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| Jetstar plane returns to Bali after passenger tries to open aircraft door |
| 2025-04-02 |
| [NYPOST] A Jetstar flight heading to Melbourne, Australia, from Bali overnight was forced to turn around after a ''nightmare'' situation unfolded when a passenger tried to open the aircraft door. Flight JQ-34 left Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport at about 5:40 a.m. (8:40 p.m. AST) with more than 200 passengers on board. It was flying at an altitude of 33,000 feet when a woman tugged at the door, trying to open it about two hours into its journey to Melbourne. ''We had an aircraft return to Denpasar last night after a disruptive passenger attempted to open one of the aircraft doors and was abusive to our crew,'' a Jetstar spokesperson told news.com.au. Beat her ass ''The safety and welfare of our customers and crew is our top priority and we thank them for the way they responded to the situation. Aussie reality star Brooke Jowett was also on the flight. In an Instagram Story, the “Survivor All Star” alum said she got back to a hotel at about 1 a.m. after “our lovely night, and our scare on the flight.” “Turns out the reason behind the lady wanting to open the door is because she wanted to sit in a different row and have a chair that could recline,” Brooke explained. “So she decided to try to open the doors, which apparently triggered something to do with the emergency slide and yeah, it was a big bloody big panic, it was very, very scary but we’re fine.” Brooke said the woman was arguing with Jetstar staff about her seat, and the situation escalated. “She was unhappy and wanted to get off. One of the guys who was sitting in front of us was down near the toilets, and he pulled her away from the door as she was trying to open it. “He was an off-duty police officer, apparently, so he saved the day. Thank God for that. Professor Doug Drury, head of aviation at Central Queensland University, previously told news.com.au the exit door on a plane could not be opened above an altitude of 10,000 feet as the cabin was pressurized to 8,000 feet — making the door impossible to open. The difference between the internal cabin pressure and the outside air pressure effectively seals the doors, particularly on modern planes such as the Airbus A330. It comes after another incident in which two men were involved in a heated argument on a flight from Melbourne to Bali, with other passengers forced to intervene. |
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| Micro Missile-Slinging Drone-Killing Drone Concept Revealed By Airbus |
| 2025-03-31 |
| [TWZ] The Airbus Low-Cost Air Defense or LOAD concept takes an existing target drone and adds small air-to-air missiles to bring down enemy UAVs. Airbus has unveiled LOAD, a new anti-drone drone concept — an adapted target drone that will be armed with small air-to-air missiles, expressly designed to shoot down other uncrewed aerial vehicles. In recent years, we’ve seen a proliferation of single-use drones with explosive warheads that are designed to bring down other uncrewed aerial vehicles. However, a reusable anti-drone drone, armed with its own tiny missiles, appears to be something of a novelty. Airbus revealed LOAD — which stands for Low-Cost Air Defense — at the DWT Unbemannte Systeme X uncrewed systems trade show in Bonn, Germany, today. The company says it wants to test fly an armed prototype by the end of the year, with a series-production ready by 2027. |
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| Tankers Flood Airspace Off The California Coast For China-Focused Air Combat Exercise |
| 2025-02-23 |
| Hey Mexico, pay attention. [TWZ] The latest Bamboo Eagle exercise reflects plans for ever-larger air combat exercises as part of preparations for a high-end fight with China. At least 20 U.S. Air Force tanker aircraft, 10 KC-46s and an equal number of KC-135s, supported the first day of the latest Bamboo Eagle exercise off the California coast, according to online flight tracking data. The first Bamboo Eagle occurred last year, as you can learn more about in this past TWZ feature. The large force exercise series has quickly become one of the most important for the U.S. military, as well as key allies, and has a clear eye on preparing for a future coalition fight in the Pacific with China. The U.S. Air Force announced the start of Bamboo Eagle 25-1 yesterday. Like all previous iterations, the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center (USAFWC) at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada has been leading the exercise, but units spread across many other bases, predominantly in California, are also participating. U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy units are known to be taking part, but other branches have also been included in past iterations of Bamboo Eagle. Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have also returned, and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has joined the exercise for the first time. As already noted, online flight tracking data showed a large force of KC-46 and KC-135 tankers supporting day one of Bamboo Eagle 25-1. At least one RAF Voyager, the British name for the Airbus A330 Multi-Role Transport Aircraft (MRTT), was also tracked in the area. At least a dozen tankers have also been tracked now supporting the second day of Bamboo Eagle 25-1. U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry and RAAF E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft were also present yesterday. It’s interesting to note here that the U.S. Air Force, the RAF, and NATO are in the process of acquiring Wedgetails to succeed their Sentry fleets. .. Red Flag is the U.S. Air Force’s premier air combat exercise series and recent iterations have been increasingly focused on operations in the Pacific. This in turn has put new emphasis on the range complexes off the coast of southern California, which offer larger areas in which to train on physically broader and otherwise more complex scenarios, and do so over water. Red Flag is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and the RAF and RAAF, among other key allies, are often participants. Other aircraft, including Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, as well as RAAF Growlers, took part in Red Flag 25-1, which flowed directly into Bamboo Eagle 25-1. |
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| Naval Warfare Doctrine lessons learned from the sinking of the Russian Cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea. |
| 2024-11-01 |
| [YouTube] In April 2022, the Russian guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, sank following an engagement with Ukrainian forces. Ukraine reported striking the Moskva with two domestically developed R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles while it was approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of Odessa in the Black Sea. The Neptune missile, designed to evade radar and strike targets up to 280 kilometers away, successfully bypassed the ship’s defenses. After the reported missile impact, the Moskva was severely damaged, and despite Russian attempts to stabilize and tow the ship to port, it ultimately sank. The incident marked one of the most high-profile losses of a naval asset in recent history and highlighted the evolving role of long-range anti-ship missiles in coastal defense strategies. Related: Moskva 05/24/2024 Russian General Staff Purges News Roundup for May 23rd, 2024 Moskva 05/05/2024 'The reputation is ruined.' What Western media write about the trophy exhibition in Moscow Moskva 03/19/2024 Airbus 320 passenger plane flying from Morocco to Belgium had an engine failure |
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| Two Delta Airlines planes collide on runway at Atlanta airport | |
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| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two Delta Airlines planes have collided on a runway at the country's busiest airport. The incident took place at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia just after 10am on Tuesday. The crash occurred after Tokyo-bound flight DL295 clipped the back of flight DL5526 to Louisiana as it was taxiing for takeoff.
Dramatic photos from witnesses appear to show the back end of the Louisiana-bound flight bent at a 90 degree angle. "Go ahead and take off. The wind will straighten it out" So far, no injuries have been reported among the combined 277 passengers on board the jets. Delta said that the Airbus rammed into the Lafayette-bound plane as it was sat on an adjacent runway, 'resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350'. | |
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| Planes flying from Lithuania to SE Asia mysteriously land in Iran |
| 2024-06-28 |
| [Jerusalem Post] Iran smuggled two planes out of Lithuania, the country's public broadcaster announced on Thursday. The planes were due to fly to Sri Lanka and the Philippines. The two Airbus A340s, leased by the Gambian company Macka Invest, were due to fly to South Asia in February but reportedly ended up in Iran. The aircraft's transponders—which enable them to be identified on air traffic control radars—were turned off upon entry into Iranian airspace. The aviation data site ch-aviation reported that one plane had landed at Mehrabad airport in Tehran and another at Konarak airport in Chabahar. The incident was originally reported by vz.lt, a Lithuanian business news website. |
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| Current information on the situation on the front line: June 21 (updated) |
