's security.
Muhonen, who organised the exercise in Kuopio, said that comes partly from the system of conscription which continued in Finland, even after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Not everyone is happy about doing national service but 'it's our duty to serve and protect this country like people have before us. That's why we have our independence,' said Jyry Pietikainen, 23, a conscript who was taught how to run the Kuopio shelter overnight.
Finland also needs to learn lessons from Ukraine, Muhonen said.
While the biggest shelter in Kuopio can fit 7,000 people, Ukrainians sometimes only have a few minutes to run to a subway station or underground parking lot. That means people need a shelter they can reach easily that offers some form of protection - not necessarily one that can withstand a nuclear attack, he said.
Dmytro Untila, 20, a Ukrainian student at the university in Kuopio, was at home in Odesa when Russian missiles struck his city on Feb. 24, 2022, the first day of the war. He sheltered in the entrance hall of his building because he didn't have anywhere else to go, he said.
Training for such a situation would have definitely helped in Ukraine, he said, 'because nobody knew this could happen.'
The biggest threat to energy infrastructure in the Kuopio region is heavy snowfall, storms and bad weather, said Juha Räsänen, CEO at the Savon Voima electricity company.
But since the invasion of Ukraine, and the company's decision to stop buying Russian biofuel, the number of cyberattacks against the network has significantly increased, Räsänen said.
Last year, engineers also found at least 10 stickers placed on particularly vulnerable parts of the energy network infrastructure. Other energy companies in Finland have also found them and don't know where they came from, he said.
'If there was an explosion at that point, it could destroy a whole dam,' Räsänen said. Drones have also been spotted over power lines but those responsible have not been identified, he said.
It is not possible to guard against all threats, Räsänen said, which is why it's important people are prepared to look after themselves without help for at least 72 hours - if the power supply goes out, or if water becomes undrinkable.
The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service said it investigated 'a wide range of observations' and found nothing of concern.
Since 2022, people have been more vigilant because of the security situation and therefore have reported things like reflective stickers related to land survey works, it said in a statement. Drone sightings, it said, have 'largely been explained by everyday occurrences.'
'Small things are happening all the time,' including Russian jamming of GPS signals, said Vuokko Lahtinen, 32, who was visiting a sauna in Kuopio.
For that reason, 'the best defence of Finland is to make it not worth attacking,' she said.
That relies on the country's military and defence forces but also Finnish people who feel like 'we have something we want to fight for,' she said.
In Finland, she said, there is a 'general feeling of responsibility,' which has grown out of local community groups and even initiatives such as recycling.
'On a very simple daily level, if you do things that matter, then it has a butterfly-wing effect,' Lahtinen said.
In its wars with the Soviet Union, Finland lost around 11% of its territory, and more than 400,000 people, around 12% of the population, fled their homes from an area that is now in western Russia.
At Kuopio's veterans' museum, Risto Mönkkönen, 95, showed AP a piece of paper on which he had written down the dates the city was bombed and who died.
[DM] A technology store in Russia has released footage of a moment it claims shows one of its robot assistants lashing out at a customer after he pushed it.
The video, taken inside Volga Electronics in Saratov, shows the robot walking up to a man as he enters the shop.
The man extends his arm out for a handshake, but when the robot ignores him, the customer jokingly pushes the machine away.
Just seconds later, the robot responds by unleashing a violent flurry of kicks and punches aimed at the customer.
Two staff members intervene and are shown trying to hold the robot back as it continues to take aim at the customer.
It is unclear why, if the attack on a customer was genuine and not a publicity stunt, the store would choose to release the footage.
The video has gone viral on social media, with many viewers pointing out the dangers of robots.
'The machines are getting ready to take over. We were warned,' one X user commented.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