| 2024-06-22 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 06/21/2024 to 00:00 06/22/2024.  A total of 27 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours. Information was received about a civilian being injured. DAMAGED: Four residential buildings. Four attacks in the Donetsk direction. A total of 23 attacks in the Gorlovka direction. A total of 80 units of various ammunition were fired. 21:00 Three people were injured as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a multi-storey building as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Pervomaisk, Lugansk People's Republic, reportedhead of the local administration Sergei Kolyagin. 19:40 Didn't live to see captivity An example of how the UFU destroys its soldiers so that they do not surrender. In the Seversky direction, a wounded Ukrainian soldier decided to save his life and surrendered to Russian intelligence officers from the 51st Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division. The guys led him like a bird to their positions, providing assistance in every possible way. But the VFU militants did not give the soldier a chance to survive and, without sparing the FPV drone, they finished off their brother -video. One only has to die for the interests of the delay and its curators. There is no other fate for Ukrainians. 19:05 Front bird broadcasts: ATTENTION: Threat of UAV and missile launches! 21.06 18:30 SPECIAL ATTENTION TO RESIDENTS OF LPR, DPR! Russian air defense had previously worked against air targets. Also increased attention to residents of Mariupol, Melitopol, Berdyansk and other southern cities. Russian air defense is in full combat readiness! 18:35 Repair specialists developed installation for remote firing from a heavy machine gun The control of the movable machine gun frame is carried out through wires and allows the operator to be in a shelter at a distance of up to one hundred meters. A camera with a night vision device mounted on a machine gun allows you to monitor the firing sector at any time of the day. “All control is wired. This was done so that the enemy would not be jammed by any electronic warfare,” said the commander of the weapons repair department, Sergei. Weapons, spare parts and electronics for the manufacture of the product were taken from failed equipment and from captured vehicles. 18:10 Around 17.00 Moscow time suppressed another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation. Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region. 17:31 “We’re almost hitting the barrel”: a paratrooper with the call sign “Phoenix” told on the destruction of enemy artillery on the right bank of the Dnieper During combat work, the crew of the Zala reconnaissance drone discovered two enemy self-propelled artillery installations at a distance of more than 30 kilometers from the line of combat contact. The enemy self-propelled guns were destroyed by precise strikes from Lancet loitering ammunition. 16:54 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 21.06 Another wave of strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces. Tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces identifies enemy positions for high-precision strikes. Several sounds of explosions were reported. In addition, the enemy reports on his telegram channels about the operation of our attack UAVs. 16:23 Front bird broadcasts: ACTIVITY OF NATO AIRCRAFT. REPORT. Mediterranean region 06/21/2024 16:00 Moscow time High NATO activity seen in the Mediterranean 1. Bombardier Global 5000, registration number "A7-CEI", call sign "QQE716" 15:40 Front bird broadcasts: Missiles have been spotted over some regions of Ukraine. 21.06 14:15 – Kirovograd region and Dnepropetrovsk region - three missiles are heading for military targets. – It is reported about new launches on air defense positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants will prepare. 15:26 Anti-aircraft gunners of the “Center” group of troops are covering Russian troops in the Avdeevsky direction -photo. 14:03 Telegram channel “Fisherman": Massive attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Crimea At night, after a short period of time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a new massive attack on the southern Russian territories, including the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory. The raid was carried out in several successive waves. And the drones themselves were launched from more than six directions: from Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Nikolaev and Krivoy Rog. Air defense units in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions began work around 2200 - 2300 hours. The crews of the Pantsir-S1 air defense system shot down more than 15 UAVs. And by midnight, the crews of the 31st Division, naval aviation aircraft and rifle detachments in the Crimea turned on, which destroyed most of the UAVs in different parts of the peninsula. Several dozen more drones, having crossed the Sea of ??Azov, were shot down over Yeysk, Kozet, Enem in the Krasnodar Territory, and the target was again oil depots and airfields of the Russian Armed Forces. In total, over the past night, 114 drones were destroyed, and as a result of the fall of one of the UAV fragments, a resident of one of the settlements in the Krasnodar Territory was killed. However, there is no need to relax. Such raids are followed by missile strikes, since the purpose of a massive UAV launch is to force air defense units to use up their ammunition. Moreover, in parallel with drone attacks, BeKs are being launched to the Crimean coast. The idea is simple - to substitute Russian aviation for the launches of Russian air defense systems, aimed at fighting with unmanned boats. In addition, from the very morning, an American RQ-4B drone flew into the Black Sea, which arrived not only to assess the night attack, but also to identify new potential targets for attack. 13:28 “On May 3, we entered the NWO zone. And already on May 4, on my birthday, I received a combat mission, for which I was subsequently awarded the Order of Courage,”tellssenior lieutenant Vladislav Medvedev, reconnaissance platoon commander. Then, having crossed the river, his soldiers came under fire from many enemy guns, and the commander had to pull himself together and remember everything that was taught at the NVVKU in order to get out of this situation as much as possible without damage. And Vladislav received the second Order of Courage for the capture of sixteen Armed Forces officers. He talks about how it happened himself. 12:45 FPV drone operators struck armored vehicle and dugout of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Orekhovsky direction “We use shaped charges for armored and light vehicles, high-explosive charges for support vehicles, and fragmentation charges for manpower,” said an FPV drone technician with the call sign “Bomb”. 12:23 Trophies -video. The 1st Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Slavic Brigade is a tactical unit of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation, formerly the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. The stripes have been removed from those enemy fighters who no longer need them. 11:50 Frontline reports: We are knocking out Ukrainian Armed Forces militants from the outskirts of a cottage village on the northern shore of the Karlovskoye Reservoir. 11:23 Front-line soldier reports: Volchansk. We knocked out Ukrainian Armed Forces militants from houses southwest of the aggregate plant. We are trying to advance in the forest area near the Volchya River. 10:57 Around 10.00 Moscow time suppressed another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation. Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region. 10:28 Crews of Su-34 aircraft inflicted attack on units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??the SVO The bombing was carried out against camouflaged enemy equipment and manpower in the zone of responsibility of the Center group of troops. The strike was delivered by high-explosive aircraft bombs with a universal planning and correction module, which made it possible to deliver precise strikes without entering the enemy air defense zone. 09:43 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from cannon artillery: -- n.p. Sagi two rounds; -- the village of Novaya Kakhovka three rounds; -- n.p. Golaya Pristan four rounds; -- n.p. Kamenka three rounds; -- n.p. Tsukura three rounds; a-- n.p. Razdolnoe four rounds. During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell the civilian infrastructure of the village. Aleshki, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Podstepnoye, n.p. Dnepryan, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined. 09:21 Telegram channel "WarGonzo": Frontline report for the morning of 06/21/2024 - Zaporozhye Front. Positional battles continue in the Rabotino area and northwest of Verbovoy. No major changes. 08:52 Telegram channel “Fisherman": Chronicle of a special military operation for June 20, 2024 Ukrainian formations again carried out a drone raid on oil refining facilities in Russian regions. The fire broke out on the territory of the Lukoil-Yugnefteprodukt oil depot in Adygea and the Platonovskaya oil depot in the Tambov region.. 08:00 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC: A total of 26 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC. Information was received about the injury of three civilians, including a child born in 2021. Damaged: A total of 21 residential buildings, Four cars, Two civil infrastructure facilities. A total of 15 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction, Eleven attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction. In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 63 units of various ammunition. |
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| Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 3, 2024 |
| 2024-06-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title. [Korreapondent] 22:09 Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani confirmed that the country will provide Ukraine with a second SAMP/T air defense system.  21:28 A whole network of Russian propaganda has been uncovered in Europe. The pro-Russian Voice of Europe, launched in the Czech Republic in May 2023, has been used by the Kremlin to fund Russian propaganda through far-right politicians in five European countries. The Kremlin spent up to 1 million euros a month on this. After the EU and the Czech Republic began banning Voice of Europe, investigations into its influence spread to Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and France. It turned out that this is not just a pro-Russian site. Read more in the material Medvedchuk and money for the right. 21:23 On Sunday, June 2, the Ukrainian Armed Forces captured about 60 Russians near Volchansk, said Nazar Voloshin, speaker of the OSGV Khortitsa. 20:37 The upper house of the Swiss parliament rejected the allocation of $5.6 billion in aid to Ukraine on the grounds that such a plan violates borrowing restrictions in a neutral country, Reuters reports. 20:32 Italy may soon send Ukraine another SAMP/T air defense system, writes Reuters. 19:26 There is no generation left in Kharkov, Mayor Igor Terekhov said in an interview with the Estonian publication ERR: “Today we do not have a single generation of our own in the city and we are forced to take electricity from other cities. This is a very difficult situation, and it is teetering on the brink “We understand this very well. It is impossible to enter winter with such an energy supply system... A very difficult heating season is ahead.” 19:05 At the Zaporozhye NPP, all safety principles have been violated, the situation there remains unstable, said IAEA head Rafael Grossi: “Issues related to staffing, regular inspections and maintenance, as well as emergency measures at the site, remain complex and pose risks to the nuclear power plant.” safety and security of the station." He emphasized that IAEA representatives still do not have access to some areas of the plant that are important for nuclear safety. “The Russians’ restart of the Zaporizhia NPP will not be safe, and they understand this,” Grossi added. 19:01 On Tuesday, June 4, limits on electricity consumption will be in effect throughout the entire territory of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. If limits are exceeded, hourly shutdown schedules may apply. 18:54 India will be represented at the Peace Summit in Switzerland by the Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs or the Deputy National Security Adviser, The Hindustan Times writes, citing sources. 18:36 Last week, Ukraine received permission from most of its allies to strike military targets on Russian territory. Less than 24 hours after Biden authorized the use of HIMARS systems to destroy targets in enemy territory, the first strike occurred. For more details, see the article First strikes on Russian territory. 18:27 Vice President Kamala Harris will represent the United States at the Peace Summit in Switzerland, the White House said. 18:03 Umerov reported that at the Asian Security Summit, Shangri-La Dialogue met with representatives of the world's leading defense companies and technology giants and encouraged them to invest in weapons production in Ukraine. These companies include BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Boeing, Saab, Google and Oracle. 17:59 Receiving American ATACMS ballistic missiles with a range of 300 km means that Ukraine can now hit any target in Crimea, writes The Economist. Ukraine is trying to make Crimea a liability for Putin, not an asset, the publication notes. The goal is to isolate the island, strangle it as a logistics hub, and thus push Russian air and sea forces away from southern Ukraine. 17:28 Suspilny journalists identified one of the Russians who abused prisoners in the Kharkov direction. He turned out to be the operator, 32-year-old Alexey Kiprin with the call sign Bars from St. Petersburg. He has been fighting against Ukraine since 2014, and is now the commander of an assault company. The journalists wrote to Kiprin via messenger - he thought he was chatting with Russians, so he confirmed that it was him in the video. “The anthem was sung badly. They slapped us on the back of the head and transferred us to a prisoner-of-war camp,” Kiprin wrote. 17:04 Belgium, which holds the presidency of the Council of the EU, calls on the countries of the bloc to consider the possibility of depriving Hungary of its voting rights. Belgian Foreign Minister Aja Labib has called for applying the no-confidence procedure under Article 7 of the EU Treaty to Budapest - an extreme step that could lead to the suspension of the country's voting rights in the EU. 16:45 Russia is set up for a long war and, in the worst case, can turn Kharkov into a second Aleppo, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexander Litvinenko told The Wall Street Journal. He recalled that in Aleppo, Russian aircraft destroyed electricity and water supply systems, and also bombed hospitals and schools. The city's population then dropped to a third of its pre-war level. “They simply pushed people out. This is what they want to practice around Kharkov,” Litvinenko said. 16:13 In the Donetsk region, they are preparing to evacuate children from Liman and six villages - Lipovoe, Novoe, Karpovka, Headquarters of the Liman community, as well as the villages of Progress of the Grodovsk community and the village of Zarya of the Ilyinovsk community, the OVA reported. The military administration is currently awaiting approval from the Coordination Headquarters on evacuation issues. 15:27 Australia plans to send Disability Insurance Minister Bill Shorten to the Peace Summit in Switzerland, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said. According to her, such an initiative was made by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The Australian opposition criticized the decision, but Wong said “the level of representation is acceptable” because Shorten is a senior government minister. 14:41 The Russian military fired at Mikhailovka, Novogrodovsk community, Donetsk region - two people were killed, one was wounded. Among the dead is a 12-year-old child, said the head of the OVA, Vadim Filishkin. In the morning, the Russians dropped a controlled air bomb on the village, and an hour and a half later they repeated the attack. At least five houses were damaged. 14:26 The Russians are spreading IPSO that a provocation is allegedly being planned in Kherson with the staging of the death of civilians, said the head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin. “It is obvious that the only threat to the townspeople is the Russian military. And it is from them that we can now expect terrible provocations. Dear Kherson residents, please, in the near future, do not move on the streets unless absolutely necessary. And be sure to respond to air raid signals,” he emphasized Prokudin. 13:38 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning denies putting pressure on other countries to dissuade them from participating in the Peace Summit in Switzerland, as Zelensky previously stated. According to her, Beijing has never "fanned the flames or fanned the flames." At the same time, Mao Ning added that the peace conference should be recognized by both the Russian and Ukrainian sides: “Everyone should participate in it on an equal basis, and all peace projects should be discussed fairly. These are three important factors.” 13:25 Russian public pages write that over the weekend Ukraine launched a strike using the HIMARS MLRS against the deployment of the Russian Defense Ministry in the Korochansky district of the Belgorod region. As a result of the attack, several pieces of military equipment were burned, the secretary of the district security council was killed, the heads of the administration and rural settlements and three military personnel were wounded. The impact probably destroyed some components of the S-300/400 system. Videos posted on social networks: 12:21 Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren confirmed that her country will allow Ukraine to use its F-16s to strike military targets on Russian territory: “We only ask that international law and the right to self-defense be respected, as stated in the UN Charter, which means "that they are using it to achieve military goals that they need to achieve for self-defense." 11:55 Zelensky’s press secretary Sergei Nikiforov said that public statements from the allies on the supply of air defense systems are expected in the near future: “Of course, I cannot now announce what exactly was discussed, the timing and the very essence. But I can say that this the topic of air defense for Ukraine, for Kharkov, for civilian infrastructure, for people and for the front. And it received the most attention.” Nikiforov also said that Zelensky will take part in the G-7 summit, which will be held in Italy on June 13-15. However, he did not specify whether this would be an online format or a personal visit. 11:37 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at a meeting with Zelensky, called for a peaceful settlement that would be “morally acceptable not only for Ukraine, but also for the rest of the world.” "We will continue to do everything we can to promote peace, end the fighting and reach a political solution for your country. I think everyone is well aware that this is easier said than done and it will be a difficult road to return to a situation that is morally acceptable not only for Ukraine, but also for the rest of the world,” he was quoted as saying by the local publication Philstar. Also during the negotiations, Zelensky asked Marcos Jr. to send Filipino psychotherapists to Ukraine to assist the military, to which the Philippine president agreed: “This is what I think we are able to offer. I am glad to do everything in our power, to help, especially civilians and innocent people affected by the war." 11:19 Moscow for the first time commented on Ukrainian strikes on nuclear radar stations. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov called on the United States to take “with the utmost seriousness” Russian warnings regarding strikes by American weapons on Russian territory. According to him, an “asymmetric response” can be given to strikes on nuclear radars. “Such attempts will be suppressed; the response may be asymmetrical,” Ryabkov said. 10:58 Special forces Akhmat has been deployed to the Kharkov direction, said detachment commander Apty Alaudinov. According to him, this section of the front is now considered “the most important.” 10:43 The prosecutor's office reported that it has begun criminal proceedings into the harsh treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Kharkov direction. 10:11 The prosecutor's office clarified that at night the Russians fired five S-300 missiles at a recreation center in the village of Dachnoye, Slobozhansky community, Chuguevsky district, Kharkov region. One base employee was killed and two were injured. 09:42 In Hungary, they see no point in going to the Peace Summit in Switzerland, since Russia will not be represented there, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said: “If not both sides of the war are represented, I think it’s a legitimate question whether the whole conference makes sense in terms of the ultimate goal, which is the pursuit of peace. Therefore, we believe that a peace conference makes real sense and offers the best hope for peace if both sides are at the table." Szijjártó also stressed that the war is between Ukraine and Russia and does not concern Europe: “Russia did not attack us. We are not at war. Ukraine is not fighting for us. If we were attacked, it would be a different situation, but for us did not attack, like other states of the European Union. The NATO Secretary General said very clearly that none of the Alliance's allies is under military threat. So if we are not under military threat, then why do we think that this is our war? " 08:54 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, five people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling: two each in Belozersk and Zhelezny, one in Volchy, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. 08:39 At night, the Russians launched a missile attack on the Slobozhany community of the Chuguevsky district of the Kharkov region - as a result of a hit on the territory of the recreation center, one person was killed and two were injured, said the head of the OBA Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, the day before, two people were injured as a result of shelling in the village. Borovskaya Andreevka, Izyumsky district, two more - in the village of Stary Saltov, Chuguevsky district. 07:51 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 3:
06:46 Zelensky said that he arrived in the Philippines and for the first time in the history of bilateral relations met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. We discussed the Peace Summit and the importance of representing Southeast Asian countries at it. |
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| Russia imposes sanctions against 22 British citizens |
| 2024-04-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russia has imposed sanctions against 22 British citizens involved in attempts to force Central Asian countries to comply with anti-Russian sanctions. This is stated in a message published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “We note the continuation by the British government of an aggressive anti-Russian course, within the framework of which London declares the task of inflicting “strategic defeat on the battlefield” on our country, actively applying the mechanism of sanctions restrictions and conducting a subversive information and propaganda campaign. In response to these hostile actions of the British side, a decision was made to include a number of representatives of government agencies, the IT sector and the UK legal services market on the Russian “stop list,” the diplomatic department said in a statement. It is noted that among the persons included in the sanctions list are employees of the Micro Focus company, which provides Ukrainian intelligence services with software and cyber protection services that are necessary for collecting data when launching attacks on the Russian military and infrastructure. “The activities of such IT companies, which are accomplices of neo-Nazis, lead to the death of people and can be directed against any country whose authorities do not suit the Anglo-Saxons,” the Foreign Ministry added. In addition, Russian sanctions included individuals who are involved in activities to impose compliance with Western sanctions against Russia in Central Asian countries. As the ministry noted, the British authorities are harming the well-being of third countries by “stubbornly and unsuccessfully trying to strangle” the Russian economy. The ministry pointed out the futility of continuing the UK’s anti-Russian course, which will inevitably receive a tough response from the Russian Federation. At the same time, the Foreign Ministry assured that Russia will continue to work on expanding the stop list in response to the hostile actions of the British authorities. As Regnum reported, on March 22, Russia imposed sanctions against 56 Canadian citizens, permanently barring them from entering the country. Thus, in particular, the bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Diocese of Toronto Brian Bide, blogger Alik Gomelsky, and the president and CEO of Airbus Helicopters Canada Dwayne Sharett were denied entry into the country. The list also included several senior executives from the logistics company Cargojet. The department noted that the countermeasures of the Russian side are selective in nature, in contrast to the mass “listing” of Russians practiced by official Ottawa. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said on March 6 that the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West do not work, and Moscow turns them into dividends. The Kremlin spokesman expressed confidence that Russia will continue to successfully turn sanctions into dividends. More from regnum.ru US Department of Commerce blacklists companies from Russia, China and the UAE The US Department of Commerce has imposed export restrictions on companies from Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates. This is stated in a notice posted in the Federal Register of Official Documents of the American Government. The list includes three Russian companies - UEC-STAR, Delta Aero and Aerosila, as well as six companies from China, and two more from the UAE. The Bureau of Industry and Security, part of the US Department of Commerce, states in the document that these organizations, according to the US government, act contrary to the interests of national security or US foreign policy. As Regnum reported, on March 20, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury announced that two new Russian companies and two individuals were included in the sanctions list. Restrictions were introduced against the Agency for Social Design and the Structure group of companies. Also blacklisted were Ilya Gambashidze and Nikolai Tupikin, associated with these organizations. At the end of February, the US Treasury introduced new sanctions, which covered 26 legal entities in 11 countries, as well as companies from China, the UAE and Serbia. On March 1, a ban on the import of ungraded diamonds and diamond jewelry from Russia came into force in the United States. The Russian side has repeatedly spoken about its ability to cope with sanctions pressure. In February, President Vladimir Putin noted that the restrictions had opened up new opportunities and sales markets had opened up for domestic companies. Putin on March 19 also called on the FSB to support companies that face illegal measures. In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that new sanctions against Moscow will not go unanswered. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West do not work, and Moscow turns them into dividends. As the Kremlin representative clarified, these dividends, in particular, were expressed in the form of intensified work on the development of new technologies and their introduction into production. |
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| Airbus 320 passenger plane flying from Morocco to Belgium had an engine failure | |
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| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. A Russian Sukhoi also had an engine failure recently near Moskva. [Regnum] A passenger plane of the budget airline Air Arabia flying from Morocco to Belgium suffered an engine failure in the sky. The AeroInside portal reported this on March 17.
As a result, the crew decided to make an emergency landing at Casablanca airport, which went well and none of the passengers were injured. As Regnum reported, on March 15, it became known that a passenger plane operating a flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg requested an emergency landing at the capital’s airport. It was noted that the crew reported an engine malfunction sensor and decided to return to the capital. Later that day, the SSJ-100 airliner with a failed engine landed safely at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. According to the airport's press service, this happened at 11:27 Moscow time. | |
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| In the USA, a Boeing 737 plane landed after losing part of its skin in the air | |
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| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Airbus is laughing their asses off at Boeing.
“The United Airlines flight landed safely at the airport in Medford, Oregon. The post-flight inspection determined that the panel was missing,” RIA Novosti quoted the regulator as saying. The cause of the incident will be determined during the investigation. It is known that the plane took off on the morning of March 15 from San Francisco International Airport. There were 139 passengers and six crew members on board. According to the FlightAware service, the plane landed 17 minutes earlier than expected. The missing panel was discovered during a routine post-flight inspection. As Regnum reported, on March 11, a former 62-year-old quality engineer at the Boeing plant, who had repeatedly stated that the company uses defective parts when assembling aircraft, was found dead in his truck in the parking lot of a hotel in South Carolina. John Barnett worked for the company for 32 years. In early March, he was invited to court to testify against the company. A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 lost a tire on March 7 while taking off from San Francisco Airport to Japan. The plane made an emergency landing in Los Angeles. A tire flying off the plane landed in a parking lot and damaged several cars. There were 249 people on board the Boeing, including 235 passengers. In early February, ABC News reported that Boeing would send about 50 aircraft for modification. Experts found that a number of holes in the fuselage of the aircraft were not drilled in full compliance with technical requirements. On January 5, there was a plane incident with a flight flying from Portland to Ontario. At an altitude of about 5 km, a piece of the fuselage was torn out of an Alaska Airlines Boeing with 177 people on board, along with the emergency exit door. The part that came off in flight was later found by a Portland resident. The part fell in the backyard of a private house. No people were injured as a result of the emergency. | |
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